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DERIVATIVE AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

DERIVATIVE AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

DERIVATIVE AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

9. DERIVATIVE AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES

The Company is exposed to certain risks relating to its ongoing business operations, such as commodity price risk and interest rate risk. In accordance with the Company’s policy and the requirements under the Term Loan Agreement, it generally hedges a substantial, but varying, portion of anticipated oil and natural gas production for future periods. Derivatives are carried at fair value on the consolidated balance sheets as assets or liabilities, with the changes in the fair value included in the consolidated statements of operations for the period in which the change occurs. The Company has elected not to designate any of its derivative contracts for hedge accounting. Accordingly, the Company records the net change in the mark-to-market valuation of these derivative contracts, as well as all payments and receipts on settled derivative contracts, in “Net gain (loss) on derivative contracts” on the consolidated statements of operations. The Company’s hedge policies and objectives may change significantly as its operational profile changes. The Company does not enter into derivative contracts for speculative trading purposes.

It is the Company’s policy to enter into derivative contracts only with counterparties that are creditworthy financial or commodity hedging institutions deemed by management as competent and competitive market makers. As of December 31, 2024, the Company did not post collateral under any of its derivative contracts as they are secured under the Company’s 2024 Amended Term Loan Agreement.

The Company’s crude oil and natural gas derivative positions at any point in time may consist of fixed-price swaps, costless put/call collars, basis swaps and WTI NYMEX rolls further described as follows:

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Fixed-price swaps are designed so that the Company receives or makes payments based on a differential between fixed and variable prices for crude oil and natural gas.

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Costless collars consist of a sold call, which establishes a maximum price the Company will receive for the volumes under contract and a purchased put that establishes a minimum price and are generally utilized less frequently by the Company than fixed-price swaps.

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Basis swaps effectively lock in a price differential between regional prices (i.e. Midland) where the product is sold and the relevant pricing index under which the oil production is hedged (i.e. Cushing).

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WTI NYMEX roll agreements account for pricing adjustments to the trade month versus the delivery month for contract pricing.

The following table summarizes the location and fair value amounts of all derivative contracts in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):


		Years Ended December 31,								Years Ended December 31,
Balance sheet location		2024			2023			Balance sheet location		2024			2023
Current assets		$	6,969		$	8,992		Current liabilities		$	(12,330)		$	(17,191)
Other noncurrent assets			4,052			4,877		Other noncurrent liabilities			(6,954)			(16,058)
		$	11,021		$	13,869				$	(19,284)		$	(33,249)

The following table summarizes the location and amounts of the Company’s realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivative contracts in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):


		Location of gain or (loss)
		on derivative contracts on		Years Ended December 31,
Type		Statement of Operations		2024			2023
Commodity contracts:
Unrealized gain (loss)		Other income (expenses)		$	11,116		$	21,934
Realized gain (loss)		Other income (expenses)			(8,808)			(9,245)
Total net gain (loss)				$	2,308		$	12,689

At December 31, 2024, the Company had the following open crude oil and natural gas derivative contracts:


Instrument			2025			2026			2027			2028
Crude oil:
Fixed-price swap:
Total volumes (Bbls)			1,289,110			709,672			653,869			521,433
Weighted average price		$	61.45		$	62.75		$	61.65		$	62.71
Basis swap:
Total volumes (Bbls)			1,299,293			716,700			748,985			521,433
Weighted average price		$	0.32		$	0.26		$	0.49		$	0.65
WTI NYMEX roll:
Total volumes (Bbls)			1,426,629			988,103			748,985			521,433
Weighted average price		$	0.14		$	(0.05)		$	(0.03)		$	(0.27)
Natural gas:
Fixed-price swap:
Total volumes (MMBtu)			3,459,697			1,098,125			1,680,815			1,932,378
Weighted average price		$	3.25		$	3.90		$	3.76		$	3.33
Two-way collar:
Total volumes (MMBtu)			974,900			878,900			900,000			—
Weighted average price (call)		$	4.79		$	4.72		$	5.75		$	—
Weighted average price (put)		$	3.73		$	4.06		$	4.25		$	—
Basis swap:
Total volumes (MMBtu)			5,950,283			3,992,003			2,562,222			1,932,378
Weighted average price		$	(0.68)		$	(0.76)		$	(0.71)		$	(0.86)

The Company presents the fair value of its derivative contracts at the gross amounts in the consolidated balance sheets. The following table shows the potential effects of master netting arrangements on the fair value of the Company’s derivative contracts at December 31, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):


		Assets from Derivative Contracts						Liabilities from Derivative Contracts
		Years Ended December 31,						Years Ended December 31,
Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Liabilities		2024			2023			2024			2023

Gross amounts recognized in the Consolidated Balance Sheet		$	11,021		$	13,869		$	(19,284)		$	(33,249)
Amounts not offset in the Consolidated Balance Sheet			(11,021)			(13,218)			11,021			13,218
Net amount		$	—		$	651		$	(8,263)		$	(20,031)

The Company enters into an International Swap Dealers Association Master Agreement (“ISDA”) with each counterparty prior to a derivative contract with such counterparty. The ISDA is a standard contract that governs all derivative contracts entered into between the Company and the respective counterparty. The ISDA allows for offsetting of amounts payable or receivable between the Company and the counterparty, at the election of both parties, for transactions that occur on the same date and in the same currency.