Wednesday, July 27, 2011
ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips reported $3.4 billion second-quarter earnings and $3.4 billion adjusted earnings. This compares with second-quarter 2010 earnings of $4.2 billion and adjusted earnings of $2.5 billion.
Second-Quarter Highlights
- Production of 1.64 million BOE per day
- Worldwide refining capacity utilization rate of 91 percent
- Repurchased 3 percent of ConocoPhillips shares
- Improved E&P and R&M margins
- Annualized ROCE of 15 percent
- Announced plan to create two leading energy companies
"We had a solid quarter," said Jim Mulva, chairman and chief executive officer. "Higher adjusted earnings and cash flow were driven by better commodity prices and refining margins. Production performance was strong and capacity utilization of our refineries exceeded 90 percent." During the second quarter, ConocoPhillips repurchased 42 million of its own shares, or 3 percent of shares outstanding, for $3.1 billion. This brings the company's total shares repurchased to 9 percent of the shares outstanding at the inception of the repurchase program in 2010.
ConocoPhillips recently announced its Board had approved pursuing the separation of the company's Exploration & Production (E&P) and Refining & Marketing (R&M) businesses into two leading energy companies. "This is consistent with our strategy to create differentiated value for our shareholders," said Mulva. "Both companies will be uniquely positioned in their respective industries, with the management focus, financial strength and technical capability to successfully invest in the industry's highest returning projects."
The upstream company will be the largest U.S. pure-play E&P business, positioned for profitable growth from a rich resource base and a portfolio of quality investment opportunities. Production growth will come from investments in unconventional liquids-rich resource plays, SAGD oil sands, LNG, and ultimately from the company's vast natural gas position as that market recovers. The new downstream company will be a low-cost, integrated refining, marketing and transportation organization, with complex refining assets, an investment grade credit rating and significant financial flexibility. "We believe our investors will see significant long-term benefit from this repositioning, and we look forward to providing additional information about the transaction in September," added Mulva.
E&P's second-quarter 2011 adjusted earnings were higher, compared with the same period in 2010, primarily due to stronger commodity prices, partially offset by higher taxes. Production for the second quarter of 2011 was 1.64 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) per day, a decrease of approximately 90,000 BOE per day versus the same period in 2010. Excluding the impact of dispositions and the civil unrest in Libya, production exceeded levels from the second quarter of 2010 as new projects and lower downtime more than offset decline. Production per share, adjusted for Libya, increased 4 percent over the same period a year ago.
"Upstream operated well and we are seeing the benefits of our focus on margins and returns," said Mulva. “While our production fell, the earnings impact was limited as we shifted production from North American natural gas toward higher margin production of oil sands, Lower 48 liquids and LNG."
The company continues to expand its footprint in emerging exploration regions. ConocoPhillips signed a new deepwater production sharing contract in Bangladesh, was a successful bidder on acreage in the Canol shale play in northern Canada, and signed an agreement for a potential interest in the Goldwyer project in the Canning shale basin, onshore Western Australia. Year to date, the company added a total of 340,000 acres in North America resource plays.
R&M's second-quarter 2011 adjusted earnings were slightly higher than the same period of 2010, primarily due to improved U.S. refining margins. However, international refining margins were lower and costs were slightly higher driven by foreign exchange impacts. In the quarter, the U.S. refining crude oil capacity utilization rate was 90 percent and the international rate was 96 percent.
The Chemicals and Midstream segments posted strong earnings for the second quarter. The Chemicals segment's record earnings of $199 million were primarily due to higher margins, mostly in olefins and polyolefins, and higher volumes. Midstream earnings of $130 million were more than double that of a year ago, primarily due to improved natural gas liquids prices.
Corporate expenses for the quarter of $203 million after-tax were improved compared with the second quarter of 2010, primarily due to foreign exchange impacts and lower net interest expense. In addition, for the total company, controllable costs were flat through the second quarter compared with a year ago.
ConocoPhillips Contributions to Economic Growth
In addition to generating shareholder value, ConocoPhillips activities contribute substantially to job creation and economic growth in the communities in which we operate. During the first half of 2011, the company spent $6.5 billion on operating expenses, which supported jobs at ConocoPhillips and its suppliers. A further $6.1 billion was invested in capital projects helping to create new energy supplies and fuel additional job creation. ConocoPhillips distributed $6.6 billion to its wide shareholder base, which includes numerous state and local pension and investment funds that benefit millions of individual investors and retirees. In addition, $7.7 billion was paid to governments in the form of income, production and severance taxes.
Second-Quarter Financial Highlights
For the second quarter of 2011, ConocoPhillips reported earnings of $3.4 billion, or $2.41 per share, compared with earnings of $4.2 billion, or $2.77 per share, for the same period in 2010. Second-quarter 2011 earnings included an impairment for the Denali pipeline project cancellation, offset by gains from asset dispositions.
Second-quarter 2011 adjusted earnings were $3.4 billion, or $2.41 per share, compared with adjusted earnings of $2.5 billion, or $1.63 per share, for the same period in 2010. Adjusted earnings for the quarter increased compared with the prior year, primarily due to the impact of higher commodity prices and global refining margins, partially offset by the absence of equity earnings from LUKOIL and higher taxes.
During the second quarter of 2011, ConocoPhillips generated $6.3 billion in cash from operations. The company funded a $3.1 billion capital program, repurchased $3.1 billion of ConocoPhillips common stock and paid $0.9 billion in dividends. At June 30, 2011, the company's cash and short-term investments were $8.1 billion, including cash and cash equivalents of $5.5 billion. ConocoPhillips ended the quarter with debt of $23.2 billion and a debt-to-capital ratio of 25 percent.
Six-Months Financial Highlights
ConocoPhillips' six-month 2011 earnings were $6.4 billion, compared with $6.3 billion for the same period in 2010.
Adjusted earnings for the first six months of 2011 were $6.0 billion, compared with adjusted earnings of $4.7 billion in the corresponding period of 2010. Adjusted earnings were higher than a year ago, primarily due to the impact of higher commodity prices and global refining margins. The increase was partially offset by the absence of equity earnings from LUKOIL, higher taxes and lower production volumes.
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