PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

NOTE 2 — PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following (in thousands):

	September 30, 2022		December 31, 2021
Prepaid expenses	$	349	$	605
Deposits	18,640		3,589
Restricted cash	12,375		—
Derivative assets, net current	—		8,693
Other current assets	93		65
Total prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	31,457	$	12,952

Deposits

Margin deposits posted with a third-party financial institution related to our financial instrument contracts were approximately $17.4 million and $2.1 million as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

Restricted Cash

Restricted cash as of September 30, 2022 consists of $3.0 million held in escrow under the terms of an agreement to purchase land for the Driftwood Project as well as approximately $9.4 million held in escrow under the terms of the purchase and sale agreement for the acquisition of certain natural gas assets in the Haynesville Shale. See Note 3, Property, Plant and Equipment, for further information.