By Paul Sankey
Published on September 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Numerous conversations with clients this week, which was fun. I miss the days of the trading floor, of the random conversations, of the face-to-face interaction, hey, the water cooler. We had a great live Happy Hour on the rooftop of the Knickerbocker Hotel this week. My friend Rob is in New York luxury hotels, and business has never been better. The head of events at the Knickerbocker said “We get 85% occupancy without trying, and …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on August 14, 2024 at 9:49 AM
A focus note for you today, on Darling and the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard which has been an important factor in the weakness in West Coast refining margins, that is bleeding into wider refining margin weakness vs current refiner earnings estimates for Q3. We show in this note that California diesel is now 60% renewable, with attendant pressure on refining margins there, as gasoline demand has peaked, and 25% of vehicle sales are electric. …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on June 23, 2024 at 1:24 PM
Hello there, My son just graduated college and is applying for jobs. For a premium company application he faced the following question: Q: “How do you decide how much time to allocate to a task?” I found myself pondering this when I decided this week to look at water. ~ Non-answer on time. I took a look at water and am banging it out today, rather than spending another seven years on this massive subject, …
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