Quote of the day: “I need the cash in charge if I want to finance the diversification,” CEO Patrick Pouyanne said at International Energy Week in London in February. “I need to maintain this dance. I need to continue to develop oil and gas.”

Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Sunday Certificate from Boston

Hello from Boston, “Hello”, he said, in a most British tone. The British are coming! Sure, the Tea Party, Independence Day. Don’t believe the hype, they are sequels. We need a Democrat Tea Party, in true Boston style, but the Democrats here are hopeless. My youngest son Harry’s full Boston graduation (Northeastern) is this evening, putting me free & clear from private education fees that are crippling. His college: $84k per year. We are leaving.

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Morning Coterra & Devon vs Rafales

Tomorrow LIVE Thursday 5/8/25 Happy Hour in Boston 4:30pm at Bostonia Public House. Drinks on me. With a degree of inappropriateness, I said that we sought recommendations for a cool bar in Boston, the “type of bar that has a hot chick DJ’ing”. I was thinking Miami or Dubai vibe. Client response to my query for “that” bar: “Have you ever been to Boston?” Furthermore, our base load client has dropped out, this will be

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Sunday Showtime Social Club

May The 4th Be With You, Boom boom! To end this note I explain why the onset of May changes my behaviour – as a rule of thumb – regarding oysters, cinemas, and Broadway shows, until once again there is an “R” in the month – SeptembeR. May to August, driving season, is my favourite season. We just flipped the winter to summer switch in NYC. Last week went from freezing to boiling, right on

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