Crude oil inventories in the United States saw a massive increase of 17.4 million barrels during the week ending August 7, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released on Wednesday. The increase brings commercial stockpiles to 424.4 million barrels, according to government data, which are now just 2% 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 a hefty 9.072…

The Ukrainian forces have reportedly suspended drone attacks on oil tankers at the port of Novorossiysk following a request by U.S. Vice-President JD Vance, the Financial Times wrote today, citing unnamed Ukrainian officials. The request was prompted by concern that the drone attacks that shut down the Caspian Pipeline Consortium twice over the last two months were additionally destabilizing an already destabilized global oil market. The Ukraine has also targeted tankers docked at the port of Novorossiysk with drones. CPC operates the pipeline…

The Ukrainian forces have reportedly suspended drone attacks on oil tankers at the port of Novorossiysk following a request by U.S. Vice-President JD Vance, the Financial Times wrote today, citing unnamed Ukrainian officials. The request was prompted by concern that the drone attacks that shut down the Caspian Pipeline Consortium twice over the last two months were additionally destabilizing an already destabilized global oil market. The Ukraine has also targeted tankers docked at the port of Novorossiysk with drones. CPC operates the pipeline…

La empresa estadounidense Blackstone Medical Services, que opera en Colombia, está en el centro de la polémica, luego de que se diera a conocer que habría impedido la evacuación de sus trabajadores tras el

El Consejo Federal de Gobierno constató los avances de las obras de ampliación y modernización del Iahula, que contemplan nuevas áreas de emerge...

El ingeniero geólogo Frank Audemard expresó este martes que el sismo de magnitud 7.4 registrado en Colombia no tiene relación con los terremotos ocurridos el pasado 24 de junio en el país. En una entrevista concedida a Venezolana de Televisión (VTV), el experto recordó que ambas nac...

Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro's Alunorte plant in Brazil, one of the world's largest alumina refineries, reduced output by 50% following disruptions to natural gas availability. Bloomberg reports that disruptions to NatGas availability at Alunorte forced a 50% reduction in output and sent aluminum prices in London to a seven-week high. Hydro said production would return to full capacity once gas supplies normalize. Aluminum rose nearly 2% in London and traded at $3,373 a metric ton. Alumina futures gained 1% in Shanghai. NatGas is critical…

Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's decision to formalize six senior military and security postings within 48 hours is less a personnel story than the closing chapter of a five-month improvisation. Read together, the appointments announced on August 10 show a new supreme leader moving to convert an emergency wartime chain of command, cobbled together after Israeli and US strikes killed much of Iran's senior military leadership, into a permanent structure built around his own circle of trust. Rebuilding From The Top Down, Twice The scale of…

El Servicio Nacional Integrado de Administración Aduanera y Tributaria (Seniat) analiza la experiencia de Cashea como parte de su estrategia para avanzar en la digitalización, automatización y modernización de la gestión tributaria en Venezuela. El superintendente del organismo, Rom...

El vicepresidente sectorial de Obras Públicas y Servicios, Juan José Ramírez, lideró este martes una inspección técnica en el complejo termoeléctrico Termozulia, estado Zulia, para verificar los avances en la reactivación de la unidad TZ07. El proyecto contempla la incorporación de ...

Indian state-controlled oil refiners continue to search the market for spot crude supply as term deliveries are constrained by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East and its key oil chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) are looking to buy a combined 6 million barrels of crude oil via spot tenders, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing tender documents it has seen. HPCL is seeking up to 4 million barrels of crude for delivery in September and October.…

Indian state-controlled oil refiners continue to search the market for spot crude supply as term deliveries are constrained by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East and its key oil chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) are looking to buy a combined 6 million barrels of crude oil via spot tenders, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing tender documents it has seen. HPCL is seeking up to 4 million barrels of crude for delivery in September and October.…

Indian state-controlled oil refiners continue to search the market for spot crude supply as term deliveries are constrained by the ongoing crisis in the Middle East and its key oil chokepoint, the Strait of Hormuz. Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) are looking to buy a combined 6 million barrels of crude oil via spot tenders, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing tender documents it has seen. HPCL is seeking up to 4 million barrels of crude for delivery in September and October.…

Miércoles, 12 de agosto de 2026.- Putin revela cómo no deben ser las ciudades en Rusia. Con motivo del Día del Constructor, el Presidente de Rusia, Vladimir Putin, encabezó una reunión con especialistas, arquitectos y representantes del sector de la construcción para analizar el desarrollo espac...

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Autoridades del Instituto Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología (Inameh) prevén lluvias y chubascos en gran parte del país tras el paso de la Onda tropical número 36.

The IEA has slashed its 2026 global oil supply forecast, with output now expected to plunge 4.3 million barrels per day this year as the failure to reopen the Strait of Hormuz pushes the market deeper into deficit. The latest forecast is considerably worse than the 3.7-million-bpd decline the agency projected just last month and would leave global supply at 102.02 million bpd, its lowest forecast for 2026 yet. Supply is now expected to fall 1.27 million bpd short of demand for the year, compared with an 860,000-bpd deficit implied by the IEA’s…

Colombia .- Está es la historia de Winder y Deivi Delfín, de 15 y 17 años, quienes sobrevivieron a los dos sismos consecutivos de Venezuela en junio que mataron a miles de personas, entre ellas a su madre, su hermano menor y su abuela. El mes pasado, su búsqueda de 26 días para enco...

Miércoles, 12 de agosto de 2026.- El 50% de los argentinos no tolera más ajuste y crece un 40% independiente. ¿Llegó el plan económico a su límite social tras perder 20 puntos de aprobación en solo seis meses? En la pantalla de Interrogantes en este viernes 31 de julio de 2026, Fernando Galván ...

Miércoles, 12 de agosto de 2026.- MEDIO ORIENTE | Trump desafía a Irán mientras crece la tensión por las rutas marítimas. La tensión entre Estados Unidos e Irán se profundiza en torno al estrecho de Hormuz, mientras Washington afirma mantener el control de la estratégica ruta marítima y refuerz...