Commitments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Commitments

Commitments

(14) Commitments

The table below is a schedule of future minimum payments for firm transportation, drilling rig and completion services, processing, gathering and compression, and office and equipment agreements, which include leases that have remaining lease terms in excess of one year as of December 31, 2019 (in thousands).

			Processing,
	Firm		gathering and		Land payment		Operating and		Imputed Interest
	transportation		compression		obligations		Financing Leases		for Leases
	(a)		(b)		(c)		(d)		(d)		Total
2020	$	1,105,062		55,338		5,240		304,441		317,859		1,787,940
2021		1,076,832		54,154		2,859		265,838		289,169		1,688,852
2022		1,034,009		53,606		328		285,209		258,948		1,632,100
2023		1,056,902		58,565		—		313,510		225,303		1,654,280
2024		1,016,856		58,687		—		342,348		187,655		1,605,546
Thereafter		7,907,583		152,523		—		1,377,652		474,086		9,911,844
Total	$	13,197,244		432,873		8,427		2,888,998		1,753,020		18,280,562

(a)Firm Transportation

The Company has entered into firm transportation agreements with various pipelines in order to facilitate the delivery of its production to market. These contracts commit the Company to transport minimum daily natural gas or NGLs volumes at negotiated rates, or pay for any deficiencies at specified reservation fee rates. The amounts in this table are based on the Company’s minimum daily volumes at the reservation fee rate. The values in the table represent the gross amounts that the Company is committed to pay; however, the Company will record in the consolidated financial statements its proportionate share of costs based on its working interest.

(b)Processing, Gathering, and Compression Service Commitments

The Company has entered into various long term gas processing, gathering and compression service agreements. Certain of these agreements were determined to be leases. The minimum payment obligations under the agreements that are not leases are presented in this column.

The values in the table represent the gross amounts that the Company is committed to pay; however, the Company will record in the consolidated financial statements its proportionate share of costs based on its working interest.

(c)Land Payment Obligations

The Company has entered into various land acquisition agreements. Certain of these agreements contain minimum payment obligations over various terms. The values in the table represent the minimum payments due under these arrangements. None of these agreements were determined to be leases.

(d)Leases, including imputed interest

The Company has obligations under contracts for services provided by drilling rigs and completion fleets, processing, gathering, and compression services agreements, and office and equipment leases. The values in the table represent the gross amounts that we are committed to pay; however, we will record in our financial statements our proportionate share of costs based on our working interests. Refer to Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements for more information on the Company’s operating and finance leases.