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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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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By Paul Sankey
Published on February 15, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Dear Client, It is not a joking matter, but it turns out that I am in the Epstein files. My friend’s (London-based) son in High School is doing a little intern work for me, on the weekly DOE data. He took the initiative, shall we say, to search the Epstein email dump for “Paul Sankey”. And there I am, mentioned in passing. In 2013, Epstein was invited as a client by Deutsche Bank wealth management …
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