16 de diciembre de 2024.- De “vergonzosa sumisión” de la política exterior de Ecuador a los intereses de Estados Unidos, calificó el exvicecanciller de Ecuador, Fernando Yépez, la autorización del gobierno del derechista Daniel Noboa al régimen estadounidense para que instale una base militar en las...

Abu Dhabi’s financially backed group XRG and British oil and gas major BP have closed a deal to set up a new natural gas joint venture in Egypt. The new JV will be called Arcius Energy, 51% owned by BP and 40% by XRG, with Egypt as its main focus. In statements to the press, BP CEO Murray Auchincloss said, "Arcius Energy brings together the strengths of our two companies to create a dynamic new platform for international growth in natural gas in the region." The British major indicated that Arcius Energy has been assigned a 10% interest in…

16 de diciembre de 2024.- "El Consejo Nacional Electoral no dio los resultados de las elecciones presidenciales, no han terminado el proceso, pero ya están con la payasada de decir que en marzo habrá elecciones, no sé si de Asamblea Nacional, gobernadores o alcaldes", expresó indigna...

Via Metal Miner Overall, the Stainless Monthly Metals Index (MMI) steadied, with a modest 0.3% increase from November to December. Stainless, Nickel Prices to Depart 2024 on a Low Note Stainless distributors had nothing good to say about 2024 on the heels of the new year. To many, 2024 was mostly characterized by soft demand conditions and an oversupplied market. Mills largely managed to stabilize base prices and lead times. However, doing so required both capacity discipline and transactional discounts, which gave buyers increasing leverage in…

Resumen. El Canal YouTube: PALESTINA 11MIL AÑOS DE HISTORIA. De la Asociación CANAÁN. En este episodio reitera qué es la Causa Palestina ya que se ha presentado como una quimera, como algo Abstracto y confuso. No. E insiste en focalizarse en qué es la Causa Palestina, debido a que e...

16 de diciembre de 2024.- La Policía Federal (PF) de Brasil intensifica hoy las investigaciones sobre la financiación de actos antidemocráticos tras la detención preventiva del general Walter Braga Netto, exministro de Defensa en el Gobierno de Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022). Publicada por el diario ...

Venture Global has reached first LNG production at its second facility, Plaquemines LNG, in Port Sulphur, Louisiana, the U.S. LNG plant developer says. The 20-million-mtpa Plaquemines LNG plant achieved the first production milestone 30 months after its Final Investment Decision (FID), Venture Global said. “Between current and planned facilities, Venture Global is prepared to invest $50 billion in energy projects based in the United States which will create jobs, support local economies, strengthen the balance of trade and unleash much needed…

Venture Global has reached first LNG production at its second facility, Plaquemines LNG, in Port Sulphur, Louisiana, the U.S. LNG plant developer says. The 20-million-mtpa Plaquemines LNG plant achieved the first production milestone 30 months after its Final Investment Decision (FID), Venture Global said. “Between current and planned facilities, Venture Global is prepared to invest $50 billion in energy projects based in the United States which will create jobs, support local economies, strengthen the balance of trade and unleash much needed…

Venture Global has reached first LNG production at its second facility, Plaquemines LNG, in Port Sulphur, Louisiana, the U.S. LNG plant developer says. The 20-million-mtpa Plaquemines LNG plant achieved the first production milestone 30 months after its Final Investment Decision (FID), Venture Global said. “Between current and planned facilities, Venture Global is prepared to invest $50 billion in energy projects based in the United States which will create jobs, support local economies, strengthen the balance of trade and unleash much needed…

La presidenta de Perú, Dina Boluarte, cierra 2024 el segundo año en el poder, con una aprobación del 3%, la cifra más baja registrada durante su mandato, que se mantiene desde noviembre, según la última encuesta de Datum, encargada por el diario El Comercio. El 95% de los peruanos d...

Well, it is year end 2024, time for all respectable pundits to earn their keep by making predictions or by bloviating on the latest topic somebody has latched onto. So, we approached our favorite pundit, Mr. Question Man, to make his contribution to popular seasonal wisdom. Here is the interview.Q: What is the direction of oil prices and does it matter? A: You remember the comment by John Kenneth Galbraith about economists making projections? He said that their only value was to make astrologers look good. However, I will answer. Oil prices will…

El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, inauguró el 12 de diciembre la Universidad de las Ciencias Dr. Humberto Fernández Morán, ubicada en la sede del Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas (IVIC) en el estado Miranda (centro), enfocada en ciencias, tecnología e inteligencia ...

El presidente Ejecutivo y socio en Avior Airlines, Juan Bracamonte, desmintió que el espacio aéreo venezolano «será cerrado en los próximos días». «Como representante del sector aéreo comercial, confirmo que en reuniones recientes con autoridades (venezolanas) no s...

Chinese oil and gas giant PetroChina is building a team to begin a business of trading with copper, lithium, and other metals critical to the energy transition.  Richard Fu, a Trading Manager, has said in a post on LinkedIn that he had been hired by PetroChina International (London) Co., Limited. “I am honoured to start the green energy transition metals and minerals business for PetroChina, trading physical and paper copper, lithium and others,” Fu wrote in the post without elaborating further. The Chinese giant could also include…

Chinese oil and gas giant PetroChina is building a team to begin a business of trading with copper, lithium, and other metals critical to the energy transition.  Richard Fu, a Trading Manager, has said in a post on LinkedIn that he had been hired by PetroChina International (London) Co., Limited. “I am honoured to start the green energy transition metals and minerals business for PetroChina, trading physical and paper copper, lithium and others,” Fu wrote in the post without elaborating further. The Chinese giant could also include…

The lightning-quick removal on 8 December of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad after 53 years of Assad family rule will have seismic effects on the Middle East for years to come. Geographically, it holds a vital strategic position in the region, bordering Iraq to the East, Jordan to the South, Israel and Lebanon to the West, and Turkey to the North, with a long Mediterranean coastline as well. It critical geopolitical importance reflects this, beginning with a crucial role in the resurgence of pan-Arabism under Bashar’s father, Hafez,…

La vicepresidenta ejecutiva de la República, Delcy Rodríguez, visitó las instalaciones del Complejo Industrial Muscar, estado Monagas, y reconoció la labor de los trabajadores en la recuperación de la planta, tras el ataque terrorista en noviembre pasado. “Estuvimos en e...

Ukraine has identified 238 tankers it said belong to a shadow fleet of ships that Russia is using to keep its oil and fuels moving around the world, with hopes this information (which the west has had for years) will force western authorities to sanction the carriers. Ukraine has identified this shadow fleet as having a total deadweight of over 100 million tons, approximately 17% of the world’s oil tanker fleet. It has included a number of vessels that it says have been switched from the “Iranian ghost armada” to carry Russian…

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Team Trump is proposing radical changes to the U.S. policy toward electric vehicles and tailpipe emissions, including axing the EV incentives and the government mandate for federal EV fleets, and rolling back the Biden Administration’s rules on tailpipe emissions and fuel economy standards, Reuters reports, citing a draft document it has seen. During the campaign, President-elect Trump has repeatedly slammed the “crazy” EV mandate of President Joe Biden, whose Administration has sought to support EV sales with incentives and mandates…