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Note 6 - Derivative Financial Instruments

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Note 6 - Derivative Financial Instruments
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
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 changes in the fair value of derivative contracts were recognized currently 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.
 
During
2018,
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 as quoted off the New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”).  The natural gas contracts were based on Henry Hub natural gas prices as quoted off the NYMEX and expired during the
second
quarter of
2019.
  The open contracts as of
September 
30,
2019
are presented in the following tables:
 
Crude Oil: Swap, Priced off WTI (NYMEX)
 
Termination Period
 
Notional Quantity (Bbls/day) (1)
   
Notional Quantity (Bbls) (1)
   
Strike Price
 
May 2020
 
1,500
   
366,000
    $
60.80
 
May 2020
 
5,000
   
1,220,000
     
61.00
 
May 2020
 
3,500
   
854,000
     
60.85
 
 
 
(
1
)
Bbls = Barrels
 
Crude Oil: Calls - Bought, Priced off WTI (NYMEX)
 
Termination Period
 
Notional Quantity (Bbls/day) (1)
   
Notional Quantity (Bbls) (1)
   
Strike Price
 
May 2020
 
10,000
   
2,440,000
    $
61.00
 
 
 
(
1
)
Bbls = Barrels
 
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):
 
   
September 30,
   
December 31,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
Prepaid expenses and other assets
  $
23,150
    $
60,687
 
Other assets (non-current)
   
     
21,275
 
 
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 differences in reported amounts.
 
Changes in the fair value and settlements of our commodity derivative contracts were as follows (in thousands):
 
   
Three Months Ended September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
   
2019
   
2018
   
2019
   
2018
 
Derivative (gain) loss
  $
(5,853
)   $
(288
)   $
41,228
    $
5,931
 
 
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):
 
   
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
   
2019
   
2018
 
Cash receipts (payments) on derivative settlements, net
  $
17,583
    $
(3,091
)