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| It was another strong quarter for ConocoPhillips as the team continued to execute on its commitment to deliver returns to our shareholders |
| Now, stepping back and looking at 2023, ConocoPhillips demonstrated solid execution across all aspects of our triple mandate |
| We reported record production and achieved several milestones across our global asset base |
| And we delivered a preliminary reserve replacement ratio of 123%, highlighting our ability to continue to replace reserves across our deep, durable and diversified portfolio |
| I mean, we’re very pleased to see a strong organic and total reserve replacement again this year and we’re seeing strong contributions from across the portfolio |
| We’ve had really good success of this particular application or we can hook up, for example, on a four-well pad, we’ll hook up all of the wells and if we have any operational downtime, we can quickly move from well-to-well and have high pumping hours, and therefore, more stages per day |
| We were able to accomplish all of this while delivering our returns-focused value proposition to our shareholders |
| We’re really pleased that Port Arthur Phase 1 |
| So that’s been really successful |
| And that manifests itself into essentially a 10% to 15% improvement in our pumping hours per day, year-to-year |
| So, again, another year of strong total reserve replacement for us, which is good |
| The plan that we outlined to the market last year, we think is pretty strong and it’s underpinned by a low cost of supply, diverse asset base |
| Our portfolio is well positioned to generate competitive returns and cash flow for decades to come |
| We’ve got the entire rig fleet that we’re monitoring 24x7 where we can optimize the plan, we can troubleshoot, and we can steer the wells and we’re seeing really promising results, 10% improvement in rate of penetration there |
| So combined through all of that, we are seeing improvement in those efficiencies |
| We continue to view it as such and that’s fundamentally one of the reasons why we feel really good about $9 billion of distributions this year |
| Our net debt-to-CFO ratio is in a really good spot |
| We actually discussed this one in a bit of detail on our last quarterly call and you’re right, we do have some good momentum on the Alaskan international projects |
| So to wrap up, we ended the year with another solid operational quarter |
| So it’s really intentional, really good performance from the Eagle Ford going forward |
| The balance sheet is strong for the company |
| In conclusion, once again, I’m proud of the accomplishments of the entire organization |
| So -- but anyway, we’re all very pleased with just where the growth is coming from |
| So we’re really happy with sort of the spread we have across Alaskan International with where the growth is coming from, and I think, as we said in one of the earlier questions, that ANI is going to be providing a significant part of the total company growth this year |
| So just to sort of summarize where we are right now is that, we’re very pleased that both the Alaska District Court and the 9th Circuit allowed construction work to proceed on the North Slope |
| And again, 10% to 15% improvement in pump hours per day, as I mentioned on the collision side |
| And we’re really pleased that’s exactly what we’re doing with Willow |
| So we’re quite happy where the balance sheet is at right now |
| And we opportunistically acquired the remaining 50% of Surmont at an attractive price that fit our financial framework |
| And folks should feel pretty comfortable that we’re well above our mid-cycle price |
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| While the first quarter will have minimal turnarounds, similar to the fourth quarter, it does include a 20,000 barrel per day headwind from January weather impacts |
| In light of arguably a softer commodity price relative to where we started in 2023 |
| Maybe if I could ask on a couple of the Lower 48 assets, the yield for production has been declining over the last few quarters in 2023 |
| Ryan Lance When you look at Q3 to Q4, we had that 9% production drop |
| Last year, you correctly predicted that many of us who thought production was going to be up 400,000 barrels a day to 500,000 barrels a day, were wrong and the number ended up being closer to your number of 800,000 barrels a day to 900,000 barrels a day |
| So it’s a good problem to have |
| But, Ryan, you mentioned activity levels overall have cooled significantly over the course of the second half of 2023 |
| Ryan or Bill, I don’t know who wants to take this one, but you reduced the cash return target from $11 billion to $9 billion |
| There’s some deflation that you’ve called out |
| We’re not chasing growth |
| We recognize the commodity prices are pretty volatile, both up and down |
| But more modest relative to last year’s growth |
| Bill mentioned that, about 20,000 barrels a day of weather we’ll see in Q1, and then in Q3, we have our turnaround impacts |
| I think it’s quite short-sighted in the short-term |
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