The Trump administration is weighing a rare suspension of the century-old Jones Act, an extraordinary step that Washington has historically taken only during major national emergencies such as hurricanes or severe supply disruptions. Officials are considering a roughly 30-day waiver of the maritime law as the war in the Middle East sends oil and fuel prices sharply higher and disrupts global shipping routes. If enacted, it would allow foreign tankers to move oil, gasoline, diesel, liquefied natural gas, and fertilizer between U.S. ports, which…

Energy markets have entered an unprecedented crisis, pushing the world to look instinctively toward the largest producers: Saudi Arabia, the United States, or Russia. However, in the background, but sometimes hitting already the headlines, of today’s geopolitical turbulence, especially due to the ongoing, escalating confrontation around Iran, showing the fragility of maritime chokepoints (Hormuz), another actor has already, for years, quietly become indispensable to the current and future stability of global energy. The United Arab Emirates,…

El Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (Ivic) y la Corporación Venezolana del Café (CVC) establecieron este martes 10 de marzo una alianza de cooperación orientada a fortalecer el desarrollo nacional del sector cafetalero mediante la integración de investigación científica y ca...

Los países del golfo Pérsico redujeron su producción de petróleo en al menos 10 millones de barriles diarios (mb/d) debido a las interrupciones en el transporte a través del estrecho de Ormuz, según el informe de la Agencia Internacional de la Energía (AIE). "Con los flujos de ...

Operations at the United Arab Emirates’ key oil storage and bunkering hub in Fujairah are gradually returning to normal after attacks earlier this week disrupted loading activities at several terminals. Most storage terminals and berths at the Fujairah Oil Tanker Terminal (FOTT) are now operating again, according to trade and shipping sources. Shipping agent reports show that all berths at Oil Terminal 1 and a very large crude carrier (VLCC) jetty are functioning, while several berths at Oil Terminal 2 have also resumed accepting vessels.…

Tesla has been granted approval to supply electricity to homes and businesses across the UK, opening the door for the electric vehicle giant to enter the country’s retail energy market. Energy regulator Ofgem confirmed on Thursday that Tesla Energy Ventures Limited, a subsidiary of Musk’s company, has been granted an electricity supply licence by the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority under the Electricity Act 1989. The licence allows the company to supply electricity to both domestic and non-domestic customers in England, Scotland…

Operations at the United Arab Emirates’ key oil storage and bunkering hub in Fujairah are gradually returning to normal after attacks earlier this week disrupted loading activities at several terminals. Most storage terminals and berths at the Fujairah Oil Tanker Terminal (FOTT) are now operating again, according to trade and shipping sources. Shipping agent reports show that all berths at Oil Terminal 1 and a very large crude carrier (VLCC) jetty are functioning, while several berths at Oil Terminal 2 have also resumed accepting vessels.…

12 de marzo de 2026.- Fuerte tensión sacude esta noche a San Salvador, capital de la provincia de Jujuy, cuando la infantería policial intentaba detener una manifestación de antorchas de centenares de docentes, empleados estatales y vecinos que marchaban para llegar a la casa de gob...

The semiconducting industry is in trouble, which means the global economy is in trouble. The sector that creates the computer chips that increasingly power our world requires a huge amount of resources to operate efficiently, including a number of different critical minerals and a whole lot of energy. And those supply chains are now facing major disruptions thanks to the war that the United States and Israel are waging in Iran.  Though Donald Trump stated on Monday that the war will end “very soon”, there is cause for concern that…

12 de marzo de 2026.- Con la asistencia de cientos de ciudadanos en la Plazoleta de la Democracia de la Registraduría Nacional de la Nación, el senador Iván Cepeda Castro inscribió este miércoles su candidatura a la presidencia de Colombia. Cepeda estuvo acompañado de su fórmula vicepresidencial ...

Ukraine on Thursday hit in a drone attack a key pipeline hub of Russia’s crude oil exports in the southern region of Krasnodar as Kyiv intensifies strikes on Russian energy and military infrastructure. The pipeline terminal at Tikhoretsk, which hosts a major oil depot and a pumping station, was hit and a large fire broke out as a result, a source with knowledge of the situation told Bloomberg. Tikhoretsk is a major oil transshipment and pumping station for Russian oil supply in it southern regions and for exports from its Black Sea ports…

Iraq will maintain crude oil production at roughly 1.4 million barrels per day as the war disrupting the Persian Gulf continues to cripple the country’s export routes, Oil Minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani said Thursday, according to the state news agency. The figure represents a dramatic collapse from Iraq’s normal production levels. Before the conflict effectively froze tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, Iraq had been pumping a little over 4 million barrels per day, according to recent OPEC data and secondary-source estimates cited…

12 de marzo de 2026.- Múltiples familias en Japón rindieron hoy homenaje a seres queridos víctimas de uno de los peores accidentes nucleares de la historia, ocurrido en la central eléctrica de Fukushima Daiichi, hace 15 años. Más de 19 mil 711 personas perdieron la vida a consecuencia del desastr...

Exploiting Afghan territory for training, recruitment, and cross-border operations, these groups have claimed hundreds of Pakistani lives in recent years. The relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan has long been shaped by mutual grievances. Pakistan supported the Taliban during the 1990s and throughout the post-2001 insurgency in Afghanistan. However, relations have deteriorated in recent years as the Taliban-led government in Kabul has refused Pakistan’s repeated demands to crack down on the TTP despite sustained diplomatic pressure.…

El especialista Asdrúbal Oliveros propone incrementos realistas de hasta USD 100 para trabajadores activos y entre USD 50 y USD 80 para pensionados, en función de la capacidad fiscal del Estado. Ante el panorama económico actual, el economista Asdrúbal Oliveros insistió en la necesi...

TotalEnergies is capping the price of gasoline and diesel at its stations in France to protect consumers from the “exceptional market volatility” since the beginning of the war in the Middle East, the French supermajor said on Thursday.  From March 13 until March 31, 2026, the price of gasoline and diesel at TotalEnergies will be capped at 1.99 euros and 2.09 euros per liter, respectively.  TotalEnergies will reassess the measure and the state of the global fuel markets in early April, it said today.    Oil…

El nuevo líder supremo de Irán, Mojtabá Jameneí, segundo hijo del ayatolá Alí Jameneí, asesinado el primer día de los masivos bombardeos de Washington y Te...

While Europe and Asia are reeling from the highest natural gas prices in three years following the closure of 20% of global LNG flows amid the Middle East war, the United States remains relatively insulated from the biggest price shock since the 2022-2023 energy crisis. U.S. natural gas futures have remained in the $3.10-$3.40 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) range since the war began and forced Qatar, the world’s second-largest LNG exporter, to shut in production at Ras Laffan, the world’s biggest liquefaction complex.…

El sector empresarial de los Estados Unidos inició una ofensiva legal contundente contra las políticas fiscales de la Casa Blanca. El bufete sin fines de lucro Liberty Justice Center anunció este lunes la presentación de una nueva demanda que impugna el impuesto del 15% decretado por el presid...

La presidenta encargada, Delcy Rodríguez, se pronunció este miércoles sobre el anuncio de Estados Unidos (EE. UU.) de reconocer al Gobierno legítimo de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, e informó que es un reconocimiento a un país que tiene derecho a recuperar y normalizar su vida polític...