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.

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

The South American neighbours are involved in a long-running dispute about which country owns the oil-rich Essequibo area.

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.

Guyana has accused a Venezuelan coastguard patrol of entering its waters and approaching a floating production, storage and offloading vessel operated by ExxonMobil. President Irfaan Ali said the incident took place on Saturday in an oil block managed by the US oil giant.

President Irfaan Ali, in a televised address ... two of them seriously. Since ExxonMobil made its major oil discovery in Guyana in 2015, Venezuela has revived a century-old territorial dispute ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Guyana's President Irfaan Ali on Saturday denounced ... oil deposit being developed by ExxonMobil. In a televised address, Ali said Guyana was hurriedly notifying all ...

President Irfaan Ali, in a televised address ... two of them seriously. Since ExxonMobil made its major oil discovery in Guyana in 2015, Venezuela has revived a century-old territorial dispute ...