BASIS OF PREPARATION AND PRESENTATION

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in this report include the accounts of Unit Corporation and all its subsidiaries and affiliates and have been prepared under the rules and regulations of the SEC. The terms “company,” “Unit,” “we,” “our,” “us,” or like terms refer to Unit Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and one or more of its subsidiaries and affiliates, except as otherwise indicated or as the context otherwise requires. We consolidate the activities of Superior Pipeline Company, L.L.C. (Superior), a 50/50 joint venture between Unit Corporation and SP Investor Holdings, LLC, which qualifies as a VIE under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP). We have concluded that we are the primary beneficiary of the VIE, as defined in the accounting standards, since we have the power, through our 50% ownership, to direct those activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of Superior as further described in Note 13 – Variable Interest Entity Arrangements.

The condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and do not include all the notes in our annual financial statements. This report should be read with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes in our Form 10-K, filed February 27, 2018, for the year ended December 31, 2017 as amended by our Form 10-K/A filed on August 6, 2018.

In the opinion of our management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements contain all normal recurring adjustments (including the elimination of all intercompany transactions) necessary to fairly state:


•	Balance Sheets at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017;


•	Income Statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017;


•	Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017;


•	Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017; and


•	Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017.

Our financial statements are prepared in conformity with GAAP, which requires us to make certain estimates and assumptions that may affect the amounts reported in our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes. Actual results may differ from those estimates. Results for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 are not necessarily indicative of the results we may realize for the full year of 2018, or that we realized for the full year of 2017.

Accounting Changes - Recent Accounting Pronouncements - Adopted

As of January 1, 2018, we adopted ASU 2018-02 Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. This standard is explained further in Note 8 - New Accounting Pronouncements. We adopted this amendment early and it had no material effect to our financial statements. We previously used 37.75% to calculate the tax effect on AOCI and we now use 24.5%. This change is reflected in our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income and in Note 14 - Equity.

Also, as of January 1, 2018, we adopted ASU 2014-09 Revenue from Contracts with Customers - Topic 606 (ASC 606) and all later amendments that modified ASC 606. This new revenue standard is explained further in Note 8 - New Accounting Pronouncements. We elected to apply this standard on the modified retrospective approach method to contracts not completed as of January 1, 2018, where the cumulative effect on adoption, which only impacted our mid-stream segment, is recognized as an adjustment to opening retained earnings at January 1, 2018. This adjustment related to the timing of revenue recognition for certain demand fees. Our oil and natural gas and contract drilling segments had no retained earnings adjustment. Comparative prior periods have not been adjusted and continue to be reported under ASC 605.

The additional disclosures required by the ASU are included in Note 2 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers.