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Congratulations on an amazing milestone.
And for all the oil and gas haters out there...
30,862 feet is 5.845 miles
Or the length of 15.21 Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pools.
Hope that helps.
5.845 MILES… straight into the earth.. on a damn barge 🔥🙌
10k’ off the Kola superdeep Borehole in Russia. Absolutely crazy
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The spice must flow....
🚨Iran is slitting its own geopolitical throat at Hormuz
By repeatedly threatening the Strait of Hormuz, Tehran has forced Gulf producers to build pipelines and pursue other alternatives that will soon make its leverage obsolete.
Once complete, the Mullahs lose their strongest card.
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Hello Senator....
This November it will be 50 years since you were first elected to Congress, so we want to be the first to say .
"Happy 50th Anniversary of drawing a taxpayer funded salary."
That is quite an achievement.
In fact - you are 2nd longest-still serving member in Congress.
It has been a long time since you held a private sector job.
AND yes 50 years ago - in 1976 (it was America's Bicentennial that year) - people still punched clocks back then. The world has changed a lot.
During your 50 years in Congress - you watched as the creators and inventors and producers changed the world, creating trillions in new wealth, millions of new jobs and dramatically raising living standards for everyone rich and poor alike.
And for 50 years you have voted to raise taxes and regulate and oversee every move of the private sector.
You have never created or invented or produced. Just taxed and regulated and outraged.
But thank you for using the platform the "TRILLIONAIRE class" has provided to the entire world for free to tell us all how disgusted you are.
We would never know otherwise.
Elon Musk just became the world's first trillionaire. While working people struggle to get by, the billionaire class is becoming the TRILLIONAIRE class. It's disgusting. I'm fighting to tax the rich so we stop rewarding trading stocks over punching clocks.
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Imagine if Elon Musk had a global platform that anyone could use for free to bitch about Elon Musk not doing something with his money that would benefit others......
Jun 12
Imagine if Elon Musk did something to benefit others with his trillion.
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It's one thing to be insured by Lloyds of London.
It's another thing to be escorted by the United States Navy...
Jun 12
US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum tells CNBC that the US Navy has been escorting oil tankers and other ships throughout the Strait of Hormuz for a while, with some nights helping more than 20 vessels.
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US Oil & Gas Association retweeted
Jun 12
My forecast was for Brent to go to $85, pulling the average US price of gasoline down to $4.0 a gallon. We're now almost at those numbers. No war in the history of mankind has dragged on for ever and this one won't either. Markets will normalize quickly...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/…
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"In contrast, no Iranian oil is flowing as a result of a blockade imposed by Washington.
Oil always finds its way to market.
Maybe not Iranian oil - but.....
Jun 11
Oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz have surged by about 50% this month, according to Vortexa Ltd., underscoring what’s at stake as the US and Iran vie for control of the critical waterway.
Vortexa estimates that at least 1.8 million barrels a day of non-Iranian Persian Gulf oil left the waterway in the first 10 days of June, up from 1.2 million a day in May. Those figures tend to be revised upward as more tankers are observed, aided by satellite-image analysis. In contrast, no Iranian oil is flowing as a result of a blockade imposed by Washington, it said, underlining a growing level of US control in the region. #oott bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Jun 11
Why is Politico still using Michael Mann as a source?
He was sanctioned by the courts for “knowingly feeding the jury false data” in a manner of misconduct that was “extraordinary in its scope, extent, and intent.”
Inside the war to sideline stronger climate science, before it’s used in court dlvr.it/TSzmFj
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US Oil & Gas Association retweeted
Jun 11
SCOOP: President Trump's claim that a covert U.S. military operation has helped hundreds of commercial ships transit the Strait of Hormuz appears to be corroborated by an advisory earlier this month from INTERTANKO, the world's largest tanker trade association, which describes a tightly controlled nighttime passage system operating along the Omani coast under close coordination with the U.S. Navy.
Trump claimed a secret U.S. operation helped 200 commercial ships transit the Strait of Hormuz.
Now a June 5 INTERTANKO advisory reviewed by gCaptain describes a U.S.-coordinated nighttime route along the Omani coast involving ships operating with AIS off, navigational lights extinguished, and limited radar use.
The advisory not only corroborates with Trump's claims, but also offers the clearest description yet of how limited shipping has continued through Hormuz during the conflict.
Full story: gcaptain.com/tanker-industry…
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This is true.
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Looking at this gives us the feelz....
Jun 11
Five deals have helped reshaped the global LNG market. Here's what they signal about where the market is heading.
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David is a little more optimistic than we are that this particular ship can be righted....
🚨 Energy Reality Wins Big in California Primary!
My latest Forbes op/ed breaks down how pragmatic energy views just scored a major victory in deep-blue California.
Key points:
Former AG Xavier Becerra crushed the jungle primary by openly embracing Chevron and reliable energy: “You need Chevron. I need Chevron. California needs Chevron.”
Climate activist Tom Steyer, despite dropping $215M pushing “Keep It in the Ground” and “Make Polluters Pay,” finished a distant third. Voters rejected the extremism.
Californians are fed up with the highest gas prices, sky-high electricity rates, insurance crises, and businesses/residents fleeing the state due to green mandates.
Becerra’s moderate stance on energy - supporting climate goals while acknowledging oil & gas realities - resonated. Even Chevron donated to support him.
This signals a broader shift: Even in California, voters are connecting the dots between anti-energy policies and economic pain. “Make Polluters Pay” really means “Make Consumers Pay.”
Energy reality can’t be litigated or regulated away.
America’s oil & gas industry delivers the cleanest hydrocarbons on the planet — shutting it down just exports jobs, emissions, and security to adversaries.
Becerra’s win shows the political ground is shifting in favor of pragmatism and energy reality, even in California.
#EnergyReality #CaliforniaPrimary #OilAndGas
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Looks like a lot of people just had their day and their budget get much more complicated....
foxnews.com/politics/trump-a…
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Resurrecting this because it's just sad when good "yo momma" humor gets wasted just because it was posted in the afternoon.
Jun 10
Interesting thread showing how it takes VLCC (Very Large Crude Carriers) almost as long transit from the Persian Gulf to market as it takes yo Momma to transit from the couch to the fridge....
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If you thought LNG was hot - wait til you meet its even hotter, more exotic cousin...
Floating LNG.
Congrats to Delfin you sexy beast and @USDOT for getting this done!
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President Trump has posted that 100 Million barrels of oil are making its way through the Strait.
This appears to be what is happening.
⚓️President Trump and @CENTCOM announced Project Freedom to escort ships through the Strait. The US evacuated two US ships but then curtailed the operation.
⚓️It appears that the US resumed the operation using autonomous vehicles, aircraft and drones to escort ships through the southern part of the Strait, near the coast of Oman.
⚓️Iran has responded with targeting of some ships, these include HMM Namu and CMA CGM San Antonio. The US has responded with airstrikes against Iran.
⚓️ What has transpired is tankers, including Very Large Crude Carriers are exiting the Persian Gulf. Then, per @TankerTrackers, the VLCCs are conducting ship-to-ship (STS) transfers to other tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
⚓️The empty tankers, which ran the Strait with their AIS, run back through the Strait to pick up a new load of oil from the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar or Iraq.
⚓️The Apache helicopter that recently crashed was probably a part of this operation.
⚓️This explains why we have not seen an appreciable drop in the number of ships stuck in the Persian Gulf. By running the same ships, war risk insurance, potentially provided by the US through the Development Finance Corporation (DFC) through a pool of approximately of $40 billion, could be covering these ships making the transits.
⚓️This would also explain the recent announcement by Kuwait to fix new contracts for its oil.
⚓️The question is how long is this sustainable and at what level is oil moving daily. With current pipelines through Saudi Arabia and the UAE, this system would need to move approximately 12-14M barrels/day through the Strait.
This analysis is based on open source material, but big shout out to @TankerTrackers @Kpler @MarineTraffic @LloydsList @gCaptain for their postings and research.
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US President Trump says since last month more than 100 million barrels of oil have left the Persian Gulf in a “secret” US mission to get tankers out via the Strait of Hormuz.
If true, and counting 40 days (all May and first 9 days of June) that would equate to ~2.5m b/d.
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US Oil & Gas Association retweeted
Jun 10
The world’s physical oil markets are confounding concerns about the growing supply shortfall that’s being caused by the Iran war.
Physical crude grades ripped to record premiums soon after the war began before fizzling out as refineries recalibrated their buying in response to the ensuing disruption. While traders cautioned as recently as a month ago that the downturn might prove short-lived, there have been few signs of a resurgence since.
Instead, oil from Kazakhstan was offered for sale last week at the deepest discounts in four years — without finding buyers. Likewise, premiums for one of Angola’s flagship grades collapsed, and the North Sea benchmark Dated Brent has slumped from its post-conflict peak. Even crude from the United Arab Emirates was last sold to Asia at a discount to the regional Dubai benchmark, a far cry from tens-of-dollars premiums seen early in the war. #oott bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Interesting thread showing how it takes VLCC (Very Large Crude Carriers) almost as long transit from the Persian Gulf to market as it takes yo Momma to transit from the couch to the fridge....
Jun 10
The Tanker Timeline: 3 Reasons Why Energy Markets Don’t Reset Overnight
#1 = Big Boats Move Slow
Much of the world’s seaborne crude oil moves on supertankers known as VLCCs (Very Large Crude Carriers). These tankers carry roughly 2 million barrels of oil, but they do not move quickly — a typical cruising speed is about 10 to 13 knots (11 to 15 mph). That’s about the pace of a brisk bike ride.
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