Derivative Financial Instruments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

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 regularly enters into 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 March 31, 2021, 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 production and NGL production, and swap arrangements for gas 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 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, 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, and between NYMEX WTI and Argus WTI Houston Magellan East Houston Terminal (“MEH”) for a portion of its South Texas oil production with sales contracts that settle at Argus WTI Houston MEH prices. The Company has also entered into crude oil swap contracts to fix the differential in pricing between the NYMEX calendar month average and the physical crude oil delivery month (“Roll Differential”) in which the Company pays the periodic variable Roll Differential and receives a weighted-average fixed price differential. The weighted-average fixed price differential represents the amount of net addition (reduction) to delivery month prices for the notional volumes covered by the swap contracts.

As of March 31, 2021, the Company had commodity derivative contracts outstanding through the fourth quarter of 2023 as summarized in the tables below.

Oil Swaps


Contract Period	NYMEX WTI Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price
	(MBbl)	(per Bbl)
Second quarter 2021	5,508	$	40.88
Third quarter 2021	5,363	$	41.16
Fourth quarter 2021	4,744	$	39.85
2022	7,823	$	44.69
2023	1,190	$	45.20
Total	24,628

Oil Collars


Contract Period	NYMEX WTI Volumes	Weighted-Average Floor Price		Weighted-Average Ceiling Price
	(MBbl)	(per Bbl)		(per Bbl)



2022	1,224	$	50.00	$	54.89

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)		WTI Houston MEH-NYMEX WTI Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price (3)
	(MBbl)	(per Bbl)		(MBbl)	(per Bbl)		(MBbl)	(per Bbl)
Second quarter 2021	4,172	$	0.81	910	$	(7.86)	493	$	0.60
Third quarter 2021	3,756	$	0.75	920	$	(7.86)	356	$	0.60
Fourth quarter 2021	3,824	$	0.71	920	$	(7.86)	466	$	0.60
2022	9,500	$	1.15	3,650	$	(7.78)	1,329	$	1.25


Total	21,252			6,400			2,644

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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).

(3) Represents the price differential between Argus WTI Houston MEH (Houston, Texas) and NYMEX WTI (Cushing, Oklahoma).

Oil Roll Differential Swaps


Contract Period	NYMEX WTI Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price
	(MBbl)	(per Bbl)
Second quarter 2021	4,743	$	(0.16)
Third quarter 2021	4,326	$	(0.18)
Fourth quarter 2021	3,831	$	(0.16)
2022	11,278	$	0.11
Total	24,178

Gas Swaps


Contract Period	IF HSC Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price		WAHA Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price
	(BBtu)	(per MMBtu)		(BBtu)	(per MMBtu)
Second quarter 2021	13,672	$	2.45	7,230	$	1.76
Third quarter 2021	12,575	$	2.40	8,086	$	1.88
Fourth quarter 2021	12,412	$	2.41	7,627	$	1.82
2022	28,932	$	2.52	13,716	$	2.30

Total (1)	67,591			36,659

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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 March 31, 2021, WAHA volumes were comprised of 65 percent IF WAHA and 35 percent GD WAHA.

NGL Swaps


	OPIS Propane Mont Belvieu Non-TET		OPIS Normal Butane Mont Belvieu Non-TET
Contract Period		Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price		Volumes	Weighted-Average Contract Price
		(MBbl)	(per Bbl)		(MBbl)	(per Bbl)
Second quarter 2021		818	$	22.14	37	$	30.87
Third quarter 2021		854	$	22.16	37	$	30.87
Fourth quarter 2021		824	$	22.15	36	$	30.87
2022		231	$	22.99	—	$	—

Total		2,727			110

NGL Collars


Contract Period	OPIS Propane Mont Belvieu Non-TET	Weighted-Average Floor Price		Weighted-Average Ceiling Price
	(MBbl)	(per Bbl)		(per Bbl)



2022	234	$	22.05	$	27.30

Commodity Derivative Contracts Entered Into Subsequent to March 31, 2021

Subsequent to March 31, 2021, the Company entered into a NYMEX WTI costless collar contract for the first quarter of 2022 for a total of 180 MBbl of oil production with a contract floor price of $50.00 per Bbl and a contract ceiling price of $65.00 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 commodity derivative contracts as hedging instruments. The fair value of the commodity derivative contracts was a net liability of $405.0 million and $168.2 million as of March 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, respectively.

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


	As of March 31, 2021		As of December 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Derivative assets:
Current assets	$	20,859	$	31,203
Noncurrent assets	13,567		23,150
Total derivative assets	$	34,426	$	54,353
Derivative liabilities:
Current liabilities	$	371,802	$	200,189
Noncurrent liabilities	67,595		22,331
Total derivative liabilities	$	439,397	$	222,520

Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Liabilities

As of March 31, 2021, and December 31, 2020, 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 as of				Derivative Liabilities as of
	March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020		March 31, 2021		December 31, 2020
	(in thousands)
Gross amounts presented in the accompanying balance sheets	$	34,426	$	54,353	$	(439,397)	$	(222,520)
Amounts not offset in the accompanying balance sheets	(34,238)		(53,598)		34,238		53,598
Net amounts	$	188	$	755	$	(405,159)	$	(168,922)

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 March 31,
		2021		2020
		(in thousands)
Derivative settlement (gain) loss:
Oil contracts		$	56,329	$	(53,582)
Gas contracts		40,448		(14,625)
NGL contracts		11,108		(5,230)
Total net derivative settlement (gain) loss		$	107,885	$	(73,437)

Net derivative (gain) loss:
Oil contracts		$	265,815	$	(542,540)
Gas contracts		48,922		6,728
NGL contracts		29,952		(9,528)
Total net derivative (gain) loss		$	344,689	$	(545,340)

Credit Related Contingent Features

As of March 31, 2021, 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, as defined in the Credit Agreement, 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.