Sunday Whistling Past

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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Sunday Carmen & the Horn of Plenty

By Paul Sankey Published on November 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM

Okay, Well that was a good Thanksgiving break. I hope yours was too. This week December 4th: James Walter – Co-CEO of Permian Resources Thursday at 4PM ET, another great guest. Viviano last week was terrific. Registration – Click Here ~ Nothing like a few days off to wander back in to major uncertainties in oil markets; albeit the uncertainties are broadly the same as they were a week ago: Venezuela – airspace closed per President Trump tweet. Some …

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Sunday: A Poorer Man, if he Never Saw an Eagle Fly

By Paul Sankey Published on August 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM

Back from my week in Colorado and California. I missed a wet week in Brooklyn as Hurricane Erin passed. Today the weather is perfect, though bearish natgas. Temperatures have been cold and are now ideal. No air con, but a the beautiful summer breeze, we are at 78F, 25C. Top tip: in temperature conversion, 28°C ⇄ 82°F, 16°C ⇄ 61°F, 4°C ⇄ 40°F.~ Natgas bulls look away now: Source: NOAA ~ When in Rome, we …

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