President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela, escalating pressure on Nicolas Maduro’s government by targeting its primary revenue source, Reuters’ Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart, Shariq Khan, and Marianna Parraga report. Details of enforcement remain unclear, though the administration has surged troops and naval assets, including an aircraft carrier, to the region. Publicly traded companies in the space include BP (BP), Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), Exxon Mobil (XOM), Shell (SHEL) and TotalEnergies (TTE).
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