The world’s criminals are on notice.

Early this morning, the @USCG executed a boarding and seizure of the Motor Tanker Olina in international waters east of the Caribbean Sea. As another "ghost fleet" tanker ship suspected of carrying embargoed oil, this vessel had departed… pic.twitter.com/vvS3u3nrvl

— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) January 9, 2026

will25u said:

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The world’s criminals are on notice.

Early this morning, the @USCG executed a boarding and seizure of the Motor Tanker Olina in international waters east of the Caribbean Sea. As another "ghost fleet" tanker ship suspected of carrying embargoed oil, this vessel had departed… pic.twitter.com/vvS3u3nrvl

— Secretary Kristi Noem (@Sec_Noem) January 9, 2026

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When do we begin preventing these fill-ups at the source?

Maybe someone should share the memo with Team Ghost Fleet.

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When do we begin preventing these fill-ups at the source?

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I was raised by Dad who worked in big oil for his entire career but these technical details are a bit beyond my ken because I don't know the sit rep on the ground.

First question: Storage capacity. How much do they have when exports are severely reduced? IDK.

Second question: If they have to stop the pumps, do they have the ability to restart them even with assistance from other countries? IDK.

Third question: Which military is going to protect VZ shipping sanctioned oil? Helluva question there.

aggiehawg said:

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When do we begin preventing these fill-ups at the source?

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I was raised by Dad who worked in big oil for his entire career but these technical details are a bit beyond my ken because I don't know the sit rep on the ground.

First question: Storage capacity. How much do they have when exports are severely reduced? IDK.

Second question: If they have to stop the pumps, do they have the ability to restart them even with assistance from other countries? IDK.

Third question: Which military is going to protect VZ shipping sanctioned oil? Helluva question there.

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I can speak to the second question. There are almost certainly storage tanks that the terminal uses to store/stage oil that is being produced in Venezuelan fields and transported by pipelines and possibly trucks to the tanks. The tanks might hold 250k-500k barrels each. Depending on how much oil is being produced from the various fields, those tanks will fill to capacity fairly quickly (likely in a few days or maybe a week). Once that happens the upstream fields will have to be shut in at the sources. Typically, this is not a huge problem but depending on the reservoir dynamics and geologic conditions of the reservoirs it could damage the reservoirs and reduce the rate of production or even eliminate production depending on the specific circumstances. But many of the wells will basically turn off and turn back on without too much problem. Of course, if there are shut in related issues there's a question about whether they have the gear and the people to deal with those issues, which could exacerbate the problem.

I dealt with this issue back in 2002 as a lawyer for Nexen Petroleum when the French-owned oil tanker Limburg was attacked by terrorists on October 6, 2002, off the coast of Yemen. The suicide bombing, attributed to al-Qaeda, occurred as the vessel was preparing to dock at the al-Dhabba oil terminal near Mukalla. Nexen ran the terminal for the Masila fields onshore Yemen and when the crew abandoned the vessel near our single point mooring buoy, which was how we loaded cargos from the terminal, the drifting vessel was a threat to our buoy and we had to run shut in scenarios in the event it hit our buoy.

Ok check out this from Ecuador I believe

Los ZURDOS 🇵🇸 de occidente llorando por Maduro.

Mientras tanto en Latinoamérica: pic.twitter.com/S6YsPeIHdq

— ELDUCK (@elduckpost) January 9, 2026

Sonic weapons??

Karoline seems to confirm or wants you to believe it.

Interviewer: And your comrades? Did they manage to resist?

Security Guard: No, not at all. Those twenty men, without a single casualty, killed hundreds of us. We had no way to compete with their technology, with their weapons. I swear, I've never seen anything like it. We couldn't even stand up after that sonic weapon or whatever it was.

Interviewer: So do you think the rest of the region should think twice before confronting the Americans?

Security Guard: Without a doubt. I'm sending a warning to anyone who thinks they can fight the United States. They have no idea what they're capable of. After what I saw, I never want to be on the other side of that again. They're not to be messed with.

Stop what you are doing and read this…
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://t.co/v9OsbdLn1q

— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) January 10, 2026

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Sonic weapons??

Karoljne seems to confirm

Stop what you are doing and read this…
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 https://t.co/v9OsbdLn1q

— Karoline Leavitt (@PressSec) January 10, 2026

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Chat GPT working overtime I see.

I can see other players not knowing for sure what to believe.

lol sounds
Like they took the weapon from stranger things and put in the "security guards" story

I love our military, but that is some grade A propaganda right there.

They don't even disguise it very well. Obviously written by a psych-ops expert trying to get into the minds of Mexicans, Colombians, Russians, Chinese, etc.

I think it's pretty kick ass we are using the energy weapons from Atlas Shrugged in VZ. Killed "hundreds"!

VZ reports that about 55 soldiers were killed and the US adds 75-80 civilians were killed for total of 130 to 135.

That would be a direct energy weapon, funny since if we did use one against the Cuban guards it would be revenge for all the times they used them against the CIA in Cuba.

There is special operations and then there is tier one. For direct action missions it's not even close between the two and the white side guys know it. It's insane how fluid and quick the tier one guys are

This British SAS operator sums up what anyone will say about the Unit:

Psych Ops or not, it will cause every bad actor to have a doubt

I saw photos which confirm this. Terrifying dominance. https://t.co/40r1jXNvnl

— Walter Kirn (@walterkirn) January 10, 2026

None of the soldiers yelled "This is MAGA country"?!?!?

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I love our military, but that is some grade A propaganda right there.

They don't even disguise it very well. Obviously written by a psych-ops expert trying to get into the minds of Mexicans, Colombians, Russians, Chinese, etc.

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Whoever wrote this is the US equivalent of the Russian guy who decided to try and convince the world that they have a tsunami generating nuclear torpedo.

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So... your only issue is the sonic weapons?

Are you saying 20 Delta operators wouldn't wipe the floor with the entire Venezuelan security detail? Because they literally did. Those are arguably the fastest and best shooters in the world. Talking about how fast they were and how fast and accurate their shooting is... that's literally what those dudes do. They are, without any doubt, the most lethal warriors on the planet.

Go watch any interview with guys who come from the special operations community (Rangers, SF, etc) talk about their thoughts when they finally got through selection and made it into the Unit. The first thing they talk about about is the inhuman speed and accuracy of those veteran guys.

I don't think most people understand how truly lethal those guys are.

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Do you jump to conclusions this quickly in real life?

I wrote "Chat GPT working overtime I see." and your reply is all of this, plus you went out and found a youtube video as an additional reply.

I'm impressed that my comment inspired this much dedication from you.

Yes... it's an internet forum. When you post things, other people respond and post things.

I'm impressed by how many people respond like you do when anyone responds to them. I also started my post with a question. You can easily respond and say, "no, I have no problem with that."

I think you, like others, think TexAgs is X or Facebook, not an internet forum. And if you think linking a YouTube video is a lot of work... I don't even know how to respond to that.

Grok confirmed

🚨#BREAKING: The U.S. government is warning Americans to depart Venezuela immediately and strongly advising against any travel to the country due to imminent and extreme safety risks

What's happening round 2 👀

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) January 10, 2026

aggiedata said:

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Grok confirmed

🚨#BREAKING: The U.S. government is warning Americans to depart Venezuela immediately and strongly advising against any travel to the country due to imminent and extreme safety risks

What's happening round 2 👀

— R A W S A L E R T S (@rawsalerts) January 10, 2026

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Quick! To the Pentagon Pizza Meter!

Did anything happen yet?

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MemphisAg1 said:

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I love our military, but that is some grade A propaganda right there.

They don't even disguise it very well. Obviously written by a psych-ops expert trying to get into the minds of Mexicans, Colombians, Russians, Chinese, etc.

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Whoever wrote this is the US equivalent of the Russian guy who decided to try and convince the world that they have a tsunami generating nuclear torpedo.

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We have Chupacabras that have invisibility cloaks, dagger like claws, and infrared vision.

Tony Franklins Other Shoe said:

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Rossticus said:

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MemphisAg1 said:

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I love our military, but that is some grade A propaganda right there.

They don't even disguise it very well. Obviously written by a psych-ops expert trying to get into the minds of Mexicans, Colombians, Russians, Chinese, etc.

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Whoever wrote this is the US equivalent of the Russian guy who decided to try and convince the world that they have a tsunami generating nuclear torpedo.

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We have Chupacabras that have invisibility cloaks, dagger like claws, and infrared vision.

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I bet it's more something like Marvel's Suicide Squad we sent in. And that squad was developed from alien DNA or tech we merged with humans that we're been collecting since Area 51.

Prove me wrong.

They had these when I was in high school 25+ years ago. I imagine they have made them much smaller.