ConocoPhillips 10-Q 2025-09-30

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025

or

For the transition period from ___________________ to ___________________

Commission file number: 001-32395

ConocoPhillips

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

925 N. Eldridge Parkway, Houston, TX 77079

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

281-293-1000

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☒ Accelerated filer ☐ Non-accelerated filer ☐ Smaller reporting company ☐ Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

The registrant had 1,235,718,250 shares of common stock, $.01 par value, outstanding at September 30, 2025.

Table of Contents

Commonly Used Abbreviations

The following industry-specific, accounting and other terms, and abbreviations may be commonly used in this report.

PART I. Financial Information

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis is the company’s analysis of its financial performance and of significant trends that may affect future performance. It should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes. It contains forward-looking statements including, without limitation, statements relating to the company’s plans, strategies, objectives, expectations and intentions that are made pursuant to the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “ambition,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “budget,” “continue,” “could,” “effort,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “goal,” “guidance,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,” “outlook,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “projection,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. The company does not undertake to update, revise or correct any of the forward-looking information unless required to do so under the federal securities laws. Readers are cautioned that such forward-looking statements should be read in conjunction with the company’s disclosures under the heading: “CAUTIONARY STATEMENT FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ‘SAFE HARBOR’ PROVISIONS OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995,” beginning on page 53**.

The terms “earnings” and “loss” as used in Management’s Discussion and Analysis refer to net income (loss).

Business Environment and Executive Overview

ConocoPhillips is one of the world’s leading E&P companies based on production and reserves, with operations and activities in 14 countries. Our diverse, low cost of supply portfolio includes resource-rich unconventional plays in North America; conventional assets in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia; global LNG developments; oil sands in Canada; and an inventory of global exploration prospects. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, at September 30, 2025, we employed approximately 11,400 people worldwide and had total assets of $122 billion.

Overview

At ConocoPhillips, we anticipate that commodity prices will continue to be cyclical and volatile, and our view is that a successful business strategy in the E&P industry must be resilient in lower price environments while also retaining upside during periods of higher prices. As such, we are unhedged, remain committed to our disciplined investment framework and continually monitor market fundamentals, including the impacts associated with geopolitical tensions and conflicts, global demand for our products, oil and gas inventory levels, governmental policies, tariffs, inflation and supply chain disruptions.

Throughout 2025, the price of crude oil has been volatile due to multiple macroeconomic and geopolitical forces which slowed global oil demand growth concurrent with higher oil production from OPEC Plus and other major oil producing countries. We continue to closely monitor the macroeconomic environment, including any impacts from tariffs, and the ongoing market volatility in the energy landscape and across global markets for implications to our business, results of operations and financial condition.

As the global energy industry continues to evolve, we remain committed to creating long-term value for our stockholders. We believe ConocoPhillips plays an essential role in responsibly meeting the global demand for energy, while continuing to deliver competitive returns on and of capital and working to meet our previously established emissions-reduction targets. Our value proposition to deliver competitive returns to stockholders through price cycles is guided by our foundational principles which consist of maintaining balance sheet strength, providing peer-leading distributions, making disciplined investments, and demonstrating responsible and reliable ESG performance.

In November 2024, we completed our acquisition of Marathon Oil Corporation (Marathon Oil). In the first half of 2025, we completed the asset integration of Marathon Oil and remain on track for more than $1 billion of synergies on a run-rate basis by year-end 2025 and over $1 billion of one-time benefits. These one-time benefits include $0.5 billion recognized previously upon close of the transaction related to the utilization of foreign tax credits, with the remainder consisting of net operating losses expected to be realized in future periods. In August 2025, we announced incremental cost reductions and margin enhancements of more than $1 billion anticipated on a run-rate basis by year-end 2026. We expect approximately $0.8 billion to consist of G&A reductions, lease operating cost improvements and opportunities in transportation and processing and approximately $0.2 billion to be achieved through margin expansion. See Note 3.

In conjunction with our acquisition of Marathon Oil, we communicated a disposition proceeds target of $2 billion across the portfolio. In August 2025, we announced an increase to this target for a total of $5 billion by year-end 2026. ConocoPhillips has executed dispositions of over $3 billion in 2025 and is on track to meet its $5 billion disposition target by year-end 2026. On October 1, 2025, the company closed the disposition of Lower 48 assets in the Anadarko Basin for $1.3 billion. Additionally, in the fourth quarter of 2025, the sale of certain noncore assets closed or expect to close for approximately $0.5 billion, subject to customary closing adjustments. See Note 3.

In August 2025, we entered into a 20-year agreement, expected to begin in 2030, to purchase four MTPA of LNG offtake from Phase 2 of the Port Arthur LNG project, further advancing our global LNG portfolio strategy. Additionally, in August 2025, we entered into a 20-year agreement to purchase one MTPA of LNG offtake from the Rio Grande LNG Train 5 facility, expected to begin in 2031, bringing our total committed commercial LNG offtake portfolio to approximately 10 MTPA.

The relevant provisions of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), enacted on July 4, 2025, were implemented during the third quarter of 2025. While OBBBA did not have a material effect on our effective tax rate for the quarter, the changes introduced by the legislation impacted our current and deferred tax calculations, with approximately $0.4 billion cash tax benefit recognized in the third quarter of 2025 and the remaining approximately $0.1 billion to be recognized in the fourth quarter of 2025.

In November 2025, we declared an increase to our quarterly ordinary dividend from $0.78 per share to $0.84 per share, representing an eight percent increase.

Production was 2,399 MBOED in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 482 MBOED from the same period a year ago. After adjusting for impacts from closed acquisitions and dispositions, third-quarter 2025 production increased by 83 MBOED or four percent from the same period a year ago.

Third-quarter 2025 production resulted in $5.9 billion of cash provided by operating activities. We returned over $2.2 billion to shareholders, consisting of $1.3 billion through share repurchases and $1.0 billion through our ordinary dividend. We ended the quarter with cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and short-term investments totaling $6.6 billion and long-term investments in debt securities of $1.1 billion.

Also in the third quarter of 2025, we re-invested $2.9 billion into the business in the form of capital expenditures and investments, with over half of the expenditures related to flexible, short-cycle unconventional plays in the Lower 48 segment, where

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Information about market risks for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, does not differ materially from that discussed under Item 7A in our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure information required to be disclosed in reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Act), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. At September 30, 2025, with the participation of our management, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) and our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) carried out an evaluation, pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) of the Act, of ConocoPhillips’ disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Act). Based upon that evaluation, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer concluded our disclosure controls and procedures were operating effectively at September 30, 2025.

In the first quarter of 2025, we completed the final phase of a multi-year implementation of an updated global enterprise resource planning system (ERP). As a result, we made corresponding changes to our business processes and information systems, updating applicable internal controls over financial reporting where necessary.

Our assessment of, and conclusion on, the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2024, did not include the internal controls of Marathon Oil, acquired in 2024. In the fourth quarter of 2024, we began integrating Marathon Oil into our operations and internal control processes. As the integration progresses, we may modify or change certain processes and procedures which may result in changes to our internal controls over financial reporting.

There have been no other changes in our internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Act, in the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. Other Information

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

ConocoPhillips has elected to use a $1 million threshold for disclosing certain proceedings arising under federal, state or local environmental laws when a governmental authority is a party. ConocoPhillips believes proceedings under this threshold are not material to ConocoPhillips' business and financial condition. Applying this threshold, there are no such proceedings to disclose for the quarter ended September 30, 2025. See Note 9 for information regarding other legal and administrative proceedings.

There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in Item 1A of our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

*There were no repurchases of common stock from company employees in connection with the company's broad-based employee incentive plans.

In late 2016, we initiated our current share repurchase program. As of September 30, 2025, we had repurchased $38.3 billion of shares since 2016. In October 2024, our Board of Directors approved an increase from our previous authorization of $45 billion by a total of the lesser of $20 billion or the number of shares issued in our acquisition of Marathon Oil, such that the company is not to exceed $65 billion in aggregate repurchases. Repurchases are made at management’s discretion, at prevailing prices, subject to market conditions and other factors. Except as limited by applicable legal requirements, repurchases may be increased, decreased or discontinued at any time without prior notice. Shares of stock repurchased under the plan are held as treasury shares. See Part I—Item 1A—Risk Factors – “Our ability to execute our capital return program is subject to certain considerations” in our 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Insider Trading Arrangements

During the three-month period ended September 30, 2025, no officer or director of the company adopted or terminated any Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement.

** Filed herewith.*

**Furnished herewith.

Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.