Up to this time, Chevron's presence in Venezuela persists courtesy of a succession of exemptions authorised by Washington. Time is running out for Chevron's sanctions waivers, the most recent one due to expire on April 22 and media reports from the oil sector are becoming increasingly strident in their predictions that the end of April could spell the end of the line for Chevron's presence in Venezuela, at least for as long as the Maduro administration remains in place. On Friday, a Bloomberg article (co-authored by Saleha Mohsin, Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Ben Bartenstein and Kevin Crowley) declared that "The Trump administration is ready to unleash the full impact of sanctions on Chevron Corp.'s operations in Venezuela as the U.S. seeks to further squeeze the Maduro regime."