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| And I'm proud to say that as well in our rearview mirror |
| Better planning because we got better visibility and sidelines on cash flow and also better margins |
| And our team's efforts during that period have been impressive, with marine revenue growing at a compounded annual growth rate of 122% |
| You see, not only are we building a profitable clean fueling solutions platform of scale, we're at the forefront of emerging blue sky sectors characterized by significant opportunities for sustained asymmetric growth |
| And as we look across the competitive landscape here domestically, we believe we are the only company in the small-scale LNG universe that has built the infrastructure, operational and technical capabilities, and customer relationships, capable of advancing an increasingly sophisticated growth platform that further enhances our unique value proposition and competitive moat |
| This strong cash generation helped us to fund $10.3 million of total capital investment through the year, while maintaining our strong liquidity position |
| It's firing on all cylinders, and we're really excited about that |
| Our relationship with Carnival is an important use case that further solidifies our position as a premier provider of comprehensive and scalable marine LNG fueling solutions in the market |
| And so we've had several success along the marine front and space front, frankly, with the work we've done in Florida as well as California, and now the Gulf of Mexico |
| Which begs the question, now what? In answering that question, it's important to remind everyone that our proven ability to rapidly source LNG at scale from our extensive supply network to meet ongoing incremental growth in customer demand, while we produce a variety of opportunities to expand our assets and operations |
| And that, combined with several new projects resulted in a strong sequential performance |
| Entering 2024, we are seeing a significant increase in quoting activity that points to a positive demand inflection within both our marine and aerospace markets |
| Throughout the year, we're also the beneficiaries -- the strong activity across our other diverse end markets, primarily led by aerospace, electric utilities, mining, and oil and gas sectors |
| This operational and geographical flexibility affords our current and prospective customers, the ability to validate a variety of trade lanes throughout the U.S., knowing they will have a reliable fuel supply with Stabilis |
| So what we're doing is we're pivoting from a spot inconsistent, unpredictable market and we're pivoting to consistent better visibility, better backlog and better planning |
| Our current liquidity position and balance sheet provides us with the optionality to pursue select organic investment as we meet an inflection point in demand for our solutions |
| Given these favorable underlying demand conditions, we expect that by mid-2024, our 2 owned liquefaction plants will effectively be sold out for the remainder of the year and well into 2025 |
| It's got very low volatility, and we've got a very strong counterparty customer that absorbs the vast majority of that production |
| And so we think that just the inertia in play now is going to inure to our benefit |
| But we don't think that's a long-term systemic, and we think that this is a very exciting tool for us to use, in quick fashion, should those markets turn quickly |
| Our success was a collective effort that culminated in our first full year of profitability since becoming a public company |
| Along those lines we operate, we continue to enhance our logistical capabilities to become the only small-scale LNG bunker provider capable of delivering multiple modes of delivery to our bunkering customers, whether that be bunker barge to vessel, truck to bunker barge or truck to vessel across all 3 U.S |
| We believe this approach ensures further optimization of our asset base and increases the visibility of cash flow generation, positioning us to opportunistically invest in the people, systems and infrastructure required to support future growth |
| For such investment, we are actively evaluating multiple pathways for financing, but our top priority in doing so continues to be protecting and maximizing shareholder value |
| Revenue from our marine customers in 2023 represented roughly 14% of total revenue, and our outlook for 2024 has marine revenue increasing to roughly 1/3 of total 2024 revenue |
| While our full year profitability was an important milestone for our entire team, we remain in the early stages of a multi-year value creation story |
| But there's got to be -- they got to be clean, they got to be green and they've got to add incremental value, not only on the BSG side, but also on the scalability as well as cost side |
| Carnival is a pioneering global cruise line committed to the decarbonization of their fleet through the adoption of LNG and alternative fuels, and the first cruise line to introduce LNG-powered cruise ships in North America |
| Bill Dezellem And today, the 95% capacity at George West, do you consider that sold out? Or do you still see more -- you're really wanting to get up to 100% or more? Westy Ballard I want to get up to 100% or more, and I think I'm optimistic that we're going to get there |
| Martin Malloy Congratulations on the strong fourth quarter and progress you made in '23 |
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| The bad news is there is some short-term deliverables that we need to be thoughtful around |
| So I think if you go back and look at kind of midyear last year, we're in the kind of the 40% and 50% utilization, and that was some of the disruption that happened |
| How do you see that impacting you domestically and maybe in the future? Are you worried about that? Westy Ballard I'm not overly concerned about it because if you think about it, just in general, low natural gas prices really are our friend |
| During the second and third quarters of 2023, operations at our George West facility were impacted by a series of investments we made to enhance our ability to utilize a wider range of [De Gas] stock |
| I don't know, since I joined the company, and I know that there was some thoughts around hydrogen that predates me |
| I don't know that I'm as bullish on it |
| But also that's really a world-scale phenomenon |
| So I'm not against hydrogen or methane or on any of it, and we'll be thoughtful around not just LNG, but other fuels -- as marriage fuels and our product solutions offerings, but I think hydrogen is 1 that's a little bit harder for me to get my head around at this point in time, kind of given the visibility that I see |
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