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| These fields have a solid base of proved reserves with upside potential and the ability to add production and cash flow |
| On the other hand, we believe that the prospects that we have are pretty superior and that we have a lot of data |
| I see this positive for this company |
| So I see that as positive for the industry |
| We have a strong balance sheet and continue to build cash on hand |
| We think that it's going to be a lot better than what it looks like now, for sure |
| We prioritized operational excellence, cost controlling initiatives, prudent capital spending and maximizing the value of our prolific asset base to deliver strong production and meaningful EBITDA |
| In addition, it's our ability to successfully and seamlessly integrate producing property acquisitions that has helped W&T grow during our 40-plus year history |
| We put together a drilling joint venture years ago with more financial types in the amount of $361 million, and that's proven to be quite successful |
| So as the company's largest shareholder, I believe W&T is very well positioned to succeed in 2024 and beyond |
| We have a long track record of successfully integrating assets into our portfolio, and we continue to believe the GOM is and will continue to be a world-class basin |
| So even after the recent Cox acquisition, we have a solid cash position and additional liquidity that enables us to continue to evaluate growth opportunities, both organically and inorganically |
| Our ability to maintain strong production numbers is a testament to our culture of operational excellence |
| We delivered strong production of 34,900 barrels of oil equivalent per day |
| So we continue to execute at a high level generating strong adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow despite decreases in pricing because it's such an integral part of our strategy, I'd like to reiterate one more time |
| We're also predicting production to increase through time and despite only projecting to spend about $35 million to $45 million in capital expenditures in 2024, we believe the recent acquisitions will help us to offset natural decline and grow production this year |
| So coupled with our ability to pay down debt and improve our balance sheet, we're in a strong financial position in 2024 and we remain focused on operational execution to build on these solid results |
| Pretty impressive numbers for the $72 million purchase we paid and I predict these reserve numbers will continue to increase absent further price decreases |
| This also directly points to our ability to enhance production and our reserve base through operational excellence |
| I would like to point out that we continue to see positive well performance and technical revisions, which demonstrates the strength of our world-class conventional Gulf of Mexico assets |
| So with over 40 years of experience integrating acquisitions into our asset base, we have proven that the near-term costs are well worth it to realize the long-term potential of the newly acquired assets to generate cash flow for us for many years to come |
| But so far, we've been having good success with buying properties and those are opportunities that we would always like to pursue |
| We strengthened our balance sheet by issuing new 2026 senior second lien notes at par, totaling $275 million in a private offering and used the proceeds along with our considerable cash position to retire all of our 2023 senior second lien notes |
| And I guess everybody could say, yes, our prospects are better |
| I would like to sincerely thank our team at W&T as we are well positioned to add value in 2024 and everybody has worked pretty darn hard and the results are starting to show |
| With that said, we do believe that there are opportunities to reduce our operating costs, find synergies to drive lower cost long-term, and we're working hard to reduce costs without impacting safety or deferring asset integrity work |
| This significantly reduced our interest payments, preserved financial flexibility and further improved our balance sheet |
| We have the experience and expertise to execute a tried and true acquisition and integration strategy that will allow us to drive value from these latest property additions for our shareholders |
| We are predicting the midpoint of Q1 2024 production to be slightly better than Q4 2023 |
| We have generated positive free cash flow every quarter for the past six years because we know that cash flow is paramount to our success |
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| In the first quarter of 2024, we had several facility and pipeline maintenance projects as well as prolonged downtime at several fields that have temporarily reduced our production volumes |
| While we had strong performance from the factories we can control, we did see a decrease of 36.2 million barrels of oil equivalent due to pricing revisions as we saw natural gas pricing decreased by 58% in 2022 and oil pricing declined by 17% from 2022 |
| The bankruptcy left a lot of these fields in flux with the rapid departure of personnel and the change from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7, which Chapter 7 is forced liquidation |
| In addition, we believe that we will have to spend additional costs to bring the former Cox assets up to our standards |
| Well, a lot of people lost a lot of money here, and it didn't really help them very much |
| We have Virgo still shut in as a result of the Main Pass oil and gas pipeline leak that's got to show in that several million cubic feet a day |
| It should be noted that a variety of factors could cause W&T's actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements |
| Where it gets a little more difficult is when you start talking about what's exponential growth going to apply |
| And so in regulatory, although it can appear somewhat harsh at times |
| As always, that's a little bit hard to predict |
| We haven't run out of enthusiasm for it |
| So some upset, we had a temporary service agreement in place that now is no longer valid because their personnel have had to depart rapidly |
| So that's a little bit problematic |
| The former owners left us rather rapidly and didn't really do a whole lot in the way of managing some of the corrosion issues |
| And clearly, it's a risk profile that we would prefer to make the acquisitions because there's certainly a lot less risk |
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