The Permian Big Unit: ExxonMobil’s MO (Magnus Opus)

By Paul Sankey Published on October 12, 2024 at 1:58 PM

With ExxonMobil approaching a December 11th analyst day, which we believe is not only a major milestone in the company’s history, but also global oil & gas history, we did what we did with Guyana. We took it to the mat. In this extensive note, we went back through every ExxonMobil conference call and analyst meeting, starting with the company’s completely wrong forecast for the US hydrocarbon balance in 2006, through the 2010 XTO deal, …

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Morning OMG Mets but SMH BP

By Paul Sankey Published on October 10, 2024 at 9:39 AM

Late nights London time these days, what with watching the Mets – cut me and I bleed blue and orange as nobody ever said about me, but I do follow quite closely because the doorman next door in Brooklyn Heights is a big Mets fan, and I chat to him every morning when I am home. Tonight we have no late night London Yankees nor Mets baseball but, in chronological order: Happy Hour today Thursday, …

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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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