Trump at RNC on oil & gas: “We will drill, baby, dril….so much starts with energy, and remember we have more liquid gold under our feet than any other country by far. We are a country that has opportunity to make an absolute fortune with its energy. We have it and China doesn’t”

The battle to control Africa’s national parks via ⁦david pilling⁩ on.ft.com/3WaUwED

Mozambique’s main news channel STV ran a 3-min piece on my story on Total’s security contract with Rwanda’s ISCO. Am told is first time this issue has been on national TV. Interesting STV picked up on it. Maybe a sign Moz is starting to ask more questions about Rwandan presence?

Carlyle International Energy Partners is one of the few PE funds still buying oil & gas fields, arguing it’s better to invest + reduce emissions, than to divest. I profiled the US group’s unusual and sometimes contentious strategy w/ ⁦Antoine Gara⁩ on.ft.com/4fmfadI

BP to drill new Gulf of Mexico field as profits beat forecasts via Financial Times on.ft.com/4fn4QSS

London loses its historic grip on global mining sector listings via ⁦Harry Dempsey⁩ on.ft.com/3WJod0Z

BIG COMMODITIES NEWS: SFO charges Glencore’s billionaire ex-head Alex Beard of oil over corrupt payments ft.com/content/27b66a… with Suzi Ring

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🔥 Scoop: German authorities have issued an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian national in connection with the attacks on the #NordStream pipelines in September 2022. The wanted man is a skilled diver, most recently he had lived in #Poland. Our exclusive: tagesschau.de/investigativ/n…

Fascinating - if confirmed it’s still unclear who the Ukrainian man may have been working for or what was the strategic motivation on.ft.com/3X3AQUU

In 1990’s The Hunt for Red October Sean Connery pilots a submarine powered by a “magnetohydrodynamic drive” that is undetectable to military sonar. 25 years later an Oxford nuclear fusion start-up wants to help make silent marine propulsion a reality… on.ft.com/3MohKCG

Vladimir Putin’s flagship Arctic gas project struggles to lure customers via Financial Times on.ft.com/4ga8akJ

The Murdoch succession saga reaches its ‘end game’ via Financial Times on.ft.com/3MHH1YW