June 11, 2026
 
WTI (Jul) $87.71 ▼2.58% · NG (Jul) $3.087 ▼3.08% · RIGS 563 ▲1 · S&P 7,394.30 ▲1.75% · XOP $163.41 ▼2.72%
June 11 close · Gas = Henry Hub Jul 2026 · Rigs = Baker Hughes (week ending June 5, 2026)
$10B+
KKR, Nvidia, KIA and Vistra put more than $10B behind Helix — one company to wrap data centers, power, connectivity and capital into a single stack for hyperscalers.
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21.11 Bcf/d on paper. 4.89 Bcf/d that actually pencils.
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Today’s Menu
$10B+ / 5,000 MW: KKR, Nvidia, KIA and Vistra launch Helix Digital Infrastructure for AI data centers, power and connectivity.
$3.5B / 1.63 GW: Cypress Creek closes financing on the first two Steel River phases in Arkansas, with 1.9 GWh of storage.
$7B+ / 16 GW: Sempra says ERCOT-endorsed Texas transmission is headed into Oncor’s rate base.
~$1B / 232,000 acres: Hart reports Sixth Street is buying LOGOS Energy, a San Juan Mancos gas operator.
$300M / 4 exits: Gunvor backs Western into Post Oak’s Haynesville; Post Oak also monetizes Midway’s Permian position.
$350M / 184 bps: Presidio refinances its upstream ABS stack at a 6.38% weighted-average coupon.
Quick Hits + Almost: APA’s Savant Alaska, FERC’s PJM fast-track, EnQuest’s Malaysia deal, MVP Southgate, OPEC’s cut.
Lead Story
$10B+ / 5,000 MW — KKR, Nvidia and Vistra build an AI-power wrapper

The AI bottleneck stopped being GPUs. Now it’s power, land, wires, fiber and capital — and Helix is the bet that whoever owns the whole stack owns the cycle.

KKR, the Kuwait Investment Authority, Nvidia and Vistra launched Helix Digital Infrastructure with $10B+ of committed capital, led by former AWS chief Adam Selipsky — a single coordination point for hyperscalers across data centers, power, connectivity and transmission, not just a landlord.

Vistra is preferred power partner (5,000+ MW of hyperscaler PPAs, ~50,000 MW fleet by YE26); Nvidia is strategic compute partner; KKR brings a $100B+ infra platform. The next data-center cycle is vertically integrated — capital, chips, power and pipes in one room.

The Headlines
Renewables / Storage
$3.5B / 1.63 GW — Cypress Creek closes Steel River financing

Cypress Creek closed $3.5B for Steel River Phases 1–2 — 1.63 GW of solar and 1.9 GWh of storage, scaling to 2.45 GW / 2.9 GWh by 2029. Barclays, BNP Paribas, Santander and Wells Fargo fully underwrote it.

It runs on 100% U.S. structural steel and First Solar panels, with ~$300M of lifetime tax revenue and ~700 construction jobs. Storage-backed solar is scaling from portfolio filler to multi-billion-dollar infra finance.

 
Power / Transmission
$7B+ / 16 GW — Sempra turns Texas load growth into Oncor rate base

Sempra said ERCOT endorsed new transmission across southern Dallas–Fort Worth and the I-35 corridor — $7B+ of investment supporting ~16 GW of demand, in service 2026–2034, built mostly by Oncor (80.25% Sempra-owned).

The spend sits inside Sempra’s $10B incremental Oncor opportunity, above the $47.5B base plan; the PUCT weighs ERCOT’s Batch Zero process this month. Texas demand is moving from load queue to utility earnings math.

 
Oil & Gas / Upstream
~$1B / 232,000 acres — Hart reports Sixth Street is buying LOGOS Energy

Hart reported, citing sources, that Sixth Street is buying LOGOS — a North Hudson company in the San Juan Basin Mancos — for ~$1B. No primary release had surfaced before publication.

LOGOS’ 2025 EnerCom deck showed 232,000 net acres, ~200 MMcfe/d, a 350 MMcfe/d 2026 exit target and ~$300M of 2026 EBITDA; North Hudson bought it from ArcLight in 2022 for ~$400M. Sixth Street is leaning into E&P as gas optionality reprices.

 
Oil & Gas / A&D
$300M / 4 exits — Gunvor backs Western into Post Oak’s gas-exit window

Reuters reported Gunvor backed Western Natural Resources’ ~$300M buy of Haynesville assets in Texas and Louisiana from Nadel and Gussman and Quantent — both Post Oak–backed — one of four Post Oak exits in the past month.

Post Oak separately sold Midway Energy’s Permian assets to multiple operators (terms undisclosed). Private upstream is finding exits where PDP cash flow meets gas-demand optionality — and traders are getting closer to physical supply.

 
Capital Markets / ABS
$350M / 184 bps — Presidio refinances its investment-grade upstream ABS

Presidio closed a $350M ABS refinancing at a 6.38% weighted-average coupon, 184 bps below its prior ABS — $175M of 5.902% Class A-1 and $175M of 6.717% Class A-2 notes, both due 2041.

The refi lowers rate, slows amortization and adds liquidity. Investment-grade upstream ABS is a cheaper, deeper pocket of capital than it was a year ago.

Quick Hits
$70M / 104,000 acres — APA buys Savant Alaska Upstream
~$70M upfront plus contingent payments for ~104,000 gross acres, ~1,500 bbl/d, the 40,000 bbl/d Badami facility and access to the 80,000 bbl/d Nutaaq Pipeline.
10/yr / 250 MW+ — FERC approves PJM’s fast-track interconnection lane Grid / Policy
PJM can fast-track up to 10 requests a year for shovel-ready capacity of 250 MW+ with site control and a three-year COD path — over objections from Vistra and state regulators.
150 MW / 600 MWh — Elevate and ArcLight bring Prospect Power online Storage
The Rockingham County, VA battery is fully contracted under a 15-year PPA with Dominion; PJM says it lifts system battery capacity by 50%+.
$833M / 57.4 kboepd — EnQuest buys Malaysian PSC interests Upstream / Intl
Adds ~57.4 kboepd, shifts 69% of output to SE Asia and ~138 MMboe of 2P reserves.
0.55 Bcf/d / $524M — MVP Southgate survives another stay bid Midstream
The Fourth Circuit denied motions to stay VA and NC water-quality certs for the 31-mile gas project.
Almost Headlines
298 MWacMeta and RWE sign another Texas solar PPA. Rabbit’s Foot Solar in Bowie County is due online by year-end 2027, taking RWE–Meta PPAs to 872 MW across four projects. Solar / PPA
€900M / 42 monthsSaipem wins a Saudi gas-compression EPC. Its JV with Nasser Saeed Al-Hajri will build the Uthmaniyah Gas Compression Plant; Saipem’s share ~€900M over ~42 months. OFS / EPC
2 mtpa / 20 yearsPETRONAS and JERA sign a long-term LNG deal. Up to 2 mtpa from 2028, extending the Malaysia–Japan relationship into the 2040s. LNG
890 kbpdTrans Mountain hits full capacity for the first time. Canada’s expanded oil line reached apportionment two years after the upgrade, pulled by Asian demand. Midstream
970 kbpdOPEC lowers its 2026 oil-demand growth forecast again. A second straight cut, down from 1.17 MMbpd; OPEC+ May output fell to 33.13 MMbpd. Macro / Crude
The Reading List
FTOil market defies predictions of summer supply crunch — Crude stayed below $100 as China’s import cuts offset supply stress — a useful macro frame after WTI’s reversal.
ReutersSiemens Energy says AI and Iran war are tightening gas-turbine supply — U.S. data centers are now ~25% of Siemens Energy’s gas-turbine backlog; the U.S. is ~40% of a 100–120 GW global market.
ReutersAmericans are wary of the AI data-center boom — A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 57% would oppose a data center locally and 77% worry AI will raise power costs.
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