Sunday Heavyweights and Knife Fights

By Paul Sankey Published on November 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM

Busy week ahead! ENI ringing the bell on the NYSE tomorrow with management comments meeting for analysts. I’m seeing if I can jump on CNBC while I am on the exchange floor. It is a TV set and bell ringing photo op these days. The traders nowadays are chips in data centers. Those guys on the floor are extras. Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill dinner on Tuesday. CVX post-Hess analyst meeting Wednesday November 12th. Happy Hours …

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Sunday Choose Your Mates Wisely, Because You Can’t Choose Your Family

By Paul Sankey Published on November 17, 2024 at 11:28 AM

We sent you a thematic yesterday at a slightly odd time, late Saturday evening for me here in London, on the UK North Sea and APA. We were very negative on both. This morning, a major long only client wrote from the US: “This [North Sea/APA] write up should be taught in both history classes and policy classes TODAY. Wonderful work and I love reading these. Thank you.” Awww, shucks, kudos as ever to Greg …

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The UK North Sea & Apache: where NOT to Invest

By Paul Sankey Published on November 16, 2024 at 3:33 PM

In this note we outline the bear case for the UK North Sea, and for APA (formerly Apache Oil) with a price target of $15 on APA (stock closed Friday at >$22) “before we get interested”. We postulate takeover and activist strategy at the end of this note. We slam the UK government and UK eco-fascists for abject lack of global context in their pursuit of “Net Zero”. The UK economy is low emission, and …

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