W&T Offshore, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 8 — DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

W&T’s market risk exposure relates primarily to commodity prices. The Company attempts to mitigate a portion of its commodity price risk and stabilize cash flows associated with sales of oil and natural gas production through the use of oil and natural gas swaps, costless collars, sold calls and purchased puts. The Company is exposed to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the derivative counterparties; however, the Company currently anticipates that the derivative counterparties will be able to fulfill their contractual obligations. The Company is not required to provide additional collateral to the derivative counterparties and does not require collateral from the derivative counterparties.

W&T has elected not to designate commodity derivative contracts for hedge accounting. Accordingly, commodity derivatives are recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value with settlements of such contracts, and changes in the unrealized fair value, recorded as Derivative loss on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in each period presented. The cash flows of all commodity derivative contracts are included in Net cash provided by operating activities on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

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 following table reflects the contracted volumes and weighted average prices under the terms of the Company’s open derivative contracts as of March 31, 2022:



		Average
	Instrument	Daily	Total	Weighted		Weighted		Weighted
Period	Type	Volumes	Volumes	Strike Price		Put Price		Call Price

Crude Oil - WTI (NYMEX)		(Bbls)⁽¹⁾	(Bbls)⁽¹⁾		($/Bbls)⁽¹⁾		($/Bbls)⁽¹⁾		($/Bbls)⁽¹⁾
Apr 2022 - Nov 2022	swaps	2,410	588,027	$	52.83	$	—	$	—
Apr 2022 - Nov 2022	collars	2,403	586,377	$	—	$	43.15	$	60.47

Natural Gas - Henry Hub (NYMEX)		(MMbtu)⁽²⁾	(MMbtu)⁽²⁾		($/MMbtu)⁽²⁾		($/MMbtu)⁽²⁾		($/MMbtu)⁽²⁾
Apr 2022 - Dec 2022	calls	111,519	30,667,734	$	—	$	—	$	3.78
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023	calls	70,000	25,550,000	$	—	$	—	$	3.50
Jan 2024 - Dec 2024	calls	65,000	23,790,000	$	—	$	—	$	3.50
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025	calls	62,000	5,580,000	$	—	$	—	$	3.50
Apr 2022 - Dec 2022	collars	42,218	11,610,000	$	—	$	1.85	$	3.02
Apr 2022 - Nov 2022	swaps	16,224	3,958,540	$	2.52	$	—	$	—
Apr 2022 - Dec 2022 ⁽³⁾	swaps	78,545	21,600,000	$	2.55	$	—	$	—
Jan 2023 - Dec 2023 ⁽³⁾	swaps	72,329	26,400,000	$	2.48	$	—	$	—
Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 ⁽³⁾	swaps	65,574	24,000,000	$	2.46	$	—	$	—
Jan 2025 - Mar 2025 ⁽³⁾	swaps	63,333	5,700,000	$	2.72	$	—	$	—
Apr 2025 - Dec 2025⁽³⁾	puts	62,182	17,100,000	$	—	$	2.27	$	—
Jan 2026 - Dec 2026 ⁽³⁾	puts	55,890	20,400,000	$	—	$	2.35	$	—
Jan 2027 - Dec 2027 ⁽³⁾	puts	52,603	19,200,000	$	—	$	2.37	$	—
Jan 2028 - Apr 2028 ⁽³⁾	puts	49,587	6,000,000	$	—	$	2.50	$	—

⁽¹⁾	^{Bbls – Barrels}

⁽²⁾	^{MMbtu – Million British Thermal Units}

⁽³⁾	^{These contracts were entered into by the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, A-I LLC, in conjunction with the Mobile Bay Transaction (see}^{Note 5 – Mobile Bay Transaction).}

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


	March 31, 2022		December 31, 2021
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	77,658	$	21,086
Other assets (long-term)		49,550		34,435
Accrued liabilities		177,298		81,456
Other liabilities (long-term)		63,318		37,989

The amounts recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets are on a gross basis.

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


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Realized loss	$	43,694	$	8,244
Unrealized loss		36,303		16,334
Derivative loss	$	79,997	$	24,578

Cash payments 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,
	2022		2021
Derivative loss	$	79,997	$	24,578
Derivative cash payments, net		(30,515)		(4,604)