Morning Bits and Bobs

By Paul Sankey Published on April 17, 2024 at 10:41 AM

Today’s note is just bits and bobs: In the oil space, we are at 75% of peak media attention. Any higher, is generally a sell signal, but we are not quite there yet. It takes $100/bbl+ or $4.50/gallon nationwide pump price for me to get the call from the Mitch Albom Show which is peak USA Today territory. Mitch has sold 40m books (The Five People You Meet in Heaven etc) and runs a conservative …

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Sunday Flares, Flares and No Flares

By Paul Sankey Published on March 31, 2024 at 3:39 PM

Greetings!  Happy Easter. Spring is here, early spring, in Brooklyn Heights. I have begun to spend long moments staring at the garden. I shift to another spot and stare at the beds again. No meaningful gardening action as of yet. One asparagus tip has emerged from last year’s “growing asparagus” debacle. Things are going well for us; where do we stand at end-Q1 2024?   As Q1 closes, the first slide is titled: “Energy dangerously close to …

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Morning Klipperty, Becks and Loudermilk

By Paul Sankey Published on January 26, 2024 at 8:32 AM

Mark Viviano of Kimmeridge private equity is always impressive. He was on our Happy Hour last evening, to a good crowd of investors. In 2020 Viviano launched a first fund for Kimmeridge, as a “public activist” model. That fund has now returned money to investors, which triggers Viviano’s return. OVV and Oasis were two high profile investments there. Oasis merged with Whiting to form Bakken play Chord Energy. OVV awaits a strategic move, in the …

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