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| Our commitment to financial and operational discipline gives us confidence to continue to drive shareholder value, invest in our decarbonize and grow, and transform the waste strategies and maintain a strong balance sheet while proactively navigating the near-term macro challenges |
| Our Alberta project will build upon the strong foundation and the learnings from our Texas-9 cracker where we have proven best-in-class execution, capital efficiency, reliability, and emissions reduction |
| So I feel good that we have a good path to be able to do this |
| So, we've got very good interest rate exposure |
| And I think that's what's helped underpin quarterly earnings this year |
| I think we're going to see some positive momentum going into next year |
| Our Decarbonize & Grow and our Transform the Waste strategies uniquely position us to meet demand for more sustainable and circular solutions |
| Altogether by 2030, these investments position us to deliver more than $3 billion increase to our underlying earnings through the cycle while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 5 million metric tons, as well as commercializing 3 million metric tons of circular and renewable solutions annually |
| So, those are positive signs to me that things like destocking are behind us and that the economy, as we start to see demand pull out, you're going to see an immediate pull on our chain, and that typically happens |
| I feel good about our capability to continue to do that |
| Our consistent execution and commitment to financial and operational discipline since been have served us well and support our capital allocation priorities across the economic cycle |
| The things that give me optimism is, in third quarter, we saw our third consecutive quarter of volume growth in our downstream derivatives on a quarter-by-quarter basis |
| And that has been a very positive experience |
| But I feel like we have a very good shot to get this up and running by 2030, and it has to be able to be low cost for the industrial side to look at it as a viable option |
| We plan to apply all of these learnings to Alberta to drive underlying earnings growth improvement of more than $1 billion per year while eliminating Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions at the Fort Saskatchewan site |
| The Alberta advantages give us confidence in our ability to deliver an additional $1 billion in incremental EBITDA annually over the cycle with returns on invested capital in line or better than the Texas-9 project |
| First, Canada's feedstock advantage provides Dow with lower cash costs compared to the rest of the world, even more advantaged than the U.S |
| In addition, the region has ample existing cost-advantaged ethane supply to support our project |
| We've leveraged this advantage by securing 20-year contracts with staggered start dates which help us to mitigate recontracting risks over time |
| And obviously, existing pipeline assets today to grow from is a very positive opportunity |
| So Canada had a first-mover advantage |
| Our long-term Decarbonize & Grow and Transform the Waste strategies are expected to increase Dow's underlying EBITDA by more than $3 billion by 2030, with a peak earnings potential of approximately $15 billion by 2030, while also reducing net annual greenhouse gas emissions by 5 million metric tons from Dow's 2020 baseline |
| And I want to highlight that we expect additional upside and value capture from commercializing low and zero-emissions product that is not included in the $1 billion earnings growth number that I gave you |
| I feel good about the ability to get it permitted |
| We've also grown operating EBITDA by $1 billion, demonstrating the impact of our focused CapEx investment, and our balance sheet is the strongest it's ever been driven by our intentional actions since 2018 and giving us the flexibility to invest in our Alberta project, which will drive earnings and cash flow higher at or above our enterprise-wide ROC target |
| Dow has a decades-long robust project execution capability with an internal EPCM organization that provides thorough oversight and has a consistent focus on cost-effective engineering, procurement and construction services |
| Our cash conversion rate has doubled on a trailing 12-month basis since spin and we've returned more than 80% of our operating income to our shareholders, well above our 65% target across the economic cycle |
| Since spin, the new Dow has demonstrated a track record of a disciplined and balanced capital allocation and focused growth investments across our operating segments |
| I think it's going to be a pretty strong proposition for people |
| These include approximately $500 million from the pending NOVA Litigation continued structural working capital improvements and other best owner mindset intervention actions |
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| If you look at the second slide, during our third quarter earnings call, we outlined our expectations for slower global industrial activity, weak demand in Europe, and a slower-than-expected recovery in China |
| You have the LOI with X-energy and Seadrift, but we've seen some major setbacks for small modular here in the U.S |
| And second is you need low carbon energy to drive that whole thing and having enough low carbon electricity, 24/7 to drive that is going to be the other big challenge |
| with delays in CapEx blowouts |
| Maybe there's still some signs of underlying demand weakness |
| And then I'd say the second big challenge is we're working on the fuel supply |
| So, one is a material challenge |
| And I'd say the biggest drag has been housing and home construction, not just here, but China as well, Europe as well |
| So we don't see the supply chain constraints that kind of hampered us a lot during COVID |
| I'd say the big challenge there, the two big challenges are a material that will stand up to the heat that you need to be able to crack hydrocarbons and have any kind of life to it |
| And usually, when the destocking happens, there's a big whipsaw effect that hits us |
| I see, obviously, with oil price coming off, you see some price off pressure on price, which I think caused an October rollover |
| So, I would say I don't see real demand weakness |
| Patrick Cunningham So the underlying sort of technical challenges still sort of there for e-cracking |
| We can't be uncompetitive and still be in the market |
| And then when the demand pull comes, it kind of hits us all of a sudden |
| So maybe just looking to 2024, we've heard a number of companies talk today and maybe cautiously optimistic at best is the way to describe it |
| Our pension liabilities are down |
| So on the one hand, we have elevated oil-gas spreads |
| Despite the slow macroeconomic environment, positive trends in the third quarter led us to remain cautiously optimistic across our key product change as we enter next year |
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