El canciller de la República, Yván Gil, reveló este domingo un audio en el que la opositora María Corina Machado revela acciones para ejecutar un plan golpista llamado "Hasta el Final", con el cual busca tomar el poder del país en alianza con Estados Unidos. A través de la...

One person has been killed, with two others in critical condition, following a fire over the weekend at an offshore platform operated by Mexico’s state-run Pemex in the southern Gulf of Mexico.  Nine workers were injured in the fire that started on Saturday at Pemex’s offshore Akal-B platform, according to Reuters.  Initially, on Sunday, Pemex had reported that the fire had resulted in injuries for two people, none critical, claiming that the fire had been brought under control in a matter of minutes.  On Monday, however,…

Shell’s chief executive has floated the possibility of the petrogiant abandoning its “undervalued” London listing. Wael Sawan, who runs the largest company on the FTSE 100, said the embattled London exchange was an “undervalued location” as he joined a raft of global CEOs in complaining about the capital’s equity markets. Shell, he said, was a “fantastic” investment opportunity due to its undervaluation in the interview with Bloomberg. “I will keep buying back those shares, and buying back those…

Exxon will pause for several weeks oil production at two platforms offshore Guyana in the third quarter of 2024 to connect them to a new pipeline expected to bring the associated natural gas onshore to a gas-fired power plant. Exxon, whose consortium produces more than 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Guyana’s prolific Stabroek block, is working with the government of Guyana on a gas-to-energy project expected to use the associated gas in a new combined-cycle power plant onshore. The proposed project would bring associated…

Exxon will pause for several weeks oil production at two platforms offshore Guyana in the third quarter of 2024 to connect them to a new pipeline expected to bring the associated natural gas onshore to a gas-fired power plant. Exxon, whose consortium produces more than 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) of oil from Guyana’s prolific Stabroek block, is working with the government of Guyana on a gas-to-energy project expected to use the associated gas in a new combined-cycle power plant onshore. The proposed project would bring associated…

8 de abril de 2024.- Clíver Alcalá, exgeneral del ejército venezolano fue condenado este día en Estados Unidos a 21 años y dos tercios de prisión por suministrar armas al grupo rebelde Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (FARC), reseñó la agencia de noticias Reuters. Alcalá, de 62 años...

Abandoning petrol-burning vehicles and adopting low-­carbon technologies to power tomorrow's economy are trends accelerating across the nation. To do this, access to rare earth metals, key ingredients in many of these 'green' technologies, must be sourced domestically - not from China, an emerging national security threat to the US. As the world fractures into a multipolar state, there is a big push domestically to revive America's metals and mining industry and reduce reliance on Asia.  Morgan Stanley analyst Carlos De Alba recently conveyed…

Dutch oil supermajor Shell is considering shifting its listing from the London Stock Exchange (LSE) to the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the Telegraph reported on Monday, citing the company’s CEO.  According to the UK daily newspaper, Shell is considering “all options” as it bemoans under-appreciation on the London stock exchange.  Year-to-date, Shell PLC’s stock is up 8.68% at $71.63. Last week, Shell said it expected its Q1 natural gas production to beat guidance, though it cautioned that earnings would likely…

8 de abril de 2024.- Sigue la incertidumbre sobre si se podrán llevar a cabo las pruebas de natación en el Sena, pues este río que atraviesa la capital presenta niveles de bacterias en el agua que siguen sobrepasando las normas recomendadas, según un estudio solicitado por la ONG Surfrider Foundatio...

Via Metal Miner Nickel prices continued to the upside during the first half of March, taking a momentary pause from their long-term downtrend. However, prices found a peak by March 13, reaching their highest level since October 2023. Following that, the rally collapsed, and prices returned to the downside. Overall, nickel prices fell 5.56% month over month. The Stainless Monthly Metals Index (MMI) fell 3.16% from March to April. Falling Nickel Prices Temper Stainless Sentiment As usual, the Q1 stainless market experienced a seasonal pickup from…

8 de abril de 2024.- La canciller mexicana, Alicia Bárcena, recibió este 7 de abril a una decena de miembros del personal diplomático nacional que fueron llamados de regreso de la Embajada en Ecuador, después de la irrupción de las fuerzas de seguridad ecuatorianas en la representación mexicana para...

Weaker coal prices and demand and mine closures due to safety checks are set to reduce coal output in China’s largest coal-producing province, Shanxi, by 4% this year, for the first time in seven years, according to a plan announced by the provincial government. Shanxi, which last year produced 29% of China’s coal, is set to see its coal production drop to 1.3 billion metric tons in 2024, from 1.36 billion tons produced in 2023, Reuters reported on Monday, quoting a post on the local government’s WeChat account. In February,…

Weaker coal prices and demand and mine closures due to safety checks are set to reduce coal output in China’s largest coal-producing province, Shanxi, by 4% this year, for the first time in seven years, according to a plan announced by the provincial government. Shanxi, which last year produced 29% of China’s coal, is set to see its coal production drop to 1.3 billion metric tons in 2024, from 1.36 billion tons produced in 2023, Reuters reported on Monday, quoting a post on the local government’s WeChat account. In February,…

8 de abril de 2024.- Según la organización independiente Observatorio Venezolano de Finanzas (OVF) en marzo, la inflación se ubicó en 3,9%, mayor que la del mes pasado cuando los precios cayeron en promedio 0,5%. Por su parte, las tasas de inflación acumulada y anualizada se ubicaron en 7,8% y 89%, ...

From the first moment several months ago when the 7 October attacks by Hamas on numerous civilian targets in Israeli territory were planned by the terrorist organisation and its Iranian backers, Tehran’s key objective has been to widen that war into one involving multiple Arab states on the one side (tacitly backed by China and Russia), and on the other side Israel (and its key Western sponsors, especially the U.S). “We’ve known all along, as has Washington, that this was the plan which is why we’ve done everything to mitigate…

Russia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports gained over 4% in the first quarter of this year as it increased output to replace sanctioned pipeline gas exports to Europe, Russia’s Kommersant newspaper reported on Monday.  Citing a 4.3% (8.7 million metric ton) increase in unsanctioned LNG exports in Q1 2024 based on data from Kpler, Kommersant.ru said exports to the European Union were rising, while those to Asia were declining. Russia’s LNG exports to Asia for the first quarter of the year saw a 7% decline, which was…

La devastadora guerra contra Siria cumple 13 años en este marzo, y aunque el ejército nacional logró liberar del terrorismo el 80 por ciento del territorio, factores externos como la ocupación militar foránea directa y las sanciones impuestas por Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea impiden la re...

U.S. oil producers are not in a rush to significantly boost production despite oil prices hovering at a six-month high, as multi-year low natural gas prices are holding back drilling in parts of the Permian and costs have increased, analysts and industry executives tell Reuters. Last week, WTI crude prices hit their highest level of the year so far, and the highest since the middle of October 2023, amid geopolitical flare-ups in the Middle East and signs of tightening oil markets. But producers in America, where part of the natural gas is…

Recientemente el presidente de la República Nicolás Maduro Moros, la Vicepresidente Ejecutiva Delcy Rodríguez y el vicepresidente del Psuv Diosdado Cabello Rondón, han coincidido en denunciar ante la opinión pública nacional que existe un plan para generar incendios que mantengan en zozobra a ...

Africa’s biggest crude oil producer, Nigeria, is expected to receive a $1 billion loan from the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) next month as part of a larger crude oil prepayment facility aimed at shoring up forex reserves and boosting the economy.   “The verification of the crude availability has happened so we expect in the next month to finalize the release of the balance,” Denys Denya, senior executive vice president for finance, administration, and banking at Afreximbank, told Bloomberg. “Based on future…