Perennial The Society of Publishers in Asia contenders Caixin, Sixth Tone, even SCMP have dropped out and are no longer submitting nominees, 'for obvious reasons,' two senior Caixin staffers said. 'Even if we get invitations from overseas organizations, we just cannot participate.' Good story Nikkei Asia

Shell urged to return cash to shareholders after beating first-quarter forecasts on.ft.com/3JJ62RS

SANCTIONS WATCH: The US has designated Red Box Energy, the shipping company whose brazen voyage to supply Russia’s sanctioned Arctic LNG 2 project was documented in an FT investigation in February

Full story (and amazing visuals): ig.ft.com/russia-sanctio…

Ukraine energy chief calls on EU to help protect gas storage from Russia on.ft.com/4dlkgWU

Qatar and China just signed the single biggest deal to build LNG ships 🇶🇦🤝🇨🇳

⚠️ China's CCS will build 18 vessels for QatarEnergy
🚢 Each will have a capacity of 271,000 m3, making them the largest ships ever
💰 Qatar's aggressive LNG export expansion requires a lot more ships

How Europe solved its Russian gas problem on.ft.com/4b619hw

TikTok fortune of billionaire Republican mega-donor Jeff Yass threatened by Washington

Fascinating tale of how all the money in the world can't buy you a ticket out of US-China tensions, by Ryan McMorrow Tabby Kinder Demetri & Alex Rogers

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Your periodic reminder that England, a windswept nation with more potential for onshore wind power than almost anywhere else in the world (other than Scotland), banned new onshore wind farms in 2017.

Artificial intelligence is coming for the commodity traders, with ⁦Malcolm Moore⁩ on.ft.com/3WaC3de

Russian gasoline production - update.
Ukraine pummeled the Russian oil refining sector with drone attacks, peaking around presidential elections a month ago. The question was, how long would it take for Russia to recover, guestimates varied widely.

JPMorgan warns of need for ‘reality check’ on phasing out of fossil fuels on.ft.com/3Q8mGxP

JPMorgan warns of need for ‘reality check’ on phasing out of fossil fuels ft.com/content/352b38… via @ft

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FT Edit wins news app of the year! #ThePressAwards Malcolm Moore Hannah Rock

The best in the business - Madhumita Murgia wins science and tech writer of the year #ThePressAwards

As elections loom in India, Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party appears to be stronger than ever.

Why does the BJP’s electoral machine keep winning power?

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Peaceful transition of power in Singapore as the ruling Lee Kuan Yew family steps down😆ft.com/content/83dd86…

Ben van Beurden on the need for less 'waffle and bullshit' in the energy transition:
“[Wael Sawan said] it’s an honest approach and I think he is absolutely right. To just waffle and bullshit that this is all happening while it isn’t would not be correct' ft.com/content/b9d3c1…

SCOOP: Huge profits at Vitol for second year running
To put this into perspective, Vitol employs ~1,600 people and made net profits of $13bn
BP employs ~88,000 people and made net profits of $13.8bn
Is there a bigger winner from last 2 years than Vitol?
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