US Set To Sanction Rosneft Oil, Fuel Trade With PDVSA
(S&P Global Platts, 15.Aug.2019) — The US is set to impose sanctions on Rosneft if it continues to trade crude oil and fuel with Venezuela's PDVSA in exchange for debt...
Trump Imposes New Curbs In Bid To Pressure Maduro
(Bloomberg, 6.Aug.2019) — President Donald Trump imposed further sanctions on Venezuela, freezing the government’s assets in the U.S. and adding immigration restrictions in a move aimed at stepping up pressure...
US Escalates Venezuela Sanctions
(Platts, 6.Aug.2019) — The US escalated sanctions against Venezuela late Monday and may use the executive order to target crude flows to China and India, analysts said Tuesday. Highlights Analysts...
Trump Govt Split Over Chevron’s Venezuela License
(Reuters, Timothy Gardner, 26.Jul.2019) — The Trump administration is split over whether to renew a license this week for energy company Chevron Corp's operations in Venezuela, with Secretary of State...
Chevron To Keep Drilling In Venezuela Despite Sanctions
(Reuters, 26.Jul.2019) — The administration of United States President Donald Trump said on Friday that it has renewed Chevron Corp's licence to drill for oil and gas in Venezuela despite...
Chevron In Crosshairs As Trump Exerts Maximum Pressure On Maduro
(Bloomberg, Kevin Crowley, Lucia Kassai and Kevin Cirilli, 25.Jul.2019) — Pressure is mounting on U.S. President Donald Trump to end Chevron Corp.’s 100-year presence in Venezuela as he seeks to exert...
U.S. Sanctions Chinese Oil Buyer On Alleged Violations
(Reuters, 23.Jul.2019) — The United States has sanctioned Chinese state-run energy company Zhuhai Zhenrong Co Ltd for allegedly violating restrictions imposed on Iran's oil sector, U.S. Secretary of State Mike...
US Tells Foreign Cos To Stop Jet Fuel Trading With Venezuela
(Reuters, Julia Payne and Dmitry Zhdannikov, 23.May.2019) — The United States told some large foreign firms this week they should stop trading jet fuel with Venezuela or face sanctions, according...
New U.S. Sanctions Seek To Block Venezuelan Oil Shipments To Cuba
(NYT, Annie Karni and Nicholas Casey, 5.Apr.2019) — The Trump administration announced on Friday its latest round of economic sanctions against the government of President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela, this...
Rupee Payment For Venezuelan Oil Under Consideration
(Economic Times, Sanjeev Choudhary, 18.Mar.2019) — India is considering Venezuela’s proposal to use rupee for trade payments to protect the current oil import from the South American nation facing hardening...