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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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Texas oilman Rod Lewis has made millions drilling in places even other wildcatters find too dangerous.But when he flew to Venezuela in 2024, he encountered an opportunity that was as treacherous—and possibly as profitable—as any in the world.
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Exxon stock hit a record on Tuesday, rising 1.5% to $125.94. The oil giant is winning the hearts of investors, even as it’s getting the cold shoulder from the president.
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Exxon stock hit a record as investors backed the oil giant’s cautious stance on Venezuela, even as President Trump signaled frustration over its hesitation.
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As other oil executives lavished President Trump with praise at the White House, Exxon Mobil CEO Darren Woods bluntly said the Venezuelan oil industry is currently “uninvestable,” and that major reforms are required before even considering committing the many billions of dollars required to revitalize the country’s dilapidated crude business.
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President Donald Trump is set to meet with Big Oil executives Friday as part of a weeklong charm offensive to persuade America’s largest energy companies to return to Venezuela.
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President Trump wants to drive down oil prices to $50 a barrel. Getting to that price appears doable with Venezuela, though keeping it there comes with risks.The good news for the administration is that, if the real goal is to lower gasoline prices for U.S. consumers, global oil prices might not need to come down that much.
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Venezuela was 2026’s first geopolitical wildcard.
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Dan Pickering Joins Bloomberg Surveillance with Jonathan Ferro and Annmarie Hordern
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President Trump signaled major changes in Venezuela weeks before Nicolás Maduro’s ouster, highlighting oil’s central role in U.S. strategy and energy policy.
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The quest for inventory, size, scale, and value marches ahead
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CNBC’s “Power Lunch” team discuss oil markets as crude oil prices reach their 2021 low with Dan Pickering, founder and chief investment officer of Pickering Energy Partners.
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Dan on CNBC
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This report dives into U.S. policy, its appetite for new power to promote data centers and AI growth, and the downstream impacts that has on the automotive industry and their powertrain choices.
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U.S. firm Carlyle weighs buying Lukoil’s international oil assets ahead of new sanctions, as reported by Reuters. Deal faces licensing and geopolitical challenges.
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The Trump administration plans to allow new oil and gas drilling off the California coast for the first time in roughly four decades and setting up a confrontation with Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has fought offshore drilling.
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The Song Remains the Same
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Oil and gas output is up but low prices and potential policy changes weigh on investment opportunities
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The Trump administration plans to allow new oil and gas drilling off the California coast for the first time in roughly four decades and setting up a confrontation with Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has fought offshore drilling.

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