Tanker markets staged a comeback in August, and this time the rebound wasn’t subtle. Suezmax rates shot up 34% month-on-month, according to OPEC’s latest Monthly Oil Market Report published on Thursday, with the West Africa–US Gulf Coast run alone surging 38%. VLCCs weren’t far behind, climbing 19% on Middle East–East routes. Even the humble Aframax joined the party, racking up a 23% gain on Caribbean–US East Coast voyages. Clean tankers, on the other hand—i.e., tankers carrying refined petroleum products—looked…

Dirigentes de organizaciones integrantes del espacio de unidad de acción Encuentro Nacional en Defensa de los Derechos del Pueblo exigen al gobierno de Nicolás Maduro la liberación del trabajador siderúrgico Daniel Romero, que se encuentra detenido hace alrededor de dos años bajo condiciones y...

11 de septiembre de 2025.- La explosión con gran onda expansiva ocurrida la mañana de este jueves 11 de septiembre en una empresa de fuegos artificiales llamada Gallo Verde, ubicada en la zona industrial de San Francisco en el estado Zulia habría dejado grandes daños con posibles víctimas y heridos....

11 de septiembre de 2025.- La mañana de este jueves 11 de septiembre se conoció el fallecimiento del actor Eduardo Serrano. El mundo del espectáculo en Venezuela y Latinoamérica lamenta la pérdida del reconocido actor Eduardo Serrano, quien ha fallecido a los 82 años tras una larga lucha contra e...

Could Donald Trump become the first US president to visit Central Asia? Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has been pushing for it, and, on September 7, Trump seemed to praise Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev and briefly float the idea of a visit. As Trump left the White House to attend the US Open tennis tournament, a Kazakh reporter asked if he would visit Kazakhstan. Trump responded, “I may. I had a great conversation with him. Say ‘hello’ to him. He’s a good man.” Whether the off-the-cuff remark actually…

Jueves, 11 de septiembre de 2025. Coca Cola es una de las marcas más reconocidas del mundo… pero también una de las más peligrosas. Detrás de su imagen alegre y refrescante, se oculta un historial alarmante de impactos en la salud, explotación de recursos y prácticas empresariales que han sido de...

11 de septiembre de 2025.-  La tendencia al suicidio ha crecido en América del Norte, el Caribe tiene las tasas más altas del hemisferio y en el Cono Sur también hay cifras significativas, mostró un reporte divulgado este miércoles 10 por la Organización Panamericana de la...

OPEC’s view of global oil demand growth was left unchanged as of today’s September Monthly Oil Market Report, at 1.3 million bpd for 2025, with non-OECD economies once again doing the heavy lifting. The OECD share of demand growth is negligible at 0.1 million bpd, while Asia, the Middle East, and parts of Latin America make up the balance. For 2026, OPEC sees demand inching higher to 1.4 million bpd. The supply figures, however, are more contentious. Producers outside the OPEC+ framework are set to add 0.8 million bpd next year and…

11 de septiembre de 2025.- Desde el estado Falcón, el vicepresidente Sectorial de Política, Seguridad Ciudadana y Paz, Diosdado Cabello, participó en el despliegue del «Plan Independencia 200» Resistencia Activa y Ofensiva Permanente, donde detalló que la región cuenta con 24 puntos terrestres activ...

Ballooning energy prices are placing a major strain on households across the United States. The spike in energy costs is largely thanks to the rapid spread of AI integration. The huge boom in AI infrastructure is causing national energy demand to rise at a rapid clip, and its average consumers who are now paying the price. In a 2024 survey, one in three households in the United States reported forgoing necessities, including food and medicine, in order to pay their energy bills. Now, even more U.S. families are at risk of sliding into energy poverty…

Saudi Arabia’s crude shipments to China are expected to rebound in October to a level with the August volumes of more than two-year highs, after Saudi state oil giant Aramco slashed the price of its crude for Asia next month. Aramco is expected to ship as many as 51 million barrels of Saudi crude to China in October, multiple trade sources told Reuters on Thursday. This volume is equal to 1.65 million barrels per day (bpd) of Saudi exports to China, the world’s top crude importer, and would be on par with the August levels when the…

Saudi Arabia’s crude shipments to China are expected to rebound in October to a level with the August volumes of more than two-year highs, after Saudi state oil giant Aramco slashed the price of its crude for Asia next month. Aramco is expected to ship as many as 51 million barrels of Saudi crude to China in October, multiple trade sources told Reuters on Thursday. This volume is equal to 1.65 million barrels per day (bpd) of Saudi exports to China, the world’s top crude importer, and would be on par with the August levels when the…

Hasta la medianoche del miércoles, al menos 80 personas perdieron la vida como consecuencia de los intensos ataques israelíes en las ciudades de Khan Younis y Gaza, en una ofensiva que ha sido calificada como una transgresión flagrante al derecho internacional.

China appears to have become a regular importer of liquefied natural gas from the sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project in Russia as the third cargo in two weeks has just discharged gas at a Chinese import terminal.    The LNG tanker Zarya, sanctioned by the United States, unloaded on Wednesday over 160,000 cubic meters of LNG from Arctic LNG 2 at the southern Chinese Beihai LNG Terminal in Guangxi, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing ship-tracking data from LSEG and Kpler.  The Arctic LNG 2 export project roared back to life this…

El ministro de Alimentación, Carlos Leal Tellería, anunció que el país cuenta con una reserva estratégica de alimentos y con 466 establecimientos «tipo supermercados y abastos», de los cuales el 90 por ciento está en los circuitos comunales. Tal señalamiento lo hizo dura...

El Ministerio Público (MP) informó sobre una nueva operación anticorrupción que llevó a la detención de varios jueces y fiscales por su presunta vinculación con actos de corrupción. Así lo informó el fiscal general de la República,

Iraq plans to build an oil pipeline to Oman as OPEC’s second-largest producer seeks to boost exports and diversify export routes for its crude out of the Middle East.   Iraq and Oman have reached a preliminary agreement for a pipeline from Iraq to the port of Duqm on the Gulf of Oman, Ali Nizar, director general of the Iraqi state oil marketing company SOMO, told Shafaq News on Thursday.  The project has yet to identify the route of the future Iraq-Oman pipeline. The two countries are discussing whether to have an offshore…

Iraq plans to build an oil pipeline to Oman as OPEC’s second-largest producer seeks to boost exports and diversify export routes for its crude out of the Middle East.   Iraq and Oman have reached a preliminary agreement for a pipeline from Iraq to the port of Duqm on the Gulf of Oman, Ali Nizar, director general of the Iraqi state oil marketing company SOMO, told Shafaq News on Thursday.  The project has yet to identify the route of the future Iraq-Oman pipeline. The two countries are discussing whether to have an offshore…

Durante la celebración de la Virgen del Valle, Nueva Esparta alcanzó un 80% de ocupación hotelera, según informó la gobernadora Marisel Velásquez. Este logro resalta el atractivo turístico de la isla de Margarita, consolidándola como un destino clave en Venezuela. La gobernadora des...

The shock of Israel’s first-ever strike on Qatari soil is reverberating in Tehran, where the attack is fueling doubts over the very purpose of negotiations with the West. For many Iranian pundits, the timing of the strike -- hitting Hamas leaders as they allegedly reviewed a US-backed cease-fire and prisoner exchange proposal with Israel -- has reinforced suspicions that diplomacy is little more than a “trap.” In the aftermath, Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani told Iranian President Masud Pezeshkian that the…