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Acquisitions and Divestitures
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Acquisition and Divestitures
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Acquisitions and Divestitures

WPX Merger

On January 7, 2021, Devon and WPX completed an all-stock merger of equals. WPX was an oil and gas exploration and production company with assets in the Delaware Basin in Texas and New Mexico and the Williston Basin in North Dakota. On the closing date of the Merger, each share of WPX common stock was automatically converted into the right to receive 0.5165 of a share of Devon common stock. No fractional shares of Devon’s common stock were issued in the Merger, and holders of WPX common stock instead received cash in lieu of fractional shares of Devon common stock, if any. Based on the closing price of Devon’s common stock on January 7, 2021, the total value of Devon common stock issued to holders of WPX common stock as part of this transaction was approximately $5.4 billion. The Merger was structured as a tax-free reorganization for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

Purchase Price Allocation

The allocation of the total purchase price of WPX to the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed was finalized at December 31, 2021. The transaction was accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting, with Devon being treated as the accounting acquirer. Under the acquisition method of accounting, the assets and liabilities of WPX and its subsidiaries were recorded at their respective fair values as of the date of completion of the Merger and added to Devon’s. Determining the fair value of the assets and liabilities of WPX required judgment and certain assumptions to be made, the most significant of these being related to the valuation of WPX's oil and gas properties. Significant judgments and assumptions included, among other things, estimates of reserve quantities, estimates of future commodity prices, expected development costs, lease operating costs, reserve risk adjustment factors and an estimate of an applicable market participant discount rate that reflected the risk of the underlying cash flow estimates. The inputs and assumptions related to the oil and gas properties were categorized as level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

The following table represents the final allocation of the total purchase price of WPX to the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on the fair values as of the acquisition date.

 

 

 

Final Purchase

 

 

 

Price Allocation

 

Consideration:

 

 

 

 WPX Common Stock outstanding

 

 

561.2

 

 Exchange Ratio

 

 

0.5165

 

 Devon common stock issued

 

 

289.9

 

 Devon closing price on January 7, 2021

 

$

18.57

 

Total common equity consideration

 

 

5,383

 

 Share-based replacement awards

 

 

49

 

Total consideration

 

$

5,432

 

Assets acquired:

 

 

 

 Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

$

344

 

 Accounts receivable

 

 

425

 

 Other current assets

 

 

49

 

 Right-of-use assets

 

 

38

 

 Proved oil and gas property and equipment

 

 

7,017

 

 Unproved and properties under development

 

 

2,362

 

 Other property and equipment

 

 

485

 

 Investments

 

 

400

 

 Other long-term assets

 

 

43

 

Total assets acquired

 

$

11,163

 

Liabilities assumed:

 

 

 

 Accounts payable

 

$

346

 

 Revenue and royalties payable

 

 

223

 

 Other current liabilities

 

 

454

 

 Debt

 

 

3,562

 

 Lease liabilities

 

 

38

 

 Asset retirement obligations

 

 

94

 

 Deferred income taxes

 

 

249

 

 Other long-term liabilities

 

 

765

 

Total liabilities assumed

 

 

5,731

 

 Net assets acquired

 

$

5,432

 

 

Pro Forma Financial Information

The following unaudited pro forma financial information for the year ended December 31, 2020 is based on our historical consolidated financial statements adjusted to reflect as if the Merger had occurred on January 1, 2020. The information below reflects pro forma adjustments to conform WPX’s historical financial information to Devon’s financial statement presentation. The unaudited pro forma financial information is not necessarily indicative of what would have occurred if the Merger had been completed as of the beginning of the periods presented, nor is it indicative of future results.

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

Continuing operations:

 

2020

 

Total revenues

 

$

7,261

 

Net loss

 

$

(3,438

)

Basic net loss per share

 

$

(5.16

)

 

 

Acquisitions

In September 2022, Devon completed its acquisition of producing properties and leasehold interests located in the Eagle Ford for cash consideration of approximately $1.7 billion, net of purchase price adjustments. Additionally, in July 2022, Devon completed its acquisition of producing properties and leasehold interests located in the Williston Basin for cash consideration of approximately $830 million, net of purchase price adjustments. The total estimated proved reserves associated with these Eagle Ford and Williston Basin assets are approximately 87 MMBoe and 66 MMBoe, respectively. Each of these acquisitions were accounted for as asset acquisitions as substantially all of the fair value was concentrated in a group of similar assets. Each of the acquisitions resulted in the purchase of producing properties and leasehold interests in a defined geographical and geological area and substantially all of the assets have similar risk characteristics.‌

 

Divestitures – Continuing Operations

 

In 2021, Devon completed the sale of non-core assets in the Rockies for proceeds of $9 million, net of purchase price adjustments, and recognized a $35 million gain related to the sale. Devon received $4 million in contingent earnout payments related to this transaction in the first quarters of 2023 and 2022. The total estimated proved reserves associated with these divested assets was approximately 3 MMBoe.‌

 

Divestitures – Discontinued Operations

 

In the fourth quarter of 2020, Devon completed the sale of its Barnett Shale assets to BKV for proceeds, net of purchase price adjustments, of $490 million. The agreement with BKV provides for contingent earnout payments to Devon with upside participation beginning at a $2.75 Henry Hub natural gas price or a $50 WTI oil price. The contingent payment period commenced on January 1, 2021 and has a term of four years. Devon received $65 million in contingent earnout payments related to this transaction in the first quarters of 2023 and 2022 and could receive up to an additional $130 million in contingent earnout payments for the remaining performance periods depending on future commodity prices. The valuation of the future contingent earnout payments included within other current assets and other long-term assets in the December 31, 2022 consolidated balance sheet was $65 million and $88 million, respectively. During 2022 and 2021, Devon recorded a $42 million and $110 million increase to the fair value within asset dispositions on the consolidated statements of comprehensive earnings related to these payments. These values were derived utilizing a Monte Carlo valuation model and qualify as a level 3 fair value measurement. Additional information can be found in Note 19.