India, Jan. 13 -- Two supertankers sailing to Venezuela with a Chinese flag to conduct crude oil cargo delivery according to debt for oil contracts have suddenly altered course and set off towards Asia, according to recent shipping reports. Recently, there has been increased enforcement of sanctions by the USA and evolving geopolitical conflicts within the global oil industry.

The supertankers, Xing Ye and Thousand Sunny, had spent months docked and waiting in the Atlantic to enter Venezuela. The sudden turn shows how Venezuela's crude oil exports are coming under increased pressure amidst the conflict between Washington, Beijing and Venezuela.

Both of the very large oil tankers were headed to collect the oil that Venezuela had agreed t...