(Talos, 4.Nov.2020) — Talos Energy Inc. announced its financial and operational results for the third quarter of 2020.
Key Highlights:
— Production of 48.6 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day (MBoe/d), of which 67% was oil and 74% was liquids. Production for the quarter was significantly impacted by deferrals associated with weather-related shut-ins, third party downtime and other miscellaneous items.
— Net Loss of $52mn in the quarter, or $0.73 loss per diluted share, and Adjusted Net Loss(1) in the quarter of $37.4mn, or $0.52 adjusted loss per diluted share.
— Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $78.6mn for the third quarter.
— Capital expenditures, inclusive of plugging and abandonment costs, of $132.3mn during the quarter.
— As of 30 September 2020, maintained a leverage position of 1.8x Net Debt to Credit Facility LTM Adjusted EBITDA(1).
— As of 30 September, $353.8mn of liquidity including $32.4mn in cash and $321.4mn of availability under the company’s $985mn borrowing base.
— The company published its inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance report highlighting the company’s initiatives and commitments across health and safety, environmental and social responsibility and corporate governance topics.
(1) Adjusted Net Loss, Adjusted Loss per Share, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Credit Facility LTM Adjusted EBITDA and Net Debt to Credit Facility LTM Adjusted EBITDA are non-GAAP financial measures. See “Supplemental Non-GAAP Information” below for additional detail and reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP measures.
President and Chief Executive Officer Timothy S. Duncan commented: “As we discussed in our October 7th operations update, the third quarter was particularly challenging, dominated by the busiest storm season in the last 15 years in the Gulf of Mexico. These storms did not cause significant damage to our infrastructure, but shut-in production and project delays resulted in a decrease in revenue as well as an increase in capital spending and delays in first production on active development projects. Despite those challenges, we made significant progress in our operations to exit 2020 on strong footing with a more resilient set of assets, with more scale and diversity and with a lower cost structure than how we entered the year.”
Duncan continued: “There have been several important milestones as we close out the year. We are proud to have published our first ESG report and look forward to providing annual updates going forward. The report highlights our mission to provide life-improving energy with minimal impact to the environment and climate, while also promoting a company culture that’s recognized as one of the best in Houston. On the operations front, we continue to deliver on the low end of our operating cost guidance, even with the additional hurricane-related costs, allowing us to have a highly competitive cost structure as we ramp to our full expected run-rate to exit the year. As we conclude our 2020 capital program in November and restore production to our target exit rate of 71-73 MBoe/d, we look forward to generating solid results in the fourth quarter and moving forward into 2021.”
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND OPERATIONS UPDATE
Drilling and Exploration Activities – U.S. Gulf of Mexico
Tornado Water Flood: Injection from the B-4 aquifer into the B-6 producing reservoir continues at an injection rate of more than 20,000 barrels of water per day. Preliminary results from the producing Tornado wells are very positive, having exhibited both an increase in total production rate and an increase in measured reservoir pressures in the B-6 reservoir. Talos holds a 65% working interest in the Tornado field and is the operator, with Kosmos Energy holding a 35% working interest.
Kaleidoscope: Following the previously announced successful drilling of the Kaleidoscope well from the Green Canyon 18 platform, Talos expects first production from the well in late November 2020. Talos holds a 100% working interest in the well.
Ram Powell Facility: As a result of weather conditions from Tropical Storm Beta and Hurricane Zeta in October 2020, the completion of repairs and restart of the facility is now expected in November 2020. Talos holds a 100% working interest in Ram Powell.
Bulleit: After initiating flowback, the ramping up of production was halted for personnel evacuations resulting from Hurricane Zeta. Talos expects to re-initiate production following the re-staffing of the Green Canyon 18 platform in November 2020. Talos holds a 50% working interest and is the operator, with EnVen and Otto Energy holding 33.3% and 16.7% working interests, respectively.
Puma West: Drilling of the Puma West exploration prospect is expected to resume in the fourth quarter of 2020. The well was temporarily halted in January 2020 prior to drilling through the Middle and Lower Miocene main objectives. bp is the operator and holds a 50% working interest. Talos and Chevron each hold a 25% working interest.
Drilling and Exploration Activities – Mexico
Zama Unitization: Unitization discussions with Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) continue regarding the company’s Zama discovery in offshore Mexico. Talos maintains its target to conclude unitization negotiations by mid-January, as directed by Mexico’s Ministry of Energy (SENER).
Corporate Activities
ESG Report: The company recently published its inaugural Environmental, Social and Governance report. Highlights from 2019 include strong performance and year-over-year improvements in numerous safety and environmental categories, continued material support for local communities and charitable organizations and sustained employee support as evidenced by the company’s seventh consecutive year voted as a Top Workplace in Houston by the Houston Chronicle.
Fall Borrowing Base Redetermination: Talos has recently initiated its Fall 2020 borrowing base redetermination discussion for the company’s RBL facility, and expects to conclude the process over the next several weeks.
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