Organization, Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization, Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

Note 1 — Organization, Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

Organization and Nature of Business

Talos Energy Inc. (the “Parent Company”) is a Delaware corporation originally incorporated on November 14, 2017. On May 10, 2018, the Parent Company consummated a combination between Talos Energy LLC and Stone Energy Corporation (“Stone”). Talos Energy LLC, which was the acquirer of Stone for financial reporting and accounting purposes, was formed in 2011 and commenced commercial operations on February 6, 2013. The Parent Company conducts all business operations through its operating subsidiaries, owns no operating assets and has no material operations, cash flows or liabilities independent of its subsidiaries. The Parent Company’s common stock is traded on The New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “TALO.”

The Parent Company (including its subsidiaries, collectively “Talos” or the “Company”) is a technically driven independent exploration and production company focused on safely and efficiently maximizing long-term value through its operations, currently in the United States (“U.S.”) and offshore Mexico both through upstream oil and gas exploration and production and the development of carbon capture and sequestration (“CCS”) opportunities. The Company leverages decades of technical and offshore operational expertise in the acquisition, exploration and development of assets in key geological trends that are present in many offshore basins around the world. With a focus on environmental stewardship, the Company also utilizes its expertise to explore opportunities to reduce industrial emissions through the Company’s CCS initiatives both in and along the coast of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Basis of Presentation and Consolidation

The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC regarding interim financial reporting. Accordingly, certain information and disclosures normally included in complete financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In the opinion of management, these financial statements include all adjustments, which unless otherwise disclosed, are of a normal recurring nature, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position, results of operations, cash flows and changes in equity for the periods presented. The results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results for the entire year. The unaudited financial statements and related notes included in this Quarterly Report should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes included in the 2021 Annual Report.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year’s presentation to conform to the current year’s presentation. Amounts previously included as income in “Other” within “Revenues and Other” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations are now reflected in “Other operating (income) expense” as a component of “Total operating expenses” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Segments

The Company has two operating segments: (i) exploration and production of oil, natural gas and NGLs (“Upstream Segment”) and (ii) CCS (“CCS Segment”). The Upstream Segment is the Company’s only reportable segment. The legal entities included in the CCS Segment have been designated as unrestricted, non-guarantor subsidiaries of the Company for purposes of the Bank Credit Facility (as defined in Note 4 — Financial Instruments) and indenture governing the senior notes.

The following table presents the CCS Segment asset information (in thousands):

	September 30, 2022
Current assets	$	17,500
Non-current assets		2,587
Total assets	$	20,087

The following table presents the CCS Segment income statement information for the respective periods (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended September 30, 2022			Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022
Revenues	$	—		$	—
Operating expenses		(325	)		(8,130	)
Equity method investment income(1)		916			14,594
Other income		29			29
Net income	$	620		$	6,493

(1)The CCS Segment reported a gain related to the partial sale of the Company’s interest in Bayou Bend CCS LLC (“Bayou Bend”) during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, respectively. See Note 9 — Related Party Transactions for further information.