"storage/logs/laravel.log" could not be opened: failed to open stream: Permission denied

nginx version: nginx/1.12.2
built by gcc 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-16) (GCC)
built with OpenSSL 1.0.2k-fips  26 Jan 2017
TLS SNI support enabled
configure arguments: ... --user=nginx --group=nginx ...

sudo chown -R $USER:nginx /path/to/project

sudo find /path/to/project -type f -exec chmod 664 {} ;
sudo find /path/to/project -type d -exec chmod 775 {} ;

sudo chmod -R 775 storage