Amid heavy planned seasonal maintenance, crude oil processing at China’s refineries dipped by 1.8% in May from a year earlier, to the lowest level in nine months.  Chinese refiners processed a total of about 13.92 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil last month, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics cited by Reuters. Throughput slumped to the lowest level since August last year as several major state-run and private refiners underwent scheduled maintenance ahead of the peak driving season.  The processing…

Amid heavy planned seasonal maintenance, crude oil processing at China’s refineries dipped by 1.8% in May from a year earlier, to the lowest level in nine months.  Chinese refiners processed a total of about 13.92 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil last month, according to data from the National Bureau of Statistics cited by Reuters. Throughput slumped to the lowest level since August last year as several major state-run and private refiners underwent scheduled maintenance ahead of the peak driving season.  The processing…

16-06-25.-«¿Cómo querer cambiar una Constitución cuyo contenido, en gran medida, no se ha puesto en práctica?», enfatiza el periodista, analista político y constituyente de 1999 Vladimir Villegas conoce mucho de la Constitución de 1999: es una de las mentes que la hizo posible. Más de 25 años des...

16-06-25.-República Dominicana dijo el domingo 15 de junio que aún se encuentra analizando la eventual reanudación de los vuelos comerciales hacia Venezuela, después de que el Instituto Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (INAC) del país sudamericano informara sobre el restablecimiento de dichas operacion...

16-06-25.- El Partido Comunista de Venezuela (PCV) expresa su completa, irrestricta y firme solidaridad internacionalista con el Partido Comunista de Bohemia y Moravia (KSCM) en la República Checa ante la nueva maniobra del gobierno de Petr Fiala para prohibir sus actividades. El pasado 30 de may...

TotalEnergies plans to spend about 30% of its capital expenditure (capex) on boosting its integrated power business, Patrick Pouyanne, the chief executive of the French supermajor, said at an energy conference on Monday.  The company looks to increase the share of the power business in its portfolio to 20% by the end of the decade, the executive said at the ongoing Energy Asia conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. When Shell, BP, and Equinor backtracked on their pivot to renewables and reduced investments in low-carbon energy solutions, TotalEnergies…

16-06-25.-Donald Trump, presidente de los Estados Unidos, celebró su 79 cumpleaños con un acto militar para demostrar el poderío del Ejército y más allá de recordar a los peores caudillos con ínfulas de dictador que ha tenido el planeta, el desfile y su alocución quedaron opacados en los medio...

16-06-25.-Los bancos en Venezuela no prestarán servicio en sus oficinas el lunes 16 de junio, como parte del calendario oficial de feriados publicado por la Superintendencia de las Instituciones del Sector Bancario (Sudeban). La suspensión responde a la conmemoración del Día de San ...

All of Baker Hughes Middle Eastern projects are operating as normal, the oilfield services giant’s chief executive Lorenzo Simonelli has told Reuters. “Currently, all of our employees are safe, and the facilities continue to run and operate,” Simonelli said. “Hopefully there's a de-escalation of tensions.” Israel and Iran continued firing missiles at each other over the weekend and today, suggesting such hopes may be premature at this point. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards corps said after the latest barrage that…

2025-05-28 Gaceta Oficial 43137 SUMARIO PRESIDENCIA DE LA REPÚBLICA Decreto 5130, mediante el cual se transforma la Universidad Bolivariana de las Comunas, (UBC), creada mediante el Decreto 3833, de fecha 25 de abril de 2019, publicado en la Gaceta Oficia...

Oil started the week with a gain, after an Iranian missile attack caused damage to the Haifa refinery in Israel over the weekend, prompting a partial shutdown, Israeli media reported, saying the facility remained operational. At the time of writing, Brent crude was trading at $74.83 per barrel, with West Texas Intermediate at $73.77 per barrel. The damage, according to the Haifa refinery’s operator, Bazan, was localized at pipelines and transmission lines, the Times of Israel reported. The publication added that Iran launched some 40 missiles…

BELLE PLAINE, Minnesota , 16 de junio de 2025. — El hombre sospechoso de asesinar a un legislador de Minnesota y herir a otro fue detenido, informaron dos agentes del orden, poniendo fin a una búsqueda de casi dos días que mantuvo al estado en vilo. Vance Boelter fue arrestado el domingo...

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15 de junio de 2025.-Los inmigrantes de Filadelfia recibieron una sorpresa por el Día del Padre: órdenes de presentarse ante ICE Los inmigrantes de Filadelfia recibieron una sorpresa por el Día del Padre: órdenes de presentarse ante ICE, Informó Prensa Investigador.com. Una res...

For decades, the United States has been the world’s biggest producer of nuclear energy, accounting for 30% of global production. The country, however, currently imports 98% of the uranium feedstock it needs to power its 94 nuclear reactors. Indeed, the U.S. accounts for less than 1% of the world’s uranium output, with Kazakhstan, Canada, and Namibia accounting for nearly two-thirds of global production.  But things have not always been this way. The country’s nuclear age peaked in the 1960s to the mid-1980s when it was the…

Brent crude futures opened more than 4% higher on Sunday evening, trading above $77 per barrel, as tensions between Iran and Israel erupted into open military conflict targeting critical energy infrastructure. The spike follows an 8% jump on Friday, marking one of the sharpest two-day increases in oil prices in recent years. Over the weekend, Israel launched a wave of coordinated airstrikes on Iran, hitting key energy facilities in and around Tehran. The Shahran fuel depot in northern Tehran, a vital distribution point supplying around 8 million…

15 de junio de 2025.-Israel ha instado a Estados Unidos durante los últimos dos días a unirse a su recién lanzada campaña militar contra Irán, pero Estados Unidos no considera actualmente tal medida, informa Axios, citando a funcionarios israelíes y estadounidenses, inform[o Los Tiempos de Isr...

In the past, oil price wars were short, sharp and, to those who profited from them, sweet. Now, an oil price war is a more cautious affair—assuming what OPEC is doing with its supply return is a price war, of course. And because most assume just that, all eyes are on the group’s chances of success. These are uncertain, to say the least, with most demand forecasts predicting a disaster for prices. OPEC and its friends from OPEC+ decided to start returning 411,000 barrels daily to the global oil market in May. Since then, they have agreed…

15 de junio de 2025.- El Instituto Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil de Venezuela (INAC) informó este domingo 15 de junio el reinicio de las operaciones aerocomerciales hacia y desde la República Dominicana. Así lo informó la institución desde su cuenta en la red social Instagram, donde detalló en u...

15 de junio de 2025.- Unas 150.000 personas participaron en la marcha, según los organizadores. Grupos de defensa de los derechos, como Amnistía Internacional y Oxfam, organizaron la manifestación a través de la ciudad hasta la Corte Internacional de Justicia. Los manifestantes, ondeando bande...