Ryan Lance/ConocoPhillips End Game: Sell it to Chevron?

By Paul Sankey Published on August 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM

I read a Tweet the other day that has been playing in my head: “What if the bubble is only just forming?” That got stuck in my head as we hit all time highs on the S&P5000 – before a Hormuz deal. No question, liquidity is sloshing, with the Treasury Secretary selling Euros to buy Yen… to keep the carry trade alive. Inflating markets. On ConocoPhillips there are other inner monologues in this note that …

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You what?!? Magnolia dilutes into M&A; COP enters Iraq

By Paul Sankey Published on July 21, 2026 at 1:55 PM

It was said that the late, great oil legend Steve Chazen, former CEO and Chairman of Oxy and then founder of Magnolia Oil & Gas, had one of three responses to emails: “Yes”, “No” and “Have you lost your mind?” Two recent announcements had us questioning which reply to send. HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul. 17, 2026– ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) today announced it has agreed to terms with bp to acquire a 42% interest in BP Energy Company …

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You Can be Sure of Shell…

By Paul Sankey Published on April 29, 2026 at 8:56 AM

Strategy Session this week Thursday 4pm · Guest – Ed Morse, Hartree Partners April 30th at 4pm ET Registration – Click Here Ed was teaching International Relations at Princeton for the 1973 Oil Crisis. ‘Nuff said. ~ This week so far: Not TACO but NACHO – “Not A Chance Hormuz Opens”. Oil inventories globally are plummeting, first a sea, now on land. DOE data today at 10:30am today will surely confirm the big draws seen …

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