Midday Product & Tanker not Crude Shortage

By Paul Sankey Published on April 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM

Greetings, Today, very shortly, 4pm Zoom Michelle Brouhard, Head of Policy & Geopolitical Risk at Kpler [global leading satellite/data intelligence focused on commodity markets]. A former oil trader and hedge fund player, Michelle is an expert in global oil balances, working for the premium oil flow intelligence player, Kpler. Register here: https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-michelle-brouhard-head-of-policy-geopolitical-risk-at-kpler-interest-form/ ~ 1. The problem: refinery capacity and ships, not crude supply My thoughts have been occupied with the global refining and oil product …

A Major Client Asks… Intelligence Responds

By Paul Sankey Published on March 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM

Paul, Saw your comments re: the Strait [of Hormuz]. Trying to get a sense of why tanker volume is so low between 1. Insurance 2. Voluntary – “let’s wait” 3. Iranian posturing 4. Fear of attacks 5. Actual attacks… etc… Agree with you that certainly don’t have the Navy to do it and mining seems like an extreme step so question really I guess is what does it take to get tankers (non Chinese/Russian) moving …

Sunday Day Two, Day Free, Daytime TV

By Paul Sankey Published on June 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM

Greetings, So, welcome to “Day 2”. The Iranian Parliament has just voted to close the Straits of Hormuz, which would most threaten the finances of… Iran. Vice President JD Vance has already described it as economic suicide to do so, without reference to what Israeli/US bombing has done to the Iranian economy already. Whoever takes over Iran will desperately need to export oil. The Trump Administration will do everything they can to help them, backed …