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The US seizure of the Skipper tanker off Venezuela's coast on Wednesday was the first US capture of Venezuelan oil cargo since sanctions were imposed in 2019 and marked a sharp escalation in rising tensions between the Trump administration and the government of Nicolas Maduro. Since the seizure, only tankers chartered by US oil company Chevron have sailed into international waters carrying Venezuelan crude, the data reviewed by the Reuters news agency showed.

The company appears to have since addressed all the problematic monitors, and regulators are reviewing those fixes to ensure that they are in working order, the district said. Requiring Chevron to install and maintain its own monitors provides additional emissions data and further supports compliance and transparency, Dr. Philip Fine, executive officer of the Air District, said in the news release. Chevron's upgrades to its monitoring systems are an important step toward strengthened accountability and accessible information for the communities surrounding the refinery.

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is closely monitoring the flaring incident at the Chevron Richmond Refinery, investigating potential air quality violations.

Grenell blindsided the president and the White House by taking a private jet without authorization to rescue an American held by Maduro.