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.
We catalogued every disclosed gas-to-AI deal in one ledger — 56 transactions across 17 months — then did the math the press releases skipped. The boom looks Texan in the headlines. It looks Appalachian in the contracts.
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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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