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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Who Buys a COP?

By Paul Sankey Published on February 6, 2026 at 9:50 AM

Last night I was chatting to an energy Portfolio Manager (PM) and asked what he thought of the ConocoPhillips conference call, held yesterday: “ConocoPhillips are just waiting to get taken over.” Meanwhile, a different client sent me this doozy from Shell. A -40% Reserves Replacement Ratio, 73% replacement organic, trailing 3 year average 84% reserves replacement, with <8 years reserves life. In case you are new here, we are aiming to replace reserves annually, so …

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Sunday Heavyweights and Knife Fights

By Paul Sankey Published on November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM

Busy week ahead! ENI ringing the bell on the NYSE tomorrow with management comments meeting for analysts. I’m seeing if I can jump on CNBC while I am on the exchange floor. It is a TV set and bell ringing photo op these days. The traders nowadays are chips in data centers. Those guys on the floor are extras. Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill dinner on Tuesday. CVX post-Hess analyst meeting Wednesday November 12th. Happy Hours …

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