Quote of the day: In a war of ego, the loser always wins

Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Happy Hour Pre-Briefing – Biofuels with Brett Gibbs starting now 4pm ET

This week – starting shortly – we host Brett Gibbs of Bloomberg Intelligence, a US biofuels analyst. You either know this subject stone cold, like Brett, with constant attention to the shifting quick sands, or you have to live like me, constantly reminding yourself what is going on, desperate to forget. Time for an update, because RINs prices are on a runner. Brett Gibbs – BBG intelligence – Moderator, Renewable Fuels Forum chat roomThursday, May

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

BP, the gossip: Iron Ladies vs Irish Fire

Onwards BP! First, a push into biofuels tomorrow on Happy Hour at 4pm ET, Thursday, Zoom. Stone cold US biofuel expert: Brett Gibbs – BBG intelligence – Moderator, Renewable Fuels Forum chat room Thursday, May 28th @ 4PM ET Submit interest: Click Here We shall write more, as D4 and D6 Renewable Identification numbers are hitting $2/gallon, adding around 20c to a gallon of US gasoline at the pump (10.5% ethanol blending requirement). The entire

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

BP: Cut to SELL on (yet another) Chairman being Fired

As I just said to a hedge fund “this better be really, really bad” in regards to the shock announcement that Albert Manifold has been unanimously fired by the board of BP. To us, this is a disaster in terms of the concept that Manifold was fully hands-on as Chairman, in BP HQ five days a week with “only one small side project”. The concept was that Manifold’s performance at CRH would be driven into

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