Nicolas Maduro accuses Guyana of allowing US energy giant ExxonMobil to extract oil in waters not yet internationally demarcated - Anadolu Ajansı

The United States issued a stern warning to the Nicolás Maduro regime on Saturday following reports that a Venezuelan patrol boat entered into Guyanaese waters, threatening ExxonMobil’s offshore operations.

Venezuela's coast guard vessels allegedly entered Guyanese waters on March 1, approaching an ExxonMobil production vessel in the disputed offshore region, Guyana's President Irfaan Ali has announced.

Guyana’s president has denounced an incursion by an armed Venezuelan naval vessel in disputed waters and home to a mammoth offshore oil deposit being developed by ExxonMobil.

Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro is accusing Guyanese President Irfaan Ali of seeking to provoke an armed conflict, likening him to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, whom Maduro claims caused the war with Russia.

The South American neighbours are involved in a long-running dispute about which country owns the oil-rich Essequibo area Guyanese President Irfaan Ali said on Saturday that a Venezuelan naval vessel had entered his country's waters earlier in the day,

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez disputed Ali’s claims and called ExxonMobil’s oil installations ... on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro 's government, echoed Ali's concerns.

By Mathew Cohen Venezuela's coast guard vessels allegedly entered Guyanese waters on March 1, approaching an ExxonMobil production vessel in the disputed offshore region, Guyana's President Irfaan Ali has announced.

Guyana’s president has denounced an incursion by an armed Venezuelan naval vessel in disputed waters and home to a mammoth offshore oil deposit being developed by ExxonMobil GEORGETOWN ...