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March 2, 2026

***Model Portfolio Update: FANG/ LNG/ PR

By Timm Schneider

Effective immediately we have made weighing adjustments in the Model Portfolio for FANG/ LNG/ PR as follows: FANG (LONG) to a 5% weight from a 9% weight. Total return since inception on January 9th ~20.5%….

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March 2, 2026

Give It to Me Strait: How Hormuz Just Broke the Global LNG Market (We look at Oil & LPG as well)

By Timm Schneider

Ignore that title if this turns out to be a one-to-two week ‘nothing-burger’ BUT we’ve spent the past few hours going down various ‘rabbit holes’ around the Iran crisis and more specifically the 1) Strait…

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March 1, 2026

Eventful Weekend. Questions (and our Attempt to Answer Them) since Friday

By Timm Schneider

As a side note, we’ve already heard a bunch of comparisons of Operation Epic Fury (OEF) to Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Having spent a fair bit of time on the ground in Iraq around that…

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February 28, 2026

Which Public Energy (or Adjacent) Business Should Berkshire (BRK) Take Private?

By Timm Schneider

…or buy some Private Energy (or Adjacent)? PLS FILL OUT —-> https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Y9673PM One question. 100% anonymous via surveymonkey. Now that we have your attention… Saturday morning is much busier than we expected with the current…

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February 27, 2026

Natural Gas: Fat Fingers, Warm Winters… and a Little Less Wrong (at Least in 2026)

By Timm Schneider

‘TL;DR’ Summary: Natural gas has had another wild month. We’re tactically long the front, even as storage now looks more ‘comfortable’ on the surface. The key shift is that projected end‑of‑season storage has moved much…

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February 27, 2026

Key Themes from 30 Midstream/ Energy Infrastructure Earnings Calls…

By Timm Schneider

…sorry – we didn’t feel like waiting for DKL, SOBO, WBI, PPL.CN and VG. Earnings should be done by the end of February… In any case a few thoughts within: Whether midstream should be valued…

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February 26, 2026

Sixteen Shades of ‘Maybe’: Force Ranking Momentum’s 16 Potential Buyers…

By Timm Schneider

As a follow‑up to our note last nigh (Building Momentum: Is This the Next Haynesville LNG Corridor Deal?), this note force‑ranks 16 potential buyers on a blend of 1) qualitative strategic fit; and 2) practical likelihood of…

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February 25, 2026

Building Momentum: Is This the Next Haynesville LNG Corridor Deal?

By Timm Schneider

Earlier today, Bloomberg news reported that Momentum Midstream (Company page) sponsors might be looking to sell the asset (see our previous e-mail) for over $5bn, according to people familiar with the matter. Not sure if…

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February 22, 2026

Natural Gas: Bullish Weather Flip Sets Up Volatile Bid and Expiration Week; Sub $3- $3.50 Range for March (in our View)

By Timm Schneider

We expect elevated volatility this week with March options expiration on the 24th and the H26 contract rolling off on Friday. The near‑term trading range screens as sub‑$3 on the downside to above ~$3.50+ on the upside…

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February 22, 2026

Our Scripturient Urge Takes Over This Sunday Afternoon…

By Timm Schneider

…as we are putting digital pen to digitial paper. With the last real week of earnings ahead of us, the conversation has shifted from results to positioning – who (and what) investors want to own for…

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February 22, 2026

Your Energy & Utility News for the Week Ending February 22nd 2026

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 free of charge. However,…

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February 19, 2026

Permian Midstream M&A: Feedback to Our KNTK Merger Analysis

By Timm Schneider

We don’t believe clients were surpised seeing last night’s Financial Times article (we don’t have a subscription – so only got the Bloomberg recap) that WES apparently approached KNTK. There had always been a perception…

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February 19, 2026

DTM Remains a Short in the Model Portfolio…

By Timm Schneider

…which we added on Tuesday along w/ GNRC and NRG shorts. Smaller weights at ~2% each. We actually believe DTM is a very well run company – it just comes down to price vs. (elevated)…

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February 19, 2026

TRGP is One of Our Largest Long Weights in Model Portfolio; Quick Thoughts on the Print

By Timm Schneider

TRGP remains a ~9% long weight in the Model Portfolio, tied w/ FANG (notice a theme here?) – with respective total returns of ~30% and ~20% since inception on January 9th 2026. TRGP reported earlier…

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