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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Renewables, RFS, RVOs, RINs & Refiners

By Paul Sankey Published on December 18, 2021 at 1:13 PM

Of the many fine analysts I have had the privilege to know over the years, Greg Bordelon is clearly in the pantheon. A true oil guy, son of a Mobil Oil man, he graduated in 2000 from Tulane, cut his teeth at Exxon, and moved on to finance at FBR Capital Markets and Millennium, and before spending many years as an oil long-short portfolio manager for Citadel, subsequently running his own firm. I extend deep […]

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Sunday Bets

By Paul Sankey Published on November 21, 2021 at 3:55 PM

Presentation today, and commentary below: Thursday evening annoucement: major sellside meeting by ExxonMobil: “updates to their company plan” on Wednesday December 1st. Sellside invited. Virtual. Big deal for ExxonMobil. We had pondered how ExxonMobil would manage their annual capex announcement, due in December, vs their traditional strategy update due next March. We pondered if plans would be ready in time for a December update, given the scale of board and management change that has occurred […]

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