Morning TINA turner

By Paul Sankey Published on May 29, 2025 at 11:10 AM

Today, Ed Morse at 4pm by Zoom on Happy Hour with one of his many mentees, Jan Stuart. Should be great, Ed is ready to rumble; we chatted yesterday. The backdrop is well-known, we will focus on the geopolitics Saudi/OPEC, Middle East and above all China demand, with of course Jan providing outstanding oil market work. Ed has modestly demurred on talking too much Kazakhstan/Russia but has suggest a future guest on the subject, who …

Morning Saudi: Government, Aramco, Spare Capacity, and the Strong US$

By Paul Sankey Published on January 31, 2024 at 9:08 AM

Never a dull moment in oil, nothing beats a shock press release. The most exciting press releases leave plenty to the imagination. Aramco’s curt comment yesterday, all of two sentences long, was rip with understated ramifications on 1 million barrels per day of crude production and billions of capital investment being cancelled. And just like that, Bloomberg reports this morning that Saudi is considering a $10bn secondary offering, as soon as March. Savvy, these Saudis, …