Q2 2026 CNX Resources Corp Earnings Call

July 30, 2026

Operator: Good day, and welcome to the CNX Resources Q2 2026 Question and Answer Conference Call. Today, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Should you need any assistance during today's call, please signal for a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by 0. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question at that time, you may press star then 1 on a touch-tone phone. To withdraw your question, please press star then 2. Please note that today's event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Tyler Lewis, Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. Please go ahead.

Operator: Good day, and welcome to the CNX Resources Q2 2026 Question and Answer Conference Call. Today, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Should you need any assistance during today's call, please signal for a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero. After today's presentation, there will be an opportunity to ask questions. To ask a question at that time, you may press star then one on a touch-tone phone. To withdraw your question, please press star then two. Please note that today's event is being recorded. I would now like to turn the conference over to Tyler Lewis, Senior Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. Please go ahead.

Speaker #1: the CNX Resources Q2, 2026 Q&A conference call. Today, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Should you need any assistance during today's call, please signal for a conference specialist by pressing the star key followed by zero.

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Speaker #2: Thank you, and good morning, everybody. Welcome to CNX's Q2 Q&A conference call. Today, we will be answering questions related to our Q2 results. This morning, we posted to our investor relations website an updated slide presentation and detailed Q2 earnings release data, such as quarterly E&P data, financial statements, and non-GAAP reconciliations, which can be found in a document titled "2Q 2026 Earnings Results and Supplemental Information of CNX Resources." Also, we posted to our investor relations website our prepared remarks for the quarter.

Tyler Lewis: Thank you, and good morning, everybody. Welcome to CNX's Q2 Q&A conference call. Today, we will be answering questions related to our Q2 results. This morning, we posted to our investor relations website an updated slide presentation and detailed Q2 earnings release data, such as quarterly E&P data, financial statements, and non-GAAP reconciliations, which can be found in a document titled 2Q 2026 Earnings Results and Supplemental Information of CNX Resources. We posted to our investor relations website our prepared remarks for the quarter, which we hope everyone had a chance to read before the call, as the call today will be used exclusively for Q&A. With me today for Q&A are Alan Shepard, our President and Chief Executive Officer, Everett Good, our Chief Financial Officer, and Navneet Behl, our Chief Operating Officer.

Speaker #2: We hope everyone had a chance to read before the call, as the call today will be used exclusively for Q&A. With me today for Q&A are Executive Officer; Everett Goode, our Chief Financial Officer; and Naveed Bell, our Chief Operating Officer.

Speaker #2: Please note that the company's remarks made during this call, including answers to questions, include forward-looking statements which are subject to various risks and uncertainties.

Tyler Lewis: Please note that the company's remarks made during this call, including answers to questions, include forward-looking statements, which are subject to various risks and uncertainties. These statements are not guarantees of future performance, and our actual results may differ materially as a result of many factors. A discussion of risks and uncertainties related to those factors in CNX's business is contained in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in a release issued today. With that, thank you for joining us this morning, and operator, can you please open the call up for Q&A at this time?

Speaker #2: These statements are not guarantees of future performance and are actual results may differ materially as a result of many factors. A discussion of risks and uncertainties related to those factors in CNX's business is contained in its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in a release issued today.

Speaker #2: With that, thank you for joining us this morning and Operator, can you please open the call for Q&A at this time?

Speaker #1: Thank you. We will now begin the Q&A session. As a reminder, to ask a question, you may press star, then 1 on your touchstone phone.

Operator: Thank you. We will now begin the question and answer session. As a reminder, to ask a question, you may press star then one on your touch-tone phone. If you are using a speakerphone, please pick up your handset before pressing the keys. If at any time your question has been addressed and you would like to withdraw it, please press star then two. Today's first question will come from Gabe Daoud with Truist. Please go ahead.

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Speaker #1: In today's first question, we'll hear from Gabe Dowd with Truist. Please go ahead.

Speaker #3: Thanks, Operator. Morning, everyone. It was hopeful we could hey, morning, guys. Can we just start with 45Z, maybe, and just the updated guidance there around credit monetization?

Gabe Daoud: Thanks, operator. Morning, everyone.

Tyler Lewis: Hey.

Tyler Lewis: Hey, morning, guys. Can we just start with 45Z maybe and just the updated guidance there around credit monetization? How should we think about, I guess, timing around Treasury issuing a final ruling to feel comfortable about that $40 million revenue number for 2027?

Gabe Daoud: Hey, morning, guys. Can we just start with 45Z maybe and just the updated guidance there around credit monetization? How should we think about, I guess, timing around Treasury issuing a final ruling to feel comfortable about that $40 million revenue number for 2027?

Speaker #3: How should we think about, I guess, timing around Treasury issuing a final ruling to feel comfortable about that $40 million revenue number for 2027?

Speaker #4: Yeah. On the Treasury guidance itself, that's sometimes the second part of this year. And I'll turn it over to Everett. He can sort of walk you through what happened recently.

Tyler Lewis: Yeah. On the Treasury guidance itself, that's sometime second part of this year. I'll turn it over to Everett. He can sort of walk you through what happened recently.

Everett Good: Yeah. There are a couple pieces that we disclosed. One was a step-up in cash flows for the current year, where we had confirmation that the methane stream captured for the first 4 months of 2025 qualified for credit. We stepped up our monetization this year. Treasury also refined its carbon intensity calculations and its GREET model, which raised the value of our annual monetization to approximately $40 million a year. When you combine our 45Z sales going forward, which will be monetized in 2027, plus our environmental attributes, we're targeting approximately a $90 million a year run rate between the two.

Speaker #2: Yeah. So there are a couple pieces that we disclosed. One was a step-up in cash flows for the current year, where we had confirmation that the methane stream captured for the first four months of 25 qualified for credit.

Speaker #2: So we stepped up our monetization this year. And then the Treasury also refined its carbon intensity calculations and its greed model. Which raised the value of our annual monetization.

Speaker #2: To approximately $40 million a year. So when you combine our 45Z sales going forward, which will be monetized in '27, plus our environmental attributes, we're targeting approximately a $90 million a year run rate between the two.

Speaker #3: Okay, okay. $90 million a year. Okay, great. Great, thanks for that. And then maybe just to follow up, could we get your updated thoughts around capital allocation moving forward?

Gabe Daoud: Okay. $90 million a year. Okay, great. Thanks for that. Maybe just a follow-up, could we get your updated thoughts around capital allocation moving forward? Maybe a little bit of a weaker near-term macro environment with a medium to longer term improving picture. How does CNX maybe think about capital allocation given that and your attractive cadence on the buyback?

Speaker #3: Maybe a little bit of a weaker near-term macro environment, with a medium- to longer-term improving picture. So, how does CNX maybe think about capital allocation given that, and your attractive cadence on the buyback?

Speaker #4: Yeah, so nothing's changed from our process. I mean, we're on year six and a half of sort of executing our capital allocation philosophy, which focuses on creating long-term value per share.

Alan K. Shepard: Yeah. Nothing's changed from our process. We're on year 6 and a half of executing our capital allocation philosophy. Focus is on creating long-term value per share. When we see opportunities where the margin of safety is pretty big, we're going to go ahead and take advantage of that. We don't signal as to what we're going to do, but we have a lot of flexibility, and we're seeing some attractive opportunities right now on the equity side.

Alan Shepard: Yeah. Nothing's changed from our process. We're on year 6 and a half of executing our capital allocation philosophy. Focus is on creating long-term value per share. When we see opportunities where the margin of safety is pretty big, we're going to go ahead and take advantage of that. We don't signal as to what we're going to do, but we have a lot of flexibility, and we're seeing some attractive opportunities right now on the equity side.

Speaker #4: And when we see sort of opportunities where the margin of safety is pretty big, we're going to go ahead and take advantage of that.

Speaker #4: So we don't sort of signal as to what we're going to do, but we have a lot of flexibility and we're seeing some attractive opportunities right now on the equity side.

Speaker #3: Great. Okay. Thanks, guys.

Gabe Daoud: Great. Okay. Thanks, guys.

Speaker #1: And our next question is from Leo Mariani with Roth. Please proceed.

Operator: Our next question is from Leo Mariani with Roth. Please proceed.

Speaker #5: Yeah. Hi. Good morning. I was hoping you could talk a little bit to capital here. In your prepared remarks, you guys said that Q3 capex is moving up some, versus Q2.

Leo Mariani: Yeah. Hi, good morning. I was hoping you could talk a little bit to capital here. In your prepared remarks, you guys said that Q3 CapEx is moving up some, versus Q2. I guess it's going to move back down in Q4. Just eyeballing that, it looks like it puts you at the higher end of the 2026 CapEx range. Just wanted to verify that that's generally accurate, and maybe you guys are seeing some inflation starting to hit the numbers here?

Speaker #5: And I guess it's going to move back down in 4Q. I mean, just kind of eyeballing that, it looks like it kind of puts you at the higher end of the 26 capex range.

Speaker #5: Just wanted to verify that that's generally accurate, and maybe you guys are seeing some inflation starting to hit the numbers here.

Speaker #4: No. I would never read into that, Leo. We're still gotten to the midpoint of those numbers. And the commentary is more just about reflecting of the timing of the activity we have going on in the field, right?

Alan K. Shepard: No, I would never read into that, Leo. We're still gotten to the midpoint of those numbers. The commentary is more just about reflecting of the timing of the activity we have going on in the field, right? You're just going to see slightly higher in Q3 and then sort of level out in Q4, and that just matches up with the activity in the field. Not seeing really anything on the inflation side to note.

Alan Shepard: No, I would never read into that, Leo. We're still gotten to the midpoint of those numbers. The commentary is more just about reflecting of the timing of the activity we have going on in the field, right? You're just going to see slightly higher in Q3 and then sort of level out in Q4, and that just matches up with the activity in the field. Not seeing really anything on the inflation side to note.

Speaker #4: So you're just going to see slightly higher in Q3 and then sort of level out in Q4, and that just matches up with the activity in the field.

Speaker #4: Not seeing really anything on the inflation side to note.

Speaker #5: Okay. That's helpful. And just on production, you guys talked about how Q4 was the peak. Obviously, there's been weakness in gas. Are you guys kind of attempting to sort of manage your turn of lines a bit to try to get production to hopefully peak in winter when maybe price is a little bit better?

Leo Mariani: Okay. That's helpful. Just on production, you guys talked about how Q4 was the peak. Obviously, there's been weakness in gas. Are you guys attempting to manage your turning lines a bit to try to get production to hopefully peak in winter when maybe price is a little bit better? Does that mean Q3 is a little bit weaker and Q4 is the strongest? Just trying to get a little sense of what you're doing on the production.

Speaker #5: And does that mean Q3 is a little bit weaker and Q4 is kind of the strongest? Just trying to get a little sense of what you're doing on the production.

Speaker #4: Yeah. I think the schedule usually naturally sets up like that, where we kind of have some of the pads coming on towards the end of the year.

Alan K. Shepard: I think the schedule usually naturally sets up like that, where we have some of the pads coming on towards the end of the year. Again, we don't over-engineer for that answer. We're solving for a different outcome. Yeah, the way it lines up this year, you'll see a big couple of wells come on in Q3, and then you'll see the rest of them sort of surge into Q4.

Alan Shepard: I think the schedule usually naturally sets up like that, where we have some of the pads coming on towards the end of the year. Again, we don't over-engineer for that answer. We're solving for a different outcome. Yeah, the way it lines up this year, you'll see a big couple of wells come on in Q3, and then you'll see the rest of them sort of surge into Q4.

Speaker #4: But again, we don't over-engineer for that answer. We're solving for sort of a different outcome. But yeah, the way it lines up this year, you'll see a big couple of whales come on in Q3, and then you'll see the rest of them sort of surge into Q4.

Speaker #5: Okay, that's helpful. And just on the 45Z, I'll mention that you monetized—you sold the $30 million of credits. Is that all going to hit in Q3?

Leo Mariani: Okay. That's helpful. Just on the 45Z, y'all mentioned that you monetized, you sold the $30 million of credits. Is that all going to hit, like in Q3 as one lump sum payment for you guys? Just trying to understand that.

Speaker #5: Is it kind of a one lump sum payment for you guys? I'm just trying to understand that.

Speaker #4: Yeah. As a reminder, you'll see it come through in the cash flow in Q3. That's why we disclosed it sort of early July activity.

Alan K. Shepard: As a reminder, you'll see it come through in the cash flow in Q3. That's why we disclosed it early July activity. When you see it in the financials, remember, it comes through the income tax expense line and shows up there. You don't really see it in EBITDA. You'll see the cash flow impact, which is the most important thing, coming through in Q3.

Alan Shepard: As a reminder, you'll see it come through in the cash flow in Q3. That's why we disclosed it early July activity. When you see it in the financials, remember, it comes through the income tax expense line and shows up there. You don't really see it in EBITDA. You'll see the cash flow impact, which is the most important thing, coming through in Q3.

Speaker #4: When you see it in the financials, remember, it comes through the income tax expense line and shows up there. So you don't really see it in EBITDA.

Speaker #4: But you'll see the cash flow impact, which is the most important thing. Coming through in Q3.

Speaker #5: Okay. Thank you.

Leo Mariani: Okay. Thank you.

Speaker #1: And the next question is from Michael Shala with Stevens. Please proceed.

Operator: The next question is from Michael Scialla with Stephens. Please proceed.

Speaker #6: Good morning, everybody. Just looking at your morning. Looking at your Q2 spending, I realize you don't guide quarterly, but it was a little bit lower than we were anticipating.

Michael Scialla: Good morning, everybody.

Alan K. Shepard: Morning.

Alan Shepard: Morning.

Michael Scialla: Morning. I realize you don't guide quarterly, it was a little bit lower than we were anticipating. I think, the Street in general as well. Looks like you only drilled two wells. Granted, they were in the Utica, anything slow activity during the Q, or was that pretty much as planned?

Speaker #6: I think the street in general as well. Looks like you only drilled two wells granted they were in the Utica, but anything slow activity during the quarter, or was that pretty much as planned?

Speaker #4: Yeah. That's as planned. I think it's just a function of us not providing quarterly guidance. We're not planning on doing. Again, I would just look to sort of where the full-year guidance is and where those midpoints sit, and that's the right way to think about it.

Alan K. Shepard: Yeah, that's as planned. I think it's just a function of us not providing quarterly guidance. We're not planning on doing. I would just look to where the full year guidance is where those midpoints sit, that's the right way to think about it.

Alan Shepard: Yeah, that's as planned. I think it's just a function of us not providing quarterly guidance. We're not planning on doing. I would just look to where the full year guidance is where those midpoints sit, that's the right way to think about it.

Speaker #6: Okay. And on the 45Z, obviously encouraging their given that, any plans for additional remediation, or are you just kind of stick with the Buchanan mine going forward?

Michael Scialla: Okay. On the Section 45Z, obviously encouraging there. Given that, any plans for additional remediation, or are you just going to stick with the Buchanan Mine going forward?

Speaker #4: No. That's the right question. I mean, we're starting to see this carbon intensity score come down and the value of these credits creep up.

Alan K. Shepard: No, that's the right question. We're starting to see this carbon intensity score come down and the value of these credits creep up. We're getting close to where that might make sense, and we're always evaluating the opportunities to expand the system. We certainly have some rights and opportunities to do that. Nothing definitive at this time. As we keep making progress, that would be the goal longer term.

Alan Shepard: No, that's the right question. We're starting to see this carbon intensity score come down and the value of these credits creep up. We're getting close to where that might make sense, and we're always evaluating the opportunities to expand the system. We certainly have some rights and opportunities to do that. Nothing definitive at this time. As we keep making progress, that would be the goal longer term.

Speaker #4: We're getting close to where that might make sense. And we're always evaluating the opportunities to expand the system. We certainly have some rights and opportunities to do that.

Speaker #4: Nothing definitive at this time. But as we keep making progress, that would be the goal longer term.

Speaker #6: So probably nothing this year, but possibly.

Michael Scialla: Probably nothing this year, but possibly.

Speaker #4: Nothing near term. Yeah. Nothing for the rest of this year.

Alan K. Shepard: Nothing near-term, no. Nothing for the rest of this year.

Alan Shepard: Nothing near-term, no. Nothing for the rest of this year.

Speaker #6: Okay. I just wanted to sneak one more in if I could. On it looked like your last couple of quarters, you've set some 24-hour drilling records on the Utica.

Michael Scialla: Okay. I just wanted to sneak one more in if I could.

Alan K. Shepard: Sure.

Alan Shepard: Sure.

Michael Scialla: It looks like your last couple of quarters, you've set some 24-hour drilling records on the Utica. Anything you can say there in terms of well costs? I think you were in kind of that $1,700 per foot range. Is that still a good number there, or is that moving either way?

Speaker #6: Anything you can say there in terms of well costs? I know you I think you were in kind of that 1,700 per foot range.

Speaker #6: Is that still a good number there, or is that moving either way?

Speaker #4: Yeah. I would say that's sort of the number we're staying with right now. I mean, we've seen what we've talked about last time is the opportunity for improvement is in the drilling side, completions in the rest of the well construction is pretty steady.

Alan K. Shepard: Yeah, I would say that's sort of the number we're staying with right now. We've seen what we've talked about last time is the opportunity for improvement is in the drilling side. Completions and the rest of the well construction's pretty steady. Every time we go back to one of these pads, every time we hit a new well, we're getting better and better, as you would expect, as the industry's shown over the years. We'll provide, when we're ready and we have a fulsome data set, we'll provide maybe an update on that at a future point.

Alan Shepard: Yeah, I would say that's sort of the number we're staying with right now. We've seen what we've talked about last time is the opportunity for improvement is in the drilling side. Completions and the rest of the well construction's pretty steady. Every time we go back to one of these pads, every time we hit a new well, we're getting better and better, as you would expect, as the industry's shown over the years. We'll provide, when we're ready and we have a fulsome data set, we'll provide maybe an update on that at a future point.

Speaker #4: But every time we go back to one of these pads, every time we do a new well, we're getting better and better, as you would expect, as the industry has shown over the years.

Speaker #4: So we'll provide when we're ready and we have a full some data set, we'll provide maybe an update on that at a future point.

Speaker #6: Sounds good. Thanks, Alan.

Michael Scialla: Sounds good. Thanks, Alan.

Speaker #4: Yep. Thank you.

Alan K. Shepard: Yep. Thank you.

Alan Shepard: Yep. Thank you.

Speaker #1: The next question comes from Jacob Roberts with TPH. Please go ahead.

Operator: The next question comes from Jacob Roberts with TPH. Please go ahead.

Speaker #6: Good morning.

Jake Roberts: Good morning.

Jacob Roberts: Good morning.

Speaker #4: Hi, Jake.

Alan K. Shepard: Hi, Jake.

Alan Shepard: Hi, Jake.

Speaker #6: Hey. I know you just specifically said no quarterly guidance, but I'm wondering if you could help us out a little bit on the activity plan from here, and specifically how we should be thinking about the till count by quarter relative to the higher level of spending in Q3, and maybe specifically if you could comment on where the remaining Utica tills will fall in the back half of the year.

Jake Roberts: Hey. I know you just specifically said no quarterly guidance, but I'm wondering if you could help us out a little bit on the activity plan from here, and specifically how we should be thinking about the till count by quarter relative to the higher level of spending in Q3. Maybe specifically, if you could comment on where the remaining Utica tills will fall in H2 of the year.

Jacob Roberts: Hey. I know you just specifically said no quarterly guidance, but I'm wondering if you could help us out a little bit on the activity plan from here, and specifically how we should be thinking about the till count by quarter relative to the higher level of spending in Q3. Maybe specifically, if you could comment on where the remaining Utica tills will fall in H2 of the year.

Speaker #4: Yeah. I'll give you some direction there. So we got a large Marcellus pad in process right now that'll come on in Q3. So that's 12 to 13 of your tills will hit in Q3.

Alan K. Shepard: Yeah. I'll give you some direction there. We got a large Marcellus pad in process right now that'll come on in Q3, so that's 12 to 13 of your tills will hit in Q3. The Utica pad that we're in the process of right now, that'll hit later in Q4.

Alan Shepard: Yeah. I'll give you some direction there. We got a large Marcellus pad in process right now that'll come on in Q3, so that's 12 to 13 of your tills will hit in Q3. The Utica pad that we're in the process of right now, that'll hit later in Q4.

Speaker #4: And then the Utica pad that we're in the process of right now, that'll hit later in Q4.

Speaker #6: Perfect. That's very helpful. And maybe for Everett, on the low carbon side, obviously positive into the 45Z uplift there, but I wanted to focus on the Pennsylvania AEC market.

Jake Roberts: Perfect. That's very helpful. Maybe for Everett, on the low carbon side, obviously positive to see the 45Z uplift there, but I wanted to focus on the Pennsylvania AEC market. It sounded to me like if you're thinking about $90 million for next year, that's a flat run rate on the AEC market going forward. I'm just curious if you could speak to what you're seeing in that market and the confidence you have around the numbers for the rest of this year and into 2027.

Jacob Roberts: Perfect. That's very helpful. Maybe for Everett, on the low carbon side, obviously positive to see the 45Z uplift there, but I wanted to focus on the Pennsylvania AEC market. It sounded to me like if you're thinking about $90 million for next year, that's a flat run rate on the AEC market going forward. I'm just curious if you could speak to what you're seeing in that market and the confidence you have around the numbers for the rest of this year and into 2027.

Speaker #6: It sounded to me like if you're thinking about 90 million for next year, that's a flat run rate on the AEC market going forward.

Speaker #6: I'm just curious if you could speak to what you're seeing in that market and kind of the confidence you have around the numbers for the rest of this year and into 2027.

Speaker #4: Yeah. We're essentially just marking it to market off of where we're seeing trade-off eyes. So we're assuming it's stable to flat. We do see some level of volatility in that market, and we'll as we provide good forward guidance, we can constantly mark it to market.

Alan K. Shepard: Yeah. We're essentially just marking it to market off of where we're seeing it trade off ICE. We're assuming it's stable to flat. We do see some level of volatility in that market, and as we provide go forward guidance, we can constantly mark it to market. We're seeing relative stability there in the price.

Everett Good: Yeah. We're essentially just marking it to market off of where we're seeing it trade off ICE. We're assuming it's stable to flat. We do see some level of volatility in that market, and as we provide go forward guidance, we can constantly mark it to market. We're seeing relative stability there in the price.

Speaker #4: But we're seeing relative stability there in the price.

Speaker #6: Great. I appreciate the time.

Jake Roberts: Great. I appreciate the time.

Jacob Roberts: Great. I appreciate the time.

Speaker #1: As a reminder, if you do have a question, please press star then one. And the next question comes from Betty Jiang with Barclays. Please proceed.

Operator: As a reminder, if you do have a question, please press star, then one. The next question comes from Betty Jiang with Barclays. Please proceed.

Speaker #2: Great. Thank you. Good morning. One question. On the buyback, I mean, clearly you're really leaning into the Contour Cyclical buyback here. Just wondering philosophically, I think your took down some debt on the revolver.

Betty Jiang: Great. Thank you. Good morning.

Alan K. Shepard: Good morning, Betty.

Alan Shepard: Good morning, Betty.

Betty Jiang: Two questions. On the buyback, clearly you're really leaning into the counter-cyclical buyback here. Just wondering philosophically, I think you took on some debt on the revolver. What's your willingness to lean on the debt to buy back more stock in this environment?

Speaker #2: What's your willingness to lean on the debt to buy back more stock in this environment?

Speaker #4: Yeah. That's a good question. I think maybe if you think about the short-term outlook for gas and the longer-term outlook, maybe that's informative, right?

Alan K. Shepard: Yeah, that's a good question. I think maybe if you think about the short-term outlook for gas and the longer-term outlook, maybe that's informative, right? 2026 going into 2027 is setting up to be a little bit soft. Longer term, the outlook for gas here in Appalachia in particular is tremendous. If that's your view, you should be much more, as an upstream operator, much more interested in repurchasing shares, right? I think based on our activity level, there's a reasonable argument that we're probably the most bullish of the operators here in Appalachia. Yeah, under that circumstances, with the right constraints and risk management around it, you could certainly see outspend if that's what made sense. Regardless of any of that, we're going to keep running the process we've been running for the last six years and allocate capital to the best use.

Alan Shepard: Yeah, that's a good question. I think maybe if you think about the short-term outlook for gas and the longer-term outlook, maybe that's informative, right? 2026 going into 2027 is setting up to be a little bit soft. Longer term, the outlook for gas here in Appalachia in particular is tremendous. If that's your view, you should be much more, as an upstream operator, much more interested in repurchasing shares, right? I think based on our activity level, there's a reasonable argument that we're probably the most bullish of the operators here in Appalachia. Yeah, under that circumstances, with the right constraints and risk management around it, you could certainly see outspend if that's what made sense. Regardless of any of that, we're going to keep running the process we've been running for the last six years and allocate capital to the best use.

Speaker #4: 26 going into 27, setting up to be a little bit soft. But longer term, the outlook for gas here in Appalachia in particular is tremendous.

Speaker #4: So if that's your view, you should be much more as a sort of an upstream operator, much more interested in repurchasing shares, right? I think based on our activity level, there's a reasonable argument that we're probably the most bullish of the operators here in Appalachia.

Speaker #4: So, yeah, and under those circumstances, with the right constraints and risk management around it, you could certainly see outspend if that's what made sense.

Speaker #4: But regardless of any of that, we're going to keep running the process we've been running for the last six years. And allocate capital to the best use.

Speaker #2: Got it. Okay. Makes sense. And then on operationally, of two parts, two focus, one, the lateral length is a lot longer into Q in Southwest PA, just if you could comment on is that specific to 2Q or just generally your program is getting longer in lateral length?

Betty Jiang: Got it. Okay. Makes sense. Operationally, two parts to focus. One, the lateral length is a lot longer in Q2 in southwest PA. Just if you could comment on is that specific to Q2 or just generally your program is getting longer in lateral length? Secondly, on the central PA, now that your Q1 well has been on for a while, you also brought on Utica in Q2, just maybe how these wells are faring relative to your expectations.

Speaker #2: And then secondly, on the Central PA, now that your 1Q well has been on for a while and you also brought on Utica in the second quarter, just maybe how these wells are faring relative to your expectations?

Speaker #4: Yeah. On the lat length, that's really a function of what your acreage position is. Obviously, the longer, the better in terms of well economics.

Alan K. Shepard: Yeah, on the lat length, that's really a function of what your acreage position is. Obviously, the longer the better in terms of well economics. We try to fit them in to optimize for that. Again, it's a function of where you have acreage. On the Utica side, I think you see from the state data and from whatever else that's been published out there that these wells are performing as we guided to. We're very pleased with the results from the Utica, and we think it's top tier in the basin.

Alan Shepard: Yeah, on the lat length, that's really a function of what your acreage position is. Obviously, the longer the better in terms of well economics. We try to fit them in to optimize for that. Again, it's a function of where you have acreage. On the Utica side, I think you see from the state data and from whatever else that's been published out there that these wells are performing as we guided to. We're very pleased with the results from the Utica, and we think it's top tier in the basin.

Speaker #4: So we try to fit them in to optimize for that. But again, it's a function of where you have acreage. On the Utica side, I think you can see from the state data and from whatever else has been published out there that these wells are performing sort of as we guided to.

Speaker #4: So we're very pleased with sort of the results from the Utica. And we think it's top tier in the basin.

Speaker #2: Got it. Thank you.

Betty Jiang: Got it. Thank you.

Speaker #1: And this does conclude today's question and answer session. I would now like to turn the conference back over to Tyler Lewis for any closing remarks.

Operator: This does conclude today's question and answer session. I would now like to turn the conference back over to Tyler Lewis for any closing remarks.

Speaker #5: Great. Thank you again for joining us this morning. And please feel free to reach out if anyone has any additional questions. Otherwise, we'll look forward to speaking with everyone again next quarter.

Tyler Lewis: Great. Thank you again for joining us this morning, please feel free to reach out if anyone has any additional questions. Otherwise, we'll look forward to speaking with everyone again next quarter. Thank you.

Speaker #5: Thank you.

Speaker #4: Thanks, everybody.

Alan K. Shepard: Thanks, everybody.

Alan Shepard: Thanks, everybody.

Operator: The conference has now concluded. Thank you for attending today's presentation, and you may now disconnect.

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