Double why me? US Trade War meets OPEC Market Share War

By Paul Sankey Published on April 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM

Doubly whammy for us; The world’s dominant trading partner declaring a trade war, And the world’s biggest cartel declaring a free market free-for-all on production. Oil is actually holding up okay, I mean only down around -6%, but things are about to get worse. We have just the right guests today for a midday market update. Frank Kelly can explain what on earth is going on in DC, and Kathleen Kelley can explain OPEC dynamics. …

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Chris Wright: The Price is Wrong

By Paul Sankey Published on March 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM

This week on Happy Hour we have an outstanding guest, a CIO, PM, and natural resources expert that I really enjoy chatting to. He has a really sophisticated view of markets, across the board. Note, for example our very brief positive view this past week on non-Canadian uranium play Kazatomprom, our notes on Gold and Copper, and of course Robert does coal, oil, gas and refining. This is our man! Date/Time – Thursday, March 6th, …

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Sunday Thematic: Chevron’s Caviar Inflection

By Paul Sankey Published on March 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM

With the violent markets and noise, we are reluctant to chase the puck week-by-week, and so we step back almost entirely into a long term thematic: Chevron Tengizchevroil, and a really positive view of Chevron here. That thematic is linked as a pdf just below, hope you enjoy. The key section is highlighted in the contents under the imaginative title “Key Section”. Essentially, the genesis & core of this note was Greg Bordelon going back …

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