Sunday Masters and Servants

By Paul Sankey Published on April 14, 2024 at 4:21 PM

What with violent gales yesterday, hostile, cold, windy, wet weather here in Brooklyn, and Patricia busy, there was me loafing around the apartment with bored dogs. I found myself non-plussed after a couple of pretty bad Premier League games, and descended into watching The Masters Saturday golf for three hours straight. I barely follow golf. Pondering the emergence of a world #1, Scottie Scheffler, who I had literally never heard of, who plays amazing, with …

Sunday Iraq and Roll

By Paul Sankey Published on April 7, 2024 at 5:02 PM

We sent you a theme note on BP & BPX yesterday, which was quite sad, remembering the John Browne Sun King glory days. In fact “harsh but fair” was feedback from one US E&P CEO. But as I have said many times, “if you ever feel sorry for an oil CEO, short the stock.” What should BP do? Get into Namibia. Buy a Gulf of Mexico deepwater player, but first cut out of transition investment; …