By Paul Sankey
Published on September 6, 2024 at 11:00 AM
Numerous conversations with clients this week, which was fun. I miss the days of the trading floor, of the random conversations, of the face-to-face interaction, hey, the water cooler. We had a great live Happy Hour on the rooftop of the Knickerbocker Hotel this week. My friend Rob is in New York luxury hotels, and business has never been better. The head of events at the Knickerbocker said “We get 85% occupancy without trying, and …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on September 1, 2024 at 4:08 PM
We sent you a rather different Thematic yesterday, covering $NESR, the delisted Middle East oil field service player, and the implications of their commentary on record levels of Middle East oil & gas development activity. So just a quick dash through a couple of charts today. Yesterday’s note is especially pertinent to the opening Keynote Speaker at Tuesday’s Barcap conference commencement – SLB, the artist formerly known as Schlumberger. So, plenty of corporate action this …
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By Paul Sankey
Published on August 31, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Quote in this note: “this is the first time that the Middle East has more rigs than the United States. And it’s not now more, it’s almost double.” We were very interested in the quarterly report of a delisted SPAC international oilfield service (OFS) company this past week. So interested, that we wrote you a thematic today on NESR (National Energy Services Reunited) vs ExxonMobil. We found NESR’s results call to be a terrific refresher …
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