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| We're already seeing signs of significant cost benefits on our properties from some of these mergers |
| But we're obviously very encouraged, we're happy with the Permian 2023 outperformed a little bit, versus 2022, even as we move more into the Midland, which is less productive than the Delaware side, so we're very happy there as well |
| I also want to highlight that NOG's path to grow through acquisition also remains very, very strong |
| We entered 2024 formatively positioned with our strongest balance sheet, the highest level of liquidity and largest size and scale since our formation |
| Our fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA was up 52% year-over-year, and our quarterly cash flow from operations excluding working capital was up 55% year-over-year |
| And I think we've done a good job cleaning that up |
| But so far, we're very encouraged with what we're seeing out there |
| And done right it will add tremendous per share value row dividend significantly and drive market outperformance all while continuing to lower the business risk |
| The fallout from these mega transactions is likely to create even more opportunity for our company overtime, providing both improved cost efficiencies on our properties, and a broad variety of potential acquisitions as combined portfolios are rationalized |
| We believe that is the path to driving sustainable share price outperformance |
| Natural gas realizations were 97% of benchmark prices for the fourth quarter, a bit better than we expected, given better winter NGL prices and in season Appalachian differentials |
| And a strong balance sheet, NOG is well positioned to execute in 2024 and beyond |
| While well performance has been in line with expectations, we have been encouraged by the outperformance of our Mascot assets |
| With that said, our acreage footprint continues to produce some of the highest quality opportunities available as our 2023, well proposals have expected rates of return north of 50% based on the current strip |
| And so that's really how we kind of manage our activity and our wealth performance and make sure that year-over-year we're doing a good job and participating in the in the best well |
| With over 20% growth in year over year production abroad opportunities that are available in front of us |
| So overall well performance has been as good are better than expected |
| Thankfully, we're well ahead on the gas front, which offsets much of the weakness in the near term |
| As we track well performance through our loopback analysis and review our return parameters internally, we continue to see excellent results across the board |
| But I'm extremely confident that we can grow it and create a return for our investors |
| This is a material improvement for our shareholders, with potential of over $150 million of additional free cash flow over the next several years |
| And if you go back to say, 2021, where our D&C list was declining, you would see material improvements, the free cash flow, yield and other things, and that's because you were, you're running a leaner D&C list, and so it's more just a normalization of it |
| This has and will drive dividend growth and share performance |
| During the fourth quarter, we saw production increase to over 114,000 BOE per day, driven by the closing of Novo in the middle of Q3, as well as an acceleration of wells turned in line during the quarter |
| But we had great ambition to grow the business to the benefit of our stakeholders |
| But what we're seeing is that because we're doing that we're getting better well performance |
| But I think we feel very confident at this point that it's gone swimmingly |
| We achieved outsized growth in profits despite a more challenging commodity backdrop than the prior year |
| And obviously, we're in the mid to high 70s today, so we're earning higher returns than we would have otherwise underwritten |
| And we view it as relatively inexplicable, given the fact that our growth profiles, we look this year as one of the best in the space |
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| But frankly, as we look to the first quarter, this represents the worst relative performance we've seen in about three years |
| And we lose a lot of reserves, just cutting off the tail end, those reserves that we had to replace those about 30 million barrels that we lost just due to pricing |
| However, as of late, we have seen some of our larger operators coming in below their cost estimates from original well proposals |
| Oil prices were down over 5% and natural gas prices were down 52% versus the prior period a year ago |
| The pull forwarding activity is most apparent because we are seeing a 5% to 10% decline in expected spot to sales development timelines |
| And having some of these operators truly feel a pain |
| There are some that I think are going to be a challenge, I think there are some that we would have pushed for the right opportunity to go to |
| On the CapEx front, the 2023 pull forward lowered our 2024 CapEx from our prior internal estimates |
| I typically leave this category for last, but I'm going to address it sooner this quarter, particularly as I've observed weaker relative and absolute performance for our equity out of the gate for the start of this year |
| And with the curtailments in our Mascot project that had the effect of artificially inflated the per BOE numbers |
| Adam Dirlam I think there are some basics that would be a real challenge John |
| And like say we're acceptable to the changes, obviously, that hurts us from a guidance standpoint and trying to understand when these wells are going to be coming online |
| From this vantage point, it certainly seems as though this is the moment when the macro outlook has been more influx, and commodities have been more range bound and volatile, and our own value has compressed |
| It's an enormous goal, and will pose a tremendous challenge |
| Because there were also some mild curtailments in the Permian as well |
| However, we remain cautious based on the typical pattern for pricing as we enter the spring and summer |
| And so what that did is it obviously causes delays |
| But yeah, then, as I mentioned, we will trend down probably towards the bottom end of our guidance range, maybe even a little bit lower as we close out the back half of the year |
| We still see a lot of regular way, the ground game blew up |
| I think there's some basins that may have some risks to them that could be solved if you add the right operator that might have the right rock but have other risks associated with them that could be solved if you had the right operating partner |
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