NOTE 7 — INVESTMENT IN MONZA

In March 2018, the Company and other members formed and funded Monza, which jointly participates with the Company in the exploration, drilling and development of certain drilling projects (“Joint Venture Drilling Program”) in the Gulf of Mexico. The total commitments by all members, including the Company’s commitment to fund its retained interest in Monza projects held outside of Monza, was $361.4 million. The Company contributed 88.94% of its working interest in certain undeveloped drilling projects to Monza and retained 11.06% of its working interest. The Joint Venture Drilling Program is structured so that the Company initially received an aggregate of 30.0% of the revenues less expenses, through the direct ownership from the retained working interest in the Monza projects and the Company’s indirect interest through its interest in Monza, for contributing 20.0% of the estimated total well costs plus associated leases and providing access to available infrastructure at agreed-upon rates.

The members of Monza are third-party investors, the Company and an entity owned and controlled by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”). The entity affiliated with the Company’s CEO invested as a minority investor on the same terms and conditions as the third-party investors.

The Company’s interest in Monza is considered to be a variable interest that is proportionally consolidated. The Company does not fully consolidate Monza because the Company is not considered the primary beneficiary of Monza.

The following table presents the amounts recorded by the Company on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets related to the consolidation of the proportional interest in Monza’s operations (in thousands):

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The following table presents the amounts recorded by the Company in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations related to the consolidation of the proportional interest in Monza’s operations (in thousands):

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As required, the Company may call on Monza to provide cash to fund its portion of certain projects in advance of capital expenditure spending. As of September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, the unused advances were $2.5 million and $2.7 million, respectively, which are included in Advances from joint interest partners in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, Monza paid cash distributions of $28.0 million, of which $5.9 million was paid to the Company.