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Supplemental Oil and Gas Information (Unaudited)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Extractive Industries [Abstract]  
Supplemental Oil and Gas Information (Unaudited)

Note 18. Supplemental Oil and Gas Information (Unaudited)

Capitalized Costs Relating to Oil and Natural Gas Producing Activities

The total amount of capitalized costs relating to oil and natural gas producing activities and the total amount of related accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization is as follows at the dates indicated.

 

December 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Evaluated oil and natural gas properties

$

775,167

 

 

$

797,005

 

Support equipment and facilities

 

142,208

 

 

 

140,023

 

Accumulated depletion, depreciation, and amortization

 

(602,861

)

 

 

(136,747

)

Total

$

314,514

 

 

$

800,281

 

 

Costs Incurred in Oil and Natural Gas Property Acquisition, Exploration and Development Activities

Costs incurred in property acquisition, exploration and development activities were as follows for the periods indicated:

 

For the Year Ended

 

 

December 31,

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Property acquisition costs, proved

$

42

 

 

$

150,871

 

Property acquisition costs, unproved

 

(49,307

)

 

 

7,674

 

Exploration

 

 

 

 

 

Development

 

29,543

 

 

 

71,460

 

Total

$

(19,722

)

 

$

230,005

 

 

Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows from Proved Reserves

As required by the FASB and SEC, the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows presented below is computed by applying first-day-of-the-month average prices, year-end costs and legislated tax rates and a discount factor of 10 percent to proved reserves. We do not believe the standardized measure provides a reliable estimate of the Company’s expected future cash flows to be obtained from the development and production of its oil and gas properties or of the value of its proved oil and gas reserves. The standardized measure is prepared on the basis of certain prescribed assumptions including first-day-of-the-month average prices, which represent discrete points in time and therefore may cause significant variability in cash flows from year to year as prices change.

Oil and Natural Gas Reserves

Users of this information should be aware that the process of estimating quantities of “proved” and “proved developed” oil and natural gas reserves is very complex, requiring significant subjective decisions in the evaluation of all available geological, engineering and economic data for each reservoir. The data for a given reservoir may also change substantially over time as a result of numerous factors including, but not limited to, additional development activity, evolving production history and continual reassessment of the viability of production under varying economic conditions. As a result, revisions to existing reserve estimates may occur from time to time. Although every reasonable effort is made to ensure reserve estimates reported represent the most accurate assessments possible, the subjective decisions and variances in available data for various reservoirs make these estimates generally less precise than other estimates included in the financial statement disclosures.

Proved reserves are those quantities of oil and natural gas that by analysis of geoscience and engineering data can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible — from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods and government regulations — prior to the time at which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates that renewal is reasonably certain, regardless of whether deterministic or probabilistic methods are used for the estimation. The project to extract the hydrocarbons must have commenced or the operator must be reasonably certain that it will commence the project within a reasonable time.

We engaged CG&A to prepare our reserves estimates for all of our estimated proved reserves at December 31, 2020 and 2019. All proved reserves are located in the United States and all prices are held constant in accordance with SEC rules.

The weighted-average benchmark product prices used for valuing the reserves are based upon the average of the first-day-of-the-month price for each month within the period January through December of each year presented:

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Oil ($/Bbl):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WTI (1)

$

39.57

 

 

$

55.69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NGL ($/Bbl):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WTI (1)

$

39.57

 

 

$

55.69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural Gas ($/MMbtu):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Henry Hub (2)

$

1.99

 

 

$

2.58

 

 

 

(1)

The weighted average WTI price was adjusted by lease for quality, transportation fees, and a regional price differential.

 

(2)

The weighted average Henry Hub price was adjusted by lease for energy content, compression charges, transportation fees, and regional price differentials.

The following tables set forth estimates of the net reserves for the periods indicated:

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

 

 

Oil

 

 

Gas

 

 

NGLs

 

 

Total

 

 

(MBbls)

 

 

(MMcf)

 

 

(MBbls)

 

 

(MBoe)

 

Proved developed and undeveloped reserves:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

70,772

 

 

 

377,869

 

 

 

29,252

 

 

 

163,002

 

Extensions and discoveries

 

291

 

 

 

655

 

 

 

61

 

 

 

461

 

Production

 

(3,887

)

 

 

(27,473

)

 

 

(1,725

)

 

 

(10,190

)

Revision of previous estimates

 

(20,500

)

 

 

(76,912

)

 

 

(6,104

)

 

 

(39,424

)

End of year

 

46,676

 

 

 

274,139

 

 

 

21,484

 

 

 

113,849

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proved developed reserves:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

53,476

 

 

 

320,731

 

 

 

23,646

 

 

 

130,577

 

End of year

 

35,613

 

 

 

252,218

 

 

 

19,009

 

 

 

96,658

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proved undeveloped reserves:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

17,296

 

 

 

57,138

 

 

 

5,606

 

 

 

32,425

 

End of year

 

11,063

 

 

 

21,921

 

 

 

2,475

 

 

 

17,191

 

 

 

 

For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

 

Oil

 

 

Gas

 

 

NGLs

 

 

Total

 

 

(MBbls)

 

 

(MMcf)

 

 

(MBbls)

 

 

(MBoe)

 

Proved developed and undeveloped reserves:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of period

 

69,624

 

 

 

293,959

 

 

 

21,572

 

 

 

140,189

 

Extensions and discoveries

 

301

 

 

 

576

 

 

 

44

 

 

 

441

 

Purchase of minerals in place

 

17,429

 

 

 

202,409

 

 

 

18,533

 

 

 

69,697

 

Production

 

(3,498

)

 

 

(26,489

)

 

 

(1,343

)

 

 

(9,256

)

Revision of previous estimates

 

(13,084

)

 

 

(92,586

)

 

 

(9,554

)

 

 

(38,069

)

End of period

 

70,772

 

 

 

377,869

 

 

 

29,252

 

 

 

163,002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proved developed reserves:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of period

 

54,147

 

 

 

232,110

 

 

 

17,324

 

 

 

110,156

 

End of period

 

53,476

 

 

 

320,731

 

 

 

23,646

 

 

 

130,577

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proved undeveloped reserves:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning of period

 

15,477

 

 

 

61,849

 

 

 

4,248

 

 

 

30,033

 

End of period

 

17,296

 

 

 

57,138

 

 

 

5,606

 

 

 

32,425

 

 

Noteworthy amounts included in the categories of proved reserve changes in the above tables include:

 

The 49.2 MMBoe reduction in reserves for the year ended December 31, 2020 is primarily due to a 50.1 MMBoe downward pricing revision offset by 10.7 MMBoe upward revision primarily due to lower maintenance costs and Special Royalty Relief on our offshore Southern California assets. We added 0.46 MMBoe during the year ended December 31, 2020 due to extensions and discoveries.

 

The 22.8 MMBoe increase in reserves for the year ended December 31, 2019 is primarily due to the Merger in which we acquired 69.7 MMBoe partially offset by downward pricing revision of a 25.9 MMBoe and a downward revision of 12.1 MMBoe due to updated well performance data and future anticipated maintenance cost increases. See Note 4 for additional information on acquisitions.

A variety of methodologies are used to determine our proved reserve estimates. The principal methodologies employed are reservoir simulation, decline curve analysis, volumetric, material balance, advance production type curve matching, petro-physics/log analysis and analogy. Some combination of these methods is used to determine reserve estimates in substantially all of our fields.

The standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows is as follows:

 

For the Year Ended

 

 

December 31,

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Future cash inflows

$

2,410,260

 

 

$

5,146,288

 

Future production costs (1)

 

(1,589,945

)

 

 

(2,917,262

)

Future development costs (1)

 

(375,146

)

 

 

(567,423

)

Future income tax expense

 

 

 

 

 

Future net cash flows for estimated timing of cash flows

 

445,169

 

 

 

1,661,603

 

10% annual discount for estimated timing of cash flows

 

(147,358

)

 

 

(745,042

)

Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows

$

297,811

 

 

$

916,561

 

 

 

(1)

For the year ended December 31, 2020, onshore abandonment costs are included in future production cost and offshore abandonment costs are included in future development costs.

 

Changes in Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows Relating to Proved Reserves

The following is a summary of the changes in the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows for the proved oil and natural gas reserves during each of the years in the two year period presented:

 

For the Year Ended

 

 

December 31,

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Beginning of year

$

916,561

 

 

$

1,113,029

 

Sale of oil and natural gas produced, net of production costs

 

(47,687

)

 

 

(113,545

)

Purchase of minerals in place

 

 

 

 

408,370

 

Extensions and discoveries

 

3,687

 

 

 

5,334

 

Changes in prices and costs

 

(548,429

)

 

 

(623,592

)

Previously estimated development costs incurred

 

49,144

 

 

 

84,341

 

Net changes in future development costs

 

89,997

 

 

 

110,892

 

Revisions of previous quantities

 

(150,245

)

 

 

(183,300

)

Accretion of discount

 

91,657

 

 

 

92,998

 

Change in production rates and other

 

(106,874

)

 

 

22,034

 

End of year

$

297,811

 

 

$

916,561