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Quote of the day: Pelé: “Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do.”

Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Gopher Holes, Farmers, Lobbies, Mid-terms and Diesel Tank Bottoms

Strap in everyone, we are entering the time of year, post-Labor Day, when time flies. Before you know it, it will be January. NFL: my Giants snouts are calling for a 0.500 season. Ufff. Yankees are in the playoffs, the Mets have been a total, complete, disaster. Highest payroll, worst results. ~ Tomorrow, Tuesday at the big annual energy conference that starts our year, on the marathon from Labor Day to Memorial Day, we have

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Labor Day Bonus: All-Star Happy Hour Transcript & Zoom replay

Hi, we had a great call with Frank Kelly, Kathleen Kelley, Jan Stuart, Gordon Shearer on Thursday evening. It was especially fun when Jan declared he totally disagreed with Kathleen. Cage match! Frank on Washington DC. Kathleen on surplus oil. Jan on oil tightness. Gordon on LNG tightness and upcoming shut down of Russian LNG to Europe, which adds major pressure to Russia and its collapsed export earnings. As a bonus because I am in

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

* All-Star * Happy Hour today 4pm: Frank Kelly, Kathleen Kelley, Jan Stuart, Gordon Shearer

Today 4pm please join an all-star line up for Happy Hour Frank Kelly – Washington DC Kathleen Kelley – global macro expert Jan Stuart – global oil and gas market expert Gordon Shearer – global LNG expert For re-set view “latest on global oil and LNG” as we head into Barcap next week. · Date/Time – Thursday, September 3rd at 4pm ET · Registration – Click Here Note also we have drinks for a live

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Breaking: White House vs Refiners Meeting Summary

White House Refiner Meeting Summary post-meeting feedback from “I am on a plane leaving DC” Excellent source: “There seems to be full appreciation that the unintended consequences of an export ban would be severe”. That’s all you need to know, the single biggest risk to the US Independent refiner and (+XOM, CVX refining segment) is mitigated. We would argue Shell/Euro refiners would benefit from a ban. Carry on. ~ Second biggest macro risk is demand

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Norway, Norges Bank & the World’s Biggest Hedge Fund

Guess who’s back, back again? Yes, we are back in Brooklyn. “Everybody” ie the media, is asking me about Venezuela and I will be on Bloomberg TV tomorrow morning to celebrate my return to The Big Apple. We will address that and all the other news into Labor Day, including hosting Happy Hour this week with Kathleen Kelley, Jan Stuart on global oil, Gordon Shearer on LNG, for a quick fire update session, 4pm Thursday,

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Denmark: Letter from a Left-Wing Utopia

Greetings from Scandanvia, The left-wing utopian monarchy – I did not use the word socialist – is of course Denmark. We visited to have dinner at the most exclusive/inclusive restaurant in the world. Noma. We are now in Norway and I participate in the major ONS Conference next week on “AI and Energy”. Full service resumes with September, we will not be having Happy Hour for August recess, and have Happy Hour live on 9th

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