Alex Williams

Jul 18, 2024 | statecraft.pub | Santi Ruiz |Arnab Datta |Alex Williams

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is the world’s largest emergency supply of crude oil. In huge underground salt caverns along the Gulf of Mexico, the American federal government can store up to 714 million barrels, more than what the country uses in one month. Historically, the SPR has been tapped at the discretion of the president when natural disasters or crises cause the price of oil for consumers to spike.

May 4, 2024 | sensesofcinema.com | Alex Williams

The Archers thought in colour from The Thief of Bagdad onwards. When British producer Alexander Korda set out to remake Raoul Walsh’s silent epic The Thief of Bagdad (1924), his intention was not fidelity to the original. Itself a free adaptation of the One Thousand and One Nights folk tales, Walsh’s film truly cemented star and producer Douglas Fairbanks’ screen persona as the swashbuckling adventurer he is best remembered for today.

Sep 5, 2023 | employamerica.org | Arnab Datta |Alex Williams

IntroductionOil markets have always been a geopolitical concern. Widening crack spreads (reflecting a tighter market) suggest that the emphasis today may be on the “geo,” rather than the “political”, as specific grades of oil—heavy or light, sweet or sour—are associated with specific geographies complicating the overall petroleum market picture in policy-relevant ways.

Jan 30, 2023 | sunny1065.iheart.com | Alex Williams

Shay Mikalonis, a local officer injured in a 2020 shooting, paid a visit to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department last Tuesday. The LVMPD shared to social media, "Today we had a VERY special person visit us. Officer Shay Mikalonis! He attended one of our briefings and got an opportunity to hang out with his fellow brothers and sisters." Officer Shay Mikalonis was shot during a protest on the Strip in June 2020, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down and needing a ventilator to breathe.