Sunday Meets, Eats, Falls and Leaves

By Paul Sankey Published on September 15, 2024 at 3:10 PM

Just checking in, To see what condition my condition is in. Beautiful day again in Brooklyn Heights. Plenty of tourists. Dogs get walked. Kids get strolled. Above right in the photo, two super-yachts are parked in Brooklyn Bridge Park marina (left). This note starts with me chatting, and the second half is Greg’s latest view on natural gas, published in the light of our view that consensus is bullish US natgas. We are bearish. Reminder: …

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Morning Always a Bull Market Somewhere

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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Thematic: Middle East Oil Production Capacity, $NESR, $XOM and a $60/bbl Occam’s Razor

By Paul Sankey Published on August 31, 2024 at 12:53 PM

Quote in this note: “this is the first time that the Middle East has more rigs than the United States. And it’s not now more, it’s almost double.” We were very interested in the quarterly report of a delisted SPAC international oilfield service (OFS) company this past week. So interested, that we wrote you a thematic today on NESR (National Energy Services Reunited) vs ExxonMobil. We found NESR’s results call to be a terrific refresher …

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