By Paul Sankey
Published on March 30, 2022 at 7:58 AM
The attached note started as a focus on Coterra, the $22bn market cap combination of two US E&Ps, Cimarex and Cabot, one oily, the other gassy, that merged and just started trading as $CTRA in late 2021. In the note you will find the rank data: the value destruction for shareholders of the US oil exploration and production (E&P) industry in their giant shale oil science experiment 2010-2019. Line from the note: “from 2006-2019, the […]
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By Paul Sankey
Published on February 21, 2022 at 7:53 PM
In the grand scheme of things, Putin didn’t “further invade” as Kamala Harris had warned him not to, last week. But you might want to buy a US E&P or two nothwithstanding. This theme note is on Marathon Oil. Contact me for the pdf if you do not receive my email. The old Sankey joke about covering oil stocks: “this job is easy; all you have to do is get the oil price right” broke […]
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By Paul Sankey
Published on February 20, 2022 at 1:36 PM
A correspondent asked if I would be writing this Sunday about what to do if Russia invades Ukraine. “I wrote about it in early January,” I sourly texted “I am more likely to write about Venezuela,” I added snootily. “But you’ve been saying Russia won’t invade.” He pressed. “I had to take a week off because I didn’t know. No point in chasing the puck.” Not wanting to chase the “will they/won’t they” puck, I […]
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