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Commodity Risk Management Activities

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Commodity Risk Management Activities

Commodity Risk Management Activities

14. Commodity Risk Management Activities

Commodity Price Risks

Epsilon engages in price risk management activities from time to time. These activities are intended to manage Epsilon’s exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices for natural gas by securing derivative contracts for a portion of expected sales volumes.

Inherent in the Company’s fixed price contracts, are certain business risks, including market risk and credit risk. Market risk is the risk that the price of oil and natural gas will change, either favorably or unfavorably, in response to changing market conditions. Credit risk is the risk of loss from nonperformance by the Company’s counterparty to a contract. The Company does not currently require collateral from any of its counterparties nor does its counterparties require collateral from the Company.

The Company enters into certain commodity derivative instruments to mitigate commodity price risk associated with a portion of its future natural gas production and related cash flows. The natural gas revenues and cash flows are affected by changes in commodity product prices, which are volatile and cannot be accurately predicted. The objective for holding these commodity derivatives is to protect the operating revenues and cash flows related to a portion of the future natural gas sales from the risk of significant declines in commodity prices, which helps ensure the Company’s ability to fund the capital budget.

Epsilon has historically elected not to designate any of its financial commodity derivative contracts as accounting hedges and, accordingly, accounts for these financial commodity derivative contracts using the mark-to-market accounting method. Under this accounting method, changes in the fair value of outstanding financial instruments are recognized as gains or losses in the period of change and are recorded as gain (loss) on derivative contracts on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). The related cash flow impact is reflected in cash flows from operating activities. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, Epsilon recognized gains on commodity derivative contracts of $628,178 and $1,696,838, respectively. This amount included cash received on settlements on these contracts of $1,269,558 and $1,632,858 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, Epsilon recognized gains (losses) on commodity derivative contracts of $776,994 and ($194,910), respectively. This amount included cash paid on settlements on these contracts of $163,559 and $1,375,287 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively.

Commodity Derivative Contracts

At June 30, 2023, the Company had outstanding NYMEX Henry Hub (“HH”) swaps totaling 0.46 Bcf and Tennessee Z4 basis swaps totaling 0.46 Bcf outstanding.

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​	​	Fair Value of Derivative  Assets
​		June 30,			December 31,
​	​	2023		​	2022
Current		​			​
NYMEX Henry Hub swap		$	1,106,445	​	$	1,219,865
Tennessee Z4 basis swap		​	179,625	​	​	181,775
​		$	1,286,070	​	$	1,401,640

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​	​	Fair Value of Derivative  Liabilities
​		June 30,			December 31,
​	​	2023		​	2022
Current		​			​
Tennessee Z4 basis swap		$	—	​	$	(179,550)
​		$	—	​	$	(179,550)
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Net Fair Value of Derivatives		$	1,286,070	​	$	1,222,090

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The following table presents the changes in the fair value of Epsilon’s commodity derivatives for the periods indicated:

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​	​	Three months ended June 30,					​	Six months ended June 30,
​		2023			2022			2023			2022
Fair value of asset (liability), beginning of the period	​	$	1,927,450	​	$	—	​	$	1,222,090	​	$	(239,824)
Gains (losses) on derivative contracts included in earnings	​		628,178	​		776,994	​		1,696,838	​		(194,910)
Settlement of commodity derivative contracts	​		(1,269,558)	​		163,559	​		(1,632,858)	​		1,375,287
Fair value of asset, end of the period	​	$	1,286,070	​	$	940,553	​	$	1,286,070	​	$	940,553

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The entire disclosure for derivative instruments and hedging activities including, but not limited to, risk management strategies, non-hedging derivative instruments, assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses, and methodologies and assumptions used in determining the amounts.

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