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| Commodity Risk Management Activities | 15. Commodity Risk Management Activities Commodity Price Risks Epsilon engages in price risk management activities from time to time. These activities are intended to manage Epsilon’s exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices for natural gas and oil by securing fixed price contracts for a portion of expected sales volumes. Inherent in the Company’s fixed price contracts, are certain business risks, including market risk and credit risk. Market risk is the risk that the price of oil and natural gas will change, either favorably or unfavorably, in response to changing market conditions. Credit risk is the risk of loss from nonperformance by the Company’s counterparty to a contract. The Company may be required to post collateral depending on the cumulative balance owed to a counterparty on a mark-to-market basis. The Company enters into certain commodity derivative instruments to mitigate commodity price risk associated with a portion of its future natural gas and oil production and related cash flows. The natural gas and oil revenues and cash flows are affected by changes in commodity product prices, which are volatile and cannot be accurately predicted. The objective for holding these commodity derivatives is to protect the operating revenues and cash flows related to a portion of the future natural gas and oil sales from the risk of significant declines in commodity prices, which helps ensure the Company’s ability to fund the capital budget. Epsilon has historically elected not to designate any of its financial commodity derivative contracts as accounting hedges and, accordingly, accounts for these financial commodity derivative contracts using the mark-to-market accounting method. Under this accounting method, changes in the fair value of outstanding financial instruments are recognized as gains or losses in the period of change and are recorded as (loss) gain on derivative contracts on the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income. The related cash flow impact is reflected in cash flows from operating activities. During 2025, Epsilon recognized gains on financial commodity derivative contracts of $5,500,486. This amount included cash received on the settlement of these contracts of $1,163,662. During 2024, Epsilon recognized losses on financial commodity derivative contracts of $391,147. This amount included cash received on the settlement of these contracts of $1,196,656. Commodity Derivative Contracts At December 31, 2025, the Company had outstanding NYMEX HH swaps totaling 1.68 Bcf, NYMEX HH options totaling 4.51 Bcf, NYMEX WTI CMA swaps totaling 340,916 Bbls, and NYMEX WTI CMA options totaling 181,634 Bbls for the contract period of January 2026 to January 2028. At December 31, 2024, the Company had outstanding NYMEX HH swaps totaling 2.2615 Bcf and Tennessee Z4 basis swaps totaling 2.2615 Bcf for the contract period of January 2025 to October 2025, and NYMEX WTI CMA swaps totaling 20,662 Bbls for the contract period of January 2026 to June 2025.
The following table presents the changes in the fair value of Epsilon’s commodity derivatives for the periods indicated:
The following table presents the fair value of derivatives, as presented in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, on a net basis as they are subject to master netting arrangements:
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