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Operator: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Vermilion Q4 2025 conference call. At this time, all lines are in listen-only mode. Following the presentation, we will conduct a question and answer session. If at any time during this call you require immediate assistance, please press star zero for the operator. This call is being recorded on Thursday, March 5, 2026. I would now like to turn the conference over to Dion Hatcher, President and CEO. Please go ahead.
Dion Hatcher: Thank you. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. I'm Dion Hatcher, President and CEO of Vermilion Energy. With me today are Lars Glemster, Vice President, CFO, Darcy Kerwin, Vice President, International HSE, Randy McQuaid, Vice President, North America, Laura Conrad, Vice President, Business Development, and Travis Thorgensen, Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Planning. Please refer to our advisory and forward-looking statements in our Q4 release. It describes forward-looking information, non-GAAP measures, and oil and gas terms used today, and it relies on risk factors and assumptions relevant to this discussion. Vermilion had an impactful year, positioning herself as a global gas producer with top decile realized gas prices, lower cost structure, and a long-duration asset base capable of delivering sustainable free cash flow for decades to come. In 2025, we delivered record production and marked a pivotal year in our company's history. Through strategic A&D activity, particularly the acquisition of the high-quality assets in our core deep basin area, and the disposition of non-core assets in Saskatchewan and the United States, our portfolio is now focused on liquids-rich gas assets in Canada and premium-priced gas assets in Europe. Building one of the largest land footprints in the deep basin, along with our growing liquids-rich gas business in the Miami, has sharpened our operational focus. This allows us to improve our cost structure and, more importantly, higher profitability in our Canadian portfolio. In Germany, during Q1, we brought online the first well of the deep gas exploration program, Osterheide, and progressed the build-up of infrastructure to facilitate the production from one of our largest European gas discoveries, Bissehorst, which we expect to bring online by mid-2026. In the Netherlands, we successfully drilled two wells with multiple prospective zones and brought them on production in Q4. The long runway of future prospects we've identified in Europe, with funding and development costs of approximately $1.50 Canadian per MCF, represents an opportunity for profitable organic growth in our domestic European gas business. These core assets drove another strong quarter in Q4, both operationally and financially. Production of 121,308 buoys per day was ahead of guidance. This was partially driven by highly productive wells in a deep basin, where three of the most productive gas wells in December were remaining owned and operated. Production also benefited from record volumes in the Montigny, as well as outperformance from the Osterhout well in Germany, which had 40% higher production compared to the third quarter and generated approximately $8 million of free cash flow in Q4 alone. Strong realized gas pricing of 550 per mcf or double the equal benchmark was driven by our direct European gas exposure, where TTF prices averaged $15 per mm BTU in the quarter. Our realized gas prices also benefit from enhanced market diversification in Canada and a sophisticated hedging program. On the operational side, we apply a continuous improvement mindset to the areas within our control. safety, production, and cost management. I am excited about the progress by each team across the business. In Canada, due to the improved operational scale, high quality assets, our unit operating costs are now the lowest in over a decade, which improves our corporate unit costs, now the lowest since 2020. Investments in infrastructure such as the MICA facility and development initiatives in Germany are expected to deliver an increase in excess free cash flow over the next few years. The long duration of our asset base and our commitment to disciplined capital allocation, when combined with only 153 million shares outstanding, positions Vermillion to add meaningful per share value. Moving to reserves, Vermillion's total approved plus probable, or 2P, reserves increased by 36% from the prior year, reaching 592 million BUEs. This growth was driven by a combination of organic development and the deep basin acquisitions. which closed in February 2025, partially offset by the divestment of the United States and Saskatchewan assets in mid-2025. We added 86 million BOEs of approved, developed, producing, or PDP reserves and 201 million BOEs of 2P reserves in 2025. Our average funding development and acquisition costs, including future development costs, were $14.91 per BOE for PDP and $7.71 per BUE for 2P. That's a recycle ratio of 1.8 to 3.5 times respectively. These recycle ratios highlight the capital efficiency and strong returns of our reserve additions. It's also worth noting that PDP reserves do not include any volumes or present value associated with the whistle horse discovery well on the Bomberson license, whereas 2P reserves include approximately 7 million BUE or 43 BCF related to our 64% working interest in the initial discovery. We have identified up to six additional drilling locations on the Balmaston license that currently have no 2P reserves assigned, representing significant further upside for European reserves. We remain on track to spot the first two of these locations in early 2027 with long lead equipment ordered, the drilling rig secured, and permitting progressing as expected. By applying the learnings from the previous program, we anticipate lower costs and faster cycle times resulting in these wells being on production in the second half of 2028. The 2P Reserve Life Index was 14 years, in line with our historical averages. Our internal estimate is that we have 1,700 drilling locations across our 1.3 million net acres of land that's in the Deep Basin and Montney, and only 23% of these are included in our year-end reserves. Also of note, Internal estimates of initial gas in place related to exploration and development prospects in Europe are minimally included in our year-end reserves. We believe there is a significant upside to our European gas reserves, given our 1.4 million net acres land across Germany and the Netherlands, combined with our track record of exploration success. Across our portfolio, the combination of book reserves and additional internally estimated locations provide long-term visibility for future production and cash flow. Our tax net present value of our two pre-reserves discounted at 10%, using the three consultant average pricing as of Jan 1, 2026, and deducting year-end net debt is $23 per basic share, well in excess of our current share price. We'll now pass the letters to discuss the Q4 results and more.
Lars Glemster: Thank you, Dion. Vermillion generated $241 million of funds flow from operations in the fourth quarter. An active quarter of drilling saw $192 million invested in exploration and development capital expenditures, resulting in free cash flow of $49 million. Production averaged 121,308 BOE a day with a 69% weighting to natural gas. In Canada, we executed a three-rig drilling program in the Deep Basin, drilling 16 and bringing on production 17 liquids-rich gas wells. We made the deliberate decision to defer the startup of several highly productive wells that were drilled and completed in the third quarter into mid-Q4, allowing us to capture stronger realized gas prices and maximize returns. As Dion noted, these were some of the most prolific wells in Alberta. In the Montney, we drilled four gross and net liquids-rich gas wells, which are scheduled for completion and startup in Q2 2026. Combination of strong deep basin well results, the return of previously shut-in production, and record mawney performance drove a significant increase in production in Canada. Normalized for disposition activity, our Q4 production was more than 5,000 DOE per day, higher than in Q3, with a lower unit cost structure, improving cash flow netbacks, and overall profitability of our Canadian operations. International operations averaged 30,137 BOE per day in the fourth quarter, consistent with Q3. New production in the Netherlands and increased gas output in Germany largely offset natural declines in Ireland, Australia, and Croatia. Vermilion completed and brought online two gross or 1.2 net natural gas wells in the Netherlands during the fourth quarter. We also advanced permitting and technical work in the Netherlands to facilitate the drilling of one gross or 0.5 net wells in 2026. Our approach to European development remains disciplined, leveraging our long-standing operating experience and strong regulatory relationships. In Germany, infrastructure development for the first Wissehorst well, which is a 0.6 net ownership to Vermilion, continued during the quarter. with first production expected mid-2026. The Osterheide Well brought on earlier in the year saw an increase in production averaging 10 million a day or 1,600 BOE a day for the quarter. Germany continues to be a key region for Vermilion, providing direct exposure to premium European gas markets and development upside. On the balance sheet, we accelerated our debt reduction during the fourth quarter by selling a portion of our ownership in Coelacanth Energy, which resulted in $42 million of incremental debt reduction and a realized gain on disposition of $12 million. We continue to hold a 10% ownership in Coelacanth. Returning capital to shareholders remains a core priority. Our strong free cash flow generation and disciplined capital allocation provide the foundation for sustainable dividends and opportunistic share buybacks. Our debt reduction trajectory has been accelerated with the sale of the Coelacanth shares and an increasing commodity price environment. This allows us to continue to be opportunistic in our balance of further debt reduction and returning capital to shareholders. As we continue to grow our asset base and improve profitability, we are confident in our ability to deliver attractive shareholder returns over the long term. I will now pass it back to Dion.
Dion Hatcher: Thank you, Lars. Prior to my closing remarks, I want to take a moment and thank our staff in Australia. In Q1, our WANDU platform was impacted by a Category 3 cyclone, which resulted in minor damage and the delay of the planned crude export lifting. We do budget for cyclone downtime each year, and fortunately, it's been more than five years since we've had an experience of a direct storm event. Again, thank you to our staff for their hard work and commitment to safety in the lead-up during and after the cyclone event. In addition, our team has worked very closely with the regulator on the integrity of our asset, including planned maintenance of the export system, which was already included in our budgets. In late February, we exported over 300,000 barrels of crude following the cyclone-related delay, and we're in the process of restoring production on the WANDU-B platform. So on the back of the record 2025 annual production and strong Q4, while factoring in Australia's cyclone-related downtime, we are providing a Q1 outlook of 122,000 to 124,000 buies per day. We expect production in the first half of 2026 to be in line with recent levels with lower Q3 production reflective of the planned maintenance as they align with our budget release. The recent run-up in global gas prices offers a reminder that in a commodity-based business, being able to sell your product for more offers a substantial advantage. Our unique portfolio offers direct exposure to European gas. where inventories are well below the five-year averages and the current price is over $20 per MMBTU, as well as Brent crude, both of which have been impacted by recent geopolitical events. In closing, it has been a very active year, migrating our portfolio and advancing major projects. Through this busy time, we have outperformed on the operational side, and that comes down to the exceptional work of our employees and contractors. This is an exciting time for millions. The strategic roadmap to 2030 is outlined in our recent investor day. Multi-year plan reflects a disciplined approach to long-term profitability designed to generate meaningful per share excess free cash flow growth even under a flat commodity price environment. A higher free cash flow growth will support debt reduction and increase shareholder returns. Our asset base offers longevity, capital allocation flexibility, our top decimal realized gas price, along with significant upside driven both by our operational excellence and our large resource position. We remain committed to operating with discipline, maintaining a strong balance sheet, and investing in high-return projects that drive value for our shareholders. With that, we'll now open the line for questions.
Operator: 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 touch-tone 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 the speakerphone, please lift the handset before pressing any keys. Your first question comes from Menno Holshoff with TD Cowen. Your line is now open.
Menno Holshoff: Good morning, and thanks for taking my questions. At your investor day in December, you talked about material free cash flow inflection starting in 2028. And at that time, I believe you were anchoring to something close to strip gas prices and oil prices that were generally north of $70, which could now prove conservative. So with that in mind, how would you frame pre-cash flow inflection in 2028 relative to what you were talking about in December?
Dion Hatcher: Thank you, Menno. Appreciate the question. You're right. When we went through the investor day, we used 70 WTI, 350 ECO and 13 CAD for TTF. And, you know, using those numbers and to your point, the inflection is driven by the ramp up in Germany volumes with the gas that we see coming online there. But also, of course, the Montney where we've nearly built out the kit and we'll get our production up to 28,000 views a day. And with that, we'll see the higher production, lower capital. So we were running at about 270 per share of excess free cash flow at that time, which was, again, based on that price deck. But maybe I'll pass over to Lars if you want to kind of tie that price deck to a potential upside from where we are today.
Lars Glemster: Yeah, no, and it's a good observation, Mano, in terms of the run-up here that we've seen recently. And so we've updated the slide in our slide deck. This would be slide 13. to show what the impact of the run-up in commodity pricing is here. So we're showing FFO for 2026 around $950 million. That's a 40% increase to our excess free cash flow. Some of these near-term price moves haven't necessarily rippled through the curve yet, so that's something that we'll monitor. We stress the business as well as look at upside to the business on multiple price decks, but we are capturing a pretty decent portion of what we've seen here the last week or so in terms of the commodity price run up.
Menno Holshoff: Yeah. Thanks for that. Oh, sorry. Oh, go ahead.
Menno Holshoff: Yeah. I mean, I was just, I guess my second question ties in exactly into what you were just describing and it's, it's the, it's the standard hedging question. Like there's a lot of backwardation, there's limited liquidity and further out you go. Are you getting anything done today? Are you looking to capitalize on that? Capitalize is the wrong word. It's a horrible situation. But are there opportunities to hedge further? And is there a scenario where you hedge more aggressively than you have in the past?
Lars Glemster: Yeah, Matt O'Lars here again. So we're about 50% hedged on European gas for 2026, 53% on oil, and then 45% on North American gas. Some of the recent hedges that we've put in place specifically on oil have had participating structures. So, you know, calls that allow us to participate in this rally. On European gas specifically, we have been active hedging this past week, locking in some of the price increases here. In the past, and not saying that this will be the playbook here, but in the past, we have taken our hedge percentage on a commodity up to 70%. If you see an opportunity to lock in revenue as a result of significant price increases. So that is something that we'll continue to look at as a team. We will also continue to monitor periods like 2027, 2028 as well to see if some of these moves are going to be structural throughout the curve and take advantage if there is something to take advantage of.
Menno Holshoff: Thanks to you both. I'll turn it back. Thank you, Menno.
Operator: Your next question comes from Amir Arif with ATB Capital. Your line is now open.
Amir Arif: Thanks. Good morning, guys. Just a few quick questions. Just first on the deep basin well outperformance, just curious, are you targeting more Tier 1 locations or specific zones, or do you feel that this recent well outperformance relative to your budget or your type curve can continue through the rest of 26?
Dion Hatcher: Thanks, Amir. I'll pass it over to Randy. He can't wait to answer this question.
Randy McQuaid: Yeah, thanks. So yeah, this really is kind of a continuation of the positive results that we showed in the investor day where we had the strong kind of IP30 rates from the second half of 2025 drill program. That's continued to perform. And then when you take the results from our current three rig program that we're currently drilling, we brought on an additional 14 wells and they've also exceeded expectations. So You know, it's worth noting that in that well mix, we have quite a wide range of well types and production areas. So that really does speak to our depth of inventory. You know, we're not, as you mentioned, it's not all tier one locations. We are also drilling proof of concept wells. So it speaks to our depth of inventory and really the efforts of everybody on the deep basin teams to continue to achieve these strong results.
Amir Arif: Okay, so it sounds like there's a good chance for these well outperformers to continue above the type curve. Would that be a fair comment?
Randy McQuaid: Yeah, it's very, yeah, based on the results to date, yes.
Dion Hatcher: Yeah, I mean, we think if we've got 40, 45 wells in there for the program and, you know, we're first quarter into it, but everything we're seeing in the first quarter is encouraging. So, you know, we can provide more updates as we go. But to Randy's point, I think the team's doing an excellent job with the locations they're selecting and the execution. So, you know, as we get more data, we can revisit where we are.
Amir Arif: Okay, yeah, those great results. The second question, just on Australia, can you provide a little more granularity in when you expect Australian volumes to ramp back up to their previous production levels?
Dion Hatcher: Thanks. I'll pass it to Darcy Curran, our VP International, and just talk on Australia, the kind of plan there to kind of watch maybe a little more color in what happened, but more importantly, the plan to restore production here.
Darcy Kerwin: Yeah, thanks for that, Amir. I'll start by giving a bit of background on the issues that we've been having in Australia. In December of last year, while we were performing inspection and maintenance activities on our export system, we did have a small leak on one component of that system. Now, at the time, the system was not exporting. We were isolated for maintenance, but nonetheless, we did have a release of residual crude oil from that part of the system. We liaise pretty closely with the regulator both with our initial spill response and then subsequent repair plans for that system. That did require an approved diving campaign to address the issue that we had. That diving campaign was completed by mid-January. On February 6th, we did receive a notice from the regulator that limited the use of this export system. Kind of a standard regulator response kind of in a situation like that. And then later that same day, we did receive their approval to complete a planned loading after we formally responded to their issued notice. So in parallel to all this, we had a tropical cyclone that had been building offshore Australia, and we did have a direct hit from a Category 3 tropical cyclone on the weekend of February 7th. That shut in both our production operations and our export systems, which did delay an export that we had planned. We've conducted the damage assessments and are completing necessary repairs at this point in order to restart production operations on Wando B. We did manage to successfully complete an export of over 300,000 barrels last Friday, so February 27th. A little bit more longer term, we had already planned and budgeted for the replacement of portions of this export system. And, you know, we had to complete an engineering, receive bids in 2025. We've committed to fabrication starting this year and offshore installation in 2027. And that's kind of now a formal commitment we've made to the regulator to do that.
Dion Hatcher: Oh, thanks, Darcy. And then with respect to Q1, you know, we've assumed minimal volumes, mirror post volumes. post the early Fed shutdown. So our Q1, we just want to diligently give the guys some time to restart, which we're in the process of doing. So going into Q2, we expect things to be back to normal. But at this point, we want to be conservative for Q1.
Amir Arif: Okay. So by 2Q, you should be fully ramped back up by the end of 2Q for sure? Around there?
Dion Hatcher: That's our plan.
Amir Arif: Okay. Okay. Sounds good. And then just one final question. I just did notice some negative technical revisions on the 1P, 2P side of both North America and international. Could you just provide a little color behind that?
Dion Hatcher: I just want to make sure I heard you there, Mayor. Negative technical revisions on the international side?
Amir Arif: It was on both the international and the North American side. There was some negative technical revisions on 1P and 2P, so just some color around what was driving that.
Dion Hatcher: Okay. I'll pass it over to Lara. She'll take that one. Thanks.
Laura Conrad: For sure. Thanks, Amir. So really, when we look at the negative technicals, this is a result of us high-grading our reserves book, really primarily as a result of the M&A activity. So when we think about in Canada, you know, the team in Canada under Randy have done a great job of high-grading locations, part of why we saw those great results in the deep basin. And so now we've shifted our reserves book to reflect that. So really, the negative technicals, are because we've replaced locations with locations that we see as having better profitability. And you can really see this because when you look at the numbers, we've added four times as much volume through drilling extensions as we removed in our technical revisions in the deep basin. So a net positive overall, but negative from the ones that we replaced. As far as the international side of the books, We did have some minor negative technicals in the Netherlands, Germany, and France. And this is really to do with, again, shifting development plans between wells, as well as our capital allocation decisions, prioritizing drilling in Canada and the deep basin in Mani and in Germany over development opportunities in France. So just really making sure that our reserves book matches our long-term plans as an organization.
Amir Arif: That makes a lot of sense. So it's mostly locations that have been taking out, not really production performance on existing wells. Is that fair?
Laura Conrad: That's correct.
Amir Arif: Yeah. Okay. Okay. Sounds great. Thank you.
Operator: Your next question comes from Jeremy McRae with BMO Capital Markets. The line is now open.
Jeremy McRae: Yeah, hi, guys. Maybe this is probably back to Laura here. Can you give me a sense of what the M&A market looks like here now, just in terms of how many deals have you potentially looked at? Is there more deals potentially to come, you think? And then we've got one more follow-up question here as well.
Menno Holshoff: Thanks, Jeremy.
Dion Hatcher: So just general M&A, where are we? But maybe, Laura, do you want to write a commentary there?
Laura Conrad: For sure. You know, we've got a really great portfolio when it comes to looking at M&A opportunities, especially on the back of the Westbrook acquisition. I think whenever you do a rejig of your portfolio, it opens up further opportunities. So, you know, I'll give the standard M&A response. We look at everything, and when we have something to talk to, we'll let you know. But I do think there's going to be some interesting opportunities both in Canada and in Europe. You know, you've seen us core up the portfolio. Vermillion has done some divests recently, which is, you know, a little bit different than historically. But we're really trying to create that focused portfolio. So M&A will be part of that when we see the right opportunities.
Jeremy McRae: Okay. And maybe just a bit more follow up with Amir's question here earlier. When these better wells were coming out of the deep basin, was there anything, I know you talked about like the geology looks good and you have a lot of tier one, but was there anything different that you did on the drill or completion design that led to the better results or was it just almost 100% geology?
Dion Hatcher: I'll just give the quick answer and pass it to Randy if he wants to elaborate. But no, I think it's the rock, Jeremy. As you know, the history is we've developed our legacy land position over the years, and I think teams did a great job of working that land base harder. Effectively, now they've got a bunch of new inventory and high quality, and you put the, I would say, the high-performing teams of Vermillion and Westbrook together, and that brain trust has found a lot of opportunities, ability to extend wells, and again, just make things happen. But, you know, I think it's really the rock quality we're seeing, but Randy, anything I missed there?
Randy McQuaid: Yeah, the only other thing I would add is the ability that, you know, the combination of our two land bases plus all the deals we've done. We've done lots of swaps and crown land sales that have created a bit more of land. So we're able to drill optimal locations as opposed to previous where we weren't. So I would say on the drilling completions, nothing different than what we've done. We've continued to perform, costs come in where we expect them to come in. So that's all good. It really comes down to geology and optimal from the land position. Thanks for having me.
Menno Holshoff: Thanks, guys. Thanks, Jeremy.
Operator: Your next question comes from Dennis Fong with CIBC World Markets. Your line is now open.
Dennis Fong: Hi, good morning, and thanks for taking my question. My first one is just around Osterhide. Obviously, that's fantastic to see the incremental uplift in terms of the production. As I recall, I think from your investor day, you highlighted a little bit about infrastructure and kind of local gathering constraints. Can you talk towards, we'll call it the durability of the higher throughput and kind of what some of the considerations happen to be?
Dion Hatcher: No, thanks, Dennis. I mean, I'll give the quick answer and then pass it to Darcy and Larry. But I mean, I think the guys, you know, have positioned it well or we've got the well set up to be able to deliver and we've seen higher demand, which again, probably no surprise with the situation in Europe and
Darcy Kerwin: been pretty steady here into the new year as well but there's what what am i missing there yeah i think i think that covers it behind that dennis the uh kind of infrastructure constraints that we had assumed are probably not as not as negative as we assumed initially um so we expect that the production rates that we have seen as of late will continue flat kind of through 2026 and There is some day-to-day kind of market variation depending on who's buying and sending gas to different points. But overall, I think there is more capacity in that part of the system than we had assumed, and the market seems to have a desire for that gas. So we expect that that will stay flat.
Dennis Fong: Okay, great. And then does that also bode well then for some of the opportunities you were discussing around Bissell Horse?
Unknown: Yeah, I think it does.
Darcy Kerwin: Now, it's not a direct same kind of tie-in point, but I think we were, again, quite conservative on our assumptions on both the infrastructure and what the market in that area would take. But I think directionally, it's going in the right direction. And, yeah, I think we hope to see the same results on kind of this horse takeaway as we've seen in Ossetia.
Dennis Fong: Great. My second question, really shifting focus to the Netherlands, it's obviously great to see that you received the permits there, helping kind of confirm the timing of your drilling in the region later this year. Maybe more broadly, can you, and obviously understanding it's still incredibly early stage, can you talk to any shifts in terms of regulatory government discussions and discussions around kind of permitting timelines? I know that's been we'll call it a point of friction, but a bit of a bottleneck in terms of the pace of activity that you guys were looking to pursue in some of these regions. How has it been shifting? How has that been evolving through time? And has there been kind of an uptick even this past week?
Menno Holshoff: Yeah, I'll pass it back to Darcy to walk you through.
Darcy Kerwin: Yeah, I think Dennis, certainly the messages that we're constantly trying to send out about the benefits of domestic production in Europe is maybe falling on more open ears all of a sudden. So that can only be good for us. You asked specifically about regulators sticking to timelines. I think we have seen and heard commitments, especially from the Dutch regulator, about sticking to their own timelines and just kind of We have been quite successful lately in building up a nice pipeline of opportunities, both in the Netherlands and Germany. And just as a reminder, we drilled two wells in the Netherlands in Oppenhausen in Q3 of last year. We discovered 16 BCF of gas there at an F&D cost less than $1.50. And then we brought those wells on production in Q4, right? So it was a pretty quick cycle time. You know, we brought Ostehyde on as planned in 2025. As you mentioned, that continues to have strong production volumes and record volumes for us in Q4. We're progressing well on vessel source with gas plant installation and the pipeline tie-in. We're still on schedule to start up mid this year. You know, that's again a significant discovery. Our net share is 43 BCF there. On plan to drill two additional wells in the Netherlands in 2026, plans to split two more wells in Germany in early 2027. And I think probably one of the biggest differences, and you would have saw that in the investor days, the opportunities that we're drilling, they're more step out exploration type opportunities. They're bigger if we look at kind of the last 30 wells that we drilled in 2020. Europe versus the next 30, they're kind of two and a half times to three times the size of what we've drilled over what was a pretty successful decade of exploration drilling there with a 70% success rate. We'll continue to work with the regulators and stakeholders to develop support for additional domestic gas production. We think it's a strong message. has security of supply implications that I think people are starting to listen more and more to.
Menno Holshoff: Darcy? Great. Really appreciate the call. I'll turn it back. Thanks. Thanks, Dennis.
Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, as a reminder, should you have a question, please press star 1. Your next question comes from Joseph Shikater with Shikater Energy Research. Your line is now open.
Joseph Shikater: Good morning, everyone, and thanks for taking my questions. Congratulations on Germany and Netherlands. I'm wondering about Ireland. Have you done any more work there, and is there much opportunity to maybe do some future drilling there? And then maybe if you can give us some idea of Croatia, if there's any further work that you're doing that might open up some opportunities in late 26 or 27 for growth in those areas.
Dion Hatcher: Thanks, Joseph. I'll just give the high level in Ireland, and Darcy, please fill in the blanks. But quick answers, we don't see any drilling activity in Ireland. Darcy just talked about, in particular, Germany, those prospects that are 30 BCF, they're onshore, it's about $1.50 an MCF to drill those from a cap. So what that means, Joseph, when we look at it from a capital allocation standpoint, We really like Germany, and it just screams so well that Ireland's a great asset. The team's optimizing. It's super steady and generates strong, strong free cash flow, but no plans internally to allocate capital to drilling in Ireland, just given the strong opportunities that we have in Germany.
Darcy Kerwin: Yeah, I think, Joseph, our focus certainly in Ireland has been on... the existing well stock that we have and making sure that that plant is as efficient as possible and we have the highest recoveries we can out of those wells that are currently drilled.
Dion Hatcher: And then with our activity over the last couple of years here in the coring up, we are progressing the potential investment of some of the assets in Croatia. I know we can't say a lot, but Larry, any colour to add to Croatia or CEE?
Laura Conrad: Yeah, I think we announced that we'll be exiting those areas. And so for Croatia in specific, there are nice drilling opportunities there. And we just decided, as Dion just said, we really like Germany. And so you have to make tough decisions around where you're going to focus your portfolio. From a Croatia perspective, I think there are some lovely opportunities, but they're not opportunities for us. And that's why we're divesting and focusing elsewhere.
Menno Holshoff: Thanks for the call. Thanks, Joseph.
Operator: Downer, for the questions at this time, I will now turn the call over to Dion for closing remarks.
Dion Hatcher: With that, thank you again for participating in our Q4 call. Enjoy the rest of your day.
Operator: Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes your conference call for today. We thank you for participating and ask that you please disconnect your lines.
