DERIVATIVES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

The Company periodically enters into commodity derivative contracts to mitigate a portion of its exposure to potentially adverse market changes in commodity prices for its expected future oil and natural gas production and the associated impact on cash flows. The Company’s commodity derivative contracts consist of swaps, collars, and basis protection swap arrangements. As of March 31, 2023, all derivative counterparties were members of the Credit Facility lender group and all commodity derivative contracts are entered into for other-than-trading purposes. The Company does not designate its commodity derivative contracts as hedging instruments.

A typical swap arrangement guarantees a fixed price on contracted volumes. If the agreed upon published third-party index price (“index price”) is lower than the fixed contract price at the time of settlement, the Company receives the difference between the index price and the fixed contract price. If the index price is higher than the fixed contact price at the time of settlement, the Company pays the difference between the index price and the fixed contract price.

A typical collar arrangement establishes a floor and ceiling price on contracted volumes through the use of a short call and a long put (“two-way collar”). When the index price is above the ceiling price at the time of settlement, the Company pays the difference between the index price and the ceiling price. When the index price is below the floor price at the time of settlement, the Company receives the difference between the index price and floor price. When the index price is between the floor price and ceiling price, no payment or receipt occurs. A minority of our collar arrangements combine a two-way collar with a short put that holds an exercise price below the floor price (“three-way collar”). In these arrangements, when the index price is below the floor price at the time of settlement, the Company receives the difference between the index price and the floor price, capped at the difference between the floor price and the exercise price of the short put.

Basis protection swaps are arrangements that guarantee a price differential for natural gas from a specified delivery point. For basis protection swaps, the Company receives a payment from the counterparty if the price differential is greater than the stated terms of the contract and pays the counterparty if the price differential is less than the stated terms of the contract.

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had entered into the following commodity price derivative contracts:


	Contract Period
	Q2 2023		Q3 2023		Q4 2023		Q1 2024		Q2 - Q4 2024
Oil Derivatives (volumes in Bbl/day and prices in $/Bbl)
Swaps
NYMEX WTI Volumes	1,205		1,053		984		814		1,087
Weighted-Average Contract Price	$	73.49	$	70.92	$	70.61	$	73.27	$	65.18







Three-Way Collars
NYMEX WTI Volumes	1,436		1,302		1,172		573		—
Weighted-Average Ceiling Price	$	57.69	$	57.48	$	56.49	$	56.25	$	—
Weighted-Average Floor Price	$	48.10	$	47.91	$	49.04	$	45.00	$	—
Weighted-Average Sold Put Price	$	37.70	$	37.41	$	39.04	$	35.00	$	—



Natural Gas Derivatives (volumes in MMBtu/day and prices in $/million British thermal units (“MMBtu”))
Swaps
NYMEX HH Volumes	46,374		46,120		45,947		31,790		21,619
Weighted-Average Contract Price	$	2.64	$	2.61	$	2.60	$	2.69	$	2.71


Two-Way Collars
NYMEX HH Volumes	1,563		1,887		1,756		736		1,131
Weighted-Average Ceiling Price	$	2.78	$	2.96	$	2.96	$	3.16	$	3.02
Weighted-Average Floor Price	$	2.21	$	2.34	$	2.38	$	2.50	$	2.35



Three-Way Collars
NYMEX HH Volumes	505		—		—		1,166		18
Weighted-Average Ceiling Price	$	3.33	$	—	$	—	$	3.50	$	3.42
Weighted-Average Floor Price	$	2.50	$	—	$	—	$	2.50	$	2.50
Weighted-Average Sold Put Price	$	2.00	$	—	$	—	$	2.00	$	2.00
Basis Protection Swaps
CIG-NYMEX HH Volumes	48,442		48,007		47,703		33,692		22,199
Weighted-Average Contract Price	$	(0.46)	$	(0.46)	$	(0.46)	$	(0.27)	$	(0.27)

Derivative Assets and Liabilities Fair Value

The Company’s commodity price derivatives are measured at fair value and are included in the accompanying balance sheets as derivative assets and liabilities. The following table contains a summary of all the Company’s derivative positions reported on the accompanying balance sheets as well as a reconciliation between the gross assets and liabilities and the potential effects of master netting arrangements on the fair value of the Company’s commodity derivative contracts as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 (in thousands):


	March 31, 2023		December 31, 2022
Derivative Assets:
Commodity contracts - current	$	3,319	$	2,490
Commodity contracts - noncurrent	2,463		794
Total derivative assets	5,782		3,284
Amounts not offset in the accompanying balance sheets	(3,203)		—
Total derivative assets, net	$	2,579	$	3,284

Derivative Liabilities:
Commodity contracts - current	$	(22,878)	$	(46,334)
Commodity contracts - long-term	(7,442)		(17,199)
Total derivative liabilities	(30,320)		(63,533)
Amounts not offset in the accompanying balance sheets	3,203		—
Total derivative liabilities, net	$	(27,117)	$	(63,533)

The following table summarizes the components of the derivative gain (loss) presented on the accompanying statements of operations for the periods below (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023		2022
Derivative cash settlement loss:
Oil contracts	$	(3,449)	$	(125,162)
Natural gas contracts	(7,101)		(28,784)
NGL contracts	—		(12,632)
Total derivative cash settlement loss	(10,550)		(166,578)
Change in fair value gain (loss)	35,710		(128,915)
Total derivative gain (loss)	$	25,160	$	(295,493)