"The ship Canopus Voyager, owned by the US company Chevron, departed from Venezuela on Sunday with half a million barrels of Venezuelan oil destined for Texas. This departure came amid recent seizures by the United States government of oil tankers loaded near the coast of the Caribbean country. The event was announced by Delcy Rodriguez, the Executive Vice President of Venezuela and Minister of Hydrocarbons. She did so through a post on her Telegram channel, which included a video of a worker reporting on the ship's cargo. "Departing the tanker Canopus Voyager, belonging to the company Chevron. With 500,000 barrels of Special Hamaca Blend [enhanced crude] destined for Frisco, Texas, United States. Complying with international agreements and, above all, with the agreements established with the company Chevron. The Venezuelan State thus fulfils its commitments," the worker said. According to Rodriguez, the operation was carried out 'in strict compliance with regulations and fulfilling the commitments assumed by our oil industry'. She added that Venezuela will always remain 'respectful of national and international legality'. "Nothing and no one will stop our Homeland in its path of progress and victory!" Rodriguez concluded. The announcement by the Venezuelan vice president came after the United States intercepted a tanker flying under the Panamanian flag near the coast of Venezuela on Saturday. According to reports, this is the second vessel to be intercepted in the Caribbean by the administration of US President Donald Trump. On December 10, the government seized the oil tanker Skipper and confiscated the crude oil it was carrying."