Letter from the Quai D’Orsay

By Paul Sankey Published on July 25, 2024 at 2:14 PM

We just took the Eurostar London to Paris, which City of Lights is empty. Above, the Quai D’Orsay, Notre Dame approaching renovation completion (later this year, fire was 2019). The 2024 Olympics are starting, and the streets are closed. No taxis, metro only to get around or foot. Paris is empty, the notoriously grumpy locals ain’t got time for all this. The local barman is berating the quiet. TGV (Train Grand Vitesse, fast French long …

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When Disaster Strikes: Neste, Vertex and “Renewable” Diesel

By Paul Sankey Published on May 15, 2024 at 4:42 PM

*** PREMIUM EVENT *** Tomorrow Happy Hour 4pm ED MORSE – the most tenured Wall Street (and DC) Oil guru, now Special Advisor to Hartree Partners, formerly Citi, CS, LCM, Lehman, Barclays, Hess, Phillips, President of Energy Intelligence, DOE under both Carter and Reagan, Princeton PhD, Johns Hopkins… the man is an oil legend. Register interest here: https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-ed-morse-interest-form/ Uncutting Ribbons, Restoring Emissions Renewable Diesel (RD) is a real-time disaster that provides a bitter cautionary tale …

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Sunday Disty, Luxury, and Sarkozy

By Paul Sankey Published on April 28, 2024 at 6:23 PM

Hello, Distracted by the Knicks WIN, this afternoon. Hard fought to 3-1 in the series vs Philadelphia. A quick run around on distillate today, we skip over a rabbit hole with luxury goods stocks, and brace you for a massive week of earnings for E&P, unless like the average investor, you own “XOM, or CVX, or COP, Valero, a midstream, and one other, let’s do FANG”. “Pitching OVV to portfolio managers is hard, however rational …

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