Up and Around in Paris and London* Eni, SM, PR, VTLE

By Paul Sankey Published on July 30, 2024 at 9:04 AM

*George Orwell wrote a great book “Down and Out in Paris and London” where he lived homelessness, privileged son notwithstanding. If you think there are meth issues in downtown cities, you can read that book, or “Road to Wigan Pier”, and consider how life in big cities was in the 1930s. City life today – London or Paris, San Francisco – is a cake walk. So thereby, all my notes “Letter from…” or “Homage to…” …

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US E&P M&A: Gobbler’s Knob – Again

By Paul Sankey Published on June 1, 2024 at 12:27 PM

“That must mean we’re up here at Gobbler’s Knob, waiting for the forecast from the world’s most famous weatherman, Punxsutawney Phil.” Phil Connors (Bill Murray), Groundhog Day (1993) We are back to writing about E&P M&A … again. Our conclusions are broadly unchanged: Big companies are being incentivized by the market to take over the small, but with an evolution on the margin that finds asset quality now of equal importance to valuation; we are …

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Morning Adam & Willie

By Paul Sankey Published on April 11, 2024 at 8:51 AM

Tonight on Happy Hour, Willie Chiang, CEO of Plains all American Register here for this PREMIUM EVENT. 4PM TODAY BY ZOOM. Sankey Strategy Session | PAA CEO, Willie Chiang – Interest Form This guy is no dummy, quite the contrary, advanced MBA from Wharton-to-CEO, 20 years in big oil C-Suites, a decent effort, to say the least. And like so many other senior oil executives, Willie is just about the nicest, most thoughtful man you …

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