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| Our commercial momentum continued in 2023 as LNG buyers the world over helped get the commercialization of the SPL expansion project off to an incredibly promising start |
| What is shocking and new is over the last eight years, I think, Cheniere has proven all the benefits to America and to our allies over exporting U.S |
| In 2023, we drove exceptional results across the key strategic priorities of the company and we did so while reinforcing our track record on safety, execution and operational reliability |
| I’m extremely proud of my 1,600 Cheniere colleagues across operations, engineering and construction, origination and others who continue to be driven by excellence and take pride in solidifying Cheniere as best in class across our platform |
| We expect the accretive SPL expansion project could increase the run rate distributable cash flow at CQP to over $5 per unit, a win not only for CQP unit holders but LNG shareholders as well, since we are in the high splits of the MLP, meaning approximately 75% of the incremental cash flow would accrue to CEI, and further meaningfully increase our run rate DCF per share target over time, as it was not baked into the original 2020 Vision |
| But we are confident and we relay the same answer to our customers in our commercial engagements, that we are confident that Cheniere will be able to navigate whatever comes out of the DOE and continue to prosecute expansions on our timeline |
| The power sector accounted for nearly half of these reductions amid relatively mild temperatures, continued conservation efforts, improving nuclear performance and growth in renewable generation |
| In Asia, as I mentioned, LNG demand grew by four% or 9 million tons year-on-year, thanks to a resurgence in demand from China and other emerging economies throughout Asia |
| So we think the market will enjoy absorbing this volume and whether it comes online on schedule or if things are modestly delayed as they have been historically, we think that the market will show robust growth and ability to absorb this next wave |
| The outlook for global gas demand should remain robust going into the second half of the century, because natural gas is an affordable, reliable and sustainable solution that will serve to displace coal and support the deployment of intermittent renewable energy sources |
| is significantly advantaged to answer this call with our abundant and low-cost natural resources, flexibility and affordability of U.S |
| In addition to China, an approximately 8.5-million-ton year-on-year increase in South and Southeast Asia’s imports also contributed to growing global demand last year |
| As Jack noted, natural gas holds a critical role in helping achieve these goals over the coming decades, which we expect will result in robust increases in demand for natural gas over that period, as shown by the outlooks on the central chart |
| In addition, we have now reported positive net income on a quarterly and cumulative trailing four-quarter basis five quarters in a row |
| I’m extremely pleased with the progress we continue to make together with Bechtel on Stage 3, and I’m optimistic for further schedule improvements over time |
| These milestones, coupled with the construction progress on the project, reinforces my confidence in Stage 3’s timeline, improving over time with first LNG this year and meaningful LNG production added to our portfolio in 2025 |
| Our company provides investors with exposure to LNG the theme, more so than the commodity, and it is inherent stability and long-term visibility in our contracted cash flows, growth and shareholder returns that should enable us to continue to deliver meaningful value to our stakeholders for decades to come |
| We’ve made great strides on the comprehensive plan since announcing it in late 2022 |
| So we remain very optimistic |
| So as we thought about the variable adjustment, I would say, over the last two years, we were incredibly efficient with our cash inside the CQP |
| So as that accrues, ideally through the year, even though margins are lower, Henry Hub is lower and volatility has moderated, that should help us get to the upside and the, yeah, we’ll stay optimistic on seeing if we can get a couple more cargoes out through the course of the year |
| So this all kind of works, which is pretty amazing for an MLP, but one with six trains fully up and running, it works quite well |
| But when you add those two things together, it would really take, yeah, great execution and some opportunistic moments throughout the year for us to get to the high end of the range |
| With today’s results, our full year consolidated adjusted EBITDA results were at the high end of our most recent guidance range and we exceeded the high end of the range on distributable cash flow, mainly attributed to higher margins captured on open capacity and optimization upstream and downstream of the plant |
| In Japan, two nuclear reactors restarted in 2023, increasing available nuclear capacity to the highest level since the Fukushima disaster in 2011 |
| We remain optimistic we will achieve first LNG from train one of Stage 3 this year, but that would not impact our revenues or EBITDA in 2024, as it will likely remain in commissioning through year-end |
| First and foremost, we continue to execute on the company’s long-term objectives with safety at the foundation of our actions, and in 2023, we once again demonstrated this by achieving a total recordable incident rate of 0.10, which is well within the top decile for industrial producers |
| We are encouraged by the market’s early reception, especially since the majority of these counterparties are repeat customers |
| We also declared $1.66 per common share in dividends for 2023, a nearly 15% increase year-over-year, having increased our quarterly dividend by 10% in Q3, consistent with our stated target of 10% annual dividend growth |
| Gulf Coast is our home and we’re very confident that Louisiana, Texas, Mid-Continent can continue to develop the resource and the infrastructure necessary to get it to us |
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| Total gas supply to Europe fell 56 BCM year-on-year due mostly to the continued reduction in Russian flows, as well as heavy upstream maintenance in Norway further affecting pipe gas supply |
| Meanwhile, gas demand in the region’s key markets continued to drop, declining by nine% year-on-year in 2023, following a 12% reduction in 2022 |
| In the fourth quarter, TTF averaged $13.66 an ounce and JKM $14.97, both significantly lower than levels seen in the previous two years and both have continued to trend down through the first quarter of this year |
| Similarly, the 2023 average settlement price for JKM decreased 53% year-over-year to an average of $16.13, while the Henry Hub average settlement price was $2.74, down approximately 59% from $6.64 in 2022 during the height of the energy crisis in Europe |
| Despite persistent geopolitical unrest globally and the continued phase-out of Russian pipe gas in Europe, spot price levels have decreased this winter compared to last year due to a combination of mild weather, macroeconomic fundamentals, high storage levels and sufficient LNG supply availability |
| For the full year 2023, TTF monthly settlement prices averaged $13.73 an MMBtu, over 66% lower year-over-year and 4.6% lower than 2021 |
| LNG demand growth in Asia was partially offset by the reduced demand for LNG in Japan due to lower electricity demand and increased nuclear availability |
| While this decision does not currently impact our expansion projects or our FERC processes at Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi, it does introduce regulatory and permitting uncertainty into the U.S |
| Henry Hub benchmark also decreased in the fourth quarter, falling to an average of $2.88 an ounce |
| The challenge we have, which we’ve highlighted multiple times for years, is building infrastructure |
| And again, historically, they have surprised to the downside in terms of schedule and utilization |
| I think right now, producers understandably retrenching, just given where pricing is |
| While China and India remain committed to growing gas as a primary energy source in their respective economies, tight gas supplies and higher-than-normal global LNG prices in recent years have impacted the pace of potential gas consumption growth in these developing economies |
| The global LNG market continued to rebalance throughout 2023 as Europe navigated its energy crisis and Asia adapted to the delicate new market equilibrium amid some regional economic headwinds |
| Mind you, Henry Hub was significantly up in 2022, moderated a bit last year and it’s even further down today |
| The fast-growing economies in the Asia-Pacific region are expected to play the greatest role in powering gas demand beyond the 2040s, when demand from Europe and the developed world could possibly be in modest decline and regional gas supplies in Asia further deplete |
| At the same time, we’re hearing from some midstream companies that there are pockets of shortages in the Mid-Atlantic just due to the rise in data centers and other types of electric needs |
| Government has to LNG exports and the perception of your global customers and the credibility and competitiveness of the U.S |
| And aside from Germany, industrial demand reductions appear to have bottomed out in 2023 throughout the region |
| With power demand expected to double by 2050, any hope of achieving global decarbonization and clean energy targets will require further displacement of coal use wherever possible, especially in countries like China and India |
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