By Paul Sankey
Published on December 14, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Greetings, Snowing across New York City. We are getting a good couple of inches as I write, and noted that apparently, Jay Peak Resort in Vermont has seen 185” of snow so far this season, as of yesterday. We are hitting 3”, second fall of year, first proper snowfall. East Coast ski resorts are thrilled. It was a busy week, starting with Energy investor darling GE Vernova reported results, beat and raise then ExxonMobil had …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Greetings! Main thing today is Mark Viviano of Kimmeridge on Happy Hour at 4pm. Shortly. Premium subscribers get the replay tomorrow. Register here. He is a terrific public speaker. Clear as a bell. Rational. Logical. Highly experienced. https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-kimmeridge-mark-viviano-interest-form/ As you are probably aware, Kimmeridge has taken activist stakes in Coterra and Devon, and we shall discuss that. One hedge fund client would like to see the two companies combined, driven by Kimmeridge. Others argue along …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on October 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
How does value get created and transferred in major energy companies? This past week we had Q3 earnings reports from an interesting representation of key US energy theme companies: Valero in refining, Matador in US exploration and production (E&P), Baker Hughes in transition from oil field service to new technologies, and GE Vernova as a play on “picks and shovels”: for US power demand growth. ~ And the winner was? Not the cheapest (Matador), not …
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