The global energy crisis has reshaped global energy priorities seemingly overnight. The Strait of Hormuz has been closed to virtually all commercial traffic for well over a month now, severely restricting global flows of oil and gas. As a result, global energy prices have skyrocketed, and supplies have tightened, pushing many countries to explore alternative energy pathways in a big hurry. This has led to an unfortunate resurgence of coal-fired power, especially in Asia – but it is also set to supercharge the clean energy industry on a global…

22 de abril de 2026.- Al menos 34 petroleros vinculados a Irán han burlado el bloqueo naval estadounidense desde que fue impuesto, pese a que el presidente Donald Trump calificó la medida de "tremendo éxito", informa The Financial Times citando a la empresa de rastreo de cargas Vortexa. Unos 19 b...

Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) has unveiled plans to invest 1.16 trillion yen ($7.3 billion) in exploration and production in a bid to quadruple oil and gas output over the next decade, mainly in the United States. Japex has set a goal to raise net profit to 100 billion yen and achieve a 12% Return on Equity (ROE) by 2035. In February, Japex completed the acquisition of Denver-based tight oil company, Verdad Resources, in a $1.3-billion deal, the company’s largest ever M&A transaction. The merger gives Japex exposure to the sprawling…

Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) has unveiled plans to invest 1.16 trillion yen ($7.3 billion) in exploration and production in a bid to quadruple oil and gas output over the next decade, mainly in the United States. Japex has set a goal to raise net profit to 100 billion yen and achieve a 12% Return on Equity (ROE) by 2035. In February, Japex completed the acquisition of Denver-based tight oil company, Verdad Resources, in a $1.3-billion deal, the company’s largest ever M&A transaction. The merger gives Japex exposure to the sprawling…

Japan Petroleum Exploration (Japex) has unveiled plans to invest 1.16 trillion yen ($7.3 billion) in exploration and production in a bid to quadruple oil and gas output over the next decade, mainly in the United States. Japex has set a goal to raise net profit to 100 billion yen and achieve a 12% Return on Equity (ROE) by 2035. In February, Japex completed the acquisition of Denver-based tight oil company, Verdad Resources, in a $1.3-billion deal, the company’s largest ever M&A transaction. The merger gives Japex exposure to the sprawling…

22 de abril de 2026.- Al menos una persona murió y otras dos resultaron heridas hoy en ataques israelíes en el este de Líbano, en medio de continuas violaciones del alto el fuego temporal vigente. Según reportó la agencia oficial libanesa NNA, un dron israelí atacó al amanecer las afueras de la z...

A Kyrgyz-registered cryptocurrency exchange, slapped with Western sanctions for helping Russia finance its war effort in Ukraine, has experienced a hack that sucked over 1 billion rubles (over $13 million) out of users’ crypto wallets. The exchange, Grinex, announced via its Telegram channel on April 16 that it was suspending operations. Exchange representative alleged the hack was the work of foreign special services seeking to disrupt Russian efforts to evade sanctions and finance the procurement of needed goods and technologies, RFE/RL reported.…

22 de abril de 2026.- En el contexto del Día Mundial de la Creatividad y la Innovación, el Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología realizó el lanzamiento de un curso virtual autogestionado, denominado Introducción a la Inteligencia Artificial: Machine Learning y Deep Learning. A tr...

En América Latina y el Caribe, la tierra es alimento, memoria, identidad y futuro. La región alberga casi el 60 % de la biodiversidad terrestre del planeta, el 46 % de los bosques tropicales y un tercio del total de agua dulce disponible. Pero esa riqueza hoy está amenazada: un tercio de las t...

Unidentified traders executed a highly suspicious $430-million bearish bet on crude oil futures roughly 15 minutes before President Trump announced an indefinite extension of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire. The traders placed a total of 4,260 sell orders for Brent crude futures during a "post-settlement" period when trading volume is typically extremely low, with the directional trades occurring between 19:54 and 19:56 GMT on Tuesday, just minutes before Trump announced the extension around 20:10 GMT on Tuesday. Brent crude prices plunged from $100.91…

Unidentified traders executed a highly suspicious $430-million bearish bet on crude oil futures roughly 15 minutes before President Trump announced an indefinite extension of the U.S.-Iran ceasefire. The traders placed a total of 4,260 sell orders for Brent crude futures during a "post-settlement" period when trading volume is typically extremely low, with the directional trades occurring between 19:54 and 19:56 GMT on Tuesday, just minutes before Trump announced the extension around 20:10 GMT on Tuesday. Brent crude prices plunged from $100.91…

Este jueves llegará a Paraguay el primer avión proveniente de EE.UU. con migrantes de terceros países deportados, parte del memorando de entendimiento en materia migratoria que firmaron ambos Gobiernos. En esta primera etapa, Paraguay recibirá a 25 migrantes por mes, según detalló e...

El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) se encuentra listo para retomar su relación operativa y financiera con Venezuela, según confirmó un portavoz del organismo al medio especializado LatinFinance. El anuncio, realizado este 19 de abril de 2026, posiciona a la institución en l...

A fin de optimizar espacios médicos y de atención integral en la capital y en el estado La Guaira, equipos multidisciplinarios de la Alcaldía de Caracas iniciarán un Plan de Abordaje integral en ocho instalaciones asistenciales tipo IV en la ciudad y uno en el puerto marítimo, donde también se...

La empresa de servicios petroleros Halliburton informó este martes, que ha estado negociando los términos comerciales con sus clientes para sus operaciones en Venezuela, luego de visitar sus instalaciones en la nación caribeña. Según publicó

Crude oil inventories in the United States increased by 1.9 million barrels during the week ending April 17, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Wednesday. The increase brings commercial stockpiles to 465.7 million barrels according to government data, which is still 3% above the five-year average for this time of year. The EIA’s data release follows API’s figures that were released a day earlier, which reported that crude oil inventories saw a draw of 4.4 million barrels in the period.…

Lufthansa Group will remove a total of 20,000 short-haul flights from its European summer schedule, Europe’s biggest airline said as the airline industry faces jet fuel shortages and soaring prices. The cancellation of the 20,000 uneconomical short-haul flights through October would save the group about 40,000 metric tons of jet fuel, the price of which has doubled since the outbreak of the Iran conflict, Lufthansa said. “For the flights scheduled in the summer timetable, the Group expects a largely stable fuel supply,” the airline…

Lufthansa Group will remove a total of 20,000 short-haul flights from its European summer schedule, Europe’s biggest airline said as the airline industry faces jet fuel shortages and soaring prices. The cancellation of the 20,000 uneconomical short-haul flights through October would save the group about 40,000 metric tons of jet fuel, the price of which has doubled since the outbreak of the Iran conflict, Lufthansa said. “For the flights scheduled in the summer timetable, the Group expects a largely stable fuel supply,” the airline…

Peter Lamelas, representante de Washington en Buenos Aires, afirmó que Pekín "es un sistema controlado por un gobierno comunista, que usa ese control para manejar la información y a la gente". "Busca restringir la capacidad de acción de los países latinoamericanos", dijo a ...

El vicepresidente sectorial de Política, Seguridad Ciudadana y Paz, Diosdado Cabello Rondón, manifestó este martes 21 de abril que el "venezolano tiene el cuero duro", al destacar que a pesar de las sanciones este es un pueblo que sigue adelante. "En medio de esta sit...