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@HFI_Research With each passing day, Iran’s negotiating leverage continues to strengthen as global oil inventories decline. At this stage, Iran’s negotiating position may be the strongest it has been in the past 47 years.

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@HedgeFundTips Nice update on CPS....thoughts on CRK recent earnings and updates. Jerry should buy more stock at these LOWS!

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@LithiumIonBull Howard, where are Spodumene prices currently? I read somewhere around $900 but I saw another quote at $2,155 which seems high to me.

[@EnergyAlphaCo @EnergyAlphaCo]

Worth paying attention to this setup. Natural gas remains volatile, and with momentum trying to reassert itself, the next EIA storage print could be a real catalyst.

[Shale Analytics @ShaleAnalytics]

Natural Gas Analysis: The market remains volatile with potential for further price increases if momentum returns. The EIA Storage Report release on January 29th could impact market volatility. #natgas

[@EnergyAlphaCo @EnergyAlphaCo]

This is an underappreciated shift in the energy and commodities landscape.

Lithium models were built around EV adoption curves—but AI just rewrote the demand equation almost overnight. One project in Memphis shows why the market is scrambling to reprice.

[Mark @Mark4XX]

BIG MISTAKE: LITHIUM MODELS JUST GOT FLIPPED BY AI POWER DEMAND

One building in Memphis is about to consume one-third of the city's peak summer electricity. Not a factory. Not a data center for streaming. A single AI supercluster training chips to think. This hidden demand bomb just blindsided the entire lithium industry.

THE COLOSSUS POWER MONSTER
✅ xAI's Colossus already runs 200,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs and gulps 250 megawatts—enough to power 250,000 homes.
➡️ Phase two? One million GPUs and over 1 gigawatt of demand.
🔥 The grid couldn't deliver fast enough, so xAI deployed 168 Tesla Megapacks—$375+ million in lithium batteries—for backup power alone.

THE SURPRISE NO ONE SAW COMING
✅ For years, lithium forecasts focused only on EVs—adoption curves, battery production, oversupply fear
📉 Prices crashed 89% from 2022 peaks as EV growth slowed.
🤯 Then November 2025 hit: Top CEOs admitted grid-scale storage "came from nowhere."

THE EXECUTIVES CONFESS
✅ Albemarle CEO Kent Masters: Grid storage grew 105% YTD—"the big upside surprise this year."
➡️ Liontown's Grant Donald: Battery storage "has come from nowhere."
🔥 SQM leadership: Storage now 20% of total lithium demand and growing 40-50% annually.
Every major model missed the fastest-growing lithium user on Earth.

WHY AI GIANTS ARE CHOOSING BATTERIES OVER THE GRID
✅ Power plants take years to build—batteries deploy in months.
🚀 AI needs gigawatts now, not in 2030.
📈 Tesla smashed records with 12.5 GWh of energy storage deployed in Q3 2025—nearly double last year
📊 S&P Global: US data center power to hit 134,000 MW by 2030 (+168%).

THE REAL DEMAND EXPLOSION
✅ Benchmark Mineral Intelligence: Global battery demand up 28% YTD, projected 7x growth by 2040.
➡️ Cumulative battery storage: From 27 GWh (2021) → nearly 778 GWh (2030)—28x in nine years.
🔋 Manufacturing capacity doubles to 6.5 TWh globally by 2030, with China controlling over half.

FROM SURPLUS TO TIGHTENING FAST
✅ Global lithium surplus shrinking: 84,000 metric tons (2024) → 33,000 metric tons (2025).
📈 Spodumene prices jumped 57% from June 2025 lows to November highs.
⚡ The market is repricing in real time because the miners finally admitted they underestimated.

THE BOTTOM LINE
A single AI training supercluster in Memphis exposed the blind spot in every lithium forecast—grid-scale storage demand is exploding far faster than EVs alone, turning yesterday's surplus into tomorrow's shortage opportunity.
$SGML $BRW.V

HT: https://t.co/BLBOAexG68

[@EnergyAlphaCo @EnergyAlphaCo]

Bottom line on oil:
The market is pricing ~$60 oil, but underinvestment + declining spare capacity sets up a multi-year bull market starting in 2026, measured in years—not months.

Natural gas remains structurally stronger:
• LNG demand is accelerating (U.S. +3.5 Bcf/d in 2026; Canada ramping as well).
• Power demand from data centers is becoming structural, not cyclical.
• Marginal cost of gas supply ≈ $4, while the 2026 strip is still below that level.
• Quality gas producers now trade at 13–14% FCF yields—very compelling risk/reward.

Positioning insight:
Energy remains massively under-owned (~2.6% of S&P 500). Sentiment is depressed, valuations discount pessimism, and supply realities are tightening.

➡️ When spot prices trade below marginal cost and capital discipline persists, future price signals matter more than headlines.

2026 looks increasingly like the inflection point.

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[@EnergyAlphaCo @EnergyAlphaCo]

Whether you agree or not, Doyle’s piece highlights a key tension in today’s energy markets:

– Renewables depend on fossil infrastructure.
– ESG capital is retreating.
– Global demand for oil & gas continues to rise.

The world isn’t transitioning off hydrocarbons — it’s adapting around them.
#energy #oilandgas #commodities

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#NatGas rally gains traction 🔥

Henry Hub prices have surged ~60% since mid-October, driven by:
• Record LNG feedgas flows (near 18 Bcf/d)
• A cold start to winter — Dec now tracking the coldest in a decade
• End-of-season storage better than feared

Morgan Stanley reiterates its $5/MMBtu 2026 target, noting upside potential despite strong supply and a backwardated curve.

Cold weather + LNG exports = tight setup heading into Q1 2026.
#energy #LNG #commodities #trading

[@EnergyAlphaCo @EnergyAlphaCo]

Natural gas sees its first withdrawal of the season (-14 Bcf), but the market remains conflicted.

Bullish: Storage draw, record LNG exports (17.8 Bcf/d), and managed money positioning.

Bearish: Storage still +146 Bcf above 5-yr avg & warmer-than-normal forecasts.

#natgas #energy #trading #LNG

[Shale Analytics @ShaleAnalytics]

#natgas

[@EnergyAlphaCo @EnergyAlphaCo]

Comstock Resources: Bold energy move ahead: Jerry Jones and Jay Allison are betting big on the Western Haynesville — a deep, high-heat natural-gas play that could reshape U.S. supply dynamics. Dive into the details 👉

#NatGas #EnergyMarkets #Haynesville

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Huge milestone in clean energy: China has successfully converted thorium-232 into uranium-233 in a molten salt reactor — marking the first time this has been achieved in an operational setting.

- Thorium is far more abundant than uranium and can dramatically expand the fuel pool for nuclear power.

- Molten‐salt reactors offer inherent safety advantages: lower pressure, no need for water cooling, and less long-lived radioactive waste.

- For China this represents not just a scientific achievement, but a strategic leap toward domestic energy security and low-carbon power.

Bottom line: While commercial roll-out is still years away, this sets a new benchmark in advanced nuclear technology and could reshape how we think about reliable, scalable, zero-carbon power.

#nuclearenergy #thorium #cleantech #energytransition

[OilPrice.com @OilandEnergy]

China claims a world-first: its experimental thorium molten-salt reactor converted thorium-232 into uranium-233, proving the thorium fuel cycle is technically feasible. The country plans a 100 MW prototype by 2035. #Nuclear #Thorium #ChinaEnergy

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@HedgeFundTips Comstock Resources: This is the first time CRK has officially outlined Western Haynesville inventory. 3,332 gross / 2,559 Net, Assumes average working interest of 70% to 90%.

That’s a massive inventory base — enough for decades of drilling even at 70–80 wells per year. Importantly, these are operated wells, meaning CRK controls development timing and economics.

[@EnergyAlphaCo @EnergyAlphaCo]

Agree. The futures curve suggests that “paper traders” share this concern: as U.S. LNG exports approach 20 Bcf/day by March 2026, refilling storage could become a serious challenge. Historically, storage fears like this have triggered price surges above $9.00/MMBtu, and even $13.00/MMBtu during the past 25 years.

[@EnergyAlphaCo @EnergyAlphaCo]

It is true that rig efficiency is no longer translating into higher production because the best geology has already been drilled.This underscores a maturing U.S. shale industry — we’ve moved past the era of exponential growth. Future production will depend more on capital discipline, consolidation, and enhanced recovery technologies than on drilling efficiency alone.

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We focus on low-cost producers with infrastructure access and financial flexibility — the ones positioned to monetize volatility rather than fear it.

Baseload demand growth is secular.
Price swings are opportunity.

#OOTT #NatGas #EnergyMarkets #Investing

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Understanding Energy Markets — Paper Oil vs. Physical Reality

Most people quoting oil & gas prices don’t realize…
They’re not talking about physical barrels or molecules.

They’re talking about paper contracts — the front-month NYMEX futures for WTI crude or Henry Hub natural gas.

[@EnergyAlphaCo @EnergyAlphaCo]

Today, U.S. HH gas trades near $3.20/MMBtu, while Asia & Europe sit around $10–11/MMBtu.

That arbitrage is the long-term bull case — LNG will connect those markets.

Natural gas isn’t a “transition fuel.” It’s the future foundation of the global energy mix.