CXO Concho Resources Inc

Note 1.  Organization and nature of operations

Concho Resources Inc. (the “Company”) is a Delaware corporation formed on February 22, 2006. The Company’s principal business is the acquisition, development, exploration and production of oil and natural gas properties primarily located in the Permian Basin of West Texas and Southeast New Mexico.  

Note 2.  Basis of presentation and summary of significant accounting policies

A complete discussion of the Company’s significant accounting policies is included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 (“2018 Form 10-K”).

Principles of consolidation. The consolidated financial statements of the Company include the accounts of the Company and its 100 percent owned subsidiaries. The Company consolidates the financial statements of these entities. All material intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated.

Reclassifications.  Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2019 presentation. These reclassifications had no impact on net income (loss), total assets, liabilities and stockholders’ equity or total cash flows.

Use of estimates in the preparation of financial statements. Preparation of financial statements in conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Depletion of oil and natural gas properties is determined using estimates of proved oil and natural gas reserves. There are numerous uncertainties inherent in the estimation of quantities of proved oil and natural gas reserves and in the projection of future rates of production and the timing of development expenditures. Similarly, evaluations for impairment of proved and unproved oil and natural gas properties are subject to numerous uncertainties including, among others, estimates of future recoverable reserves, commodity price outlooks and prevailing market rates of other sources of income and costs. Other significant estimates include, but are not limited to, asset retirement obligations, goodwill, fair value of stock-based compensation, fair value of business combinations, fair value of nonmonetary transactions, fair value of derivative financial instruments and income taxes.

Interim financial statements. The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company have not been audited by the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, except that the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2018 is derived from audited consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, the accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments necessary to present fairly the Company’s consolidated financial statements. All such adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature. In preparing the accompanying consolidated financial statements, management has made certain estimates and assumptions that affect reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and disclosures of contingencies. Actual results may differ from those estimates. The results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of annual results.

Certain disclosures have been condensed in or omitted from these consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, these condensed notes to the consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s 2018 Form 10-K.

Equity method investments. The Company accounts for its equity method investments under the equity method of accounting and includes the investment balance in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets. Gains and losses incurred from the Company’s equity investments are recorded in other income (expense) on the consolidated statements of operations.

 At March 31, 2019, the Company owned a 23.75 percent membership interest in Oryx Southern Delaware Holdings, LLC (“Oryx”), an entity that operates a crude oil gathering and transportation system in the Delaware Basin. In February 2018, Oryx obtained a term loan of $800 million. The proceeds were used in part to fund a cash distribution to its equity holders, of which the Company received a distribution of approximately $157 million. Of this amount, approximately $54 million fully offset the Company’s net investment in Oryx. The remaining distribution of approximately $103 million was recorded in other income (expense) on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations since the lenders to the term loan do not have recourse against the Company, and the Company has no contractual obligation to repay the distribution.

The Company’s net investment in Oryx was zero at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018. The Company did not record income or loss on the Oryx investment for the three months ended March 31, 2019, as cumulative net income had yet to exceed the distribution in excess of the Company’s investment. In April 2019, Oryx entered into an agreement to sell 100 percent of its equity interests, which included the Company’s 23.75 percent membership interest.

Litigation contingencies. The Company is a party to proceedings and claims incidental to its business. In each reporting period, the Company assesses these claims in an effort to determine the degree of probability and range of possible loss for potential accrual in its consolidated financial statements. The amount of any resulting losses may differ from these estimates. An accrual is recorded for a material loss contingency when its occurrence is probable and damages are reasonably estimable. See Note 9 for additional information.

Revenue recognition. The Company recognizes revenues from the sales of oil and natural gas to its customers and presents them disaggregated on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. All revenues are recognized in the geographical region of the Permian Basin.

The Company enters into contracts with customers to sell its oil and natural gas production. Revenue on these contracts is recognized in accordance with the five-step revenue recognition model prescribed in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers,” (“ASC 606”). Specifically, revenue is recognized when the Company’s performance obligations under these contracts are satisfied, which generally occurs with the transfer of control of the oil and natural gas to the purchaser. Control is generally considered transferred when the following criteria are met: (i) transfer of physical custody, (ii) transfer of title, (iii) transfer of risk of loss and (iv) relinquishment of any repurchase rights or other similar rights. Given the nature of the products sold, revenue is recognized at a point in time based on the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in accordance with the price specified in the contract. Consideration under the oil and natural gas marketing contracts is typically received from the purchaser one to two months after production. At March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, the Company had receivables related to contracts with customers of approximately $530 million and $466 million, respectively.

Oil Contracts. The majority of the Company’s oil marketing contracts transfer physical custody and title at or near the wellhead, which is generally when control of the oil has been transferred to the purchaser. The majority of the oil produced is sold under contracts using market-based pricing which is then adjusted for differentials based upon delivery location and oil quality. To the extent the differentials are incurred after the transfer of control of the oil, the differentials are included in oil sales on the consolidated statements of operations as they represent part of the transaction price of the contract. If the differentials, or other related costs, are incurred prior to the transfer of control of the oil, those costs are included in gathering, processing and transportation on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations as they represent payment for services performed outside of the contract with the customer.

Natural Gas Contracts. The majority of the Company’s natural gas is sold at the lease location, which is generally when control of the natural gas has been transferred to the purchaser. The natural gas is sold under (i) percentage of proceeds processing contracts, (ii) fee-based contracts or (iii) a hybrid of percentage of proceeds and fee-based contracts. Under the majority of the Company’s contracts, the purchaser gathers the natural gas in the field where it is produced and transports it via pipeline to natural gas processing plants where natural gas liquid products are extracted. The natural gas liquid products and remaining residue gas are then sold by the purchaser. Under the percentage of proceeds and hybrid percentage of proceeds and fee-based contracts, the Company receives a percentage of the value for the extracted liquids and the residue gas. Under the fee-based contracts, the Company receives natural gas liquids and residue gas value, less the fee component, or is invoiced the fee component. To the extent control of the natural gas transfers upstream of the transportation and processing activities, revenue is recognized as the net amount received from the purchaser. To the extent that control transfers downstream of those costs, revenue is recognized on a gross basis, and the related costs are classified in gathering, processing and transportation on the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.

The Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations under its contracts with customers as it applies the practical exemption in accordance with ASC 606. The exemption, as described in ASC 606-10-50-14(a), applies to variable consideration that is recognized as control of the product is transferred to the customer. Since each unit of product represents a separate performance obligation, future volumes are wholly unsatisfied and disclosure of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations is not required.

General and administrative expense. The Company receives fees for the operation of jointly-owned oil and natural gas properties during the drilling and production phases and records such reimbursements as reductions to general and administrative expense. Such fees totaled approximately $4 million for each of the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018.

Recently adopted accounting pronouncements.   In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)” (“ASU 2016-02”), which requires all leases with a term greater than one year to be recognized on the consolidated balance sheet while maintaining similar classifications for finance and operating leases. Lease expense recognition on the consolidated statements of operations was effectively unchanged. The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2019. The Company made policy elections not to capitalize short-term leases for all asset classes and not to separate non-lease components from lease components for all asset classes except for vehicles. The Company also did not elect the package of practical expedients that allowed for certain considerations under the original “Leases (Topic 840)” accounting standard (“Topic 840”) to be carried forward upon adoption of ASU 2016-02.

In January 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-01, “Land Easement Practical Expedient for Transition to Topic 842,” which provides an optional practical expedient not to evaluate land easements that existed or expired before the adoption of ASU 2016-02 and that were not previously accounted for as leases under Topic 840. The Company enters into land easements on a routine basis as part of its ongoing operations and has many such agreements currently in place; however, the Company does not currently account for any land easements under Topic 840. As this guidance serves as an amendment to ASU 2016-02, the Company elected this practical expedient, which became effective upon the date of adoption of ASU 2016-02. The Company will assess any new land easements to determine whether the arrangement should be accounted for as a lease. In July 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-11, “Targeted Improvements,” which provides a transition election not to restate comparative periods for the effects of applying the new lease standard. This transition election permits entities to change the date of initial application to the beginning of the year of adoption and to recognize the effects of applying the new standard as a cumulative-effect adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. The Company elected this transition approach, however the cumulative impact of adoption in the opening balance of retained earnings as of January 1, 2019 was zero.

The Company enters into lease agreements to support its operations. These agreements are for leases on assets such as office space, vehicles, field equipment and drilling rigs. Upon adoption, the Company recognized $35 million of right-of-use assets, of which approximately $19 million and $16 million relate to the Company’s operating and finance leases, respectively, and approximately $37 million of associated lease liabilities. See Note 9 for additional disclosures of the Company’s leases.

In August 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a final rule that amends certain of its disclosure requirements that have become redundant, duplicative, overlapping, outdated or superseded, in light of other disclosure requirements, U.S. GAAP or changes in the information environment. The amendments are intended to facilitate the disclosure of information to investors and simplify compliance without significantly altering the total mix of information provided to investors. The final rule amends numerous SEC rules, items and forms covering a diverse group of topics, including, but not limited to, changes in stockholders’ equity. The final rule extends the annual disclosure requirement in SEC Regulation S-X, Rule 3-04, of presenting changes in stockholders’ equity to interim periods. The registrants are required to analyze changes in stockholders’ equity in the form of a reconciliation for the current quarter and year-to-date interim periods and comparative periods in the prior year. As a result, the Company updated its presentation of the consolidated statements of stockholders’ equity to include comparative periods in the prior year. In addition, the final rule requires the presentation of dividends per share to be disclosed in the statement of stockholders’ equity.

New accounting pronouncements issued but not yet adopted. In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, “Financial Instruments–Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments” (“Topic 326”), which replaces the current “incurred loss” methodology for recognizing credit losses with an “expected loss” methodology. This new methodology requires that a financial asset measured at amortized cost be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. This standard is intended to provide more timely decision-useful information about the expected credit losses on financial instruments. In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-19, “Codification Improvements to Topic 326, Financial Instruments–Credit Losses,” which makes amendments to clarify the scope of the guidance, including the amendment clarifying that receivables arising from operating leases are not within the scope of Topic 326. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and early adoption is allowed as early as fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018. The Company does not believe this new guidance will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-18, “Collaborative Arrangements (Topic 808): Clarifying the Interaction between Topic 808 and Topic 606” (“ASU 2018-18”), which, among other things, clarifies that (i) certain transactions between collaborative arrangement participants should be accounted for as revenue under Topic 606 when the collaborative arrangement participant is a customer in the context of a unit of account, (ii) adds unit-of-account guidance in Topic 808 to align with the guidance in Topic 606 and (iii) requires that in a transaction with a collaborative arrangement participant that is not directly related to sales to third parties, presenting the transaction together with revenue recognized under Topic 606 is precluded if the collaborative arrangement participant is not a customer. ASU 2018-18 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years and early adoption is permitted. The amendments in this update should be applied retrospectively to the date of initial application of Topic 606. An entity should recognize the cumulative effect of initially applying the amendments as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings of the later of the earliest annual period presented and the annual period that includes the date of the entity’s initial application of Topic 606. The Company is currently assessing the effect that ASU 2018-18 will have on its financial position, results of operations and disclosures.    

Note 3.  RSP Acquisition

On July 19, 2018, the Company completed the acquisition of RSP Permian, Inc. (“RSP”) through an all-stock transaction (the “RSP Acquisition”) for approximately $7.5 billion.

Purchase price allocation. The RSP Acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination, using the acquisition method. The following table represents the allocation of the total purchase price of RSP to the identifiable assets acquired and the liabilities assumed based on the fair values at the acquisition date, with any excess of the purchase price over the estimated fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired recorded as goodwill. Any value assigned to goodwill is not deductible for income tax purposes.

The following table sets forth the Company’s preliminary purchase price allocation:

Pro forma data. The following unaudited pro forma combined condensed financial data for the three months ended March 31, 2018 was derived from the historical financial statements of the Company giving effect to the RSP Acquisition as if it had occurred on January 1, 2017. The below information reflects pro forma adjustments for the issuance of the Company’s common stock in exchange for RSP’s outstanding shares of common stock, as well as pro forma adjustments based on available information and certain assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable, including (i) the Company’s common stock issued to convert RSP’s outstanding shares of common stock and equity awards as of the closing date of the RSP Acquisition, (ii) the depletion of RSP’s fair-valued proved oil and natural gas properties and (iii) the estimated tax impacts of the pro forma adjustments.

The pro forma results of operations do not include any cost savings or other synergies that may result from the RSP Acquisition. The pro forma financial data does not include the pro forma results of operations for any other acquisitions made during the period. The pro forma combined condensed financial data has been included for comparative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the results that might have occurred had the RSP Acquisition taken place on January 1, 2017 and is not intended to be a projection of future results.

Note 4.  Other acquisitions, divestitures and nonmonetary transactions

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company closed the following transactions:

February 2018 acquisition and divestiture. In February 2018, the Company closed an acquisition treated as a business combination where it received producing wells along with approximately 21,000 net acres, primarily located in the Midland Basin. As consideration for the non-cash acquisition, the Company divested of certain producing wells and approximately 34,000 net acres located primarily in the northern portion of the Delaware Basin. The business acquired was valued at approximately $755 million as compared to the historical book value of the divested assets of approximately $180 million, which resulted in a non-cash gain of approximately $575 million, included in gain on disposition of assets, net on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Delaware Basin divestitures. In January 2018, the Company closed on two asset divestitures of certain non-core assets in Reeves and Ward Counties, Texas, with combined proceeds of approximately $280 million. After direct transaction costs, the Company recorded a pre-tax gain of approximately $134 million, which is included in gain on disposition of assets, net on its consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018. The assets divested included proved and unproved oil and natural gas properties on approximately 20,000 net acres.

Nonmonetary transactions. During the three months ended March 31, 2018, the Company completed multiple nonmonetary transactions. These transactions included exchanges of both proved and unproved oil and natural gas properties. Certain of these transactions were accounted for at fair value and, as a result, the Company recorded pre-tax gains of approximately $14 million, included in gain on disposition of assets, net on the Company’s consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Note 5.   Stock incentive plan

The Company’s 2015 Stock Incentive Plan (“the Plan”) provides for granting stock options, restricted stock awards and performance unit awards to directors, officers and employees of the Company. The restricted stock awards vest over a period ranging from one to ten years. The holders of unvested restricted stock awards have voting rights and the right to receive dividends.

In January 2019, the Company granted 212,947 performance unit awards. Included in this grant were 38,952 performance unit awards granted to certain officers, of which 19,476 have a three-year performance period and 19,476 have a five-year performance period. At the end of each performance period, each performance unit award will convert into a restricted stock award with the number of shares determined based upon performance criteria, which will then vest at a rate of 20 percent per year commencing on the sixth anniversary of the grant date. The total number of units converted to restricted stock awards will depend on the Company’s performance at the end of each performance period. All other performance unit awards have a three-year performance period.

Shares issued as a result of awards granted under the Plan are generally new common shares.

A summary of the Company’s restricted stock shares and performance unit activity under the Plan for the three months ended March 31, 2019 is presented below: