Nice to see the SEC taking the lead. #Vanderbilt #football

Looking forward to speaking about #ExxonMobil ’s strategy in the #energytransition on Wednesday at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

Polarized attitudes and anti-democratic orientation in the US - Ariel Malka, Christopher M Federico, Thomas H Costello & Adam R Panish examine paradoxical partisan asymmetries in current democratic attitudes. More: buff.ly/GOuVKF1 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com

Why #oilandgas producers cannot slow down on the great energy treadmill www.thenationalnews.com/business/202...

#California Wants to Halt Oil Industry Exodus After Years of Climate Focus #oilandgas www.wsj.com/business/ene...

This isn’t a new take, but what’s really dumbed the world down to a nearly unfathomable degree is social media. In the past the purveyors of loony bin conspiracies had to be able to pen a pamphlet, article or even self-published book. Now they just need to blather into a webcam.

Squad ✠ #rugby

It's never too late post of the day... Woody Allen has published his first novel at age 89. There's hope for us all yet! #literature

Autumn vibes, School of Music @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social

The Special Relationship www.youtube.com/live/gsqyr6A...

Underinvestment in #oilandgas provides renewed impetus to explore and even oil majors like #BP are squarely back in the game. #energytransition www.reuters.com/markets/comm...

For minding mental wellbeing in these times, I’ve more or less permanently switched the dial from BBC Radio 4 to Radio 3 🎧

“[A] golden age of nuclear”. #energytransition UK and US unveil #nuclear #energy deal ahead of Trump visit www.bbc.com/news/article...

Yet another dimension of the transatlantic #energy divide. #energytransition #LNG #climate www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/c...

#oilandgas #IEA #energytransition www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

#Petroculture in action. #Kodak “The Fatal Blemish”: Purity, Consistency, and Chemical Engineers at the Origin of a New Visual Order, 1890–1930 | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core - bit.ly/4phcgfc

A new transatlantic #energy politics incoming. #oilandgas “US demands EU stops buying Russian gas if it wants new sanctions on Putin” on.ft.com/3I5X9Vo

From @nytimes.com reporting, large numbers of new recruits to #ICE reflect a multicultural America: "And the applicants who showed up included a large number of working-class African American and Hispanic men, reflecting Trump’s winning coalition in the 2024 election." 1/2

Won’t be the last boom and bust in #oilandgas. The #energytransition is in very early stages yet. “Big Oil slashes jobs and investments as low crude prices bite” on.ft.com/4maCAFj

"Drill, Baby, Drill" is a mixed blessing... Big #Oil has a tough balancing act: Help further President Trump’s “ #energy dominance” agenda and stick to its climate goals at the same time www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Fascinating by Gabe Eckhouse & @ewangibbs.bsky.social on "Two Late Imperial Oil Booms" (UK & US). To my mind though a crucial distinction is the massive domestic resource base and origins of the US #oilandgas industry & the imperial origins of the UK's. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

“Postliberal democracy… embraces the values of liberalism but tries to insulate itself from the will of the people.” Mass #Migration and Liberalism’s Fall www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...

Slightly dated, but yet more evidence of European oil majors having to return to a focus on their core business given the resilience of demand for #oilandgas and the difficulty of getting the economics of becoming “integrated energy companies” right. #BP www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tories pledge to get all oil and gas out of North Sea #energytransition www.bbc.com/news/article...

And in a very timely fashion given my recent talk on #ExxonMobil at the #ecprgc2025, the ExxonMobil Global Outlook: Our View to 2050 is out! Let's see what I'll need to revisit in my working paper... corporate.exxonmobil.com/sustainabili...

More empirical evidence on the steady move of the #DemocraticParty's move away from the median voter. www-cambridge-org.qub.idm.oclc.org/core/journal...

The middle class used to be the mass market. Now it’s the very wealthy who are. Tectonic shifts in American class and spending power. “Disney and the Decline of America’s Middle Class www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...

Once we leave the EU we will be able to control our #borders... (This graph is also an indictment of just how bad the opportunities for #migrants must be in the EU as compared to in the UK.)

Very important set of points on setting targets by Johan Lilliestam on setting targets at #ecprgc25. And a masterclass by @acherp.bsky.social in being Discussant: just a few key points on the blackboard, then facilitating an actual discussion (incl. some disagreement about curves)! @ecpr.bsky.social

Canadian Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said his government is taking steps toward exporting natural gas to Europe, and criticized former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for not making the same effort. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Great talking about ExxonMobil and its innovation and leadership in oil and gas at the #ecprgc25 @ecpr.bsky.social And the weather is nice in Thessaloniki 😎

“We should have kept our defence spending intact.” #WhiteHouse #Ukraine

While the context of the conflicts differ, Ukraine and Gaza mark the moment in time when all European leaders (and Europeans) came to realise that all they can do is shout ineffectively from the sidelines. They are no longer decision makers. Decades of decline in hard power comes with consequences.

When given the opportunity to do so, state legislatures - whether Red or Blue - are going to gerrymander.

Intriguing on "Exodus #Liberalism". But as is common, Booker T. Washington only merits a dismissive note in favour of more "radical" thinkers, neglecting his work and context. #race A Tale of Two Liberalisms: Desegregating American Political Thought www-cambridge-org.qub.idm.oclc.org/core/journal...

Trust your supplier? #Shell #VentureGlobal #LNG #Louisiana www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Anyone for #energy / #energytransition at #ecprjs26 ? @ecpr.bsky.social

Interesting note on #redlining here: "at the time they were drawn, the vast majority of residents of redlined areas were white ethnics". #segregation #race www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Mexico pivots towards #fracking to lift #Pemex oil and gas production #oilandgas www.reuters.com/business/ene...

#Israel ’s NewMed Energy announces largest export deal in country’s history, exporting #natgas to #Egypt through 2040. www.reuters.com/business/ene...

A wonderful night at the Grand Opera House in Belfast, watching a superb West End production of Fiddler on the Roof. fiddlerontheroofuk.com/cast-and-cre...

US Gas Rigs Spike as E&Ps Seize on Price, Demand Dynamics The number of active US gas rigs shot to a two-year high, driven by private operators positioning themselves for the impending AI and LNG demand boom. www.energyintel.com/00000198-612...

New report by US Dept. of #Energy is bound to ignite new controversies about the costs of #climate change. "U.S. policy actions are expected to have undetectably small direct impacts on the global climate and any effects will emerge only with long delays." www.energy.gov/sites/defaul...

This is shaping up to another Godzilla vs. Kong battle in the American #oilandgas patch and beyond. #Chevron prepares for US oil supermajor battle with #ExxonMobil www.ft.com/content/04ca...

The EU has committed to buying a lot more #oilandgas from the US. #TradeDeal www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...

Excited to see this 1984 book arrive in the post. I’m not only fascinated by #oilandgas, I’m very intrigued by the history and culture of #Houston as an #oil city. And the text features pictures of drilling rigs between sections!

Good to have empirical data on this. And it shows that electorates in democracies expect issues of national (and not diffuse global) import be of primary concern in addressing policy issues (as the in international system is comprised of sovereign nation states).

Lionesses back to back European champions 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #Euro2025

With difficulties in #Venezuela and possibly an asset peak in #Permian, #Chevron needs #Guyana offshore. #Hess "Chevron’s victory in its high-stakes clash with Exxon Mobil secured its entry into one of the world’s most coveted oil projects—in Guyana" www.wsj.com/business/ene...

The comparison between Big #Oil and Big Tobacco is a very poor one. A better one would be between the oil and #arms industries. The former provides an unquestionable good in access to #energy and the latter the ability to defend, even if both come with big negative externalities.