Brent crude surged more than 8% on Friday, peaking at a 13% intraday gain, after Iran launched a wave of missile strikes on Israel in retaliation for the Israeli Air Force’s targeted assault on Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure. The sudden escalation has jolted energy markets already grappling with rising geopolitical risk across the Middle East. The Iranian strike, described by Israeli officials as involving up to 150 ballistic missiles in two waves, targeted multiple sites across Israel according to the Jerusalem Post. While Israeli…

Brent crude surged more than 8% on Friday, peaking at a 13% intraday gain, after Iran launched a wave of missile strikes on Israel in retaliation for the Israeli Air Force’s targeted assault on Iranian nuclear and military infrastructure. The sudden escalation has jolted energy markets already grappling with rising geopolitical risk across the Middle East. The Iranian strike, described by Israeli officials as involving up to 150 ballistic missiles in two waves, targeted multiple sites across Israel according to the Jerusalem Post. While Israeli…

13 de junio de 2025.- El periodista Vladimir Villegas informó que el economista y exministro de Finanzas de Hugo Chávez detenido en Maracaibo, Rodrigo Cabezas, habría sido trasladado a Caracas como parte de su proceso judicial. En su cuenta de X, Villegas detalló: “Fue trasladado vía aérea a Cara...

Following the disruption to the global rare earth supply chain after China’s export curbs, India is now looking at ways to keep its own rare earths at home. The government has asked state-owned minerals and metals mining enterprise IREL (India) Limited to halt a more than a decade-old supply agreement to export rare earth elements to Japan, Reuters reported on Friday, citing sources with knowledge of the development. But the idea to stop supply to Japan may not be immediately feasible because it is part of a bilateral government deal, one…

Following the disruption to the global rare earth supply chain after China’s export curbs, India is now looking at ways to keep its own rare earths at home. The government has asked state-owned minerals and metals mining enterprise IREL (India) Limited to halt a more than a decade-old supply agreement to export rare earth elements to Japan, Reuters reported on Friday, citing sources with knowledge of the development. But the idea to stop supply to Japan may not be immediately feasible because it is part of a bilateral government deal, one…

Following the disruption to the global rare earth supply chain after China’s export curbs, India is now looking at ways to keep its own rare earths at home. The government has asked state-owned minerals and metals mining enterprise IREL (India) Limited to halt a more than a decade-old supply agreement to export rare earth elements to Japan, Reuters reported on Friday, citing sources with knowledge of the development. But the idea to stop supply to Japan may not be immediately feasible because it is part of a bilateral government deal, one…

13 de junio de 2025.- A través de un comunicado, el Consejo Nacional Electoral (CNE) anunció que «en atención a las solicitudes presentadas por las distintas organizaciones políticas y participantes en las elecciones municipales 2025», acordó prorrogar el lapso de presentación, modificación y sustit...

13 de junio de 2025.- Irán lanza la operación Verdadera Promesa III y las sirenas suenan a lo largo de Palestina ocupada mientras la primera ola de misiles iraníes golpean blancos israelíes. Según las imágenes difundidas en vivo, los misiles iraníes han golpeado objetivos israelíes en Tel Aviv, s...

The US battery energy storage (BESS) market is booming across the country this year, coming off an already impressive growth streak in 2024. The rapid clip of expansion is partially due to falling battery manufacturing costs, with Rystad Energy predicting this trend to continue over the next five to seven years amid ongoing design improvements. While renewable energy investment faces policy headwinds as legislators weigh rolling back tax incentives for low-carbon energies, the grid-scale BESS market remains unscathed, for now. Rystad Energy estimates…

Es 13 de junio de 2025. Han transcurrido 164 días del año y faltan 201 días para su terminación. Hoy es viernes. Las efemérides se refieren a sucesos, celebraciones o conmemoraciones significativas para un área del conocimiento, la cultura y las artes, la historia o la cienci...

13 de junio de 2025.- El Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA) confirmó que el centro de enriquecimiento de Natanz sufrió un impacto directo durante la agresión israelí ejecutada en la madrugada del viernes contra instalaciones nucleares de Irán. Si bien las afectaciones se encuentran...

13 de junio de 2025.- Irlanda del Norte vive su cuarta noche consecutiva de disturbios alimentados por tensiones raciales y xenofóbicas. Los enfrentamientos se han concentrado principalmente en Portadown, donde grupos violentos atacaron a la policía local con piedras y otros objetos. La protesta ...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States fell yet again this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, following a 4-rig decrease last week, and a 3-rig decrease the week before that. The total rig count in the US fell by 4 to 555 rigs, according to Baker Hughes, down 35 from this same time last year. The number of oil rigs fell by 3 to 439 after falling by  9 during the previous week—and down by 49 compared to this time last year. The number of gas rigs fell by 1 this week,…

13 de junio de 2025.- Las protestas se extienden a ciudades de todo Estados Unidos a una semana hoy de estallar la indignación en Los Ángeles, por las redadas del Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) contra inmigrantes. Las manifestaciones en la segunda ciudad más grande del país, d...

Pakistan’s state-owned Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has hit a new reservoir of oil and gas at its Faakir-1 wildcat well—an onshore discovery in Sindh province that could help reverse the country’s deepening energy crisis. Drilled to a depth of 4,185 meters, the well tested at 6.4 million cubic feet per day of gas and 55 barrels per day of condensate from the Lower Goru formation. It’s not a gusher by global standards, but it’s a critical domestic win. OGDCL called the find a “significant…

Pakistan’s state-owned Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has hit a new reservoir of oil and gas at its Faakir-1 wildcat well—an onshore discovery in Sindh province that could help reverse the country’s deepening energy crisis. Drilled to a depth of 4,185 meters, the well tested at 6.4 million cubic feet per day of gas and 55 barrels per day of condensate from the Lower Goru formation. It’s not a gusher by global standards, but it’s a critical domestic win. OGDCL called the find a “significant…

Pakistan’s state-owned Oil & Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) has hit a new reservoir of oil and gas at its Faakir-1 wildcat well—an onshore discovery in Sindh province that could help reverse the country’s deepening energy crisis. Drilled to a depth of 4,185 meters, the well tested at 6.4 million cubic feet per day of gas and 55 barrels per day of condensate from the Lower Goru formation. It’s not a gusher by global standards, but it’s a critical domestic win. OGDCL called the find a “significant…

13 de junio de 2025.- El ataque israelí contra Irán de la pasada madrugada provocó perturbación en los mercados, disparando los precios del petróleo y desplomando los más importantes índices en las bolsas. El precio del barril de crudo estadounidensesubió alrededor del 7 %, y también aumentaron l...

Geopolitical risk rushed back into oil markets in style as Israel launched extensive strikes on Iran and boosted fears of a major regional conflict. Friday, June 13th, 2025 The geopolitical risk premium is back, with Israel’s strikes on Iran bringing ICE Brent futures to $75 per barrel in a world where OPEC+ continues to unwind its production cuts and global demand is decelerating due to Donald Trump’s tariff wars. Whilst oil infrastructure was not damaged in Israel’s strikes, the anticipation of Iran’s retaliation…

La vicepresidenta de la República, Delcy Rodríguez, colgó este jueves un video en su cuenta en Telegram en el que reforzó el trabajo del Gabinete Productivo Económico en el diseño y acompañamiento del mapa productivo de Venezuela bajo una visión exportadora y no petrolera. En su men...