The U.S. shale industry faces a structural shift in production and productivity while it has been grappling with a shortage of skilled workforce for years. Booming U.S. oil production may be nearing its peak, according to industry executives and forecasters, and it isn’t just because oil prices are dangerously close to breakevens. The perennial talent crunch is weighing on the US oil sector. Rising labor costs and a shrinking talent pool add to the concerns in the industry that is strongly supported by the Trump Administration to “drill,…

Even before the latest potentially game-changing developments began involving its longtime financial, political, and military ally Iran, it was clear that Iraq needed to focus more on the independent development of its own resources -- most notably in energy -- for its future. In the weeks leading up to the Western-backed Israeli attacks on Iran, the U.S. removed the longstanding waivers that allowed Iraq to keep importing electricity and gas from its neighbour to power 40% of its grid and rolled out new sanctions aimed at cutting Baghdad’s…

24 de junio de 2025.-Un total de 203 nuevos connacionales llegaron a suelo venezolano este martes 24 de junio, en un vuelo proveniente de los Estados Unidos  como parte de la Gran Misión Vuelta a la Patria, informó Prensa Mpprijp. Con emoción y lágrimas en los ojos, este grupo de re...

The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States fell again, this time by 4.277 million barrels in the week ending June 20 after analysts had estimated a much more conservative 600,000-barrel draw. The draw adds to last week’s shockingly massive 10.133 million barrel inventory decrease. So far this year, crude oil inventories are up 3.3 million barrels, according to Oilprice calculations of API data. Earlier this week, the Department of Energy (DoE) reported that crude oil inventories in the…

A new offshore oil auction in the Amazon, a major investment in refinery expansion, and an attempt to extract $6.2 billion from the energy industry—this may not sound very appropriate for a government that has made some big net-zero promises. Yet it is exactly what the Lula da Silva government in Brazil is doing. South America’s biggest country produces around 3.5 million barrels of crude daily. It also recently auctioned 19 blocks in the Foz do Amazonas basin, part of the Equatorial Basin and a highly sensitive ecosystem, according…

24 de junio de 2025.- El presidente de Irán, Masud Pezeshkian, afirmó este martes que ha terminado la guerra de 12 días que Israel lanzó sobre el país persa, horas después de la entrada en vigor del alto el fuego propuesto por el presidente estadounidense, Donald Trump. El presidente iraní asegur...

President Trump’s tariffs are hitting car buyers hard, with prices expected to rise nearly $2,000 per vehicle, according to consulting firm AlixPartners. The firm estimates that automakers will pass on 80% of the $30 billion tariff cost, adding about $1,760 per car, according to Bloomberg. “These tariffs bring a big wall of cost,” said Mark Wakefield, AlixPartners’ global auto lead. “We see consumers taking the majority of the hit.” General Motors and Ford have already projected tariff-related hits of $5 billion…

24 de junio de 2025.- El centro hospitalario Santa Fe de Bogotá informó en un parte médico divulgado en sus redes sociales que el senador colombiano Miguel Uribe Turbay desescaló de su estado crítico, aunque continúa bajo manejo en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos. La Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá...

24 de junio de 2025.- Este martes arribó al Aeropuerto Internacional Simón Bolívar de Maiquetía el vuelo número #36 del Plan Vuelta a la Patria, procedente de Estados Unidos, con migrantes venezolanos a bordo de una aeronave de Omni Air International. La llegada fue encabezada por la jefa del progra...

24 de junio de 2025.- Desde que el presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, asumió el gobierno –el 20 de enero pasado- México ha recibido a 65 mil 475 personas, 59 mil 747 mexicanos y cinco mil 728 extranjeros, y “no hemos aceptado ser país tercero”, informó la presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo....

A day after the NATO summit in The Hague ends, EU leaders will take the short journey south to Brussels for their regular summer European Council. Kicking off on the morning of June 26, this summit may continue into the next day as there are plenty of items on the agenda -- most notably Iran, where the EU is struggling to stay relevant. According to the Brussels diplomats I have spoken with, however, the bloc still aims to act as a conduit for potential direct talks between the United States and Tehran. That said, there are also several key political…

24 de junio de 2025.- El secretario general de la Asociación de Trabajadores del Estado (ATE), Rodolfo Aguiar, ratificó que se unirán a la marcha el miércoles de los gremios del transporte hacia el Ministerio de Desregulación y Transformación del Estado. La Confederación Argentina de Trabajadores...

24 de junio de 2025.- La Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) alertó sobre la necesidad de tomar medidas para mantener y acelerar los avances en materia de control del tabaco en el mundo, esto de acuerdo con un informe presentado durante la Conferencia Mundial sobre el Control del Tabaco, que se e...

President Trump dropped a geopolitical bombshell: in a post on Truth?Social, he announced that "China can now continue to purchase Oil from Iran. Hopefully, they will be purchasing plenty from the US, also." This declaration signals a notable pivot from the so-called "maximum pressure" campaign Trump reinstated in February?2025, which aimed to slash Iranian oil exports to near zero. Instead, Trump appears to be leveraging this concession to coax China into importing American energy—linking geopolitical maneuvers with trade incentives. Coming…

The U.S. Senate’s top rule-keeper just threw a wrench into Republican plans to speed up fossil fuel development. Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has ruled that key provisions in the sweeping OBBB Act—aimed at fast-tracking oil, gas, and mining projects—can’t bypass environmental review unless they clear a 60-vote threshold. That means GOP efforts to use budget reconciliation to skirt the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) are dead on arrival unless they gain bipartisan support. The parliamentarian flagged…

The U.S. Senate’s top rule-keeper just threw a wrench into Republican plans to speed up fossil fuel development. Senate parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough has ruled that key provisions in the sweeping OBBB Act—aimed at fast-tracking oil, gas, and mining projects—can’t bypass environmental review unless they clear a 60-vote threshold. That means GOP efforts to use budget reconciliation to skirt the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) are dead on arrival unless they gain bipartisan support. The parliamentarian flagged…

24 de junio de 2025.- El flujo de inversión extranjera directa en América Latina y el Caribe fue de 164 000 millones de dólares en 2024, una caída de 12 por

New York is going to build the first major new US nuclear-power plant in more than 15 years, in what the Wall Street Journal described as "a big test of President Trump's promise to expedite permitting for such projects."  Governor Kathy Hochul told the outlet that she has directed the New York Power Authority, the state’s public electric utility, to add at least 1 gigawatt of new nuclear-power generation to its portfolio - enough to power approximately one million homes. “I’m going to lean into making sure that every company…

Soldados israelíes mataron este martes al menos a 40 palestinos en Gaza, denunciaron médicos locales y residentes, en un nuevo derramamiento de sangre poco después de que Israel e Irán alcanzaron un alto el fuego para poner fin a una guerra aérea de 12 días.  

Los actos solemnes para conmemorar el 204 aniversario de la Batalla de Carabobo y Día del Ejército Bolivariano se iniciaron con el izamiento de la Bandera Nacional por parte de los cadetes de la Academia Militar de Venezuela y el tren ministerial frente al Panteón Nacional, en Caracas....