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natural gas production and the prevailing worldwide price for oil.
−Removed: Pricing for natural gas, NGLs and oil has, historically, been volatile and unpredictable, and we expect this volatility to continue in the future.
+Added: Pricing for natural gas, NGLs and oil has, historically, been volatile and unpredictable, and we expect this
+Added: volatility to continue in the future.
The prices we receive for our production depend on many factors outside of our control, including volatility in the differences between commodity prices at sales points and the applicable index price.
−Removed: To mitigate some of the potential negative impact on our cash flows caused by changes in commodity prices, we enter into financial derivative instruments for a portion of our natural gas, NGLs and oil production when management believes that favorable future prices can be secured.
+Added: To mitigate some of the potential negative impact on our cash flows caused by changes in commodity prices, we may enter into financial derivative instruments for a portion of our natural gas, NGLs and oil production when management believes that favorable future prices can be secured.
Our financial hedging activities are intended to support natural gas, NGLs and oil prices at targeted levels and to manage our exposure to natural gas, NGLs and oil price fluctuations.
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These contracts are financial instruments and do not require or allow for physical delivery of the hedged commodity.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2022, our commodity derivatives included fixed price swaps and basis differential swaps at index-based pricing.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2022, we had in place natural gas swaps and basis swaps, as well as a swaption, call option and embedded put option covering portions of our projected production.
−Removed: Substantially all of our derivative arrangements terminate by 2024.
−Removed: Our commodity hedge position as of September 30, 2022 is summarized in Note 11—Derivative Instruments to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
+Added: As of March 31, 2023, we had in place natural gas swaps and basis swaps, as well as a call option and embedded put option covering portions of our projected production.
+Added: Substantially all of our derivative arrangements terminate by December 31, 2023.
+Added: Our commodity hedge position as of March 31, 2023 is summarized in Note 11—Derivative Instruments to our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Under the Credit Facility, we are permitted to hedge up to 75% of our projected production for the next 60 months.
We may enter into hedge contracts with a term greater than 60 months, and for no longer than 72 months, for up to 65% of our estimated production.
−Removed: Based on our production and our fixed price swap contracts, call option and embedded put option that settled during the nine months ended September 30, 2022, our revenues would have decreased by approximately $75 million for each $0.10 decrease per MMBtu in natural gas prices and $1.00 decrease per Bbl in oil and NGLs prices, excluding the effects of changes in the fair value of our derivative positions which remain open as of September 30, 2022.
+Added: Based on our production and our fixed price swap contracts, call option and embedded put option that settled during the three months ended March 31, 2023, our revenues would have decreased by $36 million for each $0.10 decrease per MMBtu in natural gas prices and $1.00 decrease per Bbl in oil and NGLs prices, excluding the effects of changes in the fair value of our derivative positions which remain open as of March 31, 2023.
All derivative instruments, other than those that meet the normal purchase and normal sale scope exception or other derivative scope exceptions, are recorded at fair market value in accordance with GAAP and are included in our consolidated balance sheets as assets or liabilities.
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We expect continued volatility in the fair value of our derivative instruments.
−Removed: Our cash flows are impacted when the associated derivative contracts are settled or
−Removed: monetized by making or receiving payments to or from the counterparty.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2022, the estimated fair value of our commodity derivative instruments was a net liability of $1.0 billion comprised of current and noncurrent assets and liabilities.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021, the estimated fair value of our commodity derivative instruments was a net liability of $727 million comprised of current and noncurrent assets and liabilities.
−Removed: By removing price volatility from a portion of our expected production, we have mitigated, but not eliminated, the potential negative effects of changing prices on our operating cash flows for those periods.
−Removed: While mitigating the negative effects of falling commodity prices, these derivative contracts also limit the benefits we would receive from increases in commodity prices above the fixed hedge prices.
+Added: Our cash flows are impacted when the associated derivative contracts are settled or monetized by making or receiving payments to or from the counterparty.
+Added: As of December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2023, the estimated fair value of our commodity derivative instruments was a net liability$431 million and $89 million, respectively, comprised of current and noncurrent assets and liabilities.
+Added: Due to our improved liquidity and leverage position as compared to past levels, the percentage of our expected production that we hedge has decreased.
+Added: For the three months ended March 31, 2022 and 2023, 36% and 2%, respectively, of our production was hedged through fixed price commodity swaps.
+Added: Assuming our 2023 production is the same as our production in 2022, 1% of our production for 2023 will be hedged through fixed price commodity swaps.
Counterparty and Customer Credit Risk
Our principal exposures to credit risk are through receivables resulting from the following:
−Removed: commodity derivative contracts ($8 million as of September 30, 2022);
−Removed: and the sale of our natural gas, NGLs and oil production ($862 million as of September 30, 2022), which we market to energy companies, end users and refineries.
−Removed: By using derivative instruments that are not traded on an exchange to hedge exposures to changes in commodity prices, we expose ourselves to the credit risk of our counterparties.
+Added: the sale of our natural gas, NGLs and oil production ($364 million as of March 31, 2023), which we market to energy companies, end users and refineries, and commodity derivative contracts ($16 million as of March 31, 2023).
+Added: We are subject to credit risk due to the concentration of our receivables from several significant customers for sales of natural gas, NGLs and oil.
+Added: We generally do not require our customers to post collateral.
+Added: The inability or failure of our significant customers to meet their obligations to us, or their insolvency or liquidation, may adversely affect our financial results.
+Added: In addition, by using derivative instruments that are not traded on an exchange to hedge exposures to changes in commodity prices, we expose ourselves to the credit risk of our counterparties.
Credit risk is the potential failure of a counterparty to perform under the terms of a derivative contract.
When the fair value of a derivative contract is positive, the counterparty is expected to owe us, which creates credit risk.
−Removed: To minimize the credit risk in derivative instruments, it is our policy to enter into derivative contracts only with counterparties that are creditworthy financial institutions that management deems to be competent and competitive market makers.
+Added: To minimize the credit risk in derivative instruments, it is our policy to enter into derivative contracts only with counterparties that are creditworthy financial institutions that management
+Added: deems to be competent and competitive market makers.
The creditworthiness of our counterparties is subject to periodic review.
−Removed: We have commodity hedges in place with 10 different counterparties, 7 of which are lenders under our Credit Facility.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2022 , we did not have any derivative assets by bank counterparties under our Credit Facility.
−Removed: The estimated fair value of our commodity derivative assets has been risk-adjusted using a discount rate based upon the counterparties’ respective published credit default swap rates (if available, or if not available, a discount rate based on the applicable Reuters bond rating) as of September 30, 2022 for each of the European and American banks.
−Removed: We believe that all of these institutions, currently, are acceptable credit risks.
+Added: We have commodity hedges in place with three different counterparties, one of which are lenders under the Credit Facility.
+Added: As of March 31, 2023, substantially all of our derivative assets were with one counterparty that is not affiliated with our Credit Facility.
+Added: The estimated fair value of our commodity derivative assets has been risk-adjusted using a discount rate based upon the counterparties’ respective published credit default swap rates (if available, or if not available, a discount rate based on the applicable Reuters bond rating) as of March 31, 2023 for each of the European and American banks.
+Added: We believe that all of our counterparties currently are acceptable credit risks.
Other than as provided by the Credit Facility, we are not required to provide credit support or collateral to any of our counterparties under our derivative contracts, nor are they required to provide credit support to us.
−Removed: As of September 30, 2022, we did not have any past-due receivables from, or payables to, any of the counterparties to our derivative contracts.
−Removed: We are also subject to credit risk due to the concentration of our receivables from several significant customers for sales of natural gas, NGLs and oil.
−Removed: We generally do not require our customers to post collateral.
−Removed: The inability or failure of our significant customers to meet their obligations to us, or their insolvency or liquidation, may adversely affect our financial results.
+Added: As of March 31, 2023, we did not have any past-due receivables from, or payables to, any of the counterparties to our derivative contracts.
Interest Rate Risks
Our primary exposure to interest rate risk results from outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility, which has a floating interest rate.
−Removed: The average annualized interest rate incurred on the Credit Facility for borrowings during the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was approximately 3.55%.
−Removed: We estimate that a 1.0% increase in the applicable average interest rates for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 would have resulted in an estimated $2.0 million increase in interest expense.
+Added: The average annualized interest rate incurred on the Credit Facility for borrowings during the three months ended March 31, 2023 was 6.78%.
+Added: We estimate that a 1.0% increase in the applicable average interest rates for the three months ended March 31, 2023 would have resulted in an estimated $0.4 million increase in interest expense.
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