BP: Sticks into Bumerangues

By Paul Sankey Published on August 6, 2025 at 12:14 PM

We are counting barrels on Happy Hour tomorrow at 4pm ET, with Rory Johnson, Commodity Context. Premium Event: https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-rory-johnston-interest-form/ ~ BP are back! We are absolutely delighted for BP Exploration, on an accelerating roll, what terrific news of their massive Brazil discovery announced yesterday. This is exactly what BP needed, a major step in re-setting the company image. A welcome return to what we oil analysts love to talk about, “elephant” discoveries, development timelines, so …

The UK North Sea & Apache: where NOT to Invest

By Paul Sankey Published on November 16, 2024 at 3:33 PM

In this note we outline the bear case for the UK North Sea, and for APA (formerly Apache Oil) with a price target of $15 on APA (stock closed Friday at >$22) “before we get interested”. We postulate takeover and activist strategy at the end of this note. We slam the UK government and UK eco-fascists for abject lack of global context in their pursuit of “Net Zero”. The UK economy is low emission, and …