The Company is exposed to fluctuations in crude oil and natural gas prices on the majority of its worldwide production, as well as transactions denominated in foreign currencies. The Company manages the variability in its cash flows by occasionally entering into derivative transactions on a portion of its crude oil and natural gas production and foreign currency transactions. The Company utilizes various types of derivative financial instruments, including forward contracts, futures contracts, swaps, and options, to manage fluctuations in cash flows resulting from changes in commodity prices or foreign currency values.

The use of derivative instruments exposes the Company to credit loss in the event of nonperformance by the counterparty. To reduce the concentration of exposure to any individual counterparty, the Company utilizes a diversified group of investment-grade rated counterparties, primarily financial institutions, for its derivative transactions. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had derivative positions with 10 counterparties. The Company monitors counterparty creditworthiness on an ongoing basis; however, it cannot predict sudden changes in counterparties’ creditworthiness. In addition, even if such changes are not sudden, the Company may be limited in its ability to mitigate an increase in counterparty credit risk. Should one of these counterparties not perform, the Company may not realize the benefit of some of its derivative instruments resulting from lower commodity prices or changes in currency exchange rates.


		Basis Swap Purchased		Basis Swap Sold
Production Period	Settlement Index	MMBtu (in 000’s)	Weighted Average Price Differential	MMBtu (in 000’s)	Weighted Average Price Differential
January—December 2022	NYMEX Henry Hub/IF Waha	43,800	$(0.45)	—	—
January—December 2022	NYMEX Henry Hub/IF HSC	—	—	43,800	$(0.08)
January—December 2023	NYMEX Henry Hub/IF Waha	29,200	$(0.40)	—	—
January—December 2023	NYMEX Henry Hub/IF HSC	—	—	29,200	$0.02

The Company has open foreign currency costless collar contracts in GBP/USD for £15 million per month for the calendar year 2022 with a weighted average floor and ceiling price of $1.39 and $1.29, respectively.

During the second quarter of 2019, Altus Midstream LP issued and sold the Preferred Units. Certain redemption features embedded within the Preferred Units require bifurcation and measurement at fair value. For further discussion of this derivative, refer to “Fair Value Measurements” below and Note 14—Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest — Altus.

During the fourth quarter of 2019 and first quarter of 2020, the Company entered into an agreement to assign a portion of its contracted capacity under an existing transportation agreement to a third party. Embedded in this agreement is an arrangement under which the Company has the potential to receive payments calculated based on pricing differentials between Houston Ship Channel and Waha during calendar years 2020 and 2021. This feature requires bifurcation and measurement of the change in market value for each period. Unrealized gains or losses in the fair value of this feature are recorded as “Derivative instrument gains (losses), net” under “Revenues and Other” in the statement of consolidated operations. Any proceeds received are deferred and reflected in income over the original tenure of the host contract.


	Fair Value Measurements Using
	Quoted Price in Active Markets (Level 1)		Significant Other Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total Fair Value		Netting(1)		Carrying Amount
	(In millions)
December 31, 2021



Liabilities:
Commodity derivative instruments	$	—	$	10	$	—	$	10	$	—	$	10
Pipeline capacity embedded derivatives	—		46		—		46		—		46
Preferred Units embedded derivative	—		—		57		57		—		57
December 31, 2020
Assets:
Commodity derivative instruments	$	—	$	11	$	—	$	11	$	—	$	11


Liabilities:
Pipeline capacity embedded derivatives	—		53		—		53		—		53
Preferred Units embedded derivative	—		—		139		139		—		139

The fair values of the Company’s derivative instruments and pipeline capacity embedded derivatives are not actively quoted in the open market. The Company primarily uses a market approach to estimate the fair values of these derivatives on a recurring basis, utilizing futures pricing for the underlying positions provided by a reputable third party, a Level 2 fair value measurement.

The fair value of the Preferred Units embedded derivative is calculated using an income approach, a Level 3 fair value measurement. The fair value determination is based on a range of factors, including expected future interest rates using the Black-Karasinski model, Altus’ imputed interest rate, interest rate volatility, the expected timing of periodic cash distributions, any anticipated early redemptions of the Preferred Units, the estimated timing for the potential exercise of the exchange option, and anticipated dividend yields of the Preferred Units. As of the December 31, 2021 valuation date, the Company used the forward B-rated Energy Bond Yield curve to develop the following key unobservable inputs used to value this embedded derivative:

Quantitative Information About Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

Fair Value at December 31, 2021

Valuation Technique

Significant Unobservable Inputs

Range/Value

(In millions)

Preferred Units embedded derivative

Option Model

Altus’ Imputed Interest Rate

5.54-11.21%

Interest Rate Volatility

40.08%

In addition, no early redemptions of the Preferred Units were assumed for the December 31, 2020 valuation. As a result of the announced BCP Business Combination and associated publicly filed information, the December 31, 2021 valuation assumed 250,000 Preferred Units would be redeemed before the Preferred Unit holders had the right to exercise their exchange option. This early redemption assumption significantly reduced the value of the derivative liability year over year.

A one percent increase in the imputed interest rate assumption would significantly increase the value of the embedded derivative as of December 31, 2021, while a one percent decrease would lead to a similar decrease in value as of December 31, 2021. The assumed expected timing until exercise of the exchange option at December 31, 2021 was 4.45 years.

All derivative instruments are reflected as either assets or liabilities at fair value in the consolidated balance sheet. These fair values are recorded by netting asset and liability positions where counterparty master netting arrangements contain provisions for net settlement. The carrying value of the Company’s derivative assets and liabilities and their locations on the consolidated balance sheet are as follows:


	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020

	(In millions)
Current Assets: Other current assets	$	—	$	6
Other Assets: Deferred charges and other	—		5
Total derivative assets	$	—	$	11

Current Liabilities: Other current liabilities	$	4	$	—
Deferred Credits and Other Noncurrent Liabilities: Other	109		192
Total derivative liabilities	$	113	$	192


	For the Year Ended December 31,
	2021		2020		2019

	(In millions)
Realized:
Commodity derivative instruments	$	25	$	(135)	$	27

Foreign currency derivative instruments	—		(1)		—
Treasury-lock	—		—		(18)
Realized gain (loss), net	25		(136)		9
Unrealized:
Commodity derivative instruments	(20)		11		(44)
Pipeline capacity embedded derivatives	7		(61)		8
Foreign currency derivative instruments	—		(1)		1
Preferred Units embedded derivative	82		(36)		(9)
Unrealized gain (loss), net	69		(87)		(44)
Derivative instrument gains (losses), net	$	94	$	(223)	$	(35)

Derivative instrument gains and losses are recorded in “Derivative instrument gains (losses), net” under “Revenues and Other” in the Company’s statement of consolidated operations. Unrealized gains (losses) for derivative activity recorded in the statement of consolidated operations are reflected in the statement of consolidated cash flows separately as “Unrealized derivative instrument losses (gains), net” in “Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities.”

The Company seeks to maintain a balance between “first of month” and “gas daily pricing” for its U.S. natural gas portfolio and sales activities in a given month as part of its ordinary course of business. This is typically implemented through a combination of physical and financial contracts that settle monthly.