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

Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Sunday Monroe and other Doctrines

One mega-policy that is emerging for Trump II is an old classic: The Monroe Doctrine. In this note we run through an argument that says, “truly anything can happen with Trump and foreign policy.” Pinball market. The key uncertainty is China, where economic weakness in China suggests Trump holds the power Shipping stocks ripping imply Russia-Ukraine will be a protracted negotiation; we see Biden tightening shadow fleet sanctions as strengthening Trump’s and Saudi’s hands; and

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

PBF & PSX: A Week is a Long Time in Refining

Refining Conference Day 2: PBF & PSX Well muggins here comes out of the 12th annual Sankey Refining Conference bullish refining! I’m sure you could have predicted that, but honest, guv, I went in with open-mind-to-bearish (somewhat bearish refining, relatively bullish crude to start 2025). But of course I knew that seasonally we had to try to be bullish, especially with this cold. Sure enough, after listening to seven straight refining CEOs, I drank the

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Refining Conference Day II, then there were two: PBF & PSX CEOs

With genuine respect for Jimmy Carter, we nonetheless pressing ahead with our refining conference tomorrow, as we see it as time-sensitive to get in as close to the start of the year as possible. In case you missed it, tomorrow the Federal government and all the major US markets are closed. But the Sankey Research Refining Conference Day II continues unabated. We have oil to boil. Frees up time for you to join! The two

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