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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Morning BP Return on Actual Capital Employed

Tomorrow, delighted to say we have an oil market expert for your delectation on Happy Hour – 4PM ET Willie Chiang CEO of Plains All American who has just been extended as CEO. https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-plains-all-american-interest-form/ ~ Tomorrow, we have two $1bn EBITDA companies reporting that might just blow the doors off on results and guidance tomorrow. Darling Ingredients (DAR) has been on a tear particularly since Valero results. As you know, DAR is a key reason

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

BP: Can’t Get Out of its Own Way

What do you think on BP? Major investor: “They fumbled the buyback guidance” BP absolutely fumbled their buyback guidance, turning what could have been a straightforward story of financial prudence into this head-scratcher headline: ”BP cuts buyback, re-iterates 2026 net debt target unchanged” That whacked shares over- 4% this morning – there goes -$4bn on the London open, off BP’s $100bn market cap. Good morning to you. BP held the dividend steady at 8.32 cents

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Sunday Answer Steve: Buy (more) Old Economy Stocks (like Oils)

We sent you a note on Uranium this morning, and so will keep this brief. I said I would do return a favour to Hedge Fund guru Doug Garber and join him on a podcast, and now I am being thrown in as a Venezuela expert. Which is the old “tallest dwarf” joke, but here it is, Friday February 13th, don’t forget Valentine’s Day next Saturday: https://shorturl.at/hzIn7 ~ Our note on last Friday’s: “XOM for

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