Sunday Distilling US Distillate

By Paul Sankey Published on February 22, 2026 at 5:53 PM

Pondering the potential disaster of the incoming blizzard that has started here. Our Monday JFK flight to London at 9am… Cancelled First world problem Some 80% of the world’s population has never taken a plane. As of 4pm snow barely an inch ~ This note is a bullish US Distillate note. Strong demand, flat supply. Bullish complex refiners such as Valero, Marathon Petroleum and PSX, but the rising tide lifts all US refining boats, assuming …

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Holly Go Heavy: DINO CEO Go Mystery

By Paul Sankey Published on February 19, 2026 at 9:21 AM

DINO: well, I have seen some bizarre quarterly earnings beats, some bizarre management changes, but HF Sinclair DINO’s results yesterday were extraordinary. With the Street estimating 45c of Q4 earnings, the company reported a huge beat, underlying $1.20 of EPS, the abrupt exit of the CEO, an audit review whereby the results were un-auditable as of now, and then the Chairman came on the call, and said “I’m the CEO now, we can’t audit our …

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Afternoon All You Need is Love (and Rockets)

By Paul Sankey Published on January 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM

Tomorrow: PBF Refining Conference one-off, followed by a Monday back-to-back. Best performing energy stocks in the market, mate. Jan 9th Friday @11:00am – PBF Energy – Matt Lucey, CEO & Joe Marino, CFO Jan 12th Thursday @2:00pm  – HF Sinclair – Timothy Go, CEO, Craig Biery, & Trey Schonter III , IR Jan 12th @3:30pm – Phillips66 – Mark Lashier, CEO, Kevin Mitchell, CFO & Sean Maher IR Jan 15th Thursday @ 4PM ET *BONUS HAPPY HOUR* – Kloza Advisors – Tom Kloza, CEO Register here: https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-refining-conference-interest-form/ ~ …

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