5 de febrero de 2026.- El presidente de EE.UU., Donald Trump, reiteró el potencial energético que posee Venezuela, un mes después de la agresión militar que terminó con el secuestro del mandatario de ese país, Nicolás Maduro, y de su esposa, Cilia Flores. "Tienen más petróleo que casi nadie e...

A winter wallop that delivered a blast of Arctic air to two-thirds of the United States last weekend brought with it power failures, partially due to snow, ice and falling trees or branches damaging power lines. At least 35 deaths were reported, including three brothers between the ages of 6 and 9 who fell through an iced-over pond in Texas, and two people who were run over by snowplows in Massachusetts and Ohio. The mega-storm reportedly caused blackouts to more than a million customers, especially in Tennessee, Mississippi and Louisiana. As of…

5 de febrero de 2026.- El canciller iraní, Abbas Araghchi, confirmó que las conversaciones nucleares con Estados Unidos se celebrarán el próximo viernes 6 de febrero alrededor de las 10 de la mañana hora local en Mascate, capital de Omán. “Agradezco a nuestros hermanos omaníes por haber hecho todos ...

Privately held MASS Group Holding plans to invest more than €1 billion (~$1.18 billion) in large-scale battery energy storage projects in Romania after reaching an agreement with the Romanian government, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The projects are intended to support Romania’s power grid as renewable generation expands and older conventional capacity continues to decline. According to Reuters, the investment would involve multiple grid-scale battery installations with combined capacity measured in the gigawatt-hour range. Romanian…

Venezuela’s autocratic ruling regime, led by interim President Delcy Rodriguez, recently announced it created the legal framework required to privatize Venezuela’s oil industry, thus ending PDVSA’s monopoly. This is in accordance with U.S. President Donald Trump’s demands and comes at a time when Washington is easing restrictions on trading with Venezuela. While questions loom over whether Venezuela is investable for foreign energy companies, this is huge step in the right direction, removing a key concern for Big Oil. Although…

5 de febrero de 2026.- La presidenta encargada Delcy Rodríguez, designó este miércoles a varios padrino en distintas regiones del país con el fin de fortalecer y consolidar las seis mil comunas de toda Venezuela. En ese sentido, la mandataria nacional nombró al ministro de Pesca y Acuicultura, Ju...

As India is tentatively pulling back from buying Russian oil after the U.S. trade deal, Russia’s crude is being offered in China at widening discounts to attract Chinese refiners, trade sources have told Reuters.     This week, the discount of the ESPO blend that Russia ships from the Kozmino port in the Far East widened to almost $9 per barrel to ICE Brent, up from the $7–$8 a barrel discount of the past months, according to the trade sources. Discounts for Russia’s flagship Urals crude grade shipped from Russia’s…

5 de febrero de 2026.- Irán incautó dos buques petroleros extranjeros en el Golfo Pérsico este jueves, reportó la televisión estatal, alegando que las embarcaciones traficaban combustible. El informe no proporcionó la nacionalidad de los buques ni indicó bajo qué bandera navegaban. El general Hei...

As the geopolitical map of South American oil shifts in early 2026, the contrast between Guyana and Venezuela has never been starker.  In global energy markets, geology is often treated as destiny. If a country has oil, investment and prosperity are assumed to follow. But, in recent years, the contrast between Guyana and Venezuela—two neighbors sitting atop the same prolific basin—offers a powerful rebuttal to that assumption. The two countries share some similarities, but they occupy completely different economic worlds. One is…

5 de febrero de 2026.- El fiscal general, Tarek William Saab, desestimó este día los reportes periodísticos que indican una posible captura del empresario Álex Saab. En declaraciones a los medios, Saab negó que exista tal detención. El abogado de Saab, Luigi Giuliano, aseguró que los rumores so...

La policía rusa destapó una operación de contrabando de un meteorito valorado en más de cuatro millones de dólares que trataron de exportar a Gran Bretaña como escultura de jardín a través del puerto de San Petersburgo, informaron este jueves las fuerzas de seguridad. El objeto, de ...

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) booked lower-than-expected earnings for the fourth quarter as higher production was unable to offset the decline in oil prices. ConocoPhillips reported on Thursday fourth-quarter adjusted earnings of $1.3 billion, or $1.02 per share. That was nearly halved compared with adjusted earnings of $2.4 billion, or $1.98 per share, for the fourth quarter of 2024. The earnings for October-December 2025 were also lower than the $1.07 analyst consensus estimate in The Wall Street Journal.  ConocoPhillips attributed the decline…

5 de febrero de 2026.- El presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, reafirmó este día ante medios nacionales y extranjeros la disposición del Gobierno cubano a sostener un diálogo con Estados Unidos sobre cualquier tema, siempre que se desarrolle sin precondicionamientos, sin presiones y sobre...

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El presidente colombiano, Gustavo Petro, tachó este miércoles de "golpe" al "derecho fundamental a elegir y ser elegido" la decisión del Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) de excluir al senador Iván Cepeda, del partido oficialista Pacto Histórico, de la consulta interpartidis...

5 de febrero de 2026.- Arribó al Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía, en La Guaira, una importante dotación de medicamentos de alto costo destinados a pacientes oncológicos y trasplantados. El equipo de "Juntos Todo es Posible" subrayó que el cargamento incluye insumos vitales como inmunosupres...

After striking a trade and investment deal with the United States last month, Taiwan plans to hike imports of U.S. LNG this year to have American gas account for about a third of its supply. “We plan to increase purchases of natural gas from the U.S. to 30%-33% this year from about 10% now,” Fang Jeng-zen, chairman of Taiwan’s state-held oil and gas company CPC Corporation, told reporters on Thursday, as carried by Reuters. Taiwan wants to buy more gas from the U.S. and will reduce imports from other suppliers, said the Economy…

WASHINGTON.– El presidente Donald Trump arremetió el martes en el Salón Oval contra la corresponsal de CNN Kaitlan Collins, a quien calificó como "la peor periodista" y reprendió por no sonreír mientras esta intentaba preguntarle sobre la más reciente publicación de archivos vi...

TotalEnergies has signed two clean firm power contracts to supply 3.3 terawatt-hours (TWh) to all major sites of aircraft manufacturer Airbus in Germany and the United Kingdom, the French supermajor said on Thursday as it continues to boost its integrated power portfolio with renewable electricity.   Unlike other European majors such as BP and Shell, which have outright reduced spending on renewables, TotalEnergies is betting big on its Integrated Power business and has a strategy to reach a 12% profitability target for the division.…

La presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez, anunció un «Plan de Sustitución Estratégica de Importaciones», en rubros de la canasta de alimentación