Morning Mayfair October Grey

By Paul Sankey Published on October 16, 2024 at 10:10 AM

Mayfair, London, meeting an oil analyst at a major macro fund this morning, we had a most enjoyable meeting – for me at least – as I pitched the lateral nature of Sankey Research, vs the vertical silo nature of Wall St research. Basically he had worked at refiners, E&Ps, banks, and now commodity traders/macro, and I was arguing that barrel counters in global oil analysis are good at oil markets, but horrible at oil …

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Sunday Poison, Antidotes, Infestations and Condemnations

By Paul Sankey Published on September 22, 2024 at 3:07 PM

Good day! Today we go thematic, on the energy landscape in Washington DC, as the week ahead is relatively quiet for cyclical events. Bits and bobs on companies reporting, and economic news, but nothing big, in our view. Except watch out this week on Manhattan travel, for the annual end-September UN General Assembly and gridlock in Midtown. CNN: Slovenia’s UN envoy Samuel Žbogar, who is also the current president of the UN Security Council, described …

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