Keyera Corp.

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My name is Joelle and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Kiera's 2026 first quarter conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise. After the speaker's remarks, there will be a question and answer session. If you would like to ask a question during this time, simply press star, then the number one on your telephone keypad. If you would like to withdraw your question, please press star followed by two. Thank you. I would now like to turn the call over to Dan Kupferson, General Manager, Investor Relations. You may begin.

Thanks and good morning. Joining me today will be Dean Setaguchi, President and CEO, Eileen Maricar, Senior Vice President and CFO, Jamie Urquhart, Senior Vice President, Liquid Business Unit, and Brad Flesser, Senior Vice President, GMP and NGL Pipelines Business Unit. We will begin with some prepared remarks from Dean and Eileen, after which we will open the call to questions. I'd like to remind listeners that some of the comments and answers that we will give today relate to future events. These forward-looking statements are given as of today's date and reflect events or outcomes that management currently expects. In addition, we will refer to some non-GAAP financial measures. For additional information on non-GAAP measures and forward-looking statements, please refer to Ciara's public filings available on CDAR and on our website. With that, I'll turn the call over to Dean.

Thanks, Dan, and good morning, everyone. Two days ago, we successfully closed the acquisition of Plains Canadian NGL business in its entirety. This is a transformative deal that materially expands Ciara's integrated platform. This transaction is a natural extension of our strategy to extend our integrated value chain. It enhances connectivity across our system and improves our ability to efficiently process, transport and market products. For our customers, the combined platform provides improved access to key markets, greater flexibility and increased reliability. It also represents an important step for Canada bring critical energy infrastructure under Canadian ownership. It enhances Canadian energy security, supports economic resilience, and establishes a stronger, more efficient cross-Canada NGL corridor. As previously disclosed, the Commissioner of Competition has filed an application with the Competition Tribunal in connection with the transaction. As you can appreciate, this matter is now before the Tribunal so we're limited in what we can say about this process. We are confident in the strength of our case and excited to demonstrate to our shareholders and to our stakeholders the strategic rationale and the value creation that will result from this transaction. Our focus now is on integration and capturing the synergies of the expanded system. Turning to our quarterly results, We continue to execute on our strategy, building a more connected and efficient system to support our customers and strengthen our platform. In gathering and processing, we delivered a new quarterly record for realized margin driven by record throughput at Wapiti and contributions from our recently acquired interest in the Simonet East gas plants. We also continue to advance our growth projects. The KFS Fractu de Bottleneck remains on schedule for completion by the end of June and is now expected to come in below budget. RAC 3 and Cap Zone 4 continue to progress well, both on time and on budget. These projects are highly contracted and will continue to drive growth and stable fee-for-service cash flow, supporting the strength of our balance sheet and long-term dividend sustainability. Now turning briefly to AEF. Following the previously announced outage, the repairs have been completed. We're also now completing the turnaround plan for the fall, eliminating the need for a separate shutdown later this year. The facility is expected to return to full operating capacity by the end of May. While the reliability of the asset has been below expectations, we recognize the importance of AEF to our business and the value it delivers. During the outage, we completed a comprehensive review of the facility and its operating plan. As a result, we expect to enhance our maintenance strategy by supplementing the existing four-year major turnaround cycle with a smaller plant outage between major turnarounds. Our objective is to maximize production of isooctane during a four-year cycle while ensuring safe and efficient operations. With that, I'll turn it over to Eileen to walk through our financial results and outlook.

Thanks, Dean, and good morning, everyone. CAERA's first quarter results reflect continued strength in our fee-for-service business, which was offset by lower marketing contributions. Excluding transaction costs related to the plane's acquisition, adjusted EBITDA was $232 million, and distributable cash flow was $133 million, or $0.58 per share. net earnings for the quarter or a loss of $122 million. In our fee-for-service segments, gathering and processing delivered record quarterly realized margin of $118 million. In liquids infrastructure, realized margin was $141 million. Results included record throughput across our condensate system, supported by continued growth in oil sands production. Turning to the marketing segment, Realized margin was $13 million for the quarter. The decrease compared to last year was primarily attributable to the AES outage and corresponding butane risk management activities. We ended the quarter with net debt to adjusted EBITDA of 2.2 times, which remains below our long-term target range and provides continued financial flexibility. Following the completion of the NGL contracting season, we are providing 2026 marketing segment realized margin guidance on a standalone basis. Marketing realized margin is expected to range between $210 million and $250 million, with the majority of contributions weighted toward the second half of the year. All other KIERA standalone guidance for growth capital, maintenance capital, and cash taxes remain unchanged. With that, I'll turn it back to Dean for closing remarks.

Thanks, Eileen. Sierra continues to execute on a clear strategy to strengthen and extend their integrated value chain, building a more connected and efficient system that supports customer growth and improves access to key markets. With the closing of the planes acquisition, we're entering into the next phase of growth for the company with an expanded platform that further enhances our ability to serve customers across the basin. Looking ahead, we will remain focused on discipline integration, continued execution of our growth projects, and delivering long-term value for our customers and shareholders. On behalf of the board and management team, I want to thank our employees, customers, shareholders, Indigenous rights holders, and other stakeholders for their continued support. With that, we'll open the line for questions. Operator, please go ahead.

Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, we will now begin the question and answer session. Should you have a question, please press star followed by the one on your touchtone phone. You will hear a prompt that your hand has been raised. Should you wish to decline from the polling process, please press star followed by the two. If you are using a speakerphone, please lift the handset before pressing the keys. One moment, please, for your first question. Your first question comes from Rob Hope with Scotiabank. Your line is now open.

Morning, everyone. I'd like some more color on the competition tribunal process. So you have 45 days to put in your application there. Can you maybe give us a little bit more incremental color on what the key themes that you would like to put forward to the Competition Bureau to state your case that the acquisition should close as filed and as well as, you know, do you think you'll take the full 45 days or could you accelerate that?

Good morning, Rob, and thank you for the question.

You know, we're not in a position to speak on, you know, more about what our position is. I just want to emphasize that we're very confident in the strength of our case. And again, because the matters before the tribunal were limited to what we can say, but with respect to the actual process, may I just turn it over to Arlene and she can speak to it in more detail.

Sure. Thanks. Good morning, Rob. There's you know, not too much incremental from what was already in Dean's opening remarks. The matter now will proceed through the tribunal process and it's an impartial and independent specialized court which gives us the opportunity to have our case heard by a panel of judges and non-judge tribunal members. And as Dean mentioned, we believe in our case and look forward to presenting it to the tribunal At this point, it's really too early to speculate on what the timeline will be.

All right, thanks. I thought I'd try. Maybe moving over to the marketing guidance explains, can you maybe help us understand what commodity price assumptions are included in that, just given it is looking similar to kind of the prior guidance, yet the commodity pricing looks quite a bit different than before?

Thanks, Rob. I can take that one. So, the guidance we did provide is on a standalone basis and it does incorporate the AEF outage, which was approximately $110 million. I would say it's conservative at this point in time. It does include the impact of butane, which is lower than our 10-year average, so that's a positive. Certainly, there were some hedges on the inventory where we took a loss in the front months, but we'll start to see that as we sell the inventory. The one thing that, again, could be a tailwind to the guidance we've put out is the iso-octane premiums. As you are aware, that's something that we cannot hedge. As AEF comes up and by the end of the month, and we get into the summer driving period, that is a potential tailwind to the guidance that we provided, but largely in line with the assumptions that we had laid out, the hedges that were already in place, which is the 210 to 250.

I think, just to add on to Arlene's comments, Rob, you know, overall, we think that there is a more of a macro tailwind to our marketing business. I mean, if you think about the situation in Strait of Hormuz, the longer... that blockage lasts, it really puts a higher floor under the whole price complex for crude oil, you know, natural gas, and also LPGs for a longer period of time. So, you know, we think that's positive for frac spreads. We think that's positive for our octane business. And, you know, Eileen talked about, you know, the premiums, but Obviously, if you look at the gasoline cracks, they're very strong as well. And the underlying crude oil price is very high. So, you know, we think the forward prices for the rest of this year, I mean, we do have some hedges in places, but into 2027 as well.

Those are positive tailwinds overall for our business. Appreciate that. Thank you. Thank you for your questions.

Your next question comes from Spiro Dunas with Citi. Your line is now open.

Hey, operator. Good morning, everybody. I want to start, Dean, with some of your closing comments there on the next phase of growth. You've got three major projects now sanctioned and under construction. And I think back, those projects are highly visible to you and us well into sanctioning them. Just curious, as you look beyond 28, how are you thinking about that next wave of expansions, and when do you think you'd be in a position to start communicating them?

Yes, good morning, and thank you for the questions. First of all, what I would say is that, speaking to the three major projects, they're progressing very well. Our team is doing an outstanding job of executing those projects. Nothing's done until they're done, but so far they're progressing very well. We're very excited about the planes acquisition. When we think about how we add value for our customers and our shareholders, the lowest hanging fruit is gonna be with the Plains assets. And we've talked about 100 million of synergies, which we have very high conviction in, but we're seeing some really great opportunities well beyond the 100 million. And so we are gonna capture that low hanging fruit as fast as we possibly can. And we've been operating obviously as separate companies until the last two days. So there is certainly a period of time that it's going to require us to get further up the speed and some of the opportunities on their side and get more detail behind it. But we just think that there's a lot more upside than we had envisioned at the beginning when we signed this transaction. So I think that's very positive. On top of that, you know, I think it's great that we're hearing more positive momentum on LNG Canada Phase 2 and also, you know, crude oil – export pipelines and adding more capacity from that front. So I think both from our gas gathering and processing perspective, there's going to be more of that required, which translates to more volumes down our caps pipeline and potentially downstream from there, but also our oil sands business. So I can see more capacity expansions around that. Maybe I can just turn it over to Brad and if you want to speak specifically to the gas gallon processing side and maybe some other opportunities we see there.

Yeah, sure. Thanks, Dean. And thanks for the question. I think on the gathering processing side, we see really great activity progressing around our northern plants. You can see it in our volumes and in our quarterly results, including the new assets we've brought in. We see at both Simonette and Wapiti opportunity to de-bottleneck those facilities. And then we're starting to look at incremental things past those projects as well. And as Dean said, more gas processing comes with more liquids that need to make it down the value chain and all the way through the integrated chain. So we're excited to see what the basin will give us. As Dean said, we see some of those tailwinds behind the basin as well.

Got it. That's great to hear. Second question, maybe just pivoting here to condensate a bit, came up quite a few times on the last call, and that was, of course, before I ran. Since then, obviously, things on the macro side seem to have improved. There's potentially over a million barrels a day of crude egress being contemplated out of Canada. So just maybe wanted to get your latest views on I know you're thinking about the impact to condensate and whether or not those volumes can unlock more expansions on your current footprint.

Yeah, that's a really great question. I think a lot of people, when they think about crude oil egress, I think it's fantastic that there will likely be a lot more capacity built for crude export pipelines, but People have to remember that for every two barrels that you flow down the pipe, you need a barrel of diluent, which is the condensate, to flow with it because the bitumen is so viscous. So that's really great for our business because we have the hub for condensate. I mean, roughly two-thirds of the condensate that flows up to the oil sands comes off our system. So that's our pipeline connectivity. That's our storage caverns. And we also have the Norlite pipeline that also delivers up to the oil sands. So that is a business that's in big demand. But I'll maybe just turn it over to Jamie to provide additional commentary.

Yeah, thanks, Dean. So I don't know what more I can add really other than we've anticipated this or positioned ourselves to be able to understand how our condensate system can be expanded in the most capital efficient and time efficient manner. And just to remind everybody as well that we do have an ownership in the North Lake pipeline, which is, in our minds, a very strategic pipeline that we're working with our partner to maximize the opportunities as we're looking at industries looking at expansions up in the oil sands area. So oil sands is often a part of our business that doesn't get focused on very much. It's a huge contributor to our business, and we see that there's significant opportunity for growth.

Great color. I'll leave it there. Thank you, team. Thanks a lot. Have a good day.

Your next question comes from Robert Cattelier with CIBC Capital Markets. Your line is now open.

Hey, good morning, and congratulations on the closing of the transaction. I imagine we're going to get a more fulsome update at some point, but I'm wondering what you can tell us about the impact the planes acquisition will have on that 7% to 8% fee-based growth category you have. Obviously, there's going to be some uncertainty related to the tribunal process, but on an as-is basis, what is your confidence level in that fee-based growth extending beyond the current forecast timeline you've given?

Yeah, good morning, Rob, and Thanks for your question. You know, I just want to emphasize that we see a lot of synergy value with planes. But with that, I'll turn it over to Eileen, and she can maybe add some more color.

Thanks, Rob. We do plan to provide an updated guidance for probably around the mid to late June timeframe, and it will be a refresh fee-based EBITDA growth rate, again, on the combined basis within the coming weeks. So we do want to give some time to actually operate the assets for a period of time, but we are really excited to provide you with that update. And just remember, our existing CAGR, it goes out to 2027, and we largely hit that. And that was really from filling white space, again, which we have done. So now as we bring on all of these new projects that we're currently in the process of executing, like Zone 4 and all of the FRAC expansions, those come in in 27, 28. Those have very, very strong returns that will continue to improve that growth rate to the end of the decade, as well as the synergies and the synergies beyond the $100 million that Dean just spoke about. So an update is coming shortly.

Okay, that's understandable. And then just on the synergy side, I wonder if you could describe the path to that full synergy capture. You know, I'm thinking that, you know, there's, we don't know what the outcome on the tribunal process might be, of course. So, like, how do you go about capturing those synergies when there's some uncertainty as to what the final product might look like?

Yeah, I mean, you know, as I said before, I mean, we see a

ton of synergies here and we capture the majority of them on day one. You know, a lot of it is just the overhead. I mean, we're able to run this business more efficiently by combining together. You know, when you look beyond that, we've talked about some of the synergies. There are certainly operating synergies. We're going to be able to apply our supply chain and procurement strategies across entire entity and leverage, you know, our expanded size. Our maintenance activities, our company will be spending north of $200 million a year in maintenance activities. Can we get better at that and more efficient at that? Absolutely. Jamie's talked about our rail car fleet and our logistics. We're going to be much more efficient with this cross-Canada corridor NGO corridor, we're going to be able to deliver product to market more efficiently than the past. So we'll need less, less rail cars and things like that, which are very expensive. You know, on top of that, we, we do see some issues or opportunities where we can increase reliability. You know, with the combined asset base, we have more redundancy in our system. So I think that can translate to more effective capacity overall, which is good for our customer and, and, and good for our shareholders. There's commercial opportunities too. When you add all that up, we believe that we should be able to deliver well beyond the 100 million of synergies that we put out there. Anything else you want to add, Jamie?

No, I think you nailed it.

Okay, just to follow up to the condensate questions then, I'm wondering if you had... Anything in terms of timelines or potential CapEx requirements for whatever solution you might have to expand that condensate system?

Yeah, well, I can speak to the timelines, and it's just consistent with what companies are communicating to the market around the timing of their projects. But we fully expect that we'll be able to see some growth, continued growth in that business in the 27-28 timeframe. Okay.

That's it for me, and good luck with the integration. Thanks, Rob. Have a great day.

Your next question comes from Ben Tham with BMO Capital Markets. Your line is now open.

Hi. Thanks. Good morning. You had a comment in the MD&A around the SALT region. production growing by a couple percent. I think the last time we've seen that basin grow at all, I think for some time. Can you comment on the outlook you're expecting there and any sort of impact you anticipate on your assets in the region?

Yeah, good morning, Ben. Thanks very much for the question. I'm going to turn that over to Brad.

Hey, good morning, Ben. Glad to get a question on the south. Our team has been working very, very hard on that asset base. In the last several years, they've really worked to transform the contract behind that asset base as well, and you're seeing that with the increased utilization. We've put much longer-term contracts into that asset than we've historically seen. In the past, a lot of that south basin was really driven off of gas pricing. What we're seeing now is an increased uptake in Duvernay drilling, with the West Shale Duvernay and Carrot Creek, and we're seeing those volumes working their way into our system. Those are also ultra liquids rich, so we see those coming into some of our gas plants in the south, which are already connected into our value chain all the way to Fort Saskatchewan. A good example of that is our Rimby gas plant, the large deep cut plant that's super well positioned to capture a lot of the gas that you're seeing coming out of the Duvernay play. And so We're very happy with how those assets are performing. We think that there's still lots of legs for that to keep on going.

Got it.

And maybe to, and thanks a lot for that, maybe go back to the business update and you think that the mid to late June timeframe is a focus really in extending that guidance cake or timeframe that you have there currently?

Good morning, Ben. Yes, that is the idea to extend the CAGR to near the end of the decade.

Okay, got it. Okay, thank you. Thanks for the cover. Thanks a lot.

Your next question comes from Teresa Chen with Barclays. Your line is now open.

Good morning. Going back to the tailwinds related to the isooxane doses stemming from the global supply shock and liquid products, including premium gasoline. With the significant refining infrastructure sustaining physical damage in the Middle East, coupled with curtailed exports from major Asian suppliers, do you view this as a transient benefit, i.e., the elevated octane spreads we're seeing now would dissipate when the Strait is fully open? Or do you view this as a more durable uplift to your iso-octane margins, given your ability to relatively source feedstocks and the reliability of supply? Does this factor into your commercial discussions related to this business at all?

Yeah, you know what? That's a very good question, Teresa. And I'll turn it over to Jamie. But, you know, just maybe a couple of comments is that I think there are some elements that are very durable going forward. you know, part of it is there is more refining capacity being shut down too in North America and mainly in California. So, you know, some of the markets that we serve in interior, the United States, you know, they are now going to feed more gasoline to California to make up for that loss of production. So, you know, we think that's maybe net positive, but, you know, what else is happening right now is that Some of the naphtha crackers in Asia are shutting down and they're basically getting displaced with crackers that take a lighter end feedstock. And those naphtha crackers, they produce more chemical octanes, which they do compete in the octane world off the water. So I think overall with less octane supply, that should be a net tailwind for our octane premiums you know, when you think about the trends going forward. So anyway, those are just some of the tailwinds that we see. But Jamie, I'm sure you have some more thoughts.

Yeah, so maybe I can layer a little bit more on it. And it's a great observation and a great question is that, you know, the one thing I mentioned as well is that I think the destruction of infrastructure and the timing of being able to repair that infrastructure is going to have ripple effects throughout a lot of you know, different commodities. Certainly that's impacted propane pricing as well. And the longevity we see of elevated propane pricing being touched on that, that's going to support our deal for export on the West Coast that we're stepping into without the gas in the 2028 timeframe and just the fundamentals, but also frack spread that we're now assuming more exposure to with the Plains assets. But it's also... impacting non-North American refinery capacity as well, specifically in Asia. And so as we think about the global flow of gasolines, we also see a pull out of North America to serve those markets. That's going to leave us a little short. Dean's touched on the fact that we've got lower NAFTA costs that ultimately are a primary feedstock for blending, and ultimately you need octanes to mix in that blending process. activity to be able to generate gasoline. So as we connect all those dots together, certainly you've seen that in the RBOB crack or the gasoline crack pricing, you know, in 26 and 27. And you're also seeing that with respect to the octane demand and associated octane premiums that we're seeing unfold, not only in this summer driving season, but our expectation is going into 27 as well.

That's very helpful. Thank you. And related to the AEF facility specifically, do you have an update on how the turnaround is progressing following the unplanned outage? Can you share some of the key learnings here? And in relation to the new maintenance strategy, what exactly are you planning to do during the smaller planned outages between major turnarounds that's supposed to enhance reliability of the asset? What does that work entail?

Yeah, so great question. Can't really get into specifics of the root cause of the outage that we incurred in January other than we did determine the root cause and we're applying those learnings to ensure improved reliability go forward. To get to your question with respect to the shorter, you know, we're calling it a pit stop, you know, in between our regular four-year turnaround schedule. It's more around inspections and ensuring... the integrity of equipment and making sure that we're being proactive with respect to our maintenance activities based on, you know, comparing condition of equipment relative to baselines to ensure that we're not reacting to things at AEF rather than we're being very proactive from our maintenance activities.

Thank you.

As we said before, our objective is to make as much octane over a four-year cycle. And, you know, we've learned a lot over the last five years. You know, we've had a number of unplanned outages. And we feel with all the work that we've done in the valuation of the entire facility while we've been out for this extended period of time, that's really benefited us. And we do believe that small, minor pit stop and the four-year turnaround is the best way to go and to produce the most octane over that period.

Thank you. Your next question comes from Patrick Kenny with NBCM.

Your line is now open.

Thank you. Good morning. Appreciating it's business as usual or integration is planned here until further news comes out of the tribunal process. But just thinking in the meantime, as you look to compete for new business in the field, perhaps offer customers access to your extended value chain. Just wondering how you're managing the commercial dynamics while waiting for the final decision here.

Good morning, Pat. Thanks for the question.

It is business as usual. The number one objective for us is obviously safe operations, reliable operations, but for our customers, this has to be seamless. We have to deliver them a great service and You know, we believe that we're going to have a superior service offering right across the board for our customers, and we have to deliver that. So, you know, we're going to be working with all of our customers like we do, and the new customers that we're going to pick up and new contracts that we'll pick up with planes. As always, we work very closely with our customers to understand what's important to them and understand their needs. And we work... to customize a solution that adds the most value for them. And that's exactly what we're going to do as we add value through this integration and synergy process.

Is there anything else you guys want to add? No?

Okay. And then I guess looking at forward for act spreads, obviously there's still a healthy level of backwardation into 27 and beyond, but I'm just curious if you're able to capitalize on some of the near-term commodity price volatility here from a hedging standpoint while you're waiting for final resolution.

Yeah, that's a great question. Well, certainly, I just want to remind everyone that we have a 12-month hedge in place. That was negotiated as part of the original transaction and terms of the transaction. So we have that in place, and we want to make sure that we had good cash flow stability from that part of the business for the first full year. And so it's a majority of production, so we're still exposed a bit beyond and above that, and partly because the flows through Empress have been higher than what we've modeled, which is positive. As we said before, we certainly think the pricing – floor is higher than what it was pre the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. So again, the longer this outage lasts, we believe that the higher prices, especially for propane, are going to linger higher, which will give us opportunities to further extend the hedge past the 12 months.

And we'll look for opportunities to do that. Sounds good.

And then last one, For me here, I know it's a bit of a what-if question, but just thinking from a balance sheet perspective, with the sub-receipts now converted to shares, I guess if you do find yourselves in a position of receiving some proceeds from certain assets being sold, would you look to redeploy that cash right away into other opportunities, either organically or through tuck-ins, or would you maybe prioritize buybacks or further debt repayment?

Yeah, that's a great question. Well, you know what?

First of all, um, you know, we, we, uh, really believe in the strength of our case and we're not focused on remedies. So, you know, that would include any sales associated with, uh, this acquisition. Um, I am, you know, as a, as a company, our strategy is always to look at our asset base and high grade it. So as you saw, we sold our, our wild horse terminal last year and we're redeploying that, uh, those proceeds into our Canadian business. We see a lot of opportunity going forward. So, you know, we'll look to reinvest our cash flows to capture that opportunity to, you know, to deliver expanded service to our customers.

Anything you want to add to that? Okay. That's great. Thanks, Dean. Yep. Thanks a lot.

Ladies and gentlemen, as a reminder, should you have a question, please press star one. Your next question comes from Maurice Choi with RBC Capital Markets. Your line is now open.

Thank you, and good morning, everyone. If I could just focus on what seems to be the next phase of big project developments once you have a combined entity. I know you shared your accomplishments on KFS FRAC2. The bottleneck costs have come down there. But as you think about your next phase of growth here, what are some of the emerging areas of a project's development that you are anticipating will require greater focus and perhaps pinch points that needs to be dealt with early?

Good morning, Maurice, and thanks for the question.

You know, as we said before, I mean, certainly with more egress for all products, for natural gas, for crude oil, more export capacity that's getting built. We just think that there's going to be a lot of core infrastructure, NGL infrastructure that will need to be built with it. And at the front end of that, as Brad talked about, there'll be more gas gathering processing capacity that will have to be built. And we're located in the best spot in the liquids-rich part of the basin, the Montney Basin. So we... You know, we think that we can participate and offer a great service, both with the connectivity to our existing infrastructure and to add incremental capacity beyond that. But, you know, for us, it's all about allocation of capital. And we want to allocate our capital and our resources to where we can add the most value. And as I said before, with the planes assets that we just acquired, we see a tremendous amount of opportunity there and We're going to direct a lot of our efforts to, again, enhance our service offering for our customers and to maximize the value we deliver to our shareholders as well.

And we're going to finish off with a question on how you touched on incremental gas and crude egress from the basin. Obviously, there's been a major upstream M&A recently, and I wonder if you could just talk to any direct or indirect impacts to your company, given your commercial relationships, and then just more broadly, what that you think means for the outlook of the basin?

Yeah, well, first of all, I just say it's a positive for our basin and industry in Canada if this means that the probability of LNG Canada Phase 2 moves forward. You know, we should be exporting that and adding way more capacity and exporting a lot more LNG off the west coast of Canada. So this is fantastic from that perspective. I'd say that, you know, there's a part of me that feels a bit sad, to be honest. I look at a company like ARC that's a homegrown Canadian company that's been around for over two decades. The team is, you know, Terry Anderson's team is, they're fantastic people to work with and we've worked very closely with them for a long period of time. So, you know, they should be pretty, very proud of what they built. And, but I'm sad to see that management team go and hopefully they start up something new and build another arc. But, you know, with regards to Shell, we've worked with them on, we tried to work with them on different projects already. So we're very familiar with them. One of our directors is the former country chair of Shell, so we do have some connections, Michael Crothers. So whether our customer is Shell or a very small company, every customer is important to us, and we are going to work very closely with each one of them, including Shell, to understand what's important to them, how we can add value to their business, and we'll deliver them the best service possible.

That's great. Thank you very much for that. Thank you.

No further questions at this time.

I will now turn the call over to Dan for closing remarks.

Thank you all once again for joining us today.

Please feel free to reach out to our Investor Relations team with any additional questions. I hope everyone enjoys the upcoming May long weekend in Canada.

Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes the conference call for today. We thank you for participating and ask that you please disconnect your lines.