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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FTC approves ExxonMobil-Pioneer deal… except that guy: WSJ

By Paul Sankey Published on May 1, 2024 at 6:23 PM

First the shock news… FTC to approve XOM-PXD deal. Then the condition: Pioneer CEO Scott Sheffield cannot join ExxonMobil’s board because of anti-competitive collusion with OPEC. All this is as reported by the Wall Street Journal this evening. Knee jerk first thoughts: Very first thought? You have to suppress a wry smile. Imagine the weeping and wailing at ExxonMobil’s “God Pod” management floors at this loss; get the Pioneer acreage, but not Scott Sheffield. Gosh darn …

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XOM vs CVX: Thinking Heads to Talking Heads

By Paul Sankey Published on April 27, 2024 at 2:11 PM

At the risk of losing you with the first phrase, dear reader, we are starting today’s note on US college campuses. A different approach to ExxonMobil and Chevron results. It is not often that the CEO of ExxonMobil – Darren Woods – brings tears to my eyes with the answer to a question, followed by me giving a mental standing ovation, but as his interview with Becky Quick on CNBC yesterday morning concluded, they had …

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