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Ukraine's drones are striking weak spots in Russia's war economy | The National

Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · 5d

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : oil prices up on Opec+ relief, Ukraine drones ravage Russian refineries, & remembering Dr Jane Goodall
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Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · 8d

“Greetings from the Birds of the Unmanned Systems Forces." Ukraine's drones are striking weak spots in Russia's war economy
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Tech warfare is taking the fight deep into Russia’s oil heartland and testing Moscow's limits

Iraq-Kurdish oil deal will give country big boost but is only the first step | The National

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Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · 12d

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Opec+ speculation sinks oil after a strong week, Iraq Kurdistan oil pipeline reopens at last, & electric air taxis coming to RAK
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

People viewed in front of an OPEC sign with national flags on a screen

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Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · 13d

Iraq-Kurdish-Turkey oil pipeline: deal at last, and a resolution to 2 decades of problems - if it endures @thenationalnews.com www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... #energysky

The Iraqi Kurdistan region is meant to deliver at least 230,000 bpd to Somo for export

Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · 20d

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : accelerating declines lead @iea.org call for oil & gas investment, ADNOC drops Santos bid, & efforts needed on 3x Middle East electricity demand
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

A model oil pump on top of a US dollar note

Why oil and gas producers cannot slow down on the great energy treadmill | The National

Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · 21d

Why oil and gas producers cannot slow down on the great energy treadmill www.thenationalnews.com/business/202... @thenationalnews.com on @iea.org 's report on oil & gas field decline rates
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Reserves are depleting faster than ever and forcing producers into relentless reinvestment with geopolitical consequences

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Baldwinbiogas @baldwinbiogas.bsky.social · 24d

Great article and spot on

“The UK doesn’t develop oil and gas to lower prices at home, as it plays in a global market. It produces domestic hydrocarbons to earn tax revenues – vital at a time of exceedingly high national debt – to create jobs, and to improve the balance of payments”

A pragmatic path for Britain's oil, gas, and green energy

Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · 24d

Drill every last molecule? Or no new oil & gas fields? What's the pragmatic green path for the UK offshore? #energysky
www.energyconnects.com/opinion/thou...

Some clashes of opposing ideologies produce insights, reconciliations, new ways of looking at the world. Others only dig into extreme and indefensible positions

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Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · 25d

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : OPEC reset, rebound or revolution? Lebanon's Russia oil swindle, & acceleration for UAE's air taxis?
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Opec+ could carry out a reset, a rebound or a revolution | The National

Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · 26d

Opec+ could carry out a reset, a rebound or a revolution www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com

This month, the oil producers group agreed to start easing the next 1.65 million bpd tranche of voluntary cuts

Israel risks repeating Russia’s gas blunders

Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · 27d

Israel risks repeating Russia’s gas blunders
www.agbi.com/opinion/oil-...

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It's not the shrewdest move for aspiring gas supplier Israel to cut off its best customer then to bomb the world’s second-biggest exporter

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Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · Sep 12

Stopping climate change is important, but not as important as indulging @theguardian.com's unscientific political hobby-horses

Chris Bataille @chrisbataille.bsky.social · Sep 12

Dear @theguardian.com, we count on you for reasonably well informed lefty takes on global events. This wasn’t one. #CCUS may have a critical role to play in cement & chemicals and removing excess CO2. The picture you show is of a Norwegian #CCS plant that works. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

Carbon capture – the get-out-of-jail-free card that does not actually work

Engineers have been trying to perfect the technology for years but the maximum effect it could manage is far short of what the planet needs

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A meeting of Putin, Xi and Modi shows how global power is shifting eastward | The National

Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · Sep 10

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : oil prices up on Israeli Qatar attack, despite OPEC+ boost; EU Adnoc demands "invasive", & Ethiopia dam highlights water conflict risk
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Photograph of a red residential building damaged by the Israeli attack in Doha, Qatar, with police vehicles in front of it

Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · Sep 8

What links tariffs on India, the SCO meeting, a Russia-China gas pipeline, electric cars, a new US security posture, and late-18th century Britain? www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com
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China and Russia agreed to progress the Power of Siberia II pipeline last week that could decisively reorient Russia’s gas exports from west to east

Libya opens its oil fields and the world is taking notice | The National

Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · Sep 4

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : Opec+ weighs next supply increases, Libya's resurging oil sector faces political fractures, & solar to light up Yemen

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Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · Sep 1

Libya's oil sector is on the way back - but can it overcome the country's political fractures? www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com

Fifteen years of disruption give way to the country’s boldest bid for energy investment since the fall of Gaddafi

Energy Transitions in the Gulf: Realities, Risks, and the Road Ahead

Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · Aug 30

Energy Transition - What the Gulf needs to do towards the 2030s on deep decarbonisation and low-carbon innovation, for Observer Research Foundation

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Energy Transitions in the Gulf highlight the GCC’s shift toward renewables, hydrogen, and efficiency while balancing oil’s role in the economy.

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Why aviation's lofty net-zero ambitions are struggling to take flight | The National

Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · Aug 29

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : time for "Mebob" price in the Middle East? Taqa's $1.2 bln water buy, & flying low-carbon the Gulf way
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

Photographs of the faces of Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin

Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · Aug 25

Why aviation's lofty net-zero ambitions are struggling to take flight - and how the Gulf could change that www.thenationalnews.com/business/ene... @thenationalnews.com #energysky

Whether SAF, synthetics or hydrogen, airlines and fuel suppliers are passing the buck to each other

Where is Saudi Arabia on its plan to power itself on sun and wind rather than oil? | The National

Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · Aug 20

Energy This Week in @thenationalnews.com : no result in US-Russia talks but oil prices down, Saudi's big oil-to-solar power shift advances, & crucial plastic treaty talks stall
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www.linkedin.com/pulse/energy...

Russian president Vladimir Putin and US president Donald Trump look at each other

Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · Aug 18

Where is Saudi Arabia on its plan to power itself on sun and wind rather than oil? www.thenationalnews.com/business/202... @thenationalnews.com
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Kingdom's power shift likely to transform its domestic energy system

Plastic's lifeline for oil may fray under public pressure

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Robin Mills @robinmills.bsky.social · Aug 15

The major oil exporters are betting on petrochemicals for future demand growth - but should they be so enthusiastic for plastic?
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www.agbi.com/opinion/petr...

The oil industry is betting on petrochemicals and plastic for growth but environmental and health concerns may provde a hurdle

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