By Paul Sankey
Published on June 28, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Goodness me, In the dust storm of Middle East War, today’s news of an anti-corruption purge in Iraq is the latest volatility, never mind the ships being attacked. But I didn’t get too far with that, given like everything else down there, nobody really knows what is happening. I reluctantly checked into X.com and read that the Iraqi Prime Minister had staged a Coup d’Etat. And put down my phone. Absurd. Corruption crack down may …
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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 June 11, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Happy Hour today with Neil McMahon is POSTPONED until 24 June, so, just a couple of weeks. And he will have been in the Middle East in the interim, so that works. Kimmeridge (for he is founding partner) has declared Final Investment Decision (FID) on Commonwealth — a 9.5 Mtpa (~1.25 bcf/d), $13bn Louisiana LNG export project with 2030 start-up — in partnership with Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala Energy and CPP Investments (24.1% and 31% of …
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