OIL- HORMUZ SUPPLY CHAOS: HAS THE PAIN TRADE FLIPPED TO HIGHER PRICES ? The market celebrates the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding as the end of the crisis. Traders assume confirmation of the deal will trigger a crash back to pre-war oil price levels. But after more than three months of effective closure and disruption in the Strait of Hormuz the damage to the global energy supply chain is already done. This is shaping up as a classic sell-the-rumor buy-the-fact event. SELL THE RUMOR BUY THE FACT The good news has already been priced in. ➡️ The sharp plunge following the MOU announcement with Brent dropping toward $83 to $84 and WTI near $80 to $81 could represent that rumor-driven sell-off. ➡️Even an exaggerated down wash after the opening of Hormuz narrative could push WTI prices as low as $67. That would be a gift and a mega buying opportunity. ➡️ From here the narrative shifts from geopolitical hope to hard arithmetic. ➡️The physical realities of depleted inventories curtailed production and chaotic logistics now point to higher not lower oil prices in the months ahead. THE DAMAGE IS DONE Global oil inventories have been drawn down at a historic pace. ➡️ Preliminary data showed roughly 250 million barrels pulled from observed stocks in March and April alone. That works out to an average draw of about 4 million barrels per day. ➡️ OECD stockpiles are on track for multi-decade lows. ➡️The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve has already shed tens of millions of barrels. ➡️Iran’s production and export infrastructure took a beating during the crisis. ➡️ Fields were shut in or curtailed due to storage constraints and lack of export routes. Restarting them is a mechanical well-by-well process. ➡️ Historical precedents suggest only partial recovery in the first 4 to 6 weeks. ➡️Full pre-crisis output potentially requires 3 to 6 months or longer. The logistics picture is equally fractured. ➡️ Hundreds of tankers were stranded or forced onto costly alternate routes. ➡️Floating storage ballooned with estimates of nearly 100 million barrels of crude and products still sitting on vessels inside or near the Gulf as of early June. ➡️ Clearing this backlog and repositioning the global fleet will take weeks to months not days. ➡️Demining itself carries execution risk and timeline uncertainty measured in weeks rather than hours. THE SLOW RECOVERY MATH ➡️Even under optimistic assumptions the supply chain is not a light switch. ➡️ Initial safe tanker transits and test flows may begin within days to a couple of weeks after formal demining progress. ➡️Meaningful clearance of the floating storage and stranded fleet backlog realistically spans 30 to 90 days. ➡️ Visible inventory rebuilding and refinery throughput normalization show up in data over the summer and into the fall. ➡️The self-reinforcing dynamics of the crisis phase now work in reverse but with a lag. ➡️Lower prices will eventually improve refining margins and encourage higher runs. ➡️Yet that process cannot outrun the physical delivery timeline. ➡️Low starting inventories provide a powerful buffer against any supply disappointment. THE SENTIMENT RESET Positioning has already reset after weeks of selling on deal hopes. ➡️ Speculative length is lighter and sentiment has turned decisively bearish. ➡️That creates asymmetric upside risk. ➡️ Any evidence that physical flows are lagging expectations will force short covering and fresh buying. The pain trade has flipped. It is now to the upside. Political noise has also changed character. For weeks every optimistic headline fueled the sell-off. With the MOU in place further statements are more likely to be scrutinized as potential steps away from implementation. The numbers point higher. #OilPrices #SellTheRumor #BuyTheFact #HormuzDamage #SupplyTight #HigherOil #EnergyMath

If you account for the steel, the mining, the transport, and the constant need for oil-based hydraulic fluids, is a wind turbine actually a net-energy producer? The math behind the "green transition" is rarely as simple as a press release claims. #Policy #EnergyRealism #Infrastructure #NetZero #EnergyMath

Exactly, it is amazing how no journalist has done the basic math: Trump promises to sell 60% of U.S. gas to Japan and now 80% to the EU. That’s 140% of production. Must be running on fumes or just hot air. #EnergyMath #TrumpPromises"

Anthony you are an intelligent guy, can you explain to me how no US journalist has done the basic math: Trump promises to sell 60% of U.S. gas to Japan and now 80% to the EU. That’s 140% of production. Am I missing something? #EnergyMath #TrumpPromises

Amazing how no journalist has done the basic math: Trump promises to sell 60% of U.S. gas to Japan and now 80% to the EU. That’s 140% of production. Must be running on fumes OR just hot air. #EnergyMath #TrumpPromises

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Solar dreams: $22 T, Sicily-sized footprint, night-fall battery toll. Modern fission: $4.5 T, 800 sq mi, 24/7 power. Cost isn’t relative to Europe’s map—it’s absolute physics. Keep panels in orbit, reactors on Earth. #EnergyMath #NuclearNow @elonmusk

Did you read your own article? It states that salt water started to bleed through these wells due to a significant increase in population. So much so that they started to build work arounds to ensure salt water would stop bleeding through as much. Next time do more research.

Factor in storage, replacement, & transmission, and you're looking at $1.5T over the next 60 years for the renewable fantasy. Based on the costings of the Barakah nuclear power station in the UAE, for Australia nuclear would provide 60 years of consistent power for $400B. $400B for nuclear vs. $1.5 trillion for renewables #CostOfNetZero #EnergyMath #NuclearPower

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I'll tweet the answer tomorrow. The results so far are interesting. #energymath

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Like PB&J: Solar & storage go great together! #EnergyMath #SolarIsNow #StorageIsHere @growingenergy @RockyMtnInst