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

Letter from a Bunker in London

Concepts in United States Isolationism Feeling very British, I apologise in advance for this longer more personal note that is less about oil, gas & energy than we typically endeavor, although as the US Energy Secretary would tell you, ultimately everything is relevant to energy, and vice versa. As comedian John Cleese said, a “Public School” Englishman, such as me, at dinner asks for the salt as follows: <Awkwardly raises finger, vaguely waves it> “Um…

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Happy Norwuz! Fresh From the White House Lawn?

TODAY will be Diamondback CEO-designate Kaes Van’t Hof on Happy Hour, 4pm ET. Premium event. Register here. This might be the best-timed C-chat we have ever had. https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-diamondback-cfo-president-kaes-vant-hof-interest-form/ Great timing? According to very limited reports Diamondback is fresh from meeting Mssrs Trump, Wright, and Burgum at the White House, don’t have the exact corporate execs in attendance, but there is an unofficial list of the companies. Nobody energy company seems to want to say much,

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Sunday “How Not to IPO”

Greetings, Today we feature Greg on “how not to IPO” after the travails of Venture Global and now Net Power. We were initially positive on Net Power, but subsequently became very concerned on costs and timing. On Venture Global, we were just outright negative. We update in this note. Highlight of this week will be Kaes Van’t Hof on Happy Hour, 4pm ET. Premium event. He is CEO designate at Diamondback $FANG. https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-diamondback-cfo-president-kaes-vant-hof-interest-form/ ~ A

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