Barrels, spreads and the capital discipline cycle.

The latest development phase came in ahead of schedule and under budget. Full-cycle breakeven for the block is now low enough to turn the dividend into a lower-beta instrument.



The asset base got cheaper to run while the sector multiple stayed where it was.
Per-share metrics are improving because the share count is falling. The asset is not improving.
Unsubsidised four-hour storage clears in three markets on merchant economics alone. That changes who the buyer is and how the contracts are written.
Discipline is only observable under temptation, and this was the test.
I would rather own the discipline than the barrel, and at this price you are paying for the barrel.
Unsubsidised four-hour storage clears in three markets on merchant economics alone. That changes who the buyer is and how the contracts are written.
Capital returns are genuinely excellent and the underlying volume story is flat. That is a fine reason to own it and a poor reason to add here.