Multiple factors have led developers to abandon announced low-carbon hydrogen projects. Strategy pivot is top among them, accounting for 48% of cancelled capacity (24% of project count) and around 6 million tpa of hydrogen capacity. Developers are reconsidering commitments made during the sector’s early, optimistic phase and now are strategically pivoting back towards their core businesses, opting to scale down risky hydrogen investments in favor of more reliable returns. For example, BP and Australia’s Origin Energy have suspended…

Pakistan is preparing to ask Qatar to defer long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries as weak domestic demand collides with a heavy import schedule, according to local press and Bloomberg reporting. The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) last week authorized the Petroleum Division to renegotiate contract terms, potentially pushing back obligations covering 177 cargoes between 2025 and 2031. The ECC decision reflects mounting pressure on Islamabad’s foreign exchange reserves and a $5.6 billion burden tied to the existing purchase…

Pakistan is preparing to ask Qatar to defer long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries as weak domestic demand collides with a heavy import schedule, according to local press and Bloomberg reporting. The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) last week authorized the Petroleum Division to renegotiate contract terms, potentially pushing back obligations covering 177 cargoes between 2025 and 2031. The ECC decision reflects mounting pressure on Islamabad’s foreign exchange reserves and a $5.6 billion burden tied to the existing purchase…

25 de agosto de 2025.- El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, afirmó este lunes que el denominado Cartel de los Soles no existe y denunció que esa narrativa es utilizada por el imperialismo para criminalizar a Venezuela y cometer una intervención militar para controlar sus recursos. «Es la exc...

Via Metal Miner The Global Precious Metals MMI (Monthly Metals Index) finally lost bullish steam and moved sideways, rising only 0.81%. The past month has seen significant swings in precious metals prices. Safe-haven demand drove several metals to multi-year highs in late July, followed by partial pullbacks in August as market winds shifted. Gold and silver, in particular, rallied on economic uncertainty, with gold briefly hitting record territory and silver reaching levels unseen since 2011. Precious metal trends and hedging advice is covered…

25 de agosto de 2025.- Las incesantes lluvias monzónicas en Pakistán elevaron la cifra de fallecidos a 798 personas en todo el país desde finales de junio, según informes recientes, con las previsiones meteorológicas indicando que el tiempo adverso persistirá en las próximas semanas. La Autoridad...

U.S. natural gas consumption is on track to set a new record in 2025, according to the Energy Information Administration. In its latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, the agency projected demand will average 91.4 billion cubic feet per day, up from 90.5 bcf/d in 2024. January usage climbed to 126.8 bcf/d, 5% higher than the same month a year earlier, reflecting colder conditions and steady heating requirements. Natural gas continues to show strong resilience. Despite rapid additions of renewable generation, natural gas remains the dominant fuel for…

Lunes, 25 de agosto de 2025. En rueda de prensa del día de hoy el ministro del Interior, Justicia y Paz de Venezuela, Diosdado Cabello, presentó cifras sobre los logros alcanzados en el país en su lucha contra las drogas. Ofreció un balance sobre las operaciones de seguridad y resguardo que se re...

Donald Trump has blindsided UK manufacturers by slapping fresh tariffs of up to 25 per cent on more than 400 categories of British goods, from shampoo and children’s highchairs to motorcycles and diggers. Conservative shadow trade secretary Andrew Griffith accused ministers of failing to protect exporters, saying: “When it comes to protecting UK businesses from US tariffs, Starmer is ‘all hat, no cattle’.” “His ‘tiny tariff’ agreement turns out to have more holes than one of Donald Trump’s golf…

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Lunes, 25 de agosto de 2025. Hasta nunca Chevron. Los chinos llegaron a Venezuela con un contrato de producción compartida por 20 años de la empresa privad china China Concord Resources Corporation (CCRC), que ya opera en los campos Lago Cinco y Lagunillas Lado, ubicados en el Lago de Maracaibo,...

Kazakhstan insists that the international oil majors pay a hefty $4.4 billion fine for sulfur pollution despite a court win for Big Oil earlier this month. At the beginning of August, a Kazakh appellate court sided with the international oil majors operating the huge Kashagan oilfield, overturning the massive environmental fine over sulfur storage practices. The North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC)—a consortium that includes Eni, Shell, ExxonMobil, and TotalEnergies—hailed the decision as confirmation that their sulfur handling…

Kazakhstan insists that the international oil majors pay a hefty $4.4 billion fine for sulfur pollution despite a court win for Big Oil earlier this month. At the beginning of August, a Kazakh appellate court sided with the international oil majors operating the huge Kashagan oilfield, overturning the massive environmental fine over sulfur storage practices. The North Caspian Operating Company (NCOC)—a consortium that includes Eni, Shell, ExxonMobil, and TotalEnergies—hailed the decision as confirmation that their sulfur handling…

El portavoz del Ministerio de Exteriores chino, Guo Jiakun, ha instado a EE.UU. a dejar que los países de América Latina y el Caribe elijan su propia manera de actuar.   "América Latina y el Caribe no es el patio trasero de nadie. La cooperación entre ...

25 de agosto de 2025.- La información se dio a conocer a través de la cuenta de instagram del Comandante Estratégico Operacional de la Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana (Ceofanb), G/J Domingo Hernández Lárez. El comandante de la Ceofanb, aseguró que, el despliegue, forma parte de la ofensiva sos...

Para este día, lunes 25, son muchos los pensionados del Instituto Venezolano de los Seguros Sociales (IVSS) y del programa 100% Amor Mayor que aún no han recibido el bono Contra la Guerra Económica correspondiente al mes de agosto.   Muchos pensionados...

Crude prices moved higher in early Monday trade, with macro tailwinds from a more dovish U.S. Federal Reserve and fresh supply jitters after Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure. The U.S. Benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), climbed to its highest in three weeks, while Brent crude has pushed above $68 per barrel as traders priced a possible September rate cut following Jerome Powell’s remarks last week.  By 12:17 pm ET, Brent was up 1.71% at $68.89, with WTI gaining  1.95% to $64.90 on expectations of easing…

Crude prices moved higher in early Monday trade, with macro tailwinds from a more dovish U.S. Federal Reserve and fresh supply jitters after Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure. The U.S. Benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), climbed to its highest in three weeks, while Brent crude has pushed above $68 per barrel as traders priced a possible September rate cut following Jerome Powell’s remarks last week.  By 12:17 pm ET, Brent was up 1.71% at $68.89, with WTI gaining  1.95% to $64.90 on expectations of easing…

Crude prices moved higher in early Monday trade, with macro tailwinds from a more dovish U.S. Federal Reserve and fresh supply jitters after Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure. The U.S. Benchmark, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), climbed to its highest in three weeks, while Brent crude has pushed above $68 per barrel as traders priced a possible September rate cut following Jerome Powell’s remarks last week.  By 12:17 pm ET, Brent was up 1.71% at $68.89, with WTI gaining  1.95% to $64.90 on expectations of easing…

A team of Goldman analysts led by Brian Singer reaffirmed his bullish view on U.S. power-sector Green Capex after the IRS recently clarified eligibility rules for solar and wind tax credits under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). The new "physical work" test replaces the prior 5% capex rule but is not expected to constrain utility-scale solar and onshore wind projects that much. "While the OBBBA should meaningfully reduce government outlay initially meant to stimulate diverse sources of Green Capex, we continue to see resilient levels of…