1. To merge a few threads and to take off on a tangent, I would like to ask the question: How effective and timely would the...
      


  2. https://www.platts.com/latest-news/oil/caracas-venezuela/feature-venezuela-girds-for-further-deterioration-10400558
      


  3. Sean Misko on Schiff's Staff https://www.redstate.com/elizabeth-vaughn/2019/11/20/eric-ciaramella-bro-like-friendship-nsc-sean-misko-now-member-schiffs-staff/ "Grace, 36 was hired to investigate Trump  .  .   .    .    . " https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/adam-schiffs-staff-includes-2-aides-who-worked-with-whistleblower-at-white-house Eric Ciaramella the fake whistleblower...


  4. The usual, usual lies - masks do not work, HCQ does, but now it gets bizarre - allegedly a female "expert" quoted by Trump...


  5. Many times political and geopolitical risks premiums have been overlooked by the investors, CEO's and the different players and actors in the global energy...
      


  6. So now that Russia has total control of Syrian oil, what can we expect? There's not a significant amount of onshore here. I think...
      


  7. Interesting piece for those who said they wanted to learn more about this part of Europe. The neighbour-hating part is true. We're each and everyone...
      


  8. Saudis will be keeping a very wary eye on protests in Bahrain to mark the 7th anniversary of the uprising (Arab Spring). While Bahrain...
      


  9. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/05/06/un-humans-could-cause-extinction-of-1-million-species-globalism-will-fix/  Globalism Topic https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k8kNhtZJLuN66TpDuo67WBV1U2JhhZIvAefxeMNK0ls/edit#   UN: Humans Could Cause Extinction of 1 Million Species, Globalism Will Fix
      


  10. Saw this news from official Iranian press.  Note that I am about as skeptical of Iran's Mehr News as I am with USA's CNN...
      


  11. A series of mysterious attacks against the main Russian military base in Syria, including one conducted by a swarm of armed miniature drones, has...
      


  12. Which Countries Trust Their Government, and Which Ones Don’t? In many countries around the world, vast portions of the population do not trust their own...


  13. https://www.fsmb.org/advocacy/news-releases/fsmb-spreading-covid-19-vaccine-misinformation-may-put-medical-license-at-risk/ “Physicians who generate and spread COVID-19 vaccine misinformation or disinformation are risking disciplinary action by state medical boards, including the suspension or revocation of...


  14. Discuss. With factual backing of arguments, wherever possible.
      


  15. PETROCARIBE, a mechanism created during Chavez's heydays and which seemed to be a geopolitical tool leveraging on the use of oil to the Caribbean...
      


  16. For the Trump haters. You're welcome. The moral seems to be ''if something's hard, don't bother.'' (like every other President I guess?) One day after Trump...
      


  17. Anyone remember Woody Allen's saying about taking a "Flying f**k at a rolling donut"?
      


  18. There is no stability in Libya, so talking heads and oil traders worried about Libya undermining the OPEC deal can relax. This power struggle...
      


  19. https://www.ft.com/content/71849166-e02d-11e9-b112-9624ec9edc59 Preferably in simple language.  Credit to Zerohedge to pique my interest in this topic.   As I see it: banks don't want to do repo.  So...


  20. Sometimes, if you open up a big enough gate and stand in the void, the gate will swing back and slap you on the...
      


  21. Deutsche Bank's head office and other locations in Frankfurt were raided by 170 police officers and tax investigators on Thursday as part of a...
      


  22. https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/russia-ukraine-latest-news-2022-05-17   3 hours ago Yellen Says Ukraine Conflict Shows Why West Should End Reliance on China and Russia By Andrew Duehren   What I have been saying for years now....


  23. So, the man is either clinically insane, which would explain this anti-rational move, or he is working for Israel, which would provide a rational...
      


  24. ...which everyone expected. The question is if it may be the first domino to fall and drag others after it. Here.
      


  25. This week's top global oil and gas news intersected with political risks worldwide: 1.) President Donald Trump announced U.S. decission to reimpose sanctions on...
      


  26. In a hit to the Trump administration, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that cases litigating the Clean Water Act should be heard by federal district...
      


  27. So, have the Kurds definitively lost Kirkuk to the Iraqis? I've read now that Iraq wants to build a new pipeline to transport oil...


  28. Pakistan has caught my attention in the last weeks and months due to its political instability, geopolitical risks for the region, the changing nature...
      


  29. Iranian media say that the country's crude exports have managed to hit a new record even as Washington withdrew from nuke deal and promised...