Palantir chairman and hedge fund owner Peter Thiel bought a 1% stake in one of the biggest companies operating in the Vaca Muerta shale formation in Argentina in the latest evidence of the play’s prospects as the world’s second-largest shale oil and gas deposit amid a global crunch. Thiel bought the stake in Vista in the form of American depositary shares worth $76 million, according to a security filing cited by Reuters. The purchase came four months after a meeting between the venture capitalist and Argentina’s president, Javier…

AI is changing energy systems, but data centers are only a small part of the impact. Much has been written and said about how the data center and AI boom are consuming and will consume increasingly higher shares of global electricity demand, and grids are struggling to meet soaring demand. Fossil Fuel Gains Could Outweigh Emissions Cuts from Renewables Arguably, a fundamental change in the energy system may not come from surging power demand, but from the efficiencies and productivity gains AI will help energy companies achieve, according to a…

The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States fell by 328,000 barrels in the week ending August 14. In the week prior, US crude oil inventories rose by 9.072 million barrels on the back of increased imports, decreased exports, and a sizeable injection from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Commercial crude oil inventories excluding the SPR have lost just over 49 million barrels over the last eighteen weeks, with US crude inventories up 1.88 million for the year, according to API data, kept…

The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States fell by 328,000 barrels in the week ending August 14. In the week prior, US crude oil inventories rose by 9.072 million barrels on the back of increased imports, decreased exports, and a sizeable injection from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). Commercial crude oil inventories excluding the SPR have lost just over 49 million barrels over the last eighteen weeks, with US crude inventories up 1.88 million for the year, according to API data, kept…

Green hydrogen research and development has found itself in limbo, once again. Enthusiasm for the resource’s potential as a clean energy solution in hard-to-abate sectors like steelmaking, shipping, and transportation has waxed and waned over the last decade as the technology has made incremental progress but largely failed to meet expectations. While the war in Iran breathed some new life into the sector as a potential alternative to oil and gas, that new wave of optimism faces major economic headwinds. Take the state of California. The…

Martes, 18 de agost o de 2026.- Ataque con misiles en EAU, furia de Trump contra Irán y pánico en los mercados. Emiratos Árabes Unidos activa la alerta de seguridad nacional tras interceptar una amenaza de misiles en su territorio en plena escalada regional, mientras el Pentágono evalúa un cambi...

18 de agosto de 2026.- El Centro de Estudios por la Democracia Socialista-CEDES tiene el placer de invitar al lanzamiento del libro GRAMSCI: Bloque histórico y hegemonía, escrito por el profesor Carlos Mezones. El mismo se realizará este jueves 20 de agosto en la sede de esa institución ubicada entr...

18 de agosto de 2026.- Mujeres denunciaron casos de acoso sexual mientras esperaban ser registradas, luego de que entraron el pasado 30 de julio en Ceuta, al enclave español del norte de África como parte de ⁠una travesía migratoria masiva Más de una docena de mujeres montaron un campamento en un...

Martes, 18 de agosto de 2026.- ¿Qué sabe Putin de la CIA? Lección que México debe aprender | Entrevista Completa con Tucker Carlson ¿Está México preparado para las jugadas geopolíticas de la CIA y el tablero internacional? En un momento crucial para la soberanía de América Latina, las revelacion...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has predicted that the Strait of Hormuz will become “irrelevant” within two years, and with Gulf oil producers already building their way around it, millions of barrels may prove him right for a short time.  Months into the Iran war, the UAE, Iraq, Kuwait and Qatar are moving more than 4 million barrels per day through a shadow export network of AIS-dark shuttle tankers and ship-to-ship transfers outside the Persian Gulf, keeping millions of barrels flowing through a waterway that has largely…

Saudi Arabia spent weeks finding ways around the Strait of Hormuz. Now it is starting to send tankers straight back through it. Saudi Aramco resumed crude loadings from its Ras Tanura and Juaymah terminals inside the strait last week, ending a three-week gap in activity at the ports, according to Kpler and Vortexa data cited by Reuters. Three VLCCs—Malaysia Prosperity, Algeria Prosperity and Singapore Prosperity—each loaded roughly 2 million barrels between August 12 and August 16. Six more VLCCs could load Saudi crude from inside Hormuz…

Saudi Arabia spent weeks finding ways around the Strait of Hormuz. Now it is starting to send tankers straight back through it. Saudi Aramco resumed crude loadings from its Ras Tanura and Juaymah terminals inside the strait last week, ending a three-week gap in activity at the ports, according to Kpler and Vortexa data cited by Reuters. Three VLCCs—Malaysia Prosperity, Algeria Prosperity and Singapore Prosperity—each loaded roughly 2 million barrels between August 12 and August 16. Six more VLCCs could load Saudi crude from inside Hormuz…

18 de agosto de 2026.- La directora del departamento de Geología de Terremotos de Funvisis, Luz María Rodríguez, explicó que las réplicas sísmicas se mantendrán en el país durante un largo período de tiempo. Esto se debe a que las zonas donde se originaron los terremotos del 24 de junio aún de...

Martes, 18 de agosto de 2026.- "No somos el patio trasero": Chile frena exigencias del Pentágono y descarta subir gasto militar. En exclusiva con TVN desde Panamá, el ministro de Defensa Fernando Barros respondió a la controvertida intervención de Estados Unidos en el foro de la Coalición de l...

Despite apparent financing difficulties hovering over the construction of nuclear reactors in Uzbekistan, the Russian nuclear agency Rosatom has announced it is developing a training program for Uzbek technicians who will eventually operate the plant. Rosatom specialists need to develop new, specific training modules for what is envisioned as an “integrated nuclear plant” featuring the operation of both large-scale and small modular reactors. “This requires developing training materials tailored to the specifics of small reactors,…

18 de agosto de 2026.- Florida, el estado de residencia oficial del presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, abrió este martes las urnas para unas primarias en las que los floridanos votarán por los candidatos a suceder a Ron DeSantis como gobernador del estado, y a sus representantes en el Congr...

Martes, 18 de agosto de 2026.- Con motivo del cumplimiento del 30 Aniversario de la publicación de la Agenda Alternativa Bolivariana de Venezuela, el Centro de Estudios de la Democracia Socialista, CEDES, organizó un Conversatorio con el profesor Jorge Giordani, encuentro que se realizó en su sede ...

18 de agosto de 2026.- La ministra para la Vivienda y Hábitat, Paola Posani, informó que hasta este martes han registrado casi 40 mil familias en el censo Único de Viviendas, lo que se traduce en aproximadamente 128 mil personas luego de las afectaciones . «El 80% del re...

Brent and WTI futures remain below $100 a barrel on Tuesday morning, partly suppressed by governments releasing strategic oil reserves into global markets. But the more serious issue is building downstream, where the Russia-Ukraine war, strikes against energy infrastructure, and continued disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz are fueling the refined-products "perfect storm" we have repeatedly warned about. Oil extended gains this morning, with Brent trading around $91 a barrel after another vessel attack was reported near the Hormuz maritime…

Chinese exports of solar cells and panels dropped in July as the removal of the local export tax rebate as of April 1 continued to depress exports for the third straight month. China’s solar equipment exports declined by 21.4% last month from a year earlier, according to Chinese customs data cited by Reuters on Tuesday. The world’s top solar panel and cell manufacturer scrapped, effective April 1, 2026, export tax rebates for the value added tax (VAT) of photovoltaic products, including solar cells and panels. China will also withdraw…