https://www.aporrea.org/actualidad/n416057.htmlMartes, 03 de marzo de 2026.- Pedro Eusse señaló que hay síntomas de un resurgir de la lucha de los trabajadores. Durante una corta entrevista con Aporrea.org, en el ma...

It’s not hyperbole to call what transpired today in Qatar a seismic event for global energy markets. On March 2, QatarEnergy — the state-owned energy giant responsible for all of the country’s liquefied natural gas exports — announced a complete halt to LNG production after Iranian drone strikes hit facilities at Ras Laffan Industrial City and Mesaieed Industrial City. And the effects of the shutdown will go well beyond the short term. These aren’t minor processing units. These are the heart of Qatar’s LNG infrastructure,…

From the moment that Russia invaded Ukraine on 24 February 2022, liquefied natural gas (LNG) became the key global emergency energy source. Unlike pipelined energy that requires time-consuming infrastructure build-out and contract negotiations before it can be moved anywhere, LNG can be bought in the spot market when required and move swiftly to wherever it is needed. As increasing sanctions have hit Russia’s previously enormous global oil and gas exports, LNG’s crucial importance to the world’s energy balance has increased. Against…

 

Oil prices jumped nearly 10% in Monday's early session after Iran launched a barrage of retaliatory missiles and drone strikes targeting Israel and U.S. bases in the Persian Gulf following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday. And, it could get worse: JPMorgan Chase has warned that Brent crude oil prices could spike to $120 per barrel if the conflict leads to sustained disruption of oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz. Whereas the Strait of Hormuz has not officially been closed, it is experiencing a de…

South America’s largest economy, Brazil, is on track to be a top 5 global oil producer. During 2023, Brazil received an offer to join the OPEC+ price cartel, but it took until early 2025 for the government in the capital Brasilia to accept membership. This signaled a significant change in government strategy, with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva seeking to make Brazil the world’s fourth-largest petroleum producer by the end of the decade. By joining OPEC+, Brazil can access considerable strategic resources to assist with…

2 de marzo de 2026.- El presidente de la Comisión Especial de Seguimiento de la Ley de Amnistía para la Convivencia Democrática, Jorge Arreaza, informó que un total de 5.628 personas han obtenido la libertad plena tras la ejecución de este instrumento legal. A través de sus redes sociales, el fun...

Last month’s announcement that Devon Energy and Coterra Energy are merging to create a $58-billion giant is the latest mega-deal in the U.S. shale patch, signaling smaller public companies are seeking multi-basin, multi-year increases in drilling opportunities. In early February, Devon Energy and Coterra Energy announced a definitive agreement to merge and create a premier shale operator in an all-stock transaction, implying a combined enterprise value of about $58 billion. The deal creates a company with a significantly increased position…

2 de marzo de 2026.- La Asociación CANAÁN en su Canal YouTube tiene como invitado al notable investigador cultural, Ariel B. Haddad. Él es Colombiano de origen Árabe, de confesión religiosa católica. Haddad sostiene que existe una vergonzosa instrumentalización, manipulación y falsificación...

Average U.S. gasoline prices climbed above $3 per gallon on Monday for the first time since November, as escalating conflict with Iran rippled through global energy markets and pushed crude and fuel prices sharply higher. According to Reuters, retail gasoline crossed the $3 threshold as Brent crude surged more than 5% to nearly $77 per barrel, with prices briefly topping $80 in early trading. Tehran’s retaliation following U.S. and Israeli strikes has disrupted oil and fuel shipments across the Middle East, particularly through the Strait…

Average U.S. gasoline prices climbed above $3 per gallon on Monday for the first time since November, as escalating conflict with Iran rippled through global energy markets and pushed crude and fuel prices sharply higher. According to Reuters, retail gasoline crossed the $3 threshold as Brent crude surged more than 5% to nearly $77 per barrel, with prices briefly topping $80 in early trading. Tehran’s retaliation following U.S. and Israeli strikes has disrupted oil and fuel shipments across the Middle East, particularly through the Strait…

Average U.S. gasoline prices climbed above $3 per gallon on Monday for the first time since November, as escalating conflict with Iran rippled through global energy markets and pushed crude and fuel prices sharply higher. According to Reuters, retail gasoline crossed the $3 threshold as Brent crude surged more than 5% to nearly $77 per barrel, with prices briefly topping $80 in early trading. Tehran’s retaliation following U.S. and Israeli strikes has disrupted oil and fuel shipments across the Middle East, particularly through the Strait…

When it comes to the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI) and now artificial superintelligence (ASI) (sometimes called artificial general intelligence), I feel as if we've been transported onto the set of the 1983 film "WarGames." In the film teenage hacker David Lightman stumbles onto the military's most sensitive war scenario planning computer while believing he has simply found a soon-to-be-released game called "Global Thermonuclear War" on the server of a computer game company.  Lightman activates the game which ultimately makes personnel…

Sábado, 28 de febrero de 2026.- Protesta de los trabajadores frente a la sede principal del Ministerio del Trabajo. Aumento salarial y respeto a sus derechos laborales reclamaron los trabajadores el jueves 26, en la mañana, frente al Ministerio del Trabajo, en Caracas. ...

The Strait of Hormuz is back in the headlines. Again. Roughly a fifth of globally traded oil passes through that narrow maritime corridor between Oman and Iran. And once more, geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have turned this chokepoint into a pressure valve for the entire global economy. Insurance premiums spike. Tankers hesitate. Traders hold their breath. Politicians rush to microphones. And Europe wonders why its energy bills are rising. There is something profoundly frustrating about this moment, not because it is surprising, but because…

Chevron has declared force majeure at Israel’s Leviathan natural gas field after the government ordered a temporary suspension of production on security grounds, marking the second time in less than a year that hostilities with Iran have disrupted Eastern Mediterranean gas flows. Israel’s energy ministry directed operator Chevron to shut in Leviathan following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and subsequent retaliatory action across the region. Partner NewMed Energy said the suspension followed guidance from security authorities,…

Chevron has declared force majeure at Israel’s Leviathan natural gas field after the government ordered a temporary suspension of production on security grounds, marking the second time in less than a year that hostilities with Iran have disrupted Eastern Mediterranean gas flows. Israel’s energy ministry directed operator Chevron to shut in Leviathan following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and subsequent retaliatory action across the region. Partner NewMed Energy said the suspension followed guidance from security authorities,…

REalloys (NASDAQ: ALOY) and a small number of other North American companies are doing what the rest of the Western world failed to do for three decades: They are breaking China’s "kill switch" on the U.S. defense supply chain. While the U.S. defense sector has long been reliant on international processing for these materials, REalloys has established itself as the only North American facility currently producing the specialized alloys essential for high-performance magnets used in advanced defense systems.China’s dominance isn't in…

What has been happening in the Middle East when it comes to markets won’t affect only headlines but could reshape the structure of the oil market from the physical barrel to the far end of the derivatives curve. As tensions escalate, physical traders are going to have to rethink their physical routes, and will have to recalibrate the forward curve - opposite to equity markets, oil markets use the forward curve to hedge, not spot. Because of that, you will also see a repricing of volatility, adjusting skew, and deployment of option structures…