Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
News when you want it with Bloomberg News Now. I'm Nathan Hager. The U.S. blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil remains in full effect.
Chapter 2: What recent actions has the U.S. taken regarding Venezuelan oil shipments?
That in an ex-post from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after the U.S. seized a Russia flagship in the North Atlantic this morning and another vessel in a pre-dawn raid in the Caribbean. We get more from Bloomberg's Mike Shepard in Washington.
This would be a perhaps the fourth or more seizure of a Venezuela bound or Venezuela departing tanker by U.S. forces as a result of this blockade that the U.S. has imposed around the country, seeking to rein in any attempt to extract Venezuelan oil without U.S. permission. and somehow providing support to the regime.
Bloomberg's Mike Shepard in the nation's capital. U.S. European Command says the Russia-flagged vessel Bella 1 was seized after it was tracked by the Coast Guard. U.S. Southern Command says the second ship, the Sophia, was caught conducting illicit activities in the Caribbean and is now headed to the U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright says the U.S.
will control oil sales from Venezuela indefinitely to drive the changes he says need to happen in the country. Wright spoke at a Goldman Sachs energy conference in Miami.
The upside there is huge. But of course, this is development. This takes time. This takes investment. But I think we could get several hundred thousand barrels a day of additional production in a short to medium term if the conditions are there for just small capital deployments.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright spoke after President Trump announced up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil are headed to the U.S. to be sold at current market prices. President Trump is raising fresh doubts about NATO, with tensions on the rise over his stated desire for Greenland.
In a social media post, the president said Russia and China have, quote, zero fear of NATO without the United States. He says he doubts NATO would be there for us if we really needed them. Danish Deputy Parliament Speaker Lars Christian Brask says Denmark and Greenland want to meet with Secretary of State Marco Rubio to clear up what President Trump has had to say about its territory.
The U.S. is... A partner is an ally and you don't go blue on blue. And, you know, one NATO country doesn't go and require territory of another NATO country.
And former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin says a U.S. attack on Greenland would be a red line for Europe.
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Chapter 3: What did Energy Secretary Chris Wright say about controlling Venezuelan oil sales?
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