The rise of automation, AI, and electric trucks can fundamentally change the freight transportation industry in the United States, leading to a revolution in transport fuel demand. Various vehicle and technology companies and U.S. cities and states have launched in recent years automation trucking pilot programs. In barge transportation on the Mississippi River, AI-assisted co-pilot projects are already being used to make transportation more efficient. The increase in efficiency, via technological, autonomous, or AI-enabled systems, could optimize…

A casi cuatro décadas de su creación 17 de agosto de 2026.-Por el XXXIX aniversario del Mercado Principal de Mérida, y como parte de la est...

The proposed Libya–Egypt crude oil pipeline has, surprisingly quickly, entered a phase in which Cairo and Tripoli are actively discussing it. The pipeline, expected to be 800 kilometers long, will connect Tobruk in eastern Libya to Egypt’s port of Alexandria, allowing Libyan crude to flow directly into Egypt's Mediterranean refining system. With an expected cost of over $1 billion, it represents a significant strategic opportunity. However, neither the final capacity, financing structure, nor investment decision has yet been agreed.…

17 de agosto de 2026.- La Corporación Eléctrica Nacional (Corpoelec) logró la incorporación de una tercera unidad de generación de 150 MW adicionales en la Planta Termoeléctrica Termocarabobo, para un total de 450 MW en el sistema eléctrico. De acuerdo con información de una nota de prensa del en...

El canciller cubano ha condenado el genocidio israelí contra los palestinos en Gaza, afirmando que el régimen "aprovecha la impunidad que le brinda el gobierno de EE.UU." "A pesar de la vigencia del frágil alto al fuego en Gaza, las fuerzas israelíes han cometido más de 3 mil violac...

Strategic shortfalls? Maybe in getting cobalt out of the Congo or rare earth powders from China or natural gas from Russia or oil from the Persian Gulf? Or maybe something closer to home. Thanks to climate change (yes, just say it and hope the big boss doesn’t hear you), temperatures have risen, and rainfall patterns have changed dramatically. As an example of the consequences, the Colorado River’s flow has diminished and Lake Mead, its principal reservoir, has dropped to record low water levels. Aside from the obvious impact on water…

Aruba recibió este domingo 16 de agosto el primer vuelo chárter procedente directamente de Caracas, hecho que marca la reanudación formal de las conexiones aéreas entre ambos territorios luego del anuncio de reapertura emitido por el Gobierno insular. El ministro de Turismo, Transpo...

17 de agosto de 2026.- La riqueza, quizá solo por detrás de la lealtad, se ha convertido en uno de los atributos más valorados por Donald Trump durante su segundo mandato presidencial. La cantidad de personas con un patrimonio de al menos 100 millones de dólares que el presidente republicano ha n...

Carbon capture is still debated as if technical performance were the decisive question. Can a solvent remove carbon dioxide from flue gas? Can the CO2 be compressed, transported and injected underground? Will the storage remain secure? These questions matter, but they no longer explain why most announced projects do not reach construction. The missing component is usually commercial. A cement plant can capture carbon and still lose money on every tonne. A storage site can be technically ready and remain empty without contracted volumes. A pipeline…

Russia has received its first gasoline cargo from India as Ukrainian attacks knock out refining capacity and a second wave of fuel shortages spreads across at least 10 Russian regions, Reuters reported on Monday. The roughly 68,000-metric-ton cargo was produced by Nayara Energy at its Vadinar refinery in western India and delivered to Russia’s Arctic port of Vitino after a ship-to-ship transfer at Port Said, Egypt. Two more gasoline cargoes from India are expected to reach Russia in the coming weeks. Russia’s gasoline shortages have…

Russia has received its first gasoline cargo from India as Ukrainian attacks knock out refining capacity and a second wave of fuel shortages spreads across at least 10 Russian regions, Reuters reported on Monday. The roughly 68,000-metric-ton cargo was produced by Nayara Energy at its Vadinar refinery in western India and delivered to Russia’s Arctic port of Vitino after a ship-to-ship transfer at Port Said, Egypt. Two more gasoline cargoes from India are expected to reach Russia in the coming weeks. Russia’s gasoline shortages have…

Russia has received its first gasoline cargo from India as Ukrainian attacks knock out refining capacity and a second wave of fuel shortages spreads across at least 10 Russian regions, Reuters reported on Monday. The roughly 68,000-metric-ton cargo was produced by Nayara Energy at its Vadinar refinery in western India and delivered to Russia’s Arctic port of Vitino after a ship-to-ship transfer at Port Said, Egypt. Two more gasoline cargoes from India are expected to reach Russia in the coming weeks. Russia’s gasoline shortages have…

17 de agosto de 2026.- La Federación Venezolana de Maestros (Cendas-FVM) informó este día, que durante el pasado julio, la Canasta Alimentaria Familiar registró un aumento de 15,79% en su valor denominado en bolívares en comparación con el mes previo, si bien al revisar los costos en dólares, se ide...

Since early March, a previously obscure waterway between Iran and Oman that very few people could name has become the subject of daily reporting around the world after Iran closed it in response to the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel. The Strait of Hormuz, which remains closed to most ships, is now known around the world as the transit point for 20 percent of the world's oil and high percentages of key materials including fertilizers such as ammonia (23 percent), urea (34 percent) and phosphate (20 percent), helium (30 percent),…

17 de agosto de 2026.- Aruba recibió este domingo el primer vuelo chárter procedente de Venezuela para el restablecimiento progresivo de la conexión entre ambos territorios. El ministro de Turismo, Transporte y Trabajo de Aruba, Wendrick Cicilia, destacó el creciente movimiento y el interés gener...

Chevron has announced a new oil and gas condensate discovery offshore Angola, hitting more than 2,000 feet of hydrocarbons in a Block 0 exploration well that could be tied directly into the company’s existing production infrastructure in the country. The 105-4X well encountered more than 300 feet of net pay in the Pinda reservoir in the Lower Congo Basin, with Chevron describing the reservoir quality as “excellent” in a press release. The company has not yet disclosed an estimate of recoverable resources or potential production.…

17 de agosto de 2026.- El presidente brasileño, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, encabeza las preferencias para las elecciones de octubre próximo con el 41 por ciento, frente al 36 por ciento del senador Flávio Bolsonaro, según una encuesta divulgada hoy. Tal resultado corresponde a la décima edición d...

Lunes, 17 de agosto de 2026.- En Colombia casi 300 muertos en el terremoto, récord de deuda y ¿tregua arancelaria? El presidente de Colombia, Abelardo de la Espriella, ha mantenido una conversación telefónica de 10 minutos con el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, para solicitar la su...

U.S. importers hauled in more than 200,000 tonnes of refined copper in July, the biggest monthly volume in at least 12 years. Add that to what's already sitting in Comex warehouses, LME-registered stock and private port storage, and the country's copper stockpile is now pushing past 1 million tonnes, built almost entirely on the bet that Washington is about to tax refined imports. LME warehouse stocks, however, have fallen for 42 straight sessions, the longest losing streak since 2014, down to just 204,975 tonnes, with nearly half of that already…

El plazo que Estados Unidos e Irán se dieron el pasado mes de junio para llegar a un acuerdo definitivo de paz en la guerra de Medio Oriente expiró este 17 de agosto sin ningún avance y con ambas partes acusándose de no haber cumplido los compromisos pactados. El presidente de Estad...