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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
(Mark One)
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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Some of the information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. Words such as “may,” “assume,” “forecast,” “position,” “predict,” “strategy,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “project,” “budget,” “potential,” or “continue,” and similar expressions are used to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. When considering these forward-looking statements, investors should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current beliefs, based on currently available information, as to the outcome and timing of future events. Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by such forward-looking statements include:
● | our ability to execute our business strategy; |
● | our production and oil and gas reserves; |
● | our financial strategy, liquidity, and capital required for our development program; |
● | our ability to obtain debt or equity financing on satisfactory terms to fund additional acquisitions, expansion projects, working capital requirements and the repayment or refinancing of indebtedness; |
● | natural gas, natural gas liquids (“NGLs”), and oil prices; |
● | impacts of world health events, including the coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic; |
● | timing and amount of future production of natural gas, NGLs, and oil; |
● | our hedging strategy and results; |
● | our ability to execute our debt repurchase program and/or our asset sale program; |
● | our ability to meet minimum volume commitments and to utilize or monetize our firm transportation commitments; |
● | our future drilling plans; |
● | our projected well costs and cost savings initiatives, including with respect to water handling and treatment services provided by Antero Midstream Corporation; |
● | competition and government regulations; |
● | pending legal or environmental matters; |
● | marketing of natural gas, NGLs, and oil; |
● | leasehold or business acquisitions; |
● | costs of developing our properties; |
● | operations of Antero Midstream Corporation; |
● | general economic conditions; |
● | credit markets; |
● | expectations regarding the amount and timing of jury awards; |
● | uncertainty regarding our future operating results; and |
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● | our other plans, objectives, expectations and intentions contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. |
We caution investors that these forward-looking statements are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties incidental to our business, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These risks include, but are not limited to, commodity price volatility, inflation, availability of drilling, completion, and production equipment and services, environmental risks, drilling and completion and other operating risks, marketing and transportation risks, regulatory changes, the uncertainty inherent in estimating natural gas, NGLs, and oil reserves and in projecting future rates of production, cash flows and access to capital, the timing of development expenditures, conflicts of interest among our stockholders, impacts of world health events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, potential shut-ins of production due to lack of downstream demand or storage capacity, and the other risks described or referenced under the heading “Risk Factors” herein, including the risk factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 (the “2019 Form 10-K”) and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020, each of which is on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
Reserve engineering is a process of estimating underground accumulations of natural gas, NGLs, and oil that cannot be measured in an exact manner. The accuracy of any reserve estimate depends on the quality of available data, the interpretation of such data, and the price and cost assumptions made by reservoir engineers. In addition, the results of drilling, testing, and production activities, or changes in commodity prices, may justify revisions of estimates that were made previously. If significant, such revisions would change the schedule of any further production and development drilling. Accordingly, reserve estimates may differ significantly from the quantities of natural gas, NGLs, and oil that are ultimately recovered.
Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described or referenced in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q occur, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements.
All forward-looking statements, expressed or implied, included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This cautionary statement should also be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue.
Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
(In thousands)
(Unaudited) |
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Assets | |||||||
Current assets: |
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Accounts receivable | $ | |
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Accounts receivable, related parties | | — | |||||
Accrued revenue | | | |||||
Derivative instruments | | | |||||
Other current assets | | | |||||
Total current assets | | | |||||
Property and equipment: | |||||||
Oil and gas properties, at cost (successful efforts method): | |||||||
Unproved properties | | | |||||
Proved properties | | | |||||
Gathering systems and facilities | | | |||||
Other property and equipment | | | |||||
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Less accumulated depletion, depreciation, and amortization | ( | ( | |||||
Property and equipment, net | | | |||||
Operating leases right-of-use assets | | | |||||
Derivative instruments | | | |||||
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate | | | |||||
Other assets | | | |||||
Total assets | $ | | | ||||
Liabilities and Equity | |||||||
Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable | $ | |
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Accounts payable, related parties | | | |||||
Accrued liabilities | | | |||||
Revenue distributions payable | | | |||||
Derivative instruments | | | |||||
Short-term lease liabilities | | | |||||
Other current liabilities | | | |||||
Total current liabilities | | | |||||
Long-term liabilities: | |||||||
Long-term debt | | | |||||
Deferred income tax liability | | | |||||
Derivative instruments | | | |||||
Long-term lease liabilities | | | |||||
Other liabilities | | | |||||
Total liabilities | | | |||||
Commitments and contingencies (Notes 14 and 15) | |||||||
Equity: | |||||||
Stockholders' equity: | |||||||
Preferred stock, $ | |||||||
Common stock, $ | | | |||||
Additional paid-in capital | | | |||||
Accumulated earnings | | | |||||
Total stockholders' equity | | | |||||
Noncontrolling interests | — | | |||||
Total equity | | | |||||
Total liabilities and equity | $ | | |
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 and 2020
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended June 30, | |||||||
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Revenue and other: | |||||||
Natural gas sales | $ | | | ||||
Natural gas liquids sales | | | |||||
Oil sales | | | |||||
Commodity derivative fair value gains (losses) | | ( | |||||
Marketing | | | |||||
Other income | | | |||||
Total revenue | | | |||||
Operating expenses: | |||||||
Lease operating | | | |||||
Gathering, compression, processing, and transportation | | | |||||
Production and ad valorem taxes | | | |||||
Marketing | | | |||||
Exploration | | | |||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties | | | |||||
Depletion, depreciation, and amortization | | | |||||
Loss on sale of assets | | — | |||||
Accretion of asset retirement obligations | | | |||||
General and administrative (including equity-based compensation expense of $ | | | |||||
Contract termination and rig stacking | | | |||||
Total operating expenses | | | |||||
Operating income (loss) | | ( | |||||
Other income (expenses): | |||||||
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates | | | |||||
Transaction expense | — | ( | |||||
Interest expense, net | ( | ( | |||||
Gain on early extinguishment of debt | — | | |||||
Total other income (expenses) | ( | | |||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | | ( | |||||
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit | ( | | |||||
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) including noncontrolling interests | | ( | |||||
Less: net income and comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests | — | | |||||
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Antero Resources Corporation | $ | | ( | ||||
Income (loss) per share—basic | $ | | ( | ||||
Income (loss) per share—diluted | $ | | ( | ||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: | |||||||
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Diluted | | |
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 and 2020
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||
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Revenue and other: | |||||||
Natural gas sales | $ | | | ||||
Natural gas liquids sales | | | |||||
Oil sales | | | |||||
Commodity derivative fair value gains | | | |||||
Gathering, compression, water handling and treatment | | — | |||||
Marketing | | | |||||
Other income | | | |||||
Total revenue | | | |||||
Operating expenses: | |||||||
Lease operating | | | |||||
Gathering, compression, processing, and transportation | | | |||||
Production and ad valorem taxes | | | |||||
Marketing | | | |||||
Exploration | | | |||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties | | | |||||
Impairment of midstream assets | | — | |||||
Depletion, depreciation, and amortization | | | |||||
Loss on sale of assets | | — | |||||
Accretion of asset retirement obligations | | | |||||
General and administrative (including equity-based compensation expense of $ | | | |||||
Contract termination and rig stacking | | | |||||
Total operating expenses | | | |||||
Operating income (loss) | | ( | |||||
Other income (expenses): | |||||||
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates | | ( | |||||
Impairment of equity investment | — | ( | |||||
Gain on deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners LP | | — | |||||
Transaction expense | — | ( | |||||
Interest expense, net | ( | ( | |||||
Gain on early extinguishment of debt | — | | |||||
Total other income (expenses) | | ( | |||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | | ( | |||||
Provision for income tax (expense) benefit | ( | | |||||
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) including noncontrolling interests | | ( | |||||
Less: net income and comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests | | | |||||
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Antero Resources Corporation | $ | | ( | ||||
Income (loss) per share—basic | $ | | ( | ||||
Income (loss) per share—diluted | $ | | ( | ||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: | |||||||
Basic | | | |||||
Diluted | | |
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
Additional | |||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock | paid-in | Accumulated | Noncontrolling | Total | |||||||||||||||
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Balances, December 31, 2018 | | $ | | | | | | ||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock upon vesting of equity-based compensation awards, net of shares withheld for income taxes | | | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||
Issuance of common units in Antero Midstream Partners LP upon vesting of equity-based compensation awards, net of units withheld for income taxes | — | — | ( | — | | ( | |||||||||||||
Equity-based compensation | — | — | | — | | | |||||||||||||
Net income and comprehensive income | — | — | — | | | | |||||||||||||
Distributions to noncontrolling interests | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||
Effect of deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners LP | — | — | ( | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||
Balances, March 31, 2019 | | $ | | | | — | | ||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock upon vesting of equity-based compensation awards, net of shares withheld for income taxes | | | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||
Equity-based compensation | — | — | | — | — | | |||||||||||||
Net income and comprehensive income | — | — | — | | — | | |||||||||||||
Balances, June 30, 2019 | | $ | | | | — | |
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Equity
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
Additional | |||||||||||||||||||
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Balances, December 31, 2019 | | $ | | | | — | | ||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock upon vesting of equity-based compensation awards, net of shares withheld for income taxes | | | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||
Repurchases and retirements of common stock | ( | ( | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||
Equity-based compensation | — | — | | — | — | | |||||||||||||
Net loss and comprehensive loss | — | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||||
Balances, March 31, 2020 | | | | | — | | |||||||||||||
Issuance of common units in Martica Holdings LLC | — | — | — | — | | | |||||||||||||
Issuance of common stock upon vesting of equity-based compensation awards, net of shares withheld for income taxes | | | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||
Distributions to noncontrolling interest | — | — | — | — | ( | ( | |||||||||||||
Repurchases and retirements of common stock | ( | ( | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||||
Equity-based compensation | — | — | | — | — | | |||||||||||||
Net loss and comprehensive loss | — | — | — | ( | | ( | |||||||||||||
Balances, June 30, 2020 | | $ | | | | | |
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019 and 2020
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
Six Months Ended June 30, | |||||||
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
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Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities: | |||||||
Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests | $ | | ( | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities: | |||||||
Depletion, depreciation, amortization, and accretion | | | |||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties | | | |||||
Impairment of midstream assets | | — | |||||
Commodity derivative fair value gains | ( | ( | |||||
Gains on settled commodity derivatives | | | |||||
Loss on sale of assets | | — | |||||
Equity-based compensation expense | | | |||||
Deferred income tax expense (benefit) | | ( | |||||
Gain on early extinguishment of debt | — | ( | |||||
Equity in (earnings) loss of unconsolidated affiliates | ( | | |||||
Impairment of equity investment | — | | |||||
Gain on deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners LP | ( | — | |||||
Distributions/dividends of earnings from unconsolidated affiliates | | | |||||
Other | | | |||||
Changes in current assets and liabilities: | |||||||
Accounts receivable | | ( | |||||
Accrued revenue | | | |||||
Other current assets | | | |||||
Accounts payable including related parties | ( | ( | |||||
Accrued liabilities | ( | | |||||
Revenue distributions payable | ( | ( | |||||
Other current liabilities | | ( | |||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | | | |||||
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities: | |||||||
Additions to unproved properties | ( | ( | |||||
Drilling and completion costs | ( | ( | |||||
Additions to water handling and treatment systems | ( | — | |||||
Additions to gathering systems and facilities | ( | — | |||||
Additions to other property and equipment | ( | ( | |||||
Settlement of water earnout | — | | |||||
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates | ( | — | |||||
Proceeds from the Antero Midstream Partners LP Transactions | | — | |||||
Proceeds from asset sales | | — | |||||
Change in other assets | ( | | |||||
Net cash used in investing activities | ( | ( | |||||
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities: | |||||||
Repurchases of common stock | — | ( | |||||
Issuance of senior notes | | — | |||||
Repayment of senior notes | — | ( | |||||
Borrowings (repayments) on bank credit facilities, net | ( | | |||||
Payments of deferred financing costs | ( | — | |||||
Sale of noncontrolling interest | — | | |||||
Distributions to noncontrolling interests in Antero Midstream Partners LP | ( | — | |||||
Employee tax withholding for settlement of equity compensation awards | ( | ( | |||||
Other | ( | ( | |||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | | | |||||
Effect of deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners LP | ( | — | |||||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents | | | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | | | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | | | ||||
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: | |||||||
Cash paid during the period for interest | $ | | | ||||
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities for additions to property and equipment | $ | | |
See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
(1) Organization
Antero Resources Corporation (individually referred to as “Antero”) and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively referred to as “Antero Resources,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) are engaged in the exploration, development, and acquisition of natural gas, NGLs, and oil properties in the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia and Ohio. The Company targets large, repeatable resource plays where horizontal drilling and advanced fracture stimulation technologies provide the means to economically develop and produce natural gas, NGLs, and oil from unconventional formations. The Company’s corporate headquarters are located in Denver, Colorado.
(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
(a) | Basis of Presentation |
These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) applicable to interim financial information and should be read in the context of the Company’s December 31, 2019 consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for a more complete understanding of the Company’s operations, financial position, and accounting policies. The Company’s December 31, 2019 consolidated financial statements were included in Antero Resources’ 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which was filed with the SEC.
These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) for interim financial information, and, accordingly, do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include all adjustments (consisting of normal and recurring accruals) considered necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020, its results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 and its cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020. The Company has no items of other comprehensive income or loss; therefore, its net income or loss is equal to its comprehensive income or loss. Operating results for the period ended June 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year because of the impact of fluctuations in prices received for natural gas, NGLs, and oil, natural production declines, the uncertainty of exploration and development drilling results, fluctuations in the fair value of derivative instruments, the impacts of COVID-19 and other factors.
(b) | Principles of Consolidation |
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Antero Resources Corporation, its wholly owned subsidiaries, any entities in which the Company owns a controlling interest, and variable interest entities (“VIEs”) for which the Company is the primary beneficiary.
Through March 12, 2019, Antero Midstream Partners LP (“Antero Midstream Partners”), a publicly traded limited partnership, was included in the consolidated financial statements of Antero. Prior to the Closing (defined in Note 3—Deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners LP to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements), our ownership of Antero Midstream Partners common units represented approximately a
For the three months and six months ended June 30, 2020, we have determined that Martica Holdings LLC (“Martica”) is a VIE for which Antero is the primary beneficiary. Therefore, Martica’s accounts are consolidated in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. Antero is the primary beneficiary of Martica based on its power to direct the activities that most significantly
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
impact Martica’s economic performance, and its obligation to absorb losses of, or right to receive benefits from, Martica that could be significant to Martica. In reaching such determination that Antero is the primary beneficiary of Martica, the Company considered the following:
● | Martica was formed to hold certain overriding royalty interests across the Company’s existing asset base; |
● | substantially all of Martica’s revenues are derived from production from the Company’s natural gas, NGLs, and oil properties in the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia and Ohio; |
● | Antero owns the Class B Units in Martica, which entitle Antero to receive distributions in respect of the Incremental Override (as defined in Note 4—Conveyance of Overriding Royalty Interest); and |
● | Antero provides accounting, administrative and other services to Martica under a Management Services Agreement. |
All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The noncontrolling interest in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the six months ended June 30, 2019 represents the interests in Antero Midstream Partners that were owned by the public prior to the Transactions, and the incentive distribution rights in Antero Midstream Partners. The noncontrolling interest in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 represents the interest in Martica owned by third parties. See Note 4—Conveyance of Overriding Royalty Interest for more information on the sale of this noncontrolling interest. Martica is a discrete entity and the assets and credit of Martica are not available to satisfy the debts and obligations of the Company or its other subsidiaries.
Investments in entities for which the Company exercises significant influence, but not control, are accounted for under the equity method. The Company’s judgment regarding the level of influence over its equity investments includes considering key factors such as Antero’s ownership interest, representation on the board of directors and participation in the policy-making decisions of equity method investees. Such investments are included in Investment in unconsolidated affiliate on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. Income (loss) from investees that are accounted for under the equity method is included in Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and cash flows. When Antero records its proportionate share of net income or net loss, it is recorded in equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates in the statements of operations and the carrying value of that investment on the Company’s balance sheet. When a distribution is received, it is recorded as a reduction to the carrying value of that investment on the Company’s balance sheet. The Company’s equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates is adjusted for intercompany transactions and the basis differences recognized due to the difference between the cost of the equity investment in Antero Midstream Corporation and the amount of underlying equity in the net assets of Antero Midstream Partners as of the date of deconsolidation.
The Company accounts for distributions received from equity method investees under the “nature of the distribution” approach. Under this approach, distributions received from equity method investees are classified on the basis of the nature of the activity or activities of the investee that generated the distribution as either a return on investment, which is classified as cash inflows from operating activities, or a return of investment, which is classified as cash inflows from investing activities.
(c) | Use of Estimates |
The preparation of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Changes in facts and circumstances or discovery of new information may result in revised estimates, and actual results could differ from those estimates.
The Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are based on a number of significant estimates, including estimates of natural gas, NGLs, and oil reserve quantities, which are the basis for the calculation of depletion and impairment of oil and gas properties. Reserve estimates, by their nature, are inherently imprecise. Other items in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements that involve the use of significant estimates include derivative assets and liabilities, accrued revenue, deferred and current income taxes, equity-based compensation, asset retirement obligations, depreciation, amortization, and commitments and contingencies.
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
(d) | Risks and Uncertainties |
The markets for natural gas, NGLs, and oil have, and continue to, experience significant price fluctuations. Price fluctuations can result from variations in weather, levels of production, availability of storage capacity and transportation to other regions of the country, the level of imports to and exports from the United States, and various other factors. Increases or decreases in the prices the Company receives for its production could have a significant impact on the Company’s future results of operations and reserve quantities.
(e) | Cash and Cash Equivalents |
The Company considers all liquid investments purchased with an initial maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The carrying value of cash and cash equivalents approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of these instruments. From time to time, the Company may be in the position of a “book overdraft” in which outstanding checks exceed cash and cash equivalents. The Company classifies book overdrafts in accounts payable and revenue distributions payable within its unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets, and classifies the change in accounts payable and revenue distributions payable associated with book overdrafts as an operating activity within its unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. As of December 31, 2019, the book overdraft included within accounts payable and revenue distributions payable were $
(f) | Oil and Gas Properties |
The Company accounts for its natural gas, NGLs, and oil exploration and development activities under the successful efforts method of accounting. Under the successful efforts method, the costs incurred to acquire, drill, and complete productive wells, development wells, and undeveloped leases are capitalized. Oil and gas lease acquisition costs are also capitalized. Exploration costs, including personnel and other internal costs, geological and geophysical expenses, delay rentals for gas and oil leases, and costs associated with unsuccessful lease acquisitions are charged to expense as incurred. Exploratory drilling costs are initially capitalized, but charged to expense if the Company determines that the well does not contain reserves in commercially viable quantities. The Company reviews exploration costs related to wells-in-progress at the end of each quarter and makes a determination, based on known results of drilling at that time, whether the costs should continue to be capitalized pending further well testing and results, or charged to expense. The Company incurred
Unproved properties are assessed for impairment on a property-by-property basis, and any impairment in value is charged to expense. Impairment is assessed based on remaining lease terms, commodity price outlooks, and future plans to develop acreage, as well as drilling results, and reservoir performance of wells in the area. Unproved properties and the related costs are transferred to proved properties when reserves are discovered on, or otherwise attributed to, the property. Proceeds from sales of partial interests in unproved properties are accounted for as a recovery of cost without recognition of any gain or loss until the cost has been recovered. For the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020, impairment of oil and gas properties was $
The Company evaluates the carrying amount of its proved natural gas, NGLs, and oil properties for impairment on a geological reservoir basis whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that a property’s carrying amount may not be recoverable. If the carrying amount exceeds the estimated undiscounted future cash flows, the Company would estimate the fair value of its properties and record an impairment charge for any excess of the carrying amount of the properties over the estimated fair value of the properties. Factors used to estimate fair value may include estimates of proved reserves, estimated future commodity prices, future production estimates, and anticipated capital expenditures, using a commensurate discount rate.
(g) | Derivative Financial Instruments |
In order to manage its exposure to natural gas, NGLs, and oil price volatility, the Company enters into derivative transactions from time to time, which may include commodity swap agreements, basis swap agreements, collar agreements, and other similar
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
agreements related to the price risk associated with the Company’s production. To the extent legal right of offset exists with a counterparty, the Company reports derivative assets and liabilities on a net basis. The Company has exposure to credit risk to the extent that the counterparty is unable to satisfy its settlement obligations. The Company actively monitors the creditworthiness of counterparties and assesses the impact, if any, on its derivative positions.
The Company records derivative instruments on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as either assets or liabilities measured at fair value and records changes in the fair value of derivatives in current earnings as they occur. Changes in the fair value of commodity derivatives, including gains or losses on settled derivatives, are classified as revenues on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company’s derivatives have not been designated as hedges for accounting purposes.
(h) | Asset Retirement Obligations |
The Company is obligated to dispose of certain long-lived assets upon their abandonment. The Company’s asset retirement obligations (“AROs”) relate primarily to its obligation to plug and abandon oil and gas wells at the end of their lives. AROs are recorded at estimated fair value, measured by reference to the expected future cash outflows required to satisfy the retirement obligations, which is then discounted at the Company’s credit-adjusted, risk-free interest rate. Revisions to estimated AROs often result from changes in retirement cost estimates or changes in the estimated timing of abandonment. The fair value of the liability is added to the carrying amount of the associated asset, and this additional carrying amount is depreciated over the life of the asset. The liability is accreted at the end of each period through charges to operating expense.
(i) | Natural Gas, NGLs, and Oil Revenues |
Our revenues are primarily derived from the sale of natural gas and oil production, as well as the sale of NGLs that are extracted from our natural gas. Sales of natural gas, NGLs, and oil are recognized when we satisfy a performance obligation by transferring control of a product to a customer. Payment is generally received in the month following the sale.
Under our natural gas sales contracts, we deliver natural gas to the purchaser at an agreed upon delivery point. Natural gas is transported from our wellheads to delivery points specified under sales contracts. To deliver natural gas to these points, Antero Midstream Corporation or other third parties gather, compress, process and transport our natural gas. We maintain control of the natural gas during gathering, compression, processing, and transportation. Our sales contracts provide that we receive a specific index price adjusted for pricing differentials. We transfer control of the product at the delivery point and recognize revenue based on the contract price. The costs incurred to gather, compress, process and transport natural gas are recorded as Gathering, compression, processing and transportation expense.
NGLs, which are extracted from natural gas through processing, are either sold by us directly or by the processor under processing contracts. For NGLs sold by us directly, our sales contracts primarily provide that we deliver the product to the purchaser at an agreed upon delivery point and that we receive a specific index price adjusted for pricing differentials. We transfer control of the product to the purchaser at the delivery point and recognize revenue based on the contract price. The costs incurred to process and transport NGLs are recorded as Gathering, compression, processing, and transportation expense. For NGLs sold by the processor, our processing contracts provide that we transfer control to the processor at the tailgate of the processing plant and we recognize revenue based on the price received from the processor.
Under our oil sales contracts, we generally sell oil to purchasers and collect a contractually agreed upon index price, net of pricing differentials. We recognize revenue based on the contract price when we transfer control of the product to a purchaser. When applicable, the costs incurred to transport oil to a purchaser are recorded as Gathering, compression, processing and transportation expense.
(j) | Marketing Revenues and Expenses |
Marketing revenues are derived from activities to purchase and sell third-party natural gas and NGLs and to market excess firm transportation capacity to third parties. We retain control of the purchased natural gas and NGLs prior to delivery to the purchaser. We have concluded that we are the principal in these arrangements and therefore, we recognize revenue on a gross basis, with costs to purchase and transport natural gas and NGLs presented as marketing expenses. Contracts to sell third party gas and NGLs are generally subject to similar terms as contracts to sell our produced natural gas and NGLs. We satisfy performance obligations to the purchaser by transferring control of the product at the delivery point and recognize revenue based on the contract
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
price received from the purchaser. Fees generated from the sale of excess firm transportation marketed to third parties are included in Marketing revenue.
Marketing expenses include the cost of purchased third-party natural gas and NGLs. The Company classifies firm transportation costs related to capacity contracted for in advance of having sufficient production and infrastructure to fully utilize the capacity (excess capacity) as marketing expenses since it is marketing this excess capacity to third parties. Firm transportation for which the Company has sufficient production capacity (even though it may not use the transportation capacity because of alternative delivery points with more favorable pricing) is considered unutilized capacity and is charged to transportation expense.
(k) | Gathering, compression, water handling and treatment revenue |
Substantially all revenues from the gathering, compression, water handling and treatment operations were derived from transactions for services Antero Midstream Partners provided to our exploration and production operations through March 12, 2019 and were eliminated in consolidation. Effective March 13, 2019, Antero Midstream Partners is no longer consolidated in Antero’s results. See Note 3—Deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners LP to the consolidated financial statements for further discussion on the Transactions and Note 18—Segment information to the consolidated financial statements for disclosures on the Company’s reportable segments. The portion of such fees shown in our consolidated financial statements prior to March 13, 2019 represent amounts charged to interest owners in Antero-operated wells, as well as fees charged to other third parties for water handling and treatment services provided by Antero Midstream Partners or usage of Antero Midstream Partners’ gathering and compression systems. For gathering and compression revenue, Antero Midstream Partners satisfied its performance obligations and recognized revenue when low pressure volumes were delivered to a compressor station, high pressure volumes were delivered to a processing plant or transmission pipeline, and compression volumes were delivered to a high pressure line. Revenue was recognized based on the per Mcf gathering or compression fee charged by Antero Midstream Partners in accordance with the gathering and compression agreement. For water handling and treatment revenue, Antero Midstream Partners satisfied its performance obligations and recognized revenue when the fresh water volumes were delivered to the hydration unit of a specified well pad and the wastewater volumes were delivered to its wastewater treatment facility. For services contracted through third-party providers, Antero Midstream Partners’ performance obligation was satisfied when the services performed by the third-party providers were completed. Revenue was recognized based on the per barrel fresh water delivery or wastewater treatment fee charged by Antero Midstream Partners in accordance with the water services agreement.
(l) | Industry Segments and Geographic Information |
Management has evaluated how the Company is organized and managed and has identified the following segments: (1) the exploration, development, and production of natural gas, NGLs, and oil; (2) marketing and utilization of excess firm transportation capacity; and (3) our equity method investment in Antero Midstream Corporation. Through March 12, 2019, the results of Antero Midstream Partners were included in the unaudited consolidated financial statements of Antero. Effective March 13, 2019, the results of Antero Midstream Partners are no longer consolidated in Antero’s results; however, the Company’s segment disclosures include our equity method investment in Antero Midstream Corporation due to its significance to the Company’s operations. See Note 3—Deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners LP to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion on the Transactions and Note 18—Segment Information to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for disclosures on the Company’s reportable segments.
All of the Company’s assets are located in the United States and substantially all of its production revenues are attributable to customers located in the United States; however, some of the Company’s production revenues are attributable to customers who then transport the Company’s production to foreign countries for resale or consumption.
(m) | Earnings (loss) Per Common Share |
Earnings (loss) per common share—basic for each period is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to Antero by the basic weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period. Earnings (loss) per common share—assuming dilution for each period is computed after giving consideration to the potential dilution from outstanding equity awards, calculated using the treasury stock method. The Company includes performance share unit awards in the calculation of diluted weighted average shares outstanding based on the number of common shares that would be issuable if the end of the period was also the end of the performance period required for the vesting of the awards. During periods in which the Company incurs a net loss, diluted weighted
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
average shares outstanding are equal to basic weighted average shares outstanding because the effect of all equity awards is anti-dilutive.
The following is a reconciliation of the Company’s basic weighted average shares outstanding to diluted weighted average shares outstanding during the periods presented (in thousands):
| Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, |
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| 2019 |
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Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding | | | | |
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Add: Dilutive effect of restricted stock units | | — | | — |
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Add: Dilutive effect of outstanding stock options | — | — | — | — |
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Add: Dilutive effect of performance stock units | | — | | — | |||||
Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding | | | | |
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Weighted average number of outstanding equity awards excluded from calculation of diluted earnings per common share (1): |
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Outstanding stock options | | | | |
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(1) | The potential dilutive effects of these awards were excluded from the computation of earnings (loss) per common share—assuming dilution because the inclusion of these awards would have been anti-dilutive. |
(n) | Treasury Share Retirement |
The Company retires treasury shares acquired through share repurchases and returns those shares to the status of authorized but unissued. When treasury shares are retired, the Company’s policy is to allocate the excess of the repurchase price over the par value of shares acquired first, to additional paid-in capital, and then to accumulated earnings. The portion allocable to additional paid-in capital is determined by applying a percentage, determined by dividing the number of shares to be retired by the number of shares outstanding, to the balance of additional paid-in capital as of retirement.
(3) Deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners LP
On March 12, 2019, Antero Midstream GP LP and Antero Midstream Partners completed (the “Closing”) the transactions contemplated by the Simplification Agreement (the “Simplification Agreement”), dated as of October 9, 2018, by and among Antero Midstream GP LP, Antero Midstream Partners and certain of their affiliates, pursuant to which (i) Antero Midstream GP LP was converted from a limited partnership to a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware and changed its name to Antero Midstream Corporation, and (ii) an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Antero Midstream Corporation was merged with and into Antero Midstream Partners, with Antero Midstream Partners surviving the merger as an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Antero Midstream Corporation (together, along with the other transactions contemplated by the Simplification Agreement, the “Transactions”). In connection with the Closing, Antero received $
The Company recorded a gain on deconsolidation of $
Antero Midstream Partners’ results of operations are no longer consolidated in the Company’s unaudited consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss) beginning March 13, 2019. Because Antero Midstream Partners does not meet the requirements of a discontinued operation, Antero Midstream Partners’ results of operations continue to be included in the Company’s consolidated unaudited statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss) through March 12, 2019.
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
(4) Conveyance of Overriding Royalty Interest
On June 15, 2020, the Company announced the consummation of a transaction with an affiliate of Sixth Street Partners, LLC (“Sixth Street”) relating to certain overriding royalty interests across the Company’s existing asset base (the “ORRIs”). In connection with the transaction, the Company contributed the ORRIs to Martica and Sixth Street contributed $
The ORRIs include an overriding royalty interest of
The ORRIs also include an additional overriding royalty interest of
Prior to Sixth Street achieving an internal rate of return of
The conveyance of the ORRIs from the Company to Martica was accounted for as a transaction between entities under common control. As a result, the contributed ORRIs have been recorded by Martica at their historical cost.
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
(5) Revenue
(a)Disaggregation of Revenue
Revenue is disaggregated by type in the following table. The table also identifies which reportable segment that the disaggregated revenues relate. For more information on reportable segments, see Note 18—Segment Information.
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | Segment to which | |||||||||||||
(in thousands) |
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| revenues relate | |||||
Revenues from contracts with customers: | |||||||||||||||
Natural gas sales | $ | | | $ | | | Exploration and production | ||||||||
Natural gas liquids sales (ethane) | | | | | Exploration and production | ||||||||||
Natural gas liquids sales (C3+ NGLs) | | | | | Exploration and production | ||||||||||
Oil sales | | | | | Exploration and production | ||||||||||
Gathering and compression (1) |
| — |
| — | |
| — | Equity method investment in AMC | |||||||
Water handling and treatment (1) | — | — | | — | Equity method investment in AMC | ||||||||||
Marketing | | | | | Marketing | ||||||||||
Total revenue from contracts with customers |
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Income from derivatives and other sources | | ( | | | |||||||||||
Total revenue and other | $ | | | $ | | |
(1) | Gathering and compression and water handling and treatment revenues were included through March 12, 2019. See Note 3—Deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion on the Transactions. |
(b)Transaction Price Allocated to Remaining Performance Obligations
For our product sales that have a contract term greater than one year, we have utilized the practical expedient, which does not require the disclosure of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations if the variable consideration is allocated entirely to a wholly unsatisfied performance obligation. Under our product sales contracts, each unit of product delivered to the customer represents a separate performance obligation; therefore, future volumes are wholly unsatisfied and disclosure of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations is not required. For our product sales that have a contract term of one year or less, we have utilized the practical expedient, which does not require the disclosure of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations if the performance obligation is part of a contract that has an original expected duration of
(c)Contract Balances
Under our sales contracts, we invoice customers after our performance obligations have been satisfied, at which point payment is unconditional. Accordingly, our contracts do not give rise to contract assets or liabilities. At December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020, our receivables from contracts with customers were $
(6) Equity Method Investments
At June 30, 2020, the Company owned approximately
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
The following table is a reconciliation of investments in unconsolidated affiliates for the six months ended June 30, 2020 (in thousands):
Antero Midstream | ||||
| Corporation | |||
Balance at December 31, 2019 | $ | | ||
Equity in loss of unconsolidated affiliates | ( | |||
Distributions/dividends from unconsolidated affiliates | ( | |||
Impairment (1) | ( | |||
Elimination of intercompany profit | | |||
Balance at June 30, 2020 | $ | |
(1) | Other-than-temporary impairment of investment in Antero Midstream Corporation. |
Summarized Financial Information of Antero Midstream Corporation
The following tables present summarized financial information of Antero Midstream Corporation.
Balance Sheet
December 31, | June 30, | ||||||
(in thousands) |
| 2019 |
| 2020 | |||
Current assets | $ | | | ||||
Noncurrent assets | | | |||||
Total assets | $ | | | ||||
Current liabilities | $ | | | ||||
Noncurrent liabilities | | | |||||
Stockholders' equity | | | |||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | | |
Statement of Operations
For the period | |||||||
March 13, 2019 | Six months | ||||||
through | ended | ||||||
(in thousands) |
| June 30, 2019 |
| June 30, 2020 | |||
Revenues | $ | | | ||||
Operating expenses | | | |||||
Income (loss) from operations | $ | | ( | ||||
Net income (loss) attributable to the equity method investment | $ | | ( |
(7) Accrued Liabilities
Accrued liabilities as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020 consisted of the following items (in thousands):
December 31, | June 30, | ||||||
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
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Capital expenditures | $ | |
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Gathering, compression, processing, and transportation expenses | | | |||||
Marketing expenses | | | |||||
Interest expense, net |
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Other |
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Total accrued liabilities | $ | |
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
(8) Long-Term Debt
Long-term debt as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020 consisted of the following items (in thousands):
December 31, | June 30, | ||||||
| 2019 |
| 2020 | ||||
Credit Facility (a) | $ | | | ||||
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Net unamortized premium | | | |||||
Net unamortized debt issuance costs | ( | ( | |||||
Long-term debt | $ | | |
(a) | Senior Secured Revolving Credit Facility |
Antero Resources has a senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with a consortium of bank lenders. Borrowings under the Credit Facility are subject to borrowing base limitations based on the collateral value of Antero Resources’ assets and are subject to regular semi-annual redeterminations. The borrowing base is $
As of June 30, 2020, Antero Resources had an outstanding balance under the Credit Facility of $
(b) |
On November 5, 2013, Antero Resources issued $
(c) |
On May 6, 2014, Antero Resources issued $
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
(d) |
On March 17, 2015, Antero Resources issued $
(e) |
On December 21, 2016, Antero Resources issued $
(f)Debt Repurchase Program
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, Antero Resources repurchased $
(9) Asset Retirement Obligations
The following is a reconciliation of the Company’s asset retirement obligations for the six months ended June 30, 2020 (in thousands):
Asset retirement obligations—December 31, 2019 |
| $ | | |
Obligations incurred |
| | ||
Accretion expense | | |||
Settlement of obligations | ( | |||
Asset retirement obligations—June 30, 2020 | $ | |
Asset retirement obligations are included in other liabilities on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(10) Equity-Based Compensation
On June 17, 2020, Antero Resources’ stockholders approved the Antero Resources Corporation 2020 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2020 Plan”), which replaced the Antero Resources Corporation Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”), and the 2020 Plan became effective as of such date. The 2020 Plan provides for grants of stock options (including incentive stock options), stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards, vested stock awards, dividend equivalent awards, and other stock-based and cash awards. The terms and conditions of the awards granted are established by the Compensation Committee of Antero Resources’ Board of Directors. Employees, officers, non-employee directors and other service providers of the Company and
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
its affiliates are eligible to receive awards under the 2020 Plan. No further awards will be granted under the 2013 Plan on or after June 17, 2020.
The 2020 Plan provides for the reservation of
A total of
Antero Midstream Partners’ general partner was authorized to grant up to
The Company’s equity-based compensation expense, by type of award, was as follows for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 (in thousands):
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | 2020 | 2019 |
| 2020 |
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Restricted stock unit awards | $ | | | $ | | | |||||||
Stock options | | — | | — | |||||||||
Performance share unit awards | | | | | |||||||||
Antero Midstream Partners phantom unit awards (1) | | | | | |||||||||
Equity awards issued to directors | | — | | | |||||||||
Total expense | $ | | | $ | | |
Restricted Stock Unit Awards
A summary of restricted stock unit award activity for the six months ended June 30, 2020 is as follows:
Weighted | |||||||||
average | Aggregate | ||||||||
Number of | grant date | intrinsic value | |||||||
| shares |
| fair value |
| (in thousands) | ||||
Total awarded and unvested—December 31, 2019 | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Granted | | $ | | ||||||
Vested | ( | $ | |
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December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
Forfeited | ( | $ | | ||||||
Total awarded and unvested—June 30, 2020 | | $ | | $ | |
Intrinsic values are based on the closing price of Antero Resources’ common stock on the referenced dates. As of June 30, 2020, there was approximately $
Stock Options
A summary of stock option activity for the six months ended June 30, 2020 is as follows:
Weighted | |||||||||||
Weighted | average | ||||||||||
average | remaining | Intrinsic | |||||||||
Stock | exercise | contractual | value | ||||||||
| options |
| price |
| life |
| (in thousands) | ||||
Outstanding at December 31, 2019 | | $ | | $ | — | ||||||
Granted | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Exercised | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Forfeited | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Expired | ( | $ | | ||||||||
Outstanding at June 30, 2020 | | $ | | $ | — | ||||||
Vested or expected to vest as of June 30, 2020 | | $ | | $ | — | ||||||
Exercisable at June 30, 2020 | | $ | | $ | — |
Intrinsic values are based on the exercise price of the options and the closing price of Antero Resources’ common stock on the referenced dates.
As of June 30, 2020, all stock options were fully vested resulting in
Performance Share Unit Awards
The Company had
As of June 30, 2020, there was approximately $
Cash Awards
In January 2020, the Company granted cash awards of approximately $
Antero Midstream Partners Phantom Unit Awards and Antero Midstream Corporation Restricted Stock Unit Awards
A summary of Antero Midstream Corporation restricted stock unit awards for the six months ended June 30, 2020 is as follows:
Weighted | |||||||||
average | Aggregate | ||||||||
Number of | grant date | intrinsic value | |||||||
| units |
| fair value |
| (in thousands) | ||||
Total awarded and unvested—December 31, 2019 | | $ | | $ | | ||||
Granted | — | $ | |||||||
Vested | ( | $ | |
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
Forfeited | ( | $ | | ||||||
Total awarded and unvested—June 30, 2020 | | $ | | $ | |
Intrinsic values are based on the closing price of shares of Antero Midstream Corporation common stock. As of June 30, 2020, there was approximately $
(11) Financial Instruments
The carrying values of accounts receivable and accounts payable at December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020 approximated market values because of their short-term nature. The carrying values of the amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility at December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020 approximated fair value because the variable interest rates are reflective of current market conditions.
Based on Level 2 market data inputs, the fair value of senior notes was approximately $
See Note 12—Derivative Instruments to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for information regarding the fair value of derivative financial instruments.
(12) Derivative Instruments
(a)Commodity Derivative Positions
The Company periodically enters into natural gas, NGLs, and oil derivative contracts with counterparties to hedge the price risk associated with its production. These derivatives are not entered into for trading purposes. To the extent that changes occur in the market prices of natural gas, NGLs, and oil, the Company is exposed to market risk on these open contracts. This market risk exposure is generally offset by the change in market prices of natural gas, NGLs, and oil recognized upon the ultimate sale of the Company’s production.
The Company was party to various fixed price commodity swap contracts that settled during the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020. The Company enters into these swap contracts when management believes that favorable future sales prices for the Company’s production can be secured. Under these swap agreements, when actual commodity prices upon settlement exceed the fixed price provided by the swap contracts, the Company pays the difference to the counterparty. When actual commodity prices upon settlement are less than the contractually provided fixed price, the Company receives the difference from the counterparty. In addition, the Company has entered into basis swap contracts in order to hedge the difference between the New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) index price and a local index price.
The Company also entered into NGL derivative contracts, which establish a contractual price for the settlement month as a fixed percentage of the West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil index (“WTI”) price for the settlement month. When the percentage of the contractual price is above the contracted percentage, the Company pays the difference to the counterparty. When it is below the contracted percentage, the Company receives the difference from the counterparty.
In addition, the Company has also entered into a call option agreement that gives the counterparty the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a fixed price swap agreement on a specified future date for a specific amount of production for a specified future period.
The Company’s derivative contracts have not been designated as hedges for accounting purposes; therefore, all gains and losses are recognized in the Company’s statements of operations.
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
As of June 30, 2020, the Company’s fixed price natural gas, oil and NGL swap positions from July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2023 were as follows (abbreviations in the table refer to the index to which the swap position is tied, as follows: NYMEX=Henry Hub; NYMEX-WTI=West Texas Intermediate; ARA Propane =European Propane CIF ARA; OPIS Ethane Mt Belv=Mont Belvieu Purity Ethane-OPIS):
Natural Gas | Weighted | |||||||||
Natural gas | Liquids | Oil | average index | |||||||
| MMBtu/day |
| Bbls/day |
| Bbls/day |
| price |
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Six months ending December 31, 2020: | ||||||||||
NYMEX ($/MMBtu) | | — | — | $ | ||||||
ARA Propane ($/Gal) | — | | — | | ||||||
OPIS Ethane Mt Belv ($/Gal) | — | | — | | ||||||
NYMEX-WTI ($/Bbl) | — | — | | | ||||||
Total | | | | |||||||
Three months ending March 31, 2021 | ||||||||||
OPIS Ethane Mt Belv ($/Gal) | | $ | | |||||||
Year ending December 31, 2021: | ||||||||||
NYMEX ($/MMBtu) | | — | $ | | ||||||
NYMEX-WTI ($/Bbl) | — | | | |||||||
Total | | | ||||||||
Year ending December 31, 2022: | ||||||||||
NYMEX ($/MMBtu) | | $ | | |||||||
Year ending December 31, 2023: | ||||||||||
NYMEX ($/MMBtu) | | $ | |
A portion of the NYMEX-WTI ($/Bbl) in 2020 combined with the Mont Belvieu Natural Gasoline to NYMEX-WTI are intended to fix the price of Natural Gasoline.
In addition, we have a call option agreement, which entitles the holder the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a fixed price swap agreement on December 21, 2023 to purchase
As of June 30, 2020, the Company’s natural gas basis swap positions, which settle on the pricing index to basis differential of the Columbia Gas Transmission pipeline (“TCO”) to the NYMEX Henry Hub natural gas price were as follows:
Weighted | ||||||
Natural gas | average hedged | |||||
| MMBtu/day |
| differential | |||
Six months ending December 31, 2020: | ||||||
NYMEX to TCO ($/MMBtu) | | $ | | |||
Year ending December 31, 2021: | ||||||
NYMEX to TCO ($/MMBtu) | | $ | | |||
Year ending December 31, 2022: | ||||||
NYMEX to TCO ($/MMBtu) | | $ | | |||
Year ending December 31, 2023: | ||||||
NYMEX to TCO ($/MMBtu) | | $ | | |||
Year ending December 31, 2024: | ||||||
NYMEX to TCO ($/MMBtu) | | $ | |
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
As of June 30, 2020, the Company had NGL contracts for July 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021 that fix the Mont Belvieu index price for natural gasoline to percentages of WTI as follows:
Weighted | ||||||
Gas | average | |||||
Liquids | Payout | |||||
| Bbls/day |
| Ratio | |||
Six months ending December 31, 2020: | ||||||
Mont Belvieu Natural Gasoline to NYMEX-WTI | | % | ||||
Year ending December 31, 2021: | ||||||
Mont Belvieu Natural Gasoline to NYMEX-WTI | | % |
A portion of the Mont Belvieu Natural Gasoline to NYMEX-WTI combined with the NYMEX-WTI ($/Bbl) in 2020 are intended to fix the price of Natural Gasoline.
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
As of June 30, 2020, the Company’s consolidated subsidiary Martica’s fixed price natural gas, oil and NGL swap positions from July 1, 2020 through March 31, 2025 were as follows (abbreviations in the table refer to the index to which the swap position is tied, as follows: NYMEX=Henry Hub; NYMEX-WTI=West Texas Intermediate; OPIS Propane Mt Belv Non-TET = Mont Belvieu Propane-OPIS; OPIS Ethane Mt Belv=Mont Belvieu Purity Ethane-OPIS; OPIS Natural Gasoline Mt Belv Non-TET = Mont Belvieu Natural Gasoline-OPIS):
Natural Gas | Weighted | ||||||||
Natural gas | Liquids | Oil | average index | ||||||
| MMBtu/day |
| Bbls/day |
| Bbls/day |
| price | ||
Six months ending December 31, 2020: | |||||||||
NYMEX ($/MMBtu) | | — | — | $ | | ||||
OPIS Propane Mt Belv Non-TET | — | | — | | |||||
OPIS Natural Gasoline Mt Belv Non-TET | — | | — | | |||||
OPIS Ethane Mt Belv ($/Gal) | — | | — | | |||||
NYMEX-WTI ($/Bbl) | — | — | | | |||||
Total | | | | ||||||
Year ending December 31, 2021: | |||||||||
NYMEX ($/MMBtu) | | — | — | $ | | ||||
OPIS Propane Mt Belv Non-TET | — | | — | | |||||
OPIS Natural Gasoline Mt Belv Non-TET | — | | — | | |||||
OPIS Ethane Mt Belv ($/Gal) | — | | — | | |||||
NYMEX-WTI ($/Bbl) | — | — | | | |||||
Total | | | | ||||||
Three months ending March 31, 2022 | |||||||||
OPIS Propane Mt Belv Non-TET | — | | — | | |||||
OPIS Natural Gasoline Mt Belv Non-TET | — | | — | | |||||
OPIS Ethane Mt Belv ($/Gal) | — | | — | | |||||
Total | — | | — | ||||||
Year ending December 31, 2022: | |||||||||
NYMEX ($/MMBtu) | | — | $ | | |||||
NYMEX-WTI ($/Bbl) | — | | | ||||||
Total | | | |||||||
Year ending December 31, 2023: | |||||||||
NYMEX ($/MMBtu) | | — | $ | | |||||
NYMEX-WTI ($/Bbl) | — | | | ||||||
Total | | | |||||||
Year ending December 31, 2024: | |||||||||
NYMEX ($/MMBtu) | | — | $ | | |||||
NYMEX-WTI ($/Bbl) | — | | | ||||||
Total | | | |||||||
Three months ending March 31, 2025: | |||||||||
NYMEX ($/MMBtu) | | — | $ | | |||||
NYMEX-WTI ($/Bbl) | — | | | ||||||
Total | | |
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
(b) | Summary |
The following table presents a summary of the fair values of the Company’s derivative instruments and where such values are recorded in the consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020.
| December 31, 2019 | June 30, 2020 |
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| | Derivative instruments |
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Net derivatives | $ | | $ | |
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(1) | Approximately $ |
The following table presents the gross values of recognized derivative assets and liabilities, the amounts offset under master netting arrangements with counterparties, and the resulting net amounts presented in the consolidated balance sheets as of the dates presented, all at fair value (in thousands):
December 31, 2019 | June 30, 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross | Gross amounts | Net amounts of | Gross | Gross amounts | Net amounts of | ||||||||||||||
amounts on | offset on | assets (liabilities) | amounts on | offset on | assets (liabilities) | ||||||||||||||
| balance sheet |
| balance sheet |
| on balance sheet |
| balance sheet |
| balance sheet |
| on balance sheet |
| |||||||
Commodity derivative assets | $ | | ( | | $ | | ( | | |||||||||||
Commodity derivative liabilities | $ | ( | | ( | $ | ( | | ( |
The following is a summary of derivative fair value gains and losses and where such values are recorded in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 (in thousands):
Statement of | |||||||||||||||
operations | Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | |||||||||||||
| location |
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| 2020 | ||||||
Commodity derivative fair value gains (losses) | Revenue | $ | | ( | $ | | |
In July 2020, the Company monetized certain natural gas derivatives, prior to their contractual settlement dates, for proceeds of approximately $
(13) Leases
The Company leases certain office space, processing plants, drilling rigs and completion services, gas gathering lines, compressor stations, and other office and field equipment. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are considered short-term
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
and are not recorded on the balance sheet. Instead, the short-term leases are recognized in expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
Most leases include
Certain of the Company’s lease agreements include minimum payments based on a percentage of produced volumes over contractual levels and others include rental payments adjusted periodically for inflation.
The Company considers all contracts that have assets specified in the contract, either explicitly or implicitly, that the Company has substantially all of the capacity of the asset, and has the right to obtain substantially all of the economic benefits of that asset, without the lessor’s ability to have a substantive right to substitute that asset, as leased assets. For any contract deemed to include a leased asset, that asset is capitalized on the balance sheet as a right-of-use asset and a corresponding lease liability is recorded at the present value of the known future minimum payments of the contract using a discount rate on the date of commencement. The leased asset classification is determined at the date of recording as either operating or financing, depending upon certain criteria of the contract.
The discount rate used for present value calculations is the discount rate implicit in the contract. If an implicit rate is not determinable, a collateralized incremental borrowing rate is used at the date of commencement. As new leases commence or previous leases are modified the discount rate used in the present value calculation is the current period applicable discount rate.
The Company has made an accounting policy election to adopt the practical expedient for combining lease and non-lease components on an asset class basis. This expedient allows the Company to combine non-lease components such as real estate taxes, insurance, maintenance, and other operating expenses associated with the leased premises with the lease component of a lease agreement on an asset class basis when the non-lease components of the agreement cannot be easily bifurcated from the lease payment. Currently, the Company is only applying this expedient to certain office space agreements.
Supplemental Balance Sheet Information Related to Leases
The Company’s lease assets as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020 consisted of the following items (in thousands):
December 31, 2019 | June 30, 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Leases |
| Finance Leases(2) |
| Operating Leases |
| Finance Leases(2) | ||||||
Right-of-use Assets: | |||||||||||||
Processing plants | $ | | — | $ | | — | |||||||
Drilling rigs and completion services | | — | | — | |||||||||
Gas gathering lines and compressor stations (1) | | — | | — | |||||||||
Office space | | — | | — | |||||||||
Vehicles | | | | | |||||||||
Other office and field equipment | | | | — | |||||||||
Total right-of-use assets | $ | | | $ | | |
(1) | Gas gathering lines and compressor stations leases includes $ |
(2) | Financing lease assets are recorded net of accumulated amortization of $ |
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
The Company’s lease liabilities as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020 consisted of the following items (in thousands):
December 31, 2019 | June 30, 2020 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Leases |
| Finance Leases |
| Operating Leases |
| Finance Leases | ||||||
Location on the balance sheet: | |||||||||||||
Short-term lease liabilities | $ | | | $ | | | |||||||
Long-term lease liabilities | | | | | |||||||||
Total lease liabilities | $ | | | $ | | |
The processing plants, gathering lines and compressor stations that are classified as lease liabilities are classified as such under ASC 842 because Antero is the sole customer of the assets and because Antero makes the decisions that most impact the economic performance of the assets.
Supplemental Information Related to Leases
Costs associated with operating leases were included in the statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 (in thousands):
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | |||||||||||
Statement of Operations Location |
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| 2020 | ||||
Gathering, compression, processing, and transportation | $ | | | $ | | | ||||||
General and administrative | | | | | ||||||||
Contract termination and rig stacking | | | | | ||||||||
Total lease expense | $ | | | $ | | |
Costs associated with finance leases of less than $
For the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020, we capitalized $
Short-term lease costs that are more than one month but less than 12 months are excluded from the above amounts and total $
Supplemental Cash Flow Information Related to Leases
The following is the Company’s supplemental cash flow information related to leases for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 (in thousands):
Three months ended June 30, 2019 | Six months ended June 30, 2019 | ||||||||||||
| Operating Leases |
| Finance Leases |
| Operating Leases |
| Finance Leases | ||||||
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: | |||||||||||||
Operating cash out flows related to operating leases | $ | |
|
| — | $ | |
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| — | |||
Investing cash out flows related to operating leases | |
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| — | |
|
| — | |||||
Financing cash out flows related to financing leases | — | | — | | |||||||||
$ | | | $ | | | ||||||||
Noncash activities: | |||||||||||||
Right of use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities | $ | — | — | $ | | — | |||||||
Right of use assets obtained in exchange for financing lease liabilities | $ | — | — | $ | — | — |
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
The following is the Company’s supplemental cash flow information related to leases for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 (in thousands):
Three months ended June 30, 2020 | Six months ended June 30, 2020 | ||||||||||||
Operating Leases |
| Finance Leases | Operating Leases |
| Finance Leases | ||||||||
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: | |||||||||||||
Operating cash out flows related to operating leases | $ | |
|
| — | $ | |
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| — | |||
Investing cash out flows related to operating leases | |
|
| — | |
|
| — | |||||
Financing cash out flows related to financing leases | — | | — | | |||||||||
$ | | | $ | | | ||||||||
Noncash activities: | |||||||||||||
Right of use assets obtained in exchange for operating lease liabilities | $ | | — | $ | | — | |||||||
Right of use assets obtained in exchange for financing lease liabilities | $ | — | — | $ | — | — |
Maturities of Lease Liabilities
The table below is a schedule of future minimum payments for operating and financing lease liabilities as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands):
(in thousands) | Operating Leases |
| Financing Leases | Total | ||||||
Remainder of 2020 | $ | | | | ||||||
2021 | | | | |||||||
2022 | | | | |||||||
2023 | | | | |||||||
2024 | | — | | |||||||
2025 | | — | | |||||||
Thereafter | | — | | |||||||
Total lease payments | | | | |||||||
Less: imputed interest | ( | ( | ( | |||||||
Total | $ | | | |
Lease Term and Discount Rate
The table below is the Company’s weighted-average remaining lease term and discount rate as of June 30, 2020:
June 30, 2020 | ||||||
Operating Leases |
| Finance Leases | ||||
Weighted-average remaining lease term: | ||||||
Weighted-average discount rate: | % | % |
Related party lease disclosure
The Company has a gathering and compression agreement with Antero Midstream Corporation, whereby Antero Midstream Corporation receives a low-pressure gathering fee per Mcf, a high-pressure gathering fee per Mcf, and a compression fee per Mcf, in each case subject to adjustments based on the consumer price index. If and to the extent we request that Antero Midstream Corporation construct new high pressure lines and compressor stations, the gathering and compression agreement contains minimum volume commitments that require Antero Resources to utilize or pay for
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
year until such time as the agreement is terminated, effective upon an anniversary of the effective date of the agreement, by either the Company or Antero Midstream Corporation on or before the
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, gathering and compression fees paid by Antero related to this agreement were $
(14) Commitments
The table below is a schedule of future minimum payments for firm transportation, drilling rig and completion services, processing, gathering and compression, and office and equipment agreements, which include leases that have remaining lease terms in excess of one year as of June 30, 2020 (in thousands).
Processing, |
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Firm | gathering and | Land payment | Operating and | Imputed Interest | |||||||||||||||
transportation | compression | obligations | Financing Leases | for Leases | |||||||||||||||
| (a) |
| (b) |
| (c) |
| (d) |
| (d) |
| Total |
| |||||||
Remainder of 2020 | $ | | | | | | | ||||||||||||
2021 | | | | | | | |||||||||||||
2022 | | | — | | | | |||||||||||||
2023 | | | — | | | | |||||||||||||
2024 | | | — | | | | |||||||||||||
2025 | | | — | | | | |||||||||||||
Thereafter | | | — | | | | |||||||||||||
Total | $ | | | | | | |
(a) | Firm Transportation |
The Company has entered into firm transportation agreements with various pipelines in order to facilitate the delivery of its production to market. These contracts commit the Company to transport minimum daily natural gas or NGLs volumes at negotiated rates or pay for any deficiencies at specified reservation fee rates. The amounts in this table are based on the Company’s minimum daily volumes at the reservation fee rate. The values in the table represent the gross amounts that the Company is committed to pay; however, the Company will record in the consolidated financial statements its proportionate share of costs based on its working interest.
(b) | Processing, Gathering, and Compression Service Commitments |
The Company has entered into various long-term gas processing, gathering and compression service agreements. Certain of these agreements were determined to be leases. The minimum payment obligations under the agreements that are not leases are presented in this column.
The values in the table represent the gross amounts that the Company is committed to pay; however, the Company will record in the consolidated financial statements its proportionate share of costs based on its working interest.
(c) | Land Payment Obligations |
The Company has entered into various land acquisition agreements. Certain of these agreements contain minimum payment obligations over various terms. The values in the table represent the minimum payments due under these arrangements. None of these agreements were determined to be leases.
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
(d)Leases, including imputed interest
The Company has obligations under contracts for services provided by drilling rigs and completion fleets, processing, gathering, and compression services agreements, and office and equipment leases. The values in the table represent the gross amounts that we are committed to pay; however, we will record in our financial statements our proportionate share of costs based on our working interests. Refer to Note 13—Leases to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for more information on the Company’s operating and finance leases.
(15) Contingencies
Environmental
In June 2018, following site inspections conducted in September 2017 at certain of our facilities located in Doddridge County, Tyler County, and Ritchie County, West Virginia, we received a Notice of Violation (“NOV”) from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Region III for alleged violations of the federal Clean Air Act and the West Virginia State Implementation Plan relating to permitting and control requirements for emissions of regulated pollutants at several of our natural gas production facilities. The NOV alleges that combustion devices at these facilities did not meet applicable air permitting requirements. Separately, in June 2018, we received an information request from EPA Region III pursuant to Section 114(a) of the Clean Air Act relating to the facilities that were inspected in September 2017 as well as additional Antero Resources facilities for the purpose of determining if the additional facilities have the same alleged compliance issues that were identified during the September 2017 inspections. We have separately received an NOV from West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (“WVDEP”) alleging violations relating to the same issues being investigated by the EPA. We continue to negotiate with EPA and WVDEP to resolve the issues alleged in the NOVs and the information request; however, we believe that there is a reasonable possibility that these actions may result in monetary sanctions exceeding $
WGL
The Company and Washington Gas Light Company and WGL Midstream, Inc. (collectively, “WGL”) were involved in a pricing dispute involving firm gas sales contracts executed June 20, 2014 (the “Contracts”) that the Company began delivering gas under in January 2016. From January 2016 through and from December 2017 through January 2018, the aggregate daily gas volumes contracted for under the Contracts was
In March of 2017, WGL filed a second legal proceeding against the Company in Colorado district court alleging breach of contract and seeking damages of more than $
The Company is also actively engaged in pursuing cover damages against WGL based on WGL’s failure to take receipt of all of the agreed quantities of gas required under the Contracts. WGL’s failure to take the gas volumes specified in the Contracts is
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
directly related to WGL’s lack of primary firm transportation rights at the Delivery Point. The failures by WGL to take the full contracted volumes of gas began in April 2017 and continued each month through December 2017 in varying quantities. In defense of its conduct, WGL asserted to the Company that their failure to receive gas is excused by (1) the Company’s failure to deliver gas to the IPP Pool or (2) alleged instances of Force Majeure under the Contracts. However, as stated above, the alleged obligation that the Company must deliver gas to the IPP Pool was already rejected by the arbitration panel. Further, the Contracts expressly prohibit a Force Majeure claim in circumstances in which the gas purchaser does not have primary firm transportation agreements in place to transport the purchased gas. In each instance that WGL failed to receive the quantity of gas required under the Contracts, the Company resold the quantities not taken and invoiced WGL for cover damages pursuant to the terms of the Contracts. WGL refused to pay for the invoiced cover damages as required by the Contracts and also short paid the Company for, among other things, certain amounts of gas received by WGL. The Company filed a lawsuit against WGL in Colorado district court on October 24, 2017 to recover its cover damages, other unpaid amounts, and interest. WGL’s claims have been consolidated with Antero Resources’ claims in the same district court and trial began on June 10, 2019. WGL quantified its damages claim for the alleged failure to deliver TCO Pool gas and sought approximately $
On June 20, 2019, the Company was awarded a jury verdict of approximately $
Effective February 1, 2018, as a result of a recent amendment to its firm gas sales contract with WGL Midstream, Inc. that was executed on December 28, 2017, the total aggregate volumes to be delivered to WGL at the Braxton delivery point were reduced from
Other
The Company is party to various other legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of its business. The Company believes that certain of these matters will be covered by insurance and that the outcome of other matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
(16) Contract Termination and Rig Stacking
The Company incurs costs associated with the delay or cancellation of drilling and completion contracts with third-party contractors. These costs are recorded in Contract termination and rig stacking and included in the statement of operations and comprehensive income (loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 (in thousands):
Three months ended June 30, | Six months ended June 30, | |||||||||
| 2019 |
| 2020 |
| 2019 |
| 2020 | |||
Contract termination and rig stacking | $ | | | $ | | |
(17) Related Parties
Antero Midstream Partners’ operations comprised substantially all of the operations reflected in the gathering and processing, and water handling and treatment, results through March 12, 2019. Effective March 13, 2019, Antero Resources accounts for Antero Midstream Corporation as an equity method investment. See Note 3—Deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners LP to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for more discussion on the Transactions.
Substantially all of the revenues for gathering and processing and water handling and treatment were derived from transactions with Antero Resources. See Note 18—Segment Information to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the operating results of the Company’s reportable segments.
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
(18) Segment Information
See Note 2(l)—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Industry Segments and Geographic Information, to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for a description of the Company’s determination of its reportable segments. Revenues from gathering and processing and water handling and treatment operations were primarily derived from intersegment transactions for services provided to the Company’s exploration and production operations prior to the closing of the Transactions. Through March 12, 2019, the results of Antero Midstream Partners were included in the consolidated financial statements of Antero Resources. Effective March 13, 2019, the results of Antero Midstream Partners are no longer consolidated in Antero Resources’ results; however, the Company’s segment disclosures include the results of our unconsolidated affiliates due to their significance to the Company’s operations. See Note 3—Deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners LP to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion on the Transactions. Marketing revenues are primarily derived from activities to purchase and sell third-party natural gas and NGLs and to market excess firm transportation capacity to third parties.
Operating segments are evaluated based on their contribution to consolidated results, which is primarily determined by the respective operating income (loss) of each segment. General and administrative expenses were allocated to the midstream segment based on the nature of the expenses and on a combination of the segments’ proportionate share of the Company’s consolidated property and equipment, capital expenditures, and labor costs, as applicable. General and administrative expenses related to the marketing segment are not allocated because they are immaterial. Other income, income taxes, and interest expense are primarily managed and evaluated on a consolidated basis. Intersegment sales were transacted at prices which approximate market. Accounting policies for each segment are the same as the Company’s accounting policies described in Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
The operating results and assets of the Company’s reportable segments were as follows for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 (in thousands):
Equity Method | Elimination of |
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Investment in | intersegment | |||||||||||||||
Exploration | Antero | transactions and | ||||||||||||||
and | Midstream | unconsolidated | Consolidated | |||||||||||||
| production |
| Marketing |
| Corporation |
| affiliates |
| total | |||||||
Three months ended June 30, 2019: | ||||||||||||||||
Sales and revenues: | ||||||||||||||||
Third-party | $ | | | | — | | ||||||||||
Intersegment |
| | — | | ( | | ||||||||||
Total | $ | | | | ( | | ||||||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Lease operating | $ | | — | | ( | | ||||||||||
Gathering, compression, processing, and transportation | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Impairment of midstream assets | — | — | | ( | — | |||||||||||
Depletion, depreciation, and amortization | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
General and administrative | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Other | | | | ( | | |||||||||||
Total | | | | ( | | |||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | $ | | ( | | ( | | ||||||||||
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates | $ | | — | | ( | | ||||||||||
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates | $ | | — | | ( | | ||||||||||
Segment assets | $ | | | | ( | | ||||||||||
Capital expenditures for segment assets | $ | | — | | ( | |
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
Equity Method | Elimination of | |||||||||||||||
Investment in | intersegment | |||||||||||||||
Exploration | Antero | transactions and | ||||||||||||||
and | Midstream | unconsolidated | Consolidated | |||||||||||||
| production |
| Marketing |
| Corporation |
| affiliates |
| total | |||||||
Three months ended June 30, 2020: | ||||||||||||||||
Sales and revenues: | ||||||||||||||||
Third-party | $ | | | — | — | | ||||||||||
Intersegment |
| | — | | ( | | ||||||||||
Total | $ | | | | ( | | ||||||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Lease operating | $ | | — | — | — | | ||||||||||
Gathering, compression, processing, and transportation | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Depletion, depreciation, and amortization | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
General and administrative | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Other | | | | ( | | |||||||||||
Total | | | | ( | | |||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | $ | ( | ( | | ( | ( | ||||||||||
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates | $ | | — | | ( | | ||||||||||
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates | $ | | — | | ( | | ||||||||||
Segment assets | $ | | | | ( | | ||||||||||
Capital expenditures for segment assets | $ | | — | | ( | |
The operating results and assets of the Company’s reportable segments were as follows for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 (in thousands):
Equity Method | Elimination of | |||||||||||||||
Investment in | intersegment | |||||||||||||||
Exploration | Antero | transactions and | ||||||||||||||
and | Midstream | unconsolidated | Consolidated | |||||||||||||
| production |
| Marketing |
| Corporation |
| affiliates |
| total | |||||||
Six months ended June 30, 2019: | ||||||||||||||||
Sales and revenues: | ||||||||||||||||
Third-party | $ | | | | — | | ||||||||||
Intersegment |
| | — | | ( | | ||||||||||
Total | $ | | | | ( | | ||||||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Lease operating | $ | | — | | ( | | ||||||||||
Gathering, compression, processing, and transportation | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Impairment of midstream assets | — | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Depletion, depreciation, and amortization | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
General and administrative | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Other | | | | ( | | |||||||||||
Total | | | | ( | | |||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | $ | | ( | | ( | | ||||||||||
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates | $ | | — | | ( | | ||||||||||
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates | $ | | — | | ( | | ||||||||||
Segment assets | $ | | | | ( | | ||||||||||
Capital expenditures for segment assets | $ | | — | | ( | |
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
Equity Method | Elimination of | |||||||||||||||
Investment in | intersegment | |||||||||||||||
Exploration | Antero | transactions and | ||||||||||||||
and | Midstream | unconsolidated | Consolidated | |||||||||||||
| production |
| Marketing |
| Corporation |
| affiliates |
| total | |||||||
Six months ended June 30, 2020: | ||||||||||||||||
Sales and revenues: | ||||||||||||||||
Third-party | $ | | | — | — | | ||||||||||
Intersegment |
| | — | | ( | | ||||||||||
Total | $ | | | | ( | | ||||||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Lease operating | $ | | — | — | — | | ||||||||||
Gathering, compression, processing, and transportation | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Impairment of midstream assets | — | — | | ( | — | |||||||||||
Depletion, depreciation, and amortization | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
General and administrative | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Other | | | | ( | | |||||||||||
Total | | | | ( | | |||||||||||
Operating loss | $ | ( | ( | ( | | ( | ||||||||||
Equity in earnings (loss) of unconsolidated affiliates | $ | ( | — | | ( | ( | ||||||||||
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates | $ | | — | | ( | | ||||||||||
Segment assets | $ | | | | ( | | ||||||||||
Capital expenditures for segment assets | $ | | — | | ( | |
(19) Subsidiary Guarantors
Each of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries has fully and unconditionally guaranteed Antero Resources’ senior notes. In the event a subsidiary guarantor is sold or disposed of (whether by merger, consolidation, the sale of a sufficient amount of its capital stock so that it no longer qualifies as a “Subsidiary” of Antero (as defined in the indentures governing the notes) or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets (other than by lease)) and whether or not the subsidiary guarantor is the surviving entity in such transaction to a person that is not Antero or a restricted subsidiary of Antero, such subsidiary guarantor will be released from its obligations under its subsidiary guarantee if the sale or other disposition does not violate the covenants set forth in the indentures governing the notes.
In addition, a subsidiary guarantor will be released from its obligations under the indentures and its guarantee, upon the release or discharge of the guarantee of other Indebtedness (as defined in the indentures governing the notes) that resulted in the creation of such guarantee, except a release or discharge by or as a result of payment under such guarantee; if Antero designates such subsidiary as an unrestricted subsidiary and such designation complies with the other applicable provisions of the indentures governing the notes or in connection with any covenant defeasance, legal defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the notes.
The following Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets at December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020, and the related Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020, and Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 present financial information for Antero Resources on a stand-alone basis (carrying its investment in subsidiaries using the equity method), financial information for the subsidiary guarantors, financial information for the non-guarantor subsidiaries, and the consolidation and elimination entries necessary to arrive at the information for the Company on a consolidated basis. The non-guarantor subsidiaries as of and for the three months ended June 30, 2020 represent Martica. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries are not restricted from making distributions to the Company.
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Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
December 31, 2019
(In thousands)
Parent | Guarantor | Non-Guarantor | ||||||||||||||
| (Antero) |
| Subsidiaries |
| Subsidiaries |
| Eliminations |
| Consolidated | |||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable, net | $ | | — | — | — | | ||||||||||
Accounts receivable, related parties | | | — | ( | | |||||||||||
Accrued revenue | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Derivative instruments | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Other current assets | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total current assets | | | — | ( | | |||||||||||
Property and equipment: | ||||||||||||||||
Oil and gas properties, at cost (successful efforts method): | ||||||||||||||||
Unproved properties | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Proved properties | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Gathering systems and facilities | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Other property and equipment | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
| — | — | — | | ||||||||||||
Less accumulated depletion, depreciation, and amortization | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Property and equipment, net | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Operating leases right-of-use assets | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Derivative instruments | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Investments in unconsolidated affiliate | | | — | — | | |||||||||||
Investments in consolidated affiliate | | — | — | ( | — | |||||||||||
Other assets | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total assets | $ | | | — | ( | | ||||||||||
Liabilities and Equity | ||||||||||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | | — | — | — | | ||||||||||
Accounts payable, related parties | | — | — | ( | | |||||||||||
Accrued liabilities | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Revenue distributions payable | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Derivative instruments | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Short-term lease liabilities | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Other current liabilities | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total current liabilities | | — | — | ( | | |||||||||||
Long-term liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||
Long-term debt | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Deferred income tax liability | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Derivative instruments | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Long-term lease liabilities | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Other liabilities | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total liabilities | | — | — | ( | | |||||||||||
Equity: | ||||||||||||||||
Stockholders' equity: | ||||||||||||||||
Common stock | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Additional paid-in capital | | | — | ( | | |||||||||||
Accumulated earnings (loss) | | ( | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total stockholders' equity | | | — | ( | | |||||||||||
Total liabilities and equity | $ | | | — | ( | |
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
June 30, 2020
(In thousands)
Parent | Guarantor | Non-Guarantor | ||||||||||||||
| (Antero) |
| Subsidiaries |
| Subsidiaries |
| Eliminations |
| Consolidated | |||||||
Assets | ||||||||||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||||||||||
Cash | $ | ( | — | | — | — | ||||||||||
Accounts receivable | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Accounts receivable, related parties | — | | | ( | — | |||||||||||
Accrued revenue | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Derivative instruments | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Other current assets | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total current assets | | | | ( | | |||||||||||
Property and equipment: | ||||||||||||||||
Oil and gas properties, at cost (successful efforts method): | ||||||||||||||||
Unproved properties | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Proved properties | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Gathering systems and facilities | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Other property and equipment | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
| — | | — | | ||||||||||||
Less accumulated depletion, depreciation, and amortization | ( | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||
Property and equipment, net | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Operating leases right-of-use assets | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Derivative instruments | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Investment in unconsolidated affiliate | | | — | — | | |||||||||||
Investments in consolidated affiliates | | — | — | ( | — | |||||||||||
Other assets | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total assets | $ | | | | ( | | ||||||||||
Liabilities and Equity | ||||||||||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||
Accounts payable | $ | | — | | — | | ||||||||||
Accounts payable, related parties | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Accrued liabilities | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Revenue distributions payable | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Derivative instruments | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Short-term lease liabilities | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Other current liabilities | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total current liabilities | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Long-term liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||
Long-term debt | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Deferred income tax liability | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Derivative instruments | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Long-term lease liabilities | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Other liabilities | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total liabilities | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Equity: | ||||||||||||||||
Stockholders' equity: | ||||||||||||||||
Common stock | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Additional paid-in capital | | | — | ( | | |||||||||||
Accumulated earnings (loss) | | ( | | — | | |||||||||||
Total stockholders' equity | | | | ( | | |||||||||||
Noncontrolling interest | — | — | — | | | |||||||||||
Total liabilities and equity | $ | | | | ( | |
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
(In thousands)
Parent | Guarantor | Non-Guarantor | ||||||||||||||
| (Antero) |
| Subsidiaries |
| Subsidiaries |
| Eliminations |
| Consolidated | |||||||
Revenue and other: | ||||||||||||||||
Natural gas sales | $ | | — | — | — | | ||||||||||
Natural gas liquids sales |
| | — | — | — | | ||||||||||
Oil sales | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Commodity derivative fair value gains | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Marketing | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Other income | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total revenue and other | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Lease operating | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Gathering, compression, processing, and transportation | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Production and ad valorem taxes | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Marketing | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Exploration | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Depletion, depreciation, and amortization | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Loss on sale of assets | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Accretion of asset retirement obligations | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
General and administrative | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Contract termination and rig stacking | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total operating expenses | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Other income (expenses): | ||||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates | | | — | — | | |||||||||||
Interest expense, net | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Total other income (expenses) | ( | | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Income before income taxes | | | — | — | | |||||||||||
Provision for income tax expense | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Net income and comprehensive income attributable to Antero Resources Corporation | $ | | | — | — | |
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
(In thousands)
Parent | Guarantor | Non-Guarantor | ||||||||||||||
| (Antero) |
| Subsidiaries |
| Subsidiaries |
| Eliminations |
| Consolidated | |||||||
Revenue and other: | ||||||||||||||||
Natural gas sales | $ | | — | | — | | ||||||||||
Natural gas liquids sales | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Oil sales | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Commodity derivative fair value losses | ( | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||
Marketing | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Other income | | — | — | ( | | |||||||||||
Total revenue and other | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Lease operating | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Gathering, compression, processing, and transportation | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Production and ad valorem taxes | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Marketing | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Exploration | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Depletion, depreciation, and amortization | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Accretion of asset retirement obligations | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
General and administrative | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Contract termination and rig stacking | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total operating expenses | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | ( | — | | — | ( | |||||||||||
Other income (expenses): | ||||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates | | | — | — | | |||||||||||
Transaction expense | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Interest expense, net | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Gain on early extinguishment of debt | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total other income (expenses) | ( | | — | — | | |||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | ( | | | — | ( | |||||||||||
Provision for income tax benefit | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) including noncontrolling interests | ( | | | — | ( | |||||||||||
Net income and comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests | — | | | |||||||||||||
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Antero Resources Corporation | $ | ( | | | ( | ( |
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
(In thousands)
Parent | Guarantor | Non-Guarantor | ||||||||||||||
| (Antero) |
| Subsidiaries |
| Subsidiaries |
| Eliminations |
| Consolidated | |||||||
Revenue and other: | ||||||||||||||||
Natural gas sales | $ | | — | — | — | | ||||||||||
Natural gas liquids sales | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Oil sales | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Commodity derivative fair value gains | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Gathering, compression, water handling and treatment | — | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Marketing | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Other income | | — | — | ( | | |||||||||||
Total revenue and other | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Lease operating | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Gathering, compression, processing, and transportation | | — | — | ( | | |||||||||||
Production and ad valorem taxes | | — | — | | | |||||||||||
Marketing | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Exploration | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Impairment of midstream assets | — | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Depletion, depreciation, and amortization | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Loss on sale of asset | | | ||||||||||||||
Accretion of asset retirement obligations | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
General and administrative | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Contract termination and rig stacking | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Accretion of contingent acquisition consideration | — | — | | ( | — | |||||||||||
Total operating expenses | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | ( | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Other income (expenses): | ||||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates | | | | — | | |||||||||||
Interest expense, net | ( | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||
Equity in earnings of affiliates | | — | — | ( | — | |||||||||||
Gain on deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners LP | | | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total other expenses | | | ( | ( | | |||||||||||
Income before income taxes | | | | ( | | |||||||||||
Provision for income tax expense | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Net income and comprehensive income including noncontrolling interests | | | | ( | | |||||||||||
Net income and comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests | — | — | — | | | |||||||||||
Net income and comprehensive income attributable to Antero Resources Corporation | $ | | | | ( | |
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
(In thousands)
Parent | Guarantor | Non-Guarantor | ||||||||||||||
| (Antero) |
| Subsidiaries |
| Subsidiaries |
| Eliminations |
| Consolidated | |||||||
Revenue and other: | ||||||||||||||||
Natural gas sales | $ | | — | | — | | ||||||||||
Natural gas liquids sales | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Oil sales | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Commodity derivative fair value gains (losses) | | — | ( | — | | |||||||||||
Marketing | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Other income | | — | — | ( | | |||||||||||
Total revenue and other | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Lease operating | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Gathering, compression, processing, and transportation | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Production and ad valorem taxes | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Marketing | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Exploration | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Depletion, depreciation, and amortization | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Accretion of asset retirement obligations | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
General and administrative | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Contract termination and rig stacking | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total operating expenses | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | ( | — | | — | ( | |||||||||||
Other income (expenses): | ||||||||||||||||
Equity in loss of unconsolidated affiliates | ( | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Impairment of equity investment | ( | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Transaction expense | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Interest expense, net | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Gain on early extinguishment of debt | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Total other expenses | ( | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes | ( | ( | | — | ( | |||||||||||
Provision for income tax benefit | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) including noncontrolling interests | ( | ( | | — | ( | |||||||||||
Net income and comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests | — | — | — | | | |||||||||||
Net income (loss) and comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Antero Resources Corporation | $ | ( | ( | | ( | ( |
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
Six Months Ended June 30, 2019
(In thousands)
Parent | Guarantor | Non-Guarantor | ||||||||||||||
| (Antero) |
| Subsidiaries |
| Subsidiaries |
| Eliminations |
| Consolidated | |||||||
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities: | ||||||||||||||||
Net income including noncontrolling interests | $ | | | | ( | | ||||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | — | |||||||||||||||
Depletion, depreciation, amortization, and accretion | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Impairments | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Commodity derivative fair value gains | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Gains on settled commodity derivatives | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Deferred income tax expense | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Loss on sale of assets | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Equity-based compensation expense | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Equity in earnings of affiliates | ( | — | — | | — | |||||||||||
Equity in earnings of unconsolidated affiliates | ( | ( | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||
Distributions/dividends of earnings from unconsolidated affiliates | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Gain on deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners LP | ( | ( | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Distributions from Antero Midstream Partners LP | | — | — | ( | — | |||||||||||
Other | ( | — | | | | |||||||||||
Changes in current assets and liabilities | | — | ( | | | |||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | | — | | ( | | |||||||||||
Cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities: | ||||||||||||||||
Additions to unproved properties | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Drilling and completion costs | ( | — | — | | ( | |||||||||||
Additions to water handling and treatment systems | — | — | ( | | ( | |||||||||||
Additions to gathering systems and facilities | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||
Additions to other property and equipment | ( | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||
Proceeds from the Antero Midstream Partners LP Transactions | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Change in other assets | ( | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||
Proceeds from sale of assets | | | ||||||||||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | ( | — | ( | | ( | |||||||||||
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities: | ||||||||||||||||
Issuance of senior notes | — | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Borrowings (repayments) on bank credit facility, net | ( | — | | — | ( | |||||||||||
Payments of deferred financing costs | ( | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||
Distributions to noncontrolling interests in Antero Midstream Partners LP | — | — | ( | | ( | |||||||||||
Employee tax withholding for settlement of equity compensation awards | ( | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||
Other | ( | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | ( | — | | | | |||||||||||
Effect of deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners LP | — | — | ( | — | ( | |||||||||||
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | — | — | — | — | — |
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ANTERO RESOURCES CORPORATION
Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
(In thousands)
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Net income (loss) including noncontrolling interests | $ | ( | ( | | — | ( | ||||||||||
Adjustment to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||||||||||
Depletion, depreciation, amortization, and accretion | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Impairment of oil and gas properties | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Commodity derivative fair value (gains) losses | ( | — | | — | ( | |||||||||||
Gains on settled commodity derivatives | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Equity-based compensation expense | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Deferred income tax benefit | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Gain on early extinguishment of debt | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Equity in loss of unconsolidated affiliates | | | — | — | | |||||||||||
Impairment of equity investment | | | — | — | | |||||||||||
Distributions/dividends of earnings from unconsolidated affiliates | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Other | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Changes in current assets and liabilities | | — | ( | — | | |||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
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Additions to unproved properties | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Drilling and completion costs | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Additions to other property and equipment | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Settlement of water earnout | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Change in other assets | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
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Repurchases of common stock | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Repayment of senior notes | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Borrowings on bank credit facility, net | | — | — | — | | |||||||||||
Sale (purchase) noncontrolling interests | ( | — | | — | | |||||||||||
(Distributions) proceeds to interest holders | | — | ( | — | — | |||||||||||
Employee tax withholding for settlement of equity compensation awards | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Other | ( | — | — | — | ( | |||||||||||
Net cash provided by financing activities | | — | | — | | |||||||||||
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents | ( | — | | — | — | |||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | — | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | ( | — | | — | — |
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The following discussion contains “forward-looking statements” that reflect our future plans, estimates, beliefs and expected performance. We caution that assumptions, expectations, projections, intentions, or beliefs about future events may, and often do, vary from actual results, and the differences can be material. Some of the key factors that could cause actual results to vary from our expectations include changes in natural gas, NGLs, and oil prices, the timing of planned capital expenditures, our ability to fund our development programs, uncertainties in estimating proved reserves and forecasting production results, operational factors affecting the commencement or maintenance of producing wells, the condition of the capital markets generally, as well as our ability to access them, impacts of world health events, including the COVID-19 pandemic, potential shut-ins of production due to lack of downstream demand or storage capacity, and uncertainties regarding environmental regulations or litigation and other legal or regulatory developments affecting our business, as well as those factors discussed below, all of which are difficult to predict. In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events discussed may not occur. See “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.” Also, see the risk factors and other cautionary statements described under the heading “Item 1A. Risk Factors.” We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements except as otherwise required by applicable law.
In this section, references to “Antero,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Antero Resources Corporation and its subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires.
Our Company
We are an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the exploration, development and production of natural gas, NGLs, and oil properties located in the Appalachian Basin. We focus on unconventional reservoirs, which can generally be characterized as fractured shale formations. Our management team has worked together for many years and has a successful track record of reserve and production growth as well as significant expertise in unconventional resource plays. Our strategy is to leverage our team’s experience delineating and developing natural gas resource plays to profitably grow our reserves and production, primarily on our existing multi-year inventory of drilling locations.
We have assembled a portfolio of long-lived properties that are characterized by what we believe to be low geologic risk and repeatability. Our drilling opportunities are focused in the Marcellus Shale and Utica Shale of the Appalachian Basin. As of June 30, 2020, we held approximately 531,000 net acres of rich gas and dry gas properties located in the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia and Ohio. Our corporate headquarters are in Denver, Colorado.
We operate in the following industry segments: (i) the exploration, development, and production of natural gas, NGLs, and oil; (ii) marketing of excess firm transportation capacity; and (iii) our equity method investment in Antero Midstream Corporation. All of our operations are conducted in the United States. As described below and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, effective March 13, 2019, the results of Antero Midstream Partners are no longer consolidated in Antero’s results.
2020 Developments and Highlights
COVID-19 Pandemic
In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. Governments have tried to slow the spread of the virus by imposing social distancing guidelines, travel restrictions and stay-at-home orders, which have caused a significant decrease in activity in the global economy and the demand for oil and, to a lesser extent, natural gas and NGLs. Also in March 2020, Saudi Arabia and Russia failed to agree to cut production of oil along with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (“OPEC”), and Saudi Arabia significantly reduced the price at which it sells oil and announced plans to increase production, which contributed to a sharp drop in the price of oil. While OPEC, Russia and other allied producers reached an agreement in April 2020 to reduce production, oil prices have remained low. The imbalance between the supply of and demand for oil, as well as the uncertainty around the extent and timing of an economic recovery, have caused extreme market volatility and a substantial adverse effect on commodity prices.
As a producer of natural gas, NGLs and oil, we are recognized as an essential business under various federal, state and local regulations related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We have continued to operate as permitted under these regulations while taking steps to protect the health and safety of our workers. We have implemented protocols to reduce the risk of an outbreak within our field operations, and these protocols have not reduced production or efficiency in a significant manner. A substantial portion of our non-
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field level employees continue to operate in remote work from home arrangements, and we have been able to maintain a consistent level of effectiveness through these arrangements, including maintaining our day-to-day operations, our financial reporting systems and our internal control over financial reporting.
Our natural gas, NGLs and oil producing properties are located in the liquids-rich Appalachian Basin. Although the decline in oil prices has negatively impacted our oil revenue, oil sales represented approximately 2% and 4% of our total revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2020 and the year ended December 31, 2019, respectively. While natural gas prices also declined during the first half of 2020, the decline in natural gas prices has been far less significant than the decline in oil prices. C3+ NGL prices during the second quarter were negatively impacted by weak demand for normal butane (nC4), isobutane (iC4), and pentane (C5), all of which are used for gasoline. The COVID-19 induced demand destruction on gasoline forced C5 prices below propane prices for much of April to under $0.40 per gallon. The benchmark C5 price in July has been in the range of $0.60 to $0.70 per gallon.
In addition, we have hedged through fixed price contracts the sale of 2.2 Bcf per day of natural gas at a weighted average price of $2.87 per MMBtu for the remainder of 2020. Our hedges cover a substantial majority of our expected natural gas production in 2020. We also have fixed priced contracts for the sale of 10,315 barrels per day of propane at a weighted average price of $0.65 per gallon, 24,500 barrels per day of ethane at a weighted average price of $0.20 per gallon and 26,000 barrels per day of oil at a weighted average price of $55.63 per barrel for the remainder of 2020. These fixed price contracts resulted in total commodity derivative fair value gains of $398 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020, including settled commodity derivative gains of $314 million and $525 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively. All of our hedges are financial hedges and do not have physical delivery requirements. As such, any decreases in anticipated production, whether as a result of decreased development activity, shut-ins, or through transactions under our asset sale plan, will not impact our ability to realize the benefits of the hedges.
Our natural gas and NGLs are primarily used in manufacturing, power generation and heating rather than transportation. While we have seen a decrease in the overall demand for these products, demand for natural gas and NGLs has not declined as much as demand for oil, and there has not been as substantial an oversupply of natural gas and NGLs as there has been of oil. Furthermore, the decrease in demand for oil has significantly reduced the number of rigs drilling for oil in the continental U.S. and, as a result, estimates of future gas supply associated with oil production have declined. Additionally, the restart of economic activity in Asia and Europe, coupled with lower LPG production from refineries in the U.S., Europe, and Asia during the second quarter, provided support for international LPG prices relative to oil. Further, reductions in OPEC+ and North American oil production and the associated NGL volumes are expected to have a supportive effect on propane and butane prices through the remainder of 2020 and into 2021.
During the second quarter of 2020, we shipped 54% of our total C3+ NGL net production on Mariner East 2 for export and realized a $0.04 per gallon premium to Mont Belvieu pricing on these volumes at Marcus Hook, PA. We sold the remaining 46% of C3+ NGL net production at a $0.12 per gallon discount to Mont Belvieu pricing at Hopedale, OH. We expect to sell at least 50% of our C3+ NGL full-year production in 2020 at Marcus Hook for export at a premium to Mont Belvieu.
Condensate differentials to WTI expanded to nearly $20/Bbl during the second quarter, but have begun to return to pre-pandemic levels as gasoline demand improved through the summer months. Pre-hedge oil realizations were negatively impacted during the quarter as Antero sold volumes at a material discount to WTI in order to keep from shutting in production volumes. This period of weak condensate demand driven by the pandemic coincided with an active well completion quarter for Antero that brought on large condensate volumes. The negative impact from wider oil differentials was more than offset by the benefit of maintaining full natural gas and NGL volumes. Antero expects its full year 2020 realized oil price differential to be $10.00/Bbl to $12.00/Bbl, as the differential normalizes during the second half of 2020.
Our supply chain also has not experienced any significant interruptions. The industry continues to experience storage capacity constraints for oil and certain NGL products, and we may become subject to those constraints if we are not able to sell our production or certain components thereof, or enter into additional storage arrangements. The lack of a market or available storage for any one NGL product or oil could result in our having to delay or discontinue well completions and commercial production or shut in production for other products because we cannot curtail the production of individual products in a meaningful way without reducing production of other products. Potential impacts of these constraints may include partial shut-in of production, although we are not able to determine the extent of shut-ins or for how long they may last. However, because some of our wells produce rich gas, which is processed, and some produce dry gas, which does not require processing, we can change the mix of products that we produce and wells that we complete to adjust our production to address takeaway capacity constraints for certain products. For example, we can shut-in rich gas wells and still produce from our dry gas wells if processing or storage capacity of NGL products becomes further limited or constrained. Also, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we had developed a diverse set of buyers and destinations, as well as in-field and off-site storage capacity for our condensate volumes.
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During the second quarter of 2020, condensate differentials to WTI were notably wider as a result of COVID-19 demand destruction at both the Appalachia regional level and national level. To protect against production curtailments and shut-ins due to insufficient storage capacity, Antero expanded its customer base and its condensate storage capacity within the basin. In addition, Antero entered into transactions that required buyers to transport product to more distant markets and storage, which coincided with substantially weakened crack spreads for refined products. To date, Antero has not shut in or curtailed any production from its assets as a result of COVID-19 demand issues and does not expect to shut in any volumes during 2020.
In addition, as discussed below in “—2020 Capital Budget and Capital Spending,” in April 2020, we announced a 34% reduction in our drilling and completion capital budget for 2020. During the second quarter, our ongoing emphasis on completion efficiencies resulted in material improvements and these efficiency gains led to average well costs below $700 per foot during the months of May and June, despite only partial vendor cost savings being realized. We expect further well cost savings during the second half of 2020 as we fully realize vendor cost savings. We continue to monitor our five-year drilling plan and will make further revisions as appropriate. Reducing the 2020 capital budget may impact production levels in 2021 and forward to the extent fewer wells are brought online.
During the first quarter of 2020 and the two preceding quarters, we recognized various impairment charges related to the decline in commodity prices and the value of our investment in Antero Midstream Corporation. At this time, we do not anticipate any further impairment charges in our equity method investment in Antero Midstream Corporation, as the value of our equity method investment has increased since the end of the first quarter of 2020. Additional impairment charges related to our assets may occur if we experience disruptions in production, additional or sustained declines in the forward commodity price strip from June 30, 2020, unresolved storage capacity restraints or other consequences caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
In April 2020, the borrowing base supporting our Credit Facility was subject to its annual redetermination. The bank prices used in the April 2020 redetermination were materially lower than those used in the April 2019 redetermination and, as a result, the lenders under our Credit Facility reduced our borrowing base to $2.85 billion. Lender commitments remained unchanged at $2.64 billion, providing us with a consistent amount of available borrowings. Our borrowing base is now subject to a semi-annual redetermination and, therefore, our available borrowings and liquidity could be impacted by an additional redetermination in October 2020.
In addition, our borrowing capacity is directly impacted by the amount of financial assurance we are required to provide in the form of letters of credit to third parties, primarily pipeline capacity providers. The amount of financial assurance we must provide has not increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and, thus far, we have not experienced any losses due to counterparty risk. However, our ability to limit any additional financial assurance we are required to provide, as well as to protect ourselves from the counterparty risk of our financial hedges, may be limited in the future. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have timely serviced our debt and other obligations, and we have not implemented or requested any concessions or materially modified the terms of any agreements.
The COVID-19 pandemic, commodity market volatility and resulting financial market instability are variables beyond our control and may adversely impact our generation of funds from operating cash flows, distributions from unconsolidated affiliates, available borrowings under our Credit Facility and our ability to access the capital markets. In addition, our plan to strengthen our balance sheet through significant absolute debt reduction depends upon our ability to identify and continue to successfully execute our previously announced $750 million to $1.0 billion asset sale program. Instability in the financial markets and uncertainty in the general business environment resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic may impact our ability to further execute our asset sale program on the terms and the timeframe previously anticipated. To the extent we are not able to execute additional components of our asset sale plan or access the capital markets, we may have to delay or reduce our planned capital expenditures in future years.
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Conveyance of Overriding Royalty Interest
On June 15, 2020, we announced the consummation of a transaction with an affiliate of Sixth Street Partners, LLC (“Sixth Street”) relating to certain overriding royalty interests across our existing asset base (the “ORRIs”). In connection with the transaction, we contributed the ORRIs to a newly formed subsidiary, Martica Holdings LLC (“Martica”), and Sixth Street contributed $300 million in cash (subject to customary adjustments) and agreed to contribute up to an additional $102 million in cash if certain production targets attributable to the ORRIs are achieved. All cash contributed by Sixth Street was distributed to us.
The ORRIs include an overriding royalty interest of 1.25% of our working interest in all of its proved developed operated properties in West Virginia and Ohio, subject to certain excluded wells (the “Initial PDP Override”), and an overriding royalty interest of 3.75% of our working interest in all of its undeveloped properties in West Virginia and Ohio (the “Development Override”). Wells turned to sales after April 1, 2020 and prior to the later of (a) the date on which we turn to sales 2.2 million lateral feet (net to our interest) of horizontal wells burdened by the Development Override and (b) the earlier of (i) April 1, 2023 and (ii) the date on which we turn to sales 3.82 million lateral feet (net to our interest) of horizontal wells are subject to the Development Override.
The ORRIs also include an additional overriding royalty interest of 2.00% of our working interest in the properties underlying the Initial PDP Override (the “Incremental Override”). The Incremental Override (or a portion thereof, as applicable) may be re-conveyed to us (at our election) if certain production targets attributable to the ORRIs are achieved through March 31, 2023. Any portion of the Incremental Override that may not be re-conveyed to us based on us achieving such production volumes through March 31, 2023 will remain with Martica.
Prior to Sixth Street achieving an internal rate of return of 13% and 1.5x cash-on-cash return (the “Hurdle”), Sixth Street will receive all distributions in respect of the Initial PDP Override and the Development Override, and we will receive all distributions in respect of the Incremental Override, unless certain production targets are not achieved, in which case Sixth Street will receive some or all of the distributions in respect of the Incremental Override. Following Sixth Street achieving the Hurdle, we will receive 85% of the distributions in respect of the ORRIs to which Sixth Street was entitled immediately prior to the Hurdle being achieved.
Production and Financial Results
Three months ended June 30, 2020. For the three months ended June 30, 2020 our net production totaled 320 Bcfe, or 3,521 MMcfe per day, a 9% increase in daily gas equivalent production compared to 294 Bcfe, or 3,226 MMcfe per day, for the three months ended June 30, 2019. Production increases resulted from an increase in the number of producing wells as a result of our drilling and completion activity. Our average price received for production, before the effects of gains on settled commodity derivatives for the three months ended June 30, 2020 was $1.83 per Mcfe compared to $3.09 per Mcfe for the three months ended June 30, 2019. Our average realized price after the effects of gains on settled commodity derivatives was $2.81 per Mcfe for the three months ended June 30, 2020 compared to $3.24 per Mcfe for the three months ended June 30, 2019, a decrease of 13%.
We generated consolidated cash flows from operations of $116 million, net loss attributable to Antero of $463 million, and Adjusted EBITDAX of $186 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020. This compares to consolidated cash flows from operations of $218 million, consolidated net income attributable to Antero Resources of $42 million, and Adjusted EBITDAX of $252 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019. See “—Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a definition of Adjusted EBITDAX and a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDAX to net cash provided by operating activities and net income (loss).
Cash flows from operations decreased by $102 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the prior year period primarily due to decreases in commodity prices both before and after the effects of settled commodity derivatives, increases in processing and transportation costs, and changes in current assets and liabilities. Consolidated net loss attributable to Antero Resources of $463 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020 decreased from consolidated net income attributable to Antero Resources of $42 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019 primarily due to decreases in commodity derivative fair value gains (losses) and commodity prices and expense increases in processing and transportation costs.
Adjusted EBITDAX decreased from $252 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019 to $186 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020, a decrease of 26%, primarily due to the decrease in commodity prices of 41% per Mcfe before and 13% per Mcfe after the effects of settled commodity derivatives, and increased compression and transportation costs.
Six months ended June 30, 2020. For the six months ended June 30, 2020 our net production totaled 627 Bcfe, or 3,444 MMcfe per day, a 10% increase in daily combined production compared to 572 Bcfe, or 3,163 MMcfe per day, for the six months ended June 30, 2019. Production increases resulted from an increase in the number of producing wells as a result of our drilling and completion activity. Our average price received for production, before the effects of gains on settled commodity derivatives for the
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six months ended June 30, 2020 was $2.06 per Mcfe compared to $3.36 per Mcfe for the six months ended June 30, 2019. Our average realized price after the effects of gains on settled commodity derivatives was $2.90 per Mcfe for the six months ended June 30, 2020 compared to $3.61 per Mcfe for the six months ended June 30, 2019, a decrease of 20%.
We generated consolidated cash flows from operations of $317 million, net loss attributable to Antero of $802 million, and Adjusted EBITDAX of $430 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020. This compares to consolidated cash flows from operations of $757 million, consolidated net income attributable to Antero Resources of $1.0 billion, and Adjusted EBITDAX of $694 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019.
Cash flows from operations decreased by $440 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020 compared to the prior year period primarily due to decreases in commodity prices both before and after the effects of settled commodity derivatives, increases in gathering, compression, processing and transportation costs, and changes in current assets and liabilities. Consolidated net loss attributable to Antero Resources of $802 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020 decreased from consolidated net income attributable to Antero Resources of $1.0 billion for the six months ended June 30, 2019 primarily due to the gain on deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners in 2019 partially offset by commodity derivative realized and fair value gains in 2020. The six months ended June 30, 2020 was also impacted by an impairment of equity investment due to the decline in Antero Midstream Corporation’s fair value, Antero Midstream Corporation’s reporting a loss for such period, and the decreases in commodity prices both before and after the effects of settled commodity derivatives and increases in gathering, compression, processing and transportation costs.
Adjusted EBITDAX decreased from $694 million for the six months ended June 30, 2019 to $430 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020, a decrease of 38%, primarily due to the decrease in commodity prices of 39% per Mcfe before and 20% per Mcfe after the effects of settled commodity derivatives, and increased gathering, compression, processing and transportation costs. A portion of the cost increases are the result of the deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners as costs that were previously eliminated in consolidation are now expensed.
2020 Capital Budget and Capital Spending
On April 20, 2020, we announced our revised 2020 drilling and completion capital budget of $750 million. We do not include acquisitions in our capital budget. We periodically review our capital expenditures and adjust our budget and its allocation based on commodity prices, takeaway constraints, operating cash flow and liquidity.
Three months ended June 30, 2020. For the three months ended June 30, 2020, our capital expenditures were approximately $264 million, including drilling and completion costs of $252 million, leasehold acquisitions of $11 million, and other capital expenditures of less than $1 million. Our capital expenditures for the three months ended June 30, 2019 of approximately $342 million included drilling and completion costs of $311 million, leasehold acquisitions of $29 million, and other capital expenditures of $2 million. This 23% reduction in capital costs was a result of our well cost savings initiatives, which include savings resulting from service cost deflation, sand and water logistics optimization, as well as operational efficiency gains.
Six months ended June 30, 2020. For the six months ended June 30, 2020, our capital expenditures were approximately $575 million, including drilling and completion costs of $552 million, leasehold acquisitions of $22 million, and other capital expenditures of $1 million. Our exploration and production capital expenditures for the six months ended June 30, 2019 of approximately $742 million included drilling and completion costs of $680 million, leasehold acquisitions of $57 million, and other capital expenditures of $5 million. This 22% reduction in capital costs was a result of our well cost savings initiatives, which include savings resulting from service cost deflation, sand and water logistics optimization, as well as operational efficiency gains.
In addition, consolidated capital expenditures for the six months ended June 30, 2019 included gathering and compression expenditures of $48 million and water handling and treatment expenditures of $24 million. Antero Midstream Partners also invested $25 million in a joint venture. These expenditures relate to the period prior to deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners on March 12, 2019.
Hedge Position (Excluding Martica)
At June 30, 2020, we had fixed price natural gas swap contracts on NYMEX Henry Hub for the period from July 2020 through December 2023 covering 1.8 Tcf of our projected natural gas production at a weighted average index price of $2.71 per MMBtu, including contracts for the remainder of 2020 of approximately 410 Bcf of natural gas at a weighted average index price of $2.87 per MMBtu. At June 30, 2020, we also had basis swaps for the period from July 2020 through December 2024 for approximately 84.1 Bcf of our projected natural gas production with pricing differentials ranging from $0.35 to $0.53 per MMBtu that hedge the difference between TCO and the NYMEX Henry Hub. In addition, we have a call option agreement, which entitles the
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holder, if exercised, to enter into a fixed price swap agreement for approximately 428 MMBtu per day at a price of $2.77 per MMBtu in 2024.
At June 30, 2020, we had fixed price oil swap contracts on NYMEX-WTI for the period from July 2020 through December 2021 covering approximately 5.9 million barrels of our projected oil production at a weighted average index price of $55.54 per barrel. Additionally, we had fixed price propane swap contracts on ARA Propane for the period from July 2020 through December 2020 covering approximately 1.9 million barrels of our projected propane production at a weighted average index price of $0.65 per gallon. We also had fixed price ethane swap contracts on OPIS Ethane Mt Belv for the period from July 2020 through March 2021 covering approximately 6.2 million barrels of our projected ethane production at a weighted average index price of $0.20 per gallon.
As a result of the ORRI transaction, we monetized 100,000 MMBtu/d of 2021 natural gas hedges in July 2020 for proceeds of approximately $29 million.
We believe our hedge position provides some certainty to cash flows supporting our future operations and capital spending plans. As of June 30, 2020, the estimated fair value of our commodity derivative contracts was approximately $619 million.
Results of Operations
We have three operating segments: (1) the exploration, development and production of natural gas, NGLs, and oil; (2) marketing and utilization of excess firm transportation capacity gathering and processing; and (3) equity method investment in Antero Midstream Corporation. Revenues from Antero Midstream Corporation’s operations were primarily derived from intersegment transactions for services provided to our exploration and production operations by Antero Midstream Partners. All intersegment transactions were eliminated upon consolidation, including revenues from water handling and treatment services provided by Antero Midstream Partners, which we capitalized as proved property development costs. Through March 12, 2019, the results of Antero Midstream Partners were included in our consolidated financial statements. Effective March 13, 2019, the results of Antero Midstream Partners are no longer included in our results; however, our disclosures include the segments of our unconsolidated affiliates due to their significance to our operations. See Note 3—Deconsolidation of Antero Midstream Partners LP to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion on the Transactions and Note 18—Segment Information to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for disclosures on our reportable segments. Marketing revenues are primarily derived from activities to purchase and sell third-party natural gas and NGLs and to market and utilize excess firm transportation capacity.
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Three Months Ended June 30, 2019 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
The operating results of our reportable segments were as follows for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 (in thousands):
Equity Method | Elimination of |
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Three months ended June 30, 2019: | ||||||||||||||||
Revenue and other: | ||||||||||||||||
Natural gas sales | $ | 553,372 | — | — | — | 553,372 | ||||||||||
Natural gas liquids sales | 303,963 | — | — | — | 303,963 | |||||||||||
Oil sales | 49,062 | — | — | — | 49,062 | |||||||||||
Commodity derivative fair value gains | 328,427 | — | — | — | 328,427 | |||||||||||
Gathering, compression, water handling and treatment | — | — | 264,152 | (264,152) | — | |||||||||||
Marketing | — | 63,080 | — | — | 63,080 | |||||||||||
Other income |
| 1,760 | — | (8,534) | 8,534 | 1,760 | ||||||||||
Total | $ | 1,236,584 | 63,080 | 255,618 | (255,618) | 1,299,664 | ||||||||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
Lease operating | $ | 40,857 | — | 50,549 | (50,549) | 40,857 | ||||||||||
Gathering and compression |