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Some things you might want to research
Know relevant pricing questions in today's market (why is crude trading at such a significant discount in West Texas vs. Cushing) and broader questions (why WTI trades a discount to Brent
Rank the three energy verticals by beta lowest-to-highest
What caused the price crash in 2014
Understand how upstream valuation works and is different from traditional valuation.
It probably wouldn't hurt to have a high-level understanding of midstream valuation and what investors look for in an MLP. Also, capital structure is very important, so that might be another topic to look into
Have a high level knowledge of a couple major deals that have taken place recently - ideally transactions that the shop you're interviewing with advised on (Encana/Newfield, Chesapeake/Wildhorse, BP/BHP, Diamondback/Energen, and maybe some of the big MLP rollups like Energy Transfer or Western Gas).
Names and locations of major basins in the lower 48
Understand how the reserve booking process works and why proved or proved developed reserves are important when benchmarking upstream peers against one another
Recent activist investor activity within the space
These are all just off the top of my head. You can probably find a more comprehensive list elsewhere on WSO.
Great list but just to add a few things:
Bruh, you can't just leave OFS out.
I’ll assume this is a joke, but the third vertical is OFS, not refining.
Have seen some banks cover both refining and OFS out of industrial groups.
Thank you!
You’d also show your commitment if you brought in a shot glass of crude and downed that shit out of the gate. That will show them how much you like texas tea.
Understand that none of your work on NAV models makes a difference as the majority of the market is trading below PDP.
Edit: LOL whoever hit me with monkey shit is as salty as a Canadian operator looking at WCS. What I said is a fact.
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