I just dropped in…

By Paul Sankey Published on February 11, 2022 at 10:50 AM

Hi I am just checking in to assure you I survived the Houston NAPE conference, landmen and all, but am still on the road, headed to New Orleans. This week has been discombobulated – my initial flight on Tuesday was cancelled by United, I rushed to Newark, made the 2pm, just made dinner in Houston, made the NAPE conference yesterday, made dinner with a Nebraska CEO, went to the after party rave and here I […]

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Aaand… it’s gone. And you owe tax.

By Paul Sankey Published on February 3, 2022 at 9:39 AM

Strategy Session this tonight 4:30pm with Joe Gorder, Valero Chairman & CEO; Lane Riggs President & COO; Jason Fraser, EVP, CFO; Homer Bhullar, VP IR & Finance. https://www.sankeyresearch.com/2022-refining-conference/ After big volume (Permian) growth numbers from ExxonMobil and Chevron over the past week, today ConocoPhillips held the line with capex guidance in line with previous guidance at $8.2bn. CEO Ryan Lance has said that the company will grow when there is no spare capacity in the […]

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Mice & Men

By Paul Sankey Published on January 14, 2022 at 9:37 AM

Has Covid-19 forced you to wear glasses and a mask at the same time? You may be entitled to condensation. Vin Diesel only eats two meals a day to keep in shape for making movies: Breakfast and breakfurious A genie granted me one wish, so I said “I just want to be happy.” Now I’m living in a cottage with 6 dwarves and working in a mine. Robert Burns: “The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ […]

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