CVX-Hess, John 13:34

By Paul Sankey Published on July 18, 2025 at 10:53 AM

Just to note I am jumping on CNBC around 11:10am to talk CVX-Hess completion. You know we always tell you our view first… (ie need to send you a note before CNBC) but in fact there is a management call for analysts at 12pm, so there will be more to say later today. CVX pre-emptively fired -20% of their workforce, so you can expect the $1bn synergy target to be guided towards year end completion, …

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Sunday Champagne, Champions but no Clamato

By Paul Sankey Published on July 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM

Ola, You might remember my line over the past few years, my line that the biggest danger I face when I travel to Europe, with its land wars, economic and migrant crises etc, is getting hit by a flying champagne cork. Sure enough today’s incredible tennis final at Wimbledon was interrupted by a flying champagne cork landing on court. Congratulations to both players, incredible. A certain Permian Oil CEO and I shared messages of incredulity …

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Shell for BP Takeover: Denial is not LNG in Egypt

By Paul Sankey Published on June 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM

Starting in a couple of hours, 4pm ET, me vs Dan Dreyfus, hedge fund CIO, Bornite Capital. Join, he sees the world extremely clearly, which is helpful. Register here for this Premium Event. Hard to get credible money managers to talk about managing money. https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-daniel-dreyfus-bornite-capital-interest-form-2/ ~ Shell for BP, chatting to my legal snout in London, my thoughts that maybe Shell was being cute in its denial statement regarding a BP takeover “not considering”, “not …

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