ConocoPhillips Reports Second-Quarter 2023 Results; Raises Full-Year Production Guidance and Declares Quarterly Dividend and Variable Return of Cash Distribution
- Record production and increased full-year production guidance for the second consecutive quarter
- Strategic agreements executed to purchase remaining interest in Surmont and acquire equity interest in Qatar's North Field South project
- 20-year offtake agreements signed at the Saguaro LNG export facility in Mexico
- Generated cash provided by operating activities of $3.9 billion and distributed $2.7 billion to shareholders
- Updated full-year production guidance and adjusted operating cost guidance for 2023
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“The second quarter demonstrated our strong underlying performance and commitment to advancing the returns-focused value proposition we shared at our Analyst & Investor Meeting in April,” said Ryan Lance, chairman and chief executive officer. “We achieved record production and increased our full-year production guidance for the second consecutive quarter. We executed an agreement to purchase the remaining
Second-Quarter Highlights and Recent Announcements
- Delivered record company and Lower 48 production of 1,805 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day (MBOED) and 1,063 MBOED, respectively.
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Executed agreement to purchase the remaining
50% interest in Surmont, subject to regulatory approvals and other closing conditions. - Completed acquisition of an equity interest in Qatar’s North Field South project.
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Signed 20-year offtake agreements at the Saguaro LNG export facility on the west coast of
Mexico for approximately 2.2 million tonnes per annum, subject to Mexico Pacific reaching final investment decision. -
Generated cash provided by operating activities of
and cash from operations (CFO) of$3.9 billion .$4.7 billion -
Distributed
to shareholders through a three-tier framework, including$2.7 billion through the ordinary dividend and variable return of cash (VROC) and$1.4 billion through share repurchases.$1.3 billion -
Ended the quarter with cash and short-term investments of
.$7.1 billion
Quarterly Dividend and Variable Return of Cash
ConocoPhillips announced a quarterly ordinary dividend of
Second-Quarter Review
Production for the second quarter of 2023 was 1,805 MBOED, an increase of 113 MBOED from the same period a year ago. After adjusting for impacts from closed acquisitions and dispositions, second-quarter 2023 production increased 100 MBOED or
Lower 48 delivered record production of 1,063 MBOED, including 709 MBOED from the Permian, 235 MBOED from the Eagle Ford and 104 MBOED from the Bakken. Turnarounds were successfully completed in
Earnings and adjusted earnings decreased from the second quarter of 2022 primarily due to lower prices partially offset by increased volumes. The company’s total average realized price was
For the quarter, cash provided by operating activities was
Six-Month Review
ConocoPhillips’ six-month 2023 earnings and adjusted earnings were
Production for the first six months of 2023 was 1,798 MBOED, an increase of 78 MBOED from the same period a year ago. After adjusting for impacts from closed acquisitions and dispositions, production increased 82 MBOED or
The company’s total realized price during this period was
In the first six months of 2023, cash provided by operating activities was
Outlook
Third-quarter 2023 production is expected to be 1.78 to 1.82 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (MMBOED). Full-year production is now expected to be 1.80 to 1.81 MMBOED, as compared to prior guidance of 1.78 to 1.80 MMBOED.
Consistent with raising full-year production guidance for two consecutive quarters, the company updated its 2023 adjusted operating cost guidance to
All guidance excludes any impact from the previously announced Surmont and APLNG transactions.
ConocoPhillips will host a conference call today at 12:00 p.m. Eastern time to discuss this announcement. To listen to the call and view related presentation materials and supplemental information, go to www.conocophillips.com/investor.
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About ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips is one of the world’s leading exploration and production companies based on both production and reserves, with a globally diversified asset portfolio. Headquartered in
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The company believes that the non-GAAP measure adjusted earnings (both on an aggregate and a per-share basis), adjusted operating costs and adjusted corporate segment net loss is useful to investors to help facilitate comparisons of the company’s operating performance associated with the company’s core business operations across periods on a consistent basis and with the performance and cost structures of peer companies by excluding items that do not directly relate to the company’s core business operations. Adjusted operating costs is defined as the sum of production and operating expenses, selling, general and administrative expenses, exploration general and administrative expenses, geological and geophysical, lease rentals and other exploration expenses, adjusted to exclude expenses that do not directly relate to the company’s core business operations and are included as adjustments to arrive at adjusted earnings to the extent those adjustments impact operating costs. Adjusted corporate segment net loss is defined as corporate and other segment earnings adjusted for special items. The company further believes that the non-GAAP measure CFO is useful to investors to help understand changes in cash provided by operating activities excluding the timing effects associated with operating working capital changes across periods on a consistent basis and with the performance of peer companies. The company believes that the above-mentioned non-GAAP measures, when viewed in combination with the company’s results prepared in accordance with GAAP, provides a more complete understanding of the factors and trends affecting the company’s business and performance. The company’s Board of Directors and management also use these non-GAAP measures to analyze the company’s operating performance across periods when overseeing and managing the company’s business.
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Reconciliations of each non-GAAP measure presented in this news release to the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP are included in the release.
Other Terms – This news release also contains the term pro forma underlying production. Pro forma underlying production reflects the impact of closed acquisitions and closed dispositions as of June 30, 2023. The impact of closed acquisitions and dispositions assumes a closing date of January 1, 2022. The company believes that underlying production is useful to investors to compare production reflecting the impact of closed acquisitions and dispositions on a consistent go-forward basis across periods and with peer companies. Return of capital or company distributions is defined as the total of the ordinary dividend, share repurchases and variable return of cash (VROC).
References in the release to earnings refer to net income.
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Table 1: Reconciliation of earnings to adjusted earnings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
$ Millions, Except as Indicated | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2Q23 |
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2Q22 |
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2023 YTD |
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2022 YTD |
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Pre-tax | Income tax | After-tax | Per share of common stock (dollars) | Pre-tax | Income tax | After-tax | Per share of common stock (dollars) | Pre-tax | Income tax | After-tax | Per share of common stock (dollars) | Pre-tax | Income tax | After-tax | Per share of common stock (dollars) | ||||||||||||||||||
Earnings | $ |
2,232 |
1.84 |
$ |
5,145 |
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3.96 |
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$ |
5,152 |
4.22 |
$ |
10,904 |
|
8.36 |
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Adjustments: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net gain on asset sales | - |
- |
|
- |
- |
(254 |
) |
57 |
|
|
(197 |
) |
(0.15 |
) |
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
(1,017 |
) |
110 |
|
|
(907 |
) |
(0.70 |
) |
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Tax adjustments | - |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
|
58 |
|
|
58 |
|
0.04 |
|
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
|
(407 |
) |
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(407 |
) |
(0.32 |
) |
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(Gain) loss on CVE shares | - |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
- |
|
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
(251 |
) |
- |
|
|
(251 |
) |
(0.20 |
) |
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(Gain) loss on debt extinguishment and exchange fees | - |
- |
|
- |
- |
83 |
|
(13 |
) |
|
70 |
|
0.05 |
|
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
(44 |
) |
52 |
|
|
8 |
|
0.01 |
|
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Transaction and restructuring expenses | - |
- |
|
- |
- |
14 |
|
(4 |
) |
|
10 |
|
0.01 |
|
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
28 |
|
(8 |
) |
|
20 |
|
0.02 |
|
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(Gain) Loss on FX derivative | - |
- |
|
- |
- |
- |
|
- |
|
|
- |
|
- |
|
- |
- |
|
- |
- |
10 |
|
(2 |
) |
|
8 |
|
0.01 |
|
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Adjusted earnings / (loss) | $ |
2,232 |
1.84 |
$ |
5,086 |
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3.91 |
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$ |
5,152 |
4.22 |
$ |
9,375 |
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7.18 |
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The income tax effects of the special items are primarily calculated based on the statutory rate of the jurisdiction in which the discrete item resides. |
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Table 2: Reconciliation of reported production to pro forma underlying production | |||||||||||||
In MBOED, Except as Indicated | |||||||||||||
2Q23 |
2Q22 |
2023 YTD | 2022 YTD | ||||||||||
Total Reported ConocoPhillips Production | 1,805 |
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1,692 |
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1,798 |
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1,720 |
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Closed Dispositions1 | (2 |
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(12 |
) |
(2 |
) |
(34 |
) |
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Closed Acquisitions 2 | - |
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13 |
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- |
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18 |
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Total Pro Forma Underlying Production | 1,803 |
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1,693 |
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1,796 |
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1,704 |
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Estimated Uplift from 2 to 3 stream conversion3 | - |
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10 |
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- |
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10 |
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1 Includes production related to the |
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2 Includes production related to the acquisitions related to additional |
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3 Estimated production impacts from the conversion of Concho two-stream contracted volumes to a three-stream (crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids) reporting basis, which are not included in Total Production and Total Underlying Production. | |||||||||||||
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Table 3: Reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to cash from operations | |||||||||
$ Millions, Except as Indicated | |||||||||
2Q23 |
2023 YTD |
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Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities | 3,854 |
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9,257 |
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Adjustments: | |||||||||
Net operating working capital changes | (845 |
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(1,128 |
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Cash from operations | 4,699 |
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10,385 |
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Table 4: Reconciliation of production and operating expenses to adjusted operating costs | ||||
$ Millions, Except as Indicated | ||||
2023 FY Guidance |
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Production and operating expenses | ~7,400 |
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Selling, general and administrative (G&A) expenses | ~700 |
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Exploration G&A, G&G and lease rentals | ~200 |
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Operating costs | ~8,300 |
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Adjustments to exclude special items: |
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None | - |
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Adjusted operating costs | ~8,300 |
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Table 5: Reconciliation of adjusted corporate segment net loss |
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$ Millions, Except as Indicated |
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2023 FY Guidance |
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Corporate and Other earnings | ~(800) |
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Adjustments to exclude special items: |
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None | - |
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Adjusted corporate segment net loss | ~(800) |
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