"The US seizure of the Skipper tanker off Venezuela's coast on Wednesday was the first US capture of Venezuelan oil cargo since sanctions were imposed in 2019 and marked a sharp escalation in rising tensions between the Trump administration and the government of Nicolas Maduro. Since the seizure, only tankers chartered by US oil company Chevron have sailed into international waters carrying Venezuelan crude, the data reviewed by the Reuters news agency showed."
"Other tankers that have loaded about 11m barrels of oil and fuel are stuck in Venezuelan waters, according to the sources and data seen by Reuters. The US attorney general, Pam Bondi, said this week the Skipper was intercepted and retained under a seizure warrant, while Guyana's maritime authority said it was falsely flying the country's flag. The tanker is now reportedly heading to Houston, where it will offload its cargo on to smaller ships."
US forces seized the tanker Skipper off Venezuela's coast under a seizure warrant, marking the first US capture of Venezuelan oil since 2019 and escalating tensions with Nicolas Maduro's government. Since the seizure, only tankers chartered by US oil company Chevron, authorised by the US government, have sailed into international waters carrying Venezuelan crude. Other tankers that loaded about 11 million barrels of oil and fuel remain stuck in Venezuelan waters. The Skipper reportedly heads to Houston to offload onto smaller ships. Washington is preparing to intercept more ships. Venezuela condemned the seizure as theft and piracy and moved to withdraw from the International Criminal Court.
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