predict, projection, possible, scheduled, should, guidance or other similar words. Such statements rely on assumptions and
involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, including, but not limited to, those relating to a worldwide economic downturn, availability of financing, our dependence on our exploratory drilling activities, the volatility
of and changes in oil and gas prices, the need to replace reserves depleted by production, impairments of proved oil and gas properties, operating risks of oil and gas operations, our dependence on our key personnel, factors that affect our ability
to manage our growth and achieve our business strategy, results, delays and uncertainties that may be encountered in drilling, development or production, interpretations and impact of oil and gas reserve estimation and disclosure requirements,
activities and approvals of our partners and parties with whom we have alliances, technological changes, capital requirements, the timing and amount of borrowing base determinations (including determinations by lenders) and availability under our
revolving credit facility, evaluations of us by lenders under our revolving credit facility, waivers or amendments under our revolving credit facility in connection with acquisitions, other actions by lenders and holders of our capital stock, the
potential impact of government regulations, including current and proposed legislation and regulations related to hydraulic fracturing, oil and natural gas drilling, air emissions and climate change, regulatory determinations, litigation,
competition, the uncertainty of reserve information and future net revenue estimates, failure of the Pending Acquisition to close, failure to realize the anticipated benefits of any acquisition, including the Pending Acquisition, market conditions
and other factors affecting our ability to pay dividends on or redeem the Preferred Stock (as defined herein), integration and other acquisition risks, exercise of third party purchase rights under area of mutual interest provisions under joint
operating agreement, other factors affecting our ability to reach agreements or complete acquisitions or dispositions, actions by sellers and buyers, effects of purchase price adjustments, availability of equipment and crews, actions by midstream
and other industry participants, weather, our ability to obtain permits and licenses, the results of audits and assessments, the failure to obtain certain bank and lease consents, the existence and resolution of title defects, new taxes and impact
fees, delays, costs and difficulties relating to our joint ventures, actions by joint venture parties, results of exploration activities, the availability, market conditions and completion of land acquisitions and dispositions, costs of oilfield
services, completion and connection of wells and other factors detailed in this prospectus and in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
We have based our forward-looking statements on our managements beliefs and assumptions based on information available to our management
at the time the statements are made. We caution you that assumptions, beliefs, expectations, intentions and projections about future events may and often do vary materially from actual results. Therefore, we cannot assure you that actual results
will not differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements.
Some of the factors that could cause actual
results to differ from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements are described under Risk Factors and in other sections of this prospectus and described under Risk Factors and elsewhere in the documents that we
incorporate by reference into this prospectus, including our Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2017, Quarterly Reports on Form
10-Q
for the
quarters ended March 31, 2018 and June 30, 2018, and in our other reports filed with the SEC, and all other documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should
underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those indicated. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety
by reference to these risks and uncertainties. You should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date of the particular statement, and, except as required by law, we undertake
no duty to update or revise any forward-looking statement.
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