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Derivative Financial Instruments
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Derivative Instruments Not Designated as Hedging Instruments [Abstract]  
Derivative Financial Instruments
Note 10 – Derivative Financial Instruments
Summary of Oil, Gas, and NGL Derivative Contracts in Place
The Company regularly enters into commodity derivative contracts to mitigate a portion of its exposure to oil, gas, and NGL price volatility and location differentials, and the associated impact on cash flows. As of December 31, 2021, all contracts were entered into for other-than-trading purposes. The Company’s commodity derivative contracts consist of swap and collar arrangements for oil, gas, and NGL production. In a typical commodity swap agreement, if the agreed upon published third-party index price (“index price”) is lower than the swap fixed price, the Company receives the difference between the index price and the agreed upon swap fixed price. If the index price is higher than the swap fixed price, the Company pays the difference. For collar arrangements, the Company receives the difference between an agreed upon index price and the floor price if the index price is below the floor price. The Company pays the difference between the agreed upon ceiling price and the index price if the index price is above the ceiling price. No amounts are paid or received if the index price is between the floor and ceiling prices.
The Company has entered into fixed price oil and gas basis swaps in order to mitigate exposure to adverse pricing differentials between certain industry benchmark prices and the actual physical pricing points where the Company’s production is sold. As of the filing of this report, the Company had basis swap contracts with fixed price differentials between:
•NYMEX WTI and WTI Midland for a portion of its Midland Basin production with sales contracts that settle at WTI Midland prices;
•NYMEX WTI and Intercontinental Exchange Brent Crude (“ICE Brent”) for a portion of its Midland Basin oil production with sales contracts that settle at ICE Brent prices;
•NYMEX WTI and Argus WTI Houston Magellan East Houston Terminal ("MEH”) for a portion of its South Texas oil production with sales contracts that settle at Argus WTI Houston MEH (“WTI Houston MEH”) prices;
•NYMEX Henry Hub (“HH”) and Inside FERC Tennessee Texas, Zone 0 (“IF Tenn TX Z0”) for a portion of its South Texas gas production with sales contracts that settle at IF Tenn TX Z0 prices; and
•NYMEX HH and Inside FERC West Texas (“IF WAHA”) for a portion of its South Texas gas production with sales contracts that settle at IF WAHA prices.
The Company has also entered into crude oil swap contracts to fix the differential in pricing between the NYMEX calendar month average and the physical crude oil delivery month (“Roll Differential”) in which the Company pays the periodic variable Roll Differential and receives a weighted-average fixed price differential. The weighted-average fixed price differential represents the amount of net addition (reduction) to delivery month prices for the notional volumes covered by the swap contracts.
As of December 31, 2021, the Company had commodity derivative contracts outstanding through the fourth quarter of 2023 as summarized in the table below.
Contract Period
First QuarterSecond QuarterThird QuarterFourth Quarter
20222022202220222023
Oil Derivatives (volumes in MBbl and prices in $ per Bbl):
Swaps
NYMEX WTI Volumes2,009 1,953 1,938 1,923 1,190 
Weighted-Average Contract Price$44.81 $44.75 $44.63 $44.58 $45.20 
Collars
NYMEX WTI Volumes896 894 868 584 858 
Weighted-Average Floor Price$53.54 $56.94 $61.88 $57.91 $60.00 
Weighted-Average Ceiling Price$63.73 $64.93 $66.54 $61.61 $73.09 
Basis Swaps
WTI Midland-NYMEX WTI Volumes2,222 2,374 2,442 2,462 — 
Weighted-Average Contract Price$1.15 $1.15 $1.15 $1.15 $— 
NYMEX WTI-ICE Brent Volumes900 910 920 920 — 
Weighted-Average Contract Price$(7.78)$(7.78)$(7.78)$(7.78)$— 
Contract Period
First QuarterSecond QuarterThird QuarterFourth Quarter
20222022202220222023
Basis Swaps (continued)
WTI Houston MEH-NYMEX WTI Volumes271 349 335 374 — 
Weighted-Average Contract Price$1.25 $1.25 $1.25 $1.25 $— 
Roll Differential Swaps
NYMEX WTI Volumes2,907 2,841 2,782 2,748 1,832 
Weighted-Average Contract Price$0.11 $0.10 $0.11 $0.10 $0.39 
Gas Derivatives (volumes in BBtu and prices in $ per MMBtu):
Swaps
IF HSC Volumes8,208 6,808 6,934 6,982 — 
Weighted-Average Contract Price$2.85 $2.34 $2.37 $2.47 $— 
IF WAHA Volumes4,856 3,079 3,085 3,067 — 
Weighted-Average Contract Price$2.63 $2.09 $2.19 $2.22 $— 
IF Tenn TX Z0513 — — — — 
Weighted-Average Contract Price$3.22 $— $— $— $— 
Collars
NYMEX HH Volumes859 1,270 760 1,908 2,601 
Weighted-Average Floor Price$4.00 $3.00 $3.25 $3.50 $3.00 
Weighted-Average Ceiling Price$8.02 $4.48 $5.45 $4.44 $8.76 
IF HSC Volumes— — — — 900 
Weighted-Average Floor Price$— $— $— $— $3.38 
Weighted-Average Ceiling Price$— $— $— $— $7.75 
Basis Swaps
IF Tenn TX Z0-NYMEX HH Volumes859 1,270 760 — — 
Weighted-Average Contract Price$0.12 $(0.14)$(0.14)$— $— 
IF WAHA-NYMEX HH— — — — 1,849 
Weighted-Average Contract Price$— $— $— $— $(0.48)
NGL Derivatives (volumes in MBbl and prices in $ per Bbl):
Swaps
OPIS Propane Mont Belvieu Non-TET Volumes351 116 55 58 — 
Weighted-Average Contract Price$28.67 $33.03 $29.44 $29.63 $— 
Collars
OPIS Propane Mont Belvieu Non-TET Volumes180 253 164 173 — 
Weighted-Average Floor Price$28.68 $25.94 $24.09 $24.11 $— 
Weighted-Average Ceiling Price$38.25 $31.69 $27.84 $28.13 $— 
Commodity Derivative Contracts Entered Into Subsequent to December 31, 2021
Subsequent to December 31, 2021, and through the filing of this report, the Company entered into the following commodity derivative contracts:
Oil derivatives:
•NYMEX WTI fixed swap contracts for the second quarter of 2022 for a total of 0.5 MMBbl at a weighted-average contract price of $83.91 per Bbl;
•NYMEX WTI collar contracts for the third and fourth quarters of 2022 for a total of 0.8 MMBbl at a weighted-average floor contract price of $71.55 per Bbl and a weighted-average ceiling contract price of $90.50 per Bbl;
•WTI Midland-NYMEX WTI basis swap contract for 2023 for a total of 0.9 MMBbl at a weighted-average contract
price of $0.60 per Bbl;
•WTI Houston MEH-NYMEX WTI basis swap contracts for 2023 for a total of 0.6 MMBbl at a weighted-average contract price of $1.24 per Bbl; and
•NYMEX WTI Roll Differential swap contracts for 2022 and 2023 for a total of 3.6 MMBbl at a weighted-average contract price of $0.68 per Bbl.
Gas derivatives:
•NYMEX HH fixed swap contracts for the second through fourth quarters of 2022 for a total of 5,557 BBtu at a weighted-average contract price of $4.07 per MMBtu;
•IF WAHA-NYMEX HH basis swap contracts for the second quarter of 2023 through the fourth quarter of 2025 for a total of 36,608 BBtu at a weighted-average contract price of $(0.85) per MMBtu;
•IF WAHA fixed swap contracts for the first quarter of 2023 for a total of 900 BBtu at a weighted-average contract price of $3.98 per MMBtu; and
•NYMEX HH collar contracts for 2023 for a total of 8,975 BBtu at a weighted-average floor contract price of $3.32 per MMBtu and a weighted-average ceiling contract price of $4.76 per MMBtu.
NGL derivatives:
•OPIS Propane Mont Belvieu Non-TET swap contracts for the second through fourth quarters of 2022 for a total of 0.3 MMBbl at a weighted-average contract price of $45.88 per Bbl.
Derivative Assets and Liabilities Fair Value
The Company’s commodity derivatives are measured at fair value and are included in the accompanying balance sheets as derivative assets and liabilities, with the exception of derivative instruments that meet the “normal purchase normal sale” exclusion. The Company does not designate its commodity derivative contracts as hedging instruments. The fair value of the commodity derivative contracts at December 31, 2021, and 2020, was a net liability of $320.9 million and $168.2 million, respectively.
The following table details the fair value of commodity derivative contracts recorded in the accompanying balance sheets, by category:
As of December 31, 2021As of December 31, 2020
(in thousands)
Derivative assets:
Current assets$24,095 $31,203 
Noncurrent assets239 23,150 
Total derivative assets$24,334 $54,353 
Derivative liabilities:
Current liabilities$319,506 $200,189 
Noncurrent liabilities25,696 22,331 
Total derivative liabilities$345,202 $222,520 
Offsetting of Derivative Assets and Liabilities
As of December 31, 2021, and 2020, all derivative instruments held by the Company were subject to master netting arrangements with various financial institutions. In general, the terms of the Company’s agreements provide for offsetting of amounts payable or receivable between it and the counterparty, at the election of both parties, for transactions that settle on the same date and in the same currency. The Company’s agreements also provide that in the event of an early termination, the counterparties have the right to offset amounts owed or owing under that and any other agreement with the same counterparty. The Company’s accounting policy is to not offset these positions in its accompanying balance sheets.
The following table provides a reconciliation between the gross assets and liabilities reflected on the accompanying balance sheets and the potential effects of master netting arrangements on the fair value of the Company’s commodity derivative contracts:
Derivative Assets as ofDerivative Liabilities as of
December 31, 2021December 31, 2020December 31, 2021December 31, 2020
(in thousands)
Gross amounts presented in the accompanying balance sheets$24,334 $54,353 $(345,202)$(222,520)
Amounts not offset in the accompanying balance sheets(22,862)(53,598)22,862 53,598 
Net amounts$1,472 $755 $(322,340)$(168,922)
The Company recognizes all gains and losses from changes in commodity derivative fair values immediately in earnings rather than deferring such amounts in accumulated other comprehensive loss. The Company had no commodity derivative contracts designated as hedging instruments for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019. Please refer to Note 8 – Fair Value Measurements for more information regarding the Company’s derivative instruments, including its valuation techniques.
The following table summarizes the commodity components of the derivative settlement (gain) loss, and the net derivative (gain) loss line items presented within the accompanying statements of cash flows and the accompanying statements of operations, respectively:
For the Years Ended December 31,
202120202019
(in thousands)
Derivative settlement (gain) loss:
Oil contracts$523,245 $(331,559)$19,685 
Gas contracts152,361 (11,898)(23,008)
NGL contracts73,352 (7,804)(35,899)
Total derivative settlement (gain) loss:$748,958 $(351,261)$(39,222)
Net derivative (gain) loss:
Oil contracts$650,959 $(205,180)$172,055 
Gas contracts172,248 30,038 (41,205)
NGL contracts78,452 13,566 (33,311)
Total net derivative (gain) loss:$901,659 $(161,576)$97,539 
Credit Related Contingent Features
As of December 31, 2021, and through the filing of this report, all of the Company’s derivative counterparties were members of the Company’s Credit Agreement lender group. Under the Credit Agreement, the Company is required to provide mortgage liens on assets having a value equal to at least 85 percent of the total PV-9, as defined in the Credit Agreement, of the Company’s proved oil and gas properties evaluated in the most recent reserve report. Collateral securing indebtedness under the Credit Agreement also secures the Company’s derivative agreement obligations.