By Paul Sankey
Published on May 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Greetings, Refiners are running at max capacity, and oil prices are finding a Hormuz blockage hierarchy. Excess profits are accruing to oil producers, US refiners, and shipping companies. Front page of USA Today, Daily Mail, nothing on Hormuz. I scrolled all the way down on the NY Post – not one story on Hormuz today. While the oil analysts get frantic, the NASDAQ hit a record high, and the President’s most important advisor, Mr Market, …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Greetings, Presumably you have power, if you are reading this. Good for you. I bought an emergency power pack yesterday: “Anker Portable Power Station SOLIX C300, 288Wh LiFePO4 Battery, 300W (600W Surge) 140W Two-Way Fast Charging, for Outdoor Camping, Traveling, and Emergencies (Solar Panel Optional)” so we should avoid an outage. Or get a three day outage that renders that wee power block absurdly under-sized. It cannot run a heater, for example, you need 1,000W …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on November 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
My Dear Correspondent, I was out all night last night. But to be clear, this nuit blanche, was not the “Do you fancy a swift half after work?” turning into an twelve hour bender, to return laughing uncontrollably as day breaks, having lost your tie and keys, loudly trying not to wake an incandescent wife. No sir, what would I know about that anyway? In fact, here in Michoacan, Mexico, we did a tour of …
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