Conocophillipsreason 04 of 4it makes it for less than anyone else canderived 2026-09-11accession 0001163165-26-000032
The portfolio recycling—selling mature, non-core Lower 48 barrels at elevated valuations while acquiring low-cost, long-life Iraqi conventional redevelopment at a fraction of the sale proceeds—improves the cost curve and reserve life of the portfolio without requiring incremental debt. The Iraq entry cost ($0.5-0.7 billion total) versus $5 billion in dispositions signals value accretion, not empire building.
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It held on this filing. No finding was written because nothing in it bore on the reason — the sentences it was read against are below.
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the claims it rests on
“Total disposition target of $5 billion by year-end 2026 was achieved through sales including approximately $1.7 billion of noncore Lower 48 assets”
“Agreed to acquire a 42% interest in Kirkuk oil fields in Iraq for $0.3-0.5 billion cash at close plus $0.2 billion deferred, accessing long-life conventional redevelopment at an attractive entry cost”
“The company describes these fields as large-scale, currently producing, and offering competitive cost of supply”
what it was checked against
the $5 billion disposition target
“In the third quarter of 2025, we announced a total disposition target of $5 billion by year-end 2026.”
Iraq acquisition cost of $0.5-0.7 billion total
“In July 2026, we entered into an agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of BP p.l.c. (bp) to acquire a 42 percent direct equity holding in a non-operated joint venture, supporting the ongoing redevelopment of four large-scale, currently producing oil fields in the Kirkuk area of northern Iraq. The cash outflow at close is expected to be $0.3 billion to $0.5 billion, including reimbursement of our proportionate share of bp's project costs incurred from the effective date of the agreement through close. In addition, deferred payments of $0.2 billion will be paid no later than three years from the date of close.”