While crude oil and gas markets are trying to find their own footing, other crises are already on the horizon. At present, the global debate surrounding the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is framed through crude oil prices, Asian LNG demand, and Europe’s still fledgling security. Yes, these are very visible shockwaves, but behind these media clouds, something else is hiding in plain sight. One of the most immediate and severe casualties of a prolonged Hormuz closure, or even worse a regional war, will not be a major industrial power but…

U.S. intervention in Venezuela removed a major destabilizing force in South America’s Northern Andes region, the authoritarian regime of illegitimate president Nicolas Maduro. While this will revitalize Venezuela’s economic backbone, the country’s oil industry, it will impact nearby countries, notably those producing heavy crude. Among the most exposed to the risks posed by Venezuela’s resurgent oil patch is Ecuador. For over a decade, Ecuador’s government in the capital Quito has been battling to resurrect the economically…

La escalada bélica desatada por Estados Unidos e Israel contra Irán ha desestabilizado el tablero energético global. El estrecho de Ormuz, por donde transita el 20% del petróleo y gas natural licuado (GNL) mundial, se ha convertido en el epicentro de una crisis que, según analistas ...

La apertura petrolera y la reforma de la Ley de Hidrocarburos han elevado las expectativas económicas en el país. El presidente de Datanálisis, Luis Vicente León, aseguró que el nuevo esquema permitirá prever un incremento sustancial de los ingresos petroleros a partir de 2026, aunque advirtió...

Iraq has begun curtailing oil production at key southern fields, including Rumaila, while West Qurna 2 is also shutting in roughly 460,000 barrels per day, according to Iraqi oil officials. The cuts follow escalating regional tensions that have effectively stalled tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Iraqi authorities said disrupted navigation and a shortage of available tankers have pushed storage tanks in southern export terminals toward critical levels, forcing production reductions. Related: Trump’s Secret Weapon in the Rare Earth…

Iraq has begun curtailing oil production at key southern fields, including Rumaila, while West Qurna 2 is also shutting in roughly 460,000 barrels per day, according to Iraqi oil officials. The cuts follow escalating regional tensions that have effectively stalled tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Iraqi authorities said disrupted navigation and a shortage of available tankers have pushed storage tanks in southern export terminals toward critical levels, forcing production reductions. Related: Trump’s Secret Weapon in the Rare Earth…

Iraq has begun curtailing oil production at key southern fields, including Rumaila, while West Qurna 2 is also shutting in roughly 460,000 barrels per day, according to Iraqi oil officials. The cuts follow escalating regional tensions that have effectively stalled tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz. Iraqi authorities said disrupted navigation and a shortage of available tankers have pushed storage tanks in southern export terminals toward critical levels, forcing production reductions. Related: Trump’s Secret Weapon in the Rare Earth…

India’s gas marketing companies have informed industrial customers they would receive lower gas supply, industry sources told Reuters, after Qatar announced on Monday it would halt LNG production due to attacks on its liquefaction facilities.   QatarEnergy, the state firm of the world’s second-largest LNG exporter, on Monday announced that “Due to military attacks on QatarEnergy’s operating facilities in Ras Laffan Industrial City and Mesaieed Industrial City in the State of Qatar, QatarEnergy has ceased production…

El economista Leonardo Buniak estima que Venezuela podría incrementar más su relevancia en el mercado petrolero internacional, impulsada por los ataques realizados por Estados Unidos e Israel hacia Irán y el cierre del estrecho de Ormuz, por donde circula el 20% del petróleo mundial. ...

Este martes durante las primeras horas de la mañana, se estiman algunos mantos nubosos generadores de precipitaciones de intensidad variable en partes de los Andes y Lago de Maracaibo, sin descartar nubosidad fragmentada del tipo estratiforme con lluvias y lloviznas dispersas, principalmente e...

Desde el estado Sucre, la presidenta encargada Delcy Rodríguez informó que solicitó al presidente de EEUU, Donald Trump, el levantamiento de las sanciones contra el país, en el marco de la diplomacia de paz y de relaciones de respeto que debe existir entre ambas naciones. Así ...

3 de marzo de 2026.- El Servicio Nacional Integrado de Administración Aduanera y Tributaria (Seniat) recaudó unos 456 millardos 567 millones 79 mil 595 bolívares, durante el mes de febrero. Cifra que representa un alza de 77,66 % en cuanto a la recaudación del mes de enero, periodo en el que la cifr...

Oil prices jumped by 8% early on Tuesday as markets brace for a prolonged conflict in the Middle East and fears of supply disruptions began to materialize.  As of 7:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, the international benchmark, Brent Crude, had jumped by 8.36% to $84.24.  The U.S. benchmark, WTI Crude, moved up past the $75 per barrel threshold and traded at $76.93, up by 8% on the day.    After a 10% jump on Monday, oil prices continued their upward trajectory on Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump said that the war in Iran,…

The U.S. government spends roughly $900 billion on defense each year. The private aerospace and defense sector generates close to $1 trillion in annual revenue. Over the next five years, nearly $10 trillion will flow through production lines that build fighter jets, missile defense systems, naval vessels, radar networks, satellites, and drones. All of it depends on one industrial step North America largely abandoned decades ago: the conversion of rare-earth oxide into magnet-grade metal. For decades, China has dominated rare earths — not…

03-03-26.-El presidente de la Asamblea Nacional, Jorge Rodríguez, defendió la reforma a la Ley de Hidrocarburos recientemente aprobada por el Parlamento.  Consideró que el instrumento se ajusta a una nueva realidad...

Following a 40% surge on Monday, Europe’s benchmark natural gas prices soared by another 30% at opening on Tuesday as the halt of LNG production in Qatar, the world’s second-largest LNG exporter, roiled global gas markets and put energy security in Asia and Europe at risk.  The front-month Dutch TTF Natural Gas Futures, the benchmark for Europe’s gas trading, jumped by 34% at opening before paring some gains, but they were still 26% higher since Monday’s close as of 8:30 a.m. in Amsterdam on Tuesday.   …

03-03-26.-Familiares de personas detenidas y defensores de derechos humanos denunciaron que la reciente Ley de Amnistía aprobada por la Asamblea Nacional dejó fuera a más de 100 personas vinculadas al caso denominado «Falsos Positivos Tancol». Según los denunciantes, estas detenciones ocurrieron ent...

03-03-26.-La Federación Nacional de Empleados Públicos -Fedeunep- mantiene una propuesta central para que el ajuste salarial en Venezuela se realice de forma progresiva y anclada a una moneda fuerte para evitar que la inflación diluya el poder de compra. No obstante, su pres...

03-03-26.-El Comité de Evaluación de Postulaciones del Poder Ciudadano de la Asamblea Nacional (AN) dio inicio este lunes a la recepción de credenciales para los ciudadanos interesados en optar a los cargos de Fiscal General de la República y Defensor del Pueblo. Este proceso administrativo surge tr...

03-03-26.-Este miércoles 4 de marzo a las 10 AM estaremos llevando a cabo el Foro "Escenarios pos 3 de enero en Venezuela" en la Escuela de Sociología de la UCV. Contaremos con panelistas Martha Lía Grajales, Omar Vázquez Heredia y Ángel Arias Pérez. Organizado por La Izquierda Diario. El 3 de en...