Quote of the day: In a war of ego, the loser always wins

Taiwan Semiconductor: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

~ Again noted further to our last Sunday thematic on Australia on Sunday “Upside Down Under” — Australia’s last of two remaining refineries, Viva Energy’s Geelong facility (~120,000 b/d, ~10% of national fuel supply, ~50% of Victoria’s), had an explosion, seemingly on the old classic risk: deferred maintenance to run harder in a crisis causes accidents, and that theme will continue globally. Gets worse: Australia’s largest ammonia plant shut down too — Yara’s Pilbara facility

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Happy Hour: Shipping Guru Ed Finley-Richardson

Tomorrow at *** 12pm ET *** Ed Finley-Richardson – Shipping Guru Date/Time – Thursday, April 16th at 12pm ET Registration – Click Here Tomorrow we have Ed. I heard him on the Jack Farley podcast, (which I have also done as a guest), a couple of weeks ago. Obviously with the dynamism here in shipping he is a great guest. Flotillas of tankers heading for the US Gulf Coast. https://edfin.substack.com Source: Linkedin ~ While we are talking multi-media,

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

BP: Trading Statement; Raising Our Brent forecast to $120/bbl for 2026

With everybody yelling about the massive disconnect of Dated Brent over paper Brent, which has been around a +$40/bbl premium in recent days, I have seen no mention of the large fact that the Big Oils earn Dated Brent, not the paper price that is killing oil bulls (long the paper) with frustration. So the price you see on your screen – Brent around $100/bbl – far understates what the companies will earn when they

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