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| Our consistent and committed approach to shareholder returns over the last three years has positively differentiated our company and our approach in 2024 will remain the same |
| So this business is very strong and it's improving with the infill opportunities and bringing the same gas into the system |
| The other thing is that guidance is quite a bit stronger than what we previously provided for '24 and now we've actually gone out five years and given you a five-year average |
| We're going to be very happy |
| First, we delivered a record safety year in 2023 as measured by total recordable incident rate for both our employees and our contractors |
| This builds on a multi-year track record of top quartile TRIR in our industry |
| Our team has been very successful at replacing inventory over the last five years, and there's several ways that we're able to do that |
| Second, we continue to make progress in reducing our natural gas flaring, improving our total company gas capture to 99.5% in 2023, a new high for our company |
| But first of all, let me just say Neil, we feel very good about our, I'll say, underlying well productivity |
| Excellent productivity, high oil cut, shallow declines, and low moral ratios |
| Consistent with our objective to help meet the world's growing demand for oil and natural gas, while achieving the highest standards of environmental excellence |
| So as Lee pointed out, you take the well productivity with the well costs, I would like to think that that's going to present a pretty compelling case for Ajax in the future |
| And before I get into our 2023 results and 2024 outlook, I'd like to reflect on what I believe is our unmatched track record of delivery on our framework for success |
| So as you said, early returns on the production side, very strong, but absolutely encouraging on the cost side, on the D&C side |
| So from an execution standpoint, we feel very good about the D&C performance |
| Looking at the early time results on Ajax looks quite encouraging from a production and productivity perspective |
| We continue to enhance our multi-basin portfolio, which has produced the best capital efficiency in the sector |
| So it's been a very powerful program for us and we remain extremely committed |
| I believe our commitment to our strategy and the consistency of our execution over the last three years have successfully differentiated Marathon Oil in the marketplace |
| And we think it's very powerful |
| And, of course, that translated into tremendous value growth on a per share basis for our shareholders |
| I think, the power of a consistent and meaningful share repurchase program, you really see that showing up in the growth and the per share metrics that really matter |
| Share buybacks again at mid-teens free cash flow yield, super efficient vehicle |
| And I highlighted a few things there in my prepared remarks, but I think it probably starts with that consistently strong peer leading well productivity |
| I mean, we integrated that asset into our operations and essentially a couple of months, Mike and his team did a fantastic job doing that |
| And our well-level capital efficiency, according to independent third-party data, has been the best in the E&P's peer space, 35% superior to the peer average |
| Sector leading growth in first share metrics, and a multi-year track record of consistent execution and proven discipline |
| portfolio and integrated global gas business that delivers peer leading free cash flow, a unique and differentiated return of capital framework that provides our shareholders with the first call on cash flow |
| Beyond realizing global LNG pricing, there are a few drivers of the strong performance over the duration of the five-year period |
| I would also add that many of those projects designated as emissions-related have the added economic benefit of enhancing our reliability and uptime performance |
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| Not to be stupid about it, but let's say prices blew out to $30 per MMBtu in a very extreme scenario |
| We're guiding to a modest year-on-year decline in our oil equivalent production this year |
| We never missed a step and we've seen others stumble in that very critical integration step |
| Now that we have this Texas, Delaware play, with the Woodford Merrimack, because it is challenging drilling |
| We're also expecting some modest ongoing base decline in Equatorial Guinea |
| Over the trailing three years, we've delivered the lowest reinvestment rate in the E&P sector, below the S&P average |
| The other challenge I think you have in those assets is it's the balancing act between PDP production versus forward inventory |
| It's probably in some ways it becomes a bit more challenging and mature basins as the best operators tend to be aggregating the best assets and many of them have already done so and have a material position |
| My challenge for our company was to raise our game and compete heads up with not just the best companies in our sector, but with the best companies in the S&P 500 |
| And so there are some unique challenges as you look at the more mature basins, but ultimately the high quality assets will be run by the highest quality operators |
| This BOE decline is largely a function of well mix and our focus on value over volume |
| Lee Tillman I think one of the things I would add too, Mike, though, is that certainly -- even though we're still waiting for a little bit more longitudinal production data to declare victory |
| First quarter should mark the low point for the year impacted by about 4,000 barrels of oil per day of winter weather-related outages largely concentrated in the Bakken |
| Importantly, however, we expect our non-D&C capital to peak this year and to trend lower in 2025 |
| And then the third part is we are forecasting a little bit of deflation, albeit very modest kind of low single digit numbers there |
| As is typical for our business and consistent with last year, there will be some quarter-to-quarter variability in our production |
| We are a result driven company, but how we deliver those results matters and I couldn't be more proud of our people and what they've accomplished |
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