Oil markets are awaiting a decision from Iran’s supreme leader after Iranian and Omani negotiators reportedly completed a draft agreement that could reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the main export route for Persian Gulf oil and LNG. Two regional officials briefed on the talks told the Associated Press on Wednesday that the draft had been finalized, hours after President Donald Trump said an announcement could come Wednesday or Thursday. The proposed temporary arrangement would direct ships entering the Persian Gulf through waters controlled…

Just a day after details emerged of India’s plans to expand strategic crude oil storage, new reports claim New Delhi is considering a new funding mechanism that would shift part of the cost of a far larger, $42-billion strategic fuel reserve program onto gas consumers. According to Business Standard, the government is considering levies on both liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas consumption that would raise about $1.5 billion annually to finance new storage infrastructure. The proposal includes a levy of 1.29 rupees ($0.0136) per…

Just a day after details emerged of India’s plans to expand strategic crude oil storage, new reports claim New Delhi is considering a new funding mechanism that would shift part of the cost of a far larger, $42-billion strategic fuel reserve program onto gas consumers. According to Business Standard, the government is considering levies on both liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas consumption that would raise about $1.5 billion annually to finance new storage infrastructure. The proposal includes a levy of 1.29 rupees ($0.0136) per…

Just a day after details emerged of India’s plans to expand strategic crude oil storage, new reports claim New Delhi is considering a new funding mechanism that would shift part of the cost of a far larger, $42-billion strategic fuel reserve program onto gas consumers. According to Business Standard, the government is considering levies on both liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas consumption that would raise about $1.5 billion annually to finance new storage infrastructure. The proposal includes a levy of 1.29 rupees ($0.0136) per…

El Gobierno de Venezuela trabaja en la reparación de casi 4.000 viviendas en La Guaira, el estado más afectado por los terremotos de magnitud 7,2 y 7,5 del pasado 24 de junio, informó este martes el gobernador regional, José Alejandro Terán. «Estamos rehabilitando 3.938 v...

El meteorólogo del Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (Inameh), Luis Vargas, advirtió sobre un incremento significativo de las temperaturas en el país durante el próximo trimestre. Los análisis climáticos señalan que agosto y septiembre se consolidarán como el periodo más caluroso...

Jorge Rodríguez, presidente de la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela, informó que el número de muertos debido a los dos sismos que golpearon el país sudamericano el pasado 24 de junio ascendió a 6.125.   ...

Una activista neonazi hizo el saludo nazi ante otros extremistas frente a la Embajada de Marruecos en España, durante una protesta vinculada a la crisis migratoria en Ceuta, profundizada la semana pasada tras la llegada masiva de inmigrantes. El hecho protagonizado por la joven llam...

El gobernador del estado La Guaira, José Alejandro Terán, informó que al menos 35 edificaciones fueron identificadas por equipos técnicos especializados para ser sometidas a un proceso de demolición controlada, como parte de las acciones de recuperación tras el doble sismo del pasado 24 de jun...

Sí de algo está seguro Sergio García Alcántara, es que Dios ha sido muy bueno con él, porque no solo logró salir de su hogar antes que su vivienda se desplomara el miércoles 24 de junio, 

Crude oil inventories in the United States saw an increase of 2.5 million barrels during the week ending July 31, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Wednesday. The increase brings commercial stockpiles to 407 million barrels, according to government data, which are now 6% below the five-year average for this time of year. The EIA’s data release follows API’s figures that were released a day earlier, which reported that crude oil inventories had risen by 2.69 million barrels in the…

Un dron ucraniano impactó en una playa del sur de Rusia, causando la muerte de al menos siete personas, tres de ellas niños, y cerca de 40 heridos.

El Ejecutivo nacional comenzó este martes 4 de agosto la entrega del Bono Único Familiar correspondiente al mes de agosto de 2026, a través de la Plataforma Patria, informó el Canal Patria Digital mediante sus redes sociales. El beneficio asignado para los usuarios seleccionados es ...

Several Indian refiners have recently bought crude from Oman and West Africa via tenders, trade sources told Reuters on Wednesday, as term supplies from the Middle East remain choked by the shipping constraints at the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb. State-controlled Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) has acquired about 1 million barrels of crude oil from ‌Oman via a tender, at a premium of some $3 per barrel to Dated Brent, from Mitsui & Co Energy Trading Singapore, according to Reuters’ sources. In addition,…

Several Indian refiners have recently bought crude from Oman and West Africa via tenders, trade sources told Reuters on Wednesday, as term supplies from the Middle East remain choked by the shipping constraints at the Strait of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb. State-controlled Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) has acquired about 1 million barrels of crude oil from ‌Oman via a tender, at a premium of some $3 per barrel to Dated Brent, from Mitsui & Co Energy Trading Singapore, according to Reuters’ sources. In addition,…

El Gobierno nacional ordenó un plan para recuperar la generación termoeléctrica con la incorporación de 4.800 megavatios adicionales antes de finalizar el año, informó laa presidenta de...

La presidenta de la República Bolivariana de Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez designó este martes al historiador Alejandro López Rodríguez como nuevo Ministro del Poder Popular para la Cultura. En su canal de Telegram, la mandataria aseguró que el nuevo ministro Alejandro López Rodríguez ...

Russian overnight drone and ballistic missile strikes killed at least 17 people in Kyiv and the surrounding region, as Ukraine warned of critical air defense shortages and urged allies to hasten deliveries of urgently needed Patriot air defense missiles and other weapons amid intensified Russian attacks. The air raid alert in the region remains in effect, the emergency service said, adding that rescue workers continue operating under heightened danger as the risk of further strikes remains. "Russia has once again brought death and destruction to…

An old Iraq-to-Syria oil pipeline that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz could be up and running within three years, a senior Syrian official has said. The Hormuz crisis that cut off most of Iraq’s crude oil exports has accelerated plans by Iraq and Syria to rebuild a damaged oil pipeline to ship crude oil from the Iraqi fields in Kirkuk to Syria’s Mediterranean coast. The completion of the renovation of the pipeline from Haditha in Iraq to the Syrian port of Baniyas would take “three years at most,” said Youssef Qablawi, CEO…

El director general de Asuntos Consulares, Inmigración y Chilenos en el Exterior, Hernán Núñez, arribó este domingo a Caracas para concretar la reactivación de las relaciones consulares entre Chile y Venezuela. En su misión comenzará una revisión de las gestiones administrativas y o...