Starter, Reliever, Kloza – Happy Hour Replay with Tom Kloza

By Paul Sankey Published on January 16, 2026 at 3:04 PM

Yesterday evening Tom Kloza on Happy Hour was a great conversation. He was all excited by Dangote CEO announcing yesterday plans to double the size of the refinery, and talked about “creep” an old theme little mentioned today. But US refining throughputs are near record highs with many refinery shutdowns completed: creep. Keeping it old school: structurally one major challenge for refiners has gone, from Tom’s huge historic perspective (started in oil markets in the …

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Sunday and Smith Must Score

By Paul Sankey Published on January 11, 2026 at 8:23 PM

This note covers the Oil CEO meeting at the White House on Friday, and tomorrow we host Mark Lashier, CEO Phillips 66, who was in the room. Refining Conference continuation: Jan 12th Monday @2:00pm ET – HF Sinclair – Timothy Go, CEO, Craig Biery, & Trey Schonter III, IR Jan 12th Monday @3:30pm ET – Phillips 66 – Mark Lashier, CEO, Kevin Mitchell, CFO & Sean Maher IR To round out, also at the White House meeting: Feb 4th Wednesday @4:00pm –Valero– Lane Riggs, …

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Afternoon All You Need is Love (and Rockets)

By Paul Sankey Published on January 8, 2026 at 2:27 PM

Tomorrow: PBF Refining Conference one-off, followed by a Monday back-to-back. Best performing energy stocks in the market, mate. Jan 9th Friday @11:00am – PBF Energy – Matt Lucey, CEO & Joe Marino, CFO Jan 12th Thursday @2:00pm  – HF Sinclair – Timothy Go, CEO, Craig Biery, & Trey Schonter III , IR Jan 12th @3:30pm – Phillips66 – Mark Lashier, CEO, Kevin Mitchell, CFO & Sean Maher IR Jan 15th Thursday @ 4PM ET *BONUS HAPPY HOUR* – Kloza Advisors – Tom Kloza, CEO Register here: https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-refining-conference-interest-form/ ~ …

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