Re:US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela
by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday December 10, 2025 @06:47PM
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> Can someone explain why US sanctions on Iranian oil would have any relevance to Venezuela?
"Brokers in Singapore told The Wall Street Journal that a tanker called the Skipper was the vessel seized off Venezuela early Wednesday. The tanker, formerly called the Adisa, had been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control for carrying Iranian crude" [1].
"Brokers in Singapore told The Wall Street Journal that a tanker called the Skipper was the vessel seized off Venezuela early Wednesday. The tanker, formerly called the Adisa, had been sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control for carrying Iranian crude" [1].
[1] https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/u-s-seizes-oil-tanker-off...