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24 October 2008 16:40
From Russia with love?
Since the middle of this week I've had a huge number of calls from people wanting to talk about Russia. While I hugely appreciate Russian literature, the architecture of Red Square and the odd glass of vodka, I felt entirely unqualified to answer the callers' questions as they all related to Russian oil. Not, I have to say, a subject I know a huge amount about.
Odd, I thought, until I read the feature to which they referred. It ran in The Times on Wednesday. Its author, Richard Morrison, threw Aga owners across the country into a panic about oil from the East. The thrust of the article, if you haven't seen it, is that there's a rumour that Russian oil is too dirty or sulphurous for an Aga to swallow.
Could this be possible, I wondered. So, in true Nancy Drew style, I set out to find out. I tracked down Robert Wine, BP's delightful spokesman who told me the whole thing was utter nonsense. Apparently, it doesn't matter where oil originates from because by the time it's been refined, it has to come up to a certain grade and therefore any oil you buy for motoring or domestic use will be of the correct sales spec and perfectly appropriate for the job.
So, will your Aga run happily on Russian oil, the man from BP he say Da.
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