Expert Analysis! As California moves to find the cause of a major spill, Gas prices ease and equities rebound as investors bank on Russia to step in

Ben Edokpayi
3 min readOct 7, 2021

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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Wednesday that certification of the Nord Stream 2 undersea gas pipeline, which expects clearance from a Germany’s regulator, could cool soaring European gas prices.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-power-prices-russia-europe/russia-says-nord-stream-2-clearance-may-cool-gas-prices-in-europe-idUSKBN2GW1FR

Meanwhile, the Kyiv Post reports that Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow was ready to work on stabilizing the global energy market, causing a sudden reversal in natural gas prices, which had earlier soared to their highest level on record.

The upheaval in the global energy market could be exacerbated by the fallout from a major oil spill off the coast of Orange County.

https://www.ocregister.com/2021/10/04/efforts-to-contain-oil-spill-off-oc-coast-continue-update-on-wildlife-impact-expected/

https://www.ocregister.com/2021/10/04/heres-what-beaches-are-off-limits-as-officials-work-to-contain-massive-oil-spill/

In 2003 and 2004, Solano County experienced somewhat similar major spills — from the Heritage Dairy in Dixon and a Kinder Morgan Pipeline leak in the Suisun Marshland.

Dixon Tribune editor Ben Edokpayi (who was written for all major Solano newspapers) and Independent Voice Columnist and former Dixon Council member Michael Ceremello exclusively covered the disasters. Simply because we are investigative, cerebral and visionary journalists and op-ed writers.

The advantage of being a high profile trailblazer in the newsroom is at any given time you are connected with some of the most important people in your sphere of influence. And that was the case between 2002 and 2006 when I was editor of the Dixon Tribune and between 2006 and 2008 when I was editor of the Vacaville Reporter between Thursdays and Sundays.

And I believe I exceptionally and professionally handled my work in the frenetic pace of the newsroom when a typical day could include a Kinder Morgan fuel leak in the Grizzly (That is their imagination) Island area of the Suisun Marshland — https://solanolandtrust.org/protected-lands/rush-ranch , a door falling off a plane in the sky, a tanker fire or sniper shutting down traffic in all directions on Interstate 80 like we experienced in 2004, a case that was handled by CHP Officer Braulio MenDIEta (1996.) As well as the s 1.3 million gallons of waste spill from the Heritage dairy which spilled into agricultural drains that empty into the Sacramento River.

I and Michael Ceremello who also visited my home (The only other white friend seen in my 2018 Pine Bluff home is Bruce Dereschuk, son’s godfather and a globally renowned equity investment manager) for inspection after a strange buzzing chopper incident in 2013 (after a strange incident in New York in May — Guess they were concerned about a global crisis, An Attempted Facial Rape Of A Good and Clean and Straight Father Asleep Under The Blanket in New York) were the first journalists to report on that Heritage Dairy Spill. https://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2004/01/05/daily26.html

Sims like this strange spin about work as journalists will be perfect campaign materials about Voter fraud and Intimidation for his next run for City Clerk Office. https://www.thereporter.com/2021/09/11/michael-ceremello-focusing-on-transparency-in-dixon-city-clerk-campaign/

https://www.solanocounty.com/depts/rov/

https://www.ft.com/content/d98db04a-321b-4784-a78c-68825ce5fd55

https://californianewstimes.com/us-energy-secretary-wades-into-price-crisis/550480/

https://www.kyivpost.com/eastern-europe/wall-street-journal-natural-gas-prices-take-wild-ride-after-putin-comments.html

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Ben Edokpayi

Journalist, Strategic Communications Enthusiast and Social Engineer.