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It also said it had suspended preparations for a drilling project because employees of a contractor had been evacuated.
But the strike has begun faltering, and this week Venezuela's Supreme Court suspended preparations for the February referendum, which Mr. Chávez had vowed to ignore anyway.
In the first punitive action against Moscow over its invasion, the leaders of seven of the G8 major world powers formally suspended preparations for a summit scheduled in Russia.
The G7 leaders already have suspended preparations for a G8 summit, which includes Russia, that is scheduled for June in Sochi, Russia, but is in doubt because of Ukraine.
The other seven members of the group had already suspended preparations for a G-8 summit that Russia is scheduled to host in June in Sochi over the situation in Crimea.
If Moscow did not de-escalate, Kerry said, international partners would take further steps after having begun work on sanctions, suspended preparations for June's G8 summit in Sochi, suspended military contacts and suspended economic dialogue.
The signatories — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States — announced that they would suspend preparations for a G8 meeting in Sochi, Russia, that was to be held in June.
Visible diplomatic activity quieted a day after EU leaders agreed to suspend talks to ease visa rules for Russia and suspend preparations for the G8 summit in Sochi in June.
Last weekend, rough wintry seas and strong winds forced salvage crews to suspend preparations to drain the fuel, a job expected to take four weeks, and officials said the conditions might not allow a resumption until Wednesday or later.
It said it and six other nations were suspending preparations for a summit of the Group of 8 that Russia is due to host, also in Sochi, in June.
One Italian official said that, even though Italy had signed up to a statement saying the G7 countries would suspend preparations for the Sochi summit, the government in Rome privately disagreed with the move.
