By Paul Sankey
Published on December 28, 2020 at 9:00 AM
Good morning! Back from a week in Springs, out in the Hamptons. In retrospect I should have not only logged off, as I did, but also deleted Twitter, where the tag of the week was “ATH” All-Time High, and an upsetting drivel of “I told you so” posting on Bitcoin and Tesla, among others. Most interesting Twitter post came from Lightshed, a fellow AnalystHub platform (which hosts Sankey Research for compliance etc) covering media, with […]
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By Paul Sankey
Published on December 9, 2020 at 8:27 AM
It is a delight to confirm that our 11th annual refining conference is on this year, as tradition dictates, on the first working day of the year, January 4th. Thanks indeed to the loyal CEOs of a heavily consolidated sector who find time at a difficult time of year – board meetings, strategy planning etc – to find time to join us. We will be running six fireside chats, back-to-back, with US independent refiner CEOs […]
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By Paul Sankey
Published on August 3, 2020 at 8:55 AM
Huge deal from XOM on Friday, committing to no more debt and paying its dividend. The revelation that the company is 70% retail owned was an update to a number we have spoken about many times, that XOM was 50% retail held. Our number was stale! The imperative to pay dividend is clear, the commitment highly meaningful. Arguably XOM may now need to liquidate to pay dividend, which is actually what the market wants. We […]
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