Oil prices climbed after President Trump’s Iran rhetoric revived geopolitical risk, pushing Brent above $66 despite limited supply disruption impact.   Friday, January 23, 2026 Kazakhstan’s incessant supply disruptions have been the main talking point this week, however up until Friday there’s been little impact on pricing. No sooner had US President Trump declared the reallocation of naval assets to Iranian shores, warning of an ‘armada’ ready to attack, than ICE Brent futures were storming $66 per barrel again.…

Una vasta franja de Estados Unidos, que se extiende hacia el este desde las Montañas Rocosas del sur hasta el Atlántico Medio y Nueva Inglaterra, está en alerta por condiciones de tormenta invernal que podrían durar días, interrumpir los viajes y amenazar con apagones. Para la noche...

En un movimiento estratégico para consolidar su autoridad, la presidenta encargada Delcy Rodríguez ordenó una reestructuración profunda en las regiones militares, específicamente en la Zodi y Redi. El proceso implica el cambio de mando en al menos doce jurisdicciones claves entre la...

Este jueves, el vuelo N° 101 de la aerolínea Eastern Airlines, en el marco de la Gran Misión Vuelta a la Patria, aterrizó exitosamente en Venezuela procedente de Phoenix, Arizona, trayendo consigo a 183 compatriotas que fueron recibidos con gran alegría por sus familiares y autoridades loc...

Below-average winter temperatures are driving the fastest pace of withdrawals from natural gas storage in Europe in five years, as heating demand is rising. EU gas storage sites were only 47% full as of January 21, according to the latest data from Gas Infrastructure Europe.   That’s well below the average for the past few years, signaling that Europe will have to import more gas in the summer to replenish storage supplies. Gas withdrawals have accelerated this month amid colder-than-normal temperatures in most of Europe, and the pace…

La presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, anunció la convocatoria a la primera Consulta Popular para el 8 de marzo. La jornada permitirá a las comunidades de todo el país elegir democráticamente los proyectos que serán financiados por el Estado. "Lo novedoso es que...

The European Union has proposed sanctions against Iran's interior minister and 14 other senior officials for their role in a violent crackdown on nationwide protests that erupted in late December, documents obtained by RFE/RL show. Protests erupted on December 28 over economic woes, including currency collapse, but morphed into anti-regime demonstrations that were met with lethal force. The bloc's foreign ministers could adopt the measures, which include asset freezes and visa bans, when they meet in Brussels on January 29. All member states must…

India’s state-owned refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is set to sign next week an oil supply deal with Brazilian state giant Petrobras for the delivery of 12 million barrels of crude, valued at about $780 million. The signing of the agreement is expected to take place during the India Energy Week 2026 forum, which will be held between January 27 and January 30 in Goa, the Indian government said in a statement on Friday carried by Reuters.   Indian refiners, including BPCL, are looking to diversify their crude supply…

From Monday, January 19, through Thursday, January 22, 2026, WTI crude oil moved on geopolitical noise, U.S. inventory surprises, and shifting demand assumptions. The early week brought geopolitical headlines that traders briefly entertained, but by mid-week, the story was all about supply-side pressure - specifically, those U.S. inventory numbers that just wouldn't quit. The week became an exercise in risk recalibration as headline risks failed to deliver actual supply disruptions. Late Thursday, Light Crude Oil Futures are trading $59.60, up…

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Markets are not reacting to where U.S. policy is headed; rather, they are reacting to how quickly U.S. policy positions are adopted, amplified, and then walked back, or even abandoned. With the Trump administration, the distance between escalation and reversal has shortened to a single news cycle, turning geopolitics into a source of short-term volatility where it would normally be a longer-term indication of direction. This week’s Greenland episode captured that dynamic in real time. Tariff threats surfaced,…

I rarely recommend shorting a stock, here or elsewhere, for a few reasons. First, short selling doesn’t fit my personality. I like to think of myself as a positive person, and many years ago, I vowed that I would not let any part of my life, personal or professional, be ruled by fear.  Shorting is a negative thing by its very nature and is often based on fear, so it is just not something with which I am comfortable. More important than its effect on my fragile feelings, though, selling a stock short always comes with significant risk.…

On the Sudan civil war front, the government is trying to draw a hard boundary around a shrinking but still critical part of the oil system. As fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, a paramilitary group, continues across much of the country, Khartoum is insisting that the Heglig oil field remains operational and under state control, even as regional actors tighten scrutiny on the RSF’s external supply lines. Heglig’s importance is often overstated in volume terms. Most of the crude that matters economically…

India’s state-owned refiner Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) is set to sign next week an oil supply deal with Brazilian state giant Petrobras for the delivery of 12 million barrels of crude, valued at about $780 million. The signing of the agreement is expected to take place during the India Energy Week 2026 forum, which will be held between January 27 and January 30 in Goa, the Indian government said in a statement on Friday carried by Reuters.   Indian refiners, including BPCL, are looking to diversify their crude supply…

El ministro de Defensa venezolano, Vladímir Padrino López, declaró que Venezuela sirvió como «

Con profundo fervor patriótico y en defensa de la soberanía nacional, representantes del sector salud se congregaron en la sede del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD), en Caracas, para acompañar a los hijos del presidente constitucional de la República Bolivariana de Ven...

Cientos de personas de diversos colectivos de la sociedad civil marcharon desde el centro de la ciudad hasta la embajada de los Estados Unidos. El motivo de la movilización es el repudio absoluto al bombardeo estadounidense contra territorio venezolano y el secuestro del presidente Nicolás Mad...

La agresiva política exterior de Donald Trump, marcada por acciones militares para controlar el petróleo en Venezuela y presiones para anexar Groenlandia, encendió las...

Europe is expected to import a record-high volume of liquefied natural gas this year as stronger demand for replenishing storage sites, the phase-out of Russian supply, and continued pipeline exports to Ukraine will drive increased demand, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Friday. After setting a record in 2025, European LNG imports are poised to reach a new all-time high of over 185 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2026, the agency said in its Gas Market Report Q1 2026. Europe’s LNG imports hit an all-time high of over 175 bcm in…

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El Gobierno de Venezuela calificó este jueves de noticia falsa un reporte del medio británico The Guardian, en el que se afirma que la presidenta encargada del país suramericano, Delcy Rodríguez, aseguró ya antes del secuestro del presidente Nicolás Maduro que cooperaría con EE.UU. ...