Chris Thorpe's

Tales from the arena

The negotiation of international petroleum transactions takes you to many remote places, where you encounter many interesting people and situations. Tales from the Arena is a collection of stories, all of them true and most of them first hand, from our thirty years in the business.  These are meant to be light-hearted, but in most cases there is a serious business point.  We regard incidents like these as a personal dividend from our professional activities and endeavour to update our Tales weekly.

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