11 de abril de 2025.- A partir del 10 de abril, el Instituto Nacional de Transporte Terrestre (INTT), establecerá el Banco de Venezuela como única plataforma de pago, debido a labores de mantenimiento y optimización del sistema INTT Recarga. Con el fin de reforzar la seguridad y garantizar la tra...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, following a 2 rig dip in the prior week. The total rig count in the US fell by 7 to 583 rigs, according to Baker Hughes, down 34 from this same time last year. The number of oil rigs fell by 9 to 480—down by 26 compared to this time last year. The number of gas rigs rose by 1 this week to 97 for a loss of 12 active gas rigs from this time last year. Miscellaneous rigs were rose by 1 to…

Has there been a more underrated hero in the climate conversation than natural gas? Once hailed as the darling "bridge fuel" of the Obama era, it’s now regularly flogged by environmental purists who claim that our choice is either solar panels or planetary doom. But a new study from Miami University Ohio just lobbed a pretty compelling truth grenade: switching from coal to gas is cutting carbon emissions. A lot. According to peer-reviewed research, greenhouse gas emissions dropped 7.5% annually as companies swapped coal for natural gas via…

Has there been a more underrated hero in the climate conversation than natural gas? Once hailed as the darling "bridge fuel" of the Obama era, it’s now regularly flogged by environmental purists who claim that our choice is either solar panels or planetary doom. But a new study from Miami University Ohio just lobbed a pretty compelling truth grenade: switching from coal to gas is cutting carbon emissions. A lot. According to peer-reviewed research, greenhouse gas emissions dropped 7.5% annually as companies swapped coal for natural gas via…

Es 11 de abril de 2025. Han transcurrido 101 días del año y faltan 264 días para su terminación. Hoy es viernes. Las efemérides se refieren a sucesos, celebraciones o conmemoraciones significativas para un área del conocimiento, la cultura y las artes, la historia o la cienci...

11 de abril de 2025.- Este viernes, siguiendo instrucciones del presidente constitucional Nicolás Maduro Moros, el ministro del Poder Popular para el Transporte, M/G Ramón Velázquez Araguayan, recibió en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía el vuelo número 13, con una aeronave estadounidense pro...

After over a year in the making, the takeover of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel was thwarted by former President Joe Biden in January due to security concerns. Now, President Donald Trump is considering whether to revitalise the deal, even as he introduces tariffs on Japanese imports.  In December 2023, Nippon Steel announced it planned to acquire U.S. Steel for $14.9 billion as part of its plan to expand its U.S. assets. It was expected to make Nippon the third-largest global steel producer, contributing around 86 million tons…

Enfrentándose a un plazo impuesto por una juez de inmigración para entregar pruebas en su intento de deportación del activista de la Universidad de Columbia, Mahmoud Khalil, el gobierno estadounidense ha presentado en su lugar un breve memorando, firmado por el secretario de Estado, Marco Rubi...

El Ejecutivo nacional apuntará al mercado de los Brics para comercializar productos pesqueros y acuícolas, ante la imposición de aranceles de 15% por parte de la administración de Estados Unidos. En ese sentido, representantes de los ministerios de Comercio, Pesca y Acuicultur...

Los candidatos a la presidencia de Ecuador, Luisa González y Daniel Noboa, culminaron el miércoles sus campañas electorales en la capital, de cara a la segunda vuelta programada para el domingo 13 de abril. Noboa, actual presidente y aspirante a la reelección, cerró su campaña en el...

Un nuevo capítulo en la tensión entre Estad...

En las redes sociales se viralizan una serie de grabaciones en las que el polémico 'tiktoker' venezolano Leonel Moreno, mejor conocido como 'Leito Oficial', hace reclamos públicos al exdiputado y prófugo de la justicia de su país, Juan Guaidó, quien se autoproclamó "presid...

The United States could halt Iranian oil exports if it increases pressure on Tehran to ensure that it will never obtain a nuclear weapon, U.S. Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, told Reuters during a visit to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The U.S. allies in the Gulf region, which include the UAE and Saudi Arabia, are very concerned by the prospect of an Iran with a nuclear weapon and share the U.S. position that Iran shouldn’t be allowed to have one, Secretary Wright told Reuters. The top U.S. energy official is on a tour in…

The United States could halt Iranian oil exports if it increases pressure on Tehran to ensure that it will never obtain a nuclear weapon, U.S. Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, told Reuters during a visit to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The U.S. allies in the Gulf region, which include the UAE and Saudi Arabia, are very concerned by the prospect of an Iran with a nuclear weapon and share the U.S. position that Iran shouldn’t be allowed to have one, Secretary Wright told Reuters. The top U.S. energy official is on a tour in…

Oil market fundamentals appear to have entirely given way to sentiment recently, with Trump's tariff war with China driving prices down.Friday, April 11th, 2025 This week, one may not have noticed that oil markets are still backwardated and that refiners are still buying oil because the general sentiment in oil markets soured to its lowest level in years. Seemingly ceaseless salvos of incremental import tariffs between the US and China frightened the oil markets to such an extent that even Trump’s 90-day delay on implementation…

The United States could halt Iranian oil exports if it increases pressure on Tehran to ensure that it will never obtain a nuclear weapon, U.S. Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, told Reuters during a visit to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The U.S. allies in the Gulf region, which include the UAE and Saudi Arabia, are very concerned by the prospect of an Iran with a nuclear weapon and share the U.S. position that Iran shouldn’t be allowed to have one, Secretary Wright told Reuters. The top U.S. energy official is on a tour in…

El derrumbe del techo de la Jet Set discoteca de Santo Domingo, en la República Dominicana, ocurrido este martes, con al menos 113 muertos y más de cien heridos, es el suceso más grave registrado en discotecas y salas de fiesta del mundo, desde 2013. En Brasil, el 27 de enero de 2013, en la disco...

Numbers Report – April 11, 2025In the latest edition of the Numbers Report, we will take a look at some of the most interesting figures put out this week in the energy and metals sectors. Each week we’ll dig into some data and provide a bit of explanation on what drives the numbers. Let’s take a look.1. Kazakhstan’s Cheating Becomes OPEC+’s Headache - OPEC+’s decision to speed up its production unwinding in May-July has served the oil group a trick, as collapsing prices only aggravated member countries’…

Crude oil futures endured a relentless sell-off this week as escalating trade tensions between the U.S. and China deepened fears of an economic slowdown, triggering a widespread reassessment of demand expectations. The fallout from tit-for-tat tariffs—now reaching an astonishing 145% on Chinese goods—has severely undermined confidence in the global consumption outlook, particularly from China, the world’s second-largest crude importer. Investor sentiment took a hit early in the week as oil prices plunged nearly 4% on Monday alone,…

Politics, Geopolitics, & Conflict Trump has accused Mexico of violating a 1944 water treaty by failing to deliver enough water to Texas, harming farmers in the south and leading to the closure of a sugar mill. Trump is threatening tariffs over the issue, also mentioning sanctions (however, tariffs and sanctions seem to be conjoined in the administration).  We are keeping a close eye on developments between Israel and Turkey, who are at dangerous odds over the future of Syria, with both external actors now homing in on Assad’s old…