Business and Organization	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Limited Liability Company or Limited Partnership, Business Organization and Operations [Abstract]
Business and Organization	Business and Organization Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. (the “Company” or “Extraction”) is an independent oil and gas company focused on the acquisition, development and production of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) reserves in the Rocky Mountain region, primarily in the Wattenberg Field of the Denver-Julesburg Basin (the “DJ Basin”) of Colorado. As described in the section below titled Voluntary Reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, during the second quarter of 2020, the Company filed for bankruptcy and, as a result, was delisted from the NASDAQ Global Select Market on June 25, 2020 and began trading on the Pink Open Market under the symbol “XOGAQ.” As described in the section below titled Emergence from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, on January 20, 2021 the Company emerged from bankruptcy as a reorganized entity and, as a result, was relisted on the NASDAQ Global Select Market on January 21, 2021 and began trading under the symbol “XOG.” To facilitate our financial statement presentations, the Company refers to the post-emergence reorganized company in these consolidated financial statements and footnotes as the Successor Company for periods subsequent to January 20, 2021 and to the pre-emergence company as the Predecessor Company for periods on or prior to January 20, 2021. Voluntary Reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code As previously disclosed, on June 14, 2020 (the “Petition Date”), Extraction and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”), filed voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 (“Chapter 11”) of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”). The Debtors’ Chapter 11 cases (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) were jointly administered under the caption In re Extraction Oil & Gas., et al. Case No. 20-11548 (CSS). While in Chapter 11, the Debtors continued to operate their businesses and manage their properties as “debtors-in-possession” under the jurisdiction of the Bankruptcy Court and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Code and orders of the Bankruptcy Court. The commencement of a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy constituted an immediate event of default under the Predecessor Credit Agreement (as defined in Note 8—Long-Term Debt) and the indentures governing the Company’s Senior Notes (as defined in Note 2—Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies), resulting in the automatic and immediate acceleration of all of the Company’s debt outstanding under the Predecessor Credit Agreement and Senior Notes. Accordingly, the Company has classified its outstanding Senior Notes debt as liabilities subject to compromise on its consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020. The Prior Credit Facility (as defined in Note 8—Long-Term Debt) was not classified as liabilities subject to compromise because it was fully secured and unimpaired before being paid off as part of the Company’s emergence from bankruptcy described below. Please refer to Note 5—Liabilities Subject to Compromise for more information. Pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code and as described in Note 8—Long-Term Debt, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases automatically stayed most actions against the Debtors, including most actions to collect indebtedness incurred prior to the Petition Date or to exercise control over the Debtors’ property. Plan, Disclosure Statement, and Backstop Commitment Agreement On July 30, 2020, the Debtors filed a proposed Plan of Reorganization (as amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time, the “Plan”) and related Disclosure Statement (as amended or modified, the “Disclosure Statement”) describing the Plan and the solicitation of votes to approve the same from certain of the Debtors’ creditors with respect to the Chapter 11 Cases. Subsequently on October 22, 2020 and November 5, 2020, the Debtors filed first and second amendments, respectively, to the Disclosure Statement. The hearing to consider approval of the Disclosure Statement was held on November 6, 2020. On November 6, 2020, the Bankruptcy Court approved the adequacy of the Disclosure Statement and the Debtors commenced a solicitation process to receive votes on the Plan. Pursuant to the terms of the Plan and as described in the Disclosure Statement, the Debtors also commenced a rights offering (the “Equity Rights Offering”), which was backstopped by certain holders of the Senior Notes. On November 6, 2020, the Bankruptcy Court approved the Backstop Commitment Agreement (the “Backstop Commitment Agreement”), which provided a commitment of $200 million. The hearing on the confirmation of the Plan was held on December 23, 2020, in which the Plan was approved. Emergence from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy On December 23, 2020, the Company filed the Sixth Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Also on December 23, 2020, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “Confirmation Order”) confirming the Plan. The Plan is attached to the Confirmation Order as Exhibit A. The sixth-amended Plan and the Confirmation Order were previously filed as Exhibits 2.1 and 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2020. On January 20, 2021 (the “Emergence Date”) the Plan became effective in accordance with its terms and the Company emerged from the Chapter 11 Cases. On the Emergence Date and pursuant to the Plan: •The Company amended and restated its certificate of incorporation and bylaws; •The Company constituted a new board of directors; •The Company appointed a new Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Chief Financial Officer; •The Company issued new common stock in the Successor Company (the “New Common Stock”) and New Warrants (as defined in Note 12—Equity): ◦2,832,833 shares of New Common Stock pro rata to holders of the 2024 Notes; ◦4,854,017 shares of New Common Stock pro rata to holders of the 2026 Notes; ◦179,472 shares of New Common Stock, 1,454,832 Tranche A Warrants to purchase 1,454,832 shares of New Common Stock and 727,420 Tranche B Warrants to purchase 727,420 shares of New Common Stock pro rata to holders of the Predecessor Company’s Series A Preferred Stock (the “Predecessor Preferred Stock”) outstanding prior to the Emergence Date; ◦179,496 shares of New Common Stock, 1,454,854 Tranche A Warrants to purchase 1,454,854 shares of New Common Stock and 727,443 Tranche B Warrants to purchase 727,443 shares of New Common Stock pro rata to holders of the Predecessor Company’s existing common stock (the “Predecessor Common Stock”) outstanding prior to the Emergence Date; ◦1,169,322 shares of New Common Stock to commitment parties under the Backstop Commitment Agreement in respect of the commitment premium due thereunder; ◦844,760 shares of New Common Stock to the commitment parties under the Backstop Commitment Agreement in connection with their backstop obligation thereunder to purchase unsubscribed shares of New Common Stock; ◦11,478,670 shares of New Common Stock were issued to participants in the Equity Rights Offering extended by the Company to the applicable classes under the Plan (including to the commitment parties party to the Backstop Commitment Agreement); and ◦13,392 shares of New Common Stock were issued to participants in rights offering extended by the Company to certain holders of general unsecured claims. •The Company entered into the RBL Credit Facility (as defined in Note 8—Long-Term Debt—RBL Credit Facility); •The Company terminated the Prior Credit Facility (as defined in Note 8—Long-Term Debt—Prior Credit Facility), and the holders of claims under the Prior Credit Facility each received its ratable portion of the RBL Credit Facility for its allowed claims. All liens and security interests granted to secure such obligations were automatically terminated and are of no further force and effect; •The Company terminated the DIP Credit Facility (as defined in Note 8—Long-Term Debt—DIP Credit Facility), and the holders of claims under the DIP Credit Facility received payment in full, in cash, for allowed claims. All liens and security interests granted to secure such obligations were automatically terminated and are of no further force and effect; •The holders of certain trade claims, administrative claims, other secured claims and other priority claims that were allowed by the Bankruptcy Court received payment in full in cash upon emergence or through the ordinary course of business after the Emergence Date. Tax Attributes and Net Operating Loss (“NOL”) Carryforwards As of December 31, 2020, the Company had substantial tax NOL carryforwards and other tax attributes. Under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), our ability to use these NOLs and other tax attributes may be limited if the Company experiences an “ownership change,” as determined under Section 382 of the Code. Accordingly, on July 13, 2020, the Company obtained a final order from the Bankruptcy Court that was intended to prevent an ownership change during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases and therefore protect the Company’s ability to use its tax attributes by imposing certain notice procedures and transfer restrictions on the trading of the Company’s Predecessor Common Stock and Predecessor Preferred Stock. In general, the order applied to any person or entity that, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned (or would beneficially own as a result of a proposed transfer) at least 4.5% of the Company’s common stock or preferred stock. Such persons were required to notify the Company and the Bankruptcy Court before effecting a transaction involving the Company’s Predecessor Common Stock and Predecessor Preferred Stock, and the Company had the right to seek an injunction to prevent the transaction if it might have adversely affected the Company’s ability to use its tax attributes. The order also required any person or entity that, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned at least 50% of the Company’s Predecessor Common Stock and Predecessor Preferred Stock to notify the Company and the Bankruptcy Court prior to claiming any deduction for worthlessness of the Company’s Predecessor Common Stock and Predecessor Preferred Stock for a tax year ending before the Company’s emergence from chapter 11 protection and the Company had the right to seek an injunction to prevent the transaction if it might have adversely affected the Company’s ability to use its tax attributes. Any purchase, sale or other transfer of, or any claim of a deduction for worthlessness with respect to, the Company’s Predecessor Common Stock and Predecessor Preferred Stock in violation of the restrictions of the order would have been null and void ab initio as an act in violation of a Bankruptcy Court order and would therefore have conferred no rights on a proposed transferee or such holder, as applicable. However, the Company expects that it will be required to substantially reduce or eliminate certain of its tax attributes, including NOL carryforwards, as a result of cancellation of indebtedness income realized in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases. Additionally, the consummation of the Plan on the Emergence Date resulted in an “ownership change” under Section 382 of the Code. Absent an applicable exception, if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change,” the amount of its pre-ownership change NOLs that may be utilized to offset future taxable income generally will be subject to an annual limitation equal to the value of its stock immediately prior to the ownership change multiplied by the long-term tax-exempt rate, plus an additional amount calculated based on certain “built in gains” in its assets that may be deemed to be realized within a 5-year period following any ownership change. This limitation, in the case of the ownership change that occurred as a result of the consummation of the Plan, will be subject to additional rules under Sections 382(l)(5) or (l)(6) of the Code, depending upon whether we are eligible for the application of Section 382(l)(5) of the Code and, if so eligible, whether we affirmatively elect not to apply Section 382(l)(5) of the Code. As a result of such limitation, the Company’s ability to utilize any NOLs or other tax attributes that are not eliminated as a result of cancellation of indebtedness income arising from the consummation of the Plan may be materially limited in the future. Fresh-Start Reporting Upon the Emergence Date, we began our assessment of our qualifications for fresh-start reporting. In order to qualify for fresh-start reporting, under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 852 — Reorganizations, (i) the holders of existing voting shares of the Company prior to its emergence must receive less than 50% of the voting shares of the Company outstanding following its emergence from bankruptcy and (ii) the reorganization value of our assets immediately prior to confirmation of the plan of reorganization must be less than the post-petition liabilities and allowed claims. If we qualify for fresh-start reporting, a new reporting entity will be considered to have been created, and, as a result, the Company will allocate the reorganization value of the Company to its individual assets, including property, plant and equipment, based on their estimated fair values. The process of estimating the fair value of the Company’s assets, liabilities and equity upon emergence is currently ongoing and, therefore, neither the amounts nor the qualification for this accounting treatment have been finalized. In support of the Plan, the enterprise value of the Successor Company was estimated and approved by the Bankruptcy Court to be in the range of $875 million to $1.275 billion. On the Emergence Date, pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the Successor Company entered into a $1.0 billion reserve-based credit agreement with an initial borrowing base of $500.0 million. Please see Note 8—Long-Term Debt for discussion of the Successor Company’s debt. Deconsolidation of Elevation Midstream, LLC Elevation Midstream, LLC (“Elevation”), a Delaware limited liability company, is focused on the construction and operation of gathering systems and facilities to serve the development of acreage in the Company’s Hawkeye and Southwest Wattenberg areas. Midstream assets of Elevation are represented as the gathering systems and facilities line item within the consolidated balance sheets for any periods ended on or prior to December 31, 2019. During the first quarter of 2020, Elevation’s then non-controlling interest owner, which owned 100% of Elevation’s preferred stock, per contractual agreement, expanded Elevation’s then five member board of managers by four seats and filled them with managers of their choosing (the “Board Expansion”). Because Extraction had the right to appoint only three of the managers of Elevation before and after Board Expansion, Extraction determined the Company had lost voting control of Elevation, and on March 16, 2020 deconsolidated Elevation and began accounting for the entity as an equity method investment. Though Extraction determined control of Elevation was lost under the voting interest model of consolidation, the Company also determined significant influence was not lost due to (1) Extraction owning 100% of the common stock, (2) Extraction appointing three of the nine managers of Elevation and (3) Extraction’s continuing involvement in the day-to-day operation of Elevation through a management services agreement. Because Extraction also determined the Company is not the primary beneficiary, Elevation Midstream, LLC is not a variable interest entity. Extraction elected the fair value option to remeasure the Elevation equity method investment and determined it had no fair value. The Company recorded a $73.1 million loss on deconsolidation of the investment in the consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Also during the three months ended March 31, 2020, Elevation determined certain gathering systems and facilities were impaired by $50.3 million as a result of the abandonment of certain projects. In accordance with ASC Topic 323-10-35-20: Investments—equity method and joint ventures, Extraction discontinued applying the equity method for Elevation as the impairment charge would have reduced the investment below zero. On May 1, 2020, Elevation’s board of managers issued 1,530,000,000 common units at a price of $0.01 per unit to certain of Elevation’s members other than Extraction (the “Capital Raise”). The Capital Raise caused Extraction’s ownership of Elevation to be diluted to less than 0.01%. As a result of the Capital Raise, beginning in May 2020 Extraction began accounting for Elevation under the cost method of accounting. In December 2020, the Company reached a settlement with Elevation (as discussed in Note 16—Commitments and Contingencies — Elevation Gathering Agreements) which was approved by the Bankruptcy Court. As part of the settlement, the Company relinquished its remaining ownership in Elevation and has no more interest in Elevation as of December 31, 2020.

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. (the “Company” or “Extraction”) is an independent oil and gas company focused on the acquisition, development and production of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) reserves in the Rocky Mountain region, primarily in the Wattenberg Field of the Denver-Julesburg Basin (the “DJ Basin”) of Colorado.

As described in the section below titled Voluntary Reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, during the second quarter of 2020, the Company filed for bankruptcy and, as a result, was delisted from the NASDAQ Global Select Market on June 25, 2020 and began trading on the Pink Open Market under the symbol “XOGAQ.”

To facilitate our financial statement presentations, the Company refers to the post-emergence reorganized company in these consolidated financial statements and footnotes as the Successor Company for periods subsequent to January 20, 2021 and to the pre-emergence company as the Predecessor Company for periods on or prior to January 20, 2021.

As previously disclosed, on June 14, 2020 (the “Petition Date”), Extraction and its wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Debtors”), filed voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 (“Chapter 11”) of title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (the “Bankruptcy Court”). The Debtors’ Chapter 11 cases (the “Chapter 11 Cases”) were jointly administered under the caption In re Extraction Oil & Gas., et al. Case No. 20-11548 (CSS).

The commencement of a voluntary proceeding in bankruptcy constituted an immediate event of default under the Predecessor Credit Agreement (as defined in Note 8—Long-Term Debt) and the indentures governing the Company’s Senior Notes (as defined in Note 2—Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies), resulting in the automatic and immediate acceleration of all of the Company’s debt outstanding under the Predecessor Credit Agreement and Senior Notes. Accordingly, the Company has classified its outstanding Senior Notes debt as liabilities subject to compromise on its consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020. The Prior Credit Facility (as defined in Note 8—Long-Term Debt) was not classified as liabilities subject to compromise because it was fully secured and unimpaired before being paid off as part of the Company’s emergence from bankruptcy described below. Please refer to Note 5—Liabilities Subject to Compromise for more information. Pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code and as described in Note 8—Long-Term Debt, the filing of the Chapter 11 Cases automatically stayed most actions against the Debtors, including most actions to collect indebtedness incurred prior to the Petition Date or to exercise control over the Debtors’ property.

On July 30, 2020, the Debtors filed a proposed Plan of Reorganization (as amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time, the “Plan”) and related Disclosure Statement (as amended or modified, the “Disclosure Statement”) describing the Plan and the solicitation of votes to approve the same from certain of the Debtors’ creditors with respect to the Chapter 11 Cases. Subsequently on October 22, 2020 and November 5, 2020, the Debtors filed first and second amendments, respectively, to the Disclosure Statement. The hearing to consider approval of the Disclosure Statement was held on November 6, 2020. On November 6, 2020, the Bankruptcy Court approved the adequacy of the Disclosure Statement and the Debtors commenced a solicitation process to receive votes on the Plan. Pursuant to the terms of the Plan and as described in the Disclosure Statement, the Debtors also commenced a rights offering (the “Equity Rights Offering”), which was backstopped by certain holders of the Senior Notes. On November 6, 2020, the Bankruptcy Court approved the Backstop Commitment Agreement (the “Backstop Commitment Agreement”), which provided a commitment of $200 million. The hearing on the confirmation of the Plan was held on December 23, 2020, in which the Plan was approved.

On December 23, 2020, the Company filed the Sixth Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. pursuant to Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. Also on December 23, 2020, the Bankruptcy Court entered an order (the “Confirmation Order”) confirming the Plan. The Plan is attached to the Confirmation Order as Exhibit A. The sixth-amended Plan and the Confirmation Order were previously filed as Exhibits 2.1 and 99.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on December 30, 2020. On January 20, 2021 (the “Emergence Date”) the Plan became effective in accordance with its terms and the Company emerged from the Chapter 11 Cases. On the Emergence Date and pursuant to the Plan:

◦179,472 shares of New Common Stock, 1,454,832 Tranche A Warrants to purchase 1,454,832 shares of New Common Stock and 727,420 Tranche B Warrants to purchase 727,420 shares of New Common Stock pro rata to holders of the Predecessor Company’s Series A Preferred Stock (the “Predecessor Preferred Stock”) outstanding prior to the Emergence Date;

◦179,496 shares of New Common Stock, 1,454,854 Tranche A Warrants to purchase 1,454,854 shares of New Common Stock and 727,443 Tranche B Warrants to purchase 727,443 shares of New Common Stock pro rata to holders of the Predecessor Company’s existing common stock (the “Predecessor Common Stock”) outstanding prior to the Emergence Date;

•The Company terminated the Prior Credit Facility (as defined in Note 8—Long-Term Debt—Prior Credit Facility), and the holders of claims under the Prior Credit Facility each received its ratable portion of the RBL Credit Facility for its allowed claims. All liens and security interests granted to secure such obligations were automatically terminated and are of no further force and effect;

•The Company terminated the DIP Credit Facility (as defined in Note 8—Long-Term Debt—DIP Credit Facility), and the holders of claims under the DIP Credit Facility received payment in full, in cash, for allowed claims. All liens and security interests granted to secure such obligations were automatically terminated and are of no further force and effect;

As of December 31, 2020, the Company had substantial tax NOL carryforwards and other tax attributes. Under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), our ability to use these NOLs and other tax attributes may be limited if the Company experiences an “ownership change,” as determined under Section 382 of the Code. Accordingly, on July 13, 2020, the Company obtained a final order from the Bankruptcy Court that was intended to prevent an ownership change during the pendency of the Chapter 11 Cases and therefore protect the Company’s ability to use its tax attributes by imposing certain notice procedures and transfer restrictions on the trading of the Company’s Predecessor Common Stock and Predecessor Preferred Stock.

In general, the order applied to any person or entity that, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned (or would beneficially own as a result of a proposed transfer) at least 4.5% of the Company’s common stock or preferred stock. Such persons were required to notify the Company and the Bankruptcy Court before effecting a transaction involving the Company’s Predecessor Common Stock and Predecessor Preferred Stock, and the Company had the right to seek an injunction to prevent the transaction if it might have adversely affected the Company’s ability to use its tax attributes. The order also required any person or entity that, directly or indirectly, beneficially owned at least 50% of the Company’s Predecessor Common Stock and Predecessor Preferred Stock to notify the Company and the Bankruptcy Court prior to claiming any deduction for worthlessness of the Company’s Predecessor Common Stock and Predecessor Preferred Stock for a tax year ending before the Company’s emergence from chapter 11 protection and the Company had the right to seek an injunction to prevent the transaction if it might have adversely affected the Company’s ability to use its tax attributes.

Any purchase, sale or other transfer of, or any claim of a deduction for worthlessness with respect to, the Company’s Predecessor Common Stock and Predecessor Preferred Stock in violation of the restrictions of the order would have been null and void ab initio as an act in violation of a Bankruptcy Court order and would therefore have conferred no rights on a proposed transferee or such holder, as applicable.

However, the Company expects that it will be required to substantially reduce or eliminate certain of its tax attributes, including NOL carryforwards, as a result of cancellation of indebtedness income realized in connection with the Chapter 11 Cases. Additionally, the consummation of the Plan on the Emergence Date resulted in an “ownership change” under Section 382 of the Code. Absent an applicable exception, if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change,” the amount of its pre-ownership change NOLs that may be utilized to offset future taxable income generally will be subject to an annual limitation equal to the value of its stock immediately prior to the ownership change multiplied by the long-term tax-exempt rate, plus an additional amount calculated based on certain “built in gains” in its assets that may be deemed to be realized within a 5-year period following any ownership change. This limitation, in the case of the ownership change that occurred as a result of the consummation of the Plan, will be subject to additional rules under Sections 382(l)(5) or (l)(6) of the Code, depending upon whether we are eligible for the application of Section 382(l)(5) of the Code and, if so eligible, whether we affirmatively elect not to apply Section 382(l)(5) of the Code. As a result of such limitation, the Company’s ability to utilize any NOLs or other tax attributes that are not eliminated as a result of cancellation of indebtedness income arising from the consummation of the Plan may be materially limited in the future.

Upon the Emergence Date, we began our assessment of our qualifications for fresh-start reporting. In order to qualify for fresh-start reporting, under Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 852 — Reorganizations, (i) the holders of existing voting shares of the Company prior to its emergence must receive less than 50% of the voting shares of the Company outstanding following its emergence from bankruptcy and (ii) the reorganization value of our assets immediately prior to confirmation of the plan of reorganization must be less than the post-petition liabilities and allowed claims. If we qualify for fresh-start reporting, a new reporting entity will be considered to have been created, and, as a result, the Company will allocate the reorganization value of the Company to its individual assets, including property, plant and equipment, based on their estimated fair values. The process of estimating the fair value of the Company’s assets, liabilities and equity upon emergence is currently ongoing and, therefore, neither the amounts nor the qualification for this accounting treatment have been finalized. In support of the Plan, the enterprise value of the Successor Company was estimated and approved by the Bankruptcy Court to be in the range of $875 million to $1.275 billion. On the Emergence Date, pursuant to the terms of the Plan, the Successor Company entered into a $1.0 billion reserve-based credit agreement with an initial borrowing base of $500.0 million. Please see Note 8—Long-Term Debt for discussion of the Successor Company’s debt.

Elevation Midstream, LLC (“Elevation”), a Delaware limited liability company, is focused on the construction and operation of gathering systems and facilities to serve the development of acreage in the Company’s Hawkeye and Southwest Wattenberg areas. Midstream assets of Elevation are represented as the gathering systems and facilities line item within the consolidated balance sheets for any periods ended on or prior to December 31, 2019.

During the first quarter of 2020, Elevation’s then non-controlling interest owner, which owned 100% of Elevation’s preferred stock, per contractual agreement, expanded Elevation’s then five member board of managers by four seats and filled them with managers of their choosing (the “Board Expansion”). Because Extraction had the right to appoint only three of the managers of Elevation before and after Board Expansion, Extraction determined the Company had lost voting control of Elevation, and on March 16, 2020 deconsolidated Elevation and began accounting for the entity as an equity method investment. Though Extraction determined control of Elevation was lost under the voting interest model of consolidation, the Company also determined significant influence was not lost due to (1) Extraction owning 100% of the common stock, (2) Extraction appointing three of the nine managers of Elevation and (3) Extraction’s continuing involvement in the day-to-day operation of Elevation through a management services agreement. Because Extraction also determined the Company is not the primary beneficiary, Elevation Midstream, LLC is not a variable interest entity.

Extraction elected the fair value option to remeasure the Elevation equity method investment and determined it had no fair value. The Company recorded a $73.1 million loss on deconsolidation of the investment in the consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020. Also during the three months ended March 31, 2020, Elevation determined certain gathering systems and facilities were impaired by $50.3 million as a result of the abandonment of certain projects. In accordance with ASC Topic 323-10-35-20: Investments—equity method and joint ventures, Extraction discontinued applying the equity method for Elevation as the impairment charge would have reduced the investment below zero.