The Crude and the Ruthless (GPRK) – QAV AMERICA 44

In Episode 44 of QAV America, Cameron and Tony open with a geopolitical tour of the Strait of Hormuz crisis — still very much closed — unpacking what a prolonged shutdown could mean for global oil supply, economies, and living standards, including Australia's precarious one-month oil reserve. From there, Cameron pivots to his deep dive on Geo Park Limited (GPRK), a Latin American oil and gas explorer and producer with operations in Colombia, Argentina, and Brazil — and one of the most fascinating boardroom sagas in recent oil-patch history. Cameron walks through the company's founding by two American oil veterans, James Park and Gerald O'Shaughnessy (who turns out to be a cousin of value investing legend James O'Shaughnessy of What Works on Wall Street), their bitter governance war in 2021, the failed Parex Resources takeover bid, and the dramatic "white knight" entry of Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski, who injected $107 million for a 20% stake just days before the episode. Tony and Cameron then analyse the QAV checklist numbers, discuss why the light portfolio is outperforming the S&P even in a down market, and review the current US portfolio performance. After hours covers Nassim Taleb's book The Bed of Procrustes, Mel Brooks' documentary The 99-Year-Old Man (featuring David Lynch's last filmed interview), and Cameron's soggy-but-memorable school camping trip with his son Fox.