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| We believe MPC is positioned as the refiner investment of choice, with the strongest through cycle cash generation and the ability to deliver superior returns to our shareholders, supported by our firm commitment to return capital |
| We expect MPLX’s cash distribution to continue growing as it pursues growth opportunities, which will further enhance the value of this strategic relationship |
| Those things clearly have a positive influence on capture |
| And sitting on the West Coast, we have a structural advantage from a transportation cost perspective |
| In our system, both domestically and within our export business, we are seeing steady demand year-over-year across the gasoline and diesel and demand for jet fuel continues to grow |
| The team’s really done a great job, and I do want to give them a shout out because it really kind of demonstrated one of Marathon’s key strengths here and that they can execute on a complex project |
| Our Midstream business continues to grow and generate strong cash flows |
| We believe that the capabilities we have built over the last few years will provide a sustainable advantage |
| We’ve made structural improvements throughout our entire commercial value chain to capture value from the front end all the way through the back end |
| Turning to our results, in the third quarter, we delivered strong cash generation across our business |
| In Refining & Marketing, strong margins, 94% utilization and solid commercial performance led the segment adjusted EBITDA of $4.4 billion or $16.06 per barrel |
| Our Midstream segment delivered durable and growing earnings |
| We have access to advantaged feedstocks, both Canadian and domestic, and then Brian’s team has created exceptional optionality for product placement |
| You guys are known for your strong operational performance |
| The strength of MPLX’s cash flows supported its decision to increase its quarterly distribution by another 10% |
| Our Midstream segment delivered strong third quarter results |
| Beginning with our view on the refining environment, in the third quarter, we saw strong demand and global supply tightness supporting refining margins |
| And then Maryann said it well, on the refining side of the house, we’re still very optimistic that we have some good projects that enable us to either increase reliability which will hit the bottom line or enhance our margins in such a way that we talked about earlier that we’ll generate more EBITDA per barrel |
| We did, as you likely know, we start up the pretreatment unit in late second quarter, and it is operating very well |
| Our focus on safety, operational excellence, and sustained commercial improvement will position us to capture the enhanced mid-cycle environment, which we expect to continue longer term given our advantages over marginal sources of supply and growing global demand |
| You’ve now gotten through another quarter with a really solid crack environment in 3Q and another quarter where you aren’t drawing any cash |
| The demand center in Latin America and the Caribbean really has been strong and resilient and growing throughout the year |
| At that point, Martinez will be among the largest renewable diesel facilities with a competitive operating profile, robust logistics flexibility, and advantaged feedstock slate and should benefit from the global strategic relationship with Neste |
| This represents an approximately 72% payout of the $4.3 billion of operating cash flow, excluding changes in working capital, highlighting our commitment to superior shareholder returns |
| We believe through these projects, we’re taking disciplined steps to advance our goal to lower the carbon intensity of our operations and the products we manufacture and supply to a growing and evolving market, while operating our current asset base to deliver superior cash flow and meet demands |
| Sequentially, per barrel margins were higher across all regions driven by higher crack spreads |
| Adjusted EBITDA was higher sequentially by approximately $1.2 billion, driven by higher R&M margins |
| And we believe that barrel will compete very well, especially on the West Coast |
| And despite those, you delivered a pretty strong beat |
| As we look towards 2024, we believe an enhanced mid-cycle environment will continue in the U.S |
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| We did have unplanned downtime during the quarter, impacting our two largest refineries, which resulted in lost crude throughput of 4.7 million barrels due to the Galveston Bay reformer outage and 2.1 million barrels at Garyville |
| We believe TMX will have some start-up issues |
| Additionally, this downtime resulted in a headwind to our overall capture |
| Global supply remains constrained and global capacity additions have progressed at a slow pace |
| And now, we’re seeing a worsening environment in 4Q |
| We see a lot of pressure on the margin out in the West Coast and other markets |
| Utilization is forecasted to be lower than third quarter levels due to turnaround activity having a higher impact on units in the fourth quarter |
| These adjustments reduced our reported adjusted earnings by $0.14 per share |
| So lack of clarity and lack of premium from airline industry makes it very difficult to justify those investments at this time |
| And with that being said, having that barrel clear all the way to Asia will be difficult |
| So, with that said and on the current environment, we believe that M&A within refining, refining M&A is one of the more challenging ways to create value |
| OPEC+ has reduced production, adding pressure to medium sour differentials |
| As we shared with you, we did have a couple of unplanned downtime events in the quarter that impacted the Gulf Coast |
| In the quarter, we exported roughly 250,000 barrels a day out of our system in the Gulf Coast, despite some operational challenges, as noted |
| The one cautionary tale there, it is the one weakest spot that we see throughout our network, which is distillate demand in Europe |
| 3Q was a little unusual |
| You had some unplanned incidents |
| We talked about some secondary headwinds |
| Diesel cracks led the barrels inventories remain tight and European distillate production ran below capacity |
| With that said, the challenge in SAF is the premium associated to justify the investment |
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