Brent Crude $72 and falling this morning, only a couple of % from where it was in February. There’s not a lot of selling that Putin can do right now anyway, perhaps a bit of crude to China in exchang… (View Post)

Yup, today is Day 1583 of the three-day SMO. Not sure Putin had “Moscow on fire, queues for petrol and cash, central bank printing 5trn Rubles, Crimea being starved out” on his bingo card back in Feb… (View Post)

There’s way more questions than answers for moving to a land value or property value tax. It’s probably the preferred end state, but the way there will be very rocky indeed. Land value or property va… (View Post)

Unlucky to Scotland against Brazil. The Tartan Army have certainly had a great time at the World Cup, by most reports one of the best sets of fans. (View Post)

Oh, I nearly forgot the obligatory Russian O&G facility on fire. Today’s is at Poltavskaya oil depot, Krasnodar Krai. https://x.com/bohuslavskakate/status/2069979156461265273 (View Post)