Daily Standup Top Stories Iranian Oil Exports to China are rolling February 19, 2025 Clark Savage Iranian crude oil flows to China have rebounded this month after a U.S. crackdown on shipments launched in late 2024 decimated them in January. In a last-minute push to sanction Iran, the Biden admin blacklisted […] West will have to reconsider […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Are President Trump\’s Tariffs A Good Thing? And how does LNG play into his plan? by Stu Turley Read on Substack Moscow calls for joint Russia-US projects in the Arctic February 18, 2025 Mariel Alumit The head of the Russian sovereign wealth fund has called for revival of economic cooperation between Moscow […]
Continue ReadingOffshore rig owners Arabian Drilling and Shelf Drilling have signed a memorandum of understanding to form a strategic alliance. Under the agreement, Shelf Drilling will seek to use some of Arabian Drilling’s high-specification jackup rigs to meet contract requirements. By combining resources, the alliance will be positioned to deliver services to customers and increase the […]
Continue ReadingUS president Donald Trump has signed an executive order establishing a new council focused on boosting the country’s production and export of fossil fuels. Trump signed another executive order which formally created the National Energy Dominance Council with the primary purpose of driving up domestic oil and gas production. The new council, to be headed […]
Continue ReadingSingapore shipyard group Seatrium has signed a memorandum of understanding with energy giant BP for a second floating production unit project in the US Gulf of Mexico. Under the agreement, Seatrium would carry out the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of an FPU for the Tiber project, located some 480 km southwest of New Orleans […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories US stuns European allies, opens Ukraine peace talks with Russia February 12, 2025 Mariel Alumit BRUSSELS – Donald Trump said on Wednesday he and Vladmir Putin had agreed to open talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine “immediately”, after his defence secretary said it was “unrealistic” that Ukraine’s pre-2014 […] Saudi Arabia’s […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories How has green energy policies impacted the environment, society, and our financial systems? DOGE found that the Inflation Reduction Act was funding change. February 11, 2025 Clark Savage But what change you ask, well let’s start with the Inflation Reduction Act and what the huge “Porkulus Bill” as Dan Bongino has called […]
Continue ReadingWith reports swirling that the European Union is contemplating seizing ageing substandard shadow tanker tonnage transiting through the Baltic, Alexey Zhuravlev (pictured), first deputy chairman of Russia’s State Duma Committee on Defence, has vowed retaliation. European news organisation Politico reported earlier this week that the EU was discussing apprehending shadow tankers leaving Russia and heading […]
Continue ReadingDaily Standup Top Stories Iran Says Trump’s Maximum Pressure Will Fail to Drive Its Oil Exports to Zero February 10, 2025 Mariel Alumit The new U.S. Administration’s maximum pressure campaign on Iran will fail – again – and will not achieve its goal to drive the Islamic Republic’s oil exports to zero, Iran’s Oil Minister Mohsen […]
Continue ReadingWeekly Daily Standup Top Stories Musk gains ‘full access’ to US Treasury system February 2, 2025 Mariel Alumit Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been granted full access to the US Treasury Department’s payment system, according to reports from The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Historically, access to […] Russian gas exports […]
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