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b'Russia, China ink new energy deals amid rising Ukraine tensions
https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/020422-russia-china-ink-new-energy-deals-amid-rising-ukraine-tensions
- Russia is already looking more towards the East
- Is this a diversion of the current or in addition too?
- Russia not all that concerned about finding markets for its oil

Should Europe use more long term LNG contracts?
https://www.reuters.com/article/ukraine-crisis-lng-contracts/explainer-should-europe-use-more-long-term-lng-contracts-idUSKBN2KC1DB
- EU discouraged long-term LNG contracts because they didn\'t want consumers locked in to certain providers and think it inhibits free flows of gas. But also they don\'t want consumers to be locked into fossil fuels contracts.

Oil falls on positive signals from U.S.-Iran talks
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-falls-after-signs-progress-us-iran-nuclear-talks-2022-02-07/

Iran deal with oil sanctions relief not a sure bet despite latest US waiver: analysts
https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/oil/020722-iran-deal-with-oil-sanctions-relief-not-a-sure-bet-despite-latest-us-waiver-analysts

Interview with Christine Williams and Gaslighted: How the Oil and Gas Industry Shortchanges Women Scientists

- most research done on women scientists leaving oil and gas industry was about people reflecting on why they left the industry. This study follows them in real time.
- targeting women for layoffs happens in all fields but especially acute in oil because of boom and bust
- changing culture of layoffs or change biases of managers that work against women scientists?
- mothers are particularly targeted by biased views. "motherhood penalty." Of women who lost jobs, so many were mothers of young children. Why are mothers targeted? Meanwhile fathers are protected from layoffs.
- female entrepreneurship is the silver lining
- culture of layoffs breeds "culture of yes men" in industry so its particularly acute in oil industry. Culture of layoffs breeds culture of conformity.

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