ConocoPhillips Asset retirement obligations decreased by 0.6% to $8.21B in Q4 2025 compared to the prior quarter. Year-over-year, this metric grew by 1.5%, from $8.09B to $8.21B. Over 5 years (FY 2020 to FY 2025), Asset retirement obligations shows an upward trend with a 8.6% CAGR. This is a positive signal — lower values indicate better performance for this metric.
Increases reflect higher future environmental remediation costs or changes in regulatory requirements for site restoration.
This represents the estimated present value of costs required to decommission, dismantle, or restore assets at the end o...
Standard across the energy and utility sectors; highly dependent on regulatory environment and asset age.
utility_asset_retirement_obligations| Q2 '21 | Q3 '21 | Q4 '21 | Q1 '22 | Q2 '22 | Q3 '22 | Q4 '22 | Q1 '23 | Q2 '23 | Q3 '23 | Q4 '23 | Q1 '24 | Q2 '24 | Q3 '24 | Q4 '24 | Q1 '25 | Q2 '25 | Q3 '25 | Q4 '25 | |
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| Value | $5.82B | $5.72B | $5.75B | $5.82B | $5.74B | $5.73B | $6.40B | $6.32B | $6.36B | $6.43B | $7.22B | $7.14B | $7.24B | $7.34B | $8.09B | $8.15B | $8.23B | $8.26B | $8.21B |
| QoQ Change | — | -1.7% | +0.6% | +1.1% | -1.3% | -0.1% | +11.7% | -1.2% | +0.5% | +1.1% | +12.4% | -1.1% | +1.4% | +1.4% | +10.2% | +0.7% | +1.0% | +0.5% | -0.6% |
| YoY Change | — | — | — | — | -1.4% | +0.1% | +11.2% | +8.8% | +10.8% | +12.1% | +12.8% | +12.9% | +13.9% | +14.2% | +12.0% | +14.1% | +13.6% | +12.6% | +1.5% |
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