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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By Paul Sankey
Published on July 19, 2026 at 2:39 PM
As a battle-scarred veteran of being a US Travel Soccer Dad, it is no new experience for me to travel for days to a big match and come back defeated and furious with the coach. Briefly to get it out of the way, a couple of things from the point of view of being present in Atlanta for the worst England capitulation since the fall of Singapore (February 1942, some 80,000 British Empire forces under …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on July 2, 2026 at 10:31 AM
No doubt you have been drumming your fingers waiting for the news on this week’s Happy Hour, but after careful consideration, we are skipping it tonight, the Thursday eve of the market holiday tomorrow for the 250th-anniversary July 4th Independence Day celebrations and the market holiday tomorrow. Congratulations U.S.A.! Great job. Way to go. Nice win last night team USA in the World Cup into the big weekend celebration. We can say that there has …
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