28 de agosto de 2026.- La corporación estadounidense Chevron Corp. y otras firmas energéticas de los Estados Unidos se encuentran en la fase final de negociación para concretar acuerdos de inversión por millas de millones de dólares destinados a los campos petroleros en Venezuela. Según fuentes ...

The massive data center capacity scale-up underway has focused attention on the scale of water required for these facilities to operate. Rystad Energy estimates that without water-saving measures in place, global water consumption by data centers could rise to 644 billion liters per year by 2030. However, active mitigation could reduce demand to 388 billion liters, representing worst- and best-case scenarios as data center capacity ramps up, driven largely by the growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in everyday life. Forecasting the…

28 d agosto de 2026.- Las autoridades de Nepal elevaron a 1.924 la cifra de personas desaparecidas, tras añadir al recuento a más de 900, tres días después de la devastadora riada que afectó al país asiático. Entre los desaparecidos se encuentran 933 empleados de centrales hidroeléctricas, más de...

Venezuela helped create OPEC. More than six decades later, it is considering walking away, and Washington appears perfectly happy to hold open the door. Caracas is weighing whether to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing people familiar with discussions that have included U.S. officials. No final decision has been made. Venezuela produced about 1.117 million barrels per day (bpd) in July according to OPEC’s secondary sources, and is currently exempt from OPEC production quotas after…

Venezuela helped create OPEC. More than six decades later, it is considering walking away, and Washington appears perfectly happy to hold open the door. Caracas is weighing whether to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing people familiar with discussions that have included U.S. officials. No final decision has been made. Venezuela produced about 1.117 million barrels per day (bpd) in July according to OPEC’s secondary sources, and is currently exempt from OPEC production quotas after…

Venezuela helped create OPEC. More than six decades later, it is considering walking away, and Washington appears perfectly happy to hold open the door. Caracas is weighing whether to leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing people familiar with discussions that have included U.S. officials. No final decision has been made. Venezuela produced about 1.117 million barrels per day (bpd) in July according to OPEC’s secondary sources, and is currently exempt from OPEC production quotas after…

28 de agosto de 2026.- El ministro de Transporte, Francisco Garcés, explicó que el terminal provisional habilitado en el área de estacionamientos del Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía, funcionará con un nuevo esquema de embarque, en el que los pasajeros cumplirán el proceso habitual de chequeo y...

Kazakhstan is trying to keep the Kremlin at arm’s length amid Russian efforts to lean on Central Asian states for help in bolstering Moscow’s staggering war economy. Ukraine’s ongoing drone campaign has inflicted severe damage on Russia’s energy infrastructure and its military-industrial complex, prompting Russian officials to seek emergency energy supplies and refining arrangements from Central Asian states, while exploring offshoring options for arms production. …

Caracas. — Las artes plásticas y la cultura de Venezuela se visten de luto ante la partida física, a los 89 años de edad, de Manuel Espinoza, uno de los creadores visuales, gestores y docentes más trascendentales del arte contemporáneo latinoamericano. El maestro, cuya obra transitó con ...

More Gulf oil is moving again. Getting it out now costs a fortune. Earnings on the benchmark Saudi Arabia-to-China supertanker route surged to a record $647,000 per day on Thursday, according to Baltic Exchange data cited by Bloomberg. That is more than ten times the rate a year ago—and nearly 27% above the $510,000 reached just ten days earlier. The spike comes as Persian Gulf producers increase crude shipments through the Strait of Hormuz despite the continuing Iran war. That should, in theory, ease the oil supply crunch. Instead, it has…

More Gulf oil is moving again. Getting it out now costs a fortune. Earnings on the benchmark Saudi Arabia-to-China supertanker route surged to a record $647,000 per day on Thursday, according to Baltic Exchange data cited by Bloomberg. That is more than ten times the rate a year ago—and nearly 27% above the $510,000 reached just ten days earlier. The spike comes as Persian Gulf producers increase crude shipments through the Strait of Hormuz despite the continuing Iran war. That should, in theory, ease the oil supply crunch. Instead, it has…

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States stayed the same this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, with the total rig count in the US staying at 588, up 52 from this same time last year. The number of active oil rigs fell by 5, sinking to 447 during the latest reporting period, according to the data. This is 35 above this same time last year. The number of gas rigs rose by 5 to 132, which is 13 more than this time last year. Miscellaneous rigs stayed the same at 9. The latest EIA…

28 de agosto de 2026.- El Sistema Eléctrico Nacional quedó restablecido en la noche de este 27 de agosto, según informó la Unión Eléctrica en sus redes sociales pasadas las 10 pm. En la tarde, una oscilación en las líneas de transmisión dejó fuera de servicio varias unidades generadoras y provocó...

28 de agosto de 2026.- La violencia se exacerbó en Ceuta en las últimas horas, con incidentes de un grupo de encapuchados con ciudadanos que participaban en una manifestación pacífica y ataques a la Cruz Roja. Testigos de los hechos dijeron hoy al espacio La Hora de la Uno de TVE, que recibieron ...

La detención de Cerimedo y las declaraciones de su expareja sentimental abrieron un nuevo frente de cuestionamientos hacia la administración de Paz, al vincularse con uno de los escándalos de corrupción más relevantes. El expresidente boliviano

28 de agosto de 2026.- La Fundación Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismológicas (Funvisis), informó que desde el viernes 21 hasta este viernes 28 de agosto se registraron más de 110 movimientos sísmicos en diferentes zonas del territorio nacional. «El Servicio Sismológico y de Alerta de Tsunami Ve...

Natural gas prices in Asia and Europe jumped on Friday as the market digested reports that Qatar has extended the force majeure on its LNG deliveries into November amid still blocked transits through the Strait of Hormuz. In Asia, the spot LNG price jumped to $23.388 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) on Friday, traders told Bloomberg. The spot LNG price has been hovering at four-year high levels this week, as supply has tightened with the absence of Qatari term deliveries since the Iran war began. In addition, utilities in Asia have been…

Natural gas prices in Asia and Europe jumped on Friday as the market digested reports that Qatar has extended the force majeure on its LNG deliveries into November amid still blocked transits through the Strait of Hormuz. In Asia, the spot LNG price jumped to $23.388 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) on Friday, traders told Bloomberg. The spot LNG price has been hovering at four-year high levels this week, as supply has tightened with the absence of Qatari term deliveries since the Iran war began. In addition, utilities in Asia have been…

28 de agosto de 2026.- El Sindicato Nacional de Médicos (Sinamed) de Paraguay cumple el cuarto día de huelga nacional para exigir mejores condiciones laborales, un reajuste salarial y que los hospitales sean dotados ante la falta de insumos básicos y medicamentos esenciales. La medi...

Oil holds near $90 despite sweeping Iran sanctions as uncertainty over Hormuz transits keeps markets on edge. Friday, August 28, 2026 The US announcement of ‘toughest sanctions in history’ against Iran did relatively little to push oil prices away from their comfort zone around $90 per barrel (for ICE Brent), with Qatari and Pakistani mediation so far failing to bring the warring sides closer. After President Trump rejected the extension of the June MoU in any form, the on-and-off nature of Hormuz transits will be the main driver of…