By Paul Sankey
Published on October 26, 2025 at 7:31 PM
How does value get created and transferred in major energy companies? This past week we had Q3 earnings reports from an interesting representation of key US energy theme companies: Valero in refining, Matador in US exploration and production (E&P), Baker Hughes in transition from oil field service to new technologies, and GE Vernova as a play on “picks and shovels”: for US power demand growth. ~ And the winner was? Not the cheapest (Matador), not …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on October 12, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Greetings from Brooklyn Heights, Well, the big story on Friday was the shocking arbitration decision against US start-up-to-giant US LNG exporter Venture Global, right? BP wins a major legal case! Wild. Well it was big news, until that is, we got a Truth Social post from Donald Trump that cratered the NASDAQ by eight handles and sent crypto-currencies to their largest one-day value loss in history of around -$19bn, sending social media into a frenzy. …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on October 3, 2025 at 9:13 AM
In other major US energy news before we start: Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) shutdown. Kinder Morgan’s ~2.1–2.65 Bcf/d Permian-to-Gulf Coast natural gas takeaway line is said to have an issue, and WAHA Permian natgas prices have gone “double digit negative”.) Bad news for almost all Permian E&Ps, and we can see this as being a tough earnings season coming up for Q3 earnings, as reports of rising costs and flat crude prices with poor Permian …
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