Thread regarding Chevron Corp. layoffs

Wirth's HUGE Warning: Oil Markets Are Massively Underpricing a Global Supply Crisis

This is from Barron's, link below:
Mike Wirth, CEO of Chevron, warned that energy markets are underestimating the severity of the oil supply shock caused by the Iran conflict. He said millions of barrels per day are already offline, with losses expected to grow, creating what experts describe as an “availability crisis.” Disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, a key global shipping route, are tightening supply, especially for Asia, while futures markets still project relatively moderate prices. Despite recent volatility, with oil briefly spiking above $100 before falling, Wirth believes current pricing does not fully reflect the real physical shortages.

The situation is further complicated by uncertainty around how long the conflict will last and how quickly damaged infrastructure can be restored. Goldman Sachs has already raised its oil price forecast for 2026, anticipating prolonged disruption in supply flows. Even if the war ends soon, experts say it could take weeks, months, or longer to bring production fully back online, meaning supply constraints may persist. Overall, the article suggests that oil markets may be too optimistic, and prices could rise further if the supply shock proves more sustained than expected.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/chevron-ceo-crude-oil-prices-futures-f65915b8

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Post ID: @OP+1kmgkqmwc

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MW would love an externally driven price hike. They help to cover up gross financial inefficiencies in a company. Look back to ~2000-2014. Big oil price hikes hid the inefficiencies and massive cost overruns of the DO'R and JW reigns, ultimately forcing JW to 'retire'.

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Post ID: @19m+1kmgkqmwc

@fj

lol… nothing any CxO says, regardless of medium… WSJ.. CNN… WPO… means anything.

The markets will tell the story.
Hope and gab is not an investment strategy.

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Post ID: @fn+1kmgkqmwc

Wirth may be correct that oil markets and undervalued, though something is only worth what someone is willing to pay.

I’m not sure what the sentiment is like in the US, but I can attest that outside of the US, the current situation is steering the conversation toward energy sovereignty and a reduced reliance on foreign oil. It’s further decreasing the desirability of oil and the oil industry, and driving investment in alternatives.

So whilst this war may have a short-term benefit for the oil industry, it’s likely to be to its long term detriment.

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Post ID: @fm+1kmgkqmwc

Don’t be foolish, Wirth has 100% called DT multiple times. Venezuela is a key example of that symbiotic relationship. Guarantee he will soon be saying CVX can solve the crisis by supplying barrels from our investments in VZ and Guyana.

Drilling in Alaska is no different, DT called Wirth and asked him to do it… guess what’s happening soon? Right. Orchestrated theater.

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Post ID: @fk+1kmgkqmwc

He’s artificially inflating the price of oil by making these types of comments

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Post ID: @fj+1kmgkqmwc

@ae

Assume by $7 you mean gasoline.
That will be the most visible “time to panic” signal to the public (uninformed, emotional… and too easily egged on the “pretty faces on TV” just reading from the teleprompter.)

It’s diesel (first), and jet (next) that are the most important fuels.

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Post ID: @f1+1kmgkqmwc

@ae are US employees' pensions mostly Chevron stock or something? If not then it's pretty sht as it's gonna fck the economy

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Post ID: @d3+1kmgkqmwc

Well the man has destroyed an awful lot of value and failed to have much of a coherent growth strategy for the last 6 years, so, the question is, does his view have much truth to it? Hard to give him much credit for this latest blip. Midland and Oz have worked out, but we are in free fall everywhere else. Higher oil prices for a while if he is right, then what........

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Post ID: @ct+1kmgkqmwc

@br who hurt you babe?

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Post ID: @cc+1kmgkqmwc

@at the “war profits” keep the coffers filled and your useless a*s employed

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Post ID: @br+1kmgkqmwc

@a6 I wonder if MW would have the ⚽️⚽️ to call the orange 🤡 a fu--ing mo--n like RT did. That must have been hecka satisfying for him. 😂

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Post ID: @bc+1kmgkqmwc

@ae - define "us" - if u think it's u and me, i really dont think we will be better off... we all know that $$$ will flow to the c-level robbers and shareholders. the rest of us are just slaves, we used to be well kept slaves, but even that is not true any more. all is see is destruction, greed, grift and sorrow

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Post ID: @b5+1kmgkqmwc

War profits will only pad the c suite and shareholders. They’ve already beat us into submission so expect to continue to be bent over the barrel while they ride us to the bank..

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Post ID: @at+1kmgkqmwc

California nearing $7... Will rise further. High volatility and geopolitical sh-t. It can only go up. It'll take a decade to clean this up. In the meantime it works for us.

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Post ID: @ae+1kmgkqmwc

@OP

Sure, that's probably true. But MW's current responsibility as a fiduciary to company is to deliver shareholder value to company. Are these comments an audition for a cabinet position in the future like Rex Tillerson got?

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Post ID: @a6+1kmgkqmwc

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