Sunday Day of the Living

By Paul Sankey Published on October 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM

How does value get created and transferred in major energy companies? This past week we had Q3 earnings reports from an interesting representation of key US energy theme companies: Valero in refining, Matador in US exploration and production (E&P), Baker Hughes in transition from oil field service to new technologies, and GE Vernova as a play on “picks and shovels”: for US power demand growth. ~ And the winner was? Not the cheapest (Matador), not …

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Evening No Puffin No Dunkin’

By Paul Sankey Published on July 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM

Hot times, summer in New York City today, hitting 96°F (36°C), at least failing to break 100°F (38°C). We got the air con blasting, and all the oil news today is cryogenic. In this note we talk about Enterprise Product Partners (results yesterday, OPEC chat) and first, Baker Hughes, from the top rope, with an all-cash deal for Chart Industries (ticker $GTLS, assume the ticker is gas-to-liquids reference), just when we thought the BKR story …

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Valuing AI in Texas Pacific Land (& Permian Oils)

By Paul Sankey Published on June 8, 2025 at 12:11 PM

“There is a Lot of Land in West Texas” One of the oldest oil companies in currently quoted US oil equities, Texas Pacfiic Land, originating in 1871, is a barely known outsider that emerged seemingly from nowhere to S&P500 inclusion in 2024: TPL now has a larger market cap (no debt) than Devon, Coterra, Halliburton, Antero or Permian Resources. In this note we deconstruct TPL’s valuation, and establish the massive implied AI Data Center land …

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