China’s top refiner posted a strong first quarter as higher crude prices lifted inventory values and stable domestic fuel sales helped to offset pressure from disrupted Middle East supply. China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) reported first-quarter net income of 17 billion yuan ($2.49 billion), up 28% from a year earlier, according to a Shanghai exchange filing. The results land as major oil companies begin showing how the Iran-driven supply shock is feeding through earnings. Throughput at Sinopec slipped 0.2% year over year…

28 de abril de 2026.- Un total de 57 connacionales regresaron al país este lunes a través del vuelo 138 de la Gran Misión Vuelta a la Patria, aterrizando en Maiquetía procedentes de Miami, EE. UU. Organismos de seguridad ciudadana desplegaron un protocolo de recepción para los 57 retornados, gara...

Trump's blockade is having a predictable effect on Iran's economy and oil industry, with reports that the regime is scrambling to repurpose old and rusty tankers as floating storage.  Kharg Island is hitting capacity and the results could lead to disaster for Iran's oil wells.  The regime is reportedly moving to expand crude storage at the island, where around 90% of their energy exports are processed, by reactivating a 30-year-old crude carrier called M/T Nasha.  It's a bad sign for Iran, indicating that the country’s main…

Active lawsuits in Michigan and Wisconsin are targeting sections of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline over environmental concerns in a complex and ever-expanding legal fight. Michigan has an active state-court lawsuit against Enbridge, while in Wisconsin, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and environmental groups are challenging the pipeline in federal and state court. In April, the United States Supreme Court sided with Michigan that a ruling over a section of an ageing pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel must stay in state court.…

28 de abril de 2026.- En horas de la noche de este lunes se conoció sobre el lamentable fallecimiento del reconocido cantante y compositor llanero, José Alí Nieves, en la ciudad de San Fernando de Apure. La noticia fue confirmada por familiares y amigos. Conocido en el país como "Pico de Oro de V...

28 de abril de 2026.- En la localidad española de Rota se llevó a cabo una protesta contra la presencia de bases militares de Estados Unidos en el país y para exgir el fin de las guerras de Asia Occidental. Las organizaciones sociales y políticas se concentran cada año en Rota para mostrar su fir...

El mundo pugilístico venezolano amaneció alegre esta semana luego de conocerse la victoria de la boxeadora criolla Omailyn Alcalá quien se consagró Campeona Mundial de Boxeo, luego de derrotar a la hungara Kukhta Vladislava, por decisión unánime de los jueces en el torneo Copa Mundial de Boxeo...

El economista y presidente de Datanálisis, Luis Vicente León, aseguró este lunes que el ajuste de ingresos que se anunciaría el próximo 1 de mayo, Día del Trabajador, estaría estructurado como una combinación entre

China is on course to nearly double its data center capacity within five years, with 28 gigawatts (GW) of new projects expected to come online by 2030, adding to the 32 GW already installed as of the end of last year, according to new analysis from Rystad Energy. Based on currently announced projects, with additional capacity likely to follow, this expansion is expected to lift data center power consumption to 289 terawatt-hours (TWh) by 2030. That is more than double levels seen last year and would account for around 2.3% of China’s total…

The European Union would prefer Southeast Asian countries to diversify their oil supply by buying oil from producers other than Russia, the EU’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Tuesday during meetings of representatives with ASEAN countries. Southeast Asian economies such as the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Vietnam were the first to feel fuel shortages after the blocked Strait of Hormuz cut off most of their regular crude and fuel supply from the Middle East. The Philippines, which sourced 98% of all its oil from the Middle…

Un equipo de la multinacional energética Shell se instaló en Venezuela, específicamente en la sede de la empresa Vepica, empresa con la que suscribieron un acuerdo energético para desarrollar campos petroleros y gasíferos en el estado Monagas. El director senior de Vepica, Julio Cés...

Las medidas impuestas por Estados Unidos a Caracas abarcan el bloqueo de activos, sanciones a funcionarios, restricciones financieras, petroleras y comerciales, afectando severamente la economía. "Las medidas coercitivas unilaterales han tenido un impacto concreto sobre el pueb...

Brent surges above $110 as fears grow that the U.S.-Iran war could drag into a prolonged conflict, while the UAE’s shock OPEC exit raises questions over a broader Middle East energy realignment. Oil Boom, Currency Zoom: Energy Winners Surge as Importers Feel the Burn- The US-Iran conflict has propelled currencies from energy-exporting countries into the limelight, with windfall profits from exports of oil, gas and metals helping them to outperform the US dollar.- Strategists from JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank have singled out the Norwegian…

Martes, 28 de abril de 2026.- Según un reporte de la Agencia Internacional de Energía : Rusia ha casi duplicado el pasado mes de marzo, sus ganancias por concepto de venta del petróleo impulsados por el aumento del precio del crudo a nivel global. El petróleo ruso pasó de coti...

Emiratos Árabes Unidos ha anunciado que abandona la Organización de Países Exportadores de Petróleo (OPEP), así como la alianza ampliada OPEP+, por las "perturbaciones en el golfo Pérsico y el estrecho de Ormuz" en medio de la guerra en Irán. Así lo ha informado la agencia...

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Martes, 28 de abril de 2026.- Corea del Norte ha intensificado sus pruebas balísticas, incluyendo misiles y otros sistemas de ataque, sobre el mar de Japón, como parte de una estrategia para fortalecer su capacidad de disuasión, perfeccionar su tecnología militar y aumentar su influencia en futuras ...

The world’s top crude exporter, Saudi Arabia, is expected to slash its official selling prices (OSPs) for crude loading for Asia in June from the record-highs for May as the premiums of the Middle Eastern benchmarks eased this month. Saudi oil giant Aramco is widely expected to announce in early May a reduction of the OSP of the flagship Arab Light crude by between $5 and $12 per barrel compared to the Oman/Dubai average, off which Middle Eastern producers price their crude going to Asia, a Reuters survey of industry sources showed on Tuesday.…

The world’s top crude exporter, Saudi Arabia, is expected to slash its official selling prices (OSPs) for crude loading for Asia in June from the record-highs for May as the premiums of the Middle Eastern benchmarks eased this month. Saudi oil giant Aramco is widely expected to announce in early May a reduction of the OSP of the flagship Arab Light crude by between $5 and $12 per barrel compared to the Oman/Dubai average, off which Middle Eastern producers price their crude going to Asia, a Reuters survey of industry sources showed on Tuesday.…

President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social Tuesday that Iran had "informed" his administration it was in a "state of collapse" and urgently wanted the Strait of Hormuz reopened.  "Iran has just informed us that they are in a 'State of Collapse.' They want us to 'Open the Hormuz Strait,' as soon as possible, as they try to figure out their leadership situation (Which I believe they will be able to do!)," Trump wrote. He did not say who in or from Iran conveyed the message or what exactly it entailed, and Iran's own messaging told a different…