Sunday Boxing

By Paul Sankey Published on December 26, 2021 at 1:43 PM

Happy Boxing Day, The name Boxing Day being for boxes given to servants for their big day off: 26th December. My servants are all off, so here I am. So; we start the year with Refining conference, we continue to watch Washington which has to get some legislation done; it may not, as the split in the Democrat Party might almost be terminal. The Progressive vs Moderate split goes to the heart of the current […]

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Me and The Big Unit; XOM History

By Paul Sankey Published on November 29, 2021 at 11:01 PM

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train… ExxonMobil has called a historic snap analyst meeting for this Wednesday 1st December. The first meeting under a new, externally appointed, CFO, former Diageo executive, Kathryn Mikells. She is now in charge of finance, strategy, communication, and investor relations (IR). Kathy already refreshed her first earnings call, Q3 2021, interjecting, freely commenting, communicating; the company also gave clear guidance over what to expect from this update […]

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Letter from the Front Line 11/28

By Paul Sankey Published on November 28, 2021 at 4:36 PM

Very tricky to call, indeed! OPEC/Saudi surely will act if markets don’t bounce – my Middle East Intelligence says Saudi is worried about the price but wants to see the market follow through Monday. Fascinating real-time week coming up, we think there might be a unilateral cut by Saudi if the market continues to collapse. But for OPEC to do a cut, is extremely complicated. The easy out, given they have to do something unless […]

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