Venezuela’s Barrels in the Balance as Trump Turns Up the Heat As the US Senate voted down a motion that would have required President Trump to get congressional approval for any military attack on Venezuela, the oil markets are now bracing for a new geopolitical risk premium to kick in soon. Any potential US attack on Caracas would have a short-term bullish impact on oil as the return of Chevron to Venezuela has allowed PDVSA to stage a minor production rebound to 1 million b/d in recent years. Venezuela reported crude production of 1.097…

Traders and crude market analysts are baffled by a ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of a Rosneft crude cargo offshore India without any attempt to conceal the origin of the oil, as the U.S. sanctions on Russia’s top oil producers and exporters have upended India’s crude purchases in recent weeks.   Earlier this week the Fortis tanker, sanctioned by the UK and the EU, took about 720,000 barrels of Russia’s Urals crude from another sanctioned vessel, the Ailana, off the coast of Mumbai, according to tanker-tracking data compiled…

Traders and crude market analysts are baffled by a ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of a Rosneft crude cargo offshore India without any attempt to conceal the origin of the oil, as the U.S. sanctions on Russia’s top oil producers and exporters have upended India’s crude purchases in recent weeks.   Earlier this week the Fortis tanker, sanctioned by the UK and the EU, took about 720,000 barrels of Russia’s Urals crude from another sanctioned vessel, the Ailana, off the coast of Mumbai, according to tanker-tracking data compiled…

Hoy, a las 11:59 de la noche, será revocado el estatus de protección temporal, TPS, de 250.000 ciudadanos venezolanos que recibieron este beneficio en el año 2001. El Servicio de Ciudadanía e Inmigración de Estados Unidos (USCIS) publica en su página oficial la inminente advertencia...

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En el marco de la Expo Shanghái 2025 que se celebra en China, una delegación venezolana, liderada por la ministra para el Comercio Exterior, Coromoto Godoy sostuvo una reunión con los empresarios venezolanos que participan para promover la diversificación de las exportaciones, donde negociaron...

There will be plenty of warmth on display as US President Donald Trump welcomes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the White House on November 7, but alongside the strong personal chemistry there will be a full plate of issues as they sit down to lunch. Long united by ideology and words, the two leaders are on opposite sides of the policy fence when it comes to imports of Russian oil. Meanwhile, plans for Orban to host Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Budapest have been placed very much on the back burner. An exemption…

Es 7 de noviembre de 2025. Han transcurrido 311 días del año y faltan 54 días para su terminación. Hoy es viernes. Las efemérides se refieren a sucesos, celebraciones o conmemoraciones significativas para un área del conocimiento, la cultura y las artes, la historia o la cien...

El ciudadano venezolano Gregorio Bolívar, retornado mediante la Gran Misión Vuelta a la Patria en el vuelo 83 desde Texas, denunció haber sufrido agresiones físicas por parte de funcionarios policiales de Estados Unidos. Bolívar relató que las agresiones ocurrieron cuando solicitó alimentos du...

La analista internacional María Fernanda Barreto calificó la política antidrogas de Washington como una farsa, así como sus supuestos resultados anunciados por el propio presidente Donald Trump. «El día que realmente se atente contra el negocio inmenso del narcotráfico, el día...

Este jueves, el presidente de la República, Nicolás Maduro, expresó que "la paz de Venezuela no puede depender de lo que escriban, declaren y digan los gringos". Durante la Jornada de Trabajo en la Comuna Rural Turística Parque Caiza, el jefe de Estado señaló que la ruta h...

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Politics, Geopolitics & Conflict Iraq heads to the polls on November 11 with Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani seeking a second term under his Reconstruction and Development list. The vote is expected to confirm Iraq’s power map/status quo. Turnout is expected to be low, and outcomes will hinge on post-election coalition bargaining among Shia blocs and Kurdish and Sunni partners. Sudani remains the front-runner, helped by relative stability, salary payments, and oil revenues, but he faces quiet resistance from rival Coordination…

What’s unfolding now is a real test of whether Israel and Egypt can run a joint energy project under political pressure. The $35-billion Leviathan-to-Egypt gas deal looked settled six months ago. This week, the pipeline, which would move that gas across Sinai, finally got technical clearance. On paper, that should have been the green light. In practice, everything else is stuck, and there are three pressure points: Egypt’s ability to pay, Israel’s internal gridlock, and Washington’s shift in posture. Let’s start with…

Light crude oil futures are on track to finish the week lower after failing to confirm a recent closing price reversal bottom for the second time. As of Thursday’s close, the market is trading at $59.70, down $1.28 or -2.10%. With one session remaining, traders remain focused on the fundamental backdrop, which continues to tilt bearish. OPEC+ Output Strategy Fails to Convince Market OPEC+ attempted to stabilize prices by confirming a modest 137,000 barrels per day (bpd) increase in December and signaling a pause on further production hikes…

Hungary will buy U.S. nuclear fuel for the first time to use at a Russia-built nuclear power plant in the country, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said ahead of a meeting of the U.S. and Hungarian leaders.  Szijjarto is part of a large Hungarian delegation led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban who is meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday. The U.S. and Hungary are expected to discuss energy cooperation and Hungary’s insistence that it should continue to rely on and import Russian crude oil, which Washington has advised…

La Administración de Donald Trump reconoció ante el Congreso que no puede justificar legalmente, de momento, un futuro ataque de EEUU a Venezuela y afirmó que por ahora no planea incursiones en ese país dentro de su campaña militar contra el narcotráfico, informaron medios gringos este jueves....

Este viernes en horas de la mañana se prevé cielo nublado en buena parte del territorio nacional, y desarrollo de mantos nubosos al generar precipitaciones dispersas en zonas de Nororiente, este de Miranda, Región Insular, este de Falcón, Andes y Zulia, que serán de mayor intensidad y activida...

El presidente Nicolás Maduro instó a la ciudadanía a participar activamente en la venidera Consulta Nacional Popular, programada para el próximo domingo 23 de noviembre de 2025. El llamado lo realizó este jueves en una jornada en la Comuna Rural Turística Parque Caiza, ubicada en Caucagüita.

Amid the highest Chinese refinery throughput so far this year, China’s crude oil imports jumped in October by 8.2% from a year earlier and by 2.3% month-on-month, while purchases of other commodities dropped from the previous months.  Last month, China imported on average 48.36 million metric tons of crude oil, equivalent to 11.4 million barrels per day (bpd), according to official data from the General Administration of Customs cited by Reuters. Improving refining margins resulted in higher refinery throughput, Emma Li, lead market…