Mexico has ruled out fracking in a key shale basin, drawing a line through a resource-rich area even as the country looks for ways to cut its dependence on U.S. natural gas. President Claudia Sheinbaum said hydraulic fracturing will not be allowed in the Tampico-Misantla basin beneath Veracruz and Tamaulipas. The government cited the basin’s dense population, indigenous communities and freshwater reserves. Sheinbaum ordered a panel to examine whether unconventional gas could help reduce imports from the United States. Mexico buys more than…

BP’s Bumerangue discovery is more than another giant Brazilian oil find: it could become the project that keeps both BP’s upstream portfolio and Brazil’s production boom alive well into the 2030s. With an estimated 2.5 billion barrels potentially recoverable and peak output that could reach 600,000 b/d, the ultra-deepwater development is large enough to offset declining production from BP’s existing assets and arrive just as Brazil’s current pre-salt giants begin moving off plateau. Yet its promise comes with a formidable…

6 de agosto de 2026.- En los últimos meses, Washington intensificó la presión de las sanciones sobre la isla. El último paquete de sanciones fue aprobado el 23 de julio e incluyó nuevas empresas energéticas, lo que endureció aún más la aguda escasez de combustible que sufre Cuba. "Expertos en der...

Saudi Arabia cut the price of its flagship crude for Asian buyers again as hopes of a deal to move more tankers through the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil prices lower. Saudi Aramco will reduce the September official selling price for Arab Light by 50 cents per barrel, putting it at a $2 discount to the regional benchmark. The cut lands as Iran says an agreement with Oman on a shipping route through Hormuz is in its final stages. Brent crude has dropped to around $80 per barrel, down roughly 20% in two weeks, as traders bet that more Persian Gulf…

Saudi Arabia cut the price of its flagship crude for Asian buyers again as hopes of a deal to move more tankers through the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil prices lower. Saudi Aramco will reduce the September official selling price for Arab Light by 50 cents per barrel, putting it at a $2 discount to the regional benchmark. The cut lands as Iran says an agreement with Oman on a shipping route through Hormuz is in its final stages. Brent crude has dropped to around $80 per barrel, down roughly 20% in two weeks, as traders bet that more Persian Gulf…

Saudi Arabia cut the price of its flagship crude for Asian buyers again as hopes of a deal to move more tankers through the Strait of Hormuz pushed oil prices lower. Saudi Aramco will reduce the September official selling price for Arab Light by 50 cents per barrel, putting it at a $2 discount to the regional benchmark. The cut lands as Iran says an agreement with Oman on a shipping route through Hormuz is in its final stages. Brent crude has dropped to around $80 per barrel, down roughly 20% in two weeks, as traders bet that more Persian Gulf…

Jueves, 06 de agosto de 2026.- Fuentes citadas por CNN y Reuters afirman que Estados Unidos ha agotado buena parte de sus misiles interceptores durante el conflicto con Irán, una versión que el secretario de Defensa, Pete Hegseth, rechaza de forma categórica. [yt=R4C42qW0apQ]...

Jueves, 06 de agosto de 2026.- La mayoría de instalaciones militares de EE.UU. en Medio Oriente fueron dañadas por Irán. Al menos 16 bases militares estadounidenses han resultado dañadas en ataques iraníes, constituyendo la mayoría de las posiciones de Estados Unidos en Medio Oriente, según reve...

With the recent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, many expected oil prices to spike and stay high. Instead, they have barely budged. The latest spike in prices is a mini spike. If these oil prices were adjusted for inflation, the spikes in the past would appear even higher. Figure 1. Weekly average oil prices for West Texas Intermediate oil in a chart provided by EIA, with Iran conflict price spike circled. This is not a new problem. Looking at energy data going back to 1820, low demand (affordability) has repeatedly produced financial crashes,…

Jueves, 06 de agosto de 2026.- ¿Paz a la vista?, Corea del Norte habría atacado Japón y un terremoto sacude Indonesia. Un terremoto de magnitud 5,3 sacudió este miércoles el norte de Indonesia, según informó el Servicio Geológico de Estados Unidos (USGS). Las negociaciones indirectas entre Est...

6 de agosto de 2026.- La Oficina de Prensa del Gobierno de Gaza informó que la ocupación israelí infringió el acuerdo de alto el fuego en más de 4.091 ocasiones durante los últimos 300 días y saldó la vida de más de 1.254 palestinos, ocasionó heridas a 4.121 personas y el arresto de 159 ciudadanos. ...

6 de agosto de 2026.- En las inmensas sabanas del estado Apure se realizó el arreo de ganado más grande de Venezuela y América Latina, con más de seis mil mautes. Este año, 60 llaneros a caballo movilizaron masivamente a estas reses jóvenes desde el hato Cañafístola hasta el hato Turagua, con el fin...

6 de agosto de 2026.- El estrecho de Ormuz permanecerá cerrado mientras continúen las amenazas estadounidenses contra Irán y el bloqueo marítimo impuesto a Teherán, afirmó hoy Behnam Saeedi, secretario del Comité de Seguridad Nacional y Política Exterior del Parlamento iraní. En declaraciones al...

6 de agosto de 2026.- A través de sus redes sociales, la embajada de Estados Unidos en Venezuela informó que un equipo de expertos técnicos del Departamento de Energía de ese país evaluaron la represa de El Guri, principal fuente de energía eléctrica en el país. En el equipo también estuvieron p...

State-owned China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) on Thursday announced the start of operations of the world's first 16-megawatt tension-leg platform (TLP) floating wind power platform, which began supplying power to an offshore oilfield. CNOOC, one of the biggest oil producers in China and a specialist in offshore technology, connected the Haiyou Anlan floating wind power platform to the Lufeng Oilfield grid via a 4.3-kilometer-long (2.7 miles) subsea cable, the company said in a statement carried by Chinese media. The TLP-supported…

Argentina's recent record unconventional oil and natural gas output from the Vaca Muerta shale is boosting energy security in the Americas. In a decade, shale oil and gas production has grown at a stunning clip to now comprise over 70% of Argentina’s hydrocarbon output. This rapid growth will continue with the Vaca Muerta, which is still in the early stages of development, poised to become a leading shale oil and gas play that will bolster energy security in the Americas. For June 2026, government data shows Argentina’s oil production…

Angola's state-owned oil firm Sonangol and its partner in an exploration block offshore Angola, ANPG, successfully drilled an appraisal well that showed good reservoir potential for both oil and gas production. Sonangol and ANGP announced on Thursday the successful completion of the drilling and testing operations of the Katambi-2 appraisal well in Block 24 of the Benguela Basin. The Katambi-2 appraisal well crossed two productive intervals, confirming good quality reservoirs, with quality metrics higher than the ones from the Katambi-1 well, drilled…

Angola's state-owned oil firm Sonangol and its partner in an exploration block offshore Angola, ANPG, successfully drilled an appraisal well that showed good reservoir potential for both oil and gas production. Sonangol and ANGP announced on Thursday the successful completion of the drilling and testing operations of the Katambi-2 appraisal well in Block 24 of the Benguela Basin. The Katambi-2 appraisal well crossed two productive intervals, confirming good quality reservoirs, with quality metrics higher than the ones from the Katambi-1 well, drilled…

Global nuclear power generation reached an all-time high in 2025, and China supplied all of the net growth. According to the latest Statistical Review of World Energy, nuclear plants generated 2,845 terawatt-hours worldwide last year, up 30 terawatt-hours, or 1.3%, from 2024. China increased its output by more than 34 terawatt-hours, which means that without China, global nuclear generation would have declined. Those figures capture the state of the industry better than the broad claims of a worldwide nuclear renaissance. Output is rising, but…

Vessel traffic at the Strait of Hormuz and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait crumbled on Wednesday from the previous day amid a Houthi claim they have hit a Saudi oil tanker in the Red Sea and hopes that Oman and Iran could reach a deal on jointly managing Hormuz. On Wednesday, only two vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz, down from 8 on Tuesday, according to ship-tracking data reviewed by Reuters. At Bab el-Mandeb, the chokepoint on the Red Sea into the Arabian Sea, only one commodity vessel, a Bahamas-flagged dry bulk carrier, transited on Wednesday,…