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Derivatives
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2025
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
Derivatives Derivatives
Commodity Derivatives 

The Company is exposed to commodity price risk, which impacts the predictability of its cash flows from the sale of oil, natural gas and NGL. On occasion, the Company has attempted to manage this risk on a portion of its forecasted oil, natural gas or NGL production sales through the use of commodity derivative contracts.

Historically, the Company has not designated any of its derivative contracts as hedges for accounting purposes. As applicable, if the Company has open derivative contracts, the Company has recorded such contracts at fair value with changes in derivative contract fair values recognized as a gain or loss on derivative contracts in the condensed consolidated income statements. Commodity derivative contracts were settled on a monthly basis, and the commodity derivative contract valuations were adjusted on a mark-to-market valuation basis quarterly.

The following table summarizes derivative activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):

Three Months Ended March 31,
20252024
(Gain) loss on derivative contracts$2,487 $— 
Settlement gains (losses) on derivative contracts$(159)$— 

Master Netting Agreements and the Right of Offset. As applicable, the Company historically has had master netting agreements with all of its commodity derivative counterparties and has presented its derivative assets and liabilities with the same counterparty on a net basis in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. As a result of the netting provisions, the Company's maximum amount of loss under commodity derivative transactions due to credit risk was limited to the net amounts due from its counterparties.

Because we did not designate any of our derivative contracts as hedges for accounting purposes, changes in the fair value of our derivative contracts were recognized as gains and losses in the earnings of the relevant period. Changes in fair value were principally measured based on a comparison of future prices to the contract price at the end of the period and through the Black-Scholes or other similar valuation method in the case of options.
The following table summarizes (i) the Company's commodity derivative contracts on a gross basis, (ii) the effects of netting assets and liabilities for which the right of offset exists based on master netting arrangements and (iii) the Company’s net derivative asset and liability positions as of March 31, 2025 (in thousands):
Gross AmountsGross Amounts OffsetAmounts Net of OffsetFinancial CollateralNet Amount
Liabilities
Derivative contracts - current$3,148 $(1,487)$1,661 $— $1661 
Derivative contracts - non-current826 (360)466 — 466 
Total$3,974 $(1,847)$2,127 $— $2127 

The following tables summarizes (i) the Company's commodity derivative contracts on a gross basis, (ii) the effects of netting assets and liabilities for which the right of offset exists based on master netting arrangements and (iii) the Company’s net derivative asset positions as of December 31, 2024 (in thousands):

Gross AmountsGross Amounts OffsetAmounts Net of OffsetFinancial CollateralNet Amount
Assets
Derivative contracts - current
$744 $630 $114 $— $114 
Derivative contracts - non-current86 — 86 — 86 
Total$830 $630 $200 $— $200 
As of March 31, 2025, the Company's open derivative contracts consisted of oil, natural gas, and NGL commodity derivative contracts as follows:

PeriodIndexDaily Volume
Weighted Average Price
Oil (Bbl)
Fixed Price Swaps
April 2025 - December 2025NYMEX WTI500$71.60
January 2026 - June 2026NYMEX WTI300$68.67
Natural Gas (MMBtu)
Fixed Price Swaps
April 2025 - December 2025NYMEX Henry Hub8,500$4.17
January 2026 - December 2026NYMEX Henry Hub4,500$4.09
Producer Costless Collars
April 2025 - December 2025NYMEX Henry Hub8,500
$3.50 Put / $5.50 Call
April 2025 - December 2025NYMEX Henry Hub12,000
$4.00 Put / $8.20 Call
January 2026 - December 2026NYMEX Henry Hub4,500
$3.35 Put / $5.35 Call
NGL (Bbl)
Fixed Price Swaps
April 2025 - December 2025
Mont Belvieu OPIS - C3+(1)
300$39.69
April 2025 - December 2025
Mont Belvieu OPIS - Ethane(2)
325$11.76
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(1)    Excludes ethane
(2)    Ethane only
As of December 31, 2024, the Company's open derivative contracts consisted of oil and NGL commodity derivative contracts as follows:
PeriodIndexDaily Volume
Weighted Average Price
Oil (Bbl)
Fixed Price Swaps
January 2025 - December 2025NYMEX WTI500$71.60
January 2026 - June 2026NYMEX WTI300$68.67
NGL (Bbl)
Fixed Price Swaps
January 2025 - December 2025
Mont Belvieu OPIS - C3+(1)
300$39.69
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(1)    Excludes ethane