NEW YORK, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Oil prices settled higher on Tuesday as investors assessed stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth and the risk of disruptions to oil supply from Venezuela and Russia.

President Trump said on Monday that the U.S. government will, for now, keep the oil and two oil tankers that the U.S. Coast Guard seized off the coast of Venezuela this month. “We’re going to keep it.

Russia’s flagship Urals crude oil slumped to about $34 a barrel in a signal that US sanctions on Moscow are having an impact. The grade in the Baltic Sea slumped to $34.82 a barrel on Friday, while in ...

LAUNCESTON, Australia, Dec 23 (Reuters) - Conventional wisdom in the crude oil market is that producers such as OPEC+ largely determine the price by altering output levels to achieve a desired outcome ...

The United States is pursuing an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, according to multiple reports, just a day after the Coast Guard seized a different tanker in the same waters amid a rapid U.S.

The latest vessel to be targeted by the United States in its pressure campaign on Venezuela was sending distress signals as it headed northeast from the Caribbean into the Atlantic. By Nicholas ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces on Saturday stopped an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on ...

Prices for WTI and Brent crude jumped by roughly 1.9% following a weekend of maritime conflict in both the Caribbean and the Black Sea. U.S. forces have seized a second oil tanker off the Venezuelan ...

Oil prices jumped about 3% after Trump's threatened blockade. Oil prices jumped about 3% after President Donald Trump this week threatened to blockade all sanctioned oil tankers traveling in and out ...

If Houston’s title as the nation’s energy capital were ever disputed, it earned extra merit this year when Chevron Corp. called the city home. Previously based in California, the oil giant joined ...

On December 16, 2025, President Donald Trump said the United States should “get the oil back” from Venezuela while criticizing U.S. policy toward the Maduro government. Trump framed Venezuelan oil as ...

President Trump said Wednesday that Venezuela must pay for the oil assets previously seized by the South American nation, as tensions rise over the U.S. military’s action in the Caribbean. “You ...