By Paul Sankey
Published on June 28, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Goodness me, In the dust storm of Middle East War, today’s news of an anti-corruption purge in Iraq is the latest volatility, never mind the ships being attacked. But I didn’t get too far with that, given like everything else down there, nobody really knows what is happening. I reluctantly checked into X.com and read that the Iraqi Prime Minister had staged a Coup d’Etat. And put down my phone. Absurd. Corruption crack down may …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on June 23, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Hola, It was a relief to start the week as we hoped, with some non-Hormuz corporate newsflow, and in this note we talk about the Chevron vs Microsoft Permian mega-data center announcement. Relief, because my Sunday note on the geopolitics of the nation players in the Hormuz talks was exhausting to write, and sure enough the weekend talks yielded a framework for more talks, or something. Talks about talks for talks. The point of the …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on June 18, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Time to think about Russia? Today for Happy Hour we have Ron Smith, Russia expert, to consider what happens in the other front of World War III. Ronald P. Smith is the founding partner of Emerging Markets Oil & Gas Consulting Partners (EMOGCP) and a #1 ranked analyst by Institutional Investor and Extel. He has over 25 years’ of experience in equity capital markets and the Russian oil and gas sector. He began his career …
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