Sunday Distilling US Distillate

By Paul Sankey Published on February 22, 2026 at 5:53 PM

Pondering the potential disaster of the incoming blizzard that has started here. Our Monday JFK flight to London at 9am… Cancelled First world problem Some 80% of the world’s population has never taken a plane. As of 4pm snow barely an inch ~ This note is a bullish US Distillate note. Strong demand, flat supply. Bullish complex refiners such as Valero, Marathon Petroleum and PSX, but the rising tide lifts all US refining boats, assuming …

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Morning “And The Fun Has Just Begun”

By Paul Sankey Published on October 16, 2025 at 10:01 AM

Today Strategy Session at 12pm: Doug Garber, former major hedge fund Portfolio Manager (recently attended Barcap, Jeffries energy conferences, Goldman Tech) and founder of PitchthePM.com. Doug works a lot on process, in portfolio management and research, and if you have up-and-comer analysts on your team, you might want to encourage them to listen. A recording will be distributed. https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-doug-garber-interest-form/ ~ Cooking oil! You can imagine those of us in a niche segment of Wall Street …

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Happy Hour Replay: Jon Rigby on ENI; Tara Billingsley on US Biofuels

By Paul Sankey Published on September 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM

Last night we had an excellent discussion with Jon Rigby, which is a great listen for those interested in management theory, and of course ENI. “Oil companies depend on two things: people, and process”. The conversation proper starts at 7.30 mins. https://analysthub.zoom.us/rec/share/YFyVyUv29bwcWQHoDVKn4s2sj1kLuXBoObt-pPONJywX9yNKls35NYsWVnXkrKpp.L-BT9tO6WjFVaGH-?startTime=1758815678000 Sorry, I was remiss in not distributing last week: Tara Billingsley last week was described as “illuminating” by a US biofuels expert. One key point she made, while accepting that the EPA has …

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