the turkish city of antakya is one of the most severly damaged, with some of the country s significant historic monuments lying in ruins. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron heslehurst. on the show, the windfalls of war. $200 billion, the total amount of profit taken last year alone by the world s major oil companies. president biden and other world leaders are accusing the oil companies of war profiteering at a time of a cost of living crisis not seen in a generation. instead of reaping the cash and paying much of it out to shareholders should big oil be pumping it back into exploration, or even into the great energy transition? i will be discovering all of that with these two. president of energy policy research foundation, club. also, clothes, food, tv, much of the energy that you use, all brought to you by a ship. i will be taking the pulse of the industry with the big boss at the head of the world
and paying much of it out to shareholders, should big oil be pumping it back into exploration, or even into the great energy transition? i will be discussing all of that with these two. president of energy policy research foundation, and senior director of energy campaigns for the sierra club. also, your clothes, food, tv, much of the energy that you use, all brought to you by a ship. so i will be taking the pulse of the industry with the big boss at the helm of the world s biggest shipping company. wherever you are watching, hello, and welcome to the show. 2022 was a tough year for the global economy. just as we began to see the green shoots of recovery from the covid pandemic, russian tanks rolled into ukraine, throwing europe into armed conflict for the first time in over two decades. it s a strategic hotspot, a country with close links to the east and the west, and essentially a buffer zone between russia and its nato adversaries to the west. and because of western sancti
so instead of reaping the cash and paying much of it out to shareholders, should big oil be pumping it back into exploration, or even into the great energy transition? i will be discussing all of that with these two. president of energy policy research foundation, and senior director of energy campaigns for the sierra club. also, your clothes, food, tv, much of the energy that you use, all brought to you by a ship. so i will be taking the pulse of the industry with the big boss at the head of the world s biggest shipping company. wherever you are watching, hello, and welcome to the show. 2022 was a tough year for the global economy, just as we began to see the green shoots of recovery from the covid pandemic, russian tanks rolled into ukraine, throwing europe into armed conflict for the first time in over two decades. it s a strategic hotspot, a country with close links to the east and the west, and essentially a buffer zone between russia and its nato adversaries to the west
of guinea, this is not a well travelled trade route where you just sail back. most of the ships being attacked are ships that are servicing this local economy, servicing nigeria and the countries there. the option to sail a different route is not there. the choice is to sail those countries and serve those customers in those countries or not to do it. yes, obviously when you are engaged into having ships sail all around the world, the safety of the crew is something that we are concerned about. and these attacks of piracy, as the movie with tom hanks illustrates, is something where you have your people on the ship being in real danger. this is maersk alabama. we are an unarmed freighter. we have two skips approaching with armed intruders. - potential piracy situation. it s something it s preoccupying for us. we are engaging with governments in africa, europe and in united states to make sure that safe trade routes the safety of the changes can be guaranteed. do your crews get a highe
of guinea, this is not a well travelled trade route where you just sail back. most of the ships being attacked are ships that are servicing this local economy, servicing nigeria and the countries there. the option to sail a different route is not there. the choice is to sail those countries and serve those customers in those countries or not to do it. yes, obviously when you are engaged into having ships sail all around the world, the safety of the crew is something that we are concerned about. and these attacks of piracy, as the movie with tom hanks illustrates, is something where you have your people on the ship being in real danger. this is maersk alabama. we are an unarmed freighter. we have two skips approaching with armed intruders. - potential piracy situation. it s something it s preoccupying for us. we are engaging with governments in africa, europe and in united states to make sure that safe trade routes the safety of the changes can be guaranteed. do your crews get a highe