Rosehill Resources Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2018 Results

HOUSTON, March 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rosehill Resources Inc. (“Rosehill” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: ROSE, ROSEW, ROSEU) today reported financial and operational results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2018.

Fourth Quarter 2018 Highlights and Recent Items:

• Grew average net production to 22,779 barrels of oil equivalent per day (“BOEPD”) (73% oil and 87% total liquids), an increase of 15% compared to the third quarter of 2018
  
  
• Reported net income attributable to Rosehill of $50.2 million, or $2.35 per fully diluted share, for the fourth quarter of 2018, which included a $199.4 million non-cash, pre-tax gain on commodity derivative instruments
  
  
• Delivered Adjusted EBITDAX (a non-GAAP measure defined and reconciled below) of $63.6 million, an increase of 12% over the third quarter of 2018
  
  
• Reduced combined lease operating and general and administrative expenses (“LOE” and “G&A,” respectively), excluding stock-based compensation, per barrel of oil equivalent (“BOE”) by $1.06, or 12%, compared to third quarter of 2018
  
  
• Received commitments from lenders to increase the borrowing base under the Company’s credit facility to $300 million as of March 27, 2019, up from $220 million as of December 2018
  
  
• Entered into agreement for sale of assets in Lea County, New Mexico and expect net proceeds of approximately $22 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments

Full Year 2018 Highlights:

• Grew average net production to 18,337 BOEPD (73% oil and 87% total liquids), an increase of 214% compared to 2017
  
  
• Reported net income attributable to Rosehill of $26.7 million, or $1.76 per diluted share, compared to a net loss $8.5 million, or $1.43 per share, for 2017
  
  
• Delivered Adjusted EBITDAX (a non-GAAP measure defined and reconciled below) of $204.4 million, an increase of 337% over 2017
  
  
• Reduced combined LOE and G&A, excluding stock-based compensation, per BOE by $1.42, or 13%, compared to 2017

Management Comments

Gary C. Hanna, Rosehill’s Chairman and Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “2018 was a year of tremendous accomplishments for Rosehill.  We met or exceeded all of the targets we set, highlighted by production and Adjusted EBITDAX surpassing the upper end of our guidance range.   While pursuing these achievements, we remained focused on cost, highlighted by lease operating and general and administrative expense per BOE reaching all-time lows for the company. These efforts translated into strong year-end reserves for 2018, underscored by an increase in proved reserves of 55% and an $80 million increase in liquidity from our borrowing base redetermination this month.”

Mr. Hanna continued, “As we begin the year, we remain focused on several key fronts including an aggressive development pace in our Southern Delaware area and executing on our 2019 program that provides year over year production and Adjusted EBITDAX growth at approximately 40% less in capital expenditures. We’re also excited about our recently announced farm-in agreement in Southern Delaware and several projects currently underway to optimize existing production in our Northern Delaware area.  We are very encouraged by the early 2019 results from both of our asset areas.”

Operational Results

For the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company’s net production averaged 22,779 BOEPD, a 15% increase compared to the average for the third quarter of 2018, comprised of 16,604 barrels of oil per day, 3,178 barrels of natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) per day and 18.0 million cubic feet of gas (“MMCF”) per day. Rosehill operated two rigs, drilled eight gross horizontal wells and completed three wells in the fourth quarter of 2018 and had eight drilled uncompleted wells at the end of the fourth quarter of 2018.

For the full year 2018, the Company’s net daily production averaged 18,337 net BOEPD, which was comprised of 13,460 barrels of oil per day, 2,488 barrels of NGLs per day and 14.3 MMCF of gas per day, an increase (net BOEPD) of 214% compared to the full year 2017 average. Rosehill drilled 33 gross horizontal wells and completed 30 wells in 2018.

In December, the Company began flowback on a three well pad on the Z&T 32 lease in Loving County, with the wells producing from the Lower Wolfcamp A formation. These wells reached average IP 30 rates of 1,560 BOEPD, 68% oil, or 373 BOEPD per 1,000 feet.

In October, the Company placed on to production its first 2^nd Bone Spring Shale delineation well on the Kyle 26 lease located in Loving County.  The Kyle 26 E007 well reached an IP 30 of 781 BOEPD, 72% oil, or 182 BOEPD per 1,000 feet.

Financial Results

For the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company reported net income attributable to Rosehill of $50.2 million, or $2.35 per diluted share, as compared to a net loss of $31.4 million, or a $4.76 loss per share, in the third quarter of 2018. The fourth quarter of 2018 included a $199.4 million non-cash, pre-tax gain on commodity derivative instruments compared to a $62.3 million non-cash, pre-tax loss on commodity derivative instruments in the third quarter of 2018.

For the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company reported net income attributable to Rosehill of $26.7 million, or $1.76 per diluted share, as compared to a net loss of $8.5 million, or $1.43 per share, in the same period in 2017. The full year 2018 included a $108.1 million non-cash, pre-tax gain on commodity derivative instruments. The full year 2017 included a $16.6 million non-cash, pre-tax loss on commodity derivative instruments and a $5.0 million pre-tax gain on sale of assets

Adjusted EBITDAX totaled $63.6 million for the fourth quarter of 2018, as compared to $56.7 million in the third quarter of 2018 and $18.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2017. This increase of 12% was driven primarily by higher production and lower per unit operating expenses.  Adjusted EBITDAX for the year ended December 31, 2018 was $204.4 million, up from $46.8 million for the same period in 2017.

For the fourth quarter of 2018, average realized prices (all prices excluding the effects of derivatives) were $48.51 per barrel of oil, $1.64 per Mcf of natural gas and $21.14 per barrel of NGLs, resulting in a total equivalent price of $39.60 per BOE, down 13% from the third quarter of 2018 and down 7% from the fourth quarter of 2017.

Rosehill’s cash operating costs for the fourth quarter of 2018 were $10.17 per BOE, which includes LOE, gathering and transportation, production taxes and G&A and excludes costs associated with stock-based compensation. Fourth quarter cash operating costs per BOE decreased 11% as compared to third quarter of 2018 and decreased 30% as compared to the fourth quarter of 2017, primarily attributable to reduced LOE and G&A.

During 2018 and the fourth quarter of 2018, Rosehill incurred capital costs, excluding asset retirement costs, of $373.7 million and $73.0 million, respectively. The portion of capital costs related to facilities during 2018 and the fourth quarter of 2018 was $94.1 million and $25.9 million, respectively.

Development Update

In the Southern Delaware area, the Company has drilled nine wells since the third quarter of 2018, bringing the total wells drilled in this area to thirteen.   The Company has recently finished completion operations on six wells in the Southern Delaware.  Activity relating to these wells is provided below.

In the Northern Delaware area, the Company has begun testing the use of electric submersible pumps (“ESPs”) to improve production on mature producing wells.  In February, an ESP was installed on the Kyle 24 G001 well, which was first placed on production in May of 2016 targeting the Lower Wolfcamp A formation.  Shortly after installation of the ESP, the well reached production of 684 BOEPD, 77% oil, and approximately 200% above production levels just prior to installation of the ESP.  Based on these encouraging results, the Company plans to install additional ESPs on mature producing wells throughout the year in the Northern Delaware area.

Capital Structure and Liquidity

As of December 31, 2018, Rosehill had $20.2 million in cash on hand and $288.3 million in long-term debt. As of December 31, 2018, total liquidity was approximately $46.2 million which included cash on hand and availability under the revolving credit facility.  When including the effects of the Company’s recently redetermined borrowing base, described below, liquidity as of December 31, 2018 was approximately $126 million. The Company recently entered into an agreement to sell its assets in Lea County, New Mexico for approximately $22 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.  The transaction is expected to close in early April with the net proceeds used to pay down outstanding borrowings under the revolving credit facility.    

On March 27, 2019, the Company received commitments from lenders to increase the borrowing base under the Company's revolving credit facility from $220 million to $300 million. The borrowing base was evaluated using reserve data as of December 31, 2018 and is expected to close on March 28, 2019.  The Company’s redetermined borrowing base primarily consisted of proved reserves associated with its Northern Delaware area due to the limited number of producing wells in the Southern Delaware.

Transportation & Hedging Update

The Company recently began piped transportation of oil in its Southern Delaware area on the infield gathering system and intra-basin transportation pipeline.  As a result, the Company is now transporting approximately 99% of its produced oil through pipe.

Included below is a summary of the Company’s derivative contracts as of December 31, 2018.  Subsequent to December 31, 2018 and through March 27, 2019, the Company entered into additional derivative contracts, including approximately 5.0 million barrels of crude oil basis swaps that settle from 2020 through 2022 at a weighted average price of $0.38 per barrel, 1.0 MMbtu of natural gas swaps that settle in 2019 at a weighted average price of $2.88 per MMbtu, and 1.0 MMbtu of natural gas basis swaps that settle in 2019 at a weighted average price of ($1.28) per MMbtu.

Commodity Hedging

As of December 31, 2018, the Company had the following outstanding derivative contracts:

Annual Report on Form 10-K

The Company’s financial statements and related footnotes are available in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018, which will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Conference Call, Webcast and Presentation

The Company will hold a conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and full year 2018 financial and operating results on Thursday, March 28, 2019, at 10:00 a.m. Central Time (11:00 a.m. Eastern Time). Interested parties may participate by dialing (866) 601-1105 from the United States or (430) 775-1347 from outside the United States. The conference call I.D. number is 6248448. The call will also be available as a live webcast on the “News/Events” tab of the Investors section of the Company’s website, www.rosehillresources.com. The webcast will be available for replay for at least 30 days. An updated investor presentation in conjunction with this earnings release will be available on the Company’s website under the Investor Relations section.

About Rosehill Resources Inc.

Rosehill Resources Inc. is an oil and gas exploration company with producing assets in Texas and New Mexico with its investment activity focused in the Delaware Basin portion of the Permian Basin. The Company’s strategy for growth includes the organic development of its two core acreage areas in the Northern Delaware Basin and the Southern Delaware basin, as well as focused acquisitions in the Delaware Basin.

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As of December 31, 2017, restricted cash was attributable to the White Wolf Acquisition purchase price in an escrow account. The full amount of the escrow account was released to the sellers in March 2018.

Non-GAAP Measures

Adjusted EBITDAX

Adjusted EBITDAX is a supplemental non-GAAP financial measure that is used by Rosehill’s management and external users of Rosehill’s financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies. The Company defines Adjusted EBITDAX as net income (loss) before interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, depletion, and amortization, accretion and impairment of oil and natural gas properties, (gains) losses on commodity derivatives excluding net cash receipts (payments) on settled commodity derivatives, gains and losses from the sale of assets, exploration costs, transaction costs incurred in connection with the Transaction and other non-cash operating items. Adjusted EBITDAX is not a measure of net income as determined by United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

Management believes Adjusted EBITDAX is useful because it allows for more effective evaluation and comparison of Rosehill’s operating performance and results of operations from period to period without regard to the Company’s financing methods or capital structure. Rosehill excludes the items listed above from net income in arriving at Adjusted EBITDAX because these amounts can vary substantially from company to company within the industry depending upon accounting methods and book values of assets, capital structures, and the method by which the assets were acquired. Adjusted EBITDAX should not be considered as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, net income as determined in accordance with GAAP or as an indicator of the Company’s operating performance or liquidity. Certain items excluded from Adjusted EBITDAX are significant components in understanding and assessing a company’s financial performance, such as a company’s cost of capital and tax structure, as well as the historic costs of depreciable assets, none of which are components of Adjusted EBITDAX. Rosehill’s computations of Adjusted EBITDAX may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.

We have provided below a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDAX to net loss, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.

PV-10

PV-10 is a non-GAAP financial measures used by management, investors and analysts to estimate the present value, discounted at 10% per annum, of estimated future cash flows of the Company’s estimated proved reserves before income tax and asset retirement obligations. Management believes that PV-10 provides useful information to investors because it is widely used by professional analysts and sophisticated investors in evaluating oil and natural gas companies. Because there are many unique factors that can impact an individual company when estimating the amount of future income taxes to be paid, the Company believes the use of a pre-tax measure is valuable for evaluating the Company. PV-10 should not be considered as an alternative to the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows as computed under GAAP.

Forward-Looking Statements

This communication includes certain statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the federal securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this communication, regarding Rosehill’s opportunities in the Delaware Basin, strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated results of operations, future earnings, future capital spending plans, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this communication, the words “could,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “guidance,” “forecast” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words.

You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that the plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by the forward-looking statements in this communication are reasonable, no assurance can be given that these plans, intentions or expectations will be achieved or occur, and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied by the forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to consummate the acquisition, the ultimate timing, outcome and results of integrating the acquired assets into its business and its ability to realize the anticipated benefits, commodity price volatility, inflation, lack of availability of drilling and completion equipment and services, environmental risks, drilling and other operating risks, regulatory changes, the uncertainty inherent in estimating oil and natural gas reserves and in projecting future rates of production, cash flow and access to capital, the timing of development expenditures and the other  risks and uncertainties discussed under Risk Factors in the Company’s Form 10-K, and in other public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) by the Company. The Company’s SEC filings are available publicly on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this communication.  Except as otherwise required by applicable law, the Company disclaims any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this communication.

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