Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) said it has hit a new production high, pumping 1,386,030 barrels of crude oil and condensate daily, along with 203,017 barrels of gas equivalent (boe). That brings Libya’s total production to 1,589,047 barrels per day—a major milestone for the oil-rich nation. The announcement comes as global oil prices remain relatively steady, with Brent crude trading at $73.04 per barrel. The US benchmark WTI is trading at $68.58. Last month, Libya’s National Oil Company said its crude oil production…

Es 29 de noviembre, mes 11 del 2024. Es el día número 334 del año (bisiesto) y faltan 32 días para su terminación, pues tiene 366 días. Hoy es viernes. Los años bisiestos se presentan cada cuatro años en los que se añade un día más a febrero (29 F) y el año es de 366 días.

U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants are running near full throttle, with demand from export facilities hitting 14.6 billion cubic feet (bcf) on Friday. That’s just shy of the all-time record of 14.7 bcf set last December, according to data from LSEG. The surge comes as cooler weather settles in and outages at key facilities, like Freeport LNG, ease. The second-largest LNG exporter in the United States, Freeport LNG, was expected to draw just over 2 bcf on Friday after resolving several outages earlier this year. The plant is closely watched…

29 de noviembre de 2024.- La empresa estatal china Nonferrous Trade Co. Ltd compró Mineração Taboca, una minera brasileña que tiene los derechos para explotar la mayor reserva de uranio del país, en un negocio que de acuerdo a diferentes medios asciende a 340 millones de dólares. La compañía, fil...

Brazil has announced the permanent offering of 91 oil blocks across key basins, aiming to attract significant investment and bolster energy security. The Ministry of Mines and Energy revealed that the next auction cycle, slated for 2025, could bring in an estimated 2.4 billion reais ($394 million) in signing bonuses. The blocks are spread across strategic regions: 39 in Minas Gerais’ São Francisco Basin, 41 and a marginal accumulation field in the Potiguar Basin, and 11 in the coveted pre-salt area. Companies can express interest in…

Brazil has announced the permanent offering of 91 oil blocks across key basins, aiming to attract significant investment and bolster energy security. The Ministry of Mines and Energy revealed that the next auction cycle, slated for 2025, could bring in an estimated 2.4 billion reais ($394 million) in signing bonuses. The blocks are spread across strategic regions: 39 in Minas Gerais’ São Francisco Basin, 41 and a marginal accumulation field in the Potiguar Basin, and 11 in the coveted pre-salt area. Companies can express interest in…

Brazil has announced the permanent offering of 91 oil blocks across key basins, aiming to attract significant investment and bolster energy security. The Ministry of Mines and Energy revealed that the next auction cycle, slated for 2025, could bring in an estimated 2.4 billion reais ($394 million) in signing bonuses. The blocks are spread across strategic regions: 39 in Minas Gerais’ São Francisco Basin, 41 and a marginal accumulation field in the Potiguar Basin, and 11 in the coveted pre-salt area. Companies can express interest in…

29 de noviembre de 2024.- En el marco del Día Internacional de Solidaridad con Palestina, el Gobierno de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela renovó su apoyo inquebrantable a la justa causa del pueblo palestino, que durante casi 77 años ha sufrido la ocupación, la opresión y las atrocidades cometid...

The unexpected 60-day agreement to halt the ongoing military confrontation between Hezbollah and Israel could have significant consequences for the region, Israeli and Arab sources indicate. The US-France-brokered ceasefire between Lebanon’s extremist militia Hezbollah, supported by Iran and Russia, and Israel could bring some stability to Lebanon and the region, experts suggest. The 60-day ceasefire, if upheld by the warring parties, should lead not only to the removal of Hezbollah from the Lebanese-Israeli border region but also to the…

29 de noviembre de 2024.- Ataques israelíes dejaron al menos 40 palestinos muertos durante la noche en la franja de Gaza, muchos en el campamento de Nuseirat, en el centro del enclave, informaron los médicos el viernes, después de que algunos tanques se retiraran de una zona que habían asaltado. ...

A recent report in Bloomberg has collected and analyzed five years of satellite images monitoring the South China Sea off Malaysia to detail something which should come as no surprise: Iran and China's sanction-busting activity regarding Iranian oil exports has been going strong. The working assumption of the report is that it is Washington's responsibility - and that of its global allies - to better monitor and enforce sanctions. Bloomberg is essentially calling on the American Empire to better enforce its stranglehold on the Islamic Republic.…

29 de noviembre de 2024.- Desde el pasado mes de octubre, los agricultores han intensificado sus protestas. Los agricultores de Francia anunciaron que reanudarán las protestas contra el Gobierno el próximo 9 de diciembre y 10 de diciembre. El presidente del sindicato Federación de Sindicatos d...

29 de noviembre de 2024.- En Caracas, luego de sesionar durante dos días en dos mesas de trabajo, la plenaria, constituída por estudiantes, docentes, investigadores, activistas sociales, lideres de movimientos sociales, diplomáticos, cultores populares, mujeres luchadoras y diversos sectores d...

The government of African country Uganda plans to wholly finance a $4-billion oil refinery through equity, The EastAfrican news outlet reports. The government and its partner in the project, Alpha MBM Investments, an investment firm from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), have decided not to continue searching for finance on the international financial markets, according to Uganda’s Energy Minister Ruth Nankabirwa. The Uganda Refinery Project is a plan of the East African country to have a 60,000 barrels of oil per day refinery built at Kabaale…

29 de noviembre de 2024.- Dos enclaves militares ilegales de Estados Unidos en el nordeste y este de Siria han sido blancos de ataques con drones y cohetes, informaron hoy medios de prensa aquí citando a activistas locales. La primera acción se efectuó con varios misiles disparados desde zonas de...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi says his country may change its nuclear doctrine and develop a bomb if UN sanctions are reimposed on Tehran. Speaking to reporters on November 28 in Lisbon, Portugal, Araqchi said Iran had long had the technical know-how to build a bomb but doing so "is not part of Tehran’s security strategy," according to Iranian media. His comments come as negotiators from Iran and the E3 (Britain, France, and Germany) are scheduled to meet in Geneva to discuss a range of issues, including Iran’s nuclear program…

Ukraine hit on Friday an oil depot in Russia’s southern region of Rostov amid an escalation of attacks from both Russia and Ukraine in recent days. Early on November 29, Ukraine hit the Atlas oil depot in the Rostov region, the Ukrainian army’s General Staff said on their Telegram channel.  The depot, part of the Russian military-industrial complex, supplies petroleum products for the Russian army, the Ukrainian army said, adding that the depot caught fire as a result of the strike. Ukraine also destroyed a radar station in Russia…

Ukraine hit on Friday an oil depot in Russia’s southern region of Rostov amid an escalation of attacks from both Russia and Ukraine in recent days. Early on November 29, Ukraine hit the Atlas oil depot in the Rostov region, the Ukrainian army’s General Staff said on their Telegram channel.  The depot, part of the Russian military-industrial complex, supplies petroleum products for the Russian army, the Ukrainian army said, adding that the depot caught fire as a result of the strike. Ukraine also destroyed a radar station in Russia…

The Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire takes out just one strand of the geopolitical premium in oil prices, with a lot of uncertainties remaining for 2025, including the Trump Administration’s sanctions against Iran and the Russia-Ukraine war, according to David Fyfe, chief economist at Argus. “It’s a complex picture, but you’ve essentially got several strands of geopolitical complications,” Fyfe told CNBC on Friday. The geopolitical complications are underpinning crude on the one hand, but they also bring heightened concerns…

El ministro español de Exteriores, José Manuel Albares, aseguró este jueves que si el primer ministro de Israel, Benjamín Netanyahu, visita España, el Gobierno aplicaría la orden de arresto de la Corte Penal Internacional (CPI): “Vamos a cumplir con todas las obligaciones”, dijo.