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Dan Pickering is the Chief Investment Officer at Pickering Energy Partners (PEP). PEP is a financial services firm focused on Investments and Advice in the energy sector – both traditional oil and gas and energy transition. Prior to PEP, he served as the President of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co., and Chief Investment Officer of TPH Asset Management. He has spent 30 years as an Energy Portfolio Manager, Researcher, and Analyst, first at Fidelity Investments (where he managed ~$1 billion of energy sector funds), then as Head of Research at Simmons & Company and as the founding partner of Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.

He currently serves as the Portfolio Manager of PEP’s energy equities strategy, is on the Investment Committee of PEP’s energy co-investment and private equity strategies and serves in various business development and oversight roles across the firm.

Dan is the Board Chair of Merge Electric Fleet Solutions and also serves on the Advisory Boards for the Houston CFA Society, Capital Creek Advisors, Dynamo Energy Hub, Midway Companies, as well as the Posse Foundation, the Board of Trustees for Texas Children’s Hospital and the Texas Children’s Hospital Foundation.

He holds a BS in Petroleum Engineering from the Missouri School of Science and Technology and an MBA from the University of Chicago.

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Dan Pickering says Venezuela’s oil revival needs major foreign investment, but concerns over contract protections and past nationalizations persist.
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Diesel prices are surging as wars in Iran and Ukraine disrupt fuel supplies. Analysts explain why the Iran war is the bigger driver of rising costs.
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Trump officials say the oil-market disruption is temporary, but Chevron’s Mike Wirth and others warn global supplies are running low, with no respite in sight
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California diesel prices average $7.91 a gallon, with several stations charging over $9 and some pump displays hitting their $9.999 limit, GasBuddy reports.
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Analysts warn the escalating Iran war could deepen global fuel shortages, push diesel prices higher and intensify inflation as energy supplies dwindle.
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Dan Pickering expects the Iran conflict to outlast U.S. midterms, keeping oil prices elevated amid China’s return and risks to Saudi oil supplies.
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Relentlessly rising fuel costs are feeding inflation and threatening Republican reelection chances.
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Chevron and SLB have signed major Venezuela oil deals, but political uncertainty and financial risks are keeping smaller Houston firms on the sidelines.
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The oil outlook has shifted from potential surplus to sustained tightness—and Dan Pickering does not expect a quick return to the market that existed before the fighting in Iran began earlier this year.
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US maritime patrols are shifting control of the Strait of Hormuz, as vessels increasingly use the Omani route despite continued threats from Iran.
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Iran’s proposed Strait of Hormuz fee system could generate billions annually, reshape Gulf security, and permanently alter global energy markets.
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We are enthusiastic dip buyers, while refusing to be rally sellers.
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Oil and gas companies are expected to report enormous profit growth as the war in Iran drives energy prices higher, but their stocks continue to underperform because investors question whether those gains will last. Political sensitivity and uncertainty around oil prices may also make companies reluctant to immediately increase dividends or stock buybacks.
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President Trump initially celebrated rising oil prices because they boosted U.S. energy profits. However, after the Iran war pushed crude prices from roughly $66 to an average of $95 per barrel between March and June, oil companies and their allies are now poised to receive major financial gains. The situation has become politically inconvenient for Trump, who is no longer pleased with the consequences of the price surge.

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