Ducks, Datacenters, and Waves: CVX-MSFT

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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Sunday Cold Digits, Digital Heat

By Paul Sankey Published on January 25, 2026 at 4:27 PM

Greetings, Presumably you have power, if you are reading this. Good for you. I bought an emergency power pack yesterday: “Anker Portable Power Station SOLIX C300, 288Wh LiFePO4 Battery, 300W (600W Surge) 140W Two-Way Fast Charging, for Outdoor Camping, Traveling, and Emergencies (Solar Panel Optional)” so we should avoid an outage. Or get a three day outage that renders that wee power block absurdly under-sized. It cannot run a heater, for example, you need 1,000W …

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Morning Golds, DOEs, LNG & The Peter Principle

By Paul Sankey Published on August 8, 2024 at 9:27 AM

Looking forward to today Happy Hour 4pm Eastern Time (ET) today talking to former XOM engineer and Citadel Portfolio manager, partner Greg Bordelon on open mic – join and we can get some views – group therapy – from major investors. Register here: https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-paul-sankey-greg-bordelon-interest-form-5/ By Zoom, after the last major event in track & field today . Track and Field Gold Medals today ET: Source: Google ~ Bloomberg 8/8/24 JPMorgan Says Three Quarters of Global …

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