Operator
Operator
Good day, and welcome to Total Second Quarter 2018 Results Conference Call. Today’s conference is being recorded. At this time, I would like to turn the conference over to Patrick de La Chevardière, CFO. Please go ahead. Patrick de La Chevardière: Hello, Patrick de La Chevardière here. We have reported a strong set of second quarter results. On a quarter-for-quarter basis, adjusted net income increased by 23% to $3.6 billion or $1.31 per share. Debt adjusted cash flow, DACF, was $6.8 billion an increase of $1.1 billion compared to the third quarter and net cash flow was very strong at $3.9 billion. Thanks to major project ramp-ups and our recent acquisitions, we are well positioned to capture the higher Brent price with strong production growth and an organic per division breakeven of less than $25 per barrel. Going straight to the segments, E&P is in great shape with adjusted net operating income of $2.7 billion in the second quarter, an increase of 23% compared to the first quarter. By comparison, Brent increased by 11% to $74 per BOE. E&P cash flow increased by 20% to $5.1 billion. Production was 2.72 million barrel of equivalent per day in the second quarter, a slight increase from the first quarter with the full quarter of Maersk more than compensating for higher maintenance in the second quarter mainly in the North Sea. It is indeed quite unusual to increase production from the first to the second quarter. Second quarter production increased by 9% compared to the same quarter last year, we now anticipate that 2018 production growth should be above 7%, so we are continuing to deliver industry-leading production growth. Looking at this in more detail, Maersk is fully onboard now and we have Kashagan, Kashagan and Kashagan continuing to ramp up. The start-up of Ichthys, Kaombo, Tempa and Egina will show growth in the second half and these are good cash equities new barrel. And next year, growth will be driven by ramp ups of these projects and the next wave of major start-ups into Edradour-Glenlivet and [indiscernible]. So the momentum is strong and it is welcome with prices. During the second quarter, we sanctioned Zinia 2 in Angola. After reengineering the project and taking advantage of the low oil cost environment, we succeeded in cutting the investment amount by more than else. In addition to Zinia 2, we have recently started in-fill drilling programs on major fields in our core areas and we took FIDs on [indiscernible] field at GNRG and a new phase of drilling for Al-Shaheen. The gas renewable power segment generated about $200 million of adjusted net operating income in the second quarter reflecting better results from gas cutting and new energy. Earlier this month, we closed Engie LNG acquisition and this positioned Total as the largest player in the fast-growing LNG business. Also in LNG, we announced in May that we are taking a direct 10% stake in Arctic 2 in Russia, further expanding the LNG portfolio. In July, we closed the acquisition of 73% of Direct Energie. We have Total representative on the board and the offer period to acquire the remaining shares has been launched. We are committed to growing along the gas electricity chain and this acquisition is a big step toward achieving critical mass in our two largest markets for electricity distribution France and Belgium. Turning to the downstream. Refining and chemicals contributed $821 million of adjusted net operating income in the second quarter, an increase of 14% compared to the previous quarter. The European Refining Margin Indicator recovered from a seasonally weak first quarter and averaged $35 per ton in the second quarter. Pet-chem prices remain strong, but rising net asset stock costs affected margins in Europe. We completed some maintenance programs in the second quarter, the most important being Antwerp and Normandy pet-chem, so we can expect better margin capture going forward. R&C generated $1 billion of cash flow in the second quarter, bringing its year-to-date contribution to $1.9 billion. For the future growth in R&C, we are concentrating investment on petrochemicals and targeting opportunities to take advantage of low-cost feedstock. We have 2 ongoing expansion projects in the U.S. and Korea. We also launched 2 studies recently, a project in Saudi Arabia with Saudi Aramco to strengthen the integrated set-up platform and capture synergies plus another project in Nigeria with Sonatrach. And in France, we are converting La Mede to a bio-refinery and we’d be producing renewal bio-diesel later this year. From marketing and services, the main message is that we are continuing to grow this high return business, demonstrated best by a 11% increased in refine product sales outside Europe in the second quarter. Adjusted net operating income for marketing and service was $478 million, an increase of 30% compared to the first quarter. The combined downstream segments, refining and chemical plus marketing and services generated cash flow of $1.7 billion in the second quarter, in line with our guidance for the full year. For the first half 2018, downstream generated cash flow of $3 billion and a ROTCE of close to 28%. Moving to the group numbers, we generated $6.8 billion of debt-adjusted cash flow in the second quarter. And for the first half, the group generated a robust debt adjusted cash flow of $12.5 billion. Although oil price are above $70 per barrel, we are relentless in our demand for disciplined investment and OpEx, including rapid capture of synergies from new assets. For the group we have increased our cost-reduction target for 2018 from $12 billion to $4.2 billion. Net capital investment which includes organic investments plus acquisition and divestments was $2.5 billion in the second quarter. For the first half, net capital investment was $6.7 billion including $1.3 million of net acquisitions. Note that net investment in the third quarter will include about $3 billion for NG LNG and Direct Energie. We can say the full year 2018 guidance at $16 billion $17 billion organic we are delivering of the commitment we have made in February. With this sustained growth and tax close and disciplinary spend, net cash flow was 3.9 for the quarter and $5.1 billion for the first half. Profitability is also continuing to improve. Return on equity increased to 10.9% for the 12-month ended June 30, 2018. And the royalty of the group is now about 10% for the first time since the oil price pressure. We are committed to maintain strong balance sheet. And at the end of the second quarter, our net debt to capital ratio was 16.5%. This is a small increase from the first quarter due to the timing of the AGM we made 2 dividend payments in the second quarter. So we made 3 dividend in the first half and the cash out impacted our net debt. We brought back 19 million shares in the second quarter ranging the Total to 28 million shares for the first half. The 28 million shares include 18 million shares to eliminate dilution from scrip. We brought back an additional 10 million shares for about $600 million as part of the $5 billion buyback announced in February. So in addition to increasing the incurring dividend by 3.2%, we are delivering on our commitment to share real price upside with our share order to the buyback. This result demonstrated that we are taking advantage of the favorable environment. Production growth is providing strong momentum for cash flow going forward. Our countercyclical strategy acquiring Maersk Oil and Petrobras asset clearly rewarded us in the environment. We are confident that we can continue to successfully implement our strategy and deliver on our commitment to shareholders. We look forward to providing you with more detail in September at Investor Day presentation at the New York Stock Exchange. And now we can start the Q&A.