This is CBSi on the world. I'm John Bachelor. To the south of France,

Ossetane, near Albee. Simon Constable reporting for the Wall Street Journal, Barron's other distinguished

publications and the South of France in springtime. Simon, a very good day to you.

I report that in New England, there is snow.

It is slushy snow.

The temperature is above freezing, but in any event, it's normal to have a spring-like snowstorm that leaves you in a few hours.

How is the weather in paradise?

Good day to you.

Good day to you, John.

I'm sorry to hear that you have snow and slush. Here in the south of France, we've finally got through the massive rainfall. It's now around 70, 72,

Fahrenheit and sunny, absolutely delightful, much needed.

Floods look like they're gone, and I'm very glad of that.

Yes, now the weather for all of Europe has been mild these last winters and that's a good thing because

the war in Ukraine and the war in the Middle East show no signs of ending anytime soon and we're coming

into driving season so there will be demand that there has not been through the winter months.

I mentioned this because we're going to check on commodities.

From this distance, Simon, the strike on the Tenneco refinery in Russia 800 miles from the front lines in Ukraine by a

Ukrainian drone is presumptive.

That strike has finally caught up with all the other worries about the price of

refined products, that would be diesel, etc.

That was the third, that is the third largest refinery in Russia.

Others have been hit that have been smaller and I think I saw movement on West Texas.

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