Energean is in exclusive talks to buy a package of BP’s Egyptian oil and gas assets in a deal that could raise about $1 billion for the British energy major, Reuters reported Thursday exclusively, citing two people involved in the negotiations. The proposed deal includes BP’s interests in the producing West Nile Delta gas assets, which it owns with Harbour Energy, as well as its 50% contractor working interest in the Temsah concession in the eastern Mediterranean. BP and Energean declined to comment. The talks advance a sale process…

27 de agosto de 2026.- Familiares y compañeros de los 43 normalistas desaparecidos en 2014 en Iguala, Guerrero, marchan en la Ciudad de México, a un mes de cumplirse 12 años desde los hechos que aún no se han esclarecido, brindado justicia, ni identificación del paradero de la mayoría de ellos. A...

27 de agosto de 2026.- La temperatura media de la superficie global del mar alcanzó los 21.1 grados el pasado sábado, un récord que supera al anterior pico de 21.09 grados registrado en marzo de 2024. La información fue difundida esta semana por el Servicio de Cambio Climático Copernicus (C3S), que ...

The United States’ plans to revitalize Venezuela’s oil sector are moving at a snail’s pace. But it seems that plans are finally falling into place, with two different U.S. companies – SLB and Hunt Oil – announcing deals with the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA last week. Reports indicate that deal announcements will continue to accelerate in the coming weeks as international oil companies eagerly seek to get a piece of the planet’s largest proven oil reserves.  “Oilfield service provider SLB will…

27 de agosto de 2026.- El cambio climático expone hasta 560 millones de niños de cero a nueve años en distintas regiones -38 millones en América Latina y el Caribe- a por lo menos un mes adicional de calor peligroso, de acuerdo con una investigación de la belga Universidad Libre de Bruselas divulgad...

As many as 45 coal-fired power plants in India are currently operating with critically low levels of coal stocks, as electricity demand rises amid the strong El Nino but supply is disrupted by monsoon rains, Reuters reported on Thursday, citing government data and industry officials. These 45 coal power plants are operating with inventories below 25% of their required levels or with stocks insufficient for three consecutive days of power generation, per data from the Central Electricity Authority cited by Reuters. The number of plants with low…

27 de agosto de 2026.- Ecuador prepara hoy operaciones militares con Colombia y Estados Unidos ante una eventual expansión de grupos vinculados al narcotráfico, en un contexto marcado por la cada vez mayor presencia militar estadounidense en suelo ecuatoriano. El ministro de Defensa, Gian Carlo L...

Global data-center electricity demand is growing at a remarkable pace, and no country is driving that growth more than the United States. The Energy Institute’s 2026 Statistical Review of World Energy helps put the scale of the change into perspective. For the first time in the Statistical Review’s 75-year history, it reported global data-center electricity consumption, using data from S&P Global Energy Data Center Electricity Demand Has Nearly Doubled in Five Years According to the new data, worldwide data-center electricity demand…

Kimberly Caicedo realizó un magistral toque de sacrificio con las bases llenas en el final del quinto capítulo, que resultó determinante para que Venezuela dejara en el terreno al combinado de China Taipéi y completara la victoria con marcador de 2 carreras por 1 en partido celebrado este miér...

La Oficina de Control de Activos Extranjeros (OFAC) del Departamento del Tesoro de Estados Unidos emitió la Licencia ...

El Gobierno bolivariano logró recuperar el 100% de las líneas de transmisión del sistema eléctrico, dos meses después del doble sismo que afectó ...

Commodity vessel traffic at the Strait of Hormuz rose slightly over the past 24 hours amid diplomatic efforts to discuss temporary corridors or tentative reopening of the Middle East’s most vital oil and gas chokepoint. Ten commodity vessels made the Strait of Hormuz transit on Wednesday, up from 8 on Tuesday, according to Kpler data as of Thursday morning, cited by Reuters. Despite the slight uptick in visible Hormuz crossings in recent hours, the Wednesday tally still lags the 10-day average of 15 vessels moving through the Strait in either…

Durante una entrevista para Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), el experto petrolero David Paravisini destacó que la industria venezolana de los hidrocarburos es indispensable para el crecimiento del mercado energético mundial. «No hay posibilidad de que los países, en el mundo, l...

El Ministerio de Turismo y el sector privado articulan acciones mediante videoconferencia para impulsar el desarrollo regional La ministra de Turismo, Daniella Cabello, sostuvo una videoconferencia de trabajo con representantes de las Cámaras de Turismo de todo el país, con el fin...

El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Irán, Abbas Araghchi, solicitó este miércoles al Consejo de Seguridad de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) y a sus Estados miembros rechazar la nueva campaña de terrorismo económico lanzada por Estados Unidos bajo la denominación «Operación...

Nordic energy company Fortum on Thursday said it had submitted a state aid application to start talks with the Swedish state on the terms and conditions to advance a new nuclear power project in Sweden as the Nordic country bets on nuclear power revival. NuCore Energi, Fortum’s project company established to develop new nuclear power in Sweden, has applied for state aid to help it build a new nuclear power plant in the municipality of Oskarshamn, a coastal city in southern Sweden.   The final scope of the project, currently ranging from…

Nordic energy company Fortum on Thursday said it had submitted a state aid application to start talks with the Swedish state on the terms and conditions to advance a new nuclear power project in Sweden as the Nordic country bets on nuclear power revival. NuCore Energi, Fortum’s project company established to develop new nuclear power in Sweden, has applied for state aid to help it build a new nuclear power plant in the municipality of Oskarshamn, a coastal city in southern Sweden.   The final scope of the project, currently ranging from…

Un grupo de asesores legales y financieros puso en marcha un comité destinado a reunir a empresas y otros acreedores comerciales con reclamos pendientes contra Venezuela, de cara al proceso de reestructuración de la deuda del país. La iniciativa, registrada a comienzos de agosto y q...

Lágrimas, sonrisas, abrazos, manos entrelazadas, miradas llenas de emoción, son algunas de las reacciones captadas en los integrantes de decenas de familias que el martes 25 de agosto recibieron las llaves de sus nuevos hogares, tras haber perdido sus viviendas como consecuencia del doblete sí...

A letter seen by RFE/RL reveals growing concern about Russian aggression in the Baltic States, speaking of a "deteriorating security environment" amid an "increased frequency of airspace violations and drone incursions." The letter was sent to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and signed by the three Baltic European commissioners, Kaja Kallas, Andrius Kubilius, and Valdis Dombrovskis, as well as the Polish and Finnish commissioners. Dated July 30, the letter was one of a series of alarm bells sounded about Russian aggression over…