By Paul Sankey
Published on November 1, 2024 at 7:33 AM
In the US suburbs, those Halloween avenues, a “yard sale” is an innocent family rite of passage where the garage is cleared, and in the excitement you try to dump as many of the kids grown-out-of toys. In our world, is the equivalent of a major oil company announcing yet another disposal target. But in skiing, a “yard sale” describes a level of wipe out so spectacular that gear is smashed off the skier, poles, …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on August 1, 2024 at 7:41 AM
Comstock (Natgas) Resource: They Don’t Get It, but first, the truly shocker news overnight. Chevron-XOM-Hess arbitration delayed to May 2025. We do NOT subscribe to the market chatter that the third arbitrator in the CVX-Hess-XOM dispute over Guyana is Lee Raymond in a fake moustache. Also we believe that reports that the independent arbitrator is Tony the Exxon Tiger, are false. But this ExxonMobil spoiling tactic is working a charm, from their standpoint of holding …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on April 7, 2024 at 5:02 PM
We sent you a theme note on BP & BPX yesterday, which was quite sad, remembering the John Browne Sun King glory days. In fact “harsh but fair” was feedback from one US E&P CEO. But as I have said many times, “if you ever feel sorry for an oil CEO, short the stock.” What should BP do? Get into Namibia. Buy a Gulf of Mexico deepwater player, but first cut out of transition investment; …
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