Solaris: Sand to Silicon; Barcap Day 1

By Paul Sankey Published on September 9, 2026 at 11:37 AM

Energy investors were shocked by the AI selloff in July, the tide went out real fast, revealing a lot of naked-long AI-energy swimmers. So yesterday, the Barclays start-of-analyst-year conference in New York had some strongly pleasing backdrop after a tough mid-summer: Oil hits $100 Refining margins off the scale Gulf Coast WTI 321 $67/bbl MARGIN Investor favourites Solaris Energy Infrastructure rips +16% on 40% guidance increase on first day of Barclays. We are back, baby. …

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Gopher Holes, Farmers, Lobbies, Mid-terms and Diesel Tank Bottoms

By Paul Sankey Published on September 7, 2026 at 2:37 PM

Strap in everyone, we are entering the time of year, post-Labor Day, when time flies. Before you know it, it will be January. NFL: my Giants snouts are calling for a 0.500 season. Ufff. Yankees are in the playoffs, the Mets have been a total, complete, disaster. Highest payroll, worst results. ~ Tomorrow, Tuesday at the big annual energy conference that starts our year, on the marathon from Labor Day to Memorial Day, we have …

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Labor Day Bonus: All-Star Happy Hour Transcript & Zoom replay

By Paul Sankey Published on September 5, 2026 at 9:12 PM

Hi, we had a great call with Frank Kelly, Kathleen Kelley, Jan Stuart, Gordon Shearer on Thursday evening. It was especially fun when Jan declared he totally disagreed with Kathleen. Cage match! Frank on Washington DC. Kathleen on surplus oil. Jan on oil tightness. Gordon on LNG tightness and upcoming shut down of Russian LNG to Europe, which adds major pressure to Russia and its collapsed export earnings. As a bonus because I am in …

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