Sunday “How Not to IPO”

By Paul Sankey Published on March 16, 2025 at 9:41 AM

Greetings, Today we feature Greg on “how not to IPO” after the travails of Venture Global and now Net Power. We were initially positive on Net Power, but subsequently became very concerned on costs and timing. On Venture Global, we were just outright negative. We update in this note. Highlight of this week will be Kaes Van’t Hof on Happy Hour, 4pm ET. Premium event. He is CEO designate at Diamondback $FANG. https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-diamondback-cfo-president-kaes-vant-hof-interest-form/ ~ A …

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Morning Happiness is Ice and Orchids

By Paul Sankey Published on February 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM

Greetings! It’s a whippy 21°F here in Brooklyn Heights, -6°C. This is the windiest street n New York City, running parallel to the promenade along the exposed hill over looking the grey-icy Atlantic in New York Harbor, with 30mph ice blasts taking wind chill to -7°F, -17°C. This morning at 6:15am at Clark Street, at The Drip coffee kiosk at 6.15am my voice wavered, and cracked, as I asked for my daily “large, ah, iced …

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Chevron, Valero, Venture Global: Wintry Mix

By Paul Sankey Published on February 6, 2025 at 10:34 AM

Freezing winter slush day, very on-brand early February here in Brooklyn Heights. Freezing wet mix, snowy rain settling as sloppy snow. Cold. Black and white; grey. Time for Happy Hour! TONIGHT Happy Hour Zoom 4pm ET Jake Spiering of Chevron Another timely guest, after we did Hess and Jay Wilson last week. Jake is a terrific spokesman/investor relations for Chevron, market cap $275bn, $31.5bn of cashflow from operations in 2024, $15bn capex, production 3.33 mboe/d …

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