Derivative Financial Instruments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Derivative Instruments Not Designated as Hedging Instruments [Abstract]

Note 10 - Derivative Financial Instruments

Summary of Oil, Gas, and NGL Derivative Contracts in Place

The Company has entered into various commodity derivative contracts to mitigate a portion of its exposure to potentially adverse market changes in commodity prices and the associated impact on cash flows. As of September 30, 2019, all derivative counterparties were members of the Company’s Credit Agreement lender group and all contracts were entered into for other-than-trading purposes. The Company’s commodity derivative contracts consist of swap and collar arrangements for oil and gas production, and swap arrangements for NGL production. In a typical commodity swap agreement, if the agreed upon published third-party index price (“index price”) is lower than the swap fixed price, the Company receives the difference between the index price and the agreed upon swap fixed price. If the index price is higher than the swap fixed price, the Company pays the difference. For collar arrangements, the Company receives the difference between an agreed upon index price and the floor price if the index price is below the floor price. The Company pays the difference between the agreed upon ceiling price and the index price if the index price is above the ceiling price. No amounts are paid or received if the index price is between the floor and ceiling prices.

The Company has also entered into fixed price oil basis swaps in order to mitigate exposure to adverse pricing differentials between certain industry benchmark prices and the actual physical pricing points where the Company’s production volumes are sold. Currently, the Company has basis swap contracts with fixed price differentials between NYMEX WTI and WTI Midland for a portion of its Midland Basin production with sales contracts that settle at WTI Midland prices. The Company also has basis swaps with fixed price differentials between NYMEX WTI and Intercontinental Exchange Brent Crude (“ICE Brent”) for a portion of its Midland Basin oil production with sales contracts that settle at ICE Brent prices.

As of September 30, 2019, the Company had commodity derivative contracts outstanding through the fourth quarter of 2022, as summarized in the tables below.

Oil Swaps



Contract Period	NYMEX WTI Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price
	(MBbl)	(per Bbl)
Fourth quarter 2019	1,685	$	61.38
2020	7,441	$	59.64
Total	9,126

Oil Collars



Contract Period	NYMEX WTI Volumes	Weighted-Average Floor Price		Weighted-Average Ceiling Price
	(MBbl)	(per Bbl)		(per Bbl)
Fourth quarter 2019	3,168	$	50.54	$	62.49
2020	6,010	$	55.00	$	62.95
2021	329	$	55.00	$	56.70
Total	9,507

Oil Basis Swaps



Contract Period	WTI Midland-NYMEX WTI Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price ⁽¹⁾			NYMEX WTI-ICE Brent Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price ⁽²⁾
	(MBbl)	(per Bbl)			(MBbl)	(per Bbl)
Fourth quarter 2019	3,338	$	(2.87	)	—	$	—
2020	14,090	$	(0.73	)	2,750	$	(8.03	)
2021	3,708	$	0.33		3,650	$	(7.86	)
2022	—	$	—		3,650	$	(7.78	)
Total	21,136				10,050

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⁽¹⁾	Represents the price differential between WTI Midland (Midland, Texas) and NYMEX WTI (Cushing, Oklahoma).


⁽²⁾	Represents the price differential between NYMEX WTI (Cushing, Oklahoma) and ICE Brent (North Sea).

Gas Swaps



Contract Period	IF HSC Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price		WAHA Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price
	(BBtu)	(per MMBtu)		(BBtu)	(per MMBtu)
Fourth quarter 2019	14,433	$	2.88	2,962	$	1.75
2020	11,773	$	2.87	4,977	$	1.70
Total ⁽¹⁾	26,206			7,939

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⁽¹⁾	The Company has natural gas swaps in place that settle against Inside FERC Houston Ship Channel (“IF HSC”), Inside FERC West Texas (“IF WAHA”), and Platt’s Gas Daily West Texas (“GD WAHA”). As of September 30, 2019, WAHA volumes were comprised of 56 percent IF WAHA and 44 percent GD WAHA.

Gas Collars



Contract Period	IF HSC Volumes	Weighted-Average Floor Price		Weighted-Average Ceiling Price
	(BBtu)	(per MMBtu)		(per MMBtu)
Fourth quarter 2019	4,818	$	2.50	$	2.83
Total	4,818

NGL Swaps



	OPIS Ethane Purity Mont Belvieu			OPIS Propane Mont Belvieu Non-TET			OPIS Normal Butane Mont Belvieu Non-TET			OPIS Isobutane Mont Belvieu Non-TET			OPIS Natural Gasoline Mont Belvieu Non-TET
Contract Period	Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price		Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price		Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price		Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price		Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price
	(MBbl)	(per Bbl)		(MBbl)	(per Bbl)		(MBbl)	(per Bbl)		(MBbl)	(per Bbl)		(MBbl)	(per Bbl)
Fourth quarter 2019	896	$	12.36	660	$	31.60	39	$	35.64	29	$	35.70	50	$	50.93
2020	711	$	11.38	1,187	$	23.58	—	$	—	—	$	—	—	$	—
Total	1,607			1,847			39			29			50

Commodity Derivative Contracts Entered Into Subsequent to September 30, 2019

Subsequent to September 30, 2019, the Company entered into the following commodity derivative contracts:


•	fixed price NYMEX WTI oil swap contracts for the third quarter of 2020 for a total of 0.9 MMBbl of oil production at a weighted-average contract price of $51.61 per Bbl;


•	fixed price IF HSC gas swap contracts for the second through fourth quarters of 2020 for a total of 9,725 BBtu of gas production at a weighted-average contract price of $2.28 per MMBtu;


•	fixed price IF WAHA gas swap contracts for 2020 and 2021 for a total of 12,229 BBtu of gas production at a weighted-average contract price of $1.06 per MMBtu; and


•	fixed price OPIS Propane Mont Belvieu Non-TET swap contracts for 2020 for a total of 0.5 MMBbl of propane production at a weighted-average contract price of $19.27 per Bbl.

Derivative Assets and Liabilities Fair Value

The Company’s commodity derivatives are measured at fair value and are included in the accompanying balance sheets as derivative assets and liabilities, with the exception of derivative instruments that meet the “normal purchase normal sale” exclusion. The Company does not designate its derivative commodity contracts as hedging instruments. The fair value of the commodity derivative contracts was a net asset of $137.9 million and $158.3 million as of September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, respectively.

The following table details the fair value of commodity derivative contracts recorded in the accompanying balance sheets, by category:



	As of September 30, 2019		As of December 31, 2018
	(in thousands)
Derivative assets:
Current assets	$	143,142	$	175,130
Noncurrent assets	38,571		58,499
Total derivative assets	$	181,713	$	233,629
Derivative liabilities:
Current liabilities	$	37,798	$	62,853
Noncurrent liabilities	6,014		12,496
Total derivative liabilities	$	43,812	$	75,349

Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Liabilities

As of September 30, 2019, and December 31, 2018, all derivative instruments held by the Company were subject to master netting arrangements with various financial institutions. In general, the terms of the Company’s agreements provide for offsetting of amounts payable or receivable between it and the counterparty, at the election of both parties, for transactions that settle on the same date and in the same currency. The Company’s agreements also provide that in the event of an early termination, the counterparties have the right to offset amounts owed or owing under that and any other agreement with the same counterparty. The Company’s accounting policy is to not offset these positions in its accompanying balance sheets.

The following table provides a reconciliation between the gross assets and liabilities reflected on the accompanying balance sheets and the potential effects of master netting arrangements on the fair value of the Company’s commodity derivative contracts:



	Derivative Assets						Derivative Liabilities
	As of						As of
	September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018			September 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
	(in thousands)
Gross amounts presented in the accompanying balance sheets	$	181,713		$	233,629		$	(43,812	)	$	(75,349	)
Amounts not offset in the accompanying balance sheets	(43,812		)	(56,041		)	43,812			56,041
Net amounts	$	137,901		$	177,588		$	—		$	(19,308	)

The following table summarizes the commodity components of the derivative settlement (gain) loss, as well as the components of the net derivative (gain) loss line item presented in the accompanying statements of operations:



	For the Three Months Ended September 30,					For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019			2018		2019			2018
	(in thousands)
Derivative settlement (gain) loss:
Oil contracts	$	2,246		$	16,798	$	14,304		$	61,976
Gas contracts	(12,210		)	802		(13,744		)	(4,851		)
NGL contracts	(14,758		)	23,118		(24,403		)	44,786
Total derivative settlement (gain) loss	$	(24,722	)	$	40,718	$	(23,843	)	$	101,911

Net derivative (gain) loss:
Oil contracts	$	(83,984	)	$	110,413	$	67,261		$	146,781
Gas contracts	(4,228		)	4,309		(36,337		)	21,299
NGL contracts	(12,677		)	63,304		(34,387		)	81,224
Total net derivative (gain) loss	$	(100,889	)	$	178,026	$	(3,463	)	$	249,304

Credit Related Contingent Features

As of September 30, 2019, and through the filing of this report, all of the Company’s derivative counterparties were members of the Company’s Credit Agreement lender group. Under the Credit Agreement, the Company is required to provide mortgage liens on assets having a value equal to at least 85 percent of the total PV-9 of the Company’s proved oil and gas properties evaluated in the most recent reserve report. Collateral securing indebtedness under the Credit Agreement also secures the Company’s derivative agreement obligations.