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| For fiscal year 2023, our water services and operations segment closed with a net PP&E balance of about $84 million, from which we generated $99 million of net income during the year, resulting in excellent returns on capital |
| But as you stated, with 17 right now in the backlog, that certainly feels pretty good to us as far as having plenty of inventory available to again support strong production |
| We also received excellent contributions from our surface and water related businesses, as they accounted for over 40% of quarterly consolidated revenues |
| With that growth in free cash flow over the years, TPL has been able to pay out increasingly larger dividends and execute on larger buybacks, all the while maintaining high cash flow margins, low capital intensity and a net cash balance sheet |
| No real interest in building out any infrastructure in that space, but leasing on our pore space for royalty, I think it's a great opportunity for the company |
| We're very much in a position of strength and the company will excel in most any environment |
| Overall, the growth of the water business has provided us with substantial free cash flow growth to the overall enterprise |
| For fiscal year 2023, our sourced water revenues grew by 32% year-over-year, produced water royalties grew by 17% and SLEM grew by 48% |
| This strong performance from our water and surface endeavors helped to substantially offset the negative impact from lower commodity prices |
| Overall, TPL's business continues to operate efficiently, with fiscal year 2023 adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow margins of 86% and 66%, respectively |
| As we look ahead to 2024, TPL is well positioned to benefit from ongoing activity in the Permian Basin |
| We think it's a great opportunity for us as well |
| Today, commodity prices are lower and we have an opportunity to deploy substantial capital countercyclically as weaker competitors pull back as valuations fall and as opportunities grow, or if commodity prices rise, our business will benefit tremendously |
| Material sales continue to be strong |
| And I think like we said, if we have a supportive commodity price environment this year, we would expect a continued strong production performance |
| We're optimistic and encouraged by what we see so far, and we're looking forward to maximizing our opportunities for this year |
| Our land agents also remain active as demand for pipeline easements, surface leases, wellbore easements, and caliche is strong |
| But the overall trend we still feel really good about |
| New spud activity on a net basis in the fourth quarter was a company record and our overall near-term well inventory remains robust |
| The business still maintains strong cash flow and profitability margins |
| TPL still remains unhedged on commodity prices, so we capture the full upside as commodity prices improve |
| And so, all of those things would lead us to believe that, at least over the course of the year, there's going to be plenty of inventory to continue to deliver strong production results |
| But I think the good news is that still leads to increased cash flow for the business |
| One would be, we still think overall, over the long term, we've got a good chance to outperform the overall Permian in terms of production |
| Thus, if we can expand free cash flow on a per share basis and not just near term but also long term productive capacity for future free cash flow per share, then we'll be able to sustainably and consistently increase our capacity to return greater amounts of capital back to shareholders |
| Performance was led by oil and gas royalty production of approximately 26,300 barrels of oil equivalent per day, which represents 20% sequential quarter-over-quarter growth and a new company record |
| If we can generate a double-digit IRR at a mid-cycle oil price of approximately $75 oil and $3 gas, then buybacks become an extremely attractive option to deploy significant capital |
| Despite oil prices falling by 18% year-over-year and natural gas prices declining by 64%, our water and SLEM businesses collectively grew revenues by 30% |
| TPL ended 2023 with the best quarter we had all year |
| First, our North Star is maximizing shareholder value |
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| If oil prices weakened to $70 or less for an extended period of time, we would expect overall Permian activity levels to slow and overall production volume to flatten |
| Our balance sheet arguably has never been stronger |
| On sourced water, we recorded 517,000 barrels per day of sales volumes, of which 62% were off of our footprint, as demand for both brackish and treated water remain elevated |
| But as to whether that happens each quarter like clockwork is always a more difficult thing to predict |
| And then, my other question was, as far as the oil side of the business goes, oil and gas, was there any supply chain issues that you can see that could hamper production, or are you just seeing that production can stay steady with weather as electricity is permitting? Ty Glover I think most of the supply chain issues that we've seen over the last few years have been worked out |
| Buybacks during this time were also relatively less attractive given this above-cycle commodity price |
| We still expect that production is going to kind of remain lumpy through time |
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