Trump Orders ‘Blockade’ of Sanctioned Oil Tankers Leaving, Entering Venezuela December 17, 2025 By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart, Shariq Khan and Marianna Parraga U.S. President Donald Trump ordered on Tuesday a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela, in Washington’s...
US Preparing to Seize More Tankers off Venezuela’s Coast After First Ship, Sources Say December 12, 2025 By Jonathan Saul, Marianna Parraga and Matt Spetalnick The U.S. is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil following the seizure of a tanker this week, as...
Over 30 Sanctioned Ships in Venezuela at Risk After US Tanker Seizure December 11, 2025 By Marianna Parraga and Jonathan Saul More than 30 U.S.-sanctioned oil vessels doing business in Venezuela could face punishment by Washington after the Coast Guard seized...
US Seizes Sanctioned Oil Tanker Off Coast of Venezuela, Trump Says December 11, 2025 By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart, Steve Holland and Marianna Parraga The U.S. has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, a...
US Terror Label in Venezuela Deepens Risk for Oil Companies November 26, 2025 By Bloomberg News The Trump administration’s latest attempt to isolate Nicolás Maduro’s government further complicates day-to-day operations for foreign oil companies in Venezuela,...
Russian Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Faces Big Hurdles Amid Ukraine Tensions December 29, 2021 By David McHugh and Vladimir Isachenkov FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) – The pipeline is built and being filled with natural gas. But Russia’s Nord Stream 2 faces...
European Insurers Wary of Rising Threat of Sanctions Against Nord Stream 2 Pipeline December 2, 2021 By Carolyn Cohn and Kirstin Ridley A simmering threat of sanctions against the operator of the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline risks shutting off cover...
Biden Administration Sanctions Russian Insurer for Nord Stream 2: Report August 23, 2021 By Nick Wadhams The Biden administration imposed sanctions on two Russian entities over their involvement in the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, but...
Russia’s Nord Stream Pipeline 99% Complete, but Insurance Needed Before Gas Flows August 20, 2021 By Dina Khrennikova, Olga Tanas and Elena Mazneva A controversial Russian pipeline to Europe can deliver its first batches of natural gas to Germany this year, according to...
Key Stage of Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline Completed but Insurance Needed June 4, 2021 By Dina Khrennikova Russian President Vladimir Putin said a key stage of a gas pipeline to Germany that the U.S. targeted for sanctions...