Riding the Oilfield Service Rodeo, with HAL, PUMP, and WTF

By Paul Sankey Published on July 27, 2026 at 7:33 PM

Publishing a note on Sunday has become existential for me, so I apologise for not getting this note out yesterday. This is my Sunday note… so late it is on a Monday. I have stripped it down to be mostly about Halliburton. What started as a quick look at Halliburton’s results for Sunday, then got tangled with Liberty Energy down -25% on its results last week, SLB results then had that stock moving strongly higher …

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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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Happy Hour starting soon 8:15am Julie Goh from Singapore on Refining

By Paul Sankey Published on April 22, 2026 at 7:14 AM

Starting NOW – Happy Hour today WEDS is at 8:15am ET. June Goh of Sparta Commodities is the Singapore refining expert causing an internet/Twitter oil Hormuz sensation with coherent and technically accurate Tweets on the subject. From a Singapore oil trading perspective. Bonus: she has 15+ years’ experience at Shell downstream, in all the refining business lines that are key right now. *** Register Here *** Guest – June Goh, Sparta Commodities – Wednesday, April …

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