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April 2, 2025

Feedback to our Natural Gas Storage Note – It’s all About that Bundled ‘No Notice’ and Newbuild Economics

By Timm Schneider

Thx everyone for all the interesting discussions and feedback to our recent Natural Gas Storage note (Natural Gas Storage: Seizing the ‘V^2>P’ Opportunity in a Transforming Market). Even though our prior interactions on domestic storage…

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March 30, 2025

Natural Gas: Taking a Closer Look at Options Positioning/ Open Interest

By Timm Schneider

We are rolling out a new product – a closer look at the most recent (preliminary) options positioning for Natural Gas (Henry Hub). We have not dabbled in natural gas options, but believe Open Interest…

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March 30, 2025

Natural Gas Storage: Seizing the ‘V^2>P’ Opportunity in a Transforming Market

By Timm Schneider

The natural gas storage market is at an inflection point – undergoing a structural shift fueled by unprecedented volatility in both supply and demand. At a high level, this aligns squarely with our V² >…

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March 29, 2025

Your Energy & Utilities News Summary for the Week Ending March 29th

By Timm Schneider

For the news, we include a brief summary description for each headline. We only include links to news sources that do NOT require you to have a subscription to the respective site, or if they do, they are…

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March 29, 2025

BE & NFE Shorts Propel Survey Portfolio Back to Even; +310bps vs. SPX, But Still Lagging Energy Infrastructure & Utes. Need More Midstream!

By Timm Schneider

Please see the detailed note within for which stocks survey takers (Read On) have gotten right, and which ones have been duds. Recall On November 14th we went live with the ‘Survey Portfolio.’ This is a…

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March 26, 2025

‘I have never felt more uncertainty about our [E&P] business in my entire 40-plus-year career…’

By Timm Schneider

…is just one of the pessimistic comments from E&P operators per the latest Dallas Fed Survey. Full analysis within. Yikes… Never seen the comments box this plentiful and we look at all of these when…

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March 23, 2025

Your Energy & Utilities News Summary for the Week Ending March 22nd

By Timm Schneider

For the news, we include a brief summary description for each headline. We only include links to news sources that do NOT require you to have a subscription to the respective site, or if they do, they are…

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March 23, 2025

Natural Gas: Framing Recent Discussions as Weekend Data Implies Gap Down…

By Timm Schneider

Our recent shift to a long position in the mid $3.90s on Friday (NG1; expiring Mar-27th) has placed us in a challenging spot based on weekend data runs (Read On). Position sizing is manageable as…

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March 21, 2025

Survey Portfolio Continues to Beat Energy and the S&P 500; Lags Midstream & Utes. EXE & ET Best Weighted Longs; HP & NESTE Best Weighted Shorts

By Timm Schneider

Please see the detailed note within for which stocks survey takers (Read On) have gotten right, and which ones have been duds. Recall On November 14th 2024 we went live with the ‘Survey Portfolio.’ This is…

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March 19, 2025

What do SUN/ NFE/ VG/ RES/ CHRD/ DEC/ ACDC/ VTS/ WES and CVI Have in Common?

By Timm Schneider

take a look inside to find out… Timm Real-Time SOL Utilization Insights imply investors have gotten relatively less bearish on 1) SUN; 2) NFE; 3) VG; 4) RES; 5) CHRD; 6) DEC; 7) ACDC; 8)…

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March 19, 2025

Natural Gas: Supply/ Demand ~8Bcf/d Loose y/y But LNG Exports Fire on All Cylinders

By Timm Schneider

Please see within for updated thoughts on 1) Our positioning; 2) Real-Time Supply & Demand balances; and 3) Latest weather model runs (including displacement). We are still confident in our near-term trading range of ~$4 –…

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March 18, 2025

Energy & Utilities: Equity Returns Required to Reach 52-Week Highs…

By Timm Schneider

Within we refresh our most recent analysis around share price returns required to reach previous 52-week highs. We also include performance over the past 30 days, as this roughly ties out with the 2025 high…

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March 17, 2025

Natural Gas: Near-Term Trading Range at ~$4- $4.25/mmbtu – All Else Equal…

By Timm Schneider

…which is a ‘must have’ not a ‘nice to have’ disclaimer in natural gas markets (the all else equal). We had a marginal short position on for NG1 (April; ~$4.19 mark; 10% of our max…

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March 17, 2025

PSX (N/R) vs. Elliott: Unpacked & Unbiased – An Updated Look

By Timm Schneider

Our latest analysis provides a brief summary of the current state of affairs in the ‘PSX vs. Elliott’ saga. We are incorporating all publicly available materials issued by both parties, including PSX’ latest fireside chats…

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March 16, 2025

Your Energy & Utilities News Summary for the Week Ending March 16th

By Timm Schneider

For the news, we include a brief summary description for each headline. We only include links to news sources that do NOT require you to have a subscription to the respective site, or if they do, they are…

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