Sunday End Games, 1979, and Ginger Tea

By Paul Sankey Published on June 15, 2025 at 4:27 PM

Happy Father’s Day! Having lunch with the three kids this afternoon at 5pm. Specific “Mother’s” and “Father’s Day” as such are American inventions, in West Virginia 1907 for Mother’s Day, and 1909 for Father’s Day as a complement, to be fair to Fathers. Should really be Mom’s Day and Dad’s Day. Mother’s Day in the UK has its origins in the 16th-century custom of ‘Mothering Sunday’, which fell on the fourth Sunday of Lent. So …

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Afternoon Vostok, Russia, and Muppets

By Paul Sankey Published on June 12, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Today, soon! Zoom Happy Hour: Russia expert Ron Smith Thursday, June 12h, 4PM ET. Ron has decades of in-Russia experience in finance and is now founding partner of Emerging Markets Oil & Gas Consulting Partners (EMOGCP). Registration Link – Click Here ~ In a recent note, I mentioned that I doubted Russian production capacity, and whether they really have 1mb/d of spare capacity, held back on OPEC+ cuts. Ron read the note and commented: “One subject to …

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Morning War and Peace, Crime and Punishment

By Paul Sankey Published on June 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM

Russia, on Happy Hour this Thursday. Ron Smith, Russia expert, 4pm Zoom. We could not publicize this event sooner, as Ron was on Jury Duty call up for yesterday and… trail collapsed. He is good to join. Ronald Smith is currently the founding partner of Emerging Markets Oil & Gas Consulting Partners (EMOGCP), which he established in 2020. He has 25 years’ experience in equity capital markets and the Russian oil and gas sector, including …

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