Brandon Mulder is a journalism fellow at the University of Texas Energy Institute. Texas oil refiners could soon have a stronger appetite for Venezuelan oil thanks to decreasing crude imports from ...

Venezuela has accused the U.S. of a “blatant act of piracy” after the U.S. Coast Guard seized a second oil tanker off the coast of the South American country this month. The President Donald Trump ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is still pursuing a sanctioned oil tanker in international waters, a U.S. official told CBS News on Monday, as the Trump administration appeared to intensify its targeting of oil ...

The Coast Guard hasn’t boarded the Venezuela-linked oil tanker it’s been chasing for days because it doesn’t have enough ships or boarding teams nearby, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The US has been ...

The US has reportedly pursued ‌another oil tanker off the coast of ‌Venezuela as Washington ramps up its pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro’s regime. On 10 December, the US seized Skipper – an ...

Well, it looks like President Trump is done playing footsie with dictators and shadow fleets. Again. Just days after Trump announced a “TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE” on all sanctioned oil tankers ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- The U.S. Coast Guard on Sunday was pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration appeared to be intensifying its targeting of such ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A new oil agreement between the United States and Venezuela has raised questions about what it could mean for Americans—especially here along the Gulf Coast, home to many major ...