Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Supplemental Oil and Gas Disclosures - Unaudited

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Supplemental Oil and Gas Disclosures - Unaudited
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industries Disclosures [Text Block]

19. Supplemental Oil and Gas Disclosures—UNAUDITED

Geographic Area of Operation

All of our proved reserves are located within the United States in the Gulf of Mexico. Therefore, the following disclosures about our costs incurred, results of operations and proved reserves are on a total-company basis.

Capitalized Costs

Net capitalized costs related to our oil, NGLs and natural gas producing activities are as follows (in millions):

Year Ended December 31, 

    

2021

    

2020

    

2019

Net capitalized costs:

  

  

  

Proved oil and natural gas properties and equipment

$

8,636.4

$

8,567.5

$

8,532.2

Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization related to oil, NGLs and natural gas activities

 

(7,981.3)

 

(7,890.9)

 

(7,793.3)

Net capitalized costs related to producing activities

$

655.1

$

676.6

$

738.9

Costs Incurred In Oil and Gas Property Acquisition, Exploration and Development Activities

The following costs were incurred in oil and gas acquisition, exploration, and development activities (in millions):

Year Ended December 31, 

    

2021

    

2020

    

2019

Costs incurred: (1)

  

  

  

Proved properties acquisitions

$

2.2

$

8.1

$

223.8

Exploration (2)

 

47.3

 

7.4

 

30.6

Development

 

18.4

 

23.6

 

114.5

Total costs incurred in oil and gas property acquisition, exploration and development activities

$

67.9

$

39.1

$

368.9

(1) Includes net additions from capitalized ARO of $36.2 million, $15.2 million, and $37.5 million during 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. These adjustments for ARO are associated with acquisitions, liabilities incurred, divestitures and revisions of estimates.
(2) Includes seismic costs of $0.1 million, $0.3 million, and $7.8 million incurred during 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively. Includes geological and geophysical costs charged to expense of $5.7 million, $4.5 million, and $5.7 million during 2021, 2020, and 2019, respectively.

Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion expense

The following table presents our depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion expense per barrel equivalent (“Boe”) of products sold:

    

Year Ended December 31, 

    

2021

    

2020

    

2019

Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion ($/Boe)

$

8.15

$

7.82

$

10.01

Oil and Natural Gas Reserve Information

There are numerous uncertainties in estimating quantities of proved reserves and in providing the future rates of production and timing of development expenditures. The following reserve information represents estimates only and are inherently imprecise and may be subject to substantial revisions as additional information such as reservoir performance, additional drilling, technological advancements and other factors become available. Decreases in the prices of oil, NGLs and natural gas could have an adverse effect on the carrying value of our proved reserves, reserve volumes and our revenues, profitability and cash flow. We are not the operator with respect to 25.3% of our proved developed non-producing reserves as of December 31, 2021 so we may not be in a position to control the timing of all development activities. We are the operator for substantially all of our proved undeveloped reserves as of December 31, 2021. In prior years, we were not the operator of substantially all proved undeveloped reserves.

All of the reserves are located in the United States with all located in state and federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico. The reserve estimates exclude insignificant royalties and interests owned by the Company due to the unavailability of such information. In addition to other criteria, estimated reserves are assessed for economic viability based on the unweighted average of first-day-of-the-month commodity prices over the period January through December for the year in accordance with definitions and guidelines set forth by the SEC and the FASB. The prices used do not purport, nor should it be interpreted, to present the current market prices related to our estimated oil and natural gas reserves. Actual future prices and costs may differ materially from those used in determining our proved reserves for the periods presented. The prices used are presented in the section below entitled “Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows”.

The following sets forth estimated quantities of our net proved, proved developed and proved undeveloped oil, NGLs and natural gas reserves:

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

    Total Energy Equivalent

Reserves (1)

    

    

Natural Gas

NGLs

Natural Gas

Oil Equivalent

Equivalent

Oil (MMBbls)

(MMBbls)

(Bcf)

(MMBoe)

(Bcfe)

Proved reserves as of December 31, 2018

 

39.1

 

9.8

 

210.5

 

84.0

 

504.1

Revisions of previous estimates (2)

 

1.4

 

(1.5)

 

(16.9)

 

(3.0)

 

(18.2)

Extensions and discoveries (3)

 

0.9

 

0.1

 

1.2

 

1.1

 

6.7

Purchase of minerals in place (4)

 

3.1

 

17.4

 

417.6

 

90.1

 

540.9

Production

 

(6.7)

 

(1.3)

 

(41.3)

 

(14.8)

 

(89.0)

Proved reserves as of December 31, 2019

 

37.8

 

24.5

 

571.1

 

157.4

 

944.5

Revisions of previous estimates (5)

 

(0.9)

 

(5.9)

 

31.6

 

(1.4)

 

(8.8)

Extensions and discoveries (6)

 

0.2

 

 

0.2

 

0.2

 

1.3

Purchase of minerals in place (7)

 

0.7

 

0.5

 

14.8

 

3.6

 

21.8

Production

 

(5.6)

 

(1.7)

 

(48.4)

 

(15.4)

 

(92.3)

Proved reserves as of December 31, 2020

 

32.2

 

17.4

 

569.3

 

144.4

 

866.5

Revisions of previous estimates (8)

 

10.0

 

3.1

 

83.0

 

27.1

 

162.4

Extensions and discoveries

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of minerals in place (9)

 

 

 

0.1

 

 

0.1

Production

 

(5.0)

 

(1.4)

 

(44.8)

 

(13.9)

 

(83.5)

Proved reserves as of December 31, 2021

 

37.2

 

19.1

 

607.6

 

157.6

 

945.5

Year-end proved developed reserves:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

2021

 

27.6

 

17.8

 

549.2

 

137.0

 

821.9

2020

 

24.0

 

16.5

 

550.2

 

132.2

 

793.3

2019

 

28.0

 

21.7

 

504.9

 

133.8

 

802.9

Year-end proved undeveloped reserves:

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

2021(10)

 

9.6

 

1.3

 

58.4

 

20.6

 

123.8

2020

 

8.2

 

0.9

 

19.1

 

12.2

 

73.2

2019

 

9.8

 

2.8

 

66.2

 

23.6

 

141.6

(1) The conversion to barrels of oil equivalent and cubic feet equivalent were determined using the energy-equivalent ratio of six Mcf of natural gas to one barrel of crude oil, condensate or NGLs (totals may not compute due to rounding). The energy-equivalent ratio does not assume price equivalency, and the energy-equivalent prices for crude oil, NGLs and natural gas may differ significantly.

(2) Increases primarily related to upward revisions to our Ship Shoal 028 field and our Main Pass 108 field. Decreases of 10.0 MMBoe were due to price revisions for all proved reserves, which include estimated price revisions of the purchase of minerals in place from the date of purchase to December 31, 2019.

(3) Primarily related to extensions and discoveries of 0.9 MMBoe at our Mississippi Canyon 800 (Gladden) field.

(4) Primarily related to the Mobile Bay Properties and Magnolia acquisitions.

(5) Decreases of 27.7 MMBoe were due to price revisions for all proved reserves. increases of 26.2 MMBoe were primarily related to technical revisions at our Mobile Bay and Fairway properties.

(6) Primarily related to the discovery at East Cameron 338 field.

(7) Primarily related to the Mobile Bay Properties and Mahogany working interest acquisitions.

(8) Increases of 27.1 MMBoe were due to price revisions for all proved reserves.

(9) Primarily related to Main Pass working interest acquisitions.

(10) We believe that we will be able to develop all but 2.5 MMBoe (approximately 12%) of the total 20.6 MMBoe classified as PUDs at December 31, 2021, within five years from the date such PUDs were initially recorded. The lone exceptions are at the Mississippi Canyon 243 field (“Matterhorn”) and Viosca Knoll 823 (“Virgo”) deepwater fields where future development drilling has been planned as sidetracks of existing wellbores due to conductor slot limitations and rig availability. Two sidetrack PUD locations, one each at Matterhorn and Virgo, will be delayed until an existing well is depleted and available to sidetrack. We also plan to recomplete and convert an existing producer at Matterhorn to water injection for improved recovery following depletion of existing well. Based on the latest reserve report, these PUD locations are expected to be developed in 2023 and 2024.

Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows

The following presents the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows related to our proved oil and natural gas reserves together with changes therein. Future cash inflows represent expected revenues from production of period-end quantities of proved reserves based on the unweighted average of first-day-of-the-month commodity prices for the periods presented. All prices are adjusted by field for quality, transportation fees, energy content and regional price differentials. Due to the lack of a benchmark price for NGLs, a ratio is computed for each field of the NGLs realized price compared to the crude oil realized price. Then, this ratio is applied to the crude oil price using FASB/SEC guidance. The average commodity prices weighted by field production and after adjustments related to the proved reserves are as follows:

December 31, 

    

2021

    

2020

    

2019

Oil ($/Bbl)

$

65.25

$

37.78

$

58.11

NGLs ($/Bbl)

 

26.83

 

10.29

 

18.72

Natural gas ($/Mcf)

 

3.68

 

2.05

 

2.63

Future production, development costs and ARO are based on costs in effect at the end of each of the respective years with no escalations. Estimated future net cash flows, net of future income taxes, have been discounted to their present values based on a 10% annual discount rate.

The standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows does not purport, nor should it be interpreted, to present the fair market value of our oil and natural gas reserves. These estimates reflect proved reserves only and ignore, among other things, future changes in prices and costs, revenues that could result from probable reserves which could become proved reserves in 2022 or later years and the risks inherent in reserve estimates. The standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows relating to our proved oil and natural gas reserves is as follows (in millions):

Year Ended December 31, 

    

2021

    

2020

    

2019

Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows

  

  

  

Future cash inflows

$

5,178.2

$

2,561.2

$

4,153.8

Future costs:

 

  

 

  

 

  

Production

 

(2,061.7)

 

(1,257.4)

 

(1,901.1)

Development and abandonment

 

(976.5)

 

(707.4)

 

(794.7)

Income taxes

 

(359.0)

 

(60.5)

 

(170.5)

Future net cash inflows before 10% discount

 

1,781.0

 

535.9

 

1,287.5

10% annual discount factor

 

(625.0)

 

(42.2)

 

(300.6)

Total

$

1,156.0

$

493.7

$

986.9

The change in the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows relating to our proved oil and natural gas reserves is as follows (in millions):

Year Ended December 31,

    

2021

    

2020

    

2019

Changes in Standardized Measure

  

  

  

Standardized measure, beginning of year

$

493.7

$

986.9

$

1,067.0

Increases (decreases):

 

  

 

  

 

  

Sales and transfers of oil and gas produced, net of production costs

 

(370.5)

 

(168.6)

 

(315.8)

Net changes in price, net of future production costs

 

980.9

 

(503.7)

 

(376.4)

Extensions and discoveries, net of future production and development costs

 

 

2.8

 

27.0

Changes in estimated future development costs

 

(25.4)

 

(15.9)

 

(6.0)

Previously estimated development costs incurred

 

0.6

 

1.4

 

19.3

Revisions of quantity estimates

 

289.6

 

(65.2)

 

116.4

Accretion of discount

 

44.0

 

111.8

 

107.4

Net change in income taxes

 

(181.8)

 

87.7

 

62.9

Purchases of reserves in-place

 

0.5

 

44.6

 

298.3

Sales of reserves in-place

 

 

 

Changes in production rates due to timing and other

 

(75.6)

 

11.9

 

(13.2)

Net (decrease) increase

 

662.3

 

(493.2)

 

(80.1)

Standardized measure, end of year

$

1,156.0

$

493.7

$

986.9