Divestitures, Assets Held for Sale, and Acquisitions

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Divestitures, Assets Held for Sale, and Acquisitions [Abstract]

Divestitures, Assets Held for Sale, and Acquisitions

Note 3 - Divestitures, Assets Held for Sale, and Acquisitions

Divestitures

No material divestitures occurred during the first six months of 2019, and there were no assets classified as held for sale as of June 30, 2019.

On March 26, 2018, the Company divested approximately 112,000 net acres of its Powder River Basin assets (the “PRB Divestiture”) for total cash received at closing, net of costs (referred to throughout this report as “net divestiture proceeds”), of $490.8 million, subject to final purchase price adjustments, and recorded an estimated net gain of $410.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. After final purchase price adjustments, the Company received net divestiture proceeds of $492.2 million, and recorded a final net gain of $410.6 million related to these divested assets for the year ended December 31, 2018.

During the second quarter of 2018, the Company completed the divestitures of its remaining assets in the Williston Basin located in Divide County, North Dakota (the “Divide County Divestiture”) and its Halff East assets in the Midland Basin (the “Halff East Divestiture”), for combined net divestiture proceeds of $250.8 million, subject to final purchase price adjustments, and recorded a combined estimated net gain of $15.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018. After final purchase price adjustments, the Company received net divestiture proceeds of $252.2 million, and recorded a final net gain of $15.4 million related to these divested assets for the year ended December 31, 2018.

Acquisitions

During the first half of 2019, the Company completed several non-monetary acreage trades of undeveloped properties located in Howard, Martin, and Midland Counties, Texas, resulting in the exchange of approximately 2,000 net acres, with $66.6 million of carrying value attributed to the properties transferred by the Company. These trades were recorded at carryover basis with no gain or loss recognized. No such trades occurred during the first half of 2018.

During the second quarter of 2018, the Company acquired approximately 720 net acres of unproved properties in Martin County, Texas, for $24.6 million. Under authoritative accounting guidance, this transaction was considered an asset acquisition. Therefore, the properties were recorded based on the fair value of the total consideration transferred on the acquisition date and the transaction costs were capitalized as a component of the cost of the assets acquired.