What Does It Mean for Oil to Be Light, Sweet, Sour?

We continue our pilgrimage through the oil and gas space and today we have Victor Swishchuck from Letko Brosseau to help us dive into the upstream section of the Energy Sector. Victor gives us a summary of what it means to really understand the energy sector from zero to one. We go from understanding the different types of crude oil to the different types of Upstream Oil and Gas Businesses, to how to value them and the most common pitfalls every naive investor faces when getting into the industry.

• [0:00] Who is Victor Swishchuck?
• [5:00] Intuition Guided by Experience
• [10:00] Studying Credit and Bonds before Equities
• [18:00] Analyzing the Energy Sector: From Zero to One
• [30:00] What does it mean for Oil to be Sweet, Sour, light, etc
• [42:00] Upstream Oil and Gas Businesses
• [1:00:00] Valuation: Implied Oil Price by Reversed NAV.
• [1:13:00] Common Pitfalls and Where can you get burned?
• [1:30:00] How to learn the industry?
• [1:47:00] Closing Questions and more from Victor Swishchuck

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