TULSA - Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (NYSE: LPI) ('Laredo' or the 'Company') announced its second-quarter 2022 financial and operating results. Supplemental slides have been posted to the Company's website and can be found at www.laredopetro.com. A conference call and webcast to discuss the results is planned for 7:30 a.m. CT, Thursday, August 4, 2022. Complete details can be found within this release.
Highlights
Reported net income of $262.5 million and cash flows from operating activities of $368.1 million, generating Adjusted EBITDA1 of $278. Million and Free Cash Flow1 of $110.5 million
Produced 40,553 barrels of oil per day ('BOPD') and 87,032 barrels of oil equivalent per day ('BOEPD'), increases of 53% and 1%, respectively, compared to second-quarter 2021
Incurred capital expenditures of $138 million, excludingnon-budget acquisitions and lease hold expenditures
Increased total liquidity to $1.148 billion from $646 million in first-quarter 2022
Reduced Net Debt1/Consolidated EBITDAX1 ratio to 1.4x from 1.9x first-quarter 2022
Repurchased 184,173 shares for $16.1 million and $91.4 million face value of term-debt at 98% of par value, year to date, of which 85,161 shares and $32.0 million face value of term-debt repurchases were executed during the second quarter
'Our strong financial results in the second quarter are a direct result of our multi-year strategic transformation,' stated Jason Pigott, President and Chief Executive Officer. 'We delivered record Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow, introduced a plan to return capital to shareholders through a $200 million equity repurchase program and repurchased more than $40 million of equity and debt. At $100 oil for the remainder of 2022 and $90 oil for 2023, we expect to deliver approximately $840 million of Free Cash Flow for full-year 2022 and 2023 combined and to continue repurchasing our equity and debt.'
Second-Quarter 2022 Financial and Operations Summary Financial Results.
For the second quarter of 2022, the Company reported net income attributable to common stockholders of $262.5 million, or $15.41 per diluted share. Adjusted Net Income1 for the second quarter of 2022 was $127.8 million, or $7.50 per adjusted diluted share. Adjusted EBITDA for the second quarter of 2022 was $278.4 million. 1Non-GAAP financial measure; please see supplemental reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP financial measures at the end of this release. Production. In the second quarter of 2022, the Company's total and oil production averaged 87,032 BOEPD and 40,553 BOPD, respectively. Total and oil production for the second quarter were reduced by 937 BOEPD and 672 BOPD, respectively, for working interest adjustments to wells that reached payout prior to second-quarter 2022 for non-leased mineral owners. Operating Expenses. Lease operating expenses ('LOE') in second-quarter 2022 were $5.30 per BOE. Total LOE is expected to remain relatively flat for the remainder of the year, with unit LOE increasing slightly as total volumes are expected to decline. Capital Investments. During the second quarter of 2022, Laredo completed 11 wells and turned-in-line ('TIL') seven wells. Total incurred capital expenditures were $138 million, excluding non-budgeted acquisitions and leasehold expenditures. Total investments included $112 million in drilling and completions activities, including $12 million of non-operated capital, $6 million in land, exploration and data related costs, $13 million in infrastructure, including Laredo Midstream Services investments, and $7 million in other capitalized costs. Equity and Debt Repurchases. During the second quarter of 2022, Laredo purchased 85,161 shares for $9.1 million at an average price of $106.50 per share. The Company purchased $32.0 million face value of term debt at 101% of par value. Liquidity. At June 30, 2022, the Company had no outstanding borrowings on its $1.0 billion senior secured credit facility. Including cash and cash equivalents of $148 million, total liquidity was $1.148 billion
2022 Outlook
Late in the second quarter of 2022, Laredo TIL'd the six-well Leech package, developed in the Company's most southeastern unit of its Howard County leasehold. The package has been producing for approximately 60 days, with the expected increase in oil production slower than expected. Production guidance for the remainder of 2022 has been adjusted to reflect the current range of outcomes for the Leech wells. No additional completions are planned in the area until 2024 and the Company will adjust development strategies based on the longer-term performance of the package. Full-year 2022 total and oil production was revised from a range of 82.0 - 86.0 MBOEPD and 39.5 - 42.5 MBOPD, respectively, to 82.0 - 83.5 MBOEPD and 38.0 - 39.0 MBOPD, respectively. Free Cash Flow for full-year 2022 is projected to be approximately $280 million at $100 WTI for the remainder of the year versus previous projections of $350 million. The Company is currently operating two drilling rigs and one completions crew and expects to complete 11 wells and TIL 13 wells during the third quarter of 2022 and to complete 13 - 15 wells and TIL 12 - 17 wells during the fourth quarter of 2022. Laredo expects incurred capital expenditures for full-year 2022 to be in-line with its previously updated capital budget of $550 million.
Conference Call Details
On Thursday, August 4, 2022, at 7:30 a.m. CT, Laredo will host a conference call to discuss its second-quarter financial and operating results and management's outlook, the content of which is not part of this earnings release. A slide presentation providing summary financial and statistical information that will be discussed on the call will be posted to the Company's website and available for review. The Company invites interested parties to listen to the call via the Company's website at www.laredopetro.com, under the tab for 'Investor Relations.' Portfolio managers and analysts who would like to participate on the call should dial 800.715.9871, using conference code 6923767. A replay will be available following the call via the Company's website.
About Laredo
Laredo Petroleum, Inc. is an independent energy company with headquarters in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Laredo's business strategy is focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin of West Texas. Additional information about Laredo may be found on its website at www.laredopetro.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release and any oral statements made regarding the contents of this release, including in the conference call referenced herein, contain forward-looking statements as defined under Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, that address activities that Laredo assumes, plans, expects, believes, intends, projects, indicates, enables, transforms, estimates or anticipates (and other similar expressions) will, should or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are based on management's current belief, based on currently available information, as to the outcome and timing of future events. Such statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, assumptions and uncertainties. General risks relating to Laredo include, but are not limited to, the decline in prices of oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas and the related impact to financial statements as a result of asset impairments and revisions to reserve estimates, the ability of the Company to execute its strategies, including its ability to successfully identify and consummate strategic acquisitions at purchase prices that are accretive to its financial results and to successfully integrate acquired businesses, assets and properties, oil production quotas or other actions that might be imposed by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries and other producing countries ('OPEC+'), the outbreak of disease, such as the coronavirus ('COVID-19') pandemic, and any related government policies and actions, changes in domestic and global production, supply and demand for commodities, including as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, actions by OPEC+ and the Russian-Ukrainian military conflict, long-term performance of wells, drilling and operating risks, the increase in service and supply costs, including as a result of inflationary pressures, tariffs on steel, pipeline transportation and storage constraints in the Permian Basin, the possibility of production curtailment, hedging activities, the impacts of severe weather, including the freezing of wells and pipelines in the Permian Basin due to cold weather, possible impacts of litigation and regulations, the impact of the Company's transactions, if any, with its securities from time to time, the impact of new laws and regulations, including those regarding the use of hydraulic fracturing, the impact of new environmental, health and safety requirements applicable to the Company's business activities, the possibility of the elimination of federal income tax deductions for oil and gas exploration and development and other factors, including those and other risks described in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and those set forth from time to time in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ('SEC'). These documents are available through Laredo's website at www.laredopetro.com under the tab 'Investor Relations' or through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering and Analysis Retrieval System at www.sec.gov. Any of these factors could cause Laredo's actual results and plans to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, Laredo can give no assurance that its future results will be as estimated. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made. Laredo does not intend to, and disclaims any obligation to, correct, update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. The SEC generally permits oil and natural gas companies, in filings made with the SEC, to disclose proved reserves, which are reserve estimates that geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions, and certain probable and possible reserves that meet the SEC's definitions for such terms. In this press release and the conference call, the Company may use the terms 'resource potential,' 'resource play,' 'estimated ultimate recovery' or 'EURs,' 'type curve' and 'standardized measure,' each of which the SEC guidelines restrict from being included in filings with the SEC without strict compliance with SEC definitions. These terms refer to the Company's internal estimates of unbooked hydrocarbon quantities that may be potentially discovered through exploratory 4 drilling or recovered with additional drilling or recovery techniques. 'Resource potential' is used by the Company to refer to the estimated quantities of hydrocarbons that may be added to proved reserves, largely from a specified resource play potentially supporting numerous drilling locations. A 'resource play' is a term used by the Company to describe an accumulation of hydrocarbons known to exist over a large areal expanse and/or thick vertical section potentially supporting numerous drilling locations, which, when compared to a conventional play, typically has a lower geological and/or commercial development risk. 'EURs' are based on the Company's previous operating experience in a given area and publicly available information relating to the operations of producers who are conducting operations in these areas. Unbooked resource potential and 'EURs' do not constitute reserves within the meaning of the Society of Petroleum Engineer's Petroleum Resource Management System or SEC rules and do not include any proved reserves. Actual quantities of reserves that may be ultimately recovered from the Company's interests may differ substantially from those presented herein. Factors affecting ultimate recovery include the scope of the Company's ongoing drilling program, which will be directly affected by the availability of capital, decreases in oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas prices, well spacing, drilling and production costs, availability and cost of drilling services and equipment, lease expirations, transportation constraints, regulatory approvals, negative revisions to reserve estimates and other factors, as well as actual drilling results, including geological and mechanical factors affecting recovery rates. 'EURs' from reserves may change significantly as development of the Company's core assets provides additional data. In addition, the Company's production forecasts and expectations for future periods are dependent upon many assumptions, including estimates of production decline rates from existing wells and the undertaking and outcome of future drilling activity, which may be affected by significant commodity price declines or drilling cost increases. 'Type curve' refers to a production profile of a well, or a particular category of wells, for a specific play and/or area. The 'standardized measure' of discounted future new cash flows is calculated in accordance with SEC regulations and a discount rate of 10%. Actual results may vary considerably and should not be considered to represent the fair market value of the Company's proved reserves. This press release and any accompanying disclosures include financial measures that are not in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ('GAAP'), such as Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and Free Cash Flow. While management believes that such measures are useful for investors, they should not be used as a replacement for financial measures that are in accordance with GAAP. For a reconciliation of such non-GAAP financial measures to the nearest comparable measure in accordance with GAAP, please see the supplemental financial information at the end of this press release. Unless otherwise specified, references to 'average sales price' refer to average sales price excluding the effects of the Company's derivative transactions. All amounts, dollars and percentages presented in this press release are rounded and therefore approximate.
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