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 November 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Mark Viviano, who was on this week’s Happy Hour, is an outstanding presenter. He outlined the background and success of his part of Kimmeridge, the private equity oil firm started by Ben Dell and Neil McMahon, two former sellside Wall Street analysts. Former Wellington Oil & Gas buyside analyst Mark is now on his third Kimmeridge fund since starting up in 2020, same year as Sankey Research sent our first note, July 4th, Independence Day …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on August 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Well, the negative revisions to jobs numbers on Friday drew a rapid response from Donald Trump, he fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Not our first “Uh Oh” and it won’t be the last, by any means. But statistics controversy fits well with the theme of our note today: power megatheme. Power is power. Below, the negative revisions in Jobs released Friday that radically altered the “apparent” (I am in data mode …
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