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9. Derivative Instruments | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Derivative Instruments | The Company is required to recognize all derivative instruments on the balance sheet as either assets or liabilities measured at fair value. The Company has not designated its derivative instruments as cash flow hedges for accounting purposes and, as such, marks its derivative instruments to fair value and recognizes the realized and unrealized changes in fair value in its statements of operations under the captions “Loss on settled derivatives” and “Loss on the mark-to-market of derivatives.” The Company has utilized swap and collar derivative contracts. While the use of these derivative instruments limits the downside risk of adverse price movements, their use also limits the upside revenue potential of upward price movements. For a fixed price swap contract, the counterparty is required to make a payment to the Company if the settlement price for any settlement period is less than the swap price and the Company is required to make a payment to the counterparty if the settlement price for any period is greater than the swap price. For a collar contract, the counterparty is required to make a payment to the Company if the settlement price for any settlement period is below the floor price, the Company is required to make a payment to the counterparty if the settlement price for any settlement period is above the ceiling price and no payment is required by either party if the settlement price for any settlement period is between the floor price and the ceiling price. The Company’s derivative contracts are settled based on reported settlement prices on commodity exchanges, with crude oil derivative settlements based on NYMEX West Texas Intermediate (“WTI”) pricing. As of September 30, 2015, the Company had outstanding derivative contracts with respect to future production as follows: Crude Oil Swaps
Settlement Period |  | Oil (Barrels) |  |  | Fixed Price |
October 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015 |  |  | 6,000 |  |  | $ | 88.28 |
October 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015 |  |  | 5,250 |  |  | $ | 89.70 |
October 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015 |  |  | 3,000 |  |  | $ | 92.38 |
October 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015 |  |  | 7,500 |  |  | $ | 90.16 |
October 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015 |  |  | 36,000 |  |  | $ | 61.87 |
April 1, 2016 – May 31, 2016 |  |  | 15,000 |  |  | $ | 62.88 |
April 1, 2016 – May 31, 2016 |  |  | 10,000 |  |  | $ | 90.36 |
April 1, 2016 – May 31, 2016 |  |  | 4,000 |  |  | $ | 88.15 |
Crude Oil Costless Collars
|  |  |  |  | Floor/Ceiling |  |  |  |
Settlement Period |  | Oil (Barrels) |  |  | Price |  |  | Basis |
October 1, 2015 – December 31, 2015 |  |  | 9,000 |  |  |  | $75.00/$95.60 |  |  |  | NYMEX |
April 1, 2016 – May 31, 2016 |  |  | 3,334 |  |  |  | $80.00/$89.50 |  |  |  | NYMEX |
As of September 30, 2015, the Company had total volume on open commodity swaps of 86,750 barrels at a weighted average price of approximately $73.55 per barrel. Derivative Liquidations On September 24, 2015, the Company settled all its 2017 and 2018 derivative contracts and the majority of its 2016 derivative contracts prior to the expiration of their contractual maturities, resulting in the receipt of cash proceeds totaling $6,255,000. The resulting gain is included in gain (loss) on settled derivatives for the nine months ended September 30, 2015. Derivative Gains and Losses The following table presents realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments for the periods presented:
|  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 30, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Gain (loss) on settled derivatives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crude oil fixed price swaps |  | $ | 8,579,756 |  |  | $ | (449,135 | )
Crude oil collars |  |  | 857,147 |  |  |  | – |
Gain (loss) on settled derivatives, net |  | $ | 9,436,903 |  |  | $ | (449,135 | )
Gain (loss) on the mark-to-market of derivatives: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Crude oil fixed price swaps |  | $ | (4,366,810 | ) |  | $ | 1,012,502 |
Crude oil collars |  |  | (519,374 | ) |  |  | 40,137 |
Gain (loss) on the mark-to-market of derivatives, net |  | $ | (4,886,184 | ) |  | $ | 1,052,639 |
Balance Sheet Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Liabilities In accordance with FASB issued ASU No. 2011-11, Balance Sheet (Topic 210)-Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities, all of the Company’s derivative contracts are carried at their fair value in the condensed balance sheets under the captions “Derivative instruments” and “Noncurrent derivative instruments”. Derivative instruments from the same counterparty that are subject to contractual terms which provide for net settlement are reported on a net basis in the condensed balance sheets. The following tables present the gross amounts of recognized derivative assets and liabilities, the amounts offset under the netting arrangements with counterparties, and the resulting net amounts presented in the condensed balance sheets for the periods presented, all at fair value.
|  | September 30, 2015 |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
|  |  |  |  | Gross |  |  | Net |  |  |  |  |  | Gross |  |  | Net |
|  | Gross |  |  | amounts |  |  | amounts of |  |  | Gross |  |  | amounts |  |  | amounts of |
|  | amounts of |  |  | offset |  |  | assets |  |  | amounts of |  |  | offset |  |  | assets |
|  | recognized |  |  | on balance |  |  | on balance |  |  | recognized |  |  | on balance |  |  | on balance |
|  | assets |  |  | sheet |  |  | sheet |  |  | assets |  |  | sheet |  |  | sheet |
Commodity derivative assets |  | $ | 2,694,001 |  |  | $ | (440 | ) |  | $ | 2,693,561 |  |  | $ | 7,620,896 |  |  | $ | (41,151 | ) |  | $ | 7,579,745 |
|  |  | September 30, 2015 |  |  |  | December 31, 2014 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Gross |  |  |  | Net |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Gross |  |  |  | Net |
|  |  | Gross |  |  |  | amounts |  |  |  | amounts of |  |  |  | Gross |  |  |  | amounts |  |  |  | amounts of |
|  |  | amounts of |  |  |  | offset |  |  |  | liabilities |  |  |  | amounts of |  |  |  | offset |  |  |  | liabilities |
|  |  | recognized |  |  |  | on balance |  |  |  | on balance |  |  |  | recognized |  |  |  | on balance |  |  |  | on balance |
|  |  | liabilities |  |  |  | sheet |  |  |  | sheet |  |  |  | liabilities |  |  |  | sheet |  |  |  | sheet |
Commodity derivative liabilities |  | $ | – |  |  | $ | – |  |  | $ | – |  |  | $ | – |  |  | $ | – |  |  | $ | – |
The following table reconciles the net amounts disclosed above to the individual financial statement line items in the condensed balance sheets:
|  | September 30, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Derivative assets |  | $ | 2,693,561 |  |  | $ | 3,571,803 |
Noncurrent derivative assets |  |  | – |  |  |  | 4,007,942 |
Net amount of assets on the balance sheet |  |  | 2,693,561 |  |  |  | 7,579,745 |
Current portion of derivative liabilities |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Derivative liabilities |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Net amount of liabilities on the balance sheet |  |  | – |  |  |  | – |
Total derivative assets (liabilities), net |  | $ | 2,693,561 |  |  | $ | 7,579,745 |

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