China moved this week to take tighter control of its rare earths producers amid an escalating tit-for-tat battle with Washington over everything from tariffs and semiconductor warfare to pressure over Iran and Hormuz. At the same time, an ominous Pentagon deadline looms large, with the entire American defense system to be banned from using any Chinese-origin rare earths materials beginning in January 2027. With fewer than eight months on the clock, Washington is sounding the alarms at full blast, and the Department of War is leading the clarion…

Over the past couple of months, physical oil cargo premiums have surged as markets reacted to the threat of physical supply disruption, forcing buyers to pay significantly higher prices for guaranteed, prompt delivery of crude oil. As the conflict escalated and Iran blocked the Strait of Hormuz, buyers scrambled to secure immediate, non-Middle Eastern "prompt barrels", driving up the spot price premiums for available cargoes. North Sea Forties crude spiked to nearly $150 a barrel by mid-April, exceeding the 2008 peak. Many commodity experts predicted…

Miércoles, 13 de mayo de 2026.-   Acaba de reportarse un grave incidente en el norte de Israel. Las primeras cifras hablan de 364 soldados afectados tras una operación que ningún sistema de defensa pudo anticipar. Te contamos minuto a minuto cómo ocurrió, qué se sabe hast...

The Middle Eastern crisis has prompted a reprioritization among international oil companies. Previously unattractive drilling destinations are suddenly looking quite attractive—even Alaska. The oldest oil and gas producing part of the United States has for years been out of the spotlight as the industry moves to cheaper and faster-growing locations. The only news of any substance about Alaska recently was the Biden administration’s approval of the Willow project, led by ConocoPhillips, which was set to boost the state’s oil output…

Researchers are increasingly employing artificial intelligence to help them solve some of the biggest challenges facing the energy sector – including, ironically enough, the massive spike in energy demand caused by large language models themselves. The current and projected rise in energy demand from AI data centers is driving a wave of investment into next-gen energy alternatives that can create huge amounts of baseload power without emitting large amounts of greenhouse gases. One of these potential ‘silver bullet’ technologies…

13 de mayo de 2026.- El Aeropuerto Internacional de Maiquetía "Simón Bolívar”, fue el escenario de un nuevo reencuentro tras el aterrizaje del vuelo número 144 de la Gran Misión Vuelta a la Patria, el cual trajo de regreso a 143 migrantes venezolanos desde Miami, Florida, Estados Unidos (EEUU) . Gr...

13 de mayo de 2026.- Gobierno de Venezuela anunció este miércoles el lanzamiento formal de un proceso integral y ordenado de reestructuración de su deuda pública externa, así como de la correspondiente a Petróleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa). El Ejecutivo precisó que la decisión tiene como objetivo central...

Two and a half months after the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran began, the Islamic Republic is moving closer to selectively controlling tanker flows through the Strait of Hormuz in a sign that access to the critical chokepoint may never be as unconditionally free as it was before February 28. The suggestion that Iran has a large degree of operational control over vessels attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz is being reinforced by reports that two of Iran’s neighbors most severely affected by the de facto closure of the oil and LNG…

13 de mayo de 2026.- La Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) mantiene este día el noveno jornada de huelga general indefinida, aumentando la presión contra el gobierno de Rodrigo Paz con bloqueos en La Paz y El Alto por un aumento salarial y otras 111 demandas laborales. La movilización ha generado un...

13 de mayo de 2026.- El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, aterrizó este miércoles en Pekín acompañado de una comitiva en la que figuraban Jensen Huang, de Nvidia, y Elon Musk, tras comprometerse a instar a Xi Jinping, de China, a "abrirse" a las empresas estadounidenses al inicio de su cum...

For two decades, OPEC ministers, Wall Street analysts, and oil traders have been speaking about the global crude market as if traditional rules still apply. OPEC’s kingpin, Saudi Arabia, is still seen as the swing producer, while OPEC+ is viewed as the balancing mechanism. US shale remains the marginal barrel, while global oil prices are supposedly driven by visible fundamentals such as inventories, demand growth, geopolitical disruptions, and refinery margins. At present, however, that world does not exist anymore. Behind the fog of geopolitical…

13 de mayo de 2026.- La Comisión Preliminar de la Asamblea Nacional anunció que la próxima semana será publicado el cronograma para el proceso de postulación al Tribunal Supremo de Justicia. El presidente de la comisión, Giuseppe Alessandrello, informó que ya existe un equipo técnico trabajando e...

War in the Middle East has reshaped near-term energy market expectations, with direct implications for hydrocarbon supply affecting power sectors across liquified natural gas (LNG) imports, oil imports, and spot gas-dependent economies, mainly in Europe and Asia. While Middle Eastern countries retain access to abundant domestic fossil fuels, the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the crisis extends disruption beyond hydrocarbons. The combination of conflict proximity, supply chain vulnerability, capital diversion, and institutional resilience…

13 de mayo de 2026.- La agresión militar de Estados Unidos contra Cuba tendría un grave impacto humanitario, declaró el canciller de la isla, Bruno Rodríguez, en la red social X. "Una agresión militar de EEUU contra Cuba provocaría una verdadera catástrofe humanitaria, un baño de sangre", expresó...

13 de mayo de 2026.- El ministerio de Educación Universitaria indicó a los trabajadores del gremio que poseen el instructivo para el pago de fondos de cajas de ahorro y previsión social dialogarán para tratar de llegar a un acuerdo en cuanto al salario. El próximo encuentro entre trabajadores uni...

Electric company annual reports describe technological risk in the vaguest of terms, asserting that firms face numerous, generalized risks— boiler plate to provide legal cover just in case something happens, such as an ET invasion. What specific risks do the companies face? You’ll never know from reading their reports. Anyway, it often takes years for something to happen in the utility industry, so why bother worrying now? Brokerage reports, generally optimistic, focus on a utility’s rate base growth (mostly their assets), AI…

CARACAS — La comunidad jurídica y los residentes de la ciudad capital se encuentran conmocionados tras el trágico accidente vial registrado la tarde de este martes, en el que perdió la vida un respetable profesional del derecho y su acompañante, tras precipitarse el vehículo en el que viajaban...

13 de mayo de 2026.- Autoridades de la capital de Ecuador y representantes de los transportistas urbanos iniciarán hoy un diálogo para discutir tarifas y el futuro del sistema, luego de que vencieran las compensaciones estatales otorgadas por el Gobierno. Con la instalación de mesas técnicas y ju...

Saudi Arabia's oil giant Aramco expects to raise at least $10 billion from a potential sale and leaseback deal for its real estate assets, including its Dhahran Camp residential community in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing sources with knowledge of the plans. Through a potential deal with real estate and infrastructure funds, Aramco, the world's top crude exporter and biggest international oil company, continues to look to capitalize on its assets and raise billions of U.S. dollars despite the ongoing…

Saudi Arabia's oil giant Aramco expects to raise at least $10 billion from a potential sale and leaseback deal for its real estate assets, including its Dhahran Camp residential community in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing sources with knowledge of the plans. Through a potential deal with real estate and infrastructure funds, Aramco, the world's top crude exporter and biggest international oil company, continues to look to capitalize on its assets and raise billions of U.S. dollars despite the ongoing…