Trump’s Tariff Gamble

Daily 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 […]

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Arabian Drilling forms alliance with Shelf Drilling to expand international reach

Offshore 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 […]

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Trump Shocks Allies

Daily 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 […]

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Inflation Act Impact

Daily 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 […]

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Moscow vows ‘retaliatory measures’ if EU apprehends tankers in the Baltic

With 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 […]

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Iran Fires Back to Oil Exports

Daily 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 […]

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Week Recap: Trade Tariffs, Cryptocurrency Controversies, and Political Shake-Ups

Weekly 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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Trump’s Interior Reopens 625M Acres For Oil, Gas Drilling, Slashes Biden’s Climate Policies

Trump\’s Interior plans to reopen oil and gas leasing on 625M acres, boosting energy, cutting regs, and expanding resource production. The Trump administration is reopening oil and gas leasing across hundreds of millions of acres of federal lands and waters that the Biden administration locked up. [emphasis, links added] In a series of orders Monday […]

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