Previously rejected MEG Energy bidder Strathcona Resources intends to buy an additional 5% stake in MEG and vote these shares and the existing 9.2% stake against the Cenovus acquisition offer for MEG, as the latest major Canadian deal faces hurdles towards completion.     Last week, Cenovus Energy announced it has entered into a definitive arrangement agreement to acquire MEG Energy Corp in a cash and stock deal valued at US$5.7 billion (C$7.9 billion), including assumed debt. The agreement between Cenovus and MEG came after…

29-08-25.-Fuentes allegadas al círculo de confianza del general en jefe (GNB) y expresidente de Corpozulia, Néstor Reverol, se comunicaron con Versión Final la noche de este jueves 28 de agosto para desmentir categóricamente su detención, tal y como aseguraron los periodistas Miguel Ángel Rodríguez,...

El embajador de Venezuela ante la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU), Samuel Moncada, sostuvo este jueves un encuentro con el secretario general António Guterres, al que trasladó la preocupación de su gobierno por el despliegue militar de Estados Unidos en el mar Caribe, y le solicitó que emi...

29-08-25.-El medio de comunicación mexicano Milenio informó que a dos de sus periodistas les fue negado el ingreso a Venezuela, tras haber viajado con el objetivo de hacer una cobertura sobre la situación que se vive dentro del país en el contexto del despliegue militar de Estados Unidos en el mar C...

Competitive prices for U.S. crude in an open arbitrage window to Asia have prompted Indian state and private refiners to accelerate buying of American oil in August, trade sources told Reuters on Friday. A few weeks ago, rising prices of Middle Eastern grades opened the arbitrage window for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) to flow to Asia. Key grades from the Middle East, such as Dubai and Murban, have seen their prices rise in recent weeks on the back of strong demand for high-sulfur crude in Asia and reduced shipments of Murban. Moreover, the…

29-08-25.-El presidente Nicolás Maduro dijo este jueves que "no hay forma" de que Estados Unidos invada a Venezuela y llamó a sus ciudadanos a alistarse en las fuerzas militares, en medio de los anuncios de Washington de movilizar tropas al Caribe. Estados Unidos anunció el envío de cinco buques ...

29-08-25.-El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, anunció este jueves que solicitó al Gobierno de Nicolás Maduro el despliegue de tropas en la frontera del lado venezolano, como parte de una estrategia conjunta para enfrentar a lo que denominó «las fuerzas de la mafia». El planteamiento surge lueg...

The court-ordered auction for the parent company of Citgo just got more interesting as the former preferred bidder has to sweeten its offer to stay in the race after the emergence of a surprise rival. Earlier this week, media reported that a company affiliated with hedge fund Elliott Management had emerged as the frontrunner in the bidding for PDV Holding, a PDVSA unit that owns U.S.-based Citgo. The new bidder, Amber Energy, had beaten the offer of the consortium led by miner Gold Reserve, which had previously been considered the best one of all.…

29-08-25.-Karoline Leavitt, portavoz de la Casa Blanca, reiteró en declaraciones la tarde de este jueves, 28 de agosto, que el presidente Donald Trump está preparado para utilizar todos los recursos de los que dispone para acabar con el origen de la droga que es trasladada a Estados Unidos, en alusi...

29-08-25.-El precio del dólar en el Banco Central de Venezuela (BCV) se cotizó este jueves 28 de agosto 2025 en Bs.147,08 por unidad según la última actualización en su página web oficial y redes sociales. El eu...

Camino a alcanzar el nivel más alto en una década. 29 de agsoto de 2025.-El Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) deportó a casi 200,000 personas en los primeros siete meses de la administración del presidente Donald Trump, según un alto funciona...

LOS ÁNGELES, 28 de agosto de 2025.- El Hospital Infantil de Los Ángeles (CHLA) está despidiendo a más de 250 trabajadores en medio de crecientes dificultades financieras y la reestructuración del hospital, informó KABC. Los empleados afectados, incluyendo el personal de gestión, ser...

28 de agosto de 2025. - Más de 600 trabajadores del sindicato United Auto Workers (UAW) de la planta de GE Aerospace (GE.N) en Evendale, Ohio, y de la planta de distribución de Erlanger, Kentucky, se declararon en huelga el jueves tras no lograr un nuevo acuerdo contractual, según declaró el p...

Over the past decade, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), comprising Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman, has advanced bold strategies to reshape its economies by reducing reliance on oil while developing new sectors like renewable energy, tourism, financial services, and digital innovation. Charting a course toward long-term economic resilience, these nations have launched sweeping infrastructure projects and enacted reforms designed to attract foreign investment. And it has worked swimmingly, so far.  During his May 2025…

The U.S. Energy Information Administration, the federal government’s chief energy data provider, has announced delays to several of its most closely watched reports following a steep reduction in staffing this year. The setbacks underscore growing concerns over the agency’s ability to maintain its role as a reliable source of market-moving information for the global energy sector. According to an EIA spokesperson, the agency’s Annual Uranium Marketing Report - originally slated for release in June - will now be published in September.…

The U.S. Energy Information Administration, the federal government’s chief energy data provider, has announced delays to several of its most closely watched reports following a steep reduction in staffing this year. The setbacks underscore growing concerns over the agency’s ability to maintain its role as a reliable source of market-moving information for the global energy sector. According to an EIA spokesperson, the agency’s Annual Uranium Marketing Report - originally slated for release in June - will now be published in September.…

28 de agosto de 2025.-Dos personas que combatían el incendio de Bear Gulch en la Península Olímpica fueron arrestadas el miércoles por las fuerzas del orden federales, en un enfrentamiento descrito por los bomberos y mostrado en fotos y videos. No está claro el motivo del arresto de los dos bo...

Britain’s largest undeveloped oilfield has been thrown into limbo. Equinor’s Rosebank project, a $3.8 billion investment once known as the future backbone of UK energy security, has been suspended after regulators demanded new environmental approvals that account for the full carbon footprint of the oil and gas it would produce. What was supposed to be a flagship development on the UK Continental Shelf has instead become the clearest example yet of how legal challenges and climate politics are reshaping the fate of offshore hydrocarbons.…

In the late 2010s, petrochemicals were seen as the biggest driver of oil demand in the future—and it was a distant future. Yet petrochemicals are already the biggest source of oil demand growth. This growth is only going to accelerate. But first, refiners need to take care of overcapacity. Over the five years to 2024, growth in demand for petrochemicals accounted for 95% of total oil demand growth, Reuters’ Ron Bousso wrote in a column arguing that President Donald Trump’s trade war was a silver lining for the petrochemical industry…

Este 28 de agosto, el Ejército israelí ha matado a al menos 16 palestinos, mientras recrudece sus ataques contra el enclave palestino. En simultáneo aumentan las víctimas por hambre: otras cuatro personas, incluidos dos niños, murieron por esa causa en las últimas 24 horas, indicó el Ministeri...