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| This substantial owned and integrated infrastructure provides the company both cost and strategic advantages, bolstering asset operating margin, reduce lifting as well as water handling and disposal costs, and combined with other advantages help derisk individual well profitability for majority of our producing well down to $40 WTI and $2 Henry Hub |
| We agree with you that Mid-Con is a place we are able to generate meaningful cash flow just like we have in our incumbent assets |
| Impactful free cash flow and a growing net cash position supported by a diverse production profile, flattening expected annual base PDP declines at single-digit average over the next 10 years, and a multi-digit reserve life asset base |
| The third is to maintain optionality to execute on value-accretive merger and acquisition opportunity that could bring synergies, leverage the company's core competencies, complement its portfolio of assets, further utilize its approximately $1.6 billion of net operating losses, or otherwise yield attractive returns for its shareholders |
| And we want to ensure that when we do repurchase shares, we're doing it at a level that also have good returns |
| So those things are really intuitive, make lot of sense, and you have a really strong margin there |
| Obviously where we bought back interest in the wells that we operate, we have an operating advantage there |
| In the interim, the lower natural gas and NGL price environment could present more cost-effective opportunities for acquisitions, which would then be positioned to benefit from future price improvement |
| As I mentioned previously, we had positive results this past year with the Northwest Stack wells adding oilier production while converting over 96% of EBITDA to free cash flow |
| We believe that this efficiency and structure are favorable advantages that could be effectively applied over a broader asset base and a benefit as the company evaluates potential for M&A |
| Likewise, the ethane remaining in the natural gas stream will improve its BTU quality |
| Long and short, the company is well positioned to navigate, if not leverage, i.e., M&A, the current landscape |
| Please note that the company's cash position is also a strategic advantage and provides competitive leverage in evaluating M&A, especially given the outlook on interest rates, capital market, and impacts of the optionality on the number and type of opportunities that could become available at certain levels |
| That said, and to reinforce my earlier comment, SandRidge's value proposition is materially derisked from a financial perspective by our strong balance sheet, robust net cash position, no debt, financial flexibility, approximately $1.6 billion in NOLs |
| SandRidge's value proposition is materially derisked from a financial perspective by a strengthened balance sheet, robust net cash position, no debt, financial flexibility, and approximately $1.6 billion in NOLs |
| This cash generation potential provides several paths to increase shareholder value realization and is benefited by low G&A burden |
| But for example, if there's a dislocation between our share price and we still have strong support commodity, a high NAV, those are perfect opportunities to buoy our share price and repurchase shares |
| We like these types of small ball bolt-ons where we can efficiently add production for accretive returns |
| In the interim, we have secured favorable banking terms and keep our cash position diversified across interest-bearing accounts at multiple significant, well-capitalized financial institutions |
| Also, WTI remains constructive in the mid to high 70s this year |
| While we have recently seen spot prices below $2 Henry Hub, WTI has been in the mid to high 70s, which has and will buoy our revenue and cash flow this year |
| The company's activity continues to translate to meaningful free cash flow from our producing assets |
| I'm pleased to report on another consistent quarter of results and year |
| During the past year, we completed 16 artificial lift conversion as the company continues to focus on high-return, value-adding projects that provide benefits such as lowering forward-looking costs, enhancing production on existing wells, and further moderating its already modest decline profile |
| $1.6 billion in NOLs, which will shield future free cash flow from federal income taxes, and a large owned and operated SWD and electrical infrastructure which provide cost and strategic advantages requiring little to no future capital to maintain |
| Production averaged approximately 17 MBoe per day for the year with oil production up approximately 10% compared to the prior year, driven by the higher oil content from our Northwest Stack wells |
| We think we can further leverage that by expanding our asset base and taking our cost focus efforts, both to the expense and the back office side leverage, and we know the area well |
| Fortunately or unfortunately, the share prices have performed relatively well since the announcement of the return of capital program with the recent changes that we made last year and then again this year with less instances of market dislocation |
| Production for the year from our Mid-Con assets averaged approximately 17 MBoe per day, roughly 4% over the midpoint of 2023 guidance with oil volumes increasing 10% from the prior year, aided by the oilier content from our Northwest Stack area |
| And we're looking at that as a three-pronged approach, right, on making sure that we have a good regular-way dividend that we can consistently approve quarter after quarter and balance that out over time |
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| It was 7% below the midpoint of 2023 guidance |
| The first being that the majority of our producing properties are economic down to $40 WTI and $2 Henry Hub |
| While we have judiciously decreased capital spending in light of natural gas prices, more significant reductions in oil prices and a structural change in natural gas futures would be needed before we implemented more severe steps like material proactive well curtailment that would impact our production levels near term |
| Despite inflationary pressures and an increased well count from our prior well reactivation and development programs, as well as the increased interest associated with our recent Northwest Stack acquisition, LOE and expense workovers for the quarter were $9.9 million or $6.73 per BOE for the quarter and $41.9 million or $6.80 per BOE for the year, which was 3% below the midpoint of 2023 guidance |
| So we continue to see things -- like I mentioned to Josh, the challenge is you have to have alignment between the buyer and seller |
| Personally, I think that the stock is dislocated from the value that it offers shareholders |
| However, given the commodity price dynamics this year in that our Mid-Con assets are 99% held by production which preserves the tenor of our development option, we will not be operating a drilling rig this year and will do for more meaningful level of well reactivation |
| The focused efforts over the past several quarters in optimizing our well's production profile and cost focus have contributed to flattening the expected base asset level decline of our already producing assets to single-digit average over the next 10 years before the impact of further production optimizations, development, or acquisitions |
| I'll just say that personally I think there is dislocation in your share price given your net cash balance, your asset, your low-cost operations |
| We would have to have a string of pearls on the smaller deals where they may have a better cash-on-cash return |
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