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Divestitures, Assets Held for Sale, and Acquisitions
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Asset Acquisition [Abstract]  
Acquisitions, Assets Held for Sale, and Divestitures
Note 11 - Acquisitions
2024 Acquisition Activity
On June 27, 2024, the Company entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (“XCL Acquisition Agreement”) with XCL AssetCo, LLC, XCL Marketing, LLC, Wasatch Water Logistics, LLC, XCL Resources, LLC, and XCL SandCo, LLC, (collectively referred to as the “XCL Sellers”) and, for the limited purposes described therein, Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (“NOG”). Pursuant to the XCL Acquisition Agreement, the Company agreed to purchase all of the rights, titles and interests in the Uinta Basin oil and gas assets owned by the XCL Sellers (“XCL Assets”). Concurrently with the execution of the XCL Acquisition Agreement, the Company entered into an Acquisition and Cooperation Agreement (“Cooperation Agreement”) with NOG, pursuant to which the Company and NOG agreed to cooperate in connection with the XCL Acquisition Agreement and NOG agreed to acquire an undivided 20 percent interest in the assets acquired pursuant to the XCL Acquisition Agreement. Upon execution of the XCL Acquisition Agreement, the Company deposited with an escrow agent a cash deposit of $102.0 million (“Cash Deposit”), which is presented in the acquisition deposit held in escrow line item on the accompanying balance sheets as of September 30, 2024. Pursuant to the terms of the XCL Acquisition Agreement, the Company had the option to acquire certain additional assets adjacent to the XCL Assets (“Altamont Option Assets”) from the XCL Sellers for a purchase price equal to the XCL Sellers’ cost to acquire the Altamont Option Assets plus the XCL Sellers’ related out of pocket expenses. On August 5, 2024, the Company exercised the option to acquire the Altamont Option Assets.
On October 1, 2024 (“Closing Date”), immediately prior to the closing of the transactions contemplated by the XCL Acquisition Agreement, and as permitted by the XCL Acquisition Agreement and Cooperation Agreement, the Company assigned an undivided 20 percent interest in the XCL Acquisition Agreement to NOG and caused the XCL Sellers to directly assign an undivided 20 percent interest in both the XCL Assets and the Altamont Option Assets to NOG. Accordingly, on the Closing Date, the Company completed the acquisition of an undivided 80 percent interest in both the XCL Assets and the Altamont Option Assets, with an effective date of May 1, 2024 (“Uinta Basin Acquisition”). The Company’s undivided 80 percent interest in the assets acquired in the Uinta Basin Acquisition consists of approximately 63,300 net acres.
On the Closing Date, the unadjusted purchase price, net to the Company’s 80 percent undivided interest in the Uinta Basin Acquisition, was approximately $2.1 billion. The Company paid approximately $1.9 billion in cash to the XCL Sellers, using a portion of
the net proceeds from the issuance of the 2029 Senior Notes and 2032 Senior Notes discussed in Note 5 - Long-Term Debt, cash on hand, and borrowings under the Company’s revolving credit facility. Additionally, a majority of the Cash Deposit was disbursed to the XCL Sellers on the Closing Date. The remaining portion of the Cash Deposit will remain in escrow pending the completion of post-closing purchase price adjustments, which are expected to occur in the first quarter of 2025. Final purchase accounting for the Uinta Basin Acquisition was not complete at the time that this report was filed. The Company expects to account for the Uinta Basin Acquisition as an asset acquisition and will include any required disclosures and information related to the Uinta Basin Acquisition in its 2024 Annual Report on Form 10-K or earlier filed Current Reports on Form 8-K, as applicable, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC and authoritative accounting guidance.
2023 Acquisition Activity
On June 30, 2023, the Company acquired approximately 20,000 net acres of oil and gas properties located in Dawson and northern Martin counties, Texas. Total consideration paid after purchase price adjustments during the nine months ended September 30, 2023, was $88.9 million. Under authoritative accounting guidance, this transaction was accounted for as an asset acquisition. Therefore, the properties were recorded based on the total consideration paid after purchase price adjustments and the transaction costs were capitalized as a component of the cost of the assets acquired. Additionally, during the third quarter of 2023, the Company acquired additional working interests in certain wells located in the Midland Basin for approximately $20.4 million.