Chevron Corp., the sole Western supermajor permitted to pump Venezuelan oil, is loading tankers at the fastest pace in seven months as the US government moves to control the Latin American nation’s crude riches.

Drones struck two oil tankers in the Black Sea on Tuesday, including one chartered by U.S. oil major Chevron, the companies involved said, as they sailed toward

The attacks risk further disrupting loadings at CPC, where planned shipments have already plunged due to bad winter weather and a mooring damage in a November drone strike.

Two oil tankers were attacked near the Black Sea loading terminal for the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, the latest significant incident complicating Kazakhstan’s crude exports.

Oil companies aiming to participate in new exports of Venezuelan crude to the U.S. following the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro are in hasty discussions to find tankers and put together operations to transfer the crude safely from vessels and dilapidated Venezuelan ports,

Some ships have been sailing close to the Turkish coastline, rather than across the center of the Black Sea in the hope of avoiding Ukrainian drones.

A Malta-flagged oil tanker was damaged by drones in the Black Sea this week, and Russia has blamed Ukraine for the attack, international media report. The tanker, called Matilda, is owned by a

An enemy UAV hit a tanker under the Panamanian flag, which was waiting to enter the port to load vegetable oil, and there was also an attack on a ship under the San Marino flag, said Deputy Prime Minister for Reconstruction - Minister of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine Oleksiy Kuleba.

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