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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US Oil Civitas: Pay to Play

By Paul Sankey Published on May 4, 2024 at 2:03 PM

The best E&P earnings performance at the 2/3 mark through reporting season gets a deep dive. Source: Bloomberg, Sankey Research Civitas is the company that sparked our Heavyweights thematic note of 2023. A living, breathing case study in our Heavyweight thesis that bigger is better in energy today. We debated timing a note on CIVI – publish in front of the earnings print last week (so before CIVI reported after the market Thursday) or publish …

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And the ’68 Summer Festival Wallflowers are Thinning*

By Paul Sankey Published on May 2, 2024 at 12:28 PM

Today 4pm Happy Hour is open mike Sankey vs Bordelon. We can discuss FTC vs Scott Sheffield – press release today from PXD – earnings, oil & gas markets, everything! Register to me and Greg here: https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-paul-sankey-greg-bordelon-interest-form-2/ Next week, macro maven Luke Gromen. Register for Luke here: https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-luke-gromen-interest-form/ ~ We are not super-bearish! Except natural gas … equities. And onshore service. A reader said she was reading our distillate note from Saturday and stopped reading …

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