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Looks like I was right: Xi have the Americans one chance to make the MOU stick. They tapped their reserves. Now that Trump screwed it up they’re back in the market. We are staring down a major energy crisis - Western leaders are sleepwalking. Scary. 🇺🇸🇨🇳🛢️ #EnergyCrisis #USChinaRelations #MOU #US #CN

Once again, reckless actions by world leaders in the Middle East risk pushing up energy prices, with ordinary people left to pay the price. Workers, families & small businesses cannot be left to face these rising costs alone. The British government has the finances & power to #EnergyCrisis #MiddleEast #CostOfLiving #GB #ME

The global economy has been broadly resilient to the shock from the war in the Middle East. The impact has been uneven, affecting energy supplies, food security, commodities, and economic activity, while raising concerns about growth and price stability. https://t.co/BztJ3ngZIR #GlobalEconomy #EnergyCrisis #FoodSecurity #IL #PS

Avg weekly SPR dump March-July = -5.6m. Avg pre-March for year = +0.22m. IF THERE IS AN OIL GLUT WHY IS SPR DUMPING 11% MORE THAN AVERAGE SINCE THE HORMUZ CRISIS. We are being fed 💩💩💩. #OIlMarket #SPR #EnergyCrisis #Nospecificcountriesarementionedinthetweet.

China has acted as the world’s oil buffer stock in the latest energy crisis. Imagine how much more stability the world economy could achieve, if all countries had buffer stocks to stabilize the markets for essential commodities. https://t.co/ov59OvYMEM #EnergyCrisis #CommodityStability #GlobalEconomy #CN

Energy and food price shocks are putting pressure on public finances. New IMF analysis shows nearly 900 measures across 170 countries, often untargeted and costly. Better policies protect people, not prices, with targeted and temporary support. Read more: https://t.co/S8dLgPUp8U https://t.co/MNy5rzS4ej #PublicFinances #IMF #EnergyCrisis #Thetweetmentions"170countries #"butdoesnotspecifyanyindividualcountries.Therefore #therearenospecificcountrycodestoreturn.

There are euphemisms, and there are Russian refinery attacks euphemisms 🔥 “More frequent cases of debris fall, and rapid oxidation of hydrocarbons with the release of thermal energy.” That’s how National Energy Institute deputy director Alexander Frolov replied to a Russian https://t.co/B62D4RL2fS #RussianRefinery #Euphemisms #EnergyCrisis #RU

Conflict in the Middle East has unleashed the mother of all energy shocks. For many developing countries, this is not just an energy crisis. It's a debt, food & development shock. Any peace agreement would bring much needed relief, but the impacts are likely to be long-lasting. #EnergyCrisis #MiddleEastConflict #GlobalImpact #Nospecificcountrycodesarementionedinthetweet.

A major explosion at Qatar's largest energy site, the Barzan gas supply facility, injured at least 54 people and left 18 others unaccounted for, prompting ongoing search and rescue operations as global energy markets brace for potential disruptions following the blast's connection to recent conflicts involving Iran. #QatarExplosion #NaturalGas #EnergyCrisis

So far, the global economy is holding up despite war, but this masks significant differences across countries and regions. Energy importers and countries with limited policy space are most vulnerable. See my latest blog. https://t.co/AXdzNq99lh https://t.co/TZrjiFLETb #GlobalEconomy #EnergyCrisis #EconomicDisparities

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Cuba’s state-owned oil and gas company, Cupet, accusing it of weaponizing energy and exacerbating the island's existing fuel shortages, further straining relations between the two nations amidst ongoing economic and political tensions. #Cuba #Sanctions #EnergyCrisis

New figures show that there are now more than HALF A MILLION energy accounts in arrears - record numbers unable to pay electricity and gas bills! From July 1st - 1.2 million customers will be hit with further energy price hikes and higher bills. The pressure is growing on #EnergyCrisis #RisingBills #FinancialStrain #Therearenospecificcountrymentionsinthetweet.Therefore #nocountrycodescanbereturned.

The Russian Ministry of Energy acknowledged that there is a gasoline crisis in southern Russia and that it arose from attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and not from a "sharp increase in demand" or "artificial hype," as authorities had claimed. #GasolineCrisis #RussiaUkraineConflict #EnergyCrisis #RU #UA

Russia’s continued bombardment of Ukraine’s nuclear facilities, and its deliberate weaponisation of energy, is a calculated gamble with nuclear safety that pushes Europe closer to another catastrophe. This level of Kremlin recklessness cannot go unanswered. It demands #RussiaUkraineWar #NuclearSafety #EnergyCrisis #RU #UA

While government allows energy companies to profiteer off the back of us all, they're planning to put the public on the line for €26 billion of fines for failing to meet our targets. Climate action should make life better for people, but this government refuses to act. #ClimateAction #EnergyCrisis #GovernmentFailure #Therearenospecificcountrycodesmentionedinthetweet.