June 9, 2026
 
WTI $88.20 ▼3.4% · NG (Jul) $3.140 ▼0.2% · RIGS 563 ▲1 · S&P 7,386.65 ▼0.26% · XOP $164.05 ▼2.58%
June 9 close · Gas = Henry Hub Jul 2026 · Rigs = Baker Hughes (June 5, 2026)
3.5 GWh
Commissioned at Elena in Chile’s Atacama — the largest battery plant in the Americas, anchoring a 1 GW data-center pipeline on the same land.
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21.11 Bcf/d on paper. 4.89 Bcf/d that actually pencils.
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Today’s Menu
3.5 GWh: Grenergy inaugurates Elena, the largest battery in the Americas, with a 1 GW data-center platform attached.
$5.2B: Applied Digital signs a 210 MW, 15-year take-or-pay AI lease; contracted book now ~$36B.
$20B+: Eni and PETRONAS launch Searah, a SE Asia gas JV starting above 300,000 boe/d.
3.6 mtpa: Technip, JGC and Samsung lock Coral Norte FLNG, doubling Mozambique’s hub to 7 mtpa.
2.4 Bcf/d: Summit pushes Double E toward a Permian compression FID; Sempra puts a 2 Bcf/d LNG line in service.
$200M: WhiteHawk Minerals prices an upsized gas-royalty IPO at $26; trades on the NYSE as WHK.
Quick Hits + Almost: Italy’s €23B scheme, FERC’s SPP CHILLS, Denmark’s $2.55B CCS, SLB’s Thunder Horse, ERCOT’s 418 GW queue.
Lead Story
3.5 GWh / 7 GWh — Grenergy turns Atacama storage into an AI power platform

• Grenergy inaugurated Elena on June 8 in Antofagasta, the largest battery plant in the Americas: 3.5 GWh commissioned, scaling to 7 GWh by 2028. It anchors Oasis de Atacama, a 2.5 GW solar / 14.1 GWh storage platform; cumulative Chile investment is heading toward $4.8B.

• The twist is digital load: GR Data has a 1 GW IT pipeline and pitches $25B of digital investment over three years, led by Atacama Data — 400 MW IT scaling to 1 GW, no water.

The Headlines
Power / Data Centers
210 MW / $5.2B — Applied Digital adds another hyperscale lease

• Applied Digital signed a 15-year, take-or-pay lease at Delta Forge 2 — 210 MW of critical IT load for a U.S. investment-grade hyperscaler — worth ~$5.2B in base-term rent, ~$12.7B over a 30-year term.

• It’s the customer’s third lease and Applied Digital’s fifth AI Factory campus. The book now spans 1.4 GW of IT load and ~$36B of base-term revenue (~$86B with renewals), ~70% backed by investment-grade hyperscalers.

 
Oil & Gas / Upstream
$20B+ — Eni and PETRONAS launch Searah gas JV

• Eni and PETRONAS established Searah, a 50/50 JV combining 19 assets — 14 in Indonesia, five in Malaysia — starting above 300,000 boe/d and targeting more than 500,000 boe/d within three years.

• Searah secured a $6B revolving credit facility and expects more than $20B of investment over five years against 3B+ boe of discovered resources. First production from recent FIDs comes in 2028.

 
LNG
€1B+ / 3.6 mtpa — Technip, JGC and Samsung lock Coral Norte FLNG work

• Technip Energies, with JGC and Samsung Heavy, won the EPCIC contract from Mozambique Rovuma Venture for Coral Norte, developed by Eni with CNPC, ENH, XRG and KOGAS. Nameplate is ~3.6 mtpa, doubling the Coral hub to 7 mtpa and putting Mozambique among Africa’s top three LNG producers.

• For Technip the award is “major” — above €1B of revenue, booked in Q2 2026. Coral Norte is an enhanced replica of Coral Sul, reusing its feed-gas composition and deepwater setting to cut execution risk.

 
Midstream
2.4 Bcf/d — Summit pushes Double E toward a Permian compression FID

• Summit signed two firm transportation deals on Double E totaling 150 MMcf/d, lifting open-season commitments to 250 MMcf/d and contracted firm capacity to ~1.9 Bcf/d. The expansion would add ~50%, to ~2.4 Bcf/d.

• The open season runs to June 30 with interest above the available 800–900 MMcf/d; FID is expected by end-summer, turbines are on order for an end-2028 in-service date, and a FERC 7(c) filing is due later this year.

 
Capital Markets / Minerals
$200M / $26 — WhiteHawk Minerals prices an upsized gas-royalty IPO

• WhiteHawk priced 7.7M Class A shares at $26 for ~$200M before fees, upsized by 775,000 shares; underwriters hold a 30-day option for another 1.155M shares. Trades on the NYSE as WHK.

• The gas mineral and royalty book spans ~3.4M gross DSU acres across Appalachia and Haynesville, giving public investors a new pure-play gas-royalty vehicle.

Quick Hits
Sempra puts Port Arthur Pipeline Louisiana Connector in service LNG
The 72-mile, 42-inch line moves 2 Bcf/d into Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 (~13 mtpa). Capex under $1B, ahead of schedule and under budget.
EU approves Italy’s €23B renewables support scheme Policy / Renewables
The Commission cleared Italy’s €23B program for 37.15 GW of onshore wind, solar, hydro and sewage-gas via 20-year two-way CfDs.
FERC approves SPP’s curtailable large-load service Grid / Policy
SPP’s CHILLS framework gives data centers up to seven years of non-firm service while firm capacity is built — faster interconnection, but SPP can curtail in emergencies.
Denmark signs $2.55B CCS subsidy contract with Aalborg Portland CCS
Denmark’s largest CO2 emitter signed a 16.5B kroner / $2.55B contract for up to 1.25 mtpa of CO2 over 15 years from 2030. Air Liquide on capture; Harbour Energy on transport and storage.
Almost Headlines
SLB OneSubsea won bp’s Thunder Horse subsea boosting EPC in the deepwater Gulf of America; the standardized system follows Kaskida and Tiber. OFS / Subsea
Uniper and Ksi Lisims LNG signed a 2 mtpa LOI from Canada’s proposed 12 mtpa project; first volumes could start in 2032 — still not SPA/FID. LNG
Technip Energies, Airbus, Safran and Tereos created Rebound, a Dunkirk SAF JV targeting 160,000 tons/year of Alcohol-to-Jet fuel ahead of a possible FID. SAF / JV
ERCOT’s large-load queue hit ~418 GW — 480+ connection requests through 2032, nearly 5x Texas’ all-time peak demand. Grid / Demand
The Reading List
WSJBring Your Own Power, Ireland Tells Tech Titans Hungry for Data Centers — Ireland is the global BYOP test case: data centers eat 21% of national electricity, and tech firms are told to bring power, not lean on the grid.
FTThe unlikely corporate winners of AI — The AI trade is bleeding into old-economy suppliers — construction, grid gear, gas turbines, steel, utilities — the picks-and-shovels of a projected $700B of hyperscaler spend in 2026.
AxiosSobering numbers on data centers’ resource needs — By 2030, data-center demand could be nearly 3x the combined annual use of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nigeria; water is moving into the permitting fight.
ReutersAlberta pitches cheap natural gas for data-center boom — Alberta is selling gas-backed AI infrastructure against Canada’s cleaner-grid narrative, chasing C$100B of data-center investment.
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