Q3 2019 Earnings Call
I would now let's turn the conference over to Kelly Whitley, Vice President Investor Communications. Please go ahead.
Good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us on our third quarter earnings call today with me I, Roger Jenkins, President and Chief Executive Officer, David Lainie Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Mike Mcfadyen, Executive Vice President offshore and Eric Hanley Executive Vice President onshore please refer to the information.
Securities Litigation Reform Act as 1995 as such no assurances can be given that these events will occur or that the projections will be attained a variety of factors exists that may cause actual results to differ for further discussion of risks factors seen Murphy's 2018 annual report on Form 10-K on file.
With the FCC Murphy takes no duty to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements I will now turn the call over to Roger Jenkins. Thank you Kelly good morning, everyone and thanks for listening in for our call today. The third quarter is very strong quarter Murphy's we'd be in reaping the benefits of our newly transform portfolio we produced.
An average Debbie T.I. price of 56 45, we achieved a solid 24 dollar adjusted EBITDA for Bill E corporate wide driven by 60% oil production with premium pricing.
Proceeds from Malaysia assets that we used to repay 1.9 billion of debt during the quarter, primarily incurred during our two Gulf of Mexico transactions. In addition, we utilize excess cash from operations to complete our 500 million dollar share repurchase program earlier. This month well ahead of plan Murphy also laid out the groundwork for additional.
Exploration opportunities in Brazil, the successful bid on three blocks and Mr. Ji Bay, Oligos basin and formed in Missouri blocks and the portable our basin. This acreage provides optionality for future development opportunities and supports Murphy's long term exploration program and now let's turn the call over to our Chief Financial Officer, David Looney for some additional fund.
And your comments.
Thank you Roger and good morning, everyone turning to slide three by any measure the third quarter was a terrific one for the company not only did we achieve over $1 billion, a net income, including the gain on sale up our Malaysian assets, but we also earned over $57 million and adjusted earnings a recent high watermark for us.
The adjusted earnings as always Backout, such things as mark to market gains on commodity hedges and contingent consideration, which between the two totaled over $61 million. After tax I'll also note that third quarter marked the first time, we have broken out transportation gathering and processing expenses.
The separate line item and all comparative periods have been conform to the current presentation.
Slide four.
The third quarter was also excellent in terms of free cash flow generation, whether it be a simple calculation of cash from continuing operations last property additions and dry hole costs are an adjusted EBITDA metric. The company continued its long standing mantra of spending within cash flow.
For the third quarter cash flow from operations totaled approximately $498 million, while property additions and dry hole costs came in at $364 million, resulting in a positive free cash flow of $134 million for the quarter.
Similarly for the nine months year to date cash flow from operations totaled $1.15 billion with property additions it slightly over a billion dollars proof again, murphy's commitment to generating positive free cash flow.
Other highlights during and after the quarter close included increasing our hedge position with both WT <unk> oil hedges and Aiko physical sales contracts as well as completion of our share repurchase program and repayment of approximately $1.9 billion in death.
All of the items outlined above contributed to our strong continued financial condition as exemplified by a net debt to annualized adjusted EBITDAX ratio of 1.3 times as are the ended the third quarter.
Turning to slide five you can see that once again, our strategy of moving more of our production to U.S. Gulf Coast markets has paid off in terms of premium prices relative to WT.
Once again, we sold approximately 94% of our oil production at a premium to WT.
Our core Eagle Ford shale, and North American offshore assets garnered premia of more than $2 and $4 to WT, respectively, while generating field level adjusted EBITDA per Boe, we $35 and $37 per barrel.
Clearly our strategic transformation began almost a year ago is reaping stronger awards for the company and all of our stakeholders with that I'll turn it back over to Roger.
Thank you David.
In line with guidance, we produced 109 2000 barrels equivalent in the quarter, which more than 112000 barrels oil volumes. This level of all pilot production. We've not seen since 2015 operated assets are performing well production volumes offsetting some downtime and our non operated offshore assets, we're maintaining our full year 2019.
I didn't range 174 to 178000 barrels equivalents per day, as well as maintaining or capital plans as previously disclosed at $1.35 billion to $1.45 billion.
On slide seven we have a long history of anything shareholders here Murphy.
We have been upheld this philosophy, even through the downturn as noted on many occasions as we did not issue equity in 2016 as did many peers. We're pleased to have completed the share repurchase program, leading to more than 3.9 billion of funds returned to shareholders since 2012 over 6.5 billion.
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Our financial discipline has led to consistent dividend along with utilizing the excess cash flow rather than equity proceeds to finance operations and acquisitions simplified and transformed our company.
Now move to slide nine Eagle Ford shale.
And IP rates than previously generated.
When using our new frac enhancing marlin, well placement plans over the last four years.
Our median well you are have increased by an impressive 36% to 584000 equivalents, we have not aggressively down spaced and more importantly, we do not over book reserves, even better we achieved operating expenses less than $7 per be we for the quarter, which is nearly 20% less than second quarter of 19.
This a true testament of our competitive advantage into play which leads to real value creation.
For teams done a tremendous job in execution this year with enhance capital allocation plan. We're looking forward to continue to access and 2020.
Slide 10 looks like some highlights in the further detail in the third quarter.
Our well performance until then CAD arena continue to be strong with outperformance at our Tyler ranch in Stoneberg locations respectively.
Until dinner 10, lower Eagle Ford Wells are on average performing above the pre drill you our type curve of 500000 barrel equivalent the 7100 foot lateral wells with 500 foot spacing are yielding IP thirtys that averaged 1300 barrels equivalent per day over and Cat arena non lower Eagle Ford Wells wells were drilled with 7800.
Mode for less than our targeted 6.5 million dollar goal.
Over the long term, we expect that our best Wells NK, Bob will continue to complete with Eagle Ford Wells as we high grade locations and move into multi well pad development.
Looking in the Gulf of Mexico on Slide 13.
Murphy's Gulf of Mexico, Mexico access performed well this quarter produced and 78000 barrels equivalent per day with operate production exceeding guidance during the quarter. We completed the tie back of the new Dalmatian well, which came online at the gross rate of 5400 barrels equivalent per day, the nearly had the snick well completion that Medusa.
Workovers our finished now with first oil volumes coming on shortly.
Forecast, increasing your bar products, approximately 30 million barrels equivalent net to Murphy also construction zone schedule for Kings key floating production system will continue to review sell down opportunities.
Further on slide 14.
As shown on this side, we havent numerous short and long term projects to implement and our offshore portfolio, primarily all with pre drilled wells looking back on so thankful that we maintain their offshore operations ability.
With our long history of deepwater execution capability, we've seamlessly integrate these to these new assets into our existing portfolio and maintained all project timelines, which has no easy task.
These tiebacks workovers, new wells in various stages of planning and preparation and I'm confident we've safely execute them to plan leading to significant value creation beyond our producing assets. This results in the Gulf of Mexico production being maintained between 80 to 85000 over the next four to five years with Optionality for future brownfield expansion.
Projects and near well tie backs.
Exploration slide 16.
Our total 20% working interest physician across nine box covers approximately 1.7 million acres with more than 1.2 billion barrel equivalent reserves discovered nearby who continue to progress our seismic program in the basin and hope to have full review completed within the next 12 months.
Slide 17, the portable our basin, our strategy to focus ship meaningful exploration at low cost entry points continues as we expanded our position in Brazil this quarter.
Coming into three blocks in the portal to gain a 30% working interest.
Thank you, which is located near existing major oil discoveries with large successful operators leverages, our existing partnership venture shall D.A. Additionally, we will meet our criteria on the success basis of near $12 per barrel, finding and development costs.
Vietnam Page slide 18.
Acreage position in the proven and prolific Cuu long basin continues to provide long term exploration upside along our two previous discoveries were taken necessary steps for future development and receiving the required regulatory approvals.
To move this project forward.
I'm very proud of our Murphy team on slide 20, and especially their execution of the course of last 12 months, we completed three large asset transaction redeployed sale proceeds.
We implemented and completed our share repurchase program and on track to deliver over 200000 barrels equivalent per day in the fourth quarter. Most importantly, we're generating approximately 67% liquids weighted production with 94% of our oil volumes sold at a premium to Debbie tea.
All this has been achieved while maintaining our cash on the balance sheet.
Slide 21, and closing Murphy delivers long term value following our transformation right about stable growth platform with our Eagle Ford shale and Gulf of Mexico assets as we execute short cycle high rate of return projects. These oil weighted assets generate premium pricing and positive cash flow and how this to maintain our dividend and strong balance.
As always we remain focused on benefiting shareholders and balancing financial discipline and lower price environment with that I'd like turn the call back over to our operator for questions. This morning. Thank you.
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And your first question comes from Leo Mariani from Keybanc. Please go ahead.
Hey, guys just wanted to see if you had any updated kind of high level thoughts on the approach to 2020, obviously a lot of volatility in commodity markets. These days just wanted to kind of conceptually.
Get your thoughts on that it with the plan B that have free cash flow in 2025 at all costs in the sort of the JOTS short cycle activity to get there I know you've got some larger spending coming in the Gulf of Mexico next year, maybe just frame that up little is good.
Thank you Leo after the question last time, we had a conference call.
We talked about our production being 10% to 15% higher than this year and we are reaffirming data thing will be toward the high standards that that marker toward the high end of the 10% to 15% production increase offer the midpoint of our current guidance.
This does not include capital for NCR.
As you noticed in the call today, there were some hedging Don.
We're pretty well positioned at 45000 barrels hedged.
And I think with our Diffs situation, Pasi 70, I and a lot of flexibility we have in our onshore assets. We're looking at a really good budgets here and now feel very comfortable about free cash flow and covering our dividend have keep in mind. When you cover the dividend at Murphy, It's a big number is that some small.
Well, that's sounds that sounds great for sure.
Just tied transitioning to slightly different line of thinking obviously, you guys have been pretty acquisitive in the Gulf of Mexico over the last couple of years. It's obviously is brought in significant high margin barrels balance sheets in good shape, just wanted to kind of get your thoughts on what the landscape looks like for potential other golf deals going forward.
Today.
And at some longer term deals and BD in hemispheres. We know we are well positioned in Brazil, We also see Brazil, so attracting some of the largest money anywhere in the world billions and billions of dollars disclosed in Brazil by every Super major there is today and that we're very well position, there and and we are positioned to do.
BD, if we want to engine as we've shown that clearly as you know, there's no fear and change in portfolio here.
So so we look at several of those I'd say today, the hottest staying be form and on exploration today in the Gulf.
That's helpful. Maybe just on the stock buyback, obviously, you guys were aggressive guy and all done very quickly nice to see.
The extent there is more free cash flow prices do better next year could you guys think about kind of resurrecting that buyback or how do you think about uses of free cash flow.
Well, we would probably be looking at where a company leos you know, we modeled our company with the by rating.
As you know, where we have significant free cash flow coming to us over the next four to five years.
We'd probably be looking at.
Debt and and buyback situation splitting that if you will and I wouldn't be surprised to see has continued to have authorizations available in the future in which we would get consistently in the buying our stock because their stock is severely undervalued and we've done very well at rewarding shareholders and as we had this large gain in Malaysia.
Shared that with our shareholders immensely here, it's no small feat to returned 600 million.
Dollars plus to shareholders in a year.
So.
I would say, we obviously would like to de lever som along the way, but share repurchases always going to be likely here.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Thank you next question is from Evan Chairman from JP Morgan. Please go ahead.
Good morning to reporting Roger Good morning, Sir I was wondering if he can provide us some.
Some some more detail on some of your longer term projects on the Gulf of Mexico, including the St Malo, a water flood and the Khalis see more mine and summarize.
Okay sure. Thank you ran on St Malo, obviously.
We're dealing with the Super major here and disclosure from Super majors Little bit limited, let say this is not as big project to them as is to US. It is a significant project, but maybe not for CVX their 51% Ecuador's 21, and MP Gom, our JV with Petrobras since 25, making us on 20.
This a very large all feel with over 2 billion barrels in place. It's been online since 2014, only nine wells are flowing there, it's making over 90000 barrels a day today after all that time.
This projects going to increase the recovery from probably 20 to near 28%. We believe we'll get out a little over 30 million barrels net to Murphy on that.
I'll be almost 70 years old that so pretty good at project for us.
This important I understand on this project. This was drilled by ALOG company, we purchased a earlier this year.
It's a large project is over 100 near 170 million barrels reserves there.
This project is significant pay in several zones across several wells.
They were six Wellbore penetrations that clearly see more mine and then again, it's important to note about these assets and the ones that we have in or.
Conducting on slide 14 today most of the wells are drilled so we're talking about pay on logs in wells that were going to go in tie back we're going to drill a couple extra wells. There. If you will enter penetrations previously done by the other operator. So these wells are four wells drilled and abandoned kempler demand there will be tied back to flow into the.
Production system that we're going to Bill this is significant project adding.
To answer your question today.
Yeah, and I just had one follow up.
I would be just on the Gulf of Mexico, Capex I think in September you guys had outlined.
Five year outlook, which is I think 325 million per per year, there's obviously.
It will move up and down and specific years, given the major projects the questions around that as did that include the capex for St Mellow and does that assume.
That you do do a sale lease back on the Kings.
Hi facility, because I think that your commentary, so just 1.5 billion and Capex.
In 2020.
While we did say that we set our capex is around 5% or current midpoint of 1.4 on top of that so it'll be less than 1.5 there.
The assumption today of the 325 average does include St. Malo and does include the sell Downs Kings key at this time and our capital in the Gulf will be a little will be higher than this year and but the average is maintained in our significant free cash flow position through 2025 that we will build.
Our assets as being maintained.
Thanks Roger.
Thank you.
Your next question comes from Gail Nicholson from Stephens. Please go ahead.
Hi, good morning.
Good morning, guys very nice.
You guys did a very nice improvement.
768 for the third quarter is very strong for us I will just walk through some few highlights Eagle Ford's very strong and of course done well in our Canadian assets as well, especially in the Gulf.
And going forward, we're going to have a higher opex in the fourth quarter, we're doing a 40 something million dollar gross workover at.
Cascade should Nick field, so well that we inherited from a from our purchase or JV formation, rather with Petrobras and that we ever jewel ship their conducting that said will move up our opex and that a good bit and about a real star. The show is Eagle Ford Opex and I'll, let Eric here, who runs our onshore business.
Executive Vice President help you on that gap.
Okay. Thanks Gail.
The happy with Eagleford operating cost out $6.75 per equivalent barrel.
Things, we've been working on there we've been optimizing our field labor cost, reducing the number of operators in the field and optimizing how we're using them.
Obviously, production's up 15% quarter on quarter, which helps but the dollars are actually quite a bit lower due to field labor cost, we're doing more salt water disposal on pipe versus trucking, we have lower maintenance and repair costs and we continue to do some infrastructure things like electrification.
Chemical program optimization that kind of stuff.
And also Gam have Mike Mcfadyen runs our offshore business comment on offshore as well outside of the work over that I mentioned to go ahead Mike.
Hi, Gail we plan to maintain low operating costs with the addition of the ALOG assets into the Gulf of Mexico portfolio and prior to that MP Gom has provided a larger footprint for us to integrate.
Shore base logistics another.
Other areas that impact operating costs. So we plan to maintain a low operating costs with some lumpiness with expense Workovers along the way.
Great. Thank you for that incremental color.
Welcome.
The market I appreciate the resource there with the progress that we've made on the regulatory aspects.
With.
Yes.
Well well five into 17 can you talk about timing, how we should think of Vietnam.
Kind of over the next.
Jared.
Well, Vietnam as a big swing for us internationally and has a lot of Optionality for law things that could happen, what we can move and quickly it's not the fastest regulatory placed in the world. Sometimes we let that go because we have other capital allocations you know from our initial.
Movement into Petrobras into the Gulf of that JV and placed a lot of capital allocation to the Eagle Ford. We're now we're seeing very big increase in production at the capital that we described low elderly and great execution here headquartered in Houston, We of course know how to operate here. We are invited in very favored by Vietnamese keep in mind.
On that now Exxon has said they are selling out of Vietnam on their larger fields will become one of the only American company, there and that politics is helping us favorably there as they want us to be there now we will help improve rules and things go forward, but we have a very nice hundred million barrel discovery at the LDV fields.
Needed their approval.
The development plan to allow for feed to take place in a partners to pay accordingly there.
Had a discovery at LT L. DT onex earlier, this year could easily be tied back to it and weve pitching this to be a.
Malaysia, Sarawak sort of business, where we were very successful and top operator, there for two decades and as we look at small platforms flowing into FSS goes in that region Big Prospected drew a nearby and we're also working to get another block there that's moving on very well in these block is adjacent.
And it just gives us a lot of optionality to move into Vietnam easy easily and played into the hands of our cap allocation to stop and gives us a lot of upside in future.
Great. Thank you.
Thank you game.
Thank you next question is from Ryan Todd from Simmons Energy. Please go ahead.
Oh, Ron how you doing.
Great. Thanks morning, Roger.
Maybe first one.
I'll highlight new well performance and the Duvernay and.
And how it's close the competitive gap a little bit there and we can you talk about how it competes for capital right now in the portfolio. How we should think about activity there is really towards 2020.
Well, we've stated earlier this year that our goal there what we have there are hundreds of wells that are going to be very very good when the commodity improves on the macro in Canada I can't go for forever and over four or five years from now we have an ability to move that play to 60000 barrels a day it up.
Probably be outside of the planning period of a 20 425, but clearly can easily do that.
We have the wells across this play that are starting to perform very well as we worked on the fracking worked on the placement and all the things we do as you know we run our onshore business with one leader Eric Hamleys over the business and were able to have one drilling team one production team one reservoir engineering team. So we're able to get all this.
Data transfer back and forth doing very very well as we see it's really some eagle Ford wells with the lower commodity price lower differential and then that's when that differential moves or changes, we can move capital there, but next year.
Our capital program as I said earlier is looking at a 5% maximum increase and also the capital for next year and our current plan is the highest capital we will have over the next three to four years for sure.
That out there as well so when that capital allocations really sort of what we're doing now if you will.
Near the range, we have today, so when we do that we're going to have more capital offshore for our big projects. There that we talked about earlier some of the questions. We would have significantly less capital in Canada. So Canada is coming down offshore is going up in Eagle Ford is going up slightly that's the way think about capital allocation. So next year is going to be we still continue to.
So pleased with the data that we got to keep all the acreage now so we got to go into an all drilling mode. This is not like Texas, where we have continuous drilling clauses, it's quite favorable which you've got to put wells and all these section you got to have.
Reach 10000 foot wells, which are now successfully executing you got a place as across those acreage to keep this acreage because it's too valuable to lose because it was an all time low entry calls typical Murphy counter kind of deal.
So that's where that's headed and really really good shape, there just need to macro to get better and that's what's in our plan and we should be good shape of Ron on that.
Perfect. Thanks, and then.
Maybe one.
Follow or.
Separate question.
I know its received a a lot of coverage and how do you think about the the market perception about the potential risk to your portfolio in federal leasehold in the Gulf of Mexico.
And how would you like to.
How would you address to address the perception of how would you potentially mitigate the risk of it became an issue.
Well I think throwing murphy into that is quite simply actually but let me talk about it here.
First let's look at what the tweet says from one of these individuals.
It's a moratorium on all new fossil fuel leases for offshore drilling and pub lands and ban fracking everywhere first thing happened all is going to go almost 200 gas will probably go to 89 Bucks you just talked about Canada, that's going to be great great situation for US there can you imagine that be grow.
We do not have as you know around and everyone that covers US no. We do not have federal lands onshore that was by design years ago. We are of course, a big offshore player.
For the fifth largest producer in the Gulf.
We do not see this as a stopping of future drilling, but even if it does this fee honest what any JV would murphy half from future leasing in the Gulf of Mexico, I would say below zero, what would that be and so that's that's not really anything to worry about we have a very large PDP position.
Both in Eagle Ford and Gulf in these situations, let's just take the offshore first so if you look at the goal is one of the things in the slide deck today, Ron is all of our capital primarily all of our capital on all the projects that we overtook and the purchase these assets is spent before early 2021.
All of the drilling and all the permits for the drilling will be done before early 2021, primarily all our work his own previously drilled wells. That's all we're doing is completing wells.
We as to moratorium on that we see little impacts on the projects, we have and haven't disclosed any projects are in a base of crowd to anything outside of what we put in here today.
The Gulf of Mexico produces two and half million barrels a day as an industry a doubt very seriously that that will be closed off.
So we feel position there on the Eagle Ford the large PDP production there.
I will be going into 2021 in mid Sixtys, so well position to of course, there will be major lawsuits and litigation around the landholders on lease holders in that.
Very very difficult to stop fracking on non federal lands I would say.
And it but the real advantage that we have if you look today.
We're entering into two large basins in Brazil, getting bigger and one in into a brand new in this the hottest locations on the planet, Brazil today with capital allocation with success in Mexico. The success. There is getting more described is then bed pay but a significant amount of pay with lots of work to do nearby and 34 Lee.
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We've discovered resources Vietnam has just call by Gail with Stephens, we can throw to jackup rigs into Vietnam like nothing to it Orion very few people can do that and no. Other company has three to five alive BD all opportunities International today, we reviewed every Wednesday at two o'clock. So we're ready to go ready to move.
We have because we have that upcoming exploration all of our projects are going to be executed before the inauguration.
I'm really we're going to be very well positioned because where we never have eggs in one basket here and also Canada and big gas in Canada, even Trudeau allows fracking Ron.
So.
We're in really good shape on that matter I consider to.
Non risk at all fiasco.
Oh I appreciate the clarity there thanks.
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And the next question is from Bryan singer from Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead.
Good morning, Brian . Thank you good morning, good morning.
Can you talk a little bit more on exploration.
Added some blocks in Brazil Gulf of Mexico, maybe there's other opportunities.
Do that particularly in Brazil.
How should how should we think about capital allocation and your capital allocation towards exploration in 2020 2021.
This year I think our total capital of all exploration, including drilling and Everything's 140, if you look in our disclosure today, probably get into the latency 75 million on exploration plus an additional 20 that wouldn't include the drilling for the capitalize the wells that were successful I would say next year probably similar.
For that 140, 150, and after and Thats, what we have in our budget draft that we have today and.
I would say 2021 be similar we're looking to drill we're hopeful to drill in Brazil.
Year, and we're hopeful to drilled in Mexico next year couple wells around this time of the year and we'll probably be drilling a well in the Gulf early next year and Theres, a lot of form and opportunities in the Gulf today, but super majors, which were greatly depending on what really feels good about business. As you know we were small in the.
Golf, we look for opportunities to get much bigger we see it is a big competitive advantage.
Got to Malaysia, because we have such Oliver Executive management team are experts at working offshore et cetera, but now the calls that we're getting in the opportunities to partner and opportunities to farm and as we've built up to the five fifth largest operated in a goal for back at our legacy and so lot of people contact and as we can operate.
Were great operator, and so things are really going well for us on exploration opportunities and what we bring to the table with it just keeping that offshore ability just really paying for itself now Brian .
Great. Thank you and my follow up on the Eagle Ford. This has been a key area flex depending on commodity prices can you just talked about how you're thinking about.
Activity levels, and what a how variable that could be in a in in 2020, depending on kind of where we where we end up from an oil Mike with respect.
At this particular time again I disclose some ranges on our capital. This morning that that's a $55 budget, we've supported that with hedging that I went over earlier on the call sure you're aware of that.
So it puts us pretty well positioned I'd say our program next year is going to be bigger and more and more capex and we have this year, we are working on.
Probably about the same kind of delivered well count for us, but theres opportunity with BPX nearby they're going be drilling a lot of wells, which are going to be not for us not a large working interest but is there obviously significantly adding there we're going to be meeting with them on next week to talk about those plans. So I would say.
But its greatly flexible.
We can go down to we have no rigs today and we can easily go down to that level if needed we have done it before and we have flexibility around this we are looking to cover cash flow with dividend at $55 hedged at 56, 40 to 45 K per day and like us.
Said earlier covenant dividends, no small feat today and this free cash flow world that we're in.
Great. Thank you.
Thank you Brian .
Thank you. The next question is found Mohammad Glenn from Raymond James. Please go ahead.
Hi, Good morning, Thank you for taking the questions.
So obviously a lot of pressured these days on U.S. onshore rig count and oilfield services generally can you guys give some perspective on what you're seeing in the eagle for today.
I've Air handler mom and for sure.
Sure. If we look at total drilling and completions costs, we expect to see a little bit of improvement there.
Drilling costs are basically flat and completion costs are probably improve in the low single digit percentage a little bit lower.
Okay, and what about service costs offshore both in the Gulf of Mexico and Canada.
All time grades.
So I can tell you.
Okay. Thank you that's all for vessel ever be.
Thank you there are no further questions from a phone lines I would now let's turn the call back over to Roger Jenkins for any closing remarks.
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