Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have not been audited by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, except that the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2020 is derived from audited financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair statement of the Company’s financial position, have been included. Management has made certain estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and disclosures of contingencies. Actual results may differ from those estimates. The results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of annual results.

These interim financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding interim financial reporting. Certain disclosures have been condensed or omitted from these financial statements. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for complete consolidated financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 (“2020 Annual Report”).

Consolidation. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of Oasis, its wholly-owned subsidiaries and OMP. The Company has determined that the partners with equity at risk in OMP lack the authority, through voting rights or similar rights, to direct the activities that most significantly impact OMP’s economic performance. Therefore, as the limited partners of OMP do not have substantive kick-out or substantive participating rights over its general partner, OMP GP LLC (“OMP GP”), OMP is a variable interest entity. Through the Company’s ownership of OMP GP, the Company has the authority to direct the activities that most significantly affect economic performance and the right to receive benefits that could be potentially significant to OMP. Therefore, the Company is the primary beneficiary and consolidates OMP. The Company records a non-controlling interest for the ownership interest held by public unitholders in OMP. As of September 30, 2021, Oasis owns approximately 70% of OMP. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation.

Midstream Simplification. On March 30, 2021, the Company completed the transactions contemplated by a contribution and simplification agreement (the “Contribution and Simplification Agreement”), dated as of March 22, 2021.

Pursuant to the Contribution and Simplification Agreement, among other things, (a) the Company contributed to OMP its remaining limited liability company interests in Bobcat DevCo LLC (“Bobcat DevCo”) and Beartooth DevCo LLC (“Beartooth DevCo”) of 64.7% and 30.0%, respectively, in exchange for total consideration of approximately $512.5 million composed of (x) a cash distribution of $231.5 million and (y) 12,949,644 common units representing limited partner interests in OMP, (b) OMP’s incentive distribution rights were cancelled and converted into 1,850,356 OMP common units (the “IDR Conversion Common Units”), and (c) OMP GP distributed the IDR Conversion Common Units on a pro rata basis to holders of its Class A Units and Class B Units, such that following such distribution, Oasis, through its wholly-owned subsidiary OMS Holdings LLC (“OMS Holdings”), is the sole member of OMP GP (the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c), the “Midstream Simplification”). The effective date of the Midstream Simplification was January 1, 2021.

Fresh start accounting. On November 19, 2020 (the “Emergence Date”), the Company emerged from bankruptcy and adopted fresh start accounting in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification 852, Reorganizations, which resulted in a new basis of accounting and the Company becoming a new entity for financial reporting purposes. As a result of the adoption of fresh start accounting, the condensed consolidated financial statements after the Emergence Date are not comparable to the condensed consolidated financial statements prior to that date. References to “Successor” relate to the reorganized Company’s financial position and results of operations as of and subsequent to the Emergence Date. References to “Predecessor” relate to the Company’s financial position prior to, and results of operations through and including, the Emergence Date.

Risks and Uncertainties

As a crude oil and natural gas producer, the Company’s revenue, profitability and future growth are substantially dependent upon the prevailing and future prices for crude oil and natural gas, which are dependent upon numerous factors beyond its control such as economic, political and regulatory developments and competition from other energy sources. The energy markets have historically been very volatile, and there can be no assurance that crude oil and natural gas prices will not be subject to wide fluctuations in the future. A substantial or extended decline in prices for crude oil and, to a lesser extent, natural gas and natural gas liquids (“NGLs”), could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows, the quantities of crude oil and natural gas reserves that may be economically produced and the Company’s access to capital.

Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

The Company may invest in certain money market funds, commercial paper and time deposits, all of which are stated at fair value or cost which approximates fair value due to the short-term maturity of these investments. The Company classifies all such investments with original maturity dates less than 90 days as cash equivalents.

As of September 30, 2021, restricted cash consisted of proceeds from the Oasis Senior Notes (defined in Note 11 – Long-Term Debt) held in a standalone account to fund a portion of the Williston Basin Acquisition (defined in Note 9 – Acquisitions). As of December 31, 2020, restricted cash consisted of funds that were held in an escrow account for the payment of professional fees associated with the Company’s emergence from bankruptcy.

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows:


	Successor
	September 30, 2021		December 31, 2020

	(In thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents	$	448,608	$	15,856
Restricted cash	—		4,370
Restricted cash – non–current	400,000		—
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	848,608	$	20,226

Significant Accounting Policies

There have been no material changes to the Company’s critical accounting policies and estimates from those disclosed in the 2020 Annual Report.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Reference rate reform. In March 2020, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (“ASU 2020-04”). ASU 2020-04 provides optional guidance for a limited time to ease the potential burden in accounting for reference rate reform, including optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. ASU 2020-04 applies only to contracts and hedging relationships that reference the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or another reference rate expected to be discontinued due to reference rate reform. ASU 2020-04 is effective immediately and may be applied prospectively to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated on or before December 31, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating its contracts and the optional expedients provided by ASU 2020-04 and the impact the new standard will have on its financial statements and related disclosures.