The wisdom of investing in UK oil

Episode notes This week Allan learns many things he didn't know about oil and considers the wisdom of investing in UK oil companies. Allan's thought for the week Allan shares his opening thoughts on the oil business. Book of the week This week's book recommendation is "Oil: Power, politics and pipelines - the story of black gold" by Ian Fitzgerald. It was published in 2025 so should be available from wherever you get your books. Article of the week This week's articles are "The future of the North Sea" from the OEUK, and "Drilling into the facts" from Uplift. They represent opposing views and are well worth a read. Podcast of the week This week's podcast recommendation comes from the 11 Marche episode of The Capitalist. The episode is titled 'Tim Leunig: Let’s tap the North Sea for energy'. You can find it on Apple Podcasts here or search for it on your podcast player of choice. Support the show If you want to support the podcast you can: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or your platform of choice Buy me a coffee Help us both by trying out one of my discount codes: Host your podcast with PineCast using my referral code r-b2ac67 Keep in touch Email the show Visit the website over at smallinvestortoolbox.com Follow the show on Mastodon or Bluesky Music and sound effects Bossa Antigua Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Sound effects from https://quicksounds.com This podcast is powered by Pinecast.