Commodity Derivative Contracts

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]

Note 6. Commodity Derivative Contracts

We do not apply hedge accounting treatment to our oil and natural gas derivative contracts; therefore, the changes in the fair values of these instruments are recognized in income in the period of change. These fair value changes, along with the settlements of expired contracts, are shown under “Commodity derivatives expense (income)” in our Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Historically, we have entered into various oil and natural gas derivative contracts to provide an economic hedge of our exposure to commodity price risk associated with anticipated future oil and natural gas production and to provide more certainty to our future cash flows. We do not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading purposes. Generally, these contracts have consisted of various combinations of price floors, collars, three-way collars, fixed-price swaps, fixed-price swaps enhanced with a sold put, and basis swaps. The production that we hedge has varied from year to year depending on our levels of debt, financial strength and expectation of future commodity prices. In addition, our new senior secured bank credit facility entered into on the Emergence Date required that, by December 31, 2020, we have certain minimum commodity hedge levels in place covering anticipated crude oil production through July 31, 2022. The requirement is non-recurring, and we were in compliance with the hedging requirements as of December 31, 2020.

We manage and control market and counterparty credit risk through established internal control procedures that are reviewed on an ongoing basis. We attempt to minimize credit risk exposure to counterparties through formal credit policies, monitoring procedures and diversification, and all of our commodity derivative contracts are with parties that are lenders under our Bank Credit Agreement (or affiliates of such lenders). As of March 31, 2021, all of our outstanding derivative contracts were subject to enforceable master netting arrangements whereby payables on those contracts can be offset against receivables

from separate derivative contracts with the same counterparty. It is our policy to classify derivative assets and liabilities on a gross basis on our balance sheets, even if the contracts are subject to enforceable master netting arrangements.

The following table summarizes our commodity derivative contracts as of March 31, 2021, none of which are classified as hedging instruments in accordance with the FASC Derivatives and Hedging topic:


Months	Index Price	Volume (Barrels per day)	Contract Prices ($/Bbl)
			Range(1)				Weighted Average Price
							Swap		Floor		Ceiling
Oil Contracts:
2021 Fixed-Price Swaps
Apr – Dec	NYMEX	29,000	$	38.68	–	56.00	$	43.86	$	—	$	—
2021 Collars
Apr – Dec	NYMEX	4,000	$	45.00	–	59.30	$	—	$	46.25	$	53.04
2022 Fixed-Price Swaps
Jan – June	NYMEX	13,500	$	42.65	–	57.13	$	47.69	$	—	$	—
July – Dec	NYMEX	5,000		50.13	–	57.13	54.72		—		—
2022 Collars
Jan – Dec	NYMEX	3,000	$	47.50	–	61.60	$	—	$	49.17	$	58.03

(1)Ranges presented for fixed-price swaps represent the lowest and highest fixed prices of all open contracts for the period presented. For collars, ranges represent the lowest floor price and highest ceiling price for all open contracts for the period presented.