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Note 6 - Derivative Financial Instruments

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Note 6 - Derivative Financial Instruments
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
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.

 

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 June 30, 2020 are presented in the following tables:

 

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

 

Period

 

Notional Quantity (Bbls/day) (1)

   

Notional Quantity (Bbls) (1)

   

Strike Price

 

Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

    1,000       365,000     $ 41.00  

Crude Oil: Open Call Contracts - Bought, Priced off WTI (NYMEX)

 

Period

 

Notional Quantity (Bbls/day) (1)

   

Notional Quantity (Bbls) (1)

   

Strike Price

 

July 2020 - Dec. 2020

    10,000       1,840,000     $ 67.50  

 

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

 

Period

 

Notional Quantity (Bbls/day) (1)

   

Notional Quantity (Bbls) (1)

   

Put Option Weighted Strike Price (Bought)

   

Call Option Weighted Strike Price (Sold)

 

July 2020 - Dec. 2020

    10,000       1,840,000     $ 45.00     $ 63.51  

 

 

(1)

Bbls = Barrels


 

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

 

Period

 

Notional Quantity (MMBtu/day) (2)

   

Notional Quantity (MMBtu) (2)

   

Strike Price

 

Sept 2020 - Dec 2020

    10,000       1,220,000     $ 2.03  

 

 

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

 

Period

 

Notional Quantity (MMBtu/day) (2)

   

Notional Quantity (MMBtu) (2)

   

Strike Price

 

August 2020 - Dec. 2022

    40,000       35,320,000     $ 3.00  

 

 

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

 

Period

 

Notional Quantity (MMBtu/day) (2)

   

Notional Quantity (MMBtu) (2)

   

Put Option Weighted Strike Price (Bought)

   

Call Option Weighted Strike Price (Sold)

 

August 2020 - Dec. 2022

    40,000       35,320,000     $ 1.83     $ 3.00  
August 2020 - Dec. 2020     10,000       1,530,000     $ 1.75     $ 2.58  
Jan 2021 - Dec 2021     30,000       10,950,000     $ 2.18     $ 3.00  
Jan 2022 - Feb 2022     30,000       1,770,000     $ 2.20     $ 4.50  

 

 

(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):

 

   

June 30,

   

December 31,

 
   

2020

   

2019

 

Prepaid expenses and other assets

  $ 17,770     $ 7,266  

Other assets (long-term)

    3,486       2,653  
Accrued liabilities     1,779       1,785  
Other liabilities (long-term)     2,137        

 

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 our commodity derivative contracts were as follows (in thousands):

 

   

Three Months Ended June 30,

   

Six Months Ended June 30,

 
   

2020

   

2019

   

2020

   

2019

 

Derivative loss (gain)

  $ 15,414     $ (1,805 )   $ (46,498 )   $ 47,081  

 

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):

 

   

Six Months Ended June 30,

 
   

2020

   

2019

 

Cash receipts on derivative settlements, net

  $ 37,566     $ 12,792