It’s unclear how willing oil giants are to pour substantial sums of money into a country run by a temporary U.S.-backed government without established legal and fiscal rules.
The tankers indulge in most of the dark fleet’s typical practices to obscure movements and ownership, including spoofing, or the use of fake locations.
The Trump administration has ramped up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, whom it has accused of presiding over a narcotrafficking operation.
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