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INCOME TAXES (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Income Tax Provision (Benefit)
The components of income tax benefits were as follows (in thousands):
SuccessorPredecessor
Year Ended December 31, 2023Year Ended December 31, 2022Period from May 18, 2021 through December 31, 2021Period from January 1, 2021 through May 17, 2021
Current:
State$— $— $(39)$(7,968)
Federal— — — — 
Deferred:
State(26,704)— — — 
Federal(498,452)— — — 
Total income tax benefit provision$(525,156)$— $(39)$(7,968)
Schedule of Reconciliation to the Statutory Federal Income Tax
A reconciliation of the statutory federal income tax amount to the recorded benefit follows (in thousands):
SuccessorPredecessor
Year Ended December 31, 2023Year Ended December 31, 2022Period from May 18, 2021 through December 31, 2021Period from January 1, 2021 through May 17, 2021
Income (loss) before federal income taxes$945,760 $494,701 $(112,868)$243,026 
Expected income tax at statutory rate198,610 103,887 (23,702)51,036 
State income taxes(2,581)2,227 (3,177)(12,484)
Bankruptcy adjustments— — 44,748 (111,285)
Remeasurement of state deferred tax asset— 13,869 (7,966)— 
Return to provision(5,592)(17,075)— — 
Other differences1,982 1,117 2,841 445 
Change in valuation allowance due to current year activity(717,575)(104,025)(12,783)64,320 
Income tax benefit recorded$(525,156)$— $(39)$(7,968)
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
The tax effects of temporary differences and net operating loss carryforwards, which give rise to deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 are estimated as follows (in thousands): 
Successor
Year Ended December 31, 2023Year Ended December 31, 2022
Deferred tax assets:
Net operating loss carryforward and tax credits$399,017 $346,455 
Oil and gas property basis difference143,769 269,206 
Investment in pass through entities68,114 66,502 
Stock-based compensation expense1,262 1,484 
Change in fair value of derivative instruments— 73,198 
Other assets52,730 52,107 
Total deferred tax assets664,892 808,952 
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets(85,757)(803,332)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance579,135 5,620 
Deferred tax liabilities:
Change in fair value of derivative instruments50,448 — 
Right of use asset3,003 5,615 
Other528 
Total deferred tax liabilities53,979 5,620 
Net deferred tax asset$525,156 $—