Three decades ago, I had just graduated from Texas A&M University and taken my first job as a chemical engineer in Corpus Christi, Texas. At the time, few people would have expected that this Gulf Coast city would one day sit at the center of the global energy system. Corpus was an important regional hub—refineries, chemical plants, steady industrial activity—but it wasn't viewed as a strategic asset on the world stage. Today, it is exactly that. The Port of Corpus Christi has become the largest crude oil export hub in the United…

El Gobierno de Venezuela negó la veracidad de una información publicada por el periodista David Placer, en la que se aseguraba que existía una orden para disolver la estructura del Estado. Según las aseveraciones del reportero, quien actualmente reside en territorio europeo, la vice...

Estados Unidos habría comprado un promedio de 414.000 barriles diarios de petróleo venezolano durante la semana pasada, por lo que

Colombia’s rapidly approaching 2026 presidential election is generating considerable concern about the economy, notably the country’s oil industry. Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla who won the 2022 election to become Colombia’s first left-wing president, introduced policies aimed at reducing the country’s reliance on fossil fuels. While this spurred the development of renewable energy, it is responsible for sparking an energy crisis in Colombia. There is hope that a new president will revive Colombia’s economically…

A casi cinco meses de ausencia del presidente Nicolás Maduro en Venezuela, el país y el Gobierno han puesto la economía en el centro de las preocupaciones. Hay expectativa de mejoras, pero también un profundo debate sobre el rumbo del país. Pese a la profundidad de la crisis, el paí...

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Jeffrey Schmid has warned that the current global energy shock cannot simply be dismissed as transitory, given already-elevated baseline inflation. Speaking at a conference in Iceland, Schmid pointed out that inflation has stalled near 3% and remained above the Fed's 2% target for a long time, making it challenging for the central bank to "look through’’ surging oil prices. Schmid has argued that current monetary policy may not be restrictive enough, reinforcing his hawkish stance on monetary…

El sistema Patria arrancó el depósito de dos nuevos bonos a través de su plataforma virtual. Los beneficiarios reciben la notificación de la asignación en un mensaje de texto por el número corto 3532 y la aplicación veMonedero. Estos estipendios son parte de las ayudas ec...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, bringing the total rig count in the US to 562,  down just 1 from this same time last year. The number of active oil rigs rose by 4 to 429 during the latest reporting period, according to the data. This is 22 below this same time last year. The number of gas rigs stayed the same at 125, which is 16 more than this time last year. The miscellaneous rig stayed the same at 8. The latest EIA data…

 Una veintena de osos negros asiáticos fueron rescatados de una granja ilegal en el norte de Laos, en el mayor operativo del Sudeste Asiático contra las fábricas de bilis, instalaciones donde se les extrae esta sustancia, popular en la medicina tradicional china, mediante métodos invasivo...

Recently signed deals between Georgia and Azerbaijan are raising fresh questions about Tbilisi’s strategic direction and energy security. The deals flowed out of a May 18 meeting in Baku between Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Those talks occurred just weeks after Aliyev’s visit to Tbilisi, where he also met Georgia’s de facto ruler, Bidzina Ivanishvili. Despite their political significance, the full texts of the agreements signed while Kobakhidze was in Baku remain undisclosed,…

Estados Unidos anunció el jueves el hallazgo de otros seis cadáveres tras una fuga de material químico en una fábrica de papel de Washington el pasado martes, lo que lleva a ocho el total de muertos, con tres personas aún desaparecidas. Un enorme depósito que contenía decenas de mil...

The Philippines has received its first cargo of Iranian crude, Reuters reported on Friday, citing tanker-tracking data from Kpler and Vortexa. A Suezmax vessel capable of carrying up to 1 million barrels of crude that departed from Iran's Kharg Island in late March made a ship-to-ship transfer offshore Singapore onto another tanker, which delivered the oil to the Bataan refinery in the Philippines in the middle of May, according to the data. The delivery was the first Iranian cargo to the Philippines, which is one of the Asian countries worst hit…

Brent crude is heading for its biggest weekly drop in two months as markets bet on a 60-day ceasefire extension and partial reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. ICE Brent is set to post its largest weekly loss in two months, dropping by almost 10%, as media reports present a 60-day extension of the current ceasefire and a temporary Hormuz navigation deal as close to being a done deal. Whether US President Trump and Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei agree to the deal or not, Brent at $92 per barrel suddenly feels much more comfortable for oil importers.…

The Philippines has received its first cargo of Iranian crude, Reuters reported on Friday, citing tanker-tracking data from Kpler and Vortexa. A Suezmax vessel capable of carrying up to 1 million barrels of crude that departed from Iran's Kharg Island in late March made a ship-to-ship transfer offshore Singapore onto another tanker, which delivered the oil to the Bataan refinery in the Philippines in the middle of May, according to the data. The delivery was the first Iranian cargo to the Philippines, which is one of the Asian countries worst hit…

CITGO Petroleum Corporation tiene conocimiento de la demanda presentada el 21 de mayo de 2026 ante el Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito de Delaware por Jorge Alejandro Rodríguez Moreno, Miguel Enrique Otero Castillo, Iván R. Freites C., Ángel Moreno, Pedro O. Mora y J...

29 de mayo de 2026.- En horas de la noche de este 28 de mayo, el Banco Digital de los Trabajadores (BDT) normalizó sus servicios tras presentar una falla en su plataforma desde principios de esta semana. Ya los usuarios de la institución bancaria venezolana pueden acceder a sus fondos y realizar ...

Una nueva encuesta privada confirmó en el primer lugar de intención de voto a la neoliberal Keiko Fujimori, mientras una gran mayoría en Perú augura que, si pierde ante el progresista Roberto Sánchez, alegará que hubo fraude. Según el sondeo del Instituto de Estudios Peruanos (IEP),...

El sábado 3 de enero de 2026 quedará grabado en Venezuela como un quiebre histórico, doloroso, incomprensible comparable a la muerte de Chávez o al golpe de Estado de 2002, por citar algunos hechos recientes de este siglo XXI. Ese día nos despertamos con un país invadido por los gringos, un pr...

En la noche del sábado al domingo los aficionados a la astronomía podrán observar una microluna azul, un espectáculo celeste poco común que no volverá a repetirse hasta dentro de dos años, 

La presidenta encargada de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, anunció que, en «las próximas semanas», más empresas del sector de los hidrocarburos llegarán a su país, que se ha abierto a la inversión privada y extranjera en medio de los acercamientos con Estados Unidos. «...