Oil prices could spike and hit again their peak Iran-war levels at nearly $120 per barrel if a full recovery of vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz takes until July, according to JP Morgan. Despite the ceasefire announced earlier this week, traffic through the critical oil chokepoint remains severely restricted and under supervision and approval by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). "The ceasefire has not reopened the Strait of Hormuz, and transit remains tightly controlled," maritime intelligence firm Windward said on Thursday.…

Oil prices could spike and hit again their peak Iran-war levels at nearly $120 per barrel if a full recovery of vessel traffic through the Strait of Hormuz takes until July, according to JP Morgan. Despite the ceasefire announced earlier this week, traffic through the critical oil chokepoint remains severely restricted and under supervision and approval by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). "The ceasefire has not reopened the Strait of Hormuz, and transit remains tightly controlled," maritime intelligence firm Windward said on Thursday.…

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Amid reports Iran and the US are considering charging vessels a “toll” to transit the Strait of Hormuz, maritime insiders say such a move could backfire if other countries decide to charge ships for passing through natural maritime chokepoints. “This is international free passage,” Olav Myklebust, a Norwegian oil tanker manager, says, “so the rules are very clear.” According to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), ships engaged in “innocent passage” through a country’s territorial…

En los siete días terminados el 3 de abril, los envíos de petróleo venezolano estuvieron solo por debajo de Canadá (4.271.000 bpd) y Arabia Saudita (589.000 bpd) Las exportaciones petroleras venezolanas en la primera semana de abril se ubicaron en 321.000 barriles por día (bpd), un ...

Durante la jornada de este jueves, en paralelo a la convocatoria de movilización gubernamental, un grupo de sindicalistas y jubilados de sectores de la oposición realizaron una manifestación en las calles de la capital venezolana. Aunque la movilización fue convocada inicialmente ba...

El Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) está distribuyendo una encuesta entre sus miembros acerca de la reanudación de las relaciones con Venezuela, según fuentes familiarizadas con el asunto

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Crude oil markets reversed sharply lower during the week of April 5 through April 9, 2026, as traders shifted from aggressive risk pricing to rapid liquidation. After surging the previous week on geopolitical tensions, May WTI crude failed to sustain higher levels and entered a wide, volatile range. Prices reached a weekly high of $117.73 before collapsing to a low of $91.05. As of Thursday, crude is trading at $98.39, down $13.15 or -11.79% for the week so far. This sharp reversal follows last week’s breakout rally, where supply fears tied…

Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict It’s been a busy week on the U.S.-Iran front. Trump escalated to the point of threatening to wipe out Iran, then pulled back when oil prices spiked, and the stock market took a hit tied to the Strait disruption. The narrative then turned into one claiming that all U.S. military objectives have already been met. By way of saving face in the reversal, Trump threatened tariffs on anyone supplying Iran. The military goals remain unclear at this time. And the current ceasefire is shaky at best. Israel is continuing…

The last month or so has been a wild ride for those who trade oil futures or invest in energy stocks, which presumably describes pretty much everyone reading this. In the last few days of February, just before Israel and the US attacked Iranian targets, WTI futures were bouncing around the $65 level. That represented a five-month high but was still well within the range that seemed reasonable at the time. Presumably, at that point, the market generally agreed with my view that Donald Trump’s stated opposition to wars and entanglements outside…

Against the backdrop of global disaster, and only halfway through this anti-war administration, Americans are largely watching this all unfold as if it’s another Netflix offering coupled with tantalizing social media posts. But in addition to ethical and moral concerns, it is reasonable at this time to be concerned about markets, and money is generally the only thing that commands attention these days.  Americans are arguably over-invested, which represents a faith in the order of things that is no longer warranted, and possibly financially…

Saudi Arabia's SATORP refinery, jointly owned by Aramco and TotalEnergies, was shut down after one of two refining units was damaged by incidents earlier this week, the French supermajor said in an update to the market on Friday. The SATORP site was affected by incidents that occurred during the night of April 7 to 8, causing damage to one of the refinery’s two processing trains, TotalEnergies said today. “No casualties were reported. As a safety precaution, the units were shut down. An assessment of the consequences for the refinery’s…

Viernes, 10 de abril de 2026.- Profesor Glenn Diesen entrevista a Seyed Marandi: Guerra total: Ataque a centrales nucleares, plantas desalinizadoras e infraestructura. Seyed Mohammad Marandi analiza los ataques contra centrales nucleares, plantas desalinizadoras, infraestructura crítica y la po...

Viernes, 10 de abril de 2026.- Ordenó Trump que se diga: no se acordó un alto al fuego sobre las organizaciones terroristas, ni sobre Hezbolá, ni sobre Hamas, ni sobre los Huties. Pero ante el ataque de ayer, sobre Hezbolá lo que ha hecho Irán es volver a cerrar el estrecho de...

La Habana (Prensa Latina) La política hostil de la actual administración estadounidense hacia Cuba alcanzó en 2026 niveles de sistematicidad y crueldad sin antecedentes históricos. Lejos de ser medidas aisladas, se trata de un diseño integral que abarca todas las esferas de la socie...

An empty supertanker flying the flag of Russia has transited the Strait of Hormuz and moved into the Persian Gulf with Iran’s Kharg Island broadcast as its initial destination, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing vessel-tracking data. The very large crude carrier (VLCC) Arhimeda, built in 2000, moved into the Gulf from the Strait of Hormuz late on Thursday, as the market and analysts are focusing on monitoring how traffic through the chokepoint is now faring after the ceasefire announced on Tuesday night. Arhimeda took the flag of Russia…

Este viernes, en horas de la mañana, prevalecerán zonas nubladas con precipitaciones de intensidad variable en zonas de la Guayana Esequiba, sur Bolívar, Amazonas, Llanos Occidentales, Los Andes, partes de Falcón y Zulia.; el resto del país, se estima cielo parcialmente nublado.

El precio del petróleo despuntó con fuerza este jueves en medio de las crecientes dudas sobre el alto el fuego entre Estados Unidos e Irán anunciado apenas dos días antes.

SUMARIO TEXTO GACETA OFICIAL 43.340 DEL 23 DE MARZO DE 2026 PRESIDENCIA DE LA REPÚBLICA Decreto Nº 5.299, mediante el cual se nombra a los ciudadanos que en él se mencionan, para ocupar los cargos que en él se indican, del Ministerio del...