−Removed: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION
−Removed: AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
+Added: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND
+Added: ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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Headquartered in Houston, Texas,
−Removed: at March 31, 2021, we employed approximately
−Removed: 10,300 people worldwide and had total
−Removed: assets of $84 billion.
+Added: at June 30, 2021, we employed approximately
+Added: 10,100 people worldwide and had total assets
+Added: of $85 billion.
Completed Acquisition of Concho Resources Inc.
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in the Eagle Ford, Bakken and Montney.
−Removed: Consideration for the all-stock transaction was
−Removed: valued at $13.1 billion, in which 1.46 shares
−Removed: of ConocoPhillips
−Removed: common stock were exchanged for each outstanding
−Removed: share of Concho common stock, resulting
−Removed: in the issuance
−Removed: of approximately 286 million shares of ConocoPhillips
−Removed: common stock.
−Removed: We also assumed $3.9 billion in
−Removed: aggregate principal amount of outstanding debt for
−Removed: Concho, which was recorded at fair value of $4.7
−Removed: of the closing date.
−Removed: We have made significant progress since the closing of the transaction on achieving
−Removed: previously announced
−Removed: $750 million of annual cost and capital
−Removed: savings by 2022.
−Removed: Transaction and restructuring activities associated with combining
−Removed: the operations of ConocoPhillips and
−Removed: Concho resulted in non-recurring expenses for
−Removed: employee severance payments;
−Removed: pension benefit
−Removed: costs related to the workforce reductions;
−Removed: retention costs;
−Removed: employee relocations;
−Removed: financial, legal, and accounting advisors;
−Removed: We recognized $291 million before-tax related to
−Removed: these costs in the first quarter
−Removed: of 2021 and expect to incur less of these expenses
−Removed: throughout the remainder of
−Removed: Additionally, we recognized $305 million of before-tax losses on commodity
−Removed: derivatives related to
−Removed: hedging positions assumed in the Concho acquisition.
−Removed: At March 31, 2021, all oil and natural gas derivative
−Removed: financial instruments acquired from Concho were
−Removed: contractually settled.
−Removed: In connection with the settlement, we
−Removed: paid $692 million in the first quarter of 2021 and
−Removed: will pay the remaining $69 million in the
−Removed: second quarter of
−Removed: For additional information related to the settlement
−Removed: of financial derivatives acquired from Concho, see
−Removed: Note 10—Derivative and Financial Instruments,
−Removed: in the Notes to Consolidated Financial
−Removed: For additional information related to our Concho
−Removed: see Note 3—Acquisitions and Dispositions
−Removed: Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
−Removed: After an unprecedented 2020, the energy landscape improved
−Removed: in the first quarter of 2021 with oil prices
−Removed: rallying to peak over $60 per barrel for both Brent
−Removed: and WTI, a level not seen since the outbreak of the
−Removed: Oil prices have benefited from the continuation
−Removed: of coordinated production cuts by the OPEC
−Removed: plus countries and capital discipline by independent
−Removed: oil and gas producers.
−Removed: Despite the recent upswing in oil prices, we
−Removed: believe that commodity prices will remain
−Removed: cyclical and volatile,
−Removed: and a successful business strategy in the exploration
−Removed: and production industry must be resilient
−Removed: in lower price
−Removed: environments, while retaining upside during periods
−Removed: of higher prices.
−Removed: Accordingly, we remain disciplined and
−Removed: are monitoring market fundamentals, including adherence
−Removed: of the OPEC plus countries to production cut
−Removed: and capital restraint across the broader E&P industry.
−Removed: Demand is recovering but has yet to reach
+Added: Since the closing of the transaction, we have made
+Added: significant progress in integrating the two
+Added: companies and
+Added: have exceeded our own expectations in realizing
+Added: synergies and savings that should have long lasting positive
+Added: effects on our business.
+Added: We previously announced an expected $750 million of annual cost and capital
+Added: However, due to additional benefits anticipated from further cost, capital,
+Added: and margin improvements,
+Added: we now expect approximately $1 billion in annual
+Added: synergies and savings by 2022.
+Added: See Note 3 for additional
+Added: information related to our Concho acquisition.
+Added: While commodity prices continued to improve
+Added: in the second quarter of 2021, we believe that
+Added: remain cyclical and volatile.
+Added: Our view is that a successful business strategy
+Added: in the E&P industry must be
+Added: resilient in lower price environments, while
+Added: also retaining upside during periods of higher prices.
+Added: are unhedged, remain disciplined in our investment
+Added: decisions and are monitoring market
+Added: fundamentals,
+Added: including OPEC plus updates regarding supply
+Added: inventory levels, and capital restraint across
+Added: Demand is still recovering but has yet to reach
pre-pandemic levels.
−Removed: The speed and extent of this recovery will
−Removed: be influenced by the easing of COVID-19
−Removed: restrictions that have reduced economic activity
−Removed: and depressed the demand for our products.
−Removed: We believe a successful strategy in the E&P industry is to create value through the price
−Removed: cycles by delivering
−Removed: on the foundational principles that underpin our
+Added: The speed and extent of this
+Added: recovery will be influenced by whether and at what
+Added: pace the COVID-19 restrictions that
+Added: economic activity and depressed the demand for
+Added: our products globally are eased.
+Added: As the macro energy environment continues to evolve,
+Added: we have embraced what we believe sector leadership
+Added: requires and we call it our triple mandate.
+Added: We believe ConocoPhillips can play a valued role in whatever
+Added: pathway the energy transition takes by investing in the lowest
+Added: cost of supply barrels to help meet global energy
+Added: demand, delivering competitive returns of and on capital,
+Added: and achieving our net-zero ambition on our gross
+Added: operated (scope 1 and 2) emissions.
+Added: Our triple mandate is supported by financial principles
+Added: and allocation priorities that should allow
+Added: us to deliver
+Added: superior returns through the price cycles.
+Added: Our financial principles consist of maintaining
+Added: balance sheet
+Added: strength, providing peer-leading distributions,
+Added: making disciplined investments, and delivering ESG excellence,
+Added: all of which are in service of delivering financial
+Added: Our acquisition of Concho further reinforced
value proposition.
−Removed: free cash flow generation,
−Removed: a strong balance
−Removed: sheet, commitment to differential returns of and on capital,
−Removed: and ESG leadership.
−Removed: Our first quarter as a
−Removed: combined company demonstrated the power of
−Removed: Concho’s acquired assets to help deliver on our value
−Removed: Total company production was 1,527 MBOED, including 405
−Removed: MBOED from the Permian Basin,
−Removed: resulting in net cash provided by operating activities
−Removed: of $2.1 billion.
−Removed: We returned 46 percent of this cash to
−Removed: shareholders with dividends of $0.6 billion and share
−Removed: repurchases of $0.4 billion, and ended the
−Removed: cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments
−Removed: totaling $6.9 billion.
−Removed: Net cash provided by operating
−Removed: activities in the first quarter was negatively impacted
−Removed: by approximately $1 billion due to
−Removed: impacts from settling
−Removed: outstanding hedging contracts, in addition to transaction
−Removed: and restructuring costs.
+Added: In the second quarter, total company production was 1,588
+Added: MBOED, including 435
+Added: MBOED from the Permian Basin, resulting in cash
+Added: provided by operating activities of $4.3 billion.
+Added: month period ended June 30, 2021, we have
+Added: generated $6.3 billion in cash provided by operating
+Added: returning $1.2 billion to shareholders through dividends
+Added: and $1 billion through share repurchases.
+Added: the quarter with cash, cash equivalents and short-term
+Added: investments totaling $8.9 billion.
In February 2021, we resumed our share repurchase
−Removed: program, with $1.5 billion of share repurchases
−Removed: anticipated in 2021.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, approximately $14.1
−Removed: billion of repurchase authority remained of
−Removed: the $25 billion share repurchase program our Board
−Removed: of Directors had previously authorized.
−Removed: In May 2021, we announced further progress on
−Removed: our value proposition principles.
−Removed: We plan to undertake a
−Removed: paced monetization program related to the 10 percent
−Removed: of Cenovus Energy common shares we own.
−Removed: obtained these shares as partial consideration in the
−Removed: 2017 disposition of our Foster Creek Christina
−Removed: sands and western Canada Deep Basin natural
−Removed: The proceeds from these sales will be directed
+Added: program at an annualized level of $1.5 billion
+Added: increased in the second quarter to an annualized level
+Added: of $2.5 billion for 2021.
+Added: Additionally, in May 2021 we announced a paced monetization program related
+Added: to the 208 million shares of
+Added: Cenovus Energy (CVE) common shares owned at that time.
+Added: We plan to fully dispose of our CVE shares by
+Added: year-end 2022, however, the sales pace for the remaining shares will be guided
+Added: by market conditions, and we
+Added: retain discretion to adjust accordingly.
+Added: The proceeds from this disposition will be deployed
+Added: incremental share repurchases.
+Added: During the second quarter of 2021 we sold 20 million
+Added: shares or approximately
+Added: 10 percent of the shares held at December 31, 2020
+Added: for $180 million.
+Added: Based on current market conditions, in
+Added: 2021 we anticipate $1 billion in proceeds to be directed
towards our existing share repurchase authorization,
−Removed: and will be incremental to our previously announced
−Removed: billion of share repurchases in 2021.
−Removed: We plan to fully dispose of our Cenovus shares by year-end 2022,
−Removed: the sales pace will be guided by market conditions
−Removed: and we retain discretion to adjust accordingly.
−Removed: Additionally, in May 2021,
−Removed: we reaffirmed our commitment to preserving our top-tier
−Removed: balance sheet with an
−Removed: intent to reduce the company’s gross debt by $5 billion over five years, driving
−Removed: a more resilient and efficient
−Removed: capital structure.
−Removed: We remain focused on our commitment to ESG leadership and excellence.
−Removed: This commitment is demonstrated
−Removed: by our continued progress on specific targets that we set in
−Removed: October 2020 when we announced our adoption
−Removed: a Paris-aligned climate risk framework, including:
−Removed: Our ambition to become a net-zero company for
−Removed: operational (scope 1 and scope 2) emissions
+Added: bringing our total 2021 share repurchases to an estimated
+Added: $3.5 billion.
+Added: See Note 5 for additional information
+Added: on our investment in CVE.
+Added: These share repurchases along with our annual
+Added: dividend of $2.3 billion amount to a total of approximately
+Added: billion in planned distributions for 2021.
+Added: we demonstrated our commitment to preserving
+Added: -rated balance sheet by announcing our
+Added: intent to reduce the company’s gross debt by $5 billion over five years through
+Added: natural and accelerated
+Added: In June 2021, we affirmed our commitment to ESG leadership
+Added: and excellence,
+Added: and to the specific targets that
+Added: we set in October 2020 when we became the first
+Added: U.S.-based oil and gas company to adopt a Paris-aligned
+Added: climate-risk strategy.
+Added: Our commitment includes:
+Added: Net-zero ambition for operational (scope 1 and
+Added: 2) emissions by 2050 with active advocacy
+Added: on carbon to address end-use (scope 3) emissions;
Targeting a reduction in operational greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 35 to 45 percent
levels by 2030;
−Removed: Our ambition to exceed the World Bank Zero Routine Flaring 2030 initiative by five
+Added: Zero routine flaring by 2030, with an ambition
+Added: to get there by 2025;
+Added: 10 percent reduction target for methane emissions intensity
+Added: by 2025, in addition to the 65 percent
+Added: reductions we have made since 2015;
Adding continuous methane monitoring devices to
−Removed: our operations, with an initial focus on our
−Removed: 48 facilities;
−Removed: Advocating for a U.S.
−Removed: carbon price to address end-use
−Removed: (scope 3) emissions through our membership
−Removed: the Climate Leadership Council;
−Removed: Including ESG performance in executive and
−Removed: employee compensation programs;
−Removed: Increasing internal and external transparency of diversity
−Removed: and inclusion metrics.
+Added: our operations with a focus on the larger Lower 48
+Added: Formation of a dedicated low carbon technology
+Added: organization responsible for identifying and
+Added: prioritizing global emissions reduction initiatives
+Added: and opportunities associated with the energy
+Added: transition including carbon capture, utilization
+Added: and storage (CCUS) and hydrogen;
+Added: ESG performance in executive and employee
+Added: compensation programs.
+Added: WTI Crude Oil, Brent Crude Oil and Henry Hub Natural Gas Prices
+Added: Quarterly Averages
+Added: Brent - $/Bbl
Operationally, we remain focused on safely executing the business.
−Removed: In the first quarter of 2021, production of
−Removed: 1,527 MBOED was impacted by 50 MBOED of unplanned
−Removed: downtime in the Lower 48 due to Winter Storm
−Removed: Production increased approximately 238 MBOED
−Removed: or 18 percent in the first quarter of 2021, compared
−Removed: with the first quarter of 2020, primarily due to the
−Removed: acquisition of over 300 MBOED in the
−Removed: Permian Basin from
−Removed: Concho, partly offset by the absence of 46 MBOED from
−Removed: the disposition of our Australia-West assets in the
−Removed: second quarter of 2020.
−Removed: Adjusted for all acquisitions and dispositions
−Removed: in the comparative periods and
−Removed: excluding Libya, production
−Removed: decreased 59 MBOED or 4 percent.
+Added: Production was 1,588 MBOED in the
+Added: second quarter of 2021, an increase of 607 MBOED
+Added: or 62 percent, compared with the second quarter
+Added: primarily due to the acquisition of approximately
+Added: 330 MBOED in the Permian Basin from
+Added: acquisition and the absence of last year’s economic curtailments
+Added: driven by weakness in oil prices
+Added: predominantly in operated North American assets.
We re-invested $1.3 billion back into the business in the form of capital expenditures
−Removed: during the first quarter,
−Removed: with over half of our investments focused on flexible,
−Removed: short-cycle unconventional plays in the Permian,
−Removed: Ford and Bakken where our production is unhedged
−Removed: and located in tax and royalty regimes.
−Removed: For the full-year,
−Removed: we remain disciplined capital allocators with a planned
−Removed: $5.5 billion of capital expenditures in 2021.
+Added: during the second
+Added: quarter, with over half of our investments focused on flexible,
+Added: short-cycle unconventional plays in the Lower
+Added: 48 segment where our production is liquids-weighted
+Added: and is accessible to both domestic and export
+Added: For the full year, driven by efficiencies we have already captured from the
+Added: Concho transaction,
+Added: reduced our 2021 capital guidance to $5.3 billion
+Added: and cost guidance to $6.1 billion for 2021.
Business Environment
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or demand disruptions or fears thereof caused
−Removed: unrest, global pandemic or military conflicts,
+Added: unrest, global pandemics, military conflicts,
actions taken by OPEC plus and other major
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countries, environmental laws, tax regulations,
−Removed: governmental policies and weather-related
+Added: governmental policies, and weather-related disruptions.
strategy is to create value through price cycles
−Removed: by delivering on the financial and operational
−Removed: priorities that
−Removed: underpin our value proposition.
+Added: by delivering on the financial,
+Added: operational and ESG priorities
+Added: that underpin our value proposition.
Our earnings and operating cash flows generally
−Removed: correlate with industry price levels for crude
−Removed: oil and natural
−Removed: gas, the prices of which are subject to factors
−Removed: external to the company and over which we have
−Removed: following graph depicts the trend in average benchmark
−Removed: prices for WTI crude oil, Brent crude oil
−Removed: Hub natural gas:
+Added: correlate with price levels for crude oil
+Added: and natural gas, which
+Added: are subject to factors external to the company and over
+Added: which we have no control.
+Added: The following graph depicts
+Added: the trend in average benchmark prices for WTI
+Added: crude oil, Brent crude oil and Henry Hub natural
Brent crude oil prices averaged $68.83 per barrel
−Removed: in the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 21 percent
−Removed: compared with $50.31 per barrel in the first
−Removed: quarter of 2020.
−Removed: WTI at Cushing crude prices averaged $57.84 per
−Removed: barrel in the first quarter of 2021, an increase of 26
−Removed: percent compared with $46.06 per barrel in the
−Removed: first quarter
−Removed: Oil prices increased due to the recovery from
−Removed: simultaneous demand and supply shocks experienced
−Removed: the first quarter of 2020.
+Added: in the second quarter of 2021,
+Added: an increase of 136 percent
+Added: compared with $29.20 per barrel in the second quarter
+Added: WTI at Cushing crude oil prices averaged
+Added: $66.07 per barrel in the second quarter of 2021,
+Added: an increase of 137 percent compared with $27.85
+Added: per barrel in
+Added: the second quarter of 2020.
+Added: Oil prices increased alongside the ongoing global
+Added: economic recovery following
+Added: 2020’s COVID closures as well as OPEC plus supply restraint.
Henry Hub natural gas prices averaged $2.83
−Removed: per MMBTU in the first quarter of 2021,
+Added: per MMBTU in the second quarter of 2021,
an increase of 65
−Removed: percent compared with $1.95 per MMBTU in the first
+Added: percent compared with $1.71 per MMBTU in the second
quarter of 2020.
−Removed: Henry Hub prices are higher due to
−Removed: Winter Storm Uri and normalization of inventories following
−Removed: COVID-19 demand losses.
+Added: Henry Hub prices have increased
+Added: due to healthy domestic demand accompanied
+Added: by record levels of feedgas demand for LNG exports
Our realized bitumen price averaged $37.60 per barrel
−Removed: in the first quarter of 2021, a significant
−Removed: compared with $5.90 per barrel in the first
−Removed: quarter of 2020.
−Removed: The increase in the first quarter of 2021 was
−Removed: by higher WTI prices and a strengthening
−Removed: WCS differential to WTI at Hardisty.
−Removed: We continue to optimize
−Removed: bitumen price realizations through the utilization
−Removed: of downstream transportation solutions and implementation
+Added: in the second quarter of 2021,
+Added: approximately $61 per barrel compared with negative
+Added: $23.11 per barrel in the second quarter of 2020.
+Added: increase in the second quarter of 2021 was driven
+Added: by higher blend price for Surmont sales,
+Added: largely attributed to
+Added: a strengthening of WTI price and reduced unutilized
+Added: transportation costs which negatively impacted
+Added: realized bitumen price in 2020.
+Added: We continue to optimize bitumen price realizations through the utilization of
+Added: downstream transportation solutions and implementation
of alternate blend capability which results in lower
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Our total average realized price was $50.03 per
−Removed: BOE in the first quarter of 2021, compared
−Removed: with $38.81 per
−Removed: BOE in the first quarter of 2020, due to the recovery
−Removed: from simultaneous demand and supply shocks
−Removed: all of our produced commodities in 2020.
+Added: BOE in the second quarter of 2021,
+Added: increased in comparison
+Added: with $23.09 per BOE in the second quarter of
Key Operating and Financial Summary
−Removed: Significant items during the first quarter
−Removed: of 2021 included the following:
−Removed: Completed the Concho acquisition,
−Removed: enhancing both our asset portfolio and financial framework.
+Added: Significant items during the second quarter
+Added: of 2021 and recent announcements included
+Added: the following:
+Added: Delivered strong operational performance across the
+Added: company’s asset base, including successful
+Added: planned maintenance turnarounds, resulting in second
+Added: quarter production of 1,547 MBOED,
Net cash provided by operating activities was $4.3
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investments of $1.3 billion.
−Removed: Net cash provided by operating activities included
−Removed: approximately $1.0 billion of non-recurring
−Removed: associated with our Concho acquisition.
−Removed: Produced 1,488 MBOED,
−Removed: excluding Libya, during the first quarter
−Removed: despite incurring approximately 50
−Removed: MBOED of unplanned production downtime
−Removed: throughout Lower 48 caused by Winter Storm Uri.
−Removed: Ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents totaling
−Removed: $2.8 billion and short-term investments of
−Removed: $4.1 billion,
−Removed: equaling $6.9 billion in ending cash, cash equivalents
−Removed: and short-term investments.
−Removed: Resumed the share repurchase program at an
−Removed: annualized level of $1.5 billion.
−Removed: Distributed $0.6 billion in dividends and repurchased
−Removed: $0.4 billion of shares.
−Removed: Recognized by the Dow Jones Sustainability
−Removed: Index as the top U.S.
−Removed: ESG performer in the Oil
−Removed: Upstream and Integrated sector.
−Removed: Reaffirmed commitment to preserving a top-tier balance sheet
−Removed: with intent to reduce the company’s
−Removed: gross debt by $5 billion over the next five years,
−Removed: driving a more resilient and efficient capital structure.
−Removed: Announced plans to sell our Cenovus shares in the
−Removed: open market in a disciplined manner by year-end
−Removed: 2022 beginning in the second quarter of 2021, utilizing
−Removed: the proceeds to fund incremental
−Removed: ConocoPhillips share repurchases.
−Removed: Capital and Production
−Removed: Second-quarter 2021 production is expected to
−Removed: to 1.54 MMBOED, reflecting the impact from
−Removed: turnarounds planned in our Europe,
−Removed: Middle East and North Africa and Asia Pacific
−Removed: This production
−Removed: guidance excludes Libya.
−Removed: In February 2021, we announced 2021 operating
−Removed: plan capital of $5.5 billion.
−Removed: The plan includes $5.1 billion to
−Removed: sustain current production and $0.4 billion
−Removed: for investment in major projects, primarily
−Removed: in Alaska, in addition to
−Removed: ongoing exploration appraisal activity.
+Added: Distributed $1.2 billion to shareholders, comprised
+Added: of $0.6 billion in dividends and $0.6 billion
+Added: share repurchases.
+Added: Ended the quarter with cash and cash equivalents
+Added: totaling $6.6 billion and short-term investments
+Added: $2.3 billion, equaling $8.9 billion in ending cash,
+Added: cash equivalents and short-term investments.
+Added: Entered into divestiture agreements during July for
+Added: certain Lower 48 noncore assets totaling
+Added: approximately $0.2 billion, subject to customary
+Added: closing adjustments, as part of the company’s plan to
+Added: generate $2 to $3 billion in disposition proceeds
+Added: over the next 18 months.
+Added: Cost and Production
+Added: In June 2021, due to realizing synergistic savings from
+Added: our Concho acquisition earlier than anticipated,
+Added: announced reductions
+Added: of full year 2021
+Added: operating plan capital and cost guidance by
+Added: a combined $300 million.
+Added: Capital guidance was reduced to $5.3 billion
+Added: and cost guidance to $6.1 billion for the full
+Added: Third-quarter 2021 production is expected to be 1.48
+Added: to 1.52 MMBOED,
+Added: reflecting seasonal turnarounds
+Added: planned in Alaska and the Asia Pacific region.
+Added: This production guidance excludes Libya and
+Added: previously announced divestitures close during
+Added: the third quarter of 2021.
+Added: All other guidance items are
+Added: Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization
+Added: DD&A expense was $1.9 billion in the second quarter
+Added: Proved reserves estimates were updated in the
+Added: current quarter utilizing historical twelve-month
+Added: first-of-month average prices, which decreased
+Added: second quarter
+Added: DD&A expense by approximately $160 million
+Added: Depending on price fluctuations, we would expect
+Added: reserve estimates to either increase or decrease.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
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to the Europe and North Africa segment.
−Removed: The segments have been renamed the Asia Pacific
−Removed: segment and the
+Added: The segments have been renamed the Asia Pacific segment
Europe, Middle East and North Africa segment.
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segment performance metrics presented within our results of operations for the
−Removed: prior period.
−Removed: Unless otherwise indicated, discussion of results for the three-month period ended
−Removed: March 31, 2021, is based
−Removed: on a comparison with the corresponding period of 2020.
+Added: prior comparative periods.
+Added: Unless otherwise indicated, discussion of results for the three-
+Added: and six-month periods ended June 30, 2021, is
+Added: based on a comparison with the corresponding periods of 2020.
Consolidated Results
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Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
Europe, Middle East and North Africa
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Net income (loss) attributable to ConocoPhillips
−Removed: increased $2,721 million in the first quarter of
+Added: in the second quarter of 2021 increased $1,831 million.
Earnings were positively impacted by:
−Removed: An unrealized gain of $308 million after-tax
−Removed: on our Cenovus Energy (CVE) common shares,
−Removed: compared with an unrealized loss of $1,691 million
−Removed: after-tax in the first quarter of 2020.
−Removed: Higher sales volumes, primarily in the Lower
−Removed: 48 due to our Concho acquisition.
−Removed: For additional
−Removed: information related to our Concho acquisition,
−Removed: see Note 3—Acquisitions and Dispositions
−Removed: to Consolidated Financial Statements.
Higher realized commodity prices.
−Removed: Lower impairments, mainly in the Lower 48 due
−Removed: to the absence of impairments to noncore gas assets.
−Removed: A $194 million after-tax gain recognized for a contingent
−Removed: payment associated with our Australia-West
−Removed: divestiture completed in the second quarter
−Removed: For additional information related to
−Removed: see Note 3—Acquisitions and Dispositions in the
−Removed: Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
−Removed: The absence of a commodity inventory lower of
−Removed: cost or market adjustment of $170 million
−Removed: Earnings were negatively impacted by:
−Removed: Higher selling, general and administrative
−Removed: expenses due to restructuring and transaction expenses
−Removed: approximately $243 million after-tax related
−Removed: to our Concho acquisition and mark-to-market
−Removed: on certain key employee compensation programs.
+Added: Higher sales volumes, primarily due to our
+Added: Concho acquisition and absence of production
+Added: in our operated North American assets.
+Added: For additional information related to our Concho acquisition,
+Added: Second quarter 2021 net income increases were partly
+Added: Higher DD&A expenses primarily due to our
+Added: Concho acquisition and the absence of production
+Added: curtailments in our operated North American assets,
+Added: partially offset by lower rates driven from price-
+Added: related reserve revisions due to higher commodity
+Added: prices in 2021.
+Added: Higher production and operating expenses and
+Added: taxes other than income taxes, primarily
+Added: Concho acquisition and the absence of production
+Added: curtailments in our operated North American
+Added: Absence of a $597 million after-tax gain on dispositions
+Added: related to our Australia-West divestiture in
+Added: Net income (loss) attributable to ConocoPhillips
+Added: in the six-month period ended June 30, 2021, increased
+Added: $4,552 million.
+Added: In addition to the items detailed above, earnings
+Added: were positively impacted by:
+Added: A gain of $726 million after-tax on our CVE
+Added: common shares, compared with an after-tax
+Added: $1,140 million in the first half of 2020.
+Added: For discussion of our CVE common shares, see Note 5.
+Added: Lower impairments by $519 million,
+Added: primarily due to the absence of impairments to noncore
+Added: assets in our Lower 48 segment.
+Added: In addition to the items detailed above, the increases
+Added: in earnings in the six-month period ended
+Added: June 30, 2021,
+Added: were partly offset by:
+Added: Restructuring and transaction expenses of approximately
+Added: $261 million after-tax related to our Concho
+Added: acquisition and mark-to-market impacts on certain
+Added: key employee compensation programs.
Realized losses on hedges of $233 million after-tax
−Removed: related to derivative positions acquired in our
−Removed: Concho acquisition.
−Removed: See Note 10—Derivative and Financial
−Removed: Instruments in the Notes to Consolidated
−Removed: Financial Statements, for additional information.
−Removed: Higher DD&A expenses,
−Removed: production and operating expenses and taxes
−Removed: other than income taxes,
−Removed: primarily due to production from our Concho
+Added: related to derivative positions assumed through
+Added: our Concho acquisition.
+Added: These derivative positions were settled
+Added: entirely within the first quarter of
+Added: See Note 10 for additional information.
See the “Segment Results” section for additional
Income Statement Analysis
−Removed: Sales and other operating revenues increased 60 percent,
−Removed: mainly due to higher sales volumes and higher
−Removed: commodity price realizations in the Lower 48, primarily
−Removed: related to our Concho acquisition.
−Removed: Equity in earnings of affiliates decreased $112 million due to lower earnings
−Removed: from QG3 and APLNG because
−Removed: of lower LNG prices and a higher effective tax rate related
−Removed: to the equity method investments in our Europe,
−Removed: Middle East and North Africa segment.
−Removed: Gain (loss) on dispositions increased $275 million
−Removed: due to recognizing a $200 million before-tax
−Removed: payment associated with our Australia-West divestiture completed in the second quarter
−Removed: of 2020 and the
−Removed: absence of a $38 million before-tax loss on disposition
−Removed: related to the completion of our Niobrara disposition
−Removed: the first quarter of 2020.
−Removed: For additional information related to the Australia-West related gain on disposition,
−Removed: see Note 3—Acquisitions and Dispositions in the
−Removed: Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
−Removed: Other income (loss) increased $1,917 million
−Removed: primarily due to an unrealized gain of $308 million
−Removed: before-tax on
−Removed: our CVE common shares, compared with an unrealized
−Removed: loss of $1,691 million before-tax in the first
−Removed: See Note 5—Investment in Cenovus Energy in the
−Removed: Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,
−Removed: additional information related to our unrealized
−Removed: gain (loss) on CVE common shares.
−Removed: Purchased commodities increased $1,822 million,
−Removed: primarily due to higher natural gas prices,
−Removed: partly offset by
−Removed: lower crude oil volumes purchased.
−Removed: Production and operating expenses increased $210
−Removed: primarily due to costs associated with additional
−Removed: volumes in the Lower 48, mainly related to our
−Removed: Concho acquisition.
+Added: Unless otherwise indicated, all results in Income Statement Analysis
+Added: are before-tax.
+Added: Sales and other operating revenues for the three-
+Added: and six-month periods of 2021 increased $6,807
+Added: $10,475 million,
+Added: respectively, mainly due to higher realized commodity prices and higher sales
+Added: volumes in the
+Added: Lower 48, primarily related to our Concho acquisition
+Added: and the absence of production curtailments in
+Added: operated North American assets.
+Added: Equity in earnings of affiliates for the three-month period
+Added: of 2021 increased $62 million primarily due to
+Added: higher earnings driven by higher LNG and crude
+Added: prices, partially offset by a higher effective tax rate related
+Added: equity method investments in our Europe, Middle
+Added: East, and North Africa segment.
+Added: For the six-month period
+Added: of 2021, Equity in earnings of affiliates decreased $50 million
+Added: primarily due to lower earnings driven by lower
+Added: LNG lagging contract prices in 2021 when compared
+Added: with the same periods in 2020.
+Added: Gain on dispositions for the three-
+Added: and six-month periods of 2021 decreased $537
+Added: million and $262 million,
+Added: respectively, primarily due to the absence of a $587 million gain associated with
+Added: our Australia-West
+Added: The six-month decrease was partially offset by recognition
+Added: of a $200 million FID bonus associated
+Added: with our Australia-West divestiture in the first quarter of 2021.
+Added: Other income (loss) for the three-month period
+Added: decreased $137 million and for the six-month
+Added: increased $1,780 million.
+Added: During these periods in 2021, we recognized
+Added: gains of $418 million and $726
+Added: respectively, on our CVE common shares, compared with a gain of $551 million
+Added: and loss of $1,140
+Added: respectively, for the same periods in 2020.
+Added: Purchased commodities for the three- and six-month
+Added: periods of 2021 increased $1,868 million
+Added: million, respectively, primarily due to higher gas and crude prices.
+Added: In the six-month period of 2021, higher
+Added: prices were partly offset by lower crude oil volumes purchased.
+Added: Production and operating expenses for the three-
+Added: and six-month periods of 2021
+Added: increased $332 million and
+Added: $542 million, respectively, primarily due to costs associated with additional
+Added: volumes in our operated North
+Added: American assets related to our Concho acquisition
+Added: and the absence of production curtailments.
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased
−Removed: $314 million, primarily due to higher costs associated
−Removed: with compensation and benefits, including mark-to-market
−Removed: impacts of certain key employee compensation
−Removed: programs, and restructuring expenses associated
−Removed: with our Concho acquisition, including severance
−Removed: Exploration expenses decreased $104 million,
−Removed: primarily due to the absence of an unproved property
−Removed: impairment and dry hole expenses related to the
−Removed: Kamunsu East Field in Malaysia that is no longer in our
−Removed: development plans and the absence of charges associated
−Removed: with the early termination of our 2020 winter
−Removed: exploration program in Alaska.
−Removed: Depreciation, depletion and amortization
−Removed: increased $475 million, primarily due to higher
−Removed: volumes in the Lower
−Removed: 48 associated with our Concho acquisition;
−Removed: higher volumes in Canada due to Montney
−Removed: ramp up and our Kelt
−Removed: acquisition in the third quarter of 2020;
−Removed: expenses in Alaska due to higher DD&A rates
−Removed: related reserve revisions.
−Removed: Impairments decreased $524 million,
−Removed: primarily due to the absence of a $511 million before-tax impairment
−Removed: certain noncore gas assets in the Lower 48 due to
−Removed: a significant decrease in the outlook for natural
−Removed: gas prices in
−Removed: the first quarter of 2020.
−Removed: Taxes other than income taxes increased $120 million, primarily due to
−Removed: higher volumes in the Lower 48
−Removed: associated with our Concho acquisition.
−Removed: Foreign currency transactions
−Removed: (gain) loss increased $109 million due to the
−Removed: absence of gains incurred from
−Removed: foreign currency derivatives.
−Removed: See Note 18—Income Taxes, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements,
−Removed: for information regarding our
−Removed: income tax provision and effective tax rate.
+Added: $275 million in the six-month period of 2021,
+Added: due to higher costs associated with compensation
+Added: and benefits, including mark-to-market impacts
+Added: key employee compensation programs,
+Added: and transaction and restructuring expenses
+Added: associated with our Concho
+Added: Exploration expenses for the six-month period of 2021
+Added: decreased $144 million, primarily due to the
+Added: an unproved property impairment and dry hole expenses
+Added: related to the Kamunsu East Field in Malaysia
+Added: absence of charges associated with the early termination
+Added: of our 2020 winter exploration program in Alaska.
+Added: DD&A for the three-
+Added: and six-month periods of 2021 increased $709
+Added: million and $1,184 million, respectively,
+Added: mainly due to higher production volumes in the
+Added: Lower 48 associated with our Concho acquisition
+Added: volumes in each of our North American assets
+Added: due to the absence of production curtailments,
+Added: up and Kelt acquisition in Canada.
+Added: These increases were partly offset by lower rates from
+Added: price-related reserve
+Added: revisions in Lower 48 and Canada.
+Added: Impairments decreased $520 million in
+Added: the six-month period of 2021, primarily due to the
+Added: absence of a $511
+Added: million impairment of certain non-core gas assets
+Added: in our Lower 48 segment.
+Added: Taxes other than income taxes for the three-
+Added: and six-month periods of 2021 increased
+Added: $240 million and $360
+Added: million, respectively, primarily due to higher sales volumes in Lower 48 from
+Added: our Concho acquisition,
+Added: absence of production curtailments
+Added: in all of our North American assets and higher commodity
+Added: Foreign currency transaction (gain) loss in the
+Added: six-month period of 2021 was a loss of $29 million
+Added: with a gain of $83 million in the six-month period
+Added: This increase of $112 million was primarily due to
+Added: the absence of gains recognized from foreign currency
+Added: derivatives and other foreign currency remeasurements.
+Added: Note 18—Income Taxes
+Added: for information regarding our income tax provision
+Added: (benefit) and effective tax
Summary Operating Statistics
Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
+Added: Average Net Production
Crude oil (MBD)
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Equity affiliates
−Removed: Total natural gas
+Added: Total natural gas liquids
Bitumen (MBD)
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Total natural gas
+Added: Total Production
Dollars Per Unit
−Removed: Average Sales
+Added: Average Sales Prices
Crude oil (per bbl)
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Equity affiliates
−Removed: Total natural gas
+Added: Total natural gas liquids
Bitumen (per bbl)
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Exploration Expenses
−Removed: General administrative, geological and geophysical, and
+Added: General administrative, geological and geophysical,
lease rental, and other
Leasehold impairment
−Removed: *Average sales prices, including the impact of hedges settling per initial contract terms
−Removed: in the first quarter of 2021 assumed in our Concho
−Removed: acquisition, were $55.03 per barrel for crude oil and $4.76 per mcf for natural gas.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, we had settled all oil and gas hedging
−Removed: positions acquired from Concho.
−Removed: See Note 10—Derivative and Financial Instruments, in the
−Removed: Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
+Added: *Average sales prices, including the impact of hedges settling per initial contract
+Added: terms in the first quarter of 2021 assumed in our Concho
+Added: acquisition, were $60.59 per barrel for crude oil and $4.50 per mcf for natural gas for the six-month
+Added: period ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: 31, 2021, we had settled all oil and gas hedging positions acquired from Concho.
+Added: See Note 10 for additional information.
We explore for, produce, transport and market crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, LNG and NGLs on
−Removed: At March 31, 2021, our operations were producing
+Added: At June 30, 2021, our operations were producing
in the U.S., Norway, Canada, Australia, Indonesia,
−Removed: China, Malaysia, Qatar and Libya.
−Removed: Total production, including Libya, of 1,527 MBOED increased 238 MBOED
−Removed: or 18 percent in the first quarter
−Removed: of 2021, primarily due to:
+Added: China, Malaysia,
+Added: Qatar and Libya.
+Added: Total production of 1,588 MBOED increased 607 MBOED or 62 percent in
+Added: the second quarter of 2021 and
+Added: 423 MBOED or 37 percent in the six-month period
+Added: primarily due to:
Higher volumes in the Lower 48 due to our
Concho acquisition.
+Added: Higher volumes in our operated North American
+Added: assets and Malaysia due to the absence
+Added: of production
+Added: curtailments.
New wells online in the Lower 48, Canada,
−Removed: Norway, China and Malaysia.
−Removed: Higher production in Libya due to the absence
−Removed: of a forced shutdown of the Es Sider export
−Removed: and other eastern export terminals after a period
−Removed: of civil unrest.
−Removed: The increase in first quarter 2021 production
−Removed: was partly offset by:
+Added: Norway, Malaysia, and Australia.
+Added: Higher production in Libya due the absence of
+Added: a forced shutdown of the Es Sider export terminal
+Added: other eastern export terminals after a period of
+Added: civil unrest.
+Added: The increase in the second quarter and in the six-month
+Added: period of 2021 was partly offset by:
Normal field decline.
−Removed: Disposition activity, including our Australia-West divestiture completed in the second quarter of 2020
−Removed: and noncore Lower 48 assets disposed in the first
+Added: Disposition activity primarily related to our
+Added: Australia-West divestiture completed in the second
quarter of 2020.
−Removed: For additional information related
−Removed: to our Australia-West divestiture, see Note 3—Acquisitions and Dispositions in
−Removed: Consolidated Financial Statements.
+Added: In addition to the items detailed above, in the six-month
+Added: period of 2021, production also decreased
Higher unplanned downtime in the Lower 48
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approximately 50 MBOED in the first quarter
−Removed: Total production,
−Removed: excluding Libya, of 1,488 MBOED increased
−Removed: 210 MBOED or 16 percent in the first
−Removed: Adjusted for acquisitions and dispositions and excluding
−Removed: Libya, production decreased by 59 MBOED
−Removed: or 4 percent.
+Added: Production excluding Libya for the second quarter
+Added: of 2021 was 1,547 MBOED, an increase of 566
+Added: from the same period a year ago.
+Added: After adjusting for closed acquisitions and dispositions
+Added: as well as estimated
+Added: impacts from the 2020 curtailment program, second-quarter
+Added: 2021 production increased 46 MBOED or 3
+Added: This increase was primarily due to new production
+Added: from the Lower 48 and other development
+Added: programs across the portfolio, partially offset by normal
+Added: field decline.
+Added: Production from Libya averaged 41
+Added: Production excluding Libya for the six-month period
+Added: of 2021 was 1,518 MBOED, an increase
+Added: from the same period a year ago.
+Added: After adjusting for closed acquisitions and dispositions,
+Added: estimated impacts
+Added: from the 2020 curtailment program and Winter Storm Uri impacts
+Added: from 2021, production increased 18
+Added: This increase was primarily due to new production
+Added: from the Lower 48 and other development
+Added: programs across the portfolio, partially offset by normal
+Added: field decline.
+Added: Production from Libya averaged 40
Segment Results
Three Months Ended
−Removed: Net Income Attributable to ConocoPhillips
−Removed: (millions of dollars)
+Added: Six Months Ended
+Added: Net income (loss) attributable to ConocoPhillips
Average Net Production
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and markets crude oil, NGLs and natural gas.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, Alaska contributed 21
−Removed: percent of our consolidated liquids production
−Removed: and less than 1
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, Alaska contributed 20 percent
+Added: of our consolidated liquids production and less
percent of our consolidated natural gas production.
−Removed: Net Income Attributable to ConocoPhillips
−Removed: Earnings for Alaska increased by $78 million
−Removed: in the first quarter of 2021,
−Removed: compared with the same period of
+Added: Net Income (Loss) Attributable to ConocoPhillips
+Added: Earnings from Alaska increased $512 million
+Added: in the second quarter of 2021
+Added: and increased $590 million in the
+Added: six-month period of 2021, respectively.
Earnings were positively impacted by:
−Removed: The absence of a $96 million after-tax lower of cost
−Removed: or market commodity inventory adjustment.
Higher realized crude oil prices.
+Added: Higher volumes due to the absence of production
+Added: curtailments.
Lower exploration expenses due to the absence
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2020 winter exploration program.
−Removed: Earnings were negatively impacted by:
−Removed: Higher DD&A expenses, primarily due to higher
−Removed: DD&A rates from price-related reserve revisions.
−Removed: Lower crude oil sales volumes.
−Removed: Average production decreased 10 MBOED or 5 percent in the first quarter
−Removed: of 2021 compared with the same
−Removed: period of 2020.
−Removed: The production decrease was primarily due to:
+Added: Partly offsetting the increase in earnings was:
+Added: Higher DD&A expenses primarily driven
+Added: by higher production volumes and higher rates.
+Added: Average production increased 34 MBOED in the second quarter of 2021 and 13 MBOED
+Added: in the six-month
+Added: period of 2021, respectively.
+Added: The increase was primarily due to:
+Added: Absence of curtailments at our operated assets.
+Added: Partly offsetting the increase in production was:
Normal field decline.
−Removed: These production decreases were partly offset by:
−Removed: Improved well performance at the Greater Prudhoe
Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to ConocoPhillips
−Removed: (millions of dollars)
Average Net Production
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terms in the first quarter of 2021 assumed in our Concho
−Removed: acquisition, were $51.58 per barrel for crude oil and $4.35 per mcf for natural gas.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, we had settled all oil and gas hedging
−Removed: positions acquired from Concho.
−Removed: Derivative and Financial Instruments in the Notes to
−Removed: Consolidated Financial Statements.
+Added: acquisition, were $58.25 per barrel for crude oil and $3.78 per mcf for natural gas for the six-month
+Added: period ended June 30, 2021.
+Added: 31, 2021, we had settled all oil and gas hedging positions acquired from Concho.
+Added: See Note 10 for additional information
The Lower 48 segment consists of operations located
−Removed: in the contiguous U.S.
−Removed: and the Gulf of Mexico.
−Removed: March 31, 2021, the Lower 48 contributed 51
−Removed: percent of our consolidated liquids production
−Removed: and 64 percent of
−Removed: our consolidated natural gas production.
−Removed: Concho Acquisition
−Removed: On January 15, 2021, we completed our acquisition
−Removed: of Concho, an independent oil and gas exploration
−Removed: production company with operations across New
−Removed: Mexico and West Texas.
−Removed: The addition of complementary
−Removed: acreage in the Delaware and Midland Basins creates
−Removed: a sizeable Permian presence to augment
−Removed: unconventional positions in the Eagle Ford and
−Removed: Bakken in the Lower 48.
−Removed: For additional information related to
−Removed: this transaction, see Note 3—Acquisitions and
−Removed: Dispositions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial
+Added: Lower 48 states, as well as producing
+Added: properties in the Gulf of Mexico.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, the Lower 48 contributed
+Added: 53 percent of our
+Added: consolidated liquids production and 65 percent
+Added: of our consolidated natural gas production.
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to ConocoPhillips
−Removed: Earnings for the Lower 48 increased by $905
−Removed: million in the first quarter of 2021, compared
−Removed: with the same
−Removed: period of 2020.
+Added: Earnings from the Lower 48 increased $1,540 million
+Added: in the second quarter of 2021 and increased $2,445
+Added: million in the six-month period of 2021, respectively.
Earnings were positively impacted by:
Higher sales volumes of crude oil and natural gas
−Removed: due to our Concho acquisition.
+Added: due to our Concho acquisition and the absence
+Added: production curtailments.
Higher realized crude oil, natural gas, and NGL
+Added: Partly offsetting the increase in earnings was:
+Added: Higher DD&A expenses primarily due to higher
+Added: production from our Concho acquisition
+Added: of production related curtailment partially
+Added: offset by lower rates from price-related reserve revisions.
+Added: Higher production and operating expenses and
+Added: taxes other than income taxes, primarily
+Added: due to higher
+Added: production from our Concho acquisition and the absence
+Added: of production curtailments.
+Added: In addition to the items detailed above, in the six-month
+Added: period of 2021, earnings also increased due to:
The absence of $399 million in after-tax impairments
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River Basin operations area.
−Removed: Earnings were negatively impacted by:
−Removed: Higher DD&A expenses, production and operating
−Removed: expenses and taxes other than income taxes,
−Removed: primarily due to higher production from our Concho
−Removed: Realized losses on hedges of $233 million after-tax
−Removed: related to derivative positions acquired in our
−Removed: Concho acquisition.
−Removed: See Note 10—Derivative and Financial
−Removed: Instruments in the Notes to Consolidated
−Removed: Financial Statements, for additional information.
+Added: In addition to the items detailed above, in the six-month
+Added: period of 2021, earnings also decreased due
+Added: Realized losses on hedges related to derivative
+Added: positions acquired in our Concho acquisition.
+Added: Note 10 for additional information.
Higher selling, general and administrative
expenses, primarily due to transaction and restructuring
−Removed: charges related to our Concho acquisition.
−Removed: Average production increased 243 MBOED in the first quarter of 2021, compared
−Removed: with the same period of
−Removed: The production increase was primarily
−Removed: Higher volumes in the Permian due to our Concho
+Added: charges related
+Added: to our Concho acquisition.
+Added: For additional information see Note 3.
+Added: Average production increased 483 MBOED and 363 MBOED in the three-
+Added: and six-month periods of 2021,
+Added: respectively, primarily due to:
+Added: Higher volumes due to our Concho acquisition.
New wells online from our development programs
−Removed: in the Eagle Ford, Permian and Bakken.
+Added: in Eagle Ford, Permian and Bakken.
+Added: Absence of curtailments.
These production increases were partly offset by:
Normal field decline.
−Removed: Higher unplanned downtime, primarily
−Removed: due to Winter Storm Uri which impacted production by
−Removed: approximately 50 MBOED in the first quarter
+Added: In addition to the items detailed above, in the six-month
+Added: period of 2021, production also decreased
+Added: Higher unplanned downtime, primarily due to
+Added: Winter Storm Uri.
+Added: Planned Dispositions
+Added: In July 2021, we entered into divestiture agreements
+Added: to sell our interests in certain noncore assets
+Added: Proceeds from these agreements total approximately
+Added: $0.2 billion before customary adjustments.
+Added: The transactions are expected to close in the third
+Added: quarter of 2021.
Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to ConocoPhillips
−Removed: (millions of dollars)
Average Net Production
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Montney unconventional play in British Columbia.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, Canada contributed
−Removed: our consolidated liquids production and 4 percent
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, Canada contributed
+Added: 8 percent of our
+Added: consolidated liquids production and 4 percent
of our consolidated natural gas production.
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to ConocoPhillips
−Removed: Earnings for Canada increased by $119 million in the first quarter
−Removed: of 2021, compared with the same period of
+Added: Earnings from Canada increased $188 million
+Added: and $307 million,
+Added: respectively, in the three-
+Added: and six-month
+Added: periods of 2021.
Earnings were positively impacted by:
−Removed: Higher realized commodity prices.
−Removed: The absence of a $31 million after-tax lower of cost
−Removed: or market adjustment to commodity inventory.
−Removed: Increased liquids and natural gas volumes in the
−Removed: A $20 million after-tax gain on disposition related
−Removed: to a contingent payment associated with the
−Removed: certain assets to Cenovus Energy in 2017.
−Removed: For additional information, see Note 3—Acquisitions
−Removed: Dispositions in the Notes to Consolidated Financial
−Removed: Earnings were negatively impacted by:
−Removed: Higher DD&A expenses, primarily due to increased
−Removed: Montney production.
−Removed: Higher production and operating expenses,
−Removed: primarily due to increased Montney production.
−Removed: Total average production increased 28 MBOED in the first quarter of 2021,
−Removed: compared with the same period of
−Removed: 2020, due to new wells online from Pad 2 and
−Removed: 3 in the Montney, as well as production from our Kelt
−Removed: acquisition in the third quarter of 2020.
+Added: Higher realized bitumen and crude oil prices.
+Added: After-tax gains on disposition related to contingent
+Added: payments of $52 million and $72 million
+Added: and six-month periods of 2021, respectively, associated with the sale of certain
+Added: assets to CVE in
+Added: See Note 3 for additional information about the transaction.
+Added: Partly offsetting the increase in earnings was:
+Added: Higher production and operating expenses primarily
+Added: due to the absence of production curtailment
+Added: increased Montney production.
+Added: Higher DD&A expenses primarily driven
+Added: by higher production volumes partially offset by lower rates
+Added: from price-related reserve revisions.
+Added: Absence of a $48 million refund from the Alberta
+Added: Tax & Revenue Administration.
+Added: Average production increased 47 MBOED in the second quarter of 2021
+Added: and increased 38 MBOED in the six-
+Added: month period of 2021, respectively.
+Added: The production increase was primarily due to:
+Added: Absence of curtailments at our Surmont operated
+Added: Wells online from Pad 2 and 3 in the Montney.
+Added: Production from our Kelt acquisition in the third
+Added: quarter of 2020.
+Added: Improved well performance at our Surmont operated
Europe, Middle East and North Africa
Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
Net Income Attributable to ConocoPhillips
−Removed: (millions of dollars)
Consolidated Operations
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Natural gas ($ per MCF)
−Removed: *The prior period has been updated to reflect the Middle East Business Unit
−Removed: moving from Asia Pacific to the Europe, Middle East and North
−Removed: Africa segment.
−Removed: See Note 17—Segment Disclosures and Related Information in the Notes to Consolidated
−Removed: Financial Statements for additional
+Added: *Prior periods have been updated to reflect the Middle East Business Unit
+Added: moving from Asia Pacific to the Europe, Middle East and North Africa
+Added: See Note 17 for additional information on our segments.
Middle East and North Africa segment consists
of operations principally located in the Norwegian
−Removed: sector of the North Sea;
−Removed: the Norwegian Sea;
−Removed: and commercial and terminalling
−Removed: operations in the
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021, our Europe,
−Removed: Middle East and North Africa operations
−Removed: contributed 12 percent of
−Removed: our consolidated liquids production and 15 percent
+Added: sector of the North Sea and the Norwegian Sea,
+Added: Qatar, Libya and commercial operations in the U.K.
+Added: June 30, 2021, our Europe,
+Added: Middle East and North Africa operations contributed
+Added: 12 percent of our
+Added: consolidated liquids production and 14 percent
of our consolidated natural gas production.
−Removed: Net Income Attributable to ConocoPhillips
−Removed: Earnings for Europe,
−Removed: Middle East and North Africa decreased by $48
−Removed: million in the first quarter of 2021,
−Removed: compared with the same period of 2020.
−Removed: Earnings were negatively impacted by:
−Removed: Lower LNG sales prices, reflected in equity in earnings
−Removed: of affiliates.
−Removed: Higher taxes from our equity method investments.
−Removed: The absence of foreign currency gains.
+Added: Net Income (Loss) Attributable to ConocoPhillips
+Added: Earnings from Europe,
+Added: Middle East and North Africa increased by
+Added: $182 million and $134 million in the three-
+Added: and six-month periods of 2021, respectively.
Earnings were positively impacted by:
−Removed: Higher LNG sales volumes, reflected in equity
−Removed: in earnings of affiliates.
−Removed: Higher natural gas, crude oil and NGL price realizations.
+Added: Higher realized natural gas, crude oil and NGL
+Added: Higher LNG sales prices, reflected in equity in
+Added: earnings of affiliates.
+Added: Partly offsetting the increase in earnings was:
+Added: Higher taxes.
+Added: Higher DD&A expenses and production and operating
+Added: Absence of foreign currency gains.
Consolidated Production
−Removed: Average consolidated production increased 23 MBOED in the first quarter of 2021
−Removed: compared with the same
−Removed: period of 2020.
+Added: Average consolidated production increased 49 MBOED and 35 MBOED in the three-
+Added: and six-month periods
+Added: of 2021, respectively.
The production increase was primarily due:
−Removed: Higher oil production from Libya due to the absence
−Removed: of a cessation of production following a period of
−Removed: civil unrest.
+Added: Higher production in Libya due to the absence
+Added: of a forced shutdown of the Es Sider export terminal
+Added: and other eastern export terminals after
+Added: a period of civil unrest.
+Added: Improved well performance in Norway.
New production from Norway drilling activities
−Removed: including first production from Tor II redevelopment
−Removed: achieved in December 2020.
−Removed: These production increases were partly offset by normal
−Removed: field decline.
+Added: including the completion of our Tor II redevelopment
+Added: project first achieved in December 2020.
+Added: Partly offsetting the increase in production was:
+Added: Normal field decline.
Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
Net Income Attributable to ConocoPhillips
−Removed: (millions of dollars)
Consolidated Operations
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Natural gas ($ per MCF)
−Removed: *The prior period has been updated to reflect the Middle East Business Unit
−Removed: moving from Asia Pacific to the Europe, Middle East and North
−Removed: Africa segment.
−Removed: Segment Disclosures and Related Information in the Notes to Consolidated Financial
−Removed: Statements for additional
−Removed: The Asia Pacific segment has operations in China,
−Removed: Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021,
−Removed: Asia Pacific contributed 7 percent of our consolidated
−Removed: liquids production and 17 percent of our consolidated
−Removed: natural gas production.
−Removed: Net Income Attributable to ConocoPhillips
−Removed: Earnings for Asia Pacific increased $45 million
−Removed: in the first quarter of 2021, compared with the same
−Removed: The earnings increase was primarily due to:
+Added: *Prior periods have been updated to reflect the Middle East Business Unit
+Added: moving from Asia Pacific to the Europe, Middle East and North Africa
+Added: See Note 17 for additional information on our segments.
+Added: The Asia Pacific
+Added: segment has operations in China, Indonesia,
+Added: Malaysia and Australia.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, Asia
+Added: Pacific contributed 7 percent of our consolidated
+Added: liquids production and 17 percent of our
+Added: consolidated natural
+Added: gas production.
+Added: Net Income (Loss) Attributable to ConocoPhillips
+Added: Earnings decreased $473 million in the second
+Added: quarter of 2021 and decreased $428 million
+Added: in the six-month
+Added: period of 2021,
+Added: respectively.
+Added: Earnings were negatively impacted by:
+Added: Absence of a $597 million after-tax gain related
+Added: to our Australia-West divestiture.
+Added: Lower earnings due to our Australia-West divestiture completed in the second quarter
+Added: Higher taxes associated with higher production and
+Added: prices in Malaysia and Indonesia.
+Added: Partly offsetting the decrease in earnings was:
+Added: Higher crude oil and natural gas prices.
+Added: Lower production and operating expenses related
+Added: to our Australia-West divestiture.
+Added: In addition to the items detailed above, in the six-month
+Added: period of 2021, earnings also decreased due
+Added: Lower equity in earnings of affiliates, primarily due to lower
+Added: LNG lagging contract prices, partly offset
+Added: by increased LNG sales volumes.
+Added: In addition to the items detailed above, in the six-month
+Added: period of 2021, earnings also increased due to:
A $200 million gain on disposition related
−Removed: to a contingent payment from our Australia-West divestiture
−Removed: completed in the second quarter of 2020.
−Removed: For additional information related to this
−Removed: gain, please see Note
−Removed: 3—Acquisitions and Dispositions in the Notes to
−Removed: Consolidated Financial Statements.
+Added: to a FID bonus from our Australia-West divestiture.
+Added: additional information related to this FID bonus,
Lower exploration expenses, due to the absence
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expenses related to the Kamunsu East Field in Malaysia.
−Removed: Earnings were negatively impacted by:
−Removed: Lower earnings due to our Australia-West divestiture completed in the second quarter
−Removed: Lower equity in earnings of affiliates, primarily due to lower
−Removed: realized LNG prices.
Consolidated Production
−Removed: Average consolidated production decreased 56 MBOED
−Removed: or 30 percent in the first quarter of 2021, compared
−Removed: the same period of 2020.
−Removed: The decrease was primarily due to:
−Removed: The divestiture of our Australia-West assets that contributed 46 MBOED in first quarter
+Added: Average consolidated production decreased 4 MBOED and 30 MBOED in the three-
+Added: and six-month periods of
+Added: 2021, respectively.
+Added: The production decrease was primarily due to:
+Added: The divestiture of our Australia-West assets that contributed 24 MBOED in the second
+Added: quarter and 35
+Added: MBOED in the six-month period of 2020.
Normal field decline.
−Removed: These production decreases were partly offset by:
−Removed: Bohai Bay development activity in China, including
−Removed: first production from Phase 4A Project at the
−Removed: Penglai 25-6 Field and first production from Malikai
−Removed: Phase 2 in Malaysia.
−Removed: Bohai Bay Well Control Incident
−Removed: On April 5, 2021, a shallow gas kick occurred during
−Removed: drilling operations, resulting in a fire on the
−Removed: V platform in
−Removed: Bohai Bay, China.
−Removed: On April 6, 2021, the fire was extinguished.
−Removed: We are working with the operator to fully
−Removed: understand the impacts.
+Added: Partly offsetting the decrease in production was:
+Added: Absence of curtailments in Malaysia.
+Added: Bohai Bay development activity in China.
+Added: Increased production in Malaysia associated
+Added: with Malakai Phase 2 first production and ramp-up.
Other International
Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
Net Income (Loss) Attributable to ConocoPhillips
−Removed: (millions of dollars)
The Other International segment consists of exploration
−Removed: activities in Colombia and Argentina and
−Removed: contingencies associated with prior operations
+Added: and appraisal activities in Colombia and Argentina as
+Added: well as contingencies associated with prior operations
in other countries.
−Removed: Earnings for Other International decreased $32 million
−Removed: in the first quarter of 2021, compared
−Removed: with the same
−Removed: period of 2020.
−Removed: Earnings were lower primarily due to the absence
−Removed: of a $29 million after-tax benefit to earnings
−Removed: from the dismissal of arbitration related to prior
−Removed: operations in Senegal.
+Added: Earnings from our Other International operations
+Added: increased $1 million and decreased $31 million
+Added: in the three-
+Added: and six-month periods of 2021, respectively.
+Added: The decrease in earnings was primarily due to the absence
+Added: $29 million after-tax benefit to earnings from the
+Added: dismissal of arbitration related to prior operations
+Added: recognized in the first quarter of 2020.
Corporate and Other
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Three Months Ended
−Removed: Net Loss Attributable to ConocoPhillips
+Added: Six Months Ended
+Added: Net Income (Loss) Attributable to ConocoPhillips
Net interest expense
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expense, net of interest income and capitalized
−Removed: Net interest expense increased by $115 million in the first
−Removed: quarter of 2021, primarily due to higher debt
−Removed: See Note 6—Debt in the Notes to Consolidated
−Removed: Financial Statements for more information
−Removed: debt acquired in our Concho transaction.
−Removed: Net interest expense also increased due to lower
−Removed: interest income
−Removed: from lower cash and cash equivalent balances and
+Added: Net interest expense increased by $7 million
+Added: and $122 million in the three-and six-month
+Added: periods of 2021,
+Added: respectively, primarily due to higher debt balances assumed due to our Concho
+Added: For additional
+Added: information regarding the debt acquired in our Concho transaction, see Note 6.
Corporate G&A expenses include compensation
programs and staff costs.
−Removed: These expenses increased by $179
−Removed: million mainly due to mark-to-market adjustments
−Removed: associated with certain key employee compensation
−Removed: programs and restructuring expenses associated
−Removed: with our Concho acquisition.
−Removed: For additional information about
−Removed: restructuring expenses, see Note 14—Employee
−Removed: Benefit Plans in the Notes to Consolidated Financial
+Added: These expenses decreased by $25
+Added: million in the three-month period of 2021 primarily
+Added: due to mark to market adjustments associated
+Added: compensation programs.
+Added: For the six-month period of 2021, Corporate
+Added: G&A expenses increased by $154
+Added: million primarily due to restructuring expenses
+Added: associated with our Concho acquisition.
+Added: For additional
+Added: information about restructuring expenses, see Note 14.
Technology includes our investment in new technologies or businesses, as well
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sands, enhanced
−Removed: oil recovery and LNG.
−Removed: Earnings from Technology increased $40 million in the first quarter of 2021
−Removed: due to higher licensing revenues.
+Added: oil recovery, as well as LNG.
+Added: Earnings from Technology increased $45 million in the six-month period of
+Added: 2021 primarily due to higher licensing revenues.
Other income (expense) or “Other” includes certain
−Removed: foreign currency transaction gains and losses,
−Removed: environmental costs associated with sites no longer
−Removed: in operation, other costs not directly associated
−Removed: operating segment, premiums incurred on the early
−Removed: retirement of debt, unrealized holding gains or
−Removed: equity securities, and pension settlement expense.
−Removed: Earnings in “Other” increased by $1,908 million
+Added: corporate tax-related items, foreign currency
+Added: gains and losses, environmental costs associated
+Added: with sites no longer in operation, other costs not
+Added: associated with an operating segment, premiums
+Added: incurred on the early retirement of debt, holding
+Added: losses on equity securities, and pension settlement
+Added: “Other” decreased by $142 million in the second
+Added: quarter of 2021, primarily due to an after-tax
+Added: gain of $418 million on our CVE common shares
+Added: in the second
quarter of 2021
−Removed: compared with the same period of 2020,
−Removed: primarily due to an unrealized gain of $308 million
−Removed: after-tax in the first quarter of 2021 on our
−Removed: CVE common shares, compared with an unrealized
−Removed: loss of $1,691
−Removed: million after-tax on those shares in the first
+Added: compared with an after-tax gain of $551 million
+Added: in the same period of 2020 as well as the
+Added: absence of the release of a $92 million deferred
+Added: tax asset related to our Australia-West divestiture in the second
quarter of 2020.
+Added: In the six-month period of 2021, “Other”
+Added: increased by $1,766 million,
+Added: primarily due to an
+Added: after-tax gain of $726 million on our CVE common
+Added: shares in the six-month period of 2021, and
+Added: the absence of
+Added: a $1,140 million after-tax loss on those shares
+Added: in the six-month period of 2020.
CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY
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*Capital includes total debt and total equity.
−Removed: To meet our short- and long-term liquidity requirements, we look to a variety of funding
−Removed: sources, including
+Added: To meet our short-
+Added: and long-term liquidity requirements, we look
+Added: to a variety of funding sources, including
cash generated from operating activities,
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sell securities using our shelf registration
−Removed: During the first quarter of 2021, the primary uses of
−Removed: available cash were $1,200 million to
−Removed: support our ongoing capital expenditures and investments
+Added: During the first six months of 2021, the primary uses
+Added: our available cash were $2,465 million to support
+Added: our ongoing capital expenditures and investments
+Added: $1,171 million to pay dividends,
approximately $1.0 billion of hedging, transaction
and restructuring costs,
−Removed: to pay dividends;
−Removed: million of net purchases of investments;
and $981 million to repurchase common stock.
−Removed: During the first
−Removed: quarter of 2021, our cash and cash equivalents
−Removed: decreased by $160 million to $2,831 million.
−Removed: On January 15, 2021, we completed the acquisition
−Removed: of Concho in an all-stock transaction.
−Removed: In the acquisition,
−Removed: we assumed Concho’s publicly traded debt, which was recorded at fair value
−Removed: of $4.7 billion on the acquisition
−Removed: See Note 6—Debt and Note 3—Acquisitions
−Removed: and Dispositions, in the Notes to Consolidated
−Removed: Statements for additional information.
−Removed: At March 31, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents
+Added: During the first six months of 2021, our cash and
+Added: equivalents increased by $3,617 million to
+Added: $6,608 million.
+Added: At June 30, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents
of $6.6 billion, short-term investments of $2.3
−Removed: and available borrowing capacity under our credit
−Removed: facility of $5.7 billion,
−Removed: totaling over $12 billion of liquidity.
−Removed: We believe current cash balances and cash generated by operations, together with
−Removed: access to external sources of
+Added: available borrowing capacity under our credit facility
+Added: of $5.7 billion, totaling over $14
+Added: billion of liquidity.
+Added: believe current cash balances and cash generated
+Added: by operations, together with access to
+Added: external sources of
funds as described below in the “Significant Changes
−Removed: in Capital” section, will be sufficient to meet our funding
+Added: in Capital” section, will be sufficient to meet our
requirements in the near- and long-term, including our capital
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Cash provided by operating activities was $6,331
−Removed: million for the first quarter of 2021, compared
−Removed: million for the first quarter of 2020.
−Removed: The decrease in cash provided by operating
−Removed: activities is primarily due to
−Removed: the settlement of all oil and gas hedging positions
−Removed: acquired from Concho, normal field decline, transaction
−Removed: restructuring costs, and the divestiture of our Australia-West assets.
−Removed: The decrease in cash provided by
−Removed: operating activities was partly offset by higher sales
−Removed: volumes and higher realized commodity
−Removed: prices in the
−Removed: Lower 48, primarily due to our acquisition of
+Added: million for the first six months of 2021, compared
+Added: $2,262 million for the corresponding period of 2020.
+Added: The increase in cash provided by operating activities
+Added: primarily due to higher realized commodity prices
+Added: and higher sales volumes mostly due to our acquisition
+Added: The increase in cash provided by operating activities
+Added: was partly offset by the settlement of all oil and
+Added: gas hedging positions acquired from Concho,
+Added: normal field decline, transaction and restructuring
+Added: costs, and the
+Added: divestiture of our Australia-West assets.
and long-term operating cash flows are highly
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market conditions over which we have no control.
−Removed: Absent other mitigating factors, as these
−Removed: prices and margins
−Removed: fluctuate, we would expect a corresponding
−Removed: change in our operating cash flows.
+Added: Absent other mitigating factors, as these prices
+Added: fluctuate, we would expect a corresponding change
+Added: in our operating cash flows.
The level of absolute production volumes, as
well as product and location mix, impacts our cash flows.
−Removed: Future production is subject to numerous uncertainties,
−Removed: including, among others, the volatile crude
−Removed: natural gas price environment, which may impact
−Removed: investment decisions;
−Removed: the effects of price changes
−Removed: production sharing and variable-royalty contracts;
−Removed: acquisition and disposition of fields;
−Removed: decline rates;
−Removed: new technologies;
+Added: production is subject to numerous uncertainties, including,
+Added: among others, the volatile crude oil and natural
+Added: price environment, which may impact investment
+Added: the effects of price changes on production
+Added: and variable-royalty contracts;
+Added: acquisition and disposition
+Added: field production decline rates;
+Added: technologies;
operating efficiencies;
−Removed: timing of startups and major turnarounds;
+Added: timing of startups
+Added: and major turnarounds;
+Added: political instability;
+Added: a global pandemic;
weather-related disruptions;
−Removed: and the addition of
−Removed: proved reserves through exploratory success and
−Removed: their timely and cost-effective development.
+Added: and the addition of proved reserves through exploratory
+Added: success and their timely and cost-effective development.
While we actively manage these factors, production
−Removed: cause variability in cash flows, although generally
−Removed: this variability has not been as significant as
−Removed: that caused by
−Removed: commodity prices.
−Removed: To maintain or grow our production volumes, we must continue to add to our proved
−Removed: reserve base.
+Added: levels can cause variability in cash flows, although
+Added: generally this variability has not been as significant
+Added: caused by commodity prices.
+Added: To maintain or grow our production volumes, we must continue to add to our
+Added: proved reserve base.
“Capital Expenditures and Investments” section,
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On January 15, 2021, we assumed financial derivative
−Removed: instruments consisting of oil and natural gas swaps
−Removed: following the acquisition of Concho.
+Added: instruments consisting of oil and natural gas
+Added: connection with our acquisition of Concho.
At March 31, 2021, all oil and natural gas derivative
instruments acquired from Concho were contractually
−Removed: In connection with the settlement, we paid $692
−Removed: million in the first quarter of 2021 and will
−Removed: pay the remaining $69 million in the second
−Removed: quarter of 2021.
−Removed: additional information, see Note 10—Derivative
−Removed: and Financial Instruments in the Notes to
−Removed: Financial Statements.
+Added: In the first six months of 2021, we paid $761
+Added: million relating to these settlements.
+Added: See Note 10 for additional information.
Investing Activities
−Removed: In the first quarter of 2021, we invested $1.2 billion
−Removed: in capital expenditures.
−Removed: Our 2021 operating plan capital
−Removed: expenditures is $5.5 billion compared with
−Removed: $4.7 billion in 2020.
−Removed: See the “Capital Expenditures and
−Removed: Investments” section, for information about our
−Removed: capital expenditures and investments.
+Added: For the first six months of 2021, we invested $2.5
+Added: billion in capital expenditures.
+Added: Our 2021 operating plan
+Added: capital expenditures is currently expected to be
+Added: $5.3 billion compared with $4.7 billion
+Added: “Capital Expenditures and Investments” section,
+Added: for information about our capital expenditures
We completed our acquisition of Concho on January 15, 2021.
The assets acquired in the transaction included
−Removed: $382 million of cash which is reflected in the
−Removed: “Net Cash Used in Investing Activities” section
−Removed: consolidated statement of cash flows.
−Removed: See Note 3—Acquisitions
−Removed: and Dispositions, in the Notes to Consolidated
−Removed: Financial Statements for additional information.
+Added: $382 million of cash.
+Added: See Note 3 for additional information.
+Added: In May 2021, we announced a paced monetization
+Added: of our investment in CVE common shares with
+Added: direct proceeds toward our existing share repurchase
+Added: authorization program.
+Added: We expect to fully dispose of our
+Added: CVE shares by year-end 2022, however, the sales pace will
+Added: be guided by market conditions, and we retain
+Added: discretion to adjust accordingly.
+Added: In the second quarter of 2021, we sold 20 million
+Added: of these shares,
+Added: representing approximately 10% of the shares held
+Added: at December 31, 2020, for $180 million
+Added: Note 5 for additional information.
We invest in short-term investments as part of our cash investment strategy, the primary objective of which is
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yield and total returns;
−Removed: these investments include time
−Removed: deposits, commercial paper as well as debt securities
−Removed: classified as available for sale.
+Added: these investments include
+Added: deposits, commercial paper, as well as debt securities classified
+Added: as available for sale.
Funds for short-term
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in longer term price downturns and to capture
−Removed: opportunities outside a given operating
−Removed: plan may be invested in
+Added: opportunities outside a given operating plan
+Added: may be invested in
instruments with maturities greater than one year.
−Removed: Investing activities in the first quarter of 2021 included
−Removed: net purchases of $499 million of investments,
−Removed: $466 million was invested in short-term instruments
−Removed: and $33 million was invested in long-term instruments.
−Removed: See Note 10—Derivative and Financial Instruments,
−Removed: in the Notes to Consolidated Financial
−Removed: Statements for
+Added: Investing activities in the first six months of 2021
+Added: included net sales of $1,302 million of investments.
+Added: $1,403 million of short-term instruments
+Added: and invested $101 million in long-term instruments.
+Added: See Note 10 for
additional information.
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may be used for direct bank borrowings, the issuance
−Removed: of letters of credit totaling up to $500 million,
+Added: of letters of credit totaling up to $500 million, or
support for our commercial paper program.
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adverse change provisions or any covenants
−Removed: of specified financial ratios or credit ratings.
+Added: maintenance of specified financial ratios or credit
The facility agreement contains a cross-default
−Removed: provision relating to the failure to pay principal or
−Removed: interest on other debt obligations of
−Removed: $200 million or more
+Added: provision relating to the failure to pay principal or interest
+Added: on other debt obligations of $200 million or more
by ConocoPhillips, or any of its consolidated subsidiaries.
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redetermination prior to its expiration date.
−Removed: Credit facility borrowings may bear interest at
−Removed: a margin above rates offered by certain designated banks in the
+Added: Credit facility borrowings may bear interest at a margin above
+Added: rates offered by certain designated banks in the
London interbank market or at a margin above the overnight
−Removed: federal funds rate or prime rates offered by
+Added: federal funds rate or prime
+Added: rates offered by
certain designated banks in the U.S.
−Removed: The agreement calls for commitment fees
−Removed: on available, but unused,
−Removed: The agreement also contains early termination
−Removed: rights if our current directors or their approved
−Removed: successors cease to be a majority of the Board
−Removed: of Directors.
−Removed: The revolving credit facility supports the ConocoPhillips
+Added: The facility agreement calls for commitment
+Added: fees on available, but
+Added: unused, amounts.
+Added: The facility agreement also contains early termination
+Added: rights if our current directors or their
+Added: approved successors
+Added: cease to be a majority of the Board of
+Added: The revolving credit facility supports ConocoPhillips
Company’s ability to issue up to $6.0 billion of
−Removed: commercial paper, which is primarily a funding source for short-term
−Removed: working capital needs.
−Removed: paper maturities are generally limited to 90 days.
−Removed: With $300 million of commercial paper outstanding and no
−Removed: direct borrowings or letters of credit, we had $5.7
−Removed: billion in available borrowing capacity
−Removed: under the revolving
−Removed: credit facility at March 31, 2021.
−Removed: We may consider issuing additional commercial paper in the future to
−Removed: supplement our cash position.
+Added: commercial paper.
+Added: Commercial paper maturities are generally
+Added: limited to 90 days.
+Added: With $300 million of
+Added: commercial paper outstanding and no direct borrowings
+Added: or letters of credit, we had $5.7 billion in
+Added: borrowing capacity under the revolving credit facility
+Added: at June 30, 2021.
+Added: We may consider issuing additional
+Added: commercial paper in the future to supplement our
+Added: cash position.
On January 15, 2021, we completed the acquisition
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of $4.7 billion on the acquisition
−Removed: See Note 3—Acquisitions and Dispositions and
−Removed: Note 6—Debt, in the Notes to Consolidated
−Removed: Statements for additional information.
−Removed: In May 2021, we reaffirmed our commitment to
−Removed: preserving a top-tier
−Removed: balance sheet with an intent to reduce the company’s gross debt by $5
−Removed: billion over the next five years, driving a
−Removed: more resilient and efficient capital structure.
−Removed: In October 2020, Moody’s affirmed its rating of our senior long-term debt of “A3”
−Removed: with a “stable” outlook, and
−Removed: affirmed its rating of our short-term debt as “Prime-2.”
−Removed: In January 2021, Fitch affirmed its rating of our long-
−Removed: term debt as “A” with a “stable” outlook and affirmed its
−Removed: rating of our short-term debt as “F1+.”
−Removed: 25, 2021, S&P revised the industry risk assessment
−Removed: for the E&P industry to “Moderately High” from
−Removed: “Intermediate” based on a view of increasing risks
−Removed: from the energy transition, price volatility, and weaker
−Removed: profitability.
−Removed: On February 11, 2021, S&P downgraded its rating of our long-term debt
−Removed: from “A” to “A-” with a
−Removed: “stable” outlook and downgraded its rating of our short-term
−Removed: debt from “A-1” to “A-2.”
−Removed: We do not have any
−Removed: ratings triggers on any of our corporate debt
−Removed: that would cause an automatic default, and
−Removed: thereby impact our
−Removed: access to liquidity, upon downgrade of our credit ratings.
−Removed: If our credit ratings
−Removed: are downgraded from their
−Removed: current levels, it could increase the cost of corporate
−Removed: debt available to us and restrict our access to
−Removed: commercial paper markets.
−Removed: If our credit rating were to deteriorate
−Removed: to a level prohibiting us from accessing the
−Removed: commercial paper market, we would still
−Removed: be able to access funds under our revolving credit
+Added: In June 2021, we reaffirmed our commitment to preserving
+Added: our ‘A’-rated balance sheet with the intent to
+Added: reduce gross debt by $5 billion over the next five
+Added: years, driving a more resilient and efficient
+Added: capital structure.
+Added: See Note 3 for additional information on our Concho acquisition and
+Added: see Note 6 for additional information on
+Added: In January 2021, Fitch affirmed its rating of our long-term
+Added: debt as “A” with a “stable” outlook and affirmed its
+Added: rating of our short-term debt as “F1+.” On January
+Added: 25, 2021, S&P revised its industry risk
+Added: assessment of the
+Added: E&P industry to “Moderately High” from “Intermediate”
+Added: based on a view of increasing risks from the energy
+Added: transition, price volatility, and weaker profitability.
+Added: On February 11, 2021, S&P downgraded its rating of our
+Added: long-term debt from “A” to “A-” with a “stable”
+Added: outlook and downgraded its rating of
+Added: our short-term debt
+Added: from “A-1” to “A-2.”
+Added: In May 2021, Moody’s affirmed its rating of our senior long-term debt of
+Added: “stable” outlook.
+Added: Moody’s rates our short-term debt as “Prime-2.”
+Added: We do not have any ratings triggers on any
+Added: of our corporate debt that would cause an automatic
+Added: default, and thereby impact our access to liquidity, upon
+Added: downgrade of our credit ratings.
+Added: If our credit ratings are downgraded from their
+Added: current levels, it could
+Added: increase the cost of corporate debt available to
+Added: us and restrict our access to the commercial
+Added: paper markets.
+Added: our credit rating were to deteriorate to a level
+Added: prohibiting us from accessing the commercial
+Added: paper market, we
+Added: would still be able to access funds under our revolving
+Added: credit facility.
Certain of our project-related contracts, commercial
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of credit as collateral.
−Removed: At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020,
+Added: At June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020,
we had direct bank letters of credit of $222
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related to various purchase
−Removed: commitments incident to the ordinary conduct of business.
−Removed: In the event of credit ratings downgrades, we may
+Added: commitments incident to the ordinary conduct of
+Added: In the event of credit ratings downgrades, we
be required to post additional letters of
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Guarantor Summarized Financial Information
−Removed: We have various cross guarantees among ConocoPhillips, ConocoPhillips Company
−Removed: and Burlington Resources
−Removed: LLC, with respect to publicly held debt securities.
−Removed: ConocoPhillips Company is 100 percent
+Added: We have various cross guarantees among our Obligor group;
ConocoPhillips,
−Removed: Burlington Resources LLC is 100 percent
−Removed: owned by ConocoPhillips Company.
+Added: ConocoPhillips Company and
+Added: Burlington Resources LLC, with respect to publicly
+Added: held debt securities.
+Added: ConocoPhillips Company is 100
+Added: percent owned by ConocoPhillips.
+Added: Burlington Resources LLC is 100 percent owned by
+Added: ConocoPhillips
ConocoPhillips and/or ConocoPhillips Company
−Removed: have fully and unconditionally guaranteed
−Removed: obligations of Burlington Resources LLC, with respect
−Removed: to its publicly held debt securities.
+Added: have fully and unconditionally guaranteed the
+Added: payment obligations of Burlington Resources
+Added: LLC, with respect to its publicly held debt
ConocoPhillips has fully and unconditionally
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is reflected within the Obligor Group presented
−Removed: See Note 3—Acquisitions and Dispositions
−Removed: 6—Debt, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial
−Removed: Statements for additional information.
+Added: for additional information
+Added: relating to the Concho transaction.
Transactions and balances reflecting activity between the Obligors
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Millions of Dollars
−Removed: Three Months Ended
−Removed: March 31, 2021
+Added: Six Months Ended
+Added: June 30, 2021
Revenues and Other Income
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Investments” section.
−Removed: Our debt balance as of March 31, 2021, was $20.0
−Removed: billion compared with $15.4 billion at
−Removed: December 31, 2020.
−Removed: The increase of $4.6 billion is due to debt assumed
−Removed: in the Concho acquisition.
−Removed: The current portion of debt,
−Removed: including payments for finance leases, is $0.7
−Removed: Payments will be made using current cash balances
−Removed: cash generated by operations.
−Removed: See Note 6—Debt, in the Notes to Consolidated
−Removed: Financial Statements for
−Removed: additional information on debt.
+Added: Our debt balance at June 30, 2021, was $20.0
+Added: billion, compared with $15.4 billion at December
+Added: net increase is primarily due to $4.7 billion of
+Added: debt assumed in the Concho acquisition.
+Added: The current portion of
+Added: debt, including payments for finance leases, is
+Added: $1,205 million.
+Added: Payments will be made using current cash
+Added: balances and cash generated by operations.
+Added: For additional information regarding debt, see Note 6.
We believe in delivering value to our shareholders through a growing and sustainable
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by additional returns of capital, including share repurchases.
−Removed: In 2020, we paid $1.8 billion,
−Removed: equating to $1.69
+Added: In 2020, we paid $1.8 billion, equating to $1.69
per share of common stock, in dividends.
−Removed: On February 2, 2021, we announced a quarterly
−Removed: dividend of $0.43
−Removed: The dividend was paid on March 1, 2021, to stockholders
−Removed: of record at the close of business on
−Removed: February 12, 2021.
−Removed: On May 4, 2021, we announced a quarterly
−Removed: dividend of $0.43
−Removed: per share, payable June 1,
−Removed: 2021, to stockholders of record at the close of business
−Removed: on May 14, 2021.
+Added: We anticipate returning $2.3 billion to shareholders in the form of
+Added: dividends in 2021.
+Added: In the first six months of 2021, we paid
+Added: dividends totaling $1.2 billion, the equivalent of
+Added: $0.86 per share.
+Added: On July 13, 2021, we announced
+Added: a quarterly dividend of $0.43 per share, payable
In late 2016, we initiated our current share repurchase
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repurchase $25 billion of our common stock.
−Removed: In February 2021, we resumed the program
−Removed: at an annualized
−Removed: level of $1.5 billion.
−Removed: In May 2021, we announced our plan to dispose
−Removed: of our 208 million shares of Cenovus
−Removed: Energy by year-end 2022.
−Removed: The sales pace will be guided by market conditions,
−Removed: with ConocoPhillips retaining
−Removed: discretion to adjust accordingly.
−Removed: The proceeds from this disposition will be deployed
−Removed: towards incremental
−Removed: share repurchases.
−Removed: In the first quarter of 2021, we repurchased
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, our plan is to repurchase approximately
+Added: $3.5 billion in 2021 and we anticipate funding
+Added: approximately $1.0 billion of that amount
+Added: through proceeds
+Added: from the sales of our CVE common stock.
+Added: The pace of CVE share sales will be guided
+Added: by market conditions,
+Added: and we retain the discretion to adjust accordingly.
+Added: In the six months ended June 30, 2021, we repurchased
17.7 million shares at a cost of $981 million, $159
+Added: million of which was funded using CVE share
Since the inception of the program, we have repurchased
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Millions of Dollars
−Removed: Three Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
Europe, Middle East and North Africa
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Capital expenditures and investments
−Removed: During the first quarter of 2021, capital expenditures
−Removed: and investments supported key exploration
+Added: During the first six months of 2021, capital expenditures
+Added: and investments supported key exploration and
development programs, primarily:
Development and appraisal activities
−Removed: in the Lower 48, primarily Permian, Eagle Ford,
+Added: in the Lower 48, primarily Permian, Eagle Ford, and Bakken.
Appraisal and development activities
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plan capital expenditures of $5.5 billion.
−Removed: The plan includes
−Removed: $5.1 billion to sustain current production and $0.4
−Removed: billion for investment in major projects, primarily
−Removed: in addition to ongoing exploration appraisal activity.
+Added: In June 2021, we
+Added: reduced capital guidance to $5.3 billion, recognizing
+Added: synergistic savings from our Concho acquisition.
Contingencies
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consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: For information on other contingencies, see
−Removed: Note 9—Contingencies and
−Removed: Commitments, in the Notes to Consolidated Financial
−Removed: Legal and Tax
+Added: For information on other contingencies, see Note 9.
+Added: Legal and Tax Matters
We are subject to various lawsuits and claims including but not limited to matters
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on certain federal, state and privately owned
−Removed: claims of alleged environmental contamination
−Removed: from historic operations.
−Removed: We will continue to defend ourselves
−Removed: vigorously in these matters.
+Added: of alleged environmental contamination from
+Added: historic operations,
+Added: and other contract disputes.
+Added: continue to defend ourselves vigorously in these matters.
Our legal organization applies its knowledge, experience
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to our past operations.
−Removed: As of March 31, 2021,
−Removed: there were 15 sites around the U.S.
−Removed: which we were identified as a potentially responsible
−Removed: CERCLA and comparable state laws.
−Removed: At March 31, 2021,
−Removed: our balance sheet included a total environmental
−Removed: accrual of $188 million, compared with
−Removed: $180 million at December 31, 2020,
−Removed: for remediation activities in the U.S.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, there
+Added: were 15 sites around the U.S.
+Added: in which we were identified as a potentially responsible
+Added: party under CERCLA
+Added: and comparable state laws.
+Added: At June 30, 2021, our balance sheet included a total
+Added: environmental accrual of $188 million,
+Added: compared with
+Added: $180 million at December 31, 2020, for remediation
+Added: activities in the U.S.
We expect to incur a
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in several states in the U.S.
−Removed: have filed lawsuits
+Added: have filed lawsuits against
and gas companies, including ConocoPhillips,
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factually and legally meritless and are an
−Removed: inappropriate vehicle to address the challenges
−Removed: associated with climate change and will
−Removed: vigorously defend
+Added: inappropriate vehicle to address the challenges associated
+Added: with climate change and will vigorously defend
against such lawsuits.
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historical oil and gas operations.
−Removed: ConocoPhillips entities are defendants
−Removed: in 22 of the lawsuits and will
+Added: ConocoPhillips entities are defendants in
+Added: 22 of the lawsuits and will
vigorously defend against them.
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about these claims (both as to scope and damages)
−Removed: and any potential financial impact on the company.
+Added: and we continue to evaluate our exposure in these
Company Response to Climate-Related Risks
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covering the assessment and registering of significant
−Removed: and high sustainable development risks based on their
+Added: and high sustainable development risks based
consequence and likelihood of occurrence.
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Emissions are categorized into three different scopes.
−Removed: Gross operated Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions
+Added: Gross operated scope 1 and scope 2 GHG
help us understand our climate transition
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We have joined the World
−Removed: Bank Flaring Initiative to work towards
+Added: Bank Flaring Initiative to work towards zero
flaring of gas by 2030.
Technology choices:
−Removed: We expanded our Marginal Abatement Cost Curve process to provide a broader
+Added: expanded our Marginal Abatement Cost Curve process
+Added: to provide a broader
range of opportunities for emission reduction
+Added: Portfolio choices:
Our corporate authorization process requires
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our internally consistent World Energy Model.
−Removed: way, both existing and emerging regulatory requirements are considered in our
−Removed: decision-making.
+Added: way, both existing and emerging regulatory requirements are considered in our decision-making.
company does not use an estimated market cost
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All statements other than statements of
−Removed: historical fact included or incorporated by reference
−Removed: in this report, including, without limitation,
+Added: historical fact included or incorporated by reference in
+Added: this report, including, without limitation,
regarding our future financial position, business
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the anticipated benefits of the transaction
−Removed: and Concho, the anticipated impact of the transaction
−Removed: on the combined company’s business and future
−Removed: financial and operating results, the expected amount
−Removed: and the timing of synergies from the transaction
−Removed: forward-looking statements.
+Added: and Concho Resources Inc.
+Added: (Concho), the anticipated
+Added: impact of the transaction on the combined company’s
+Added: business and future financial and operating results,
+Added: the expected amount and the timing of synergies from
+Added: transaction are forward-looking statements.
Examples of forward-looking statements contained
−Removed: in this report include our
−Removed: expected production growth and outlook on the
−Removed: business environment generally, our expected capital budget
−Removed: and capital expenditures, and discussions concerning
−Removed: future dividends.
−Removed: You can often identify our forward-
−Removed: looking statements by the words “anticipate,” “believe,”
−Removed: “budget,” “continue,” “could,” “effort,” “estimate,”
−Removed: “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “goal,” “guidance,”
−Removed: “may,” “objective,” “outlook,” “plan,” “potential,”
−Removed: “predict,” “projection,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,”
−Removed: “would” and similar expressions.
+Added: in this report
+Added: include our expected production growth and
+Added: outlook on the business environment generally, our expected
+Added: capital budget and capital expenditures, and discussions
+Added: concerning future dividends.
+Added: You can often identify
+Added: our forward-looking statements by the words “anticipate,”
+Added: “believe,” “budget,” “continue,” “could,” “effort,”
+Added: “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “goal,”
+Added: “guidance,” “may,” “objective,” “outlook,” “plan,”
+Added: “potential,” “predict,” “projection,” “seek,” “should,”
+Added: “target,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions.
We based the forward-looking statements on our current expectations, estimates
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expected levels.
−Removed: The impact of significant declines in prices for crude
−Removed: oil, bitumen, natural gas, LNG and NGLs,
+Added: The impact of significant declines in prices for
+Added: crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, LNG and NGLs,
may result in recognition of impairment charges on
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Potential disruption or interruption of our operations
−Removed: due to accidents, extraordinary weather
+Added: due to accidents, extraordinary weather events,
civil unrest, political events, war, terrorism, cyber attacks,
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of, competing or alternative energy sources, including
−Removed: as a result of existing or future environmental rules
−Removed: and regulations.
+Added: as a result of existing or future environmental
+Added: rules and regulations.
Liability for remedial actions, including removal
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Significant operational or investment changes imposed
−Removed: by existing or future environmental statutes
+Added: by existing or future environmental
and regulations, including international agreements
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Liability resulting from litigation, including the
−Removed: potential for litigation related to the transaction
+Added: potential for litigation related to the
+Added: transaction with
Concho, or our failure to comply with applicable
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regulation or taxation;
−Removed: and other political, economic
−Removed: or diplomatic
+Added: and other political, economic or diplomatic
developments.
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Potential failure to obtain, or delays in obtaining,
−Removed: any necessary regulatory approvals for
+Added: any necessary regulatory approvals for pending
future asset dispositions or acquisitions,
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The diversion of management time on integration-related
−Removed: The factors generally described in Part I—Item
−Removed: 1A in our 2020 Annual Report on Form
+Added: The factors generally described in Part I—Item 1A
+Added: in our 2020 Annual Report on Form
additional risks described in our other filings
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DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
−Removed: Other information about market risks for
−Removed: the three months ended March 31, 2021, does
−Removed: not differ materially
−Removed: from that discussed under Item 7A in our 2020
−Removed: Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: Information about market risks for the six months
+Added: ended June 30, 2021, does not differ materially
+Added: discussed under Item 7A in our 2020 Annual Report
+Added: on Form 10-K.
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