Pembina Pipeline Corp. Ordinary Shares (Canada)

Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for joining us and welcome to Pembina Pipeline Corporation Q1 2026 results. After today's prepared remarks, we will host a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question, please press star 1 to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star 1 again. I will now hand the conference over to Dan Tucanel, Vice President, Capital Markets. Dan, please go ahead.

Thank you, Jen. Good morning, everyone. Welcome to Pembina's conference call and webcast to review highlights from the first quarter of 2026. On the call today, we have Scott Burrows, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Cameron Golding, Chief Financial Officer, along with other members of Pembina's leadership team. I would like to remind you that some of the comments made today may be forward-looking in nature and are based on Pembina's current expectations, estimates, judgments, and projections. Forward-looking statements we may express or imply today are subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. Further, some of the information provided refers to non-GAAP measures. To learn more about these forward-looking statements and non-GAAP measures, please see Pembina Management's discussion and analysis, dated May 7, 2026, for the period ended March 31, 2026, as well as the press release we issued yesterday. all of which are available online at Pemina.com and on both CDAR Plus and EDGAR. I will now turn things over to Scott.

Thanks, Dan. Yesterday, we reported first quarter results, which were highlighted by adjusted EBITDA of $1.131 billion. It was a strong start to 2026, operationally, commercially, and financially. The fee-based business is tracking to plan, and overall results are outperforming budget given the spike in key commodity markets that began in March. Operationally, we saw volume strength across key systems, including alliance pipeline, quotient pipeline, and the conventional pipeline systems. First quarter results have kept us on track to realize our 2023 to 2026 fee-based adjusted EBITDA per share compound annual growth of approximately 5%. and within the target range provided at our 2024 Investor Day. As Cam will discuss in more detail, due primarily to the stronger marketing outlook, we have updated our 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance range to $4.35 billion to $4.55 billion. At the midpoint, which is where we are currently tracking to, this is an increase of $175 million, or 4.1%. Supported by continued growth in our low-risk fee-based business, We were pleased yesterday to announce a 2.5 cents per share or 3.5% increase to the quarterly common share dividend, beginning with the dividend to be paid in June. In addition to strong financial results, Pemina continues to reliably execute its portfolio of projects under construction, realize continued commercial success, and advance projects under development in service of its growth strategy. Highlights of 2026 to date include placing the Wapiti expansion and K3 cogeneration facility into service on time and on budget. In addition, construction of RFS 4, a 55,000 barrel per day propane plus fractionator at the existing Redwater complex is nearing completion. The rail facility was placed into service in February and commissioning of the fractionator is underway. The project is trending under budget and the fractionator is expected to be placed into service by the end of May. And Cedar LNG continues to progress on time and on budget. The construction of the floating LNG vessel is now more than 50% complete, and with winter now behind us, the onshore construction teams have resumed activities with the focus of executing on an eventful 2026 construction season. With many of the onshore teams having only recently returned to site, it's already exciting to witness the progress being made. Commercially, in 2026 to date, Pemina has renewed existing contracts, and executed incremental new contracts totaling approximately 110,000 barrels per day of transportation capacity on the Peace Pipeline, demonstrating the value customers place on the reliable and value-enhancing service provided by our leading transportation network and integrated value chain. And we recently closed an open season for the proposed short-haul point-to-point transportation service of the Canadian segment of the Alliance Pipeline system. The proposed expansion would provide natural gas delivery to a new meter station in Port Saskatchewan with an anticipated in-service date in the fourth quarter of 2029. The successful proponents have been awarded capacity conditional on the project being sanctioned. The project continues to progress towards a final investment decision with ongoing work streams focused on regulatory and engineering activities. On the project development front, Pemina and Kineticor are progressing the Greenlight Electricity Center, a proposed multi-phase natural gas-fired combined cycle power generation facility. We are advancing various work streams related to the approximately 900 megawatts first phase. Ongoing activities include finalizing a lump sum EPC agreement, finalizing a commercial agreement with the customer, and project financing. A final investment decision is expected by the end of the second quarter of 2026. Finally, before turning the call over to Cam, I want to quickly recap our recent business update call held on April 7th. Amidst the backdrop of expanding market access and growing demand for Canadian energy, we were very excited to provide our thoughts where Pemina is positioned, why its business is advantaged, and how the company's strategy can create value through 2030 and beyond. Our update focused on three key themes. The first was reaffirming the company's longstanding commitment to disciplined execution, including strong performance against financial targets, placing billions of dollars of capital projects into service on time and on or under budget, adhering to its financial guardrails and delivering a reliable, growing dividend without interruption. The second was outlining the company's 3C strategy, capture, connect and catalyze, which is underpinned by energy fundamentals and the advantages of its differentiated platform. Pemina is poised to benefit from growing global energy demand, increasing strategic relevance of Canadian energy and emerging demand drivers such as LNG, petrochemicals, and data center power demand. The advantages of PEMIN is integration, scale, superior market access, and entrepreneurial approach, and track record of execution uniquely position it to further strengthen and extend its unmatched industry-leading value chain. The third was providing a financial outlook to the end of the decade, including 5% to 7% compound annual fee-based adjusted EBITDA per share growth through 2030. This outlook is underpinned by higher utilization across existing assets, contributions from sanctioned projects entering service, and a portfolio of development opportunities designed to extend the franchise. The recent announcement of Shell's proposed acquisition of ARC Resources is a compelling proof point that further validates our outlook for the WCSB, and the Transaction Benefits Shell has highlighted near some of the same themes we covered in our business update. Shell has identified the Montney Basin as a key growth platform within their global portfolio, given its long duration and advantage cost structure. Similarly, our market update highlighted the importance of capturing volumes from premier high growth areas and connecting them to the best global markets. There's also focus on the interrelationship between growing oil sands demand for condensate and growing demand for natural gas as being two ends of the energy flywheel. Shell's stated rationale for the ARC acquisition, driven by liquids first and supported by natural gas, is a proof point of this concept. As a global energy leader and the number one LNG operator in Canada, we see in Shell a customer whose model and outlook aligns well with ours, and we look forward to their growing presence in our basin. We encourage those that have not already done so to visit our website at pemina.com to access a replay of our business update call and the related presentation. It was a strong and eventful first quarter that sets us up very well for the remainder of the year and beyond. I'll now turn things over to Cam to discuss in more detail the financial highlights for the quarter.

Thanks, Scott. As Scott noted, Pemina reported first quarter adjusted EBITDA of $1.131 billion. Relative to the first quarter of 2025, strong operational performance and volume growth across the pipelines and facilities divisions was offset by the impact of the new total structure and revenue sharing mechanism on the Alliance pipeline, as well as lower contribution from the marketing business due to narrower NGL frac spreads. The net result of the first quarter was a 36 million or 3% decrease over the same period in the prior year. Looking at quarter over quarter results by division, The major factors impacting the quarter in pipelines included lower net revenue on the Alliance pipeline of $26 million due to the net effect of the negotiated settlement between Alliance and its shippers, which became effective on November 1st, 2025, partially offset by an increase in interruptible and seasonal revenue on the Alliance pipeline driven by higher demand for natural gas in the US Midwest during the first quarter of 2026. as well as higher revenue on the quotient pipeline due to wider condensate price differentials. In facilities, factors impacting the first quarter included a higher contribution from certain PGI assets, primarily due to higher volumes. In marketing and new ventures, first quarter results reflect the net impact of narrower WCSB and US NGL frac spreads, resulting from lower NGL prices combined with higher US natural gas prices partially offset by the benefits from exposure to premium propane prices in Asian markets through West Coast exports. Finally, in the corporate segment, first quarter results were lower than prior period due to higher long-term incentive costs, partially offset by lower non-compensation related expenses. Earnings in the first quarter were $498 million. This represents a 1% decrease over the same period in the prior year. In addition to the factors impacting adjusted EBITDA, the decrease in earnings in the first quarter was primarily due to a lower share of loss from CEDAR LNG compared to the same period in the prior year. Adjusted earnings were $505 million, or a 6% increase over the same period in the prior year. Compared to the factors noted previously related to earnings, the change in adjusted earnings excludes the lower share of loss from CEDAR LNG driven primarily by unrealized gains on derivative instruments, partially offset by higher unrealized foreign exchange losses. Total volumes in the pipelines and facilities divisions were 3.7 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in the first quarter. This represents an increase of 1% over the same period in the prior year. Higher first quarter pipelines volumes were driven primarily by higher interruptible and contracted volumes on certain pipelines, primarily driven by favorable condensate pricing and higher demand from colder weather in the U.S. Higher first quarter facilities volumes were driven primarily by higher volumes from certain PGI assets, primarily at the Dawson assets and at the DuVernay complex, largely offset by lower volumes at the Cutbank complex, as well as a decrease in oxidable volumes due to lower ethane extraction. Yesterday, Kevin announced a revised 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance range of $4.35 to $4.55 billion. The revised midpoint of the 2026 guidance range, which is where we are currently trending, is an increase of $175 million versus the original guidance, primarily due to the outlook for the marketing business for the remainder of the year. The revised 2026 outlook for the marketing business includes a stronger contribution from the crude oil marketing business and wider Canadian and U.S. frac spreads. In particular, Pemina and its customers are benefiting from exposure to premium propane prices in Asian markets through Pemina's 20,000-barrel-per-day Prince Rupert terminal and 20,000 barrels per day of long-term contracted capacity at third-party facilities that became effective April 1, 2026. Further, as previously disclosed, approximately 65% of Pemina's 2026 frac spread exposure has been hedged. On a quarterly basis for the remainder of the year, Pemina has hedged approximately 90% in the second and third quarters and 40% in the fourth quarter. The lower and upper end of the 2026 guidance range are framed primarily as a function of commodity prices and the resulting contribution from the marketing business. Interruptible volumes on key systems, the US Canadian dollar exchange rate, and Pemina's share price performance and its impact on incentive compensation costs. As a result of the updated outlook for 2026, Pemina now expects the 2026 year end proportionally consolidated debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio to be approximately 3.5 to 3.7 times. Excluding debt related to construction of the Cedar LNG facility, which is expected to enter service in late 2028, this ratio would be approximately 3.3 to 3.5 times. I'll now turn things back to Scott.

Thanks, Cam. In closing, I want to remind you that Pemina will host its annual meeting of shareholders today at 2 p.m. Mountain Time, 4 p.m. Eastern Time. It will be a virtual-only meeting conducted via live audio webcast. Participants are recommended to register for the virtual webcast at least 10 minutes before the presentation start time. For further information on the annual meeting, please visit the investors tab at www.pemina.com. Thank you for joining us this morning. Operator, please go ahead and open up the line for questions.

Thank you. We will now begin the question and answer session. Please limit yourself to one question and one follow-up. If you would like to ask a question, please press star 1 to raise your hand. To withdraw your question, press star 1 again. We ask that you pick up your handset when asking a question to allow for optimum sound quality. If you are muted locally, please remember to unmute your device. Please stand by while we compile the Q&A roster. Your first question comes from the line of Aaron McNeil with TD Cohen. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Hey, morning all. Thanks for taking my questions. I've been thinking more about the business update. We're starting to see early signs of some pretty meaningful incremental base and egress coming together. And as projects move toward FID, when would you expect Pemina to begin to see the second order impacts from that? And which parts of your existing asset footprint are likely to see those expansion opportunities first? And then maybe just to give you some specifics in terms of what I'm thinking about, Like how would you position to bring more condensate to Fort McMurray, either via coaching or peace? As well as how should we be thinking about sort of the alignment with your new partner at PGI when it comes to deploying incremental capital?

Morning Aaron, Jared here. I'll take the first part out with respect to the liquids and the condensate so. If you think about our current expansions that we have ongoing that we announced just recently, we have the Fox to the Mayo, Pump station increase, that's going to increase our C3 plus by roughly 70,000 barrels. That asset today is essentially full. So that's kind of think of that as your first deep bottleneck from Edmonton going west. Then our Taylor to Gordondale asset. So from Gordondale down into Fox Creek, we have a lot of runway for currently for it's fully built out for our condensate platform and our crude platform. It's where we get constrained is starting to cross the border into northeast BC, where we anticipate a lot of those liquids to be coming from. So Taylor to Gordondale is kind of your first segment, and then Birch to Taylor is your next segment. And that gives us a tremendous amount of runway as new LNG facilities come on for that gas egress. That'll allow the condensate and the NGLs to get into the Edmonton market. With respect to caution, you know, fortunately for us, we've been very successful at expanding the capacity of caution. Previous owner ran that asset around 90,000 barrels a day. We currently routinely and reliably and safely operate that at about 120,000 barrels a day. Now we're just looking for smaller type optimizations because we really have fully optimized that segment. With respect to PGI assets, it was recently announced that we have a new owner, Apollo. We've met with them. We're very encouraged with, we think the relationship is going to be very similar to our previous partnership. very much aligned on growing the business. And one of the areas that PGI, I believe, has advantage, not only from their position of where the assets are, but it's also the capabilities. Pemina has a extensive capability with respect to sour gas processing. Faith is one of the largest sulfur recovery facilities in Alberta. K3 is extremely large sulfur recovery. And then we have other various sour processing facilities Recently, the Wapiti expansion, we just brought that on. You know, I'm very proud of the team. We kind of gloss over it. Scott mentioned that it came into service. That came into service and was up and running and accepting about 60% of nameplate in just a couple of days. I don't think a lot of operators can say that they can provide their customers with that backstopping. But so long story short, we'll be fully built out in our peace pipeline, being able to accept all the NGLs in the Edmonton market. And then we'll continue to grow our our processing footprint and you'll see probably a lot of expansion in that sour area.

OK, no thanks for for all that. That was a ton, so appreciate it. I might embarrass myself with the next question. I'm not an expert on this by any means, but there seems to be a, I guess, a range of views in terms of solvent assisted SAGD among the oil sands producers. What sort of technical or commercial proof points do you need to see in order to wrap your head around this? butane enhanced in opportunity and what stage are you at in that process today?

It's not an embarrassing question, Aaron, because I think a lot of the SAGD producers have been talking about the solvent opportunities, but they haven't been giving a lot of details. We do believe that butane is a contributing solvent that is being used. Obviously, Alberta is long butane. And so the opportunity is there. So we're honestly just waiting to see how we can provide our customers in a different segment, different types of like we produce primarily field grade butane. Is there opportunities to upgrade that to ISO and normal? But we're just honestly in early stages of seeing how these pilots are going to work out and how we can supply those customers the product that they need to enhance their oil recovery, which ultimately will require more condensate. And you get back into Scott's flywheel comment earlier.

Okay, gotcha. Thanks, everybody. I'll turn it back.

Your next question comes from the line of Jeremy Tonet with JP Morgan. Your line is open. Please go ahead. Friendly reminder to unmute locally. Your next question comes from the line of Somya Jain with UBS. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Hi, good morning. I was just wondering, it was reported this week that PM Carney planning changes to use the process for natural resource projects, including pipelines. Could you provide any color on how you have seen the permitting process change since you've come into office and the sorts of discussions you are seeing in regards to project timelines and if that impacts the way you guys are looking into projects down the line.

Yeah, Scott here. To date, I can't say that we've seen any material change. You know, a recent example of that was our Taylor to Gordondale that took the full timeline to get permitted, so we haven't seen it necessarily in action yet. But we are optimistic changes are coming. When we think about our strategy and where our focus is long term, it's really on LNG on the West Coast. And so, you know, any incremental LNG that can be built out would be positive, as well as, you know, some of the proposed pipelines for crude oil will also have a knock on second order effect on our base business. So we would like to see those projects go. You know, like I said, we haven't seen changes yet, but if there are changes, I think we would welcome those and view them very positively.

Okay, great. And then just wanted to ask on the LPG market with global tensions right now, could you provide some color on the sorts of discussions you're having with customers and how shipping timeline costs have changed for vessels and how are you seeing demand for propane specifically at Prince Rupert?

Hey, it's Chris. Yeah, obviously a topical question with everything that's going on in the market. Cam mentioned it earlier. We've got export capacity to our own facility, obviously, at Prince Rupert, as well as third-party facilities. And both of those opportunities are doing very well. in this environment. Far East pricing has been very strong, especially relative to Edmonton and North America. So those positions have served us really well. We've got freight certainty for some time, so we don't have any exposure to some of the price increases and sort of compression that's coming into certain areas as a result of that freight. And so we're in good shape on that front for some time and really taking advantage of the opportunity. Just a quick reminder, like our Prince Rupert facility has vessels dedicated to a handy size. At the moment, we'll be upgrading those to mid-size carriers. And in both cases, we've got long-term certainty on that pricing. And then our third-party facilities have similar arrangements.

Your next question comes from the line of Robert Cattelier with CIBC Capital Markets. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Hey, good morning, and congratulations on the quarter and the dividend increase. That came in a touch higher than we expected. But looking forward, you know, the 3.5% increase is below what you're expected to generate in terms of your fee-based CAGR. And obviously you'd want to keep it that way to some extent just for emergent safety. But I'm just, you know, once you get beyond the sort of the inflection in spending in 26 and 27, how should we be looking at that sort of medium or long term dividend growth rate? Because it seems to me there's enough momentum at Pemina specifically and in the industry in general to increase the capital project roster.

Hey, Robert, it's Cam here. Really good question. And, you know, as you pointed out, the dividend increase for 2026 at three and a half percent, you know, is slightly below the five to seven that we talked about from 2026 to 30. Although, you know, I would say that it aligns well with the sort of more near-term profile. And as a reminder, going back to what we said in our April 7th business update, you know, we did signal that growth throughout that period would be slightly shallower in the next couple of years and then obviously slightly above that range for the 28 to 30 period and obviously sort of working out to the 5 to 7% over the period. And so we would see this increase for 2026 as aligning very closely with the growth in our fee-based business. And I think as we look forward to the future, that continues to be a major anchor for our dividend policy and our capital allocation policy. I think we're always mindful of one thing. you know, the value that our investors are placing on the dividend. And so that has in the past caused us to add some color around that. You know, if we think that that's not being rewarded, obviously we want to be thoughtful about it. And secondly, also the extent to which our capital program, you know, is relative to our free cash flow profile. And I think you make the comment that the outlook is clearly improving and the backlog across the industry is growing. I think we're thoughtful about that as we think about what cash flow we need to retain to continue to fund those projects accretively. But ultimately, the primary anchor continues to be that fee-based cash flow growth with adjustments, as I described. So I would tend to think about it and orient it that way as we get towards the latter half of this decade, recognizing we're also trying to create stability as well and sort of not big erratic changes year to year. Consistency and predictability is big as well.

Yeah, that's a prudent perspective. And just as my follow-up, the flip side of the coin is to your key base growth is, of course, risk management. And so you know you have a long history of bringing projects on on time and under budget. I'm just curious how you're thinking about construction and cost inflation risk today versus where we were 12 to 18 months ago and you know how that's impacted how you approach risk management on on those major projects.

Rob Jarrett. Um, yeah, when you think of kind of the short term, you're, we're obviously seeing pressures on consumables like diesel, et cetera. Um, you know, the large portion of our contracts that's recoverable, but we're always trying to focus on, um, you know, offsetting inflation for our customers on all of our operating assets, regardless of the contract. When I think about where, you know, I start to get, you know, asking a little bit more questions is kind of on your critical spares, your long lead items, electrical equipment. and materials that you need for future construction, steel for pipelines and those types of things. I'll break it into two buckets the way we're thinking of it. If I think about our Latour pipeline, our Birch to Taylor, our Taylor to Gordondale, the majority of those materials have been procured and the construction services have also been negotiated. Cedar obviously is well in flight. That was 70% lump sum. But now when I'm starting to think about the new backlog, that's really where our teams, you know, we set up a couple of years ago, kind of inventory management and a forward-looking amount of capital that we put aside to start really getting ahead of some of these long lead items and procure costs prior to inflation that our supply chain teams were forecasting. So it's an area that is hyper-focused, and it is going to take some innovation from our execution teams to be able to maintain margins. Not going to lie, we're going to see continued cost in that area, but we're confident that we will be able to maintain our margins by different partnerships, different contracting strategies, and it's going to take some work from the owners of Pemina.

Okay, great. Thank you.

Your next question comes from the line of Robert Hope with Scotiabank. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Good morning, everyone. Two questions on some project outlooks. Yellowhead wasn't in the initial release. Can you maybe provide an update on how you're thinking about the DAO project, the Yellow Project as well, or other ethane opportunities?

Hey, Robert. It's Chris. um yeah i mean that that project continues to to progress along i mean you know i think in in general um i'd say we're really pleased with the entirety of the the bd backlog but those projects we've talked about you know the deal we're doing with dao uh how yet fits into that as well as green light are all really um trending where we want them and and on pace to uh progress here nicely through this quarter uh not in a position yet to to to announce anything uh there obviously or or we would have but we're really close uh and excited about what's coming here shortly i appreciate that uh and then maybe a similar question the alliance expansion um looks like the open season was sufficient to move it uh forward to the next gaming item

Can you maybe update us on the timing of when you think this could be sanctioned as well as potential capital cost?

Rob, yeah, like Scott said in his opening, we did have a successful open season that closed on the 20th. Can't speak to the commercial specifics, obviously, at this time, but we are continuing to advance engineering and regulatory. Obviously, this is a CER regulated project, so we'll have to go through that. And then once we get a little bit more clarity on the timelines, there will be able to give a little bit more color on when we FID. But I will say, you know, we're highly confident, you know, of the process. The demand is required. It's being extremely supported by everyone. All new natural gas consumption in order to generate, you know, liquids is obviously well supported by governments and municipalities and our customers, etc., So we're confident that expansion will go forward, actually with or without green light. We see a lot of industrial demand in the Alberta industrial heartland, and we believe that this is going to be required.

Great. Thank you.

Your next question comes from the line of Maurice Choi with RBC Capital Markets. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Thank you and good morning everyone. Since you mentioned green light, I'll start there. You highlighted that there is a potential FID at the end of this quarter. I guess just taking a step back. As this journey towards an FID approaches an end and you start looking back at the journey thus far, you know what has been the part of the process that's taken most time? It's been the most complex and it's and if there's anything you could could have done differently.

Maurice, it's Chris. Yeah, we mentioned it in the intro and you touched on it. Things are progressing nicely there, looking to get more info out this quarter for sure. When we look back, we think there's some things that have gone exceptionally well on the project. We positioned ourselves really strategically in the market with how we positioned ourselves recently. Land, interconnects, acquiring existing capacity on the system to facilitate the project. When you think about projects of this size and this nature, honestly, when it comes to the engineering and the project development side and it comes to the commercial, they're not off the shelf, they're not vanilla, and they just simply take time. We're all at all pretty, I should say, very positive on the progress we've made. We'll, of course, take learnings and apply that to the next one. We don't control the data center build-out. We don't control the fiber build-out. Remind everyone that those aren't the businesses we're in. We're the power generation piece, and so we don't have... um control over the entirety of the timeline our customer needs to to progress those work streams as well uh and that's all coming together nicely here uh in q2 and we're on pace and and maybe just a quick follow-up on that thought like because you mentioned the future phases is it then fair that you know the additional learnings that you get should lead to better returns in the future phases Yeah, so what I'll say is I think we're positioned well for future phases. I think that leadership position we've developed in this space is really in service of having success here on the first phase and positioning us to have that opportunity to do future phases They'll undoubtedly be synergies between them and advantages as you continue to layer that on. That's been consistent across our business, and I don't think this is any different. In particular, when you start to think about some of the integrated components, I'd certainly expect that as we move into the next phase, we'll see continued improvement in the economics and the advantage of the integrated business.

And maybe Maurice, Cam, I'll just add one thing that I think one of the things that we see is we really gain a foothold in this type of opportunity and hopefully do more of it is like we've done in other situations where we step into a new market or a new business, we're looking to mitigate risk in a bunch of different ways. And just like we did with Cedar and we're looking at here, part of that is the capital cost risk through a lump sum EPC. In the future, if you think about additional phases, one opportunity for margin or return improvement is obviously as we get comfortable with the construction, doing something which obviously has a little more risk in it and not pursuing a lump sum. But obviously the trade-off is not paying that lump sum premium. And so potential there for us to improve margins by doing that.

That makes sense and good to know. If I could just finish off with a comment you made earlier about the recent upstream M&A within the basin. I wonder if you could expand that a little bit more and talk about direct or indirect impacts to Pemina, given your commercial relationships with those parties, if any at all.

Yeah, Maurice, I don't have the exact numbers, but if you look back, at some of the recent upstream deals, you know, whether it was CNRL going into the DuVernay, you know, some of the comments we've seen out of Ovinta with their recent acquisitions, and there's probably a few examples that I'm forgetting about. We've generally seen production increase quite quickly after acquisitions close. Most people aren't making acquisitions to just hold production flat. So we're pretty optimistic that history will prove itself out here going forward. And as people enter the basin and merge or buy new companies, we've seen that volume growth increase. So we're pretty optimistic about that.

That's really encouraging. Thank you so very much. Thank you.

Your next question comes from the line of Ben Pham with BMO. Your line is open. Please go ahead.

Hey, good morning. I'm just wondering with the Western Canadian gas production rising, you have the LPG and the NGOs as well, and part of that is also the ethane side of things, which doesn't seem to have a big home right now other than the DALs. Is there opportunity then for you, Pamela, to maybe capitalize on that opportunity, or do you think it's more going to be reinjection into the gas stream, that part of it?

It's Chris, Ben. I think there's undoubtedly opportunity in that. When you look at how our business is built up, uh over time and you look at the the wave of you know gas production that's coming condom state production associated gas and ngl i think there's a there's a huge opportunity to continue to cat extract and capture that those liquids in the province and continue to grow our core business on the back of that so you know our expectation and certainly the the efforts we're putting in in and around the core business are in service of capturing that growth on the liquid side along with the gas growth.

Okay. I know it's early days with your newish partnership with the PGI, but anything you can share qualitatively in terms of the business there, your expansion plan, just your plan to allocate capital for that partnership?

No, you know, I think as the deal, so first of all, the deal hasn't closed, but, you know, based on our conversations and getting to know our new partners, we're really optimistic and we know they want to grow the business and we want to grow the business as well. So we're pretty excited to work together with them.

Okay, got it. I'll leave it there. Thank you.

There are no further questions at this time. I will now turn the call back to Scott Burrows for closing remarks.

Well, thank you, everyone, for taking the time to listen to our call. And thank you to our employees, customers, contractors, and communities for a strong start to the year. Like I said, AGM is this afternoon, so please feel free to dial into that, and we'll chat soon. Thanks.

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