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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Brent edged lower to $101/barrel but the physical oil market has been moving in the opposite direction, with Dated Brent (which should technically underpin ICE Brent’s moves) jumping above $120/barrel. The physical market is a lot tighter. oilprice.com/Energy/Crude...
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Dated Brent Above $120 Signals a Serious Oil Squeeze | OilPrice.com
Physical oil markets tighten sharply as Dated Brent surges above $120 despite ICE Brent slipping toward $101.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Europe is heading into the heating season with inventories at their lowest ever for this time of year, raising the risk of bigger price spikes this winter. There’s no sign of the problem going away any time soon. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
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Europe’s LNG Shift Is Breaking the Economics of Gas Storage
Europe has typically stored up gas in the summer for use in winter. Now war and a shift to LNG are upending that model.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Rome is focusing on SMRs and advanced nuclear technologies to improve energy security, reduce dependence on imported energy and help decarbonize industry. oilprice.com/Alternative-...
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Italy Returns to Nuclear After 40-Year Hiatus | OilPrice.com
Italy has approved a path back to nuclear power nearly 40 years after abandoning it, with the government planning a regulatory framework for new reactors within 12 months.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
A final investment decision remains subject to the project's joint venture participants satisfying their commercial, fiscal, regulatory and governance requirements. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Shell, Partners Poised to Approve Doubling of LNG Canada Project
Shareholders of Canada’s biggest liquefied natural gas facility, including Shell Plc, are poised to make the financial commitment to double the project’s capacity as soon as next week, according to pe...
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Commercial crude oil inventories excluding the SPR have lost 39 million barrels over the last 23 weeks, but US crude inventories are up nearly 12 million for the year, according to API data, kept in check by draws from the SPR. oilprice.com/Latest-Energ...
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US Gasoline, Distillate Inventories Continue to Fall as Crude Stocks Hold | OilPrice.com
The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States rose by 1.786 million barrels in the week ending September 18.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Washington has reportedly opened direct talks with the Houthis while declining Saudi requests for military intervention, potentially complicating Riyadh’s security relationship with the United States. oilprice.com/Energy/Crude...
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The Secret Houthi-U.S. Deal That Could Push Saudi Arabia Back to Beijing | OilPrice.com
Washington has reportedly opened direct talks with the Houthis while declining Saudi requests for military intervention, potentially complicating Riyadh’s security relationship with the United States.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🇩🇪❗️The German Consulate General in St. Petersburg, Russia, was closed and the national flags were removed from it
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Kpler estimates roughly 8.5 million barrels per day of oil production has been lost over the course of the conflict. Refinery runs have also been cut sharply, reducing the amount of gasoline and diesel produced from the crude that remains available. oilprice.com/Latest-Energ...
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Kpler Sees Oil Grinding Higher as Diesel Crunch Deepens | OilPrice.com
Kpler’s Matt Smith expects oil prices to keep grinding higher, with six and a half months of Middle East supply losses now working their way through gasoline and diesel prices.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Precipitous drops in fuel inventories may also force the hands of refiners, with diesel stockpiles at Chinese state-owned fuel suppliers having dropped to a 15-month low and gasoline inventories at the least since 2022. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Asian Refiners Dust Off Early Iran-War Playbook as Oil Jumps
Asian refiners are starting to think about lowering run rates and preparing for the possibility that fuel exports may be curbed as the widening Middle East war boosts oil prices and shrinks stockpiles...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🇳🇴 NATO troops disrupted Russian underwater "training" near Svalbard. Submarines of the "Russian Department of Deep-Sea Research" covertly practiced the technology of remotely damaging underwater cables near the Arctic archipelago.
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404 Media @404media.co · 16/09/2026
NEW: Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and @wired.com, revealing in new detail how exactly Flock Safety’s cameras track the movements of both vehicles and people.
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Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
While people around the U.S. are tearing down Flock cameras, one group of hackers went a step further: extracting the camera's software too.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Russia's six largest #diesel refineries account for roughly half the country's production, and three of them (Kirishi, Volgograd and NORSI) are now shut or running at about a quarter of capacity due to Ukrainian drone strikes oilprice.com/Latest-Energ...
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Russia Extends Diesel Export Ban Through October | OilPrice.com
Russia extended its diesel export ban to Oct. 31 as drone strikes idle refineries and U.S. diesel prices hit a record $6.27 a gallon.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Photo taken at Prince Sultan Air Force Base shows a direct hit on the back half of a Boeing E-3 Sentry four-engine aircraft, its tail severed from the charred fuselage that also supported a rotating radar that is essential for collecting midair intelligence. www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...
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New photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacks
The images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A 66-page prospectus lays out 167 projects, with opportunities to invest in shovel-ready developments or get in at the planning stages, as part of a broader push to attract investment. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Spaceports to Satellites: Here Are the Big Projects Canada Is Pitching
Canada is putting some of its biggest ambitions on the table for global investors, including data centers, critical-mineral mines, high-speed rail and an Arctic trade corridor.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The US-Iran war has reached crisis point for Saudi Arabia and its leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as the Houthis fire at the kingdom on a near-daily basis and capture more territory in Yemen. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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MBS and Saudi Arabia Face Crisis With Key Oil Pipeline Shut for Weeks
The US-Iran war has reached crisis point for Saudi Arabia and its de facto leader, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
The pipeline company that moves three quarters of Western Canada’s #natgas says it’s prepared to keep investing in its vast Alberta network to meet “generational demand” for the fuel. boereport.com/2026/09/14/t...
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TC Energy urges co-operation on growing network to meet ‘generational’ gas demand | BOE Report
CALGARY - The pipeline company that moves three quarters of Western Canada's natural gas says it's prepared to keep investing in its vast Alberta network to meet "generational demand" for the fuel. TC...
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
📛 Three of Russia's six largest diesel refineries were forced to significantly reduce or completely shut down production in September due to damage caused by drones, - Reuters.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A Houthi presence close to the strait therefore offers the group a potentially powerful means of threatening Saudi interests and gives Iran another source of leverage over regional energy flows and global shipping. www.rferl.org/a/iran-war-h...
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What Houthi Gains In Yemen Mean For The Iran War
Iran may be losing its grip on Hormuz, but its Houthi allies are threatening to give Tehran another lever over global energy and shipping through Bab al-Mandab.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The actor used Claude to help build a Python-based pipeline for collecting open-source intelligence and identifying and tracking naval positions. Anthropic said the resulting material was assembled into what it described as “targeting handbooks.” gcaptain.com/anthropic-sa...
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Anthropic Says Iran-Linked Actor Used Claude to Compile U.S. Navy Targeting Data
Anthropic says it disrupted an Iran-linked user that used its Claude artificial intelligence models to track U.S. naval forces, compile targeting material and research vulnerabilities in shipboard sys...
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Trump's comments come amid intensifying fighting between the Houthis and Saudi-backed Yemeni forces, including attacks on energy facilities in the region. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Says Iran-Backed Houthis Asked US Not to Target Them
President Donald Trump said Iran-backed Houthis have asked the US to abstain from targeting the militant group, as a worsening clash with Saudi Arabia inflames tensions in the Middle East.
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MAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🇩🇪 German investigators have established that the preparation of the drone attack on Leipzig/Halle airport was organized by an employee of the Russian military intelligence agency, GRU, - WELT The suspect arrived in Germany via Turkey and later flew to Serbia. He is currently in Russia.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Pezeshkian said Iran will reopen the strait when the US ends its blockade and attacks. www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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Yemen government counterattacks Houthis with air strikes
Houthi forces seize Yemen's Red Sea coast while Saudi Arabia suspends crucial oil pipeline following drone attack.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
East-West Pipeline has become vital to KSA since the outbreak of the war as state oil giant Aramco used it to ramp up crude flows from its eastern coast to the Red Sea to its west, diverting crude away from the Strait of Hormuz after Iran effectively blockaded it. boereport.com/2026/09/11/s...
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Satellite imagery shows smoke in vicinity of Saudi Arabia’s East-West oil pipeline | BOE Report
Satellite imagery showed smoke on Thursday in the vicinity of Saudi Arabia's East-West oil pipeline. There was no confirmation from Saudi Arabia of an incident in the area, and the Saudi government me...
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
KSA East–West Pipeline in Riyadh and Madinah regions was subjected to multiple attacks on the morning of Thursday, September 10, 2026. The pipeline was shut down as a precautionary measure. www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2674017
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East–West Pipeline Shut Down as a Precaution Following Multiple Attacks
Riyadh, September 11, 2026, SPA -- An official source at the Ministry of Energy stated that the East–West Pipeline in Riyadh and Madinah regions was subjected to multiple attacks on the morning of Thu...
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Canada is opening new outlets for its growing production, with Enbridge’s Houston terminal targeting Gulf Coast heavy-crude refiners while Trans Mountain expands access to Asian markets. oilprice.com/Energy/Crude...
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Canadian Oil Pushes Deeper Into U.S. Gulf Coast Market | OilPrice.com
Canada is opening new outlets for its growing production, with Enbridge’s Houston terminal targeting Gulf Coast heavy-crude refiners while Trans Mountain expands access to Asian markets.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Thursday’s purchases were under increased scrutiny as the first since Bessent unexpectedly announced that the department would “at least double” the size of operations previously penciled in at $2 billion. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Treasury Takes Less Than Expected at Buyback, Pushing Up Yields
The US government purchased less longer-dated debt than investors anticipated in Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s first expanded buyback operation, intensifying a selloff that pushed borrowing costs...
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The lightning Houthi advance down Yemen’s Red Sea coast this week came with direct guidance from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seeking to open a new front in Iran’s war with the U.S. gcaptain.com/houthi-seizu...
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Houthi Seizure of Mocha Opens New Front in Iran-U.S. War
Iran-aligned Houthis seized control of Yemen's port city of Mocha on Thursday and advanced down the Red Sea coast to strategic islands, military sources said, hours after President Donald Trump said h...
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In keeping with the conventions of Russian official language, he said the drone raid had supposedly been repelled, but that “falling debris” had caused a “fire” at an industrial facility. www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/drone-s...
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Drone strike on Novy Urengoy gas plant
A plant processing gas condensate is on fire in the heart of Russia’s Arctic gas-producing region, more than 2,800 kilometres from the border with Ukraine.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Under the changes, interprovincial and international pipelines will no longer face an assessment led under the Impact Assessment Act. Instead, projects regulated by the Canada Energy Regulator will be reviewed solely by the CER under the Canadian Energy Regulator Act. boereport.com/2026/09/10/c...
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Canada moves to streamline pipeline, major project reviews | BOE Report
Canada has changed its federal impact assessment rules to remove interprovincial and international pipelines and several other types of energy projects from the Impact Assessment Act, as the governmen...
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
US bounties and DDT almost eliminated the bald eagle in the US. Canada helped restore the population. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Canada helped save the bald eagle from near extinction in the US – does the White House know?
The White House posted a photo of bald eagle attacking a Canada goose – but it was Canada that played a critical role in the recovery of the raptor in the US
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
DIU says the Russian frigate Admiral Essen, a Kalibr cruise missile carrier, was hit during last night’s deep-strike operation against the Novorossiysk naval base. According to DIU, the strike caused a fire on the ship’s superstructure.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The new infrastructure is built on permafrost, which is becoming increasingly unstable due to global warming. An oil spill in the area would have serious consequences for the local environment. www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/putins-...
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Putin’s new grand oil project leaves Arctic lands in devastation
State oil company Rosneft says it is opening a new oil province on the far northern Taymyr Peninsula. Satellite images show unprecedented damage to thousands of square kilometres of vulnerable Arctic ...
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The intensity and geographical breadth of tanker attacks—a highly uncertain variable—will remain a key driver of whether Gulf oil exports recover and how quickly. www.hfir.com/p/wctw-this-...
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(WCTW) This Cannot Be That Obvious
We aren't going back to the way it was. The oil market has changed.
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UK 🇬🇧 🤝 🇺🇦 □ @ukbastard.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Friedrich Merz’s center-left coalition partners increasingly see themselves facing a stark choice: Turn against the reform course they’ve struck with the chancellor or risk sinking with him. www.politico.eu/article/frie...
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In Germany, Merz’s center-left partners rebel after far-right rout
The center-left party’s strategic pivot is likely to deepen Merz’s myriad challenges as questions mount over his ability to lead Germany’s relatively weak coalition government.
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Prune60 @prune602.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Meanwhile in Russian Media… “The Central Bank explained how drone strikes could impact monetary policy.” Take a moment to reflect how bonkers this headline sounds. www.gazeta.ru/business/new...
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Journalist Facts @journalistfacts.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
For all the bleating Trump & MAGA are doing about Venezuelan crude replacing Canadian crude (lol), in June the USA imported 6.5X as much from 🇨🇦 than 🇻🇪
Crude import chart from Venezuela & Canada to USA
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Sturgeon County data centre, like other hyperscale proposals in Canada, will use a closed-loop cooling system to keep servers from overheating. That differs from an evaporative cooling system, which requires enormous amounts of cool water that is not reused. boereport.com/2026/07/10/k...
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Keeping cool: How Meta plans to cut down on water use at its Alberta data centre | BOE Report
CALGARY - A Meta Platforms Inc. executive garnered applause at a news conference this week after he boasted that a gargantuan data centre planned for north of Edmonton would use less water annually th...
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
On July 4, Kazakhstani authorities announced that 61 attempts to export more than 3 tons of fuel in extra tanks and canisters had been prevented at checkpoints in just two days. Ukrainian kinetic sanctions at work.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 08/07/2026
The US president agreed to a significant request from Kyiv, granting Ukraine a licence to produce Patriot surface-to-air interceptor missiles. ft.trib.al/MXt22iv
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The resolution of the final tolls could facilitate at least a partial sale of Trans Mountain to private investors, including Indigenous communities, after the government bought the pipeline in 2018 to ensure the expansion went ahead. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trans Mountain Strikes Tolls Deal With Oil Firms After Standoff
Trans Mountain Corp. has reached a deal with oil shippers after a prolonged dispute over fees to use its crude pipeline that feeds Asia, helping pave the way for a potential equity sale and a proposed...
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Catnip, or Nepeta cataria, is a common herb from the mint family. The chemical in the plant that causes feline euphoria – nepetalactone – also has insect-repelling properties but this has not previously been commercialised. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Catnip lotion as effective as Deet at repelling mosquitoes, study finds
Researchers testing a cheap, homegrown oil in Uganda found what cats knew all along – it worked as well as the artificial chemical used globally
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The Dzerzhinsky District Court in St Petersburg has remanded Maksim Panin in custody on charges of participating in the activities of a terrorist organisation. www.thebarentsobserver.com/news/murmans...
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Murmansk resident arrested on charges of involvement with the Freedom of Russia Legion
The Freedom of Russia Legion is a military unit fighting as part of Ukraine's Armed Forces against the Russian military. In May 2023, Russia designated the Legion as a terrorist organisation.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The RAF is currently deploying one P-8A Poseidon to Evenes Air Base, north of the Arctic Circle, where Norway's fleet of five P-8 aircraft is based. www.thebarentsobserver.com/security/p8a...
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P-8A Poseidon makes first-ever North Pole flyover
A Royal Air Force P-8A Poseidon from 42 (Torpedo Bomber) Squadron has completed the first-ever North Pole flyover by the aircraft type after departing from Evenes Air Base in northern Norway.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
The boycott of American alcohol may have served a legitimate political purpose. But symbolic actions often have a limited lifespan, while their economic consequences can endure. agrifoodanalyticslab.substack.com/p/alcohol-ba...
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Alcohol Bans Are Coming Back to Haunt Canada
Provincial liquor monopolies don't operate outside international trade rules—and Washington is reminding Canada of that.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The Greenlight Electricity Center, a 932 megawatt #natgas -fired power generation plant, is scheduled to be completed by the second half of 2030. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Canada’s Pembina Advances Gas-Fired Data Center Project
Pembina Pipeline Corp. will move ahead with a project build a C$4.6 billion ($3.2 billion) gas-fired electricity plant that will power a data center project in Alberta.
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The decision—recognizing Unitary Executive Theory—upends a near century-old SCOTUS ruling protecting from POTUS termination independent agency officials who are Senate-confirmed for fixed terms. www.railwayage.com/news/scotus-...
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SCOTUS Slams Door on STB’s Primus
Surface Transportation Board (STB) member and Democrat Robert E. Primus, fired in August 2025 by POTUS 47, will not be returning to office following a June 29 Supreme Court ruling […]
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Naval News @navalnews.com · 02/07/2026
First Local Construction of Scorpène Evolved to Begin This Month in Indonesia 🇮🇩 By @fmalufti.bsky.social www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2...
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First Local Construction of Scorpène Evolved to Begin This Month in Indonesia - Naval News
PT PAL Indonesia and Naval Group organised a press tour of PT PAL’s submarine construction facilities in Surabaya, East Java, to showcase preparations for the start of construction of two Scorpène Evo...
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Supply constraints from the Middle East, linked to regional geopolitical tensions, and softer European demand widened the price gap and created arbitrage opportunities for U.S. exporters. Total U.S. LNG exports rose slightly to 10.6 million metric tons (MT) in June. boereport.com/2026/07/01/u...
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US LNG exports to Europe decline as Asia prices surge | BOE Report
For the first time in nearly two years, less than half of U.S. LNG exports last month went to Europe as stronger prices in Asia and record imports by Egypt diverted cargoes, according to preliminary s...
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Two large convoys of commercial ships were observed crossing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the clearest examples yet of what appears to be an increasingly common navigational tactic to keep maritime traffic safe. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Ships Cross Hormuz in Convoy Formation as Gulf Oil Keeps Flowing
Two large convoys of commercial ships were observed crossing the Strait of Hormuz, one of the clearest examples yet of what appears to be an increasingly common navigational tactic to keep maritime tr...
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Roman's Photo @romansphoto.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
russian imperialism runs on oil. Things are looking grim.
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