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Acquisitions and divestitures
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]  
Acquisitions and divestitures
Note 4
Acquisitions and divestitures
a.2021 Asset acquisitions and divestiture
Pioneer Acquisition
On September 17, 2021, the Company entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the "Pioneer PSA") with Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc ("PXD"), DE Midland III, LLC ("DEM"), Parsley Minerals, LLC ("PM") and Parsley Energy, L.P. ("PE" and collectively with PXD, DEM, and PM, "the Seller") pursuant to which the Company agreed to purchase (the "Pioneer Acquisition"), effective as of July 1, 2021, certain oil and natural gas properties in the Midland Basin, including approximately 20,000 net acres, and approximately 135 gross (121 net) operated locations, located in western Glasscock County, Texas, as well as related assets and contracts (the "Pioneer Assets").
On October 18, 2021 ("Pioneer Closing Date"), the Company closed the Pioneer Acquisition for an aggregate purchase price of $205.6 million, comprised of (i) $131.6 million in cash, (ii) 959,691 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "common stock"), based upon the share price as of the Pioneer Closing Date and (iii) $3.0 million in transaction related expenses, inclusive of customary closing adjustments, subject to post-closing adjustments.
The Company determined that the Pioneer Acquisition was an asset acquisition, as substantially all of the gross assets acquired are concentrated in a group of similar identifiable assets. Accordingly, the consideration paid was allocated to the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their relative fair values and all transaction costs associated were capitalized.
The following table presents components of the purchase price, inclusive of customary closing adjustments:
(in thousands, except for share and share price data)As of October 18, 2021
Shares of Company common stock959,691
Company common stock price at the Pioneer Closing Date$73.90 
Value of Company common stock consideration$70,921 
Cash consideration$131,633 
Transaction costs3,013 
Total purchase price$205,567 
The following table presents the allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based on their relative fair values, on the Pioneer Closing Date:
(in thousands)As of October 18, 2021
Evaluated properties$139,360 
Unevaluated properties73,929 
Revenue suspense liabilities assumed(7,722)
Allocated purchase price$205,567 
The Company funded the cash portion of the aggregate purchase price and related transaction costs with respect to the Pioneer Acquisition with cash on hand and borrowings under its Senior Secured Credit Facility.
During the year ended December 31, 2021, in connection with the Pioneer Acquisition, the Company acquired additional interests in the Pioneer Assets through additional sellers that exercised their "tag-along" sales rights, for total cash consideration of $2.9 million, excluding customary purchase price adjustments. These acquisitions were accounted for as asset acquisitions.
Sabalo/Shad Acquisition
On May 7, 2021, the Company entered into two separate purchase and sale agreements, one (the "Sabalo PSA") with Sabalo Energy, LLC and its subsidiary, Sabalo Operating, LLC (collectively, "Sabalo"), and the other (the "Shad PSA" and together with the Sabalo PSA, the "Sabalo/Shad PSAs") with Shad Permian, LLC ("Shad") to acquire certain Midland Basin oil and natural gas properties, including approximately 21,000 net acres and approximately 120 gross (109 net) operated locations and approximately 150 gross (18 net) non-operated locations, located in Howard and Borden Counties, Texas, (collectively, the "Sabalo/Shad Acquisition"). Sabalo and Shad are unaffiliated, but owned interest in the same assets.
On July 1, 2021 ("Sabalo/Shad Closing Date"), the Company closed the Sabalo/Shad Acquisition, effective April 1, 2021, for an aggregate purchase price of $863.1 million, comprised of (i) $606.1 million in cash (ii) 2,506,964 shares of the Company's common stock, based upon the share price as of the Sabalo/Shad Closing Date, and (iii) $17.0 million in transaction related expenses, inclusive of customary closing adjustments, subject to post-closing adjustments.
The Sabalo/Shad Acquisition was accounted for as a single transaction because the Sabalo PSA and Shad PSA were entered into at the same time and in contemplation of one another to form a single transaction designed to achieve an overall economic effect. The Company determined that the Sabalo/Shad Acquisition was an asset acquisition, as substantially all of the gross assets acquired are concentrated in a group of similar identifiable assets. Accordingly, the consideration paid was
allocated to the individual assets acquired and liabilities assumed based on their relative fair values and all transaction costs associated were capitalized.
The following table presents components of the purchase price, inclusive of customary closing adjustments:
(in thousands, except for share and share price data)As of July 1, 2021
Shares of Company common stock2,506,964
Company common stock price at the Sabalo/Shad Closing Date$95.72 
Value of Company common stock consideration$239,967 
Cash consideration$606,126 
Transaction costs17,020 
Total purchase price$863,113 
The following table presents the allocation of the purchase price to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, based on their relative fair values, on the Sabalo/Shad Closing Date:
(in thousands)As of July 1, 2021
Evaluated properties$503,005 
Unevaluated properties362,977 
Revenue suspense liabilities assumed(4,269)
Inventory1,400 
Allocated purchase price$863,113 
The Company funded the cash portion of the aggregate purchase price and related transaction costs with respect to the Sabalo/Shad Acquisition with proceeds from borrowings under its Senior Secured Credit Facility (as defined below) and the Working Interest Sale described below.
Working Interest Sale
On May 7, 2021, the Company entered into a purchase and sale agreement (the "Sixth Street PSA") with Piper Investments Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Sixth Street Partners, LLC ("Sixth Street"), to sell 37.5% of the Company's working interest in certain producing wellbores and the related properties primarily located within Glasscock and Reagan Counties, Texas, subject to certain excluded assets and title diligence procedures (the "Working Interest Sale").
On July 1, 2021 (the "Sixth Street Closing Date") the Company closed the Working Interest Sale for cash proceeds of $405.0 million. In addition to such proceeds, the Sixth Street PSA also provided the Company with the right to receive up to a maximum of $93.7 million in additional cash consideration if certain cash flow targets related to divested oil and natural gas property operations are met ("Sixth Street Contingent Consideration"). The Sixth Street Contingent Consideration is made up of quarterly payments through June 2027 totaling up to $38.7 million and a potential balloon payment of $55.0 million in June 2027. On the Sixth Street Closing Date, the fair value of the Sixth Street Contingent Consideration was determined to be $33.8 million. The Sixth Street Contingent Consideration is accounted for as a contingent consideration derivative, with all gains and losses as a result of changes in the fair value of the contingent consideration derivative recognized in earnings in the period in which the changes occur. See Notes 10.c and 11.a for further discussion of the Sixth Street Contingent Consideration.
Subsequent to the Sixth Street Closing Date, the Company continues to own and operate its remaining working interest in the properties sold to Sixth Street; however, the results of operations and cash flows related to the 37.5% working interests sold were eliminated from the Company's financial statements. This divestiture did not represent a strategic shift and will not have a major effect on the Company's future operations or financial results.
Pursuant to the rules governing full cost accounting, the Company recorded a gain on the Working Interest Sale of $93.5 million, net of transaction expenses of $11.6 million, on the Company's consolidated statements of operations, subject to post-closing adjustments, as this divestment represented more than 25% of the Company's June 30, 2021 proved reserves.
For the purposes of calculating the gain, total capitalized costs were allocated between reserves sold and reserves retained as of the Sixth Street Closing Date.
Leasehold acquisitions
During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company acquired certain oil and natural gas leasehold interests in Howard County, Texas, totaling approximately 455 net acres for an aggregate purchase price of $4.0 million.
b.2020 Asset acquisitions
On October 16, 2020 and November 16, 2020, the Company closed a bolt-on acquisition of 2,758 and 80 net acres, respectively, including production of 210 BOE/D, in Howard County, Texas for an aggregate purchase price of $11.6 million, subject to customary post-closing purchase price adjustments.
On April 30, 2020, the Company closed an acquisition of 180 net acres in Howard County, Texas for $0.6 million. The acquisition also provides for one or more potential contingent payments to be paid by the Company if the arithmetic average of the monthly settlement WTI NYMEX prices exceed certain thresholds for the contingency period beginning on January 1, 2021 and ending on the earlier of December 31, 2022 or the date the counterparty has received the maximum consideration of $1.2 million. The fair value of this contingent consideration was $0.2 million as of the acquisition date, which was recorded as part of the basis in the oil and natural gas properties acquired and as a contingent consideration derivative liability. See Notes 10.c and 11.a for additional discussion of this contingent consideration.
On February 4, 2020, the Company closed a transaction for $22.5 million, acquiring 1,180 net acres and divesting 80 net acres in Howard County, Texas.
All transaction costs were capitalized and are included in "Oil and natural gas properties, net" on the consolidated balance sheet.
c.2020 Divestiture
On April 9, 2020, the Company closed a divestiture of 80 net acres and working interests in two producing wells in Glasscock County, Texas for $0.7 million, net of customary post-closing sales price adjustments. The divestiture was recorded as an adjustment to oil and natural gas properties pursuant to the rules governing full cost accounting. Effective at closing, the operations and cash flows of these oil and natural gas properties were eliminated from the ongoing operations of the Company, and the Company has no continuing involvement in the properties. This divestiture did not represent a strategic shift and has not had a major effect on the Company's future operations or financial results.
d.2019 Acquisitions
Asset acquisitions
On December 12, 2019, the Company closed an acquisition of 7,360 net acres and 750 net royalty acres in Howard County, Texas for $131.7 million, net of customary closing purchase price adjustments. The acquisition provided for a potential contingent payment, where the Company was required to pay $20 million if the arithmetic average of the monthly settlement WTI NYMEX prices for each consecutive calendar month for the one-year period beginning January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 exceeded a certain threshold. The fair value of this contingent consideration was $6.2 million as of the acquisition date, which was recorded as part of the basis in the oil and natural gas properties acquired and as a contingent consideration derivative liability. See Notes 10.c and 11.a for additional discussion of this contingent consideration. This acquisition was primarily financed through borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facility. Post-closing was finalized during the year ended December 31, 2020.
On June 20, 2019, the Company acquired 640 net acres in Reagan County, Texas for $2.9 million.
All transaction costs were capitalized and are included in "Oil and natural gas properties, net" on the consolidated balance sheet.
Business combination
On December 6, 2019, the Company closed a bolt-on acquisition of 4,475 contiguous net acres and working interests in 49 producing wells in western Glasscock County, Texas, which included net production of 1,400 BOE/D at the time of acquisition, for $64.6 million, net of customary closing purchase price adjustments. This acquisition was financed through borrowings under the Senior Secured Credit Facility. Post-closing was finalized during the year ended December 31, 2020.
This acquisition was accounted for as a business combination. Accordingly, the Company conducted assessments of net assets acquired and recognized amounts for identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the estimated acquisition date fair values, while transaction costs associated with the acquisition were expensed. The Company makes various assumptions in estimating the fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The most significant assumptions relate to the estimated fair values of evaluated and unevaluated oil and natural gas properties. The fair values of these properties were measured using a discounted cash flow model that converts future cash flows to a single discounted amount. Significant inputs to the valuation include estimates of: (i) forecasted oil, NGL and natural gas reserve quantities; (ii) future commodity strip prices as of the closing dates adjusted for transportation and regional price differentials; (iii) forecasted ad valorem taxes, production taxes, income taxes, operating expenses and development costs; and (iv) a peer group weighted-average cost of capital rate subject to additional project-specific risk factors. To compensate for the inherent risk of estimating the value of the unevaluated properties, the discounted future net cash flows of proved undeveloped and probable reserves are reduced by additional reserve adjustment factors. These assumptions represent Level 3 inputs under the fair value hierarchy, as described in Note 11.
The following table reflects an aggregate of the final estimate of the fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in this business combination on December 6, 2019:
(in thousands)Fair values of acquisition
Fair values of net assets:
Evaluated oil and natural gas properties$29,921 
Unevaluated oil and natural gas properties34,700 
Asset retirement cost2,728 
     Total assets acquired$67,349 
Asset retirement obligations(2,728)
        Net assets acquired$64,621 
Fair values of consideration paid for net assets:
Cash consideration$64,621 
e.Exchange of unevaluated oil and natural gas properties
From time to time, the Company exchanges undeveloped acreage with third parties. The exchanges are recorded at fair value and the difference is accounted for as an adjustment of capitalized costs with no gain or loss recognized pursuant to the rules governing full cost accounting, unless such adjustment would significantly alter the relationship between capitalized costs and proved reserves of oil, NGL and natural gas.