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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Texirish   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?
Date: 12/17/24 5:21 PM
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The summary is basically in the opening and closing remarks.

The reason the presentation is so long is that XOM wants the analysts to understand the plans in detail. They even have added a "Modeling Guide" with links that permit access to detailed historic data and cross-checking prior plan presentations back to 2014.

So it's more interested in transparency than brevity.

Here's my "quickie".

Projects first outlined in early 2018 are going forward - ahead of or on plan. These include Guyana, the Permian, LNG, and certain high profitable refinery investments based on proprietary technology. Ex LNG, most of these are already on line. The plan primarily discloses the expansions to these plans. These include a huge growth in Guyana production and reserves, a huge expansion in the Permian with the acquisition of Pioneer, and an expanded effort in CCAS, plus potentially significant new uses for refinery molecules in a new epoxy and a new synthetic graphite.

ExxonMobil has completely reorganized and simplified its organization. The results are major cost reductions plus significant synergies by combining prior "siloed" organizations into into single ones.

XOM can sustain dividends and capex at breakeven prices now at $35 Brent crude. It is heading towards $30 breakeven. It has well developed strategies to operate through industry cycles and stay on plans.

*****

Hopefully this will incite interested parties to dig deeper into the presentations.

Tex
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