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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Happy Hour on Singapore Oil: June Goh; full recording; BONUS

With the confusion around Hormuz, and the reversal in the surge of oil deliveries in June, I arranged a last minute Zoom with June Goh who, as ever, is highly informed on market action in Asia, and globally for that matter. Sorry, it went off at 5am this morning Eastern Time, with June in Singapore at 5pm and me in London at 10am, needs must. The short burst of Hormuz volumes was clearly a head

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Happy Hour: June Goh on Asia/Global Refining starting 5am ET, 10am London, 5pm Singapore today

With the chaos in Hormuz, we have a bonus Happy Hour with June Goh today, our Singaporean refining expert, which frankly you probably missed, because with her time, and me in London, we are going ahead at 5am ET. Don’t worry, we will distribute the recording. Upcoming Strategy Session Registration Link – Click Here, Recording Available Guest – June Goh, Singapore Refining Expert Date/Time – August 13th at 5am am ET/10am London/5pm Singapore Sorry for

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Energy Transition
Paul Sankey

Climb the Rigging & Haul the Ropes

Valero CFO Homer Bhullar said on our Thursday call, with the Valero stock close to all-time highs: “Our mid-cycle is set by hydroskimming”. Homework today is running with that unit’s global economics. The data says that US/North American refining is running at max capacity ~95% utilisation Ergo, with no marginal US refining, Valero’s midcycle is set by European hydroskimming. We argue that the stock is currently discounting hydroskimming margins sustained at $4/bbl (if you require

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