18 de julio de 2025.- La agencia de noticias Reuters publicó este viernes que el gobierno de El Salvador enviará a Caracas a venezolanos detenidos a cambio de estadounidenses retenidos por el Gobierno de Maduro, de acuerdo con dos funcionarios del gobierno de Donald Trump. Uno de los funcionarios...

Entre el 21 de julio y el 21 de agosto se aplicará la Encuesta Nacional de Percepción Pública de la Ciencia y la Tecnología 2025 convocada por el Ministerio del Poder Popular para Ciencia y Tecnología (Mincyt), bajo la coordinación general del Observatorio Nacional de Ciencia Tecnología e Inno...

18 de julio de 2025.- Durante su visita a Londres, el canciller alemán, Friedrich Merz y el primer ministro británico, Keir Starmer, firmaron un tratado de defensa, comercio e inmigración, pero con la lupa especialmente puesta en el refuerzo de la seguridad. El acuerdo llega tras los recientes pacto...

The total number of active drilling rigs for oil and gas in the United States rose this week, according to new data that Baker Hughes published on Friday, following a string of losses for US drillers. The total rig count in the US rose by 7 to 544 rigs, according to Baker Hughes, down 42 from this same time last year. The number of oil rigs fell by 2 to 422 after falling by 7 during the previous week—and down by 55 compared to this time last year. The number of gas rigs  rose by 9 this week, at 117 for a gain of 14 active gas rigs from…

18 de julio de 2025.- “El Producto Interno Bruto (PIB) de Venezuela ha crecido más del 6 % en el segundo trimestre", informó el presidente Nicolás Maduro, afirmando que alcanzó el 15% en lo que va de año. Durante su intervención en la Asamblea Nacional del Plan Comunal del Café 2025, en el estad...

18 de julio de 2025.- El ministro del Poder Popular para la Educación, Héctor Rodríguez, informó que el Gobierno nacional logró incorporar a 365.000 nuevos estudiantes al sistema educativo durante el período 2024-2025, como parte de los resultados de los cinco objetivos planteados al inicio del año ...

Israel’s only Red Sea port at Eilat is on the verge of a full commercial halt as municipal authorities freeze the operator’s accounts, citing unpaid taxes and concession fees totaling around NIS 10 million (~$3 million). The financial crisis reflects the sharp fallout from nearly 20 months of Houthi missile and drone attacks in the Red Sea, which have slashed port revenues by over 90%, according to the Times of Israel. The closure, which is set to begin on July 20, has been confirmed by both Israel’s Ports Authority and National…

Israel’s only Red Sea port at Eilat is on the verge of a full commercial halt as municipal authorities freeze the operator’s accounts, citing unpaid taxes and concession fees totaling around NIS 10 million (~$3 million). The financial crisis reflects the sharp fallout from nearly 20 months of Houthi missile and drone attacks in the Red Sea, which have slashed port revenues by over 90%, according to the Times of Israel. The closure, which is set to begin on July 20, has been confirmed by both Israel’s Ports Authority and National…

Israel’s only Red Sea port at Eilat is on the verge of a full commercial halt as municipal authorities freeze the operator’s accounts, citing unpaid taxes and concession fees totaling around NIS 10 million (~$3 million). The financial crisis reflects the sharp fallout from nearly 20 months of Houthi missile and drone attacks in the Red Sea, which have slashed port revenues by over 90%, according to the Times of Israel. The closure, which is set to begin on July 20, has been confirmed by both Israel’s Ports Authority and National…

Es 18 de julio de 2025. Han transcurrido 199 días del año y faltan 166 días para su terminación. Hoy es viernes. Las efemérides se refieren a sucesos, celebraciones o conmemoraciones significativas para un área del conocimiento, la cultura y las artes, la historia o la cienci...

Mexico’s new president is making a major play to reform the country’s energy industry for greater energy independence and sovereignty, as well as a cleaner energy future. While this bodes well for the Mexican economy and for global climate goals, there is a critical tradeoff for this new plan: a major shortage of freshwater in the regions where the energy industry plans to expand. A former climate scientist, President Claudia Sheinbaum is picking up the energy sovereignty torch where former president and fellow Morena party candidate…

Viernes, 18 de julio de 2025. Venezuela quiere romper el tablero energético mundial. Delcy Rodríguez aterrizó en Viena y no fue a tomarse un café: fue a reventar las estructuras del gas global. , con una sola intención: certificar, oficializar y blindar las reservas adicionales de gas que el ...

Saudi Arabia is reassessing the scope and timeline of its $500-billion NEOM initiative, according to Bloomberg and CNBC, with officials reportedly reviewing key components of The Line in response to deepening financial strain across the kingdom’s Vision 2030 infrastructure program. The move comes amid mounting vendor arrears and a liquidity crunch that has prompted an urgent reallocation of energy-sector capital and personnel. According to sources cited by CNBC, planners have frozen development on large portions of The Line, NEOM’s…

Saudi Arabia is reassessing the scope and timeline of its $500-billion NEOM initiative, according to Bloomberg and CNBC, with officials reportedly reviewing key components of The Line in response to deepening financial strain across the kingdom’s Vision 2030 infrastructure program. The move comes amid mounting vendor arrears and a liquidity crunch that has prompted an urgent reallocation of energy-sector capital and personnel. According to sources cited by CNBC, planners have frozen development on large portions of The Line, NEOM’s…

Una encuesta divulgada por el instituto Quaest, reveló que el presidente de Brasil, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, encabeza la lista de candidatos con mayor intención de votos de cara a las elecciones generales previstas para el año 2026. Los datos expuestos por esta institución señalan...

Los trabajos de reparación y mantenimiento correctivo de una tubería de 100 pulgadas, del Sistema de Producción Tuy III, los cuales fueron efectuados por Hidrocapital, con el apoyo de la Gobernación de Miranda, culminaron de manera exitosa. Tras tres días de trabajo ininterrumpido, ...

Oil prices moved higher on Friday morning after the EU agreed to an 18th package of sanctions against Russia, but the effectiveness of the sanctions is yet to be seen. Friday, July 18th, 2025 The constant drumbeat of Russian sanction announcements is keeping Brent futures around $70 per barrel, with the European Union and its concept of a floating price cap taking centre stage this week. The bullish momentum was further supported by assumed Iraqi drone strikes on Kurdish oil fields, taking out all the major producing assets in less than a…

En el oeste de Caracas, específicamente, en Gramoven, la comunidad organizada del lugar produce biofertilizantes, así como frutas y hortalizas en el Núcleo de Desarrollo Endógeno Fabricio Ojeda (Nudefo). En este complejo localizado en la parroquia Sucre del municipio Libertador, en ...

Why Isn’t Canada Cutting Oil Production? Canada’s oil sands giants, Suncor and Imperial Oil, have become North America’s lowest-cost producers, a key transformation in the upstream landscape as shale producers struggle to break even with new wells as WTI prices still linger around $65-68 per barrel. Whilst Alberta’s oil sands require substantial capital expenditures upfront, once the projects are online, operational costs can be greatly reduced by means of autonomous mining vehicles, smarter water management, and AI integration.…

WTI crude oil traded between a high of $68.34 and low of $64.11 before reaching $66.28 as of Thursday's close, down $0.86 or -1.28%. The price action reflected competing fundamental forces: escalating geopolitical tensions that initially supported prices, followed by trade policy uncertainties and mixed inventory data that pressured the market lower. Geopolitical Tensions Drive Early Week Strength The period began with significant geopolitical risk as President Trump prepared statements on Russia with direct oil supply implications. Trump confirmed…