CVX-HESS – Room for Sweetener Please

By Paul Sankey Published on May 13, 2024 at 4:08 PM

05/13/2024 13:43:08 *CHEVRON HITS SESSION LOW AFTER ISS SAYS ABSTAIN ON HESS VOTE 05/13/2024 14:38:37 *HESS INVESTOR HBK SAYS IT WILL ABSTAIN IN CHEVRON MERGER VOTE We were chatting to Hess at lunchtime, the company on a sellside ring-around presumably to drum up support for the upcoming May 28th shareholder vote on the CVX deal. One obvious niggling question at lunchtime today, was whether the shareholder vote services would recommend a vote for the deal, …

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Sunday Saudi Puts, Iran Puts, SPR Puts, and

By Paul Sankey Published on May 12, 2024 at 7:08 PM

We have hit that point in oil markets when suddenly, just like that, all the newsflow turns bearish. Better put “seems bearish”. Once again, like our commentary on US distillate looking less terrible when you add back renewable diesel (note published last week), latest reports of the death of the oil market are over-stated. Prior reports have proven completely wrong. While there may be bearish fears regarding the upcoming June 1st OPEC meeting, the reality …

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Distillate demand as bad as COVID? Add back RD. Vistra vs Anastasia vs me.

By Paul Sankey Published on May 9, 2024 at 9:51 AM

A couple of weeks ago I made a noise complaint – just so much headline news that has a marginal impact on anyone’s reality. How do we see the forest for the trees? Protestors chant: Q: “What do we want?” A: “Media attention now!” Tonight on Happy Hour 4pm ET – Luke Gromen, Macro superstar. It’s not just what he knows, it’s who he knows. Luke clearly inhabits the virtuous circle of top clients = …

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