Logically, the direction of gas flowing through the pipeline should have been reversed to bring gas into the UK and help bring prices down.

BBC: Gas prices worry UK industry

CILSS, an intergovernmental body responsible for the region's food security, significant amounts of grain have this year been flowing in the opposite direction.

ECONOMIST: Economics focus

In spite of the tide of consolidation in the oil industry, some undercurrents are still flowing in the minnows' direction.

ECONOMIST: Small oil firms