Happy Hour Halff: Empty, Not Halff Full

By Paul Sankey Published on September 25, 2026 at 12:52 PM

We enjoyed the hour with Antoine Halff, I do love the French. We were both at the IEA, Paris me manque. Antoine is a Parisian. His IEA role had massively more distinction than mine, I was a humble entry level “B3” (associate, I think I rose to “B5”), he was in charge of the Oil Market Report (Monthly OMR), which is truly a hugely important global oil periodical. Although he describes the OMR as more …

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Whataburger? Weekly DOE Data: Draw! Bullish!

By Paul Sankey Published on May 20, 2026 at 6:00 PM

NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) – The United States withdrew 17.8 million ​barrels of crude oil from its ‌inventories, the highest on record, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday, as the Iran war has ​cut global supplies and raised demand ​for U.S. crude and products. In a week. Oil analysts nod and say “we are heading for operational minimum inventory levels, fast.” ~ When will I retire? We have booked Paul Cheng, recently retired …

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Sunday Easter Sunday Peace be with You

By Paul Sankey Published on April 5, 2026 at 6:59 PM

Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026. Heading to Church at 7pm. Time to pray, I’ll lob one in for you. We are not yet at the point of Foxhole Prayers, more like damage limitation prayers, but let’s face it, things keep getting worse. Special forces battle to recover downed US airman near… Khuzestan. Regular readers will know it is historically Arabistan. Shocking, bizarre Tweet by President Trump this morning. Under Nixon’s “Madman theory of war” you …

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