Organization, Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization, Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

Note 1 — Organization, Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

Organization and Nature of Business

Talos Energy Inc. (the “Parent Company”) is a Delaware corporation originally incorporated on November 14, 2017. The Parent Company conducts all business operations through its operating subsidiaries, owns no operating assets and has no material operations, cash flows or liabilities independent of its subsidiaries. The Parent Company’s common stock is traded on The New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “TALO.”

The Parent Company (including its subsidiaries, collectively “Talos” or the “Company”) is a technically driven independent exploration and production company focused on safely and efficiently maximizing long-term value through its operations, currently in the United States (“U.S.”) and offshore Mexico both through upstream oil and gas exploration and production and the development of low carbon solutions opportunities. The Company leverages decades of technical and offshore operational expertise in the acquisition, exploration and development of assets in key geological trends that are present in many offshore basins around the world. The Company is also utilizing its expertise to develop CCS projects to help reduce industrial emissions along the coast of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP and include the accounts of the Parent Company and entities in which the Parent Company holds a controlling financial interest. Both majority-owned subsidiaries and any variable interest entity in which the Parent Company is the primary beneficiary are consolidated. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated. All adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature and are necessary to fairly present the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods reflected herein.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements, the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods and the reported amounts of proved oil and natural gas reserves. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Segments

The Company has two operating segments: (i) exploration and production of oil, natural gas and NGLs (“Upstream Segment”) and (ii) CCS (“CCS Segment”). The Upstream Segment is the Company’s only reportable segment. The legal entities included in the CCS Segment have been designated as unrestricted, non-guarantor subsidiaries of the Company for purposes of the Bank Credit Facility (as defined in Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies) and indenture governing the senior notes. See additional information in Note 15 — Segment Information.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

Segment Reporting — In November 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an update to the required disclosures for segment reporting. The update is intended to improve reportable segment disclosures, primarily through enhanced disclosures about significant segment expenses. The update will require public entities to disclose significant segment expenses that are regularly provided to the chief operating decision maker and included within segment profit and loss. The update is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024 on a retrospective basis. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this update on the Company’s disclosures.

Tax Disclosures — In December 2023, the FASB issued an update which expands disclosures in an entity’s income tax rate reconciliation table and regarding cash taxes paid both in the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions. The update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024 on a prospective basis. However, retrospective application in all periods presented is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effect of this update on the Company’s disclosures.