Item 1. Financial Statements
Lonestar Resources US Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except par value and share data)
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June 30, 2020
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December 31, 2019
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Assets
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Current assets
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$
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1,259
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$
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3,137
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Accounts receivable
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Oil, natural gas liquid and natural gas sales
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11,681
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15,991
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Joint interest owners and others, net
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821
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1,310
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Derivative financial instruments
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45,502
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5,095
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Prepaid expenses and other
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7,150
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2,208
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Total current assets
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66,413
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27,741
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Property and equipment
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Oil and gas properties, using the successful efforts method of accounting
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Proved properties
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1,102,958
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1,050,168
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Unproved properties
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77,597
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76,462
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Other property and equipment
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21,537
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21,401
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Less accumulated depreciation, depletion, amortization and impairment
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(705,182)
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(464,671)
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Property and equipment, net
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496,910
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683,360
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Accounts receivable – related party
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5,978
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5,816
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Derivative financial instruments
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12,447
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1,754
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Other non-current assets
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2,232
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2,108
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Total assets
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$
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583,980
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$
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720,779
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Liabilities and Stockholders' (Deficit) Equity
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Current liabilities
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Accounts payable
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$
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12,896
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$
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33,355
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Accounts payable – related party
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269
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189
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Oil, natural gas liquid and natural gas sales payable
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10,061
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14,811
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Accrued liabilities
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34,098
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26,905
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Derivative financial instruments
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2,537
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8,564
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Current maturities of long-term debt
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531,583
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247,000
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Total current liabilities
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591,444
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330,824
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Long-term liabilities
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Long-term debt
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11,250
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255,068
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Asset retirement obligations
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7,251
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7,055
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Deferred tax liabilities, net
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—
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931
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Warrant liability
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—
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129
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Warrant liability – related party
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1
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235
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Derivative financial instruments
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2,993
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1,898
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Other non-current liabilities
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1,270
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3,752
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Total long-term liabilities
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22,765
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269,068
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Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
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Stockholders' (deficit) equity
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Class A voting common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 25,369,191 and 24,945,594 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
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142,655
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142,655
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Series A-1 convertible participating preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 104,893 and 100,328 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
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—
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—
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Additional paid-in capital
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176,006
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175,738
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Accumulated deficit
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(348,890)
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(197,506)
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Total stockholders' (deficit) equity
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(30,229)
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120,887
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Total liabilities and stockholders' (deficit) equity
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$
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583,980
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$
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720,779
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See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Lonestar Resources US Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data)
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Three Months Ended June 30,
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Six Months Ended June 30,
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2020
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2019
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2020
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2019
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Revenues
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Oil sales
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$
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11,976
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$
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44,726
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$
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41,986
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$
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78,310
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Natural gas liquid sales
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1,762
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3,549
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4,362
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6,942
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Natural gas sales
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3,482
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3,940
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7,902
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7,704
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Total revenues
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17,220
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52,215
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54,250
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92,956
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Expenses
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Lease operating and gas gathering
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4,903
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8,929
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14,692
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16,638
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Production and ad valorem taxes
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1,721
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2,818
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4,091
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5,109
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Depreciation, depletion and amortization
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16,575
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21,515
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40,929
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39,486
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Loss on sale and disposal of oil and gas properties
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1,254
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155
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1,254
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33,046
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Impairment of oil and gas properties
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—
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—
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199,908
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—
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General and administrative
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5,981
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3,841
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8,856
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8,221
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Other expense (income)
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58
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—
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(139)
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(2)
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Total expenses
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30,492
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37,258
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269,591
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102,498
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(Loss) income from operations
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(13,272)
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14,957
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(215,341)
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(9,542)
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Other (expense) income
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Interest expense
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(10,512)
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(10,778)
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(22,122)
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(21,434)
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Change in fair value of warrants
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—
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796
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363
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694
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(Loss) gain on derivative financial instruments
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(21,141)
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9,514
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80,029
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(26,724)
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Total other (expense) income
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(31,653)
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(468)
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58,270
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(47,464)
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Loss (income) before income taxes
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(44,925)
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14,489
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(157,071)
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(57,006)
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Income tax benefit (expense)
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4,332
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(1,200)
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5,687
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11,732
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Net (loss) income
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(40,593)
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13,289
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(151,384)
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(45,274)
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Preferred stock dividends
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(2,308)
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(2,112)
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(4,566)
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(4,177)
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Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders
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$
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(42,901)
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$
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11,177
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$
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(155,950)
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$
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(49,451)
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Net (loss) income per common share
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Basic
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$
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(1.70)
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$
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0.28
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$
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(6.20)
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$
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(1.99)
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Diluted
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$
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(1.70)
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$
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0.28
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$
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(6.20)
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$
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(1.99)
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Weighted average common shares outstanding
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Basic
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25,307,714
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24,924,169
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25,154,151
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24,811,895
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Diluted
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25,307,714
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24,924,169
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25,154,151
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24,811,895
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See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Lonestar Resources US Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ (Deficit) Equity
(In thousands, except share data)
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Class A Voting
Common Stock
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Series A-1
Preferred Stock
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Additional
Paid-in
Capital
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Accumulated
Deficit
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Total
Stockholders'
(Deficit) Equity
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Shares
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Amount
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Shares
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Amount
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Balance at December 31, 2019
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24,945,594
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$
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142,655
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100,328
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$
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—
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$
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175,738
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$
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(197,506)
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$
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120,887
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Payment-in-kind dividends
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—
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—
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2,257
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Stock-based compensation
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308,435
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—
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—
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—
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240
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—
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240
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Net loss
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—
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—
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—
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—
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—
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(110,791)
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(110,791)
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Balance at March 31, 2020
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25,254,029
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142,655
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|
102,585
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—
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175,978
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(308,297)
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|
10,336
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Payment-in-kind dividends
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—
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—
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|
2,308
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—
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—
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—
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—
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Stock-based compensation
|
58,182
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—
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—
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—
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28
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—
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|
28
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Net loss
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—
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|
—
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|
—
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|
|
—
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|
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—
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|
(40,593)
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(40,593)
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Balance at June 30, 2020
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25,312,211
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$
|
142,655
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|
|
104,893
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|
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$
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—
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|
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$
|
176,006
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$
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(348,890)
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$
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(30,229)
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Class A Voting
Common Stock
|
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Series A-1
Preferred Stock
|
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Additional
Paid-in
Capital
|
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Accumulated
Deficit
|
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Total
Stockholders'
Equity
|
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Shares
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Amount
|
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Shares
|
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Amount
|
|
|
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|
Balance at December 31, 2018
|
24,645,825
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|
$
|
142,655
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|
|
91,784
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
174,379
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|
$
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(94,487)
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$
|
222,547
|
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Payment-in-kind dividends
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
2,065
|
|
|
—
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|
|
—
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|
|
—
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|
|
—
|
|
Stock-based compensation
|
127,818
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|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
627
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|
|
—
|
|
|
627
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Net loss
|
—
|
|
|
—
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|
|
—
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|
|
—
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|
|
—
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|
(58,564)
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|
|
(58,564)
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Balance at March 31, 2019
|
24,773,643
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|
142,655
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|
|
93,849
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|
|
—
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|
|
175,006
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|
|
(153,051)
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|
|
164,610
|
|
Payment-in-kind dividends
|
—
|
|
|
—
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|
|
2,112
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Stock-based compensation
|
160,210
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
703
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
703
|
|
Net income
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
13,289
|
|
|
13,289
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|
Balance at June 30, 2019
|
24,933,853
|
|
|
$
|
142,655
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|
|
95,961
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
175,709
|
|
|
$
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(139,762)
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|
|
$
|
178,602
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|
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See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Lonestar Resources US Inc.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)
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|
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Six Months Ended June 30,
|
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2020
|
|
2019
|
Cash flows from operating activities
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
$
|
(151,384)
|
|
|
$
|
(45,274)
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
40,929
|
|
|
39,486
|
|
Stock-based compensation
|
(1,998)
|
|
|
352
|
|
Deferred taxes
|
(931)
|
|
|
(11,688)
|
|
(Gain) loss on derivative financial instruments
|
(80,029)
|
|
|
26,724
|
|
Settlements of derivative financial instruments
|
23,998
|
|
|
(3,579)
|
|
Impairment of oil and natural gas properties
|
199,908
|
|
|
—
|
|
Loss (gain) on disposal of property and equipment
|
83
|
|
|
(17)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss on sale of oil and gas properties
|
1,254
|
|
|
33,046
|
|
Non-cash interest expense
|
1,374
|
|
|
1,182
|
|
Change in fair value of warrants
|
(363)
|
|
|
(694)
|
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable
|
(189)
|
|
|
(3,379)
|
|
Prepaid expenses and other assets
|
(897)
|
|
|
(692)
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
(1,344)
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|
|
2,720
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
30,411
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|
|
38,187
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities
|
|
|
|
Acquisition of oil and gas properties
|
(1,714)
|
|
|
(3,025)
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|
Development of oil and gas properties
|
(72,824)
|
|
|
(67,696)
|
|
Proceeds from sale of oil and gas properties
|
2,837
|
|
|
11,953
|
|
Purchases of other property and equipment
|
(636)
|
|
|
(3,267)
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities
|
(72,337)
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|
|
(62,035)
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|
|
|
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Cash flows from financing activities
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from borrowings
|
48,157
|
|
|
54,000
|
|
Payments on borrowings
|
(8,109)
|
|
|
(32,167)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
40,048
|
|
|
21,833
|
|
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
(1,878)
|
|
|
(2,015)
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period
|
3,137
|
|
|
5,355
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period
|
$
|
1,259
|
|
|
$
|
3,340
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest
|
$
|
21,036
|
|
|
$
|
19,770
|
|
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
|
|
|
|
Change in asset retirement obligation
|
$
|
24
|
|
|
$
|
(455)
|
|
Change in liabilities for capital expenditures
|
(16,809)
|
|
|
28,384
|
|
See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Lonestar Resources US Inc.
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
Note 1. Basis of Presentation
Organization and Nature of Operations
Lonestar Resources US Inc. (“Lonestar” or the "Company") is a Delaware corporation whose common stock is listed and traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “LONE”. Lonestar is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the exploration, development and production of unconventional oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas in the Eagle Ford Shale play in South Texas.
Interim Financial Statements
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Lonestar Resources US Inc., and its subsidiaries have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. These financial statements and the notes thereto should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed on April 13, 2020 (the “Form 10-K”). Unless indicated otherwise or the context requires, the terms “we,” “our,” “us,” “Company” or “Lonestar,” refer to Lonestar Resources US Inc. and its subsidiaries.
The results of operations for the interim periods shown in this report are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year. In management’s opinion, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for a fair statement of our consolidated financial position as of June 30, 2020 and our consolidated results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019.
Risks and Uncertainties
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a rapid and precipitous drop in demand for oil, which in turn has caused oil prices to plummet since the first week of March 2020, negatively affecting the Company’s cash flow, liquidity and financial position. These events have worsened an already deteriorated oil market that resulted from the early-March 2020 failure by the group of oil producing nations known as OPEC+ to reach an agreement over proposed oil production cuts. Moreover, the uncertainty about the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused storage constraints in the United States resulting from over-supply of produced oil, which has significantly decreased our realized oil prices in the second quarter of 2020 and potentially beyond. Oil prices are expected to continue to be volatile as a result of these events and the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak, and as changes in oil inventories, oil demand and economic performance are reported. Although some market stabilization occurred in the second quarter of 2020, activity levels for the remainder of 2020 are expected to remain low and the long-term outlook is uncertain.
The current pandemic and uncertainty about its length and depth in future periods has caused the realized oil prices the Company has received since February 2020 to be significantly reduced, adversely affecting its operating cash flow and liquidity. Although the Company has reduced its 2020 capital expenditures budget, the lower levels of cash flow may require it to shut-in production that has become uneconomic in addition to shut-ins of production that the Company performed during the second quarter of 2020 (see below).
The COVID-19 pandemic is rapidly evolving, and the ultimate impact of this pandemic is highly uncertain and subject to change. The extent of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company's operational and financial performance will depend on future developments, including the duration and spread of the pandemic, its severity, the actions to contain the disease or mitigate its impact, related restrictions on travel, and the duration, timing and severity of the impact on domestic and global oil demand.
In response to these developments, the Company has implemented the following operational and financial measures:
1.Reduced budgeted 2020 capital spending from $80-$85 million to approximately $65 million, almost all of which was incurred by the end of June 2020;
2.Deferred the remainder of its 2020 drilling program;
3.Implemented cost-reduction measures including negotiations reducing rates for water disposal, chemicals, rentals, and workovers;
4.Shut in or stored a significant amount of production during late-April and all of May 2020, primarily in the Company's Central Eagle Ford Area. These shut-in wells came back online during the first week of June; and
5.Entered into additional commodities derivatives in March 2020 to hedge an additional 2,000 Bbls of oil per day at an average swap price of $41.00 per Bbl and 27,500 Mcf of natural gas per day at an average price of $2.36 per Mcf in 2021. The Company's current oil hedge position covers 7,565 Bbls per day for the second half of 2020, and 7,000 Bbls per day for 2021. The Company's current natural gas hedge position covers 20,000 Mcf per day at a weighted average price of $2.55 for the remaining two quarters of 2020, and 27,500 Mcf per day for 2021 at a weighted average price of $2.36.
Recent Developments
As of June 30, 2020, the Company had total indebtedness of $546.3 million, including $250.0 million of Senior Notes due 2023 (the “11.25% Senior Notes"), $285.0 million under the Company's Credit Facility, $8.8 million under the Company's building loan and $2.2 million for its Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") loan. As of August 14, 2020, the Company's Credit Facility is drawn to $285.0 million and is subject to a $60.4 million borrowing-base deficiency due to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement (see below).
The Company did not satisfy the consolidated current ratio covenant or the leverage ratio covenant under the Credit Facility as of the June 30, 2020 measurement date and did not make the July 1, 2020 interest payment under the 11.25% Senior Notes (the “Payment Default”) of approximately $14.1 million. Such failures represent events of default under the Company's Credit Facility, and the Payment Default represented an event of default under the 11.25% Senior Notes on July 31, 2020 as the Company did not cure the Payment Default within the 30-day cure period. The Company received a forbearance from the lenders under the Credit Facility until July 31, 2020 for the defaults in the consolidated current ratio covenant as of the March 31, 2020, and June 30, 2020, measurement dates and the leverage ratio covenant as of the June 30, 2020, measurement date and the missed interest payment pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. On July 31, 2020, the lenders under the Credit Facility agreed to extend the forbearance until August 21, 2020, pursuant to an amendment to the Forbearance Agreement. Also, on July 31, 2020, the Company received a forbearance until August 21, 2020 from certain holders of the outstanding 11.25% Senior Notes for the Payment Default. Despite the forbearances, the defaults under the Credit Facility and the 11.25% Senior Notes are continuing, and will continue, absent a waiver or amendment from the Credit Facility lenders or, in case of the 11.25% Senior Notes, the Payment Default is cured.
Forbearance Agreement — Credit Facility
On July 2, 2020, the Company entered into a Forbearance Agreement, Fourteenth Amendment, and Borrowing Base Agreement with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto (the “Forbearance Agreement”) with respect to the Credit Facility. Pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement, among other things, (i) the lenders under the Credit Facility agreed to refrain from exercising their rights and remedies under the Credit Facility and related loan documents with respect to certain defaults until July 31, 2020, (ii) the borrowing base was redetermined to $225 million from $286 million, (iii) all proceeds of dispositions and terminations or liquidations of swap agreements shall be used to repay the Credit Facility and shall automatically reduce the borrowing base by the amount of the repayment and (iv) certain exceptions to the covenant restriction on investments shall no longer be available.
On July 31, 2020, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into an amendment with respect to the Forbearance Agreement with the Lenders, pursuant to which the Lenders agreed to extend the stated term of the Forbearance Agreement until August 21, 2020.
The rights of the Credit Facility lenders to exercise rights and remedies resulted from the Company's failure to comply with the current ratio with respect to the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and June 30, 2020, the leverage ratio covenant with respect to the quarter ended June 30, 2020, and the default with respect to the failure to make the interest payment due on July 1, 2020, under the 11.25% Senior Notes.
The Forbearance Agreement can be terminated by the lenders upon (i) the occurrence of any default or event of default under the Credit Facility other than those disclosed above, (ii) the failure of the Company to comply with any of the terms and requirements of the Forbearance Agreement, (iii) the breach of any representation or warranty, (iv) the exercise of any rights by other debt holders relating to foreclosure or acceleration (including acceleration of the 11.25% Senior Notes in the event of default) and (v) the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding with respect to any loan party. If the Forbearance Agreement terminates and any then-current and ongoing events of default have not been waived or cured, the lenders will be able to accelerate the loans and pursue their rights and remedies.
Forbearance Agreement – 11.25% Senior Notes
On July 31, 2020, the Company entered into a Forbearance Agreement with certain holders holding over 50% of the 11.25% Senior Notes (the “Notes Forbearance Agreement”). Pursuant to the Notes Forbearance Agreement, among other things, those certain holders of the 11.25% Senior Notes (i) agreed to refrain from exercising their rights and remedies with respect to the Payment Default and (ii) request that the trustee under the Indenture not take any remedial action as a result of the Payment Default.
The Notes Forbearance Agreement will terminate and end upon the occurrence of, among other things (i) 6:00 pm (New York City time) on August 21, 2020, (ii) any failure by the Company or its subsidiaries party thereto to perform its obligation under the Notes Forbearance Agreement, (iii) the Company incurs another default or event of default under the Indenture, other than the Payment Default, and (iv) the termination of the Forbearance Agreement. If the Notes Forbearance Agreement terminates and any then-current and ongoing events of default have not been waived or cured, the outstanding 11.25% Senior Notes may be accelerated. Despite the Notes Forbearance Agreement, the Payment Default still represents an ongoing event of default.
Borrowing Base Redetermination
As of March 31, 2020, the borrowing base and lender commitments for the Credit Facility were $290 million. The borrowing base was lowered to $286 million on June 11, 2020 as part of the Thirteenth Amendment (see Note 7. Long-Term Debt), and the borrowing base was later redetermined to $225 million from $286 million pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement on July 2, 2020, which created a deficiency between the outstanding amount borrowed under the Company's revolving credit facility and the borrowing base. The outstanding balance under the Credit Facility was $285 million as of July 2, 2020 which represents a borrowing deficiency of $60.4 million. The Company is obligated to pay the deficiency within 60 days after July 2, 2020 due to the Credit Facility being in a state of default at the time of the deficiency, as noted below.
Going Concern
The Company has concluded that these circumstances create substantial doubt regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties and have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business.
The Company does not anticipate maintaining compliance with the consolidated current ratio covenant and leverage ratio covenant under its Credit Facility over the next twelve months and is currently in forbearance with the Credit Facility and 11.25% Senior Notes until August 21. If the Company is unable to reach an agreement with its lenders, the lenders of the Credit Facility may choose to accelerate repayment, in addition to the $60.4 million due from the current borrowing base deficiency noted above, which in turn may result in an event of default and an acceleration of the 11.25% Senior Notes, which have a $14.1 million interest payment that was due and unpaid on July 1, 2020 (see below) that separately represents a current event of default. The Company does not currently have sufficient liquidity to repay such indebtedness, including the current borrowing base deficiency and unpaid interest payment, and is currently in talks with its lenders to restructure its existing debt obligations.
The Company cannot provide any assurances that it will be successful in restructuring of existing debt obligations, and if the Company is unsuccessful in its efforts to restructure and obtain new financing, it may be necessary for it to seek protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (“Chapter 11”), or an involuntary petition for bankruptcy may be filed against it.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
The carrying value of long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. When it is determined that the estimated future net cash flows of an asset will not be sufficient to recover its carrying amount, an impairment loss must be recorded to reduce the carrying amount to its estimated fair value. Judgments and assumptions are inherent in management’s estimate of undiscounted future cash flows and an asset’s fair value. These judgments and assumptions include such matters as the estimation of oil and gas reserve quantities, risks associated with the different categories of oil and gas reserves, the timing of development and production, expected future commodity prices, capital expenditures, production costs, and appropriate discount rates.
The Company evaluates impairment of proved and unproved oil and gas properties on a region basis. On this basis, certain regions may be impaired because they are not expected to recover their entire carrying value from future net cash flows. As a result of this evaluation, the Company recorded impairment oil and gas properties of $199.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2020, of which $199.0 million was proved and $0.9 million was unproved. The impairment was the result of removing development of PUD and probable reserves from future net cash flows as the Company cannot assure that they will be developed going forward in light of continued depressed commodity prices and uncertainty regarding the Company's liquidity situation. There were no events or changes in circumstances during the three months ended June 30, 2020 that indicate the carrying value may not be recoverable. However, if pricing remains depressed, it is reasonably likely that the Company may have to record impairment of its oil and gas properties in the future.
CARES Act
On March 27, 2020, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) to provide certain taxpayer relief as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act included several favorable provisions that impacted income taxes, primarily the modified rules on the deductibility of business interest expense for 2019 and 2020, a five-year carryback period for net operating losses generated after 2017 and before 2021, and the acceleration of refundable alternative minimum tax credits. The CARES Act did not materially impact the Company's effective tax rates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.
The Company applied for, and received, a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program during the second quarter of 2020 in the amount of $2.2 million. The application for this loan required the Company to, in good faith, certify that the current economic uncertainty made the loan request necessary to support the ongoing operations of the Company. This certification further required the Company to take into account our current business activity and our ability to access other sources of liquidity sufficient to support ongoing operations in a manner that is not significantly detrimental to the business. The receipt of this loan, and the forgiveness of the loan, is dependent on the Company having initially qualified for the loan and qualifying for the forgiveness of such loan based on our future adherence to the forgiveness criteria. Because the details for forgiveness of the loan are still being developed by the Small Business Administration and analyzed by the Company, the Company cannot be certain as to the amount, if any, of the loan that will be forgiven. The PPP loan bears interest of 1% and, if not forgiven, has a maturity date of May 8, 2022.
Net (Loss) Income per Common Share
The two-class method is utilized to compute earnings per common share as our Class A Participating Preferred Stock (the "Preferred Stock") is considered a participating security. Under the two-class method, losses are allocated only to those securities that have a contractual obligation to share in the losses of the Company. The Preferred Stock is not obligated to absorb Company losses and accordingly is not allocated losses. Net income attributable to common stockholders is allocated between common stock and participating securities based on the weighted average number of common shares and participating securities outstanding for the period.
Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing the allocated net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period.
Diluted earnings per share is computed similarly except that the denominator is increased to include dilutive potential common shares. Potential common shares consist of warrants, equity compensation awards and Preferred Stock. In certain circumstances adjustment to the numerator is also required for changes in income or loss resulting from the potential common shares. Basic weighted average common shares exclude shares of non-vested restricted stock. As these restricted shares vest, they will be included in the shares outstanding used to calculate basic earnings per share
The following is a reconciliation of basic and diluted earnings per share:
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|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
In thousands, except shares and per-share data
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
Numerator- Basic and Diluted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders
|
|
$
|
(42,901)
|
|
|
$
|
11,177
|
|
|
$
|
(155,950)
|
|
|
$
|
(49,451)
|
|
Less: allocation to participating securities
|
|
—
|
|
|
(4,310)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders
|
|
$
|
(42,901)
|
|
|
$
|
6,867
|
|
|
$
|
(155,950)
|
|
|
$
|
(49,451)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Denominator - Basic and diluted
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of common shares
|
|
25,307,714
|
|
|
24,924,169
|
|
|
25,154,151
|
|
|
24,811,895
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings per share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$
|
(1.70)
|
|
|
$
|
0.28
|
|
|
$
|
(6.20)
|
|
|
$
|
(1.99)
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$
|
(1.70)
|
|
|
$
|
0.28
|
|
|
$
|
(6.20)
|
|
|
$
|
(1.99)
|
|
For the periods presented, there were no differences between the basic and diluted weighted average common shares. The following securities could potentially dilute earnings per share in the future, but were excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share, as their effect would have been antidilutive:
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
Preferred stock
|
|
17,101,727
|
|
|
15,645,368
|
|
|
16,913,597
|
|
|
15,474,214
|
|
Warrants
|
|
760,000
|
|
|
760,000
|
|
|
760,000
|
|
|
760,000
|
|
Stock appreciation rights
|
|
1,010,000
|
|
|
1,010,000
|
|
|
1,010,000
|
|
|
1,010,000
|
|
Restricted stock units
|
|
970,866
|
|
|
1,553,526
|
|
|
1,369,164
|
|
|
1,259,682
|
|
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Reference Rate Reform. In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848) (“ASU 2020-04”). ASU 2020-04 provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions to ease financial reporting burdens related to the expected market transition from the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or another reference rate to alternative reference rates. The amendments in this ASU are effective beginning on March 12, 2020, and an entity may elect to apply the amendments prospectively through December 31, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this guidance may have on its consolidated financial statements and related footnote disclosures.
Income Taxes. In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740) – Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”). The objective of ASU 2019-12 is to simplify the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and to provide more consistent application to improve the comparability of financial statements. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, and early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this guidance may have on its consolidated financial statements and related footnote disclosures.
Financial Instruments — Credit Losses. In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments – Credit Losses (“ASU 2016-13”). ASU 2016-13 changes the impairment model for most financial assets and certain other instruments, including trade and other receivables, and requires the use of a new forward-looking expected loss model that will result in the earlier recognition of allowances for losses. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022 for Smaller Reporting Companies, which the Company currently is classified as, and interim periods within those fiscal years, and early adoption is permitted. Entities must adopt the amendment using a modified retrospective approach to the first reporting period in which the guidance is effective. The
adoption of ASU 2016-13 is currently not expected to have a material effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.
Note 2. Acquisitions and Divestitures
Pirate Divestiture
In March 2019, Lonestar completed the divestiture of its Pirate assets in Wilson County for an adjusted cash purchase price of $11.5 million, after closing adjustments, to a private third-party. The assets were comprised of 3,400 net undeveloped acres, six producing wells, held seven proved undeveloped locations as of the closing date, and were producing approximately 200 BOE/d. The Company recognized a loss of $33.5 million during the first quarter of 2019 in conjunction with the sale of the assets.
Note 3. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
Commodity Derivative Instruments
Lonestar enters into certain commodity derivative instruments to mitigate commodity price risk associated with a portion of its future oil, NGL and natural gas production and related cash flows. The oil, NGL and natural gas revenues and cash flows are affected by changes in commodity product prices, which are volatile and cannot be accurately predicted. The objective for entering into these commodity derivatives is to protect the operating revenues and cash flows related to a portion of the future oil, NGL and natural gas sales from the risk of significant declines in commodity prices, which helps ensure the Company’s ability to fund the capital budget.
Inherent in Lonestar's fixed price contracts are certain business risks, including market risk and credit risk. Market risk is the risk that the price of oil and natural gas will change, either favorably or unfavorably, in response to changing market conditions. Credit risk is the risk of loss from non-performance by the Company’s counterparty to a contract. The Company does not currently require cash collateral from any of its counterparties nor does its counterparties require cash collateral from the Company. As of June 30, 2020, the Company had no open physical delivery obligations.
The following table summarizes Lonestar's commodity derivative contracts as of June 30, 2020:
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|
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|
|
Contract
|
|
|
|
|
|
Volumes
|
|
Weighted
|
Commodity
|
|
Type
|
|
Period
|
|
Range (1)
|
|
(Bbls/Mcf per day)
|
|
Average Price
|
Oil - WTI
|
|
Swaps
|
|
July - Dec 2020
|
|
51.60 - 65.56
|
|
7,565
|
|
|
57.38
|
Oil - WTI
|
|
Swaps
|
|
Jan - Dec 2021
|
|
40.95 - 56.50
|
|
7,000
|
|
|
50.40
|
Natural Gas - Henry Hub
|
|
Swaps
|
|
July - Dec 2020
|
|
2.38 - 2.80
|
|
20,000
|
|
|
2.55
|
Natural Gas - Henry Hub
|
|
Swaps
|
|
Jan - Dec 2021
|
|
2.32 - 2.39
|
|
27,500
|
|
|
2.36
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Ranges presented for fixed-price swaps and basis swaps represent the lowest and highest fixed prices of all open contracts for the period presented.
As of June 30, 2020, all of the Company’s economic derivative hedge positions were with large financial institutions, which are not known to the Company to be in default on their derivative positions. The Company is exposed to credit risk to the extent of non-performance by the counterparties in the derivative contracts discussed above; however, the Company does not anticipate non-performance by such counterparties. None of the Company’s derivative instruments contain credit-risk related contingent features.
Interest Rate Hedge Instruments
The Company uses interest rate swap contracts to manage its net exposure to rate changes attributable to its Credit Facility borrowings (see below). At June 30, 2020, the Company was a party to two one-month London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") swap contracts with notional amounts of $190 million in the aggregate and a fixed rate of 0.68%. The contracts settle monthly from April 2020 through March 2023, and the Company realized a loss of $0.1 million for the second quarter of 2020 related settlements of the Company's interest rate hedges, and an unrealized loss of $0.9 million.
Note 4. Revenue Recognition
The Company recognizes revenue when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to customers at an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.
Disaggregation of Revenue
Operating revenues are comprised of sales of crude oil, NGLs and natural gas. Revenue is recognized when performance obligations under the terms of a contract with a customer are satisfied. The Company recognizes revenue when control has been transferred to the customer, generally at the time commodities reach an agreed-upon delivery point. Revenue is measured as the amount of consideration the Company expects to receive in exchange for transferring products and is generally based upon a negotiated formula, list or fixed price based on a market index. Typically, the Company sells its products directly to customers generally under agreements with payment terms less than 30 days.
The following table summarizes our revenues by product type for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
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|
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|
|
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|
In thousands
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
Oil
|
|
$
|
11,976
|
|
|
$
|
44,726
|
|
|
$
|
41,986
|
|
|
$
|
78,310
|
|
NGLs
|
|
1,762
|
|
|
3,549
|
|
|
4,362
|
|
|
6,942
|
|
Natural gas
|
|
3,482
|
|
|
3,940
|
|
|
7,902
|
|
|
7,704
|
|
Total revenues
|
|
$
|
17,220
|
|
|
$
|
52,215
|
|
|
$
|
54,250
|
|
|
$
|
92,956
|
|
As of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 the accounts receivable balance representing amounts due or billable under the terms of contracts with purchasers was $11.7 million and $16.0 million, respectively.
Note 5. Fair Value Measurements
Fair value measurements are based upon inputs that market participants use in pricing an asset or liability, which are classified into two categories: observable inputs and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs represent market data obtained from independent sources, whereas unobservable inputs reflect a company’s own market assumptions, which are used if observable inputs are not reasonably available without undue cost and effort. ASC 820 prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value into the following fair value hierarchy:
•Level 1 – Quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
•Level 2 – Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, and inputs derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.
•Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability. The fair value input hierarchy level to which an asset or liability measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the measurement in its entirety.
The following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, for each fair value hierarchy level:
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
|
|
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Fair Value Measurements Using
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|
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|
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|
|
In thousands
|
|
Quoted Prices in Active Markets
(Level 1)
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|
Significant Other Observable Inputs
(Level 2)
|
|
Significant Unobservable Inputs
(Level 3)
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|
Total
|
June 30, 2020
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
57,949
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
57,949
|
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
|
—
|
|
|
(5,530)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(5,530)
|
|
Warrant
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
|
(1)
|
|
Stock-based compensation
|
|
(72)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(27)
|
|
|
(99)
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(72)
|
|
|
$
|
52,419
|
|
|
$
|
(28)
|
|
|
$
|
52,319
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2019
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
6,849
|
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
6,849
|
|
Liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative financial instruments
|
|
—
|
|
|
(10,462)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(10,462)
|
|
Warrant
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(364)
|
|
|
(364)
|
|
Stock-based compensation
|
|
(1,792)
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
(573)
|
|
|
(2,365)
|
|
Total
|
|
$
|
(1,792)
|
|
|
$
|
(3,613)
|
|
|
$
|
(937)
|
|
|
$
|
(6,342)
|
|
Level 3 Fair Value Measurements
The table below sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of the Company’s Level 3 liabilities for the six months ended June 30, 2020:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In thousands
|
|
Warrant
|
|
Stock-Based Compensation
|
|
Total
|
Balance as of December 31, 2019
|
|
$
|
(364)
|
|
|
$
|
(573)
|
|
|
$
|
(937)
|
|
Unrealized gains
|
|
363
|
|
|
546
|
|
|
909
|
|
Balance as of June 30, 2020
|
|
$
|
(1)
|
|
|
$
|
(27)
|
|
|
$
|
(28)
|
|
Other fair value measurements
The book values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable, approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. The carrying value of the Credit Facility (as defined in Note 7. below) approximates fair value since it is subject to a short-term floating interest rate that approximates the rate available to the Company. The fair value of the 11.25% Senior Notes (as defined in Note 8. below) was approximately $25.6 million as of June 30, 2020 and is considered a Level 3 fair value measurement, as they are based on market transactions that occur infrequently as well as internally generated inputs.
Note 6. Accrued Liabilities
Accrued liabilities consisted of the following as of the dates indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In thousands
|
|
June 30, 2020
|
|
December 31, 2019
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued interest – 11.25% Senior Notes
|
|
$
|
14,063
|
|
|
$
|
14,063
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued well costs
|
|
13,577
|
|
|
8,932
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bonus payable
|
|
1,218
|
|
|
2,353
|
|
Other
|
|
5,240
|
|
|
1,557
|
|
Total accrued liabilities
|
|
$
|
34,098
|
|
|
$
|
26,905
|
|
Note 7. Long-Term Debt
The following long-term debt obligations were outstanding as of the dates indicated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In thousands
|
|
June 30, 2020
|
|
December 31, 2019
|
Senior Secured Credit Facility
|
|
$
|
285,000
|
|
|
$
|
247,000
|
|
11.25% Senior Notes due 2023
|
|
250,000
|
|
|
250,000
|
|
Mortgage debt
|
|
8,822
|
|
|
8,931
|
|
PPP loan
|
|
2,157
|
|
|
—
|
|
Other
|
|
271
|
|
|
271
|
|
Total long-term debt
|
|
546,250
|
|
|
506,202
|
|
Unamortized discount
|
|
(2,812)
|
|
|
(3,375)
|
|
Unamortized debt issuance costs
|
|
(605)
|
|
|
(759)
|
|
Total net of debt issuance costs
|
|
542,833
|
|
|
502,068
|
|
Less current obligations
|
|
(531,583)
|
|
|
(247,000)
|
|
Long-term debt
|
|
$
|
11,250
|
|
|
$
|
255,068
|
|
Senior Secured Credit Facility
In July 2015, through its subsidiary, Lonestar Resources America, Inc. ("LRAI"), the Company entered into a $500 million Senior Secured Credit Facility with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and other lenders party thereto (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Credit Facility”), which has a maturity date of November 15, 2023. As of June 30, 2020, $285.0 million was borrowed under the Credit Facility, and the weighted average interest rate on borrowings under the Credit Facility for the quarter was 3.73%. Borrowing availability was $0.6 million as of June 30, 2020, which reflects $0.4 million of letters of credit outstanding.
The Credit Facility may be used for loans and, subject to a $2.5 million sub-limit, letters of credit, and provides for a commitment fee of 0.375% to 0.5% (0.5% following the Thirteenth Amendment (as defined below)) based on the unused portion of the borrowing base under the Credit Facility. As of March 31, 2020, the borrowing base and lender commitments for the Credit Facility was $290 million. The borrowing base was lowered to $286 million on June 11, 2020 as part of the Thirteenth Amendment. The borrowing base was further lowered to $225 million from $286 million pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement on July 2, 2020, creating a deficiency between the outstanding amount borrowed under the Company's Credit Facility and the borrowing base. The outstanding balance under the Credit Facility was $285 million as of August 14, 2020 which represents a borrowing deficiency of $60.4 million. The Company is obligated to pay the deficiency within 60 days after July 2, 2020, due to the Credit Facility's status of default (see below).
Borrowings under the Credit Facility, at the Company's election, bear interest at either: (i) an alternate base rate (“ABR”) equal to the higher of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5% per annum, and (c) the adjusted LIBO rate of a three-month interest period on such day plus 1.0%; or (ii) the adjusted LIBO rate, which is the rate stated on Reuters screen LIBOR1 page, for one, two, three, six or twelve months, as adjusted for statutory reserve requirements for Eurocurrency liabilities, plus, in each of the cases described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, an applicable margin ranging from 1.0% to 2.0% (2.0% to 3.5% following the Thirteenth Amendment) for ABR loans and from 2.0% to 3.0% (3.0% to 4.5% following the Thirteenth Amendment) for adjusted LIBO rate loans.
As the Credit Facility is in a state of default, 2.0% incremental default interest would typically be due but is currently not being charged as part of the terms of the Forbearance Agreement (see below).
Subject to certain permitted liens, the Company's obligations under the Credit Facility are required to be secured by the grant of a first priority lien on no less than 80% of the value of the proved oil and gas properties of the Company and its subsidiaries (currently 100% following the Thirteenth Amendment).
The Credit Facility contains certain financial performance covenants, as defined in the Credit Facility, including the following:
•A maximum debt to EBITDAX ratio of 4.0 to 1.0, and
•A current ratio of not less than 1.0 to 1.0.
The Company also was not in compliance with the terms of the Credit Facility as of December 31, 2019 because it did not satisfy the consolidated current ratio at those times and the audit report prepared by its auditors with respect to the 2019 financial statements included an explanatory paragraph expressing uncertainty as to the Company's ability to continue as a "going concern." The lenders waived the current ratio default with respect to December 31, 2019. The Company received a forbearance until July 31, 2020 for the defaults in the consolidated current ratio covenant as of the March 31, 2020, and June 30, 2020, measurement dates, the leverage ratio covenant as of the June 30, 2020, measurement date and the missed interest payment under the 11.25% Senior Notes pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. The Company was not in compliance with the terms of the Credit Facility as of May 15, 2020, because it did not timely deliver its financial statements with respect to the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020. Such failure represented a default under the Credit Facility which the lenders waived pursuant to the Thirteenth Amendment. As noted above, the borrowing base was redetermined to $225 million from $286 million pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement on July 2, 2020, which created a deficiency between the outstanding amount borrowed under the Credit Facility and the borrowing base. On July 31, 2020, the lenders under the Credit Facility agreed to extend the forbearance until August 21, 2020, pursuant to an amendment to the Forbearance Agreement. Despite the forbearance, the defaults under the Credit Facility are continuing, and will continue, absent a waiver from the lenders. The outstanding balance under the Company's Credit Facility was $285 million as of August 14, 2020 which represents a borrowing deficiency of $60 million. The Company is obligated to pay the deficiency within 60 days after July 2, 2020.
Waiver and Eleventh Amendment
Effective April 7, 2020, the Company entered into the Waiver and Eleventh Amendment (the "Waiver") to waive events of default arising from its failure to comply with the consolidated current ratio as of December 31, 2019, to timely provide audited financial statements and to provide financial statements that are not subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. As there was no guarantee that the Company's lenders would agree to waive events of default or potential events of default in the future, the amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility as of December 31, 2019 were classified as current in the accompanying 2019 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
Twelfth Amendment
Effective May 8, 2020, the Company entered into the Twelfth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Twelfth Amendment”), to allow the Company to accept proceeds of up to $2.2 million from an unsecured loan applied for under the CARES Act (as discussed further in Note 1).
Waiver and Thirteenth Amendment
Effective June 11, 2020, the Company entered into the Waiver and Thirteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the "Thirteenth Amendment") which, among other things, (i) waived any default or event of default arising from its failure to provide timely quarterly financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2020; (ii) redetermined the borrowing base to $286 million from $290 million; (iii) set the next borrowing base redetermination to be on or around July 1, 2020 (and in any event, no later than July 31, 2020), (iv) amended the borrowing base utilization grid used in the applicable margin, as noted above and (v) until the July 1, 2020 redetermination, restricted the Company and its subsidiaries’ ability to incur debt with respect to, among other items, capital leases and permitted senior debt, grant liens to secure other obligations, pay dividends on LRAI’s preferred stock and make certain investments.
Forbearance Agreement and Fourteenth Amendment
On July 2, 2020, the Company entered into a Forbearance Agreement, Fourteenth Amendment, and Borrowing Base Agreement with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto (the “Forbearance Agreement”) with respect to the Credit Facility. Pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement, among other things, (i) the lenders under the Credit Facility agree to refrain from exercising their rights and remedies under the Credit Facility and related loan documents with respect to certain defaults until July 31, 2020, (ii) the borrowing base was redetermined to $225 million from $286 million, (iii) all proceeds of dispositions and terminations or liquidations of swap agreements shall be used to repay the Credit Facility and shall automatically reduce the borrowing base by the amount of the repayment and (iv) certain exceptions to the covenant restriction on investments shall no longer be available.
The rights of the lenders to exercise rights and remedies resulted from the Company's failure to comply with the current ratio with respect to the quarter ended March 31, 2020 and the defaults expected with respect to the quarter ending June 30, 2020, under the current ratio and the leverage ratio covenants, and the default with respect to the failure to make the interest payment due on July 1, 2020, under the 11.25% Senior Notes.
The Forbearance Agreement can be terminated by the lenders upon (i) the occurrence of any default or event of default under the Credit Facility other than those disclosed, (ii) the failure of the Company to comply with any of the terms and requirements of the Forbearance Agreement, (iii) the breach of any representation or warranty, (iv) the exercise of any rights by other debt holders relating to foreclosure or acceleration and (v) the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding with respect to any loan party. If the Forbearance Agreement terminates and any then-current and ongoing events of default have not been waived or cured, the lenders will be able to accelerate the loans and pursue their rights and remedies.
On July 31, 2020, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into an amendment with respect to the Forbearance Agreement with the Lenders, pursuant to which the Lenders agreed to extend the stated term of the Forbearance Agreement until August 21, 2020. As a result of the events of default, the amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility as of June 30, 2020 were classified as current in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
11.25% Senior Notes
In January 2018, the Company issued $250 million of 11.25% Senior Notes to U.S.-based institutional investors. The net proceeds of $244.4 million were used to fully retire the Company’s 8.75% Senior Notes, which included principal, interest and a prepayment premium of approximately $162 million. The remaining net proceeds were used to reduce borrowings under the Credit Facility.
The 11.25% Senior Notes mature on January 1, 2023, and bear interest at the rate of 11.25% per year, payable on January 1 and July of each year. At any time prior to January 1, 2021, the Company may, on any one or more occasions, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 11.25% Senior Notes with an amount of cash not greater than the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 111.25% of the principal amounts redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of 11.25% Senior Notes originally issued remains outstanding immediately after such redemption and the redemption occurs within 180 days of the closing date of such equity offering.
At any time prior to January 1, 2021, the Company may, on any one or more occasions, redeem all or a part of the 11.25% Senior Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount redeemed, plus a “make-whole” premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest.
On and after January 1, 2021, the Company may redeem the 11.25% Senior Notes, in whole or in part, plus accrued and unpaid interest, at the following redemption prices: 108.438% after January 1, 2021; 105.625% after January 1, 2022; and 100% after July 1, 2022.
The indenture contains certain restrictions on the Company’s ability to incur additional debt, pay dividends on the Company’s common stock, make investments, create liens on the Company’s assets, engage in transactions with affiliates, transfer or sell assets, consolidate or merge, or sell substantially all of the Company’s assets. The indenture also contains cross-default provisions for defaults of the Company's other debt instruments, including the Credit Facility, caused by payment default or events which cause the acceleration of repayment prior to the stated maturity of such instrument.
The Company did not make its interest payment on the 11.25% Senior Notes that was due on July 1, 2020 of approximately $14.1 million (the “Payment Default”). Such failure to pay represents a default under the 11.25% Senior Notes and represented an event of default when the Company did not cure within 30 days. The Payment Default is a current event of default under the Credit Facility. The Company has entered into the Forbearance Agreement which provides that, among other things, the lenders under the Credit Facility have agreed to forbear the Company’s default of the interest payment until August 21, 2020. However, the default under the Credit Facility has not been waived and still exists. Accordingly, the amounts outstanding under the 11.25% Senior Notes as of June 30, 2020 were classified as current in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.
On July 31, 2020, the Company entered into the Notes Forbearance Agreement pursuant to which, among other things, certain holders holding greater than 50% of the 11.25% Senior Notes (i) agreed to refrain from exercising their rights and remedies with respect to the Payment Default and (ii) requested that the trustee not take any remedial action as a result of the Payment Default.
The Notes Forbearance Agreement will terminate and end upon the occurrence of, among other things (i) 6:00 pm (New York City time) on August 21, 2020, (ii) any failure by the Company or its subsidiaries party thereto to perform its obligation under the Notes Forbearance Agreement, (iii) the Company incurs another default or event of default under the Indenture, other than the Payment Default, and (iv) the termination of the Forbearance Agreement. If the Notes Forbearance Agreement terminates and any then-current and ongoing events of default have not been waived or cured, the outstanding 11.25% Senior Notes may be accelerated. Despite the Notes Forbearance Agreement, the Payment Default still represents an ongoing event of default.
The Company cannot provide any assurances that it will be successful in restructuring existing debt obligations or in obtaining capital sufficient to fund the refinancing of its outstanding indebtedness or to provide sufficient liquidity to meet its operating needs. If the Company is unsuccessful in its efforts to restructure and obtain new financing, it may be necessary for the Company to seek protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (“Chapter 11”), or an involuntary petition for bankruptcy may be filed against the Company.
Note 8. Stockholders’ Equity
Series A Preferred Stock Dividends
Holders of Series A-1 Preferred Stock are entitled to cumulative dividends payable quarterly initially at a rate of 9% per annum (the “Dividend Rate”) in cash and, for any 12 quarters (“PIK Quarters”), at the Company’s option, (i) in the form of additional shares of the respective series of Series A-1 Preferred Stock at a per share price equal to $975 or (ii) by increasing Stated Value, in lieu of cash (collectively, the “PIK Option”). After the 12 PIK Quarters (the last of which was the second quarter of 2020), if the Company fails to fully declare and pay dividends in cash, then the Dividend Rate for Series A Preferred Stock will automatically increase by 5% per annum for the next succeeding dividend period and then an additional 1% for each successive dividend period, up to a maximum Dividend Rate of 20% per annum, until the Company pays dividends at such increased rate fully in cash for two consecutive quarters.
Starting with the third quarter of 2017 and through the fourth quarter of 2019, the Company elected the PIK Option for the Class A-1 Preferred Stock dividend payment, which resulted in the issuance of 20,328 additional shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock. During the first and second quarter of 2020, the Company also elected the PIK Option, which resulted in the issuance of 4,565 additional shares of Series A-1 Preferred Stock.
Note 9. Stock-Based Compensation
Restricted Stock Units
Lonestar grants awards of restricted stock units ("RSUs") to employees and directors as part of its long-term compensation program. For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized $(1.2) million and $1.3 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation (benefit) expense for RSUs. The liability for RSUs on the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2020 was $0.1 million.
As of June 30, 2020, there was $0.4 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested RSU grants. This unrecognized compensation cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.6 years. The fair value of RSU grants that vested during the three months ended June 30, 2020 totaled $0.1 million.
A summary of the status of the Company's non-vested RSU grants issued, and the changes during the six months ended June 30, 2020 is presented below:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
Weighted Average Fair Value per Share
|
Non-vested RSUs at December 31, 2019
|
1,849,676
|
|
|
$
|
4.04
|
|
Granted
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Vested
|
(857,800)
|
|
|
0.65
|
|
Forfeited
|
(102,623)
|
|
|
—
|
|
Non-vested RSUs at June 30, 2020
|
889,253
|
|
|
$
|
3.41
|
|
Stock Appreciation Rights
In the past, Lonestar has granted awards of stock appreciation rights (“SARs”) to employees and directors as part of its long-term compensation program. For the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company recognized $(0.5) million and $(0.3) million, respectively, of stock-based compensation (benefit) expense for SARs. The liability for SARs on the accompanying unaudited consolidated balance sheet as of June 30, 2020 was not material.
As of June 30, 2020, the total compensation cost to be recognized in future periods related to non-vested SAR grants was not material. The cost is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.8 year.
The following is a summary of the Company's SAR activity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
Weighted Average Exercise Price Per Share
|
|
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term
(in years)
|
Outstanding at December 31, 2019
|
1,010,000
|
|
|
$
|
6.30
|
|
|
2.5
|
SARs vested and exercisable at December 31, 2019
|
606,250
|
|
|
6.65
|
|
|
2.4
|
Granted
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Exercised
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Expired/forfeited
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
|
—
|
|
Outstanding at June 30, 2020
|
1,010,000
|
|
|
$
|
6.30
|
|
|
2.3
|
SARs vested and exercisable at June 30, 2020
|
805,000
|
|
|
$
|
6.79
|
|
|
1.8
|
Note 10. Related Party Activities
New Tech Global Ventures, LLC, and New Tech Global Environmental, LLC, companies in which a director of the Company owns a limited partnership interest, have provided field engineering staff and consultancy services for the Company since 2013. The total cost for such services was approximately $0.5 million and $0.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
In February 2019, the Company purchased a property adjacent to its corporate office for future expansion for approximately $2.0 million. The transaction was funded with cash from operations. The seller of the property is indebted to certain trusts established in favor of the children of one of the Company's directors. The Company understands that the seller may use some of the proceeds of the sale to satisfy such outstanding indebtedness, though the Company has no interest or influence over any particular outcome.
Note 11. Commitments and Contingencies
Lonestar has one drilling rig under contract that is currently operating, which provides for a drilling rate of $19.0 thousand per day and expires on September 7, 2020. Should the Company terminate the contract early, the early termination fee totals $15.0 thousand per day times the remaining number of days left on the contract after the termination date.
From time to time, Lonestar is subject to legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of business. Like other crude oil and gas producers and marketers, the Company's operations are subject to extensive and rapidly changing federal and state environmental, health and safety, and other laws and regulations governing air emissions, wastewater discharges and solid and hazardous waste management activities. The Company is not aware of any pending or overtly threatened legal action against it that could have a material impact on its business.
Gonzales County AMI
In February 2020, the Company announced that it had entered into a Joint Development Agreement (the "JDA") in Gonzales County with one of the largest producers in the Eagle Ford which encompass an Area of Mutual Interest (the "AMI") totaling approximately 15,000 acres.
The agreement calls for Lonestar to operate a minimum of three to four Eagle Ford Shale wells annually on behalf of the two companies through 2022 that are intended to hold-by-production approximately 6,000 gross acres within the AMI. The agreement gives Lonestar's partner the option to participate in each well with a 50% working interest or to participate via a carried working interest that ranges from approximately 9 to 17%, depending on location.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included herein and our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the “Form 10-K”), along with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in the Form 10-K. Any terms used but not defined herein have the same meaning given to them in the Form 10-K. Our discussion and analysis includes forward-looking information that involves risks and uncertainties and should be read in conjunction with Risk Factors under Item 1A of the Form 10-K, along with Forward Looking Information at the end of this section for information on the risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to be materially different than our forward-looking statements.
OVERVIEW
Lonestar is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the exploration, development and production of unconventional oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas in the Eagle Ford Shale play in South Texas.
Market Developments and Response to Commodity Price Declines
The COVID-19 coronavirus ("COVID-19") pandemic has resulted in a severe worldwide economic downturn, significantly disrupting the demand for oil throughout the world, and has created significant volatility, uncertainty and turmoil in the oil and gas industry. The decrease in demand for oil combined with the oil supply increase attributable to the battle for market share among the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ("OPEC"), Russia and other oil producing nations, resulted in oil prices declining significantly beginning in late February 2020. During this time NYMEX oil prices declined from averages in the mid-$50s per Bbl range in January and February 2020, to an average of approximately $30 per Bbl in March. NYMEX oil prices continued to decline in April 2020 to an average of $17 per Bbl in response to uncertainty about the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and storage constraints resulting from over-supply of produced oil, before recovering to the lower-$40s per Bbl by late July after the implementation of production cuts by OPEC, significant production cuts by domestic operators, and an easement of storage capacity concerns.
The length of this demand disruption is unknown, and there is significant uncertainty regarding the long-term impact to global oil demand, which will ultimately depend on various factors and consequences beyond our control, such as the duration and scope of the pandemic, the length and severity of the worldwide economic downturn, additional actions by businesses and governments in response to both the pandemic and the decrease in oil prices, the speed and effectiveness of responses to combat the virus, and the time necessary to equalize oil supply and demand to restore oil pricing.
In response to these developments, we have implemented the following operational and financial measures:
1.Reduced budgeted 2020 capital spending from $80-$85 million to approximately $65 million, almost all of which has been incurred by the end of June 2020;
2.Deferred the remainder of our 2020 drilling program through the end of the year;
3.Implemented cost-reduction measures including negotiating reduced rates for water disposal, chemicals, rentals, and workovers;
4.Shut in or stored approximately 4,700 BOE per day of production during late-April and all of May 2020, primarily at our oil-rich fields in our Central Eagle Ford Area; and
5.Entered into additional commodities derivatives in March 2020 to hedge an additional 2,000 Bbls of oil per day at an average swap price of $41.00 per Bbl and 27,500 Mcf of natural gas per day at an average price of $2.36 per Mcf in 2021. Our current oil hedge position covers 7,498 Bbls per day for the second quarter of 2020, 7,565 Bbls per day for the second half of 2020, and 7,000 Bbls per day for 2021. Our current natural gas hedge position covers 20,000 Mcf per day at a weighted average price of $2.57 for the remaining two quarters of 2020, and 27,500 Mcf per day for 2021 at a weighted average price of $2.36.
We continue to assess the global impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and expect to continue to modify our plans as more clarity around the full economic impact of COVID-19 becomes available. See Risk Factors for further discussion of the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business.
Recent Developments
Our present level of indebtedness and the current commodity price environment present challenges to our ability to comply with the covenants in our revolving credit facility over the next twelve months and therefore substantial doubt exists that we will be able to continue as a going concern. As of June 30, 2020, we had total indebtedness of $546.3 million, including $250.0 million of Senior Notes due 2023 (the "11.25% Senior Notes”), $285.0 million under our Credit Facility (as defined below), $8.8 million under our building loan and $2.2 million for our Paycheck Protection Program loan. At August 14, 2020, we continue to have $285 million drawn on the Credit Facility and have a $60.4 million borrowing base deficiency due to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement (as defined below), which redetermined our borrowing base at $225 million.
We did not satisfy the consolidated current ratio covenant under our Credit Facility as of the June 30, 2020, March 31, 2020, and December 31, 2019 measurement dates, the leverage ratio covenant as of the June 30, 2020, measurement date and we defaulted on the July 1, 2020 interest payment under the 11.25% Senior Notes (the "Payment Default") of approximately $14.1 million. Such failures represent events of default under our Credit Facility, and the Payment Default represented an event of default under the 11.25% Senior Notes on July 31, 2020, as we did not cure the Payment Default within the 30-day cure period. In addition, the audit report prepared by our auditors with respect to the financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 includes an explanatory paragraph expressing uncertainty as to our ability to continue as a “going concern.” This, in addition to not providing timely audited financial statements, represented an additional default under the Credit Facility. As a result, the outstanding amount of borrowings under the Credit Facility as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 have been classified as current in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets because we do not anticipate maintaining compliance with the consolidated current ratio over the next twelve months.
We entered into the Waiver (as defined below) on April 7, 2020, with certain lenders and Citibank, N.A., as administrative bank, to waive the events of default relating to our failure to comply with the current ratio covenant as of December 31, 2019, to provide timely audited financial statements and to provide audited financial statements that are not subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. We entered into the Thirteenth Amendment on June 11, 2020 with the lenders to waive any default and event of default relating to our failure to timely deliver the quarterly financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Although we have entered into these waivers, there is no guarantee that our lenders will agree to waive events of default or potential events of default in the future. Our failure to meet the current ratio in the Credit Facility as of March 31, 2020, is an event of default under the Credit Facility. We received a forbearance until July 31, 2020 for the default in the consolidated current ratio covenant as of the March 31, 2020, and June 30, 2020, measurement dates, the leverage ratio covenant as of the June 30, 2020, measurement date and the Payment Default pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. On July 31, 2020, the lenders under the Credit Facility agreed to extend the forbearance until August 21, 2020, pursuant to an amendment to the Forbearance Agreement. Also, on July 31, 2020, we received a forbearance until August 21, 2020 from certain holders of greater than 50% of the outstanding 11.25% Senior Notes for the Payment Default (the “Notes Forbearance Agreement”). Despite the forbearances, the defaults under the Credit Facility and the 11.25% Senior Notes are continuing, and will continue, absent a waiver from the lenders or, in case of the 11.25% Senior Notes, the Payment Default is cured.
As noted above,we do not anticipate maintaining compliance with the consolidated current ratio covenant and leverage ratio covenant under our Credit Facility over the next twelve months and we are currently in forbearance with the Credit Facility and 11.25% Senior Notes until August 21. If we are unable to reach an agreement with its lenders, the lenders of the Credit Facility may choose to accelerate repayment, in addition to the $60.4 million due from the current borrowing base deficiency noted above, which in turn may result in an event of default and an acceleration of the 11.25% Senior Notes, which have a $14.1 million interest payment that was due and unpaid on July 1, 2020 (see below) that separately represents a current event of default. The Company does not currently have sufficient liquidity to repay such indebtedness, including the current borrowing base deficiency and unpaid interest payment, and is currently in talks with its lenders to restructure its existing debt obligations. We have concluded that these circumstances create substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern.
We cannot provide any assurances that we will be successful in restructuring our existing debt obligations, and if we are unsuccessful in our efforts to restructure and obtain new financing, it may be necessary for us to seek protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (“Chapter 11”), or an involuntary petition for bankruptcy may be filed against us.
Operational Highlights for the Second Quarter of 2020
During the second quarter of 2020, we achieved the following operating and financial results:
•Production decreased by 2% compared to the second quarter of 2019, averaging 13,339 BOE per day versus 13,630 BOE per day. Compared to the first quarter of 2020, production decreased 8%, or 1,097 BOE per day, from 14,436 BOE per day. In response to the collapse in commodity prices, we shut in or stored approximately 4,700 BOE per day of production during late-April and all of May 2020, primarily in our Central Eagle Ford Area. These shut-in wells came back online during the first week of June, and we estimate that the shut-ins reduced average production for the quarter by 1,700 BOE per day.
•Drilled and completed three new wells and drilled three additional uncompleted wells ("DUCs") at our Hawkeye property.
•Continued to lower our operating expenses on a per-BOE basis. Compared to the second quarter of 2019, lease operating and gas gathering, and production and ad valorem taxes decreased on a per-BOE basis due to our continued focus on controlling costs. However, general and administrative expenses increased significantly during the current quarter due to professional fees related to our ongoing corporate restructuring efforts.
Changes in operating results between the second quarters of 2020 and 2019 were primarily driven by the following:
•Revenues decreased sharply by $35.0 million, or 67%, between the two quarters, primarily driven by a 66% decrease in commodity prices and a 2% decrease in production.
•Compared to the second quarter of 2019, lease operating and gas gathering expense decreased by 44% to $3.16 per BOE, production and ad valorem taxes decreased by 39% to $0.83 per BOE, general and administrative expense increased by 59% to $1.83 per BOE, and interest expense decreased $0.03 per BOE.
•Derivative financial instruments had a net loss of $21.1 million in the second quarter of 2020, compared to a net gain of $9.5 million in the second quarter of 2019.
During the second quarter of 2020, we recognized net loss attributable to common stockholders of $42.9 million, or $1.70 per diluted common share, compared to net income attributable to common stockholders of $6.9 million, or $0.28 per diluted common share, in the second quarter of 2019. We generated $30.4 million of cash flow from operating activities during the first six months of 2020, which was $7.8 million less than the $38.2 million generated by operating activities during the first six months of 2019.
Gonzales County AMI
In February 2020, we entered into a Joint Development Agreement (the "JDA") in Gonzales County with one of the largest producers in the Eagle Ford which encompass an Area of Mutual Interest (the "AMI") totaling approximately 15,000 acres.
The agreement calls for Lonestar to operate a minimum of three to four Eagle Ford Shale wells annually on behalf of the two companies through 2022 that are intended to hold-by-production approximately 6,000 gross acres within the AMI. The agreement gives Lonestar's partner the option to participate in each well with a 50% working interest or to participate via a carried working interest that ranges from approximately 9 to 17%, depending on location.
In June, we began flowback operations on the Hawkeye #14H, Hawkeye #15H, and Hawkeye #16H. These wells were the first wells completed in the AMI, and were drilled to total measured depths of 21,221, 20,924, and 20,228 feet, respectively. These new wells have since cleaned up after flowback and registered the following Max-30 rates which average 1,461 BOE/d:
◦Hawkeye #14H – With a 10,979’ perforated interval, the #14H recorded Max-30 rates of 1,186 Bbls/d oil, 87 Bbls/d of NGLs, and 625 Mcf/d, or 1,377 BOE/d on a three-stream basis and was achieved on a 30/64” choke. Currently, the #14H is producing 961 Bbls/d oil, 57 Bbls/d of NGLs, 410 Mcf/d gas, or 1,086 BOE/d on a three-stream basis.
◦Hawkeye #15H – With a 10,608’ perforated interval, the #15H recorded Max-30 rates 1,372 Bbls/d oil, 101 Bbls/d of NGLs, and 729 Mcf/d, or 1,595 BOE/d on a three-stream basis and was achieved on a 30/64” choke. Currently, the #15H is producing 1,062 Bbls/d oil, 64 Bbls/d of NGLs, 459 Mcf/d gas, or 1,205 BOE/d on a three-stream basis.
◦Hawkeye #16H – With a 9,885’ perforated interval, the #16H recorded Max-30 rates 1,217 Bbls/d oil, 88 Bbls/d of NGLs, and 635 Mcf/d, or 1,411 BOE/d on a three-stream basis and was achieved on a 30/64” choke. Currently, the #16H is producing 970 Bbls/d oil, 55 Bbls/d of NGLs, and 396 Mcf/d gas, or 1,091 BOE/d on a three-stream basis.
Our joint interest partner did not participate but we ultimately expect to have a 50% working interest in these wells.
In July, we completed drilling operations on the Hawkeye #33H, Hawkeye #34H, and Hawkeye #35. These wells were drilled to total measured depths of 20,500, 20,358 and 20,467 feet, respectively, and are expected to have perforated intervals averaging approximately 10,800 feet. These wells are currently held in inventory as Drilled Uncompleted ("DUC’s"). Our joint interest partner did not participate but we ultimately expect to have a 50% working interest in these wells.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Certain of our operating results and statistics for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 are summarized below:
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In thousands, except per share and unit data
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Three Months Ended June 30,
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Six Months Ended June 30,
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2020
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2019
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2020
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2019
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Operating Results
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Net loss attributable to common stockholders
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$
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(42,901)
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$
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11,177
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$
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(155,950)
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$
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(49,451)
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Net loss per common share – basic(1)
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(1.70)
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0.28
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(6.20)
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(1.99)
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Net loss per common share – diluted(1)
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(1.70)
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0.28
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(6.20)
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(1.99)
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Net cash provided by operating activities
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30,411
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28,362
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30,411
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38,187
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Revenues
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Oil
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$
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11,976
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$
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44,726
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$
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41,986
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$
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78,310
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NGLs
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1,762
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3,549
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4,362
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6,942
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Natural gas
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3,482
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3,940
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7,902
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7,704
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Total revenues
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$
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17,220
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$
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52,215
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$
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54,250
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$
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92,956
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Total production volumes by product
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Oil (Bbls)
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579,179
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709,361
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1,237,680
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1,299,457
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NGLs (Bbls)
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267,462
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263,994
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570,933
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481,555
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Natural gas (Mcf)
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2,203,209
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1,601,656
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4,313,625
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2,896,860
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Total barrels of oil equivalent (6:1)
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1,213,843
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1,240,298
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2,527,551
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2,263,822
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Daily production volumes by product
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Oil (Bbls/d)
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6,365
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7,795
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6,800
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7,179
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NGLs (Bbls/d)
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2,939
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2,901
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3,137
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2,661
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Natural gas (Mcf/d)
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24,211
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17,601
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23,701
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16,005
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Total barrels of oil equivalent (BOE/d)
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13,339
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13,630
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13,888
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12,507
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Average realized prices
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Oil ($ per Bbl)
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$
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20.68
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$
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63.05
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$
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33.92
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$
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60.26
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NGLs ($ per Bbl)
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6.59
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13.44
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7.64
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14.42
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Natural gas ($ per Mcf)
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1.58
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2.46
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1.83
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2.66
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Total oil equivalent, excluding the effect from commodity derivatives ($ per BOE)
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14.19
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42.10
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21.46
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41.06
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Total oil equivalent, including the effect from commodity derivatives ($ per BOE)
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31.22
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38.63
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32.88
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38.86
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Operating and other expenses
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Lease operating and gas gathering
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$
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4,903
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$
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8,929
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$
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14,692
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$
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16,638
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Production and ad valorem taxes
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1,721
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2,818
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4,091
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5,109
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Depreciation, depletion and amortization
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16,575
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21,515
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40,929
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39,486
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General and administrative
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5,981
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3,841
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8,856
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8,221
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Interest expense
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10,512
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10,778
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22,122
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21,434
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Operating and other expenses per BOE
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Lease operating and gas gathering
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$
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4.04
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$
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7.20
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$
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5.81
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$
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7.35
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Production and ad valorem taxes
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1.42
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2.27
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1.62
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2.26
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Depreciation, depletion and amortization
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13.65
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17.35
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16.19
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17.44
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General and administrative
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4.93
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3.10
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3.50
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3.63
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Interest expense
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8.66
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8.69
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8.75
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9.47
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(1) Basic and diluted earnings per share are calculated using the two-class method. See Footnote 1. Basis of Presentation in the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1.
Production
The table below summarizes our production volumes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
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Three Months Ended June 30,
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Six Months Ended June 30,
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2020
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2019
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Change
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2020
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2019
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Change
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Oil (Bbls/d)
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6,365
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7,795
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(18)
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%
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6,800
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7,179
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(5)
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%
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NGLs (Bbls/d)
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2,939
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2,901
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1
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%
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3,137
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2,661
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18
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%
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Natural gas (Mcf/d)
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24,211
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17,601
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38
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%
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23,701
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16,005
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48
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%
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Total (BOE/d)
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13,339
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13,630
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(2)
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%
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13,888
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12,507
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11
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%
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Total production during the second quarter of 2020 averaged 13,339 BOE per day, a decrease of 2%, or 291 BOE per day, compared to the same period in 2019. This decrease was primarily driven by slower development of our Eagle Ford acreage in the current quarter and shutting in a significant amount of production (which effected average daily production for the quarter by approximately 1,700 BOE per day) in our oi-rich Central Eagle Ford region during late April through the end of May 2020 both in response to lower commodity prices that started during March of 2020. Total production during the first six months of 2020 averaged 13,888 BOE per day, an increase of 11%, or 1,381 BOE per day, compared to the same period in 2019. Compared to the second quarter of 2020, the year-to-date production for 2020 includes the benefit of higher production during the first quarter of the year before the production shut-in noted above occurred in April.
Our production during the second quarter of 2020 was 70% oil and NGLs, compared to 78% during the second quarter of 2019.
Oil, Natural Gas Liquid and Natural Gas Revenues
The table below summarizes our production revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
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In thousands
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Three Months Ended June 30,
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Six Months Ended June 30,
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2020
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2019
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Change
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2020
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2019
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Change
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Oil
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$
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11,976
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$
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44,726
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(73)
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%
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$
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41,986
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$
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78,310
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(46)
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%
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NGLs
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1,762
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3,549
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(50)
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%
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4,362
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6,942
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(37)
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%
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Natural gas
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3,482
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3,940
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(12)
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%
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7,902
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7,704
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3
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%
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Total revenues
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$
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17,220
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$
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52,215
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(67)
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%
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$
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54,250
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$
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92,956
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(42)
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%
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Our oil, NGL and natural gas revenues during the three months ended June 30, 2020 decreased $35.0 million, or 67%, compared to those revenues for the same period in 2019. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, our oil, NGL and natural gas revenues decreased $38.8 million, or 42%, compared to the same period in 2019. The changes in our oil, NGL and natural gas revenues are due to changes in production quantities and commodity prices (excluding any impact of our commodity derivative contracts), as reflected in the following table:
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In thousands
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2020 vs 2019
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Six Months Ended June 30, 2020 vs 2019
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Decrease in Revenues
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Percentage Decrease in Revenues
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Increase (Decrease) in Revenues
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Percentage Increase (Decrease) in Revenues
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Change in oil, NGL and natural gas revenues due to:
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(Decrease) increase in production
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$
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(1,114)
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(2)
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%
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$
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10,829
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12
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%
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Decrease in commodity prices
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(33,881)
|
|
|
(66)
|
%
|
|
(49,535)
|
|
|
(53)
|
%
|
Total change in oil, NGL and natural gas revenues
|
|
$
|
(34,995)
|
|
|
(68)
|
%
|
|
$
|
(38,706)
|
|
|
(42)
|
%
|
Excluding the impact of our commodity derivative contracts, our net realized commodity prices and NYMEX differentials were as follows during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
Change
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
Change
|
Average net realized price
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil ($/Bbl)
|
$
|
20.68
|
|
|
$
|
63.05
|
|
|
(67)
|
%
|
|
$
|
33.92
|
|
|
$
|
60.26
|
|
|
(44)
|
%
|
NGLs ($/Bbls)
|
6.59
|
|
|
13.44
|
|
|
(51)
|
%
|
|
7.64
|
|
|
14.42
|
|
|
(47)
|
%
|
Natural gas ($/Mcf)
|
1.58
|
|
|
2.46
|
|
|
(36)
|
%
|
|
1.83
|
|
|
2.66
|
|
|
(31)
|
%
|
Total ($/BOE)
|
14.19
|
|
|
42.10
|
|
|
(66)
|
%
|
|
21.46
|
|
|
41.06
|
|
|
(48)
|
%
|
Average NYMEX differentials
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil per Bbl
|
$
|
(7.17)
|
|
|
$
|
3.24
|
|
|
(321)
|
%
|
|
$
|
(3.09)
|
|
|
$
|
2.90
|
|
|
(206)
|
%
|
Natural gas per Mcf
|
(0.13)
|
|
|
(0.10)
|
|
|
30
|
%
|
|
0.02
|
|
|
(0.08)
|
|
|
(127)
|
%
|
The average wellhead price for our production in the three months ended June 30, 2020 was $14.19 per BOE, a 66% decrease compared to the average price for the comparable period in 2019. The realized wellhead price for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was $21.46 per BOE, a 48% decrease compared to the average price of the comparable period in 2019. Reported wellhead realizations were driven lower by a decrease in the crude oil and natural gas benchmark prices between the periods, in addition to a significantly lower NYMEX oil differential. Our realized NGL price was $6.59 per Bbl, or 32% of NYMEX WTI.
Our average NYMEX oil differential decreased quarter over quarter by $10.41 per Bbl. Differentials were impacted significantly during the quarter as a result of the April 2020 price collapse that saw WTI drop to approximately negative $40 per Bbl at one point. This led to temporary storage restraints at purchasers which caused marketing rates to increase as high as $10 per Bbl. The drastic change in price also created sharp, yet temporary, changes in oil related differentials that fell to approximately negative $8 per Bbl in May 2020.
Our natural gas NYMEX differentials are generally caused by movement in the NYMEX natural gas prices during the month, as most of our natural gas is sold on an index price that is set near the first of each month. While the percentage change in NYMEX natural gas differentials can be large, these differentials are seldom more than a dollar above or below NYMEX price.
Commodity Derivative Contracts
We utilize oil and natural gas derivative contracts to provide an economic hedge of our exposure to commodity price risk associated with anticipated future production and to provide more certainty to our future cash flows. These contracts have historically consisted of fixed-price swaps, collars and basis swaps.
The following table summarizes the net cash (payments) receipts on the Company's commodity derivatives and the relative price impact (per Bbl or Mcf) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
|
2020
|
|
|
|
2019
|
|
|
In thousands, except price impact
|
|
Net realized settlements
|
|
Price impact
|
|
Net realized settlements
|
|
Price impact
|
|
Net realized settlements
|
|
Price impact
|
|
Net realized settlements
|
|
Price impact
|
(Payments) receipts on settlements of oil derivatives
|
|
$
|
21,400
|
|
|
$
|
36.95
|
|
|
$
|
(5,066)
|
|
|
$
|
(7.14)
|
|
|
$
|
21,261
|
|
|
$
|
17.18
|
|
|
$
|
(4,603)
|
|
|
$
|
(3.54)
|
|
Receipts on settlements of natural gas derivatives
|
|
1,491
|
|
|
0.68
|
|
|
178
|
|
|
0.11
|
|
|
2,455
|
|
|
0.57
|
|
|
1,024
|
|
|
0.35
|
|
Total net commodity derivative settlements
|
|
$
|
22,891
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
(4,888)
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
23,716
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
(3,579)
|
|
|
|
Our realized net gain on commodity derivative contracts was $20.5 million and $28.7 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020. We realized an average gain of $17.03 and $11.42 per BOE on our oil and natural gas swaps during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, as compared to an average loss of $4.35 and $2.79 per BOE for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019.
Production Expenses
The table below presents detail of production expenses for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In thousands, except expense per BOE
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
Change
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
Change
|
Production expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease operating and gas gathering
|
|
$
|
4,903
|
|
|
$
|
8,929
|
|
|
(45)
|
%
|
|
$
|
14,692
|
|
|
$
|
16,638
|
|
|
(12)
|
%
|
Production and ad valorem taxes
|
|
1,721
|
|
|
2,818
|
|
|
(39)
|
%
|
|
4,091
|
|
|
5,109
|
|
|
(20)
|
%
|
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
|
16,575
|
|
|
21,515
|
|
|
(23)
|
%
|
|
40,929
|
|
|
39,486
|
|
|
4
|
%
|
Production expenses per BOE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease operating and gas gathering
|
|
$
|
4.04
|
|
|
$
|
7.20
|
|
|
(44)
|
%
|
|
$
|
5.81
|
|
|
$
|
7.35
|
|
|
(21)
|
%
|
Production and ad valorem taxes
|
|
1.42
|
|
|
2.27
|
|
|
(38)
|
%
|
|
1.62
|
|
|
2.26
|
|
|
(28)
|
%
|
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
|
|
13.65
|
|
|
17.35
|
|
|
(21)
|
%
|
|
16.19
|
|
|
17.44
|
|
|
(7)
|
%
|
Lease Operating and Gas Gathering
The table below provides detail of our lease operating and gas gathering expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In thousands
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
Change
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
Change
|
Lease operating
|
|
$
|
4,028
|
|
|
$
|
7,692
|
|
|
(48)
|
%
|
|
$
|
11,667
|
|
|
$
|
14,522
|
|
|
(20)
|
%
|
Gas gathering, processing and transportation
|
|
875
|
|
|
1,237
|
|
|
(29)
|
%
|
|
3,025
|
|
|
2,116
|
|
|
43
|
%
|
Total lease operating and gas gathering expense
|
|
$
|
4,903
|
|
|
$
|
8,929
|
|
|
(45)
|
%
|
|
$
|
14,692
|
|
|
$
|
16,638
|
|
|
(12)
|
%
|
Lease operating expenses are the costs incurred in the operation of producing properties and workover costs. Expenses for direct labor, water injection and disposal, utilities, materials and supplies comprise the most significant portion of our lease operating expenses. Lease operating expenses do not include general and administrative expenses or production and ad valorem taxes.
Our lease operating and gas gathering expense decreased $4.0 million, or 45%, for the three months ended June 30, 2020 to $4.9 million from $8.9 million in the comparable period in 2019. On a six-month comparative basis, these expenses decreased $1.9 million, or 12%, from $16.6 million in 2019 to $14.7 million in 2020. On a unit-of-production basis, lease operating and gas gathering expense decreased 44%, or $3.16 per BOE, from $7.20 per BOE in the three months ended June 30, 2019 to $4.04 per BOE in the three months ended June 30, 2020. On a six-month comparative basis, these expenses decreased 21%, or $1.54 per BOE, from $7.35 per BOE for the six months ended June 30, 2019 to $5.81 per BOE for the six months ended June 30, 2020. Starting in March 2020, we deferred most workover operations and replaced all third-party roustabout crews with company employees. We also significantly cut field labor overtime and third-party costs for water disposal, chemicals and rentals.
Compared to the first quarter of 2020, lease operating and gas gathering expense decreased 50%, or $4.9 million. On a unit-of-production basis, these expenses increased 46%, or $3.41 per BOE, from the first quarter of 2020.
Production and Ad Valorem Taxes
Production taxes are paid on produced crude oil and natural gas based upon a percentage of gross revenues or at fixed rates established by state or local taxing authorities. In general, the production taxes we pay correlate to the changes in oil and natural gas revenues. We are also subject to ad valorem taxes in the counties where our production is located. Ad valorem taxes are generally based on the valuation of our oil and natural gas properties.
The following table provides detail of our production and ad valorem taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
In thousands
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
Change
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
Change
|
Production taxes
|
|
$
|
729
|
|
|
$
|
2,312
|
|
|
(68)
|
%
|
|
$
|
2,055
|
|
|
$
|
4,098
|
|
|
(50)
|
%
|
Ad valorem taxes
|
|
992
|
|
|
506
|
|
|
96
|
%
|
|
2,036
|
|
|
1,011
|
|
|
101
|
%
|
Total production and ad valorem tax expense
|
|
$
|
1,721
|
|
|
$
|
2,818
|
|
|
(39)
|
%
|
|
$
|
4,091
|
|
|
$
|
5,109
|
|
|
(20)
|
%
|
Our total production and ad valorem tax expense decreased 39%, or $1.1 million, between the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019. On a six-month comparative basis, these expenses decreased 20%, or $1.0 million, from $5.1 million in 2019 to $4.1 million in 2020. Production taxes were lower in the current period due to significantly lower revenues, caused by lower commodity prices as discussed above. Ad valorum taxes were higher in the current period due to higher appraised values for our properties. On a unit-of-production basis, production and ad valorem tax expense decreased 38%, or $0.85 per BOE, from $2.27 per BOE in the three months ended June 30, 2019 to $1.42 per BOE in the three months ended June 30, 2020. On a six-month comparative basis, these expenses decreased 28%, or $0.64 per BOE, from $2.26 per BOE for the six months ended June 30, 2019 to $1.62 per BOE for the six months ended June 20, 2020. These decreases in the per-BOE rate are attributable to lower commodity prices received for our production in the current period, as further discussed above.
Compared to the first quarter of 2020, production and ad valorem taxes decreased $1.1 million, or 39%. This decrease correlates with the decrease in production revenues between the two quarters. On a unit-of-production basis, these expenses decreased 21%, or $0.38 per BOE, from the first quarter of 2020.
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization
The table below provides detail of our depreciation, depletion and amortization ("DD&A") expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In thousands
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
Change
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
Change
|
Depletion of proved oil and gas properties
|
|
$
|
15,925
|
|
|
$
|
21,079
|
|
|
(24)
|
%
|
|
$
|
39,607
|
|
|
$
|
38,636
|
|
|
3
|
%
|
Depreciation of other property and equipment
|
|
383
|
|
|
357
|
|
|
7
|
%
|
|
746
|
|
|
693
|
|
|
8
|
%
|
Accretion of asset retirement obligations
|
|
267
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
238
|
%
|
|
576
|
|
|
157
|
|
|
267
|
%
|
Total DD&A expense
|
|
$
|
16,575
|
|
|
$
|
21,515
|
|
|
(23)
|
%
|
|
$
|
40,929
|
|
|
$
|
39,486
|
|
|
4
|
%
|
Capitalized costs attributed to our proved properties are subject to depreciation and depletion calculated using the unit-of-production method. For leasehold acquisition costs and the cost to acquire proved properties, the reserve base used to calculate depreciation and depletion is the sum of proved developed reserves and proved undeveloped reserves. For well costs, the reserve base used to calculate depletion and depreciation is proved developed reserves only. Other property and equipment are carried at cost, and depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets, ranging from three to five years.
D&A expense for the three months ended June 30, 2020 was $16.6 million, a 23% decrease from $21.5 million in the comparable period in 2019. On a unit-of-production basis, DD&A decreased 21%, or $3.70 per BOE, from $17.35 per BOE for the three months ended June 30, 2019 to $13.65 per BOE for the three months ended June 30, 2020. On a six-month comparative basis, these expenses increased $1.0 million, or 3%, from $38.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019 to $39.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020. On a six-month comparative basis, these expenses decreased 7% or $1.25 per BOE, from $17.44 per BOE for the six months ended June 30, 2019, to $16.19 per BOE for the six months ended
June 30, 2020. This decrease is largely due to impairment charges we incurred during the first quarter of 2020 after removing PUDs (see below), as well as lower production between the two periods.
Compared to the first quarter of 2020, DD&A expense decreased $7.8 million. On a unit-of-production basis, DD&A decreased by $4.89 per BOE, or 26%, from the first quarter of 2020.
Loss on Sale of Oil and Gas Properties
In March 2019, we completed the divestiture of its Pirate assets in Wilson County for an adjusted cash purchase price of $11.5 million, after closing adjustments, to a private third-party. The assets were comprised of 3,400 net undeveloped acres, six producing wells, held seven proved undeveloped locations as of the closing date, and were producing approximately 200 BOE/d. We recognized a loss of $33.5 million during the first quarter of 2019 in conjunction with the sale of the assets.
Impairment of Oil and Gas Properties
We evaluate impairment of proved and unproved oil and gas properties on a region basis. On this basis, certain regions may be impaired because they are not expected to recover their entire carrying value from future net cash flows.
During the first quarter of 2020, we recorded impairment charges totaling approximately $199.9 million across various Eagle Ford properties, of which $199.0 million was proved and $0.9 million was unproved. These impairments resulted from removing PUDs and probable reserves from future development plans due to the continued depressed commodity prices and the uncertainly of Company's liquidity situation.
It is reasonably possible that the Company's estimate of undiscounted future net cash flows may change in the future resulting in the need to impair the carrying value of its properties. See Part II Item 1A. Risk Factors, for further discussion.
General and Administrative
General and administrative ("G&A") expense increased $2.2 million, or 33%, to $6.0 million in the three months ended June 30, 2020, from $3.8 million for the comparable period in 2019. On a unit-of-production basis, G&A expense increased 59%, or $1.83 per BOE, from $3.10 per BOE for the three months ended June 30, 2019 to $4.93 per BOE for the three months ended June 30, 2020. On a six-month comparative basis, G&A increased $0.6 million, or 8%, between the two periods. These increases reflect professional fees incurred related to our restructuring efforts during the second quarter of 2020. The increase between the six-month periods also includes, to a lesser extent, gains in stock-based compensation during the first quarter of 2020, partially offset by higher compensation expense. On a six-month comparative basis, these expenses decreased 4%, or $1.25 per BOE, from $3.63 per BOE for the six months ended June 30, 2019, to $3.50 per BOE for the six months ended June 30, 2020.
Compared to the first quarter of 2020, G&A expense for the three months ended June 30, 2020 increased $3.1 million, or 107%. On a unit-of-production basis, G&A expense increased by $2.74 per BOE, or 125%, from the first quarter of 2020.
Interest Expense
The table below provides detail of the interest expense for our various long-term obligations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In thousands
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
Change
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
Change
|
Interest expense on 11.25% Senior Notes
|
|
$
|
7,031
|
|
|
$
|
7,031
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
$
|
14,062
|
|
|
$
|
14,062
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
Interest expense on Credit Facility
|
|
2,664
|
|
|
2,999
|
|
|
(11)
|
%
|
|
6,356
|
|
|
5,823
|
|
|
9
|
%
|
Other interest expense
|
|
211
|
|
|
132
|
|
|
60
|
%
|
|
329
|
|
|
232
|
|
|
42
|
%
|
Total cash interest expense (1)
|
|
$
|
9,906
|
|
|
$
|
10,162
|
|
|
(3)
|
%
|
|
$
|
20,747
|
|
|
$
|
20,117
|
|
|
3
|
%
|
Amortization of debt issuance costs and discounts
|
|
606
|
|
|
616
|
|
|
(2)
|
%
|
|
1,375
|
|
|
1,317
|
|
|
4
|
%
|
Total interest expense
|
|
$
|
10,512
|
|
|
$
|
10,778
|
|
|
(2)
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%
|
|
$
|
22,122
|
|
|
$
|
21,434
|
|
|
3
|
%
|
Per BOE:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cash interest expense
|
|
$
|
8.16
|
|
|
$
|
8.19
|
|
|
—
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%
|
|
$
|
8.21
|
|
|
$
|
8.89
|
|
|
(8)
|
%
|
Total interest expense
|
|
8.66
|
|
|
8.69
|
|
|
—
|
%
|
|
8.75
|
|
|
9.47
|
|
|
(8)
|
%
|
(1) Cash interest is presented on an accrual basis.
Our total interest expense in the three months ended June 30, 2020 was $10.5 million, an 2% decrease from $10.8 million in the comparable period in 2019. This decrease is primarily due to lower interest rates on our Credit Facility (as defined below), mostly offset by a higher outstanding balance on the Credit Facility in the current quarter. On a six-month comparative basis, total interest expense increased $0.6 million, or 3%, between the two periods.
On a unit-of-production basis, total interest expense decreased slightly at $0.03 per BOE, from $8.69 per BOE in the three months ended June 30, 2019 to $8.66 per BOE in the three months ended June 30, 2020. On a six-month comparative basis, total interest expense decreased 8%, or $0.72 per BOE, from $9.47 per BOE for the six months ended June 30, 2019 to $8.75 per BOE for the six months ended June 30, 2020.
Compared to the first quarter of 2020, interest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2020 decreased by $1.1 million, primarily due to lower interest rates on our Credit Facility. On a unit-of-production basis, interest expense decreased 9%, or $1.93 per BOE, from the first quarter of 2020. These decreases are primarily due to a decrease in floating interest rates on our Credit Facility between the quarters.
Income Taxes
The following table provides further detail of our income taxes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019:
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|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
In thousands, except per-BOE amounts and tax rates
|
|
Three Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
Current income tax benefit
|
|
$
|
4,332
|
|
|
$
|
34
|
|
|
$
|
4,756
|
|
|
$
|
44
|
|
Deferred income tax (expense) benefit
|
|
—
|
|
|
(1,234)
|
|
|
931
|
|
|
11,688
|
|
Total income tax benefit (expense)
|
|
$
|
4,332
|
|
|
$
|
(1,200)
|
|
|
$
|
5,687
|
|
|
$
|
11,732
|
|
Average income tax benefit (expense) per BOE
|
|
$
|
3.57
|
|
|
$
|
(0.97)
|
|
|
$
|
2.25
|
|
|
$
|
5.18
|
|
Effective tax rate
|
|
9.6
|
%
|
|
8.3
|
%
|
|
15.8
|
%
|
|
20.6
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net deferred tax liability on balance sheet at period end
|
|
$
|
—
|
|
|
$
|
682
|
|
|
|
|
|
As a result of the loss before income taxes of $44.9 million and $157.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, we recorded income tax benefit of $4.3 million and $5.7 million, respectively. As a result of the net income before income taxes of $14.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and net loss before income taxes of $57.0 for the six months ended June 30, 2019, we recorded income tax expense of $1.2 million and income tax benefit $11.7 million, respectively.
On March 27, 2020, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) to provide certain taxpayer relief as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The CARES Act included several favorable provisions that impacted income taxes, primarily the modified rules on the deductibility of business interest expense for 2019 and 2020, a five-year carryback period for net operating losses generated after 2017 and before 2021, and the acceleration of refundable alternative minimum tax credits. The CARES Act did not materially impact our effective tax rate for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.
Our deferred tax assets exceeded our deferred tax liabilities at June 30, 2020 primarily due to tax consequences of the impairment of our proved properties during the first quarter of 2020; as a result, we retained a full valuation allowance of $40.1 million at June 30, 2020 due to uncertainties regarding the future realization of our deferred tax assets. The valuation allowance is also the primary cause for the variance between our statutory tax rate of 21% and the effective tax rates of 9.4% and 15.8% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively. The valuation allowance will continue to be recognized until the realization of future deferred tax benefits is determined to be more likely than not.
We have prepared and filed a net operating loss carryback claim on which a refund of $4.4 million has been requested for taxes originally paid with our 2016 income tax return. Due to the full valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax asset, we have recognized income tax benefit of $4.4 million to record the expected refund. The $4.4 million receivable has been classified as a current income tax receivable in Prepaid Expenses and Other on our June 30, 2020 balance sheet.
CAPITAL RESOURCES AND LIQUIDITY
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We expect that our primary source of liquidity will be cash flows generated by operating activities. During the first six months of 2020, we generated cash flows from operations of $30.4 million, after giving effect to $1.1 million of negative changes in cash flows from working capital. As of August 14, 2020, our Credit Facility had an outstanding balance of $285.0 million and a borrowing-base deficiency of $60.4 million as a result of the terms of the Forbearance Agreement (see below), which will need to be repaid within 60 days of July 2, 2020. We did not make a $14.1 million interest payment on our 11.25% Senior Notes due July 1, 2020.
While we are working with the lenders under our Revolving Credit Facility and the holders of the 11.25% Senior Notes regarding the applicable defaults under the related agreements, the Company's primary needs for cash are for payments of contractual obligations, working capital obligations and to pay down our Credit Line borrowing base deficiency (see below). We have historically financed our business through cash flows from operations, borrowings under our Credit Facility and the issuance of bonds and equity offerings. As circumstances warrant, we may access the capital markets and issue equity or debt from time to time on an opportunistic basis in a continued effort to optimize our balance sheet and to fund our operations and capital expenditures in the future, dependent upon market conditions and available pricing, however this is unlikely with our current financial condition. Uses of such proceeds may include repayment of our debt, development or acquisition of additional acreage or proved properties, and general corporate purposes. There can be no assurance that future funding of transactions will be available on favorable terms, or at all, and we therefore cannot guarantee the outcome of any such transactions.
As discussed above, NYMEX oil prices have decreased significantly since the beginning of 2020, decreasing from nearly $60 per barrel in early January to the lower $40s per barrel in early August and were considerably lower during the months of April and May. This decrease in the market prices for our production directly reduce our operating cash flow and indirectly impact our other sources of potential liquidity, such as lowering our borrowing capacity under our revolving credit facility, as our borrowing capacity and borrowing costs are generally related to the estimated value of our proved reserves. In this low oil price environment, we have taken various steps to preserve our liquidity including (1) by reducing our 2020 budgeted development capital spending, (2) by continuing to focus on reducing our operating and overhead costs, and (3) by adding additional commodity hedges for 2021 to reduce our long-term exposure to commodity prices.
At June 30, 2020, we had $1.3 million in cash and cash equivalents and $0.6 million of availability under our Credit Facility. On July 2, 2020, the borrowing base was redetermined to $225 million from $286 million pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. The outstanding balance under our credit facility was $285 million as of August 14, 2020, which represents a borrowing deficiency of $60.4 million, and we are obligated to pay the deficiency within 60 days after July 2, 2020.
We did not satisfy the consolidated current ratio covenant or the leverage ratio covenant under the Credit Facility as of the June 30, 2020 measurement date and did not make an interest payment date under the 11.25% Senior Notes that was due on July 1, 2020 resulting in the Payment Default. Such failures currently represent events of default under the Credit Facility, and the Payment Default represented an event of default under the 11.25% Senior Notes on July 31, 2020 as we did not cure the default within the 30-day cure period. We received a forbearance from the lenders under the Credit Facility until July 31, 2020 for the default in the consolidated current ratio covenant and the leverage ratio covenant as of the June 30, 2020 measurement date and the missed interest payment pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. On July 31, 2020, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into an amendment with respect to the Forbearance Agreement with the Lenders, pursuant to which the Lenders agreed to extend the stated term of the Forbearance Agreement until August 21, 2020. Also, on July 31, 2020, the Company entered into the Notes Forbearance Agreement with respect to the Payment Default. Despite the forbearances, the defaults under the Credit Facility and the 11.25% Senior Notes are continuing, and will continue, absent a waiver from the lenders or, in case of the 11.25% Senior Notes, the Payment Default is cured.
We do not anticipate maintaining compliance with the consolidated current ratio covenant and leverage ratio covenant under our Credit Facility over the next twelve months and are currently in forbearance with the Credit Facility and 11.25% Senior Notes until August 21. If we are unable to reach an agreement with our lenders, the lenders of the Credit Facility may choose to accelerate repayment, in addition to the $60.4 million due from the current borrowing base deficiency noted above, which in turn may result in an event of default and an acceleration of the 11.25% Senior Notes, which have a $14.1 million interest payment that was due and unpaid on July 1, 2020 that separately represents a current event of default. We do not currently have sufficient liquidity to repay such indebtedness, including the current borrowing base deficiency and unpaid interest payment, and are currently in talks with are lenders to restructure our existing debt obligations.
We cannot provide any assurances that we will be successful in restructuring our existing debt obligations, and if we are unsuccessful in our efforts to restructure and obtain new financing, it may be necessary for us to seek protection from creditors under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code (“Chapter 11”), or an involuntary petition for bankruptcy may be filed against us.
Cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 are presented below:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In thousands
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
2020
|
|
2019
|
Net cash provided by (used in):
|
|
|
|
|
Operating activities
|
|
$
|
30,411
|
|
|
$
|
38,187
|
|
Investing activities
|
|
(72,337)
|
|
|
(62,035)
|
|
Financing activities
|
|
40,048
|
|
|
21,833
|
|
Net change in cash
|
|
$
|
(1,878)
|
|
|
$
|
(2,015)
|
|
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities of $30.4 million for the first six months of 2020 was $7.8 million less than the first six months of 2019, which totaled $38.2 million. Excluding changes in operating assets and liabilities, net cash provided by operating activities decreased $6.7 million. Compared to the first six months of 2019, the first six months of 2020 had significantly lower commodity prices. Changes in our operating assets and liabilities between the six months ended June 30, 2019 and the six months ended June 30, 2020 resulted in a net increase of approximately $1.1 million in net cash provided by operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2020, as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2019.
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities increased $10.3 million, from $62.0 million in the six months ended June 30, 2019 to $72.3 million in the six months ended June 30, 2020. This increase is primarily due to $12.0 million in proceeds from the sale of the Pirate assets in March 2019.
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities increased $18.2 million, from $21.8 million provided during the six months ended June 30, 2019 to $40.0 million provided in the six months ended June 30, 2020. This increase is primarily due to lower repayments of our Credit Line borrowing in the current period.
Debt
Senior Secured Credit Facility
In July 2015, through our subsidiary, Lonestar Resources America, Inc. ("LRAI"), we entered into a $500 million Senior Secured Credit Facility with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and other lenders party thereto (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Credit Facility”), which has a maturity date of November 15, 2023. As of June 30, 2020, $285.0 million was borrowed under the Credit Facility, and the weighted average interest rate on borrowings under the Credit Facility for the quarter was 3.73%. Borrowing availability was $0.6 million as of June 30, 2020, which reflects $0.4 million of letters of credit outstanding.
The Credit Facility may be used for loans and, subject to a $2.5 million sub-limit, letters of credit, and provides for a commitment fee of 0.375% to 0.5% (0.5% following the Thirteenth Amendment) based on the unused portion of the borrowing base under the Credit Facility. As of March 31, 2020, the borrowing base and lender commitments for the Credit Facility was $290 million. The borrowing base was lowered to $286 million on June 11, 2020 as part of the Thirteenth Amendment, and on July 2, 2020, the borrowing base was redetermined to $225 million from $286 million pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. The outstanding balance under our credit facility was $285 million as of August 14, 2020 which represents a borrowing deficiency of $60.4 million. We are obligated to pay the deficiency within 60 days after July 2, 2020.
Borrowings under the Credit Facility, at our election, bear interest at either: (i) an alternate base rate (“ABR”) equal to the higher of (a) the Prime Rate, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate plus 0.5% per annum, and (c) the adjusted LIBO rate of a three-month interest period on such day plus 1.0%; or (ii) the adjusted LIBO rate, which is the rate stated on Reuters screen LIBOR1 page, for one, two, three, six or twelve months, as adjusted for statutory reserve requirements for Eurocurrency liabilities, plus, in each of the cases described in clauses (i) and (ii) above, an applicable margin ranging from 1.0% to 2.0% (2.0% to 3.5% following the Thirteenth Amendment) for ABR loans and from 2.0% to 3.0% (3.0% to 4.5% following the Thirteenth Amendment) for adjusted LIBO rate loans.
As the Credit Facility is in a state of default, 2.0% incremental default interest would typically be due but is currently not being charged as part of the terms of the Forbearance Agreement (see below).
Subject to certain permitted liens, our obligations under the Credit Facility are required to be secured by the grant of a first priority lien on no less than 80% of the value of the proved oil and gas properties of the Company and its subsidiaries (currently 100% following the Thirteenth Amendment).
The Credit Facility contains certain financial performance covenants, as defined in the Credit Facility, including the following:
a.A maximum debt to EBITDAX ratio of 4.0 to 1.0, and
b.A current ratio of not less than 1.0 to 1.0.
We were not in compliance with the terms of the Credit Facility as of December 31, 2019 because we did not satisfy the consolidated current ratio at those times and the audit report prepared by our auditors with respect to the 2019 financial statements included an explanatory paragraph expressing uncertainty as to our ability to continue as a "going concern." The lenders waived the current ratio default with respect to December 31, 2019, pursuant to the Waiver. The Company received a forbearance until July 31, 2020 for the default in the consolidated current ratio covenant as of the March 31, 2020, and June 30, 2020, measurement dates, the leverage ratio covenant as of the June 30, 2020, measurement date and the missed July 1, 2020 interest payment under the 11.25% Senior Notes pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. On July 31, 2020, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into an amendment with respect to the Forbearance Agreement with the Lenders, pursuant to which the Lenders agreed to extend the stated term of the Forbearance Agreement until August 21, 2020. Despite the forbearance, the defaults under the Credit Facility are continuing, and will continue, absent a waiver from the lenders. As we do not anticipate maintaining compliance with the consolidated current ratio covenant or the leverage ratio covenant under our Credit Facility over the next twelve months, we are evaluating the available financial alternatives, including obtaining acceptable alternative financing as well as seeking waivers, forbearances or amendments to the covenants or other provisions of our revolving credit facility to address future defaults. We were not in compliance with the terms of the Credit Facility as of May 15, 2020, because we did not timely deliver our financial statements with respect to the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020. Such failure represented a default under the Credit Facility which the lenders waived pursuant to the Thirteenth Amendment. As noted above, the borrowing base was redetermined to $225 million from $286 million pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement. The outstanding balance under our credit facility was $285 million as of August 14, 2020 which represents a borrowing deficiency of $60.4 million. We are obligated to pay the deficiency within 60 days after July 2, 2020.
Waiver and Eleventh Amendment
Effective April 7, 2020, we entered into the Waiver and Eleventh Amendment (the "Waiver") to waive events of default arising from our failure to comply with the consolidated current ratio as of December 31, 2019, to timely provide audited financial statements and to provide financial statements that are not subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. As there was no guarantee that our lenders will agree to waive events of default or potential events of default in the future, the amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility as of December 31, 2019 were classified as current in the accompanying 2019 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet in Part 1. Financial Information.
Twelfth Amendment
Effective May 8, 2020, we entered into the Twelfth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “ Twelfth Amendment”), to allow the Company to accept proceeds of up to $2.2 million from an unsecured loan applied for under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
We applied for, and received, funds under the Paycheck Protection Program during the second quarter of 2020 in the amount of $2.2 million. The application for these funds required us to, in good faith, certify that the current economic uncertainty made the loan request necessary to support the ongoing operations of the Company. This certification further required us to take into account our current business activity and our ability to access other sources of liquidity sufficient to support ongoing operations in a manner that is not significantly detrimental to the business. The receipt of these funds, and the forgiveness of the loan attendant to these funds, is dependent on the Company having initially qualified for the loan and qualifying for the forgiveness of such loan based on our future adherence to the forgiveness criteria.
Waiver and Thirteenth Amendment
Effective June 11, 2020, we entered into the Waiver and Thirteenth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the "Thirteenth Amendment") which (i) waived any default or event of default arising from our failure to provide timely quarterly financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2020; (ii) redetermined the borrowing base to $286 million from $290 million; (iii) set the next borrowing base redetermination to be on July 1, 2020 (and in any event, no later than July 31, 2020), (iv) amended the borrowing base utilization grid used in the applicable margin, as noted above and (v) until the July 1, 2020 redetermination, restricted the Company and its subsidiaries’ ability to incur debt with respect to, among other items, capital leases and permitted senior debt, grant liens to secure other obligations, pay dividends on LRAI’s preferred stock and make certain investments.
Forbearance Agreement and Fourteenth Amendment
On July 2, 2020, we entered into a Forbearance Agreement, Fourteenth Amendment, and Borrowing Base Agreement with Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto (the “Forbearance Agreement”) with respect to the Credit Facility. Pursuant to the Forbearance Agreement, among other things, (i) the lenders under the Credit Facility agree to refrain from exercising their rights and remedies under the Credit Facility and related loan documents with respect to certain defaults until July 31, 2020, (ii) the borrowing base was redetermined to $225 million from $286 million, (iii) all proceeds of dispositions and terminations or liquidations of swap agreements shall be used to repay the Credit Facility and shall automatically reduce the borrowing base by the amount of the repayment and (iv) certain exceptions to the covenant restriction on investments shall no longer be available.
On July 31, 2020, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into an amendment with respect to the Forbearance Agreement with the Lenders, pursuant to which the Lenders agreed to extend the stated term of the Forbearance Agreement until August 21, 2020.
The rights of the lenders to exercise rights and remedies resulted from our failure to comply with the current ratio with respect to the quarter ended March 31, 2020 and the defaults expected with respect to the quarter ending Jun 30, 2020, under the current ratio and the leverage ratio covenants, and the default with respect to the failure to make the interest payment due on July 1, 2020, under the 11.25% Senior Notes.
The Forbearance Agreement can be terminated by the lenders upon (i) the occurrence of any default or event of default under the Credit Facility other than those disclosed, (ii) the failure of the Company to comply with any of the terms and requirements of the Forbearance Agreement, (iii) the breach of any representation or warranty, (iv) the exercise of any rights by other debt holders relating to foreclosure or acceleration and (v) the commencement of any bankruptcy proceeding with respect to any loan party. If the Forbearance Agreement terminates and any then-current and ongoing events of default have not been waived or cured, the lenders will be able to accelerate the loans and pursue their rights and remedies.
Given the ongoing events of default, the amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility as of June 30, 2020 were classified as current in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet in Part 1.
11.25% Senior Notes
In January 2018, the we issued $250 million of 11.250% Senior Notes to U.S.-based institutional investors. The net proceeds of $244.4 million were used to fully retire our 8.75% Senior Notes, which included principal, interest and a prepayment premium of approximately $162 million. The remaining net proceeds were used to reduce borrowings under the Credit Facility.
The 11.25% Senior Notes mature on January 1, 2023, and bear interest at the rate of 11.25% per year, payable on January 1 and July of each year. At any time prior to January 1, 2021, we may, on any one or more occasions, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the 11.25% Senior Notes with an amount of cash not greater than the net cash proceeds of certain equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 111.25% of the principal amounts redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of 11.25% Senior Notes originally issued remains outstanding immediately after such redemption and the redemption occurs within 180 days of the closing date of such equity offering.
At any time prior to January 1, 2021, we may, on any one or more occasions, redeem all or a part of the 11.25% Senior Notes at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount redeemed, plus a “make-whole” premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest.
On and after January 1, 2021, we may redeem the 11.25% Senior Notes, in whole or in part, plus accrued and unpaid interest, at the following redemption prices: 108.438% after January 1, 2021; 105.625% after January 1, 2022; and 100% after July 1, 2022,
The indenture contains certain restrictions on our ability to incur additional debt, pay dividends on our common stock, make investments, create liens on our assets, engage in transactions with affiliates, transfer or sell assets, consolidate or merge, or sell substantially all of our assets. The indenture also contains cross- default provisions for defaults of our other debt instruments, including the Credit Facility, caused by payment default or events which cause the acceleration of repayment prior to the stated maturity of such instrument.
We did not make our interest payment on the 11.25% Senior Notes that was due on July 1, 2020 of approximately $14.1 million (the "Payment Default"). Such Payment Default represents a default under the 11.25% Senior Notes and an event of default when the Company did not cure within 30 days. The Payment Default represents a current event of default under the Credit Facility. We have entered into the Forbearance Agreement which provides that, among other things, the lenders under the Credit Facility have agreed to forbear the Company’s default of the interest payment until July 31, 2020. However, the default under the Credit Facility has not been waived and still exists. Accordingly, the amounts outstanding under the 11.25% Senior Notes as of June 30, 2020 were classified as current in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet in Part 1 Financial Information.
On July 31, 2020, we entered into the Notes Forbearance Agreement pursuant to which, among other things, certain holders holding greater than 50% of the outstanding 11.25% Senior Notes (i) agreed to refrain from exercising their rights and remedies with respect to the Payment Default and (ii) requested that the trustee not take any remedial action as a result of the Payment Default.
The Notes Forbearance Agreement will terminate and end upon the occurrence of, among other things (i) 6:00 pm (New York City time) on August 21, 2020, (ii) any failure by the Company or its subsidiaries party thereto to perform its obligation under the Notes Forbearance Agreement, (iii) the Company incurs another default or event of default under the Indenture, other than the Payment Default, and (iv) the termination of the Forbearance Agreement. If the Notes Forbearance Agreement terminates and any then-current and ongoing events of default have not been waived or cured, the outstanding 11.25% Senior Notes may be accelerated. Despite the Notes Forbearance Agreement, the Payment Default still represents an ongoing event of default.
Capital Expenditures
We currently anticipate that our full-year 2020 capital budget, excluding acquisitions, will be approximately $65 million, almost all of which has been incurred by the end of June 2020. This program allowed for the drilling of a range of 10 gross (7.0 net) wells and the completion of a range of 10 gross (8.5 net) wells, five which were placed into production by the end of the first quarter of 2020, two at Horned Frog and three at Hawkeye which were placed into production during the second quarter of 2020 and three additional DUCs which were drilled at Hawkeye during June 2020.
The table below summarizes our cash capital expenditures incurred for the six months ended June 30, 2020:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In thousands
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
|
Acquisition of oil and gas properties
|
|
$
|
1,714
|
|
Development of oil and gas properties
|
|
72,824
|
|
Purchases of other property and equipment
|
|
636
|
|
Total capital expenditures
|
|
$
|
75,174
|
|
For the six months ended June 30, 2020, our capital expenditures were funded with cash flow from operations, with additional funds provided by borrowings on our Credit Facility. Our 2020 capital expenditures may be further adjusted as business conditions warrant and the amount, timing and allocation of such expenditures is largely discretionary and within our control. The aggregate amount of capital that we will expend may fluctuate materially based on market conditions, the actual costs to drill, complete and place on production operated wells, our drilling results, other opportunities that may become available to us and our ability to obtain capital.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The preparation of our financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that can affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, as well as the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of our financial statements. We analyze our estimates and judgments, including those related to oil, NGLs and natural gas revenues, oil and natural gas properties, impairment of long-lived assets, fair value of derivative instruments, asset and retirement obligations and income taxes, and we base our estimates and judgments on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may vary from our estimates. The policies of particular importance to the portrayal of our financial position and results of operations and that require the application of significant judgment or estimates by our management are summarized in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K as reported and filed with the SEC on April 13, 2020 (our "2019 10-K").
As of June 30, 2020, there were no significant changes to any of our critical accounting policies.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q statement contains forward-looking statements that are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other important factors, many of which are beyond our control. We intend such forward-looking statements to be covered by the safe harbor provisions for forward-looking statements contained in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the words “could,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” “continue,” “predict,” “potential,” “project” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words.
Forward-looking statements may include statements about our:
• Our ability to refinance or remedy existing or future default under our Credit Facility and the 11.25% Senior Notes, refinance or satisfy the obligations of our 11.25% 2023 Notes or obtain additional sources of capital;
•discovery and development of crude oil, NGLs and natural gas reserves;
• cash flows and liquidity;
• business and financial strategy, budget, projections and operating results;
• timing and amount of future production of crude oil, NGLs and natural gas;
• amount, nature and timing of capital expenditures, including future development costs;
• availability and terms of capital;
• drilling, completion, and performance of wells;
• timing, location and size of property acquisitions and divestitures;
• costs of exploiting and developing our properties and conducting other operations;
• general economic and business conditions; and
• our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions.
All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements we make in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are reasonable, we can give no assurance that these plans, objectives, expectations or intentions will be achieved. We disclose important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations under Item 1A. Risk Factors, Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data and elsewhere in our 2019 Form 10-K, and Part I. Financial Information, Item 1A. Risk Factors and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
These important factors include risks related to:
• variations in the market demand for, and prices of, crude oil, NGLs and natural gas;
• proved reserves or lack thereof;
• estimates of crude oil, NGLs and natural gas data;
• the adequacy of our capital resources and liquidity including, but not limited to, access to additional borrowing to fund our operations;
• borrowing capacity under our credit facility;
• general economic and business conditions;
• failure to realize expected value creation from property acquisitions;
• uncertainties about our ability to find, develop or acquire additional oil and natural gas resources;
• uncertainties with regard to our drilling schedules;
• the expiration of leases on our undeveloped leasehold assets;
• our dependence upon several significant customers for the sale of most of our crude oil, natural gas and NGL production;
• counterparty credit risks;
• competition within the crude oil and natural gas industry;
• technology risks;
• the concentration of our operations;
• drilling results;
• potential financial losses or earnings reductions from our commodity price risk management programs;
• potential adoption of new governmental regulations;
• our ability to satisfy future cash obligations and environmental costs; and
• the other factors set forth under Risk Factors in Item 1A of Part I of our 2019 10-K.
The forward-looking statements relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.