Quote of the day: “Everything that grows / Holds in perfection but a little moment.” — William Shakespeare.

Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Sunday Gloves On! Energy Conference Competition

One statistic really struck me from 2024, profoundly. It was from early November, attending the ADIPEC Conference in Abu Dhabi, the largest oil & gas conference in the world, held annually. The numbers: ADIPEC Oil & gas 2025: 180,000 attendees. A week later, at COP 29, there were ~90,000 attendees. There is an obvious observation to be made: media coverage. ADIPEC in no way generated 2x the media interest as COP29 (chart below). But just

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Sunday Realpolitik, Idealpolitik, und China-Sanktionen

Greetings, In the main part of this note, we examine two of the many key issues of 2025: German/EU natgas China sanctions There are so many counter-currents, that in this attempt to take some of the complexity and contradiction out of 2025 outlooks, by (mildly) deeper on both… we reveal yet more complexity. To keep it actionable, later today at 6pm ET, our resident master of clarity, Mr Greg Bordelon, Sankey Research executive partner, publishes

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Sunday Salt Cod and Idiot Caballeros

May Peace be with you all, First let me say to you, season’s greetings! Welcome to the end of 2024. We at Sankey Research – Greg and I with Analyst Hub hosting – joyfully hope for a great season for all. Let’s hope for the best from Trump II into 2025; the good news is, the world can hardly get crazier. It really feels like these are unprecedented times of weirdness. But as you know,

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