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Note 6 - Derivative Financial Instruments

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Note 6 - Derivative Financial Instruments
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

6.

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

Our market risk exposure relates primarily to commodity prices and, from time to time, we use various derivative instruments to manage our exposure to this commodity price risk from sales of our crude oil and natural gas.  All of the present derivative counterparties are also lenders or affiliates of lenders participating in our Credit Agreement.  We are exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the derivative counterparties; however, we currently anticipate that each of our derivative counterparties will be able to fulfill their contractual obligations.  We are not required to provide additional collateral to the derivative counterparties and we do not require collateral from our derivative counterparties.

 

We have elected not to designate our commodity derivative contracts as hedging instruments; therefore, all current period changes in the fair value of derivative contracts are recognized in earnings during the periods presented.  The cash flows of all of our commodity derivative contracts are included in Net cash provided by operating activities on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

 

We entered into commodity contracts for crude oil and natural gas which related to a portion of our expected future production.  The crude oil contracts are based on West Texas Intermediate (“WTI”) crude oil prices and the natural gas contracts are based off the Henry Hub prices, both of which are quoted off the New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”).  The open contracts as of March 31, 2021 are presented in the following tables:

 

Crude Oil: Open Swap Contracts - Priced off WTI (NYMEX)

 

Period

 

Average Notional Quantity (Bbls/day) (1)

   

Notional Quantity (Bbls) (1)

   

Weighted Strike Price

 

Apr 2021 - Dec 2021

    4,000       1,100,000     $ 42.06  

Jan 2022 - Feb 2022

    3,000       177,000     $ 42.98  

Mar 2022 - May 2022

    2,044       188,006     $ 42.33  

Mar 2022 - Sept 2022

    1,615       345,638     $ 54.53  

 

 

Crude Oil: Open Collar Contracts - Priced off WTI (NYMEX)

 

Period

 

Average Notional Quantity (Bbls/day) (1)

   

Notional Quantity (Bbls) (1)

   

Put Option Weighted Strike Price (Bought)

   

Call Option Weighted Strike Price (Sold)

 

Apr 2021 - Dec 2021

    200       55,000     $ 40.00     $ 54.90  

Apr 2021 - Feb 2022

    2,273       759,237     $ 38.50     $ 56.65  

Mar 2022 - May 2022

    2,000       184,000     $ 35.00     $ 48.50  

Mar 2022 - Sept 2022

    1,615       345,638     $ 45.00     $ 62.50  

 

(1)

Bbls = Barrels

 

Natural Gas: Open Swap Contracts, Bought, Priced off Henry Hub (NYMEX)

 

Period

 

Average Notional Quantity (MMBtu/day) (2)

   

Notional Quantity (MMBtu) (2)

   

Strike Price

 

Apr 2021 - Dec 2021

    10,000       2,750,000     $ 2.62  

Jan 2022

    20,000       620,000     $ 2.79  

Feb 2022

    30,000       840,000     $ 2.79  

Mar 2022 - May 2022

    10,544       970,075     $ 2.69  

Mar 2022 - Sept 2022

    10,628       2,274,311     $

2.44

 

 

Natural Gas: Open Call Contracts, Bought, Priced off Henry Hub (NYMEX)

 

Period

 

Average Notional Quantity (MMBtu/day) (2)

   

Notional Quantity (MMBtu) (2)

   

Strike Price

 

Nov 2020 - Dec. 2022

    40,000       25,600,000     $ 3.00  

 

Natural Gas: Open Collar Contracts, Priced off Henry Hub (NYMEX)

 

Period

 

Average Notional Quantity (MMBtu/day) (2)

   

Notional Quantity (MMBtu) (2)

   

Put Option Weighted Strike Price (Bought)

   

Call Option Weighted Strike Price (Sold)

 

Apr 2021 - Dec 2021

    30,000       8,250,000     $ 2.18     $ 3.00  

Apr 2021 - Dec. 2022

    40,000       25,600,000     $ 1.83     $ 3.00  

Jan 2022 - Feb 2022

    30,000       1,770,000     $ 2.20     $ 4.50  

Mar 2022 - May 2022

    10,000       920,000     $ 2.25     $

3.40

 

 

(2)

MMBtu = Million British Thermal Units

 

The following amounts were recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets in the categories presented and include the fair value of open contracts, and closed contracts which had not yet settled (in thousands):

 

   

March 31,

   

December 31,

 
   

2021

   

2020

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

  $ 2,701     $ 2,752  

Other assets (long-term)

    1,731       2,762  

Accrued liabilities

    32,703       13,620  

Other liabilities (long-term)

    3,514       4,384  

 

The amounts recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are on a gross basis.  If these were recorded on a net settlement basis, it would not have resulted in any material differences in reported amounts.

 

 

Changes in the fair value and settlements of contracts are recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations as Derivative loss (gain). The impact of our commodity derivative contracts has on the condensed consolidated Statements of Operations were as follows (in thousands):

 

   

Three Months Ended March 31,

 
   

2021

   

2020

 
Realized loss (gain)   $ 8,244     $ (9,392 )
Unrealized loss (gain)     16,334       (52,520 )

Derivative loss (gain)

  $ 24,578     $ (61,912 )

 

 

Cash receipts on commodity derivative contract settlements, net, are included within Net cash provided by operating activities on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and were as follows (in thousands):

 

   

Three Months Ended March 31,

 
   

2021

   

2020

 

Derivative cash (payments) receipts, net

  $ (4,604 )   $ 4,404