Battalion Oil Corporation Announces Second Quarter 2024 Financial and Operating Results

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Battalion Oil Corporation
Battalion Oil Corporation

HOUSTON, Aug. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Battalion Oil Corporation (NYSE American: BATL, “Battalion” or the “Company”) today announced financial and operating results for the second quarter of 2024.

Key Highlights

  • AGI facility online and treated 1.82 Bcf for the second quarter 2024 reducing operating expenses by $4.26/Boe compared to the first quarter 2024

  • On August 12, 2024, the AGI facility processed 26.6 MMcf/d which allowed the Company to return wells to production and realize approximately 7,500 Bbls of oil per day (approximately 13,500 Boe/d) net production

  • Drilled and brought two additional wells on production in Monument Draw in the second quarter 2024 with the next two-well pad to be completed in late third quarter or early fourth quarter 2024

  • Generated second quarter 2024 sales volumes of 12,857 Boe/d

  • Executed a $20.0 million preferred equity raise in May 2024 to support drilling program and debt reduction

  • Continuing strategic alternatives initiative and reviewing a requested amendment to the previously announced Merger Agreement with Fury that would reduce the purchase price to $7.00 per share and require all of the existing preferred equity holders to roll over 100% of their preferred equity

Management Comments

The Company concluded its current six-well campaign ahead of planned timing and under budget on each well. The Vermejo two-well pad in Monument Draw is currently a drilled but uncompleted well and is currently scheduled to be fracked in the third quarter of 2024. New pad locations and permits are being prepared in all asset areas to support additional activity in Ward, Winkler and Pecos Counties. Capital costs continue to trend lower in the field with latest Monument Draw wells estimated below $950/lateral foot for drilling, completion and wellsite facilities while maintaining completions over 2,000 lbs/ft proppant. The previously announced Glacier and Rio pads saw strong performance with IP’s reaching over 2,000 Boe/d and sustained production above the company’s type curve.

During the second quarter 2024, the acid gas injection (“AGI”) facility treated approximately 20 MMcf/d average and returned approximately 17 MMcf/d of sweet gas to the Company for sales to its midstream partner. To date, the AGI facility has processed more than 2.7 Bcf of sour gas and allowed the Company to realize substantial savings compared to treating alternatives. The Company and its JV partner continued to ramp toward full inlet capacity, with expected savings up to $2.0 million per month in gas treating costs.

Results of Operations

Average daily net production and total operating revenue during the second quarter of 2024 were 12,857 Boe/d (49% oil) and $49.1 million, respectively, as compared to production and revenue of 14,253 Boe/d (49% oil) and $54.3 million, respectively, during the second quarter of 2023. The decrease in revenues in the second quarter of 2024 as compared to the second quarter of 2023 is primarily attributable to an approximate 1,396 Boe/d decrease in average daily production. Excluding the impact of hedges, Battalion realized 98.4% of the average NYMEX oil price during the second quarter of 2024. Realized hedge losses totaled approximately $3.2 million during the second quarter of 2024.