Grappling with a severe shortage, Russia is seeking to purchase a significant volume of gasoline from neighboring Kazakhstan. Astana appears hesitant to fulfill the request, however, apparently concerned that doing so might entail consequences for the Central Asian nation’s own energy exports. The Reuters news agency first reported that Russian officials had approached Kazakh authorities seeking to obtain 50,000 tons of gas. Ukrainian drone attacks in recent months have devastated Russian refineries, creating a severe shortage and long lines…

Chinese authorities are not restricting coal power growth in the new five-year energy plan as Beijing doubles down on the fossil fuel as a “bottom-line guarantee” of the electricity system amid rising shares of renewable power. China has unveiled its five-year plan for the energy sector, expecting renewable energy to boost its share of electricity supply by 2031, but also noting that it would aim to strengthen the role of coal a “bottom-line guarantee”. China targets clean energy to account for 30% of its power generation…

Hospitales Quirúrgicos Móviles (HQ) de la Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana se desplegaron este jueves hacia el estado La Guaira para socorrer a las víctimas de los terremotos que ocasionaron más de 180 personas fallecidas. Las autoridades precisaron que el...

Venezuela recobra la calma, pero aún con temor y prudencia, tras los intensos sismos que golpearon al país el pasado miércoles y causaron hasta hoy 235 muertos y cuatro mil 300 heridos, según el ministro para la Salud Carlos Alvarado. El movimiento telúrico se sintió con intensidad ...

Mediante un nuevo mensaje a la nación publicado en sus redes sociales, el presidente Constitucional, Nicolás Maduro hizo un llamado a la «máxima unión nacional, a la perseverancia en la acción y a la certeza profunda de que Venezuela saldrá adelante». En el mensaje asegu...

Imágenes satelitales proporcionadas por Vantor muestran el antes y el después de algunas de las zonas afectadas en La Guaira, Venezuela, tras los&n...

European officials are expected to visit Baghdad in the coming weeks for high-level talks on energy cooperation, just hours after Iraq warned it could leave OPEC unless the producer group grants the country a higher production quota. According to Iraqi sources cited by Shafaq News, the discussions will focus on expanding cooperation across Iraq's oil, gas and electricity sectors. Planned talks include projects to capture associated gas, increase power generation, expand energy storage capacity and strengthen crude export infrastructure. One proposal…

European officials are expected to visit Baghdad in the coming weeks for high-level talks on energy cooperation, just hours after Iraq warned it could leave OPEC unless the producer group grants the country a higher production quota. According to Iraqi sources cited by Shafaq News, the discussions will focus on expanding cooperation across Iraq's oil, gas and electricity sectors. Planned talks include projects to capture associated gas, increase power generation, expand energy storage capacity and strengthen crude export infrastructure. One proposal…

European officials are expected to visit Baghdad in the coming weeks for high-level talks on energy cooperation, just hours after Iraq warned it could leave OPEC unless the producer group grants the country a higher production quota. According to Iraqi sources cited by Shafaq News, the discussions will focus on expanding cooperation across Iraq's oil, gas and electricity sectors. Planned talks include projects to capture associated gas, increase power generation, expand energy storage capacity and strengthen crude export infrastructure. One proposal…

European officials are expected to visit Baghdad in the coming weeks for high-level talks on energy cooperation, just hours after Iraq warned it could leave OPEC unless the producer group grants the country a higher production quota. According to Iraqi sources cited by Shafaq News, the discussions will focus on expanding cooperation across Iraq's oil, gas and electricity sectors. Planned talks include projects to capture associated gas, increase power generation, expand energy storage capacity and strengthen crude export infrastructure. One proposal…

Decenas de personas amanecieron este jueves en las calles, estaciones del Metro y espacios públicos de Caracas, por temor a fuertes réplicas o debido a los daños sufridos en sus viviendas tras el terremoto reportado alrededor de las 6:00 de la tarde del miércoles. Durante un recorri...

Over the past 20 years, the story seemed straightforward. Big Oil would gradually become Big Energy. Over time, oil majors would use their balance sheets, engineering expertise, and global project-management skills to build wind farms, solar projects, hydrogen hubs, carbon capture networks, and renewable power businesses. Big Oil did make major investments in renewables. And that transition is still happening in parts of the energy sector. But among the oil majors, the strategy has become far more selective. The latest example is Equinor. The Norwegian…

El Comando Sur de Estados Unidos anunció el incremento de sus fuerzas militares en la región para respaldar las operaciones de asistencia humanitaria en Venezuela, tras los devastadores terremotos registrados el 24 de junio de 2026. A través de un comunicado difundido en redes socia...

Saudi Arabia is expected to slash the official selling prices of its crude loading for Asia in August, as Middle East’s crude benchmarks crashed amid the tentative reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and the oil supply increase from the region. Saudi oil giant Aramco, the world’s single-biggest crude oil exporter, is expected to slash the OSP of its flagship Arab Light crude by between $6.50 and $8.00 per barrel, a Reuters survey of industry sources showed on Friday. Refiners polled by Reuters expect the prices of all other Saudi grades,…

Así lo informó el ministro para la Salud, Carlos Alvarado, quien reiteró que las mayores víctimas y afectados se registran en La Guaira Lamentablemente sigue aumentando la cifra de fallecidos por el doble sismo ocurrido en Venezuela la tarde del miércoles 24 de junio. Hasta las 7:00...

El presidente del Parlamento de Venezuela, Jorge

Estados Unidos levantó temporalmente sus sanciones para permitir el ingreso de ayuda humanitaria a Venezuela tras los destructivos terremotos que azotaron al país. La flexibilización busca agilizar los recursos financieros destinados a mitigar la emergencia actual, la cual ha provoc...

La presidenta encargada de la República, Delcy Rodríguez, constató este jueves los graves daños materiales registrados en la parroquia San Bernardino de Caracas, tras los potentes sismos ocurridos este 24 de junio, con el objetivo de poner en práctica acciones urgentes para resolver en tiempo ...

SUMARIO TEXTO GACETA OFICIAL 43.387 DEL 01 DE JUNIO DE 2026 PRESIDENCIA DE LA REPÚBLICA Decreto N° 5.352, mediante el cual se crea la Dirección Nacional de Centros de Comando, Control y Telecomunicaciones, del Ministerio del Poder Popular...

August WTI crude oil futures kept falling sharply during the week ending June 26. Traders continued to take out the extra price they had added earlier because they worried about possible supply problems in the Middle East. The contract moved between a high of $78.14 and a low of $68.90 before finishing at $71.53. That was down $3.99, or 5.28 percent, from the week before. The selling went on for most of the week. Traders stopped focusing as much on the chance of oil supplies getting cut off in the Persian Gulf. Instead, they paid more attention…