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John's avatar

Question on astronomical day rates referring to tightening of the market. There was a consensus between you that no matter the day rates, oil producers will pay. Does this not affect there break even prices? Thanks.

The Daily Compounder's avatar

Hey John, I think what we are discussing there was that in the grand scheme of the E&P's budgets for these developments, the economics are not changed by paying an extra $100-$200K per day in day rate for the drill ship. In other words, day rates can rise significantly and the E&P wont feel it. Does that help? If I have missed your question please let me know

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Yep, answered the question thanks. Follow up, just to understand thresholds, what price do day rates start becoming unmanageable to the E&P?

The Daily Compounder's avatar

Oh man I don’t know that’s a great question it would be 1) extremely high 2) it would vary by project. It wouldn’t surprise me for the UDWs to get to $1M per day

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Nov 6, 2025
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Great points here - I totally agree. Your last sentence says it all - owning unpopular things in a market that seemingly goes up everyday is a really hard thing to do as the duration of large cap outperformance and the flow of funds has been so persistent