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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By Paul Sankey
Published on May 10, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Greetings from Guadalajara, We attended family wedding. Quite the fiesta. I’ll give you a hint: this is the capital of Jalisco, the home of Tequila. ~ The past week was absolutely bewildering in global oil markets; the market seems to buy a peace narrative which we greatly struggle to believe in. As considered from the crisis start, we cannot see that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard will easily cede its sudden position of global super-power (especially …
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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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