Equinor Expects Q3 Windfall as Fuel Crunch Lifts Margins
“OilPrice reports Equinor expects its marketing, midstream and processing unit to beat its four hundred million dollar guidance for the third quarter.” — Hank Ledger, on air
At a glance
- First reported by OilPrice: “Europe’s Fuel Squeeze Is Turning Into a Q3 Windfall for Equinor”.
- Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, at 6:36 AM ET on Pre-Market Pixels, by Hank Ledger.
- Topics: Europe.
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- OilPriceEurope’s Fuel Squeeze Is Turning Into a Q3 Windfall for Equinor
What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorOilPrice reports Equinor expects its marketing, midstream and processing unit to beat its four hundred million dollar guidance for the third quarter.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorStrong refining margins and oil and LNG trading proceeds are behind it. Joining us from his bunker is Doomsday prepper Marcus Holloway-Grimes. Marcus, welcome.
Marcus Holloway-GrimesHank, thank you. I'm speaking to you from eleven feet underground, next to four thousand cans of creamed corn.
Marcus Holloway-GrimesA fuel crunch is the best news I've had all year.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA windfall for one company is a squeeze for everyone else. Why does that make you happy?
Marcus Holloway-GrimesBecause I told everyone. My mother-in-law called me paranoid. Last week I sold her a jerrycan for triple. She cried. It was beautiful.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat does not sound like a story about vindication. Per OilPrice, these are trading gains and refining margins. Not the end of civilization.
Marcus Holloway-GrimesThat's what they want you to think, Hank! Margins today, mad max tomorrow.
Marcus Holloway-GrimesI've been stockpiling diesel in a hot tub. It's my emergency spa.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA hot tub of diesel. I have so many questions and I would like none of the answers.
Marcus Holloway-GrimesDale sends me a fruit basket every Christmas. He understands. He calls me the last honest man in a dishonest basement.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorDale would. Marcus, last question. Is there any price of oil at which you come back up to the surface?
Marcus Holloway-GrimesNo. I haven't seen sunlight since March, and my skin is now the color of a boiled egg. I feel incredible. Tell Vera she's doomed.

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorWe'll have to leave it there. Marcus Holloway-Grimes, thank you. Please open a window. S and P futures are down zero point one eight percent.
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