California Oil and Chevron: Disaster

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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Happy Hour Replay: Jon Rigby on ENI; Tara Billingsley on US Biofuels

By Paul Sankey Published on September 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM

Last night we had an excellent discussion with Jon Rigby, which is a great listen for those interested in management theory, and of course ENI. “Oil companies depend on two things: people, and process”. The conversation proper starts at 7.30 mins. https://analysthub.zoom.us/rec/share/YFyVyUv29bwcWQHoDVKn4s2sj1kLuXBoObt-pPONJywX9yNKls35NYsWVnXkrKpp.L-BT9tO6WjFVaGH-?startTime=1758815678000 Sorry, I was remiss in not distributing last week: Tara Billingsley last week was described as “illuminating” by a US biofuels expert. One key point she made, while accepting that the EPA has …

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Happy Days: Peak Oil Supply II, the Sequel

By Paul Sankey Published on September 18, 2025 at 9:51 AM

I’m delighted that Tara Billingsley will be our Happy Hour guest this week, today, she’s fantastic on US renewable fuel/biofuels/environment/Democrat/DC agenda. Today at 4pm ET Zoom Guest – Tara Billingsley – Massie Partners (Bio), Thursday, September 18th  Registration –Click Here Tara Billingsley has been helping to shape the U.S. energy and environmental agenda for twenty years, serving in senior positions in the White House, the Department of Energy, and on Capitol Hill. She now uses that wealth of …

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