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Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies

DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

 

1.

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements and notes of Devon have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC. Pursuant to such rules and regulations, certain disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been omitted. The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes included in Devon’s 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K. The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements in this report reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair statement of Devon’s results of operations and cash flows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 and Devon’s financial position as of March 31, 2021.

Devon and WPX completed an all-stock merger of equals on January 7, 2021. On the closing date of the Merger, each share of WPX common stock was automatically converted into the right to receive 0.5165 of a share of Devon common stock. The transaction has been accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting, with Devon being treated as the accounting acquirer. See Note 2 for further discussion.

As further discussed in Note 18, Devon closed on the sale of its Barnett Shale assets in October 2020. Prior to December 31, 2020, activity relating to Devon’s Barnett Shale assets is classified as discontinued operations within Devon’s consolidated statements of comprehensive earnings and consolidated statements of cash flows.

As of March 31, 2021, Devon classified approximately $185 million of cash as restricted cash on the consolidated balance sheets for obligations associated with the abandonment of certain gas processing contracts related to divestitures of other Barnett Shale assets that occurred in 2018 and obligations retained related to the Canadian business. Cash payments for these charges related to the Barnett assets and Canada business total approximately $10 million per quarter.

 

Variable Interest Entity

Cotton Draw Midstream, L.L.C. (“CDM”) is a joint-venture entity formed by Devon and an affiliate of QL Capital Partners, LP (“QLCP”). CDM provides gathering, compression and dehydration services for natural gas production in the Cotton Draw area of the Delaware Basin. Devon holds a controlling interest in CDM and the portions of CDM’s net earnings and equity not attributable to Devon’s controlling interest are shown separately as noncontrolling interests in the accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive earnings and consolidated balance sheets. CDM is considered a VIE to Devon. The assets of CDM cannot be used by Devon for general corporate purposes and are included in, and disclosed parenthetically, on Devon's consolidated balance sheets. The carrying amount of liabilities related to CDM for which the creditors do not have recourse to Devon's assets are also included in, and disclosed parenthetically, on Devon's consolidated balance sheets if material.

 

Investments

In conjunction with the Merger, Devon acquired an interest in Catalyst which is a joint venture established between WPX and Howard Energy Partners (“HEP”) to develop oil gathering and natural gas processing infrastructure in the Stateline area of the Delaware Basin. Under the terms of the agreement, Devon and HEP each have a 50 percent voting interest in the joint venture legal entity and HEP serves as the operator. Through 2038, Devon’s production from 50,000 net acres in the Stateline area of the Delaware Basin has been dedicated to Catalyst subject to fixed-fee oil gathering and natural gas processing agreements. The agreements do not include any minimum volume commitments. Devon accounts for the investment in Catalyst as an equity method investment. Devon’s investment in Catalyst is shown within investments on the consolidated balance sheet and Devon’s share of Catalyst earnings are reflected as a component of other, net in the accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive earnings.         

Disaggregation of Revenue

 

The following table presents revenue from contracts with customers that are disaggregated based on the type of good or service.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Oil

 

$

1,357

 

 

$

662

 

Gas

 

 

207

 

 

 

70

 

NGL

 

 

224

 

 

 

75

 

Oil, gas and NGL sales

 

 

1,788

 

 

 

807

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil

 

 

209

 

 

 

329

 

Gas

 

 

118

 

 

 

94

 

NGL

 

 

175

 

 

 

137

 

Marketing and midstream revenues

 

 

502

 

 

 

560

 

Total revenues from contracts with customers

 

$

2,290

 

 

$

1,367