{"id":16548,"date":"2026-01-01T08:40:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=16548"},"modified":"2026-01-01T08:40:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-01T08:40:21","slug":"us-slaps-fresh-sanctions-on-venezuelas-oil-sector-targeting-four-firms-and-tankers-in-trumps-maduro-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/16548\/","title":{"rendered":"US slaps fresh sanctions on Venezuela\u2019s oil sector, targeting four firms and tankers in Trump\u2019s Maduro crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\"><p><span class=\"pre-content-text\"><a style=\"color: #0038a8;\" href=\"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/\">RoydadNaft &#8211; <\/a><\/span>\u00a0The United States has imposed new sanctions on four companies accused of operating in Venezuela\u2019s oil sector, along with four associated oil tankers, as part of President Donald Trump\u2019s ongoing pressure campaign against Venezuelan President Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/p>\n<p>The Treasury Department announced the measures on Wednesday, targeting entities involved in evading sanctions to support Maduro\u2019s government. Several of the sanctioned vessels are described as part of a \u201cshadow fleet\u201d\u2014older tankers with unclear ownership and inadequate insurance that help transport sanctioned oil.<\/p>\n<p>The targeted tankers include the Panama-flagged Nord Star, Guinea-flagged Lunar Tide (or similar variants noted in reports), and Hong Kong-flagged Della and Valiant. These ships have carried Venezuelan crude or fuel to Asia and the Caribbean this year, according to PDVSA records and tracking data. The supertanker Della, which was set to load crude at Venezuela\u2019s Jose port, abruptly changed course on December 21 after a U.S. Coast Guard interception attempt and is now heading to Asia.<\/p>\n<p>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stated: \u201cPresident Trump has been clear: We will not allow the illegitimate Maduro regime to profit from exporting oil while it floods the United States with deadly drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actions follow Trump\u2019s recent announcement of a blockade on sanctioned vessels entering or leaving Venezuelan waters, which has already slashed the country\u2019s oil exports to roughly half of November\u2019s levels. This has led to fuel inventory buildup, forcing PDVSA to take emergency steps to prevent refinery shutdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Maduro\u2019s government denies any involvement in drug trafficking and accuses the U.S. of seeking regime change to seize Venezuela\u2019s oil reserves. The Venezuelan communications ministry did not respond to requests for comment.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-date no-social-btn post-updated\">Updated on<time class=\"updated dt-updated\" itemprop=\"dateModified\" datetime=\"2026-01-01T08:40:21+00:00\"> 1 January 2026<\/time><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US Treasury has sanctioned four companies and four oil tankers linked to Venezuela\u2019s \u201cshadow fleet\u201d as Trump ramps up pressure on Maduro. Exports have already halved due to a blockade\u2014aimed at stopping oil profits funding alleged drug trafficking.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47,46,36,19,16,42,35],"tags":[],"services":[],"class_list":["post-16548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-international","category-lastnews","category-news","category-oil","category-politics","category-topnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16548","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16548"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16548\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16548"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=16548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}