v3.26.3
INCOME TAXES (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
The current income tax provision and the deferred income tax provision for the three months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025 were as follows (in thousands).
Three Months Ended
September 30,
20262025$ Change% Change
Income tax provision (benefit)
Current$578 $(39,335)$39,913 (101)%
Deferred80,970 98,463 (17,493)(18)%
Total income tax provision$81,548 $59,128 $22,420 38 %
The current income tax provision and the deferred income tax provision for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025 were as follows (in thousands).
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
20262025$ Change% Change
Income tax provision (benefit)
Current$804 $6,735 $(5,931)(88)%
Deferred186,897 191,776 (4,879)(3)%
Total income tax provision$187,701 $198,511 $(10,810)(5)%
Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures [Table Text Block]
The Company’s cash (refunds) payments for income taxes during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025 are as follows (in thousands).
Three Months Ended
September 30,
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2026202520262025
Federal$— $— $(22,733)$43,000 
State
New Mexico— — (4,039)7,500 
Other— — (50)— 
Total cash (refunds) payments for income taxes$— $— $(26,822)$50,500 
The following table provides supplemental disclosures of cash flow information for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 and 2025 (in thousands).
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
20262025
Cash paid for interest expense, net of amounts capitalized$133,485 $110,732 
Increase in asset retirement obligations related to mineral properties$101,805 $16,568 
Increase in asset retirement obligations related to midstream properties$2,778 $341 
Increase in liabilities for drilling, completion and equipping capital expenditures$7,617 $43,167 
Increase in liabilities for acquisition of oil and natural gas properties$1,945 $1,146 
Increase in liabilities for midstream properties capital expenditures$19,593 $12,330 
Stock-based compensation expense recognized as a liability$15,849 $8,795 
Transfer of inventory to (from) oil and natural gas properties$3,643 $(18,194)
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and restricted cash recorded in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets to cash and restricted cash as presented on the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows (in thousands).
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
20262025
Cash$11,756 $20,150 
Restricted cash58,357 76,237 
Total cash and restricted cash$70,113 $96,387