Citigroup Energy & Utilities Conference Takeaways


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NYMEX Light Sweet Crude, the more refined product relative to WIT and Brent, has gained just over 4 percent this week. Keeping with the sentiment we've seen since February, Citi's review of their Energy & Utilities conference highlight bullish management views over the coming months.

The conference, held last week in Boston, attracted 55 companies to discuss climate change, production growth, demand for refined products along with LNG commentary, bankruptcies, power demand and investments.

Citi notes that presentations from producers (the bank specifically notes Anadarko (NYSE: APC), Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY), and Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE: PXD)) showed a lack of commitment to enter 2017 hedge programs to lock in the economics for drilling.

Gasoline inventories continue to climb, but the outlook for margins remains constructive in lieu of questionable supply/demand economics.

Firms present at the conference also painted a constructive outlook for U.S. natural gas fundamentals citing positive trends around U.S. gas exports.

Citi remains Buy rated on Dominion Midstream Partners (NYSE: DM), Tallgrass Energy (NYSE: TEP), and Tallgrass Energy GP (NYSE: TEGP), saying the companies are positioned to capitalize on natural gas demand growth.

Citi maintains Buy ratings on Targa Resources (NYSE: TRGP), ONEOK (NYSE: OKE) and Oneok Partners (NYSE: OKS) citing the companies stories around natural gas liquids (NGLs).

Lastly, Citi says Marathon Petroleum (NYSE: MPC) and MPLX LP (NYSE: MPLX) remain Buy rated the heels of benefits derived from strong product demand and the NGL recovery.


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