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ConocoPhillips (COP · NYSE)

Large independent — HQ United States. Oil & gas valuation, proved reserves, production, break-even, net-asset-value and jurisdiction-risk screen.
Category Large independentRegion N. AmericaCEO Ryan Lance (Chair & CEO since 2012)Jurisdiction risk Low (22)

Overview

ConocoPhillips sits between the majors and the pure-play shale names. About 63% of output comes from the Lower 48 (Delaware and Midland Permian, Eagle Ford, Bakken — including assets from the ~$22.5bn Marathon Oil acquisition closed late-2024), complemented by Alaska (Willow, first oil ~2029), Canadian oil sands, and long-dated LNG in Qatar and Australia. Reserve life of ~8.8 years is the shortest here, reflecting its shale weighting.

Valuation is mid-pack (~7.3x EV/EBITDA, ~$21/boe, ~5% FCF yield) with a conservative ~0.7x net debt/EBITDA and a through-cycle framework to return at least 30% of operating cash flow — about 45% was returned in 2025 via a rising dividend and $5bn of buybacks. It reads as a lower-risk, OECD-weighted operator at a clear discount to the majors.

Valuation snapshot (FY2025)

Market cap
$146bn
Enterprise value
$164bn
EV / EBITDA
6.8x
P / E
18.3x
FCF yield
4.9%
Dividend yield
2.8%
ROACE
9%
Debt / equity
36%
Net debt / EBITDA
0.7x
EV / reserves
$21.41/boe
EV / flowing
$69k/boe/d
Free cash flow
$7.2bn

Its EV/EBITDA of 6.8x is above the 5.9x median across the 142-company universe, the free-cash-flow yield of 4.9% is lower than the 6.5% median, and at $21.41/boe of proved reserves it is richer than the $13.51/boe median.

On a balanced screen across the universe, ConocoPhillips scores 47/100, strongest on safety (69/100). Sub-scores: value 33, quality 41, growth 54, risk 31 (higher = riskier).

Reserves & production

ConocoPhillips holds approximately 7.64 billion boe of proved (1P) reserves with FY2025 production of about 2,375 thousand boe/d (66% liquids), a reserve life of roughly 8.8 years. Break-even: ~$35/bbl (Free-cash-flow break-even (WTI)) — Cost of supply below ~$40/bbl WTI (portfolio average ~$32). FCF break-even ~$35/bbl; ~$35–40/bbl including the ordinary dividend. Mid-cycle planning at $60/bbl WTI (Apr-2023 analyst day).

Net asset value (public-source floor)

Using ConocoPhillips's SEC-disclosed after-tax standardized measure of proved reserves ($56.0bn) less net debt ($16.5bn) gives an equity-NAV floor of about $39.5bn — the current market capitalisation sits +271% versus that floor. Disclosed pre-tax PV-10: —. This is a floor: proved reserves only, excluding undeveloped inventory, downstream and other business lines. Excludes LNG equity investments (APLNG, Qatar/Port Arthur) and undeveloped resource beyond proved.

Jurisdiction risk · production-weighted country risk

22 /100
Low jurisdiction risk
Production-weighted average of the country scores below (0 = safest, 100 = riskiest).
Country / regionProd. shareCountry riskKey jurisdiction risk
United States63%23Stable, deep; federal-lands leasing and permitting policy swings.
Norway9%3Stable, predictable; high but transparent 78% tax.
Qatar / Asia LNG8%26Stable; NOC-dominated LNG, limited foreign equity share.
Canada7%8Stable; pipeline egress constraints, oil-sands emissions policy.
Other7%50diversified/unspecified exposure — universe-average proxy
Australia6%10Stable; rising carbon/PRRT tax scrutiny and approvals delays.
How this is scored. Each country's risk (0–100) is anchored to two named public indices — the OECD Country Risk Classification (0–7 official export-credit country risk) and the World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (Political Stability & Absence of Violence percentile) — blended 55/45 and rescaled to 0–100. A company's jurisdiction risk is the production-weighted average across the countries where it operates. This is a pure country measure, kept separate from company & financial risk (leverage, governance). Source: OECD Country Risk Classification (CRC) as of 24 July 2025, sourced via the German Federal Export Credit Guarantees (exportkreditgarantien.de) which applies the OECD consensus country risk category directly (values 0-7; 0 = lowest risk). High-income OECD members are not individually rated by the OECD and are set to crc=0 per the model spec (US, UK, Norway, Canada, Australia, Japan, NZ, and most of Europe incl. OECD members Israel, Poland, Hungary, Czechia, Lithuania, Ireland). 'ps' = World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI) 'Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism' percentile rank, latest available (2023 vintage), 0-100 with higher = more stable; ps values are best sourced estimates rounded to the WGI percentile scale. Yemen not on OECD list ('./.') so crc estimated at 7. Iraq-Kurdistan and Falklands are non-standard model rows using judgment, not official OECD entries..

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Key assets & projects

AssetLocationTypeNotes
Permian (Delaware & Midland)United StatesShale oilLargest Lower 48 position; expanded materially via Marathon (2024)
Eagle FordUnited StatesShale oil / liquidsLegacy asset; Marathon added contiguous acreage
BakkenUnited StatesShale oilEstablished oil position; scaled up by Marathon
Alaska — Prudhoe/Kuparuk + WillowUnited StatesConventional / ArcticWillow operated (~180 kbd peak), first oil ~2029
SurmontCanadaOil sands (SAGD)100% owned since 2023; long-life bitumen
Greater EkofiskNorwayOffshore oil & gasLong-life operated North Sea hub
Qatar LNG (NFE/NFS)QatarLNGEquity partner in North Field expansions
Australia Pacific LNGAustraliaCBM-to-LNG~47.5% stake; steady cash generator

Five-year trend (FY2021–FY2025)

Metric20212022202320242025
Production (mboe/d)15671738182619872375
Proved reserves (bnboe)6.106.606.807.807.64
Revenue ($bn)48.382.258.657.058.9
EBITDA ($bn)21.336.926.024.724.0
Net income ($bn)8.118.711.09.28.0
Free cash flow ($bn)11.718.28.78.07.2

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Sources

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