By Paul Sankey
Published on May 15, 2022 at 3:56 PM
Happy Sunday in May, Never a bad thing. Fog this morning has lifted. Aramco results this morning rounded out a week when it became the largest stock in the world by market capitalization, surpassing Apple (not by free float, the Saudi government owns 94%). It generated an enormous profit in a quarter when Brent averaged just about $100/bbl (actually $99.53/bbl Q1 average). Refining earnings, as well as continued huge upstream earnings, will be even […]
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By Paul Sankey
Published on May 12, 2022 at 8:55 AM
PREMIUM EVENT TONIGHT Sankey Strategy Session: Kaes Van’t Hof – President and CFO, Diamondback Energy May 12, 2022 05:00 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada) https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0rcuyorD8rEtFYFdOdB79bWBSDY7MFzYzP Quote of the week: “I am a dinosaur, but I have never seen these things,” Saudi minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman (AbS), who’s been attending OPEC meetings since the 1980s, said Tuesday at a conference in Abu Dhabi, referring to the recent surge in prices for refined products. “The […]
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By Paul Sankey
Published on March 22, 2022 at 9:02 AM
Aramco’s full year 2021 results released Sunday (3/20/22) were more historic than perhaps the market appreciated. First, an announcement of a major increase in capex did not yield a major boost in oil supply, from a global perspective. Saudi capacity will rise just 1.5mb/d, exports 2.5mb/d by 2027. Second, an extraordinary statement from Saudi’s foreign ministry should give any observer of global markets pause for thought: Saudi Arabia said on Monday it would not bear […]
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