Q2 2026 Mach Natural Resources LP Earnings Call

August 7, 2026

Moderator: Good morning everyone. Thank you for joining us and welcome to MACH Natural Resources Q2 2026 earnings call. During this morning's call, the speakers will be making forward-looking statements that cannot be confirmed by reference to existing information, including statements regarding expectations, projections, future performance, and the assumptions underlying such statements. Please note a number of factors may cause actual results to differ materially from their forward-looking statements, including the factors identified and discussed in their press release and in other SEC filings. For a further discussion of risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ from those in such forward-looking statements, please read the company's filings with the SEC. Please recognize that except as required by law, they undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on such statements.

Operator: Good morning everyone. Thank you for joining us and welcome to MACH Natural Resources Q2 2026 earnings call. During this morning's call, the speakers will be making forward-looking statements that cannot be confirmed by reference to existing information, including statements regarding expectations, projections, future performance, and the assumptions underlying such statements. Please note a number of factors may cause actual results to differ materially from their forward-looking statements, including the factors identified and discussed in their press release and in other SEC filings. For a further discussion of risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ from those in such forward-looking statements, please read the company's filings with the SEC. Please recognize that except as required by law, they undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance on such statements.

Speaker #1: Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us, and welcome to MACH NATURAL RESOURCES, second quarter 2026 earnings call. During this morning's call, the speakers will be making forward-looking statements that cannot be confirmed by reference to existing information, including statements regarding expectations, projections, future performance, and the assumptions underlying such statements.

Speaker #1: Please note a number of factors may cause actual results to differ materially from their forward-looking statements, including the factors identified and discussed in their press release and in other SEC filings.

Speaker #1: For further discussion of risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ from those in such forward-looking statements, please read the company's filings with the SEC.

Speaker #1: Please recognize that except as required by law, they undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements. And you should not place under-reliance on such statements.

Moderator: They may refer to some non-GAAP financial measures in today's discussion. For reconciliation from non-GAAP financial measures and the most directly comparable GAAP measures, please reference their press release and supplemental tables, which are available on MACH's website and their 10-Q, which will be also available on their website when filed. Today's speakers are Tom Ward, CEO, and Kevin White, CFO. Tom will give an introduction and overview. Kevin will discuss MACH's financial results, and the call will be open for questions. With that, I will turn the call over to Mr. Tom Ward. Tom?

Operator: They may refer to some non-GAAP financial measures in today's discussion. For reconciliation from non-GAAP financial measures and the most directly comparable GAAP measures, please reference their press release and supplemental tables, which are available on MACH's website and their 10-Q, which will be also available on their website when filed. Today's speakers are Tom Ward, CEO, and Kevin White, CFO. Tom will give an introduction and overview. Kevin will discuss MACH's financial results, and the call will be open for questions. With that, I will turn the call over to Mr. Tom Ward. Tom?

Speaker #1: They may refer to some non-GAAP financial measures in today's discussion, for reconciliation from non-GAAP financial measures in the most directly comparable GAAP measures, please reference their press release and supplemental tables, which are available on MACH's website and their 10-Q, which will be also available on their website when filed.

Speaker #1: Today's speakers are Tom Ward, CEO, and Kevin White, CFO. Tom will give an introduction and overview. Kevin will discuss MACH's financial results, and then the call will be open for questions.

Speaker #1: With that, I'll turn the call over to Mr. Tom Ward. Tom?

Tom L. Ward: Thank you, Daryl. Welcome to MACH Natural Resources Q2 earnings update. We reiterate the company's four strategic pillars that have guided us since our founding in 2017. These pillars are disciplined execution. We only purchase cash flowing assets at a value of PDP PV10 or less, and do not pay for any leasehold PUDs, midstream, or infrastructure. The second pillar is disciplined reinvestment rate. We maintain a reinvestment rate of less than 50% of our operating cash flow. The third pillar is maintain financial strength. We're cognizant of the peril of too much debt. In order to capture the opportunity of acquiring assets in the San Juan and Central Basin platform, we strategically moved leverage above our goal of one times debt to EBITDA.

Tom Ward: Thank you, Daryl. Welcome to MACH Natural Resources Q2 earnings update. We reiterate the company's four strategic pillars that have guided us since our founding in 2017. These pillars are disciplined execution. We only purchase cash flowing assets at a value of PDP PV10 or less, and do not pay for any leasehold PUDs, midstream, or infrastructure. The second pillar is disciplined reinvestment rate. We maintain a reinvestment rate of less than 50% of our operating cash flow. The third pillar is maintain financial strength. We're cognizant of the peril of too much debt. In order to capture the opportunity of acquiring assets in the San Juan and Central Basin platform, we strategically moved leverage above our goal of one times debt to EBITDA.

Speaker #2: Thank you, Derek. Welcome to MACH NATURAL RESOURCES, second quarter earnings update. We reiterate the company's four strategic pillars that have guided us since our founding in 2017.

Speaker #2: These pillars are disciplined execution, we only purchase cash flowing assets at a value of PDP, PB10, or less, that do not pay and do not pay for any leasehold PUDs, midstream, or infrastructure.

Speaker #2: The second pillar is disciplined reinvestment rate. We maintain a reinvestment rate of less than 50% of our operating cash flow. The third pillar is maintained financial strength.

Speaker #2: We're cognizant of the peril of too much debt. In order to capture the opportunity of acquiring assets in the San Juan and Central Basin platform, we strategically moved leverage above our goal of one-time debt to EBITDA.

Tom L. Ward: This pillar is still standing, therefore, it is important to move leverage back to our stated goal versus the 1.4 times we're projected to be at the end of the year. Outside of waiting to solve through increased pricing, we continue to look for assets at discounted prices to use our equity to purchase. These purchases need to be accretive to our cash available for distribution. We also have an at the market equity program to place $100 million of equity at prices that do not disturb trading. Lastly, we can take a portion of our distribution and pay down debt. Our team is dedicated to meet our goal before the end of 2027. Once we achieve our goal, we'll be in a position to take advantage of any downward movement in the market to make additional bargain purchases.

Tom Ward: This pillar is still standing, therefore, it is important to move leverage back to our stated goal versus the 1.4 times we're projected to be at the end of the year. Outside of waiting to solve through increased pricing, we continue to look for assets at discounted prices to use our equity to purchase. These purchases need to be accretive to our cash available for distribution. We also have an at the market equity program to place $100 million of equity at prices that do not disturb trading. Lastly, we can take a portion of our distribution and pay down debt. Our team is dedicated to meet our goal before the end of 2027. Once we achieve our goal, we'll be in a position to take advantage of any downward movement in the market to make additional bargain purchases.

Speaker #2: This pillar still standing. Therefore, it is important to move leverage back to our stated goal versus the 1.4 times we're projected to be at the end of the year.

Speaker #2: Outside of waiting to solve through increased pricing, we continue to look for assets at discounted prices to use our equity to purchase. These purchases need to be accrued to our cash available for distribution.

Speaker #2: We also have an at-the-market equity program to place $100 million of equity at prices that do not disturb trading. Lastly, we can take a portion of our distribution and pay down debt.

Speaker #2: Our team is dedicated to meeting our goal before the end of 2027. Once we achieve our goal, we'll be in a position to take advantage of any downward movement in the market to make additional bargain purchases.

Tom L. Ward: The very reason to bring down debt during a period of exuberance is to be prepared to purchase in a time of want. This is the very essence of our company. The fourth pillar is to maximize distributions to unitholders. This pillar drives all of our decisions. We've distributed back $6.67 to our unitholders since 2024. Very few public companies in this country have yields at MACH's level, and none of them are oil and gas producers. Yields like ours are usually only found at businesses carrying a lot of leverage that often can't sustain once credit tightens or rates move against them. MACH was built entirely different. Our distributions and the cash returns we deliver are second to none, and they're the result of the discipline behind our other three pillars. MACH was established around a cash return model.

Tom Ward: The very reason to bring down debt during a period of exuberance is to be prepared to purchase in a time of want. This is the very essence of our company. The fourth pillar is to maximize distributions to unitholders. This pillar drives all of our decisions. We've distributed back $6.67 to our unitholders since 2024. Very few public companies in this country have yields at MACH's level, and none of them are oil and gas producers. Yields like ours are usually only found at businesses carrying a lot of leverage that often can't sustain once credit tightens or rates move against them. MACH was built entirely different. Our distributions and the cash returns we deliver are second to none, and they're the result of the discipline behind our other three pillars. MACH was established around a cash return model.

Speaker #2: The very reason to bring down debt during a period of exuberance is to be prepared to purchase in a time of want. This is the very essence of our company.

Speaker #2: The fourth pillar is to maximize distributions to unit holders. This pillar drives all of our decisions. We've distributed back $6.67 to our unit holders since 2024.

Speaker #2: Very few public companies in this country have yields at MACH's level. And none of them are oil and gas producers. Yields like ours are usually only found at businesses carrying a lot of leverage that often can't sustain once credit tightens or rates move against them.

Speaker #2: MACH was built entirely differently. Our distributions and the cash returns we deliver are second to none, and they're the result of the discipline behind our other three pillars.

Speaker #2: MACH was established around a cash return model. We've said many times that we had a belief, for several years before forming the company, that there would be a time when we could buy cash-flowing assets and sell them at further prices by avoiding the tendency of the industry to look for growth through the drill bit.

Tom L. Ward: We've said many times that we had a belief for several years before forming the company that there would be a time when we could buy cash flowing assets and sell them for higher prices by avoiding the tendency of the industry to look for growth through the drill bit. Our goal is to buy distressed assets at discounted prices that throw off cash. We were fortunate to pick the timing correctly and build a large producing base at bargain prices. It's become harder as more capital is now chasing the same type of cash flowing assets that we propose to buy and are willing to pay premiums to our model. However, our steadfast approach to value has paid off by giving us a 50-year cash flow stream plus nearly 3 million acres of land that is held by production.

Tom Ward: We've said many times that we had a belief for several years before forming the company that there would be a time when we could buy cash flowing assets and sell them for higher prices by avoiding the tendency of the industry to look for growth through the drill bit. Our goal is to buy distressed assets at discounted prices that throw off cash. We were fortunate to pick the timing correctly and build a large producing base at bargain prices. It's become harder as more capital is now chasing the same type of cash flowing assets that we propose to buy and are willing to pay premiums to our model. However, our steadfast approach to value has paid off by giving us a 50-year cash flow stream plus nearly 3 million acres of land that is held by production.

Speaker #2: Our goal is to buy distressed assets at discounted prices that throw off cash. We were fortunate to pick the timing correctly and build a large, producing base at bargain prices.

Speaker #2: We continue to look for those types of assets, but it's become harder as more capital is now chasing the same type of cash-flowing assets that we propose to buy and are willing to pay premiums to our model.

Speaker #2: However, our steadfast approach to value has paid off by giving us a 50-year cash flow stream, plus nearly 3 million acres of land that is held by production.

Tom L. Ward: That holds our production flat by spending less than 50% of our operating cash flow. Therefore, in times of excess capital provided by private equity and ABS companies, we can pivot to rely on drilling to sustain our model. All of our acquisitions have been made at a discount to the strip at the time of purchase. The timing of some of our acquisition was quite spectacular, such as buying Alta Mesa through the Section 363 bankruptcy process in April 2020. That purchase was made against a $20 oil strip and paid the first lien RBL lenders back less than $0.10 on the dollar. That then made the lending institutions leery of investing in the MidCon and gave us additional running room to acquire other assets at rock bottom prices. The tide did not turn on the MidCon for lenders until 2024.

Tom Ward: That holds our production flat by spending less than 50% of our operating cash flow. Therefore, in times of excess capital provided by private equity and ABS companies, we can pivot to rely on drilling to sustain our model. All of our acquisitions have been made at a discount to the strip at the time of purchase. The timing of some of our acquisition was quite spectacular, such as buying Alta Mesa through the Section 363 bankruptcy process in April 2020. That purchase was made against a $20 oil strip and paid the first lien RBL lenders back less than $0.10 on the dollar. That then made the lending institutions leery of investing in the MidCon and gave us additional running room to acquire other assets at rock bottom prices. The tide did not turn on the MidCon for lenders until 2024.

Speaker #2: And that holds our production flat by spending less than 50% of our operating cash flow. Therefore, in times of excess capital provided by private equity and ABS companies, we can pivot to rely on drilling to sustain our model.

Speaker #2: All of our acquisitions to be made have been made at a discount to the strip at the time of purchase. The timing of some of our acquisitions was quite spectacular, such as buying Alta Mesa through the 363 bankruptcy process in April 2020.

Speaker #2: That purchase was made against a $20 oil strip and paid the first lien RBL lenders back less than 10 cents on the dollar. That then made the lending institutions leery of investing in the Medcon and gave us additional running room to acquire other assets at rock bottom prices.

Speaker #2: The tide did not turn on the Medcon for lenders until 2024. There is now a wave of lending and equity providers chasing Medcon assets.

Tom L. Ward: There is now a wave of lending and equity providers chasing MidCon assets. As capital started to move back into the MidCon, we've expanded to the San Juan and Central Basin Platform of the Permian. We were able to purchase the oil assets of Sabinal in the low 60s per barrel range, and also were able to purchase the natural gas assets of IKAV in the San Juan at less than PDP PV10. Not only did we purchase the assets at discount prices, we also bought a stream of production in both cases that have less than a 10% decline. Sabinal in particular, gave us immediate cash flow benefits due to the rise in crude prices since the purchases. Lastly, both have substantial drilling room left on the assets. MACH has a history of strong cash returns on capital invested and cash distributions.

Tom Ward: There is now a wave of lending and equity providers chasing MidCon assets. As capital started to move back into the MidCon, we've expanded to the San Juan and Central Basin Platform of the Permian. We were able to purchase the oil assets of Sabinal in the low 60s per barrel range, and also were able to purchase the natural gas assets of IKAV in the San Juan at less than PDP PV10. Not only did we purchase the assets at discount prices, we also bought a stream of production in both cases that have less than a 10% decline. Sabinal in particular, gave us immediate cash flow benefits due to the rise in crude prices since the purchases. Lastly, both have substantial drilling room left on the assets. MACH has a history of strong cash returns on capital invested and cash distributions.

Speaker #2: As capital started to move back into the Medcon, we've expanded to the San Juan and Central Basin platform of the Permian. We were able to purchase the oil assets of Savinol in the low 60s per barrel range and also were able to purchase the natural gas assets of ICAV in the San Juan at less than PDP.

Speaker #2: PB10. Not only did we purchase the assets at discount prices, we also bought a stream of production of both cases that have less than a 10% decline.

Speaker #2: Savinol, in particular, gave us immediate cash flow benefits due to the rise in crude prices since the purchases. Lastly, both have substantial drilling room left on the assets.

Speaker #2: MACH has a history of strong cash returns on capital invested in cash distributions. Over the past five years, we've delivered an industry-leading croaky averaging 35%.

Tom L. Ward: Over the past five years, we have delivered an industry-leading CROCI, averaging 35%. Not only industry-leading, but also in the top 1% of all public companies in the US. We also have distributed an industry-leading distribution yield of 15% since 2024 through Q1 of 2026. This performance was achieved through different pricing cycles, ranging from $94.23 per barrel in 2022 when we achieved a 53% CROCI, to $64.81 per barrel in 2025 when our CROCI was 23%. Since our inception, we've never had a CROCI of less than 20%. We cannot find another public company with such a strong record of cash returns. Our cash distribution policy has led to a yield of four times the peer average since 2024. As I mentioned, these returns were accomplished through disciplined acquisitions on top of the best-in-class break evens in both natural gas drilling and liquids weighted peers.

Tom Ward: Over the past five years, we have delivered an industry-leading CROCI, averaging 35%. Not only industry-leading, but also in the top 1% of all public companies in the US. We also have distributed an industry-leading distribution yield of 15% since 2024 through Q1 of 2026. This performance was achieved through different pricing cycles, ranging from $94.23 per barrel in 2022 when we achieved a 53% CROCI, to $64.81 per barrel in 2025 when our CROCI was 23%. Since our inception, we've never had a CROCI of less than 20%. We cannot find another public company with such a strong record of cash returns. Our cash distribution policy has led to a yield of four times the peer average since 2024. As I mentioned, these returns were accomplished through disciplined acquisitions on top of the best-in-class break evens in both natural gas drilling and liquids weighted peers.

Speaker #2: Not only industry-leading, but also in the top 1% of all public companies in the US. We also have distributed an industry-leading distribution yield of 15% since 2024 through the first quarter of 2026.

Speaker #2: This performance was achieved through different pricing cycles ranging from $94.23 per barrel in 2022 when we achieved a 53% croaky, to $64.81 per barrel in 2025 when our croaky was 23%.

Speaker #2: Since our inception, we've never had a croaky of less than 20%. We cannot find another public company with such a strong record of cash returns.

Speaker #2: Our cash distribution policy has led to a yield of four times the peer average since 2024. As I mentioned, these returns were accomplished through disciplined acquisitions, on top of best-in-class break-evens in both natural gas drilling and liquids-weighted peers.

Tom L. Ward: Post the start of the conflict in Iran, we moved from drilling 100% natural gas wells to crude heavy drilling. This is the same type of pivot that we made in April of 2025 when post-tariff day, we changed our drilling plans from all oil weighted drilling to natural gas. This is the luxury of having nearly 3 million acres of land that's held by production. Currently, we're drilling our last two wells in the Mancos Shale. The completion phase of this year's drilling has been delayed until next year in order to stay within our internally mandated annual CapEx of 50% of operating cash flow. Given that restraint, it's more valuable for us to drill for oil rates return versus natural gas in the last half of this year. We currently have three additional rigs running in Oklahoma.

Tom Ward: Post the start of the conflict in Iran, we moved from drilling 100% natural gas wells to crude heavy drilling. This is the same type of pivot that we made in April of 2025 when post-tariff day, we changed our drilling plans from all oil weighted drilling to natural gas. This is the luxury of having nearly 3 million acres of land that's held by production. Currently, we're drilling our last two wells in the Mancos Shale. The completion phase of this year's drilling has been delayed until next year in order to stay within our internally mandated annual CapEx of 50% of operating cash flow. Given that restraint, it's more valuable for us to drill for oil rates return versus natural gas in the last half of this year. We currently have three additional rigs running in Oklahoma.

Speaker #2: Post the start of the conflict in Iran, we moved from drilling 100% natural gas wells to crude-heavy drilling. This is the same type of pivot that we made in April of 2025, when post-Tariff Day, we changed our drilling plans from all gas-weighted drilling to oil-weighted drilling.

Speaker #2: This is the luxury of having nearly 3 million acres of land that's held by production. Currently, we're drilling our last two wells in the Mango Shell.

Speaker #2: The completion phase of this year's drilling has been delayed until next year in order to stay within our internally mandated annual capex of 50% of operating cash flow.

Speaker #2: Given that restraint, it's more valuable for us to drill for oil rates to return versus natural gas in the last half of this year.

Speaker #2: We currently have three additional rigs running in Oklahoma. These are located in the Oswego, the Red Fork, and Ardmore Basin in Sycamore. The Ardmore Basin locations will be completed by the end of Q3.

Tom L. Ward: These are located in the Oswego, the Red Fork, and Ardmore Basin, Sycamore. The Ardmore Basin locations will be completed by the end of Q3. We will defer drilling more Red Fork locations until the Q1 of 2027, and keep one rig in the Oswego during Q4 of 2026. Our drilling schedule is very fluid. One of our hallmarks is the ability to change the product we drill for and the amount we spend very quickly. MACH has a variable distribution to capture the changes in CapEx associated with different drilling patterns. The pattern in 2026 has been to spend more CapEx in Q2 and Q3 while drilling in the San Juan. The variable nature of our CapEx reveals itself in our distribution. This quarter, we will distribute $0.36 per unit.

Tom Ward: These are located in the Oswego, the Red Fork, and Ardmore Basin, Sycamore. The Ardmore Basin locations will be completed by the end of Q3. We will defer drilling more Red Fork locations until the Q1 of 2027, and keep one rig in the Oswego during Q4 of 2026. Our drilling schedule is very fluid. One of our hallmarks is the ability to change the product we drill for and the amount we spend very quickly. MACH has a variable distribution to capture the changes in CapEx associated with different drilling patterns. The pattern in 2026 has been to spend more CapEx in Q2 and Q3 while drilling in the San Juan. The variable nature of our CapEx reveals itself in our distribution. This quarter, we will distribute $0.36 per unit.

Speaker #2: We will defer drilling more Red Fork locations until the Q1 of '27 and keep one rig in the Oswego during Q4 of '26. Our drilling schedule is very fluid.

Speaker #2: One of our hallmarks is the ability to change the product we drill for and the amount we spend very quickly. MACH has a variable distribution to capture the changes in capex associated with different drilling patterns.

Speaker #2: The pattern in 2026 has been to spend more capex in Q2 and Q3 while drilling in the San Juan. The variable nature of our capex reveals itself in our distribution.

Speaker #2: This quarter, we will distribute 36 cents per unit. Since we do not have fixed distributions, there's not any pressure to spend more than 50% of our operating cash flow on capex.

Tom L. Ward: Since we do not have fixed distributions, there's not any pressure to spend more than 50% of our operating cash flow on CapEx. In other words, the cash flow dictates our pace of CapEx, not the lust for growth at any cost. The clear workhorse as far as CapEx in our portfolio has been the Oswego Limestone formation in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. We have drilled more than 250 wells on this asset since 2021, and recently moved a rig back in the area to continue drilling once oil prices improved. We show in our presentation, the Oswego carries a rate of return of 87% at a $75 oil strip. The key to the formation is not how much we find, but in how much we spend. We're only looking for approximately 160,000 barrels of oil, but we'll spend only $3.3 million to drill and complete.

Tom Ward: Since we do not have fixed distributions, there's not any pressure to spend more than 50% of our operating cash flow on CapEx. In other words, the cash flow dictates our pace of CapEx, not the lust for growth at any cost. The clear workhorse as far as CapEx in our portfolio has been the Oswego Limestone formation in Kingfisher County, Oklahoma. We have drilled more than 250 wells on this asset since 2021, and recently moved a rig back in the area to continue drilling once oil prices improved. We show in our presentation, the Oswego carries a rate of return of 87% at a $75 oil strip. The key to the formation is not how much we find, but in how much we spend. We're only looking for approximately 160,000 barrels of oil, but we'll spend only $3.3 million to drill and complete.

Speaker #2: In other words, the cash flow dictates our pace of capex, not the lust for growth at any cost. The clear workhorse as far as capex in our portfolio has been the Oswego Limestone Formation and Kingfisher County, Oklahoma.

Speaker #2: We have drilled more than 250 wells on this asset since 2021 and recently moved a rig back into the area to continue drilling once oil prices improved. We show in our presentation that the Oswego carries a rate of return of 87% at a $70 to $75 oil strip.

Speaker #2: The key to the formation is not how much we find, but in how much we spend. We're only looking for approximately $160,000 barrels of oil, but we'll spend only $3.3 million to drill and complete.

Tom L. Ward: Cutting costs is the key to our business model. The newest field we have acquired that will also become a drilling workhorse is the Mancos Shale of the San Juan Basin. Within the San Juan, we now hold 575,000 acres of land that only expires when production ceases. The key zone to elaborate on is the Mancos Shale. This zone is just now being expanded. Our Mancos Shale position represents one of the most compelling emerging natural gas opportunities in North America. The well performance rivals that of the better-known Haynesville and Marcellus Shale plays, with operators recently reporting Mancos initial production rates exceeding 25 million cubic feet of gas per day. The Mancos footprint is approximately one-third the size of the Marcellus and one-tenth the size of the Haynesville. MACH controls the play with only three other sizable owners.

Tom Ward: Cutting costs is the key to our business model. The newest field we have acquired that will also become a drilling workhorse is the Mancos Shale of the San Juan Basin. Within the San Juan, we now hold 575,000 acres of land that only expires when production ceases. The key zone to elaborate on is the Mancos Shale. This zone is just now being expanded. Our Mancos Shale position represents one of the most compelling emerging natural gas opportunities in North America. The well performance rivals that of the better-known Haynesville and Marcellus Shale plays, with operators recently reporting Mancos initial production rates exceeding 25 million cubic feet of gas per day. The Mancos footprint is approximately one-third the size of the Marcellus and one-tenth the size of the Haynesville. MACH controls the play with only three other sizable owners.

Speaker #2: Cutting costs is the key to our business model. The newest field we have acquired, which will also become a drilling workhorse, is the Mango Shell of the San Juan Basin.

Speaker #2: Within the San Juan, we now hold 575,000 acres of land that only expires when production ceases. The key zone to elaborate on is the Mango Shell.

Speaker #2: This zone is just now being expanded. Our Mango Shale position represents one of the most compelling emerging natural gas opportunities in North America. The well performance rivals that of the better-known Haynesville and Marcellus Shale plays, with operators recently reporting Mango's initial production rates exceeding 25 million cubic feet of gas per day.

Speaker #2: The Mango's footprint is approximately 1/3 the size of the Marcellus and 1/10 the size of the Haynesville. However, MACH controls the play with only three other sizable owners.

Tom L. Ward: We are the second-largest producer of natural gas behind Hilcorp and also the second-largest owner of acreage. The play has increased more than 20-fold in the last five years and now exceeds 500 million cubic feet of gas a day. The San Juan also benefits from a mature natural gas transportation network developed over decades of conventional gas production. We expect over the next five years that additional takeaway capacity will be installed to get to premium gas markets of Arizona and the Pacific Coast LNG markets. This is much different than when the Marcellus and Haynesville were first being explored, and there was no takeaway available, which required operators to take on large firm commitments with pipeline companies. We currently have a gas marketing agreement in place through 2030.

Tom Ward: We are the second-largest producer of natural gas behind Hilcorp and also the second-largest owner of acreage. The play has increased more than 20-fold in the last five years and now exceeds 500 million cubic feet of gas a day. The San Juan also benefits from a mature natural gas transportation network developed over decades of conventional gas production. We expect over the next five years that additional takeaway capacity will be installed to get to premium gas markets of Arizona and the Pacific Coast LNG markets. This is much different than when the Marcellus and Haynesville were first being explored, and there was no takeaway available, which required operators to take on large firm commitments with pipeline companies. We currently have a gas marketing agreement in place through 2030.

Speaker #2: We are the second largest producer of natural gas behind Hill Corp and also the second largest owner of acreage. The play has increased more than 20-fold in the last five years, and now exceeds 500 million cubic feet of gas a day.

Speaker #2: The San Juan also benefits from a mature natural gas transportation network developed over decades of conventional gas production. We expect over the next five years, that additional takeaway capacity will be installed to get the premium to premium gas markets of Arizona, and the Pacific Coast, LNG markets.

Speaker #2: This is much different than when the Marcellus and Haynesville were first being explored and there was no takeaway available, which required operators to take on large, firm commitments with pipeline companies.

Speaker #2: We currently have a gas marketing agreement in place through 2030. Therefore, by the time the contract amortizes in 2030, we'll have strategic optionality for our 350 million cubic feet of natural gas that can be held flat by drilling only five net wells per year.

Tom L. Ward: By the time the contract amortizes in 2030, we'll have strategic optionality for our 350 million cubic feet of natural gas that can be held flat by drilling only five net wells per year. If we choose to increase activity to 10 net wells per year, we could grow MACH's net production to more than 500 million cubic feet of gas per day. This is the benefit of buying low-declined, cash-flowing assets that also have fantastic upside potential. The Mancos has potential to dominate the MACH story in the years to come. As in the Oswego, the key to increasing rates of return in the Mancos is to lower cost. We believe that we could lower CapEx of a three-mile lateral from nearly $20 million to less than $15 million per well.

Tom Ward: By the time the contract amortizes in 2030, we'll have strategic optionality for our 350 million cubic feet of natural gas that can be held flat by drilling only five net wells per year. If we choose to increase activity to 10 net wells per year, we could grow MACH's net production to more than 500 million cubic feet of gas per day. This is the benefit of buying low-declined, cash-flowing assets that also have fantastic upside potential. The Mancos has potential to dominate the MACH story in the years to come. As in the Oswego, the key to increasing rates of return in the Mancos is to lower cost. We believe that we could lower CapEx of a three-mile lateral from nearly $20 million to less than $15 million per well.

Speaker #2: If we choose to increase activity to 10 net wells, per year, we could grow MACH from that production to more than 500 million cubic feet of gas per day.

Speaker #2: This is the benefit of buying low-declined cash flowing assets that also have fantastic upside potential. The Mango Shell has potential to dominate the MACH story in the years to come.

Speaker #2: As in the Oswego, the key to increasing rates of return in the Mango's is to lower cost. We believe that we could lower capex of a three-mile ladder from nearly 20 million dollars to less than 15 million dollars per well.

Tom L. Ward: Now that our drilling season is underway and we have four locations drilled, we expect the ongoing program to be in the $13 million range for a completed well. I'll now turn over the call to Kevin to discuss financial results.

Tom Ward: Now that our drilling season is underway and we have four locations drilled, we expect the ongoing program to be in the $13 million range for a completed well. I'll now turn over the call to Kevin to discuss financial results.

Speaker #2: Now that our drilling season is underway and we have four locations drilled, we expect the ongoing program to be in the 13 million dollar range for a completed well.

Speaker #2: I'll now turn over the call to Kevin to discuss the financial results.

Kevin R. White: Thanks, Tom. For the quarter, our production of 149,000 BOE per day was 15% oil, 69% natural gas, and 16% NGLs. Our average realized prices were $95.40 per barrel of oil, $1.93 per Mcf of gas, and $28.99 per barrel of NGLs. Of the $360 million total oil and gas revenues, the relative contribution for oil was 54%, 30% for gas, and 16% for NGLs. On the expense side, our lease operating expense was $98 million, or $7.21 per BOE. Cash G&A was approximately $7 million, or $0.54 per BOE. We ended the quarter with $41 million in cash and $270 million of availability under the credit facility. Total revenues, including our hedges and midstream activities, totaled $406 million, adjusted EBITDA of $182 million, and $154 million of operating cash flow. Our development CapEx for the quarter was $97 million, or 63% of operating cash flow.

Kevin White: Thanks, Tom. For the quarter, our production of 149,000 BOE per day was 15% oil, 69% natural gas, and 16% NGLs. Our average realized prices were $95.40 per barrel of oil, $1.93 per Mcf of gas, and $28.99 per barrel of NGLs. Of the $360 million total oil and gas revenues, the relative contribution for oil was 54%, 30% for gas, and 16% for NGLs. On the expense side, our lease operating expense was $98 million, or $7.21 per BOE. Cash G&A was approximately $7 million, or $0.54 per BOE. We ended the quarter with $41 million in cash and $270 million of availability under the credit facility. Total revenues, including our hedges and midstream activities, totaled $406 million, adjusted EBITDA of $182 million, and $154 million of operating cash flow. Our development CapEx for the quarter was $97 million, or 63% of operating cash flow.

Speaker #1: Thanks, Tom. For the quarter, our production of 149,000 BOE per day was 15% oil, 69% natural gas, and 16% NGLs. Our average realized prices were 95 dollars and 40 cents per barrel of oil, $1.93 per MCF of gas, and 28.99 per barrel of NGLs.

Speaker #1: Of the 360 million dollars total oil and gas revenues, the relative contribution for oil was 54%, 30% for gas, and 16% for NGLs. On the expense side, our lease operating expense was $98 million, or $7.21 per BOE.

Speaker #1: Gas G&A was approximately $7 million, or 54 cents per BOE. We ended the quarter with 41 million in cash and 270 million of availability under the credit facility.

Speaker #1: Total revenues including our hedges and midstream activities totaled 406 million dollars, adjusted EBITDA of 182 million dollars and 154 million dollars of operating cash flow.

Speaker #1: And our development capex for the quarter was 97 million dollars, or 63% of operating cash flow. Year to date, our development capex is right on top of 50% of our year-to-date operating cash flow.

Kevin R. White: Year-to-date, our development CapEx is right on top of 50% of our year-to-date operating cash flow. In the quarter, we generated $60 million of cash available for distribution, resulting in a distribution of $0.36 per unit, which will be paid on 31 August to holders of record on 17 August. Daryl, I'll now turn the call back to you to open the line for questions.

Kevin White: Year-to-date, our development CapEx is right on top of 50% of our year-to-date operating cash flow. In the quarter, we generated $60 million of cash available for distribution, resulting in a distribution of $0.36 per unit, which will be paid on 31 August to holders of record on 17 August. Daryl, I'll now turn the call back to you to open the line for questions.

Speaker #1: In the quarter, we generated $60 million of cash available for distribution, resulting in a distribution of $0.36 per unit, which will be paid on August 31st to holders of record on August 17th.

Speaker #1: Darryl, I'll now turn the call back to you to open the line for questions.

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Neal Dingmann: Morning, Tom and team. Thanks for the details. Tom, my first question is just on your upcoming, as you've kind of been moving the upcoming overall drilling program. Can you remind me, I think it's just double-checking most of your near-term D&C focus will be on the Oswego, and if so, could you just remind us how much activity that will consist of, and how you're thinking about the economics behind this play in this environment?

Speaker #3: Morning, Tom and team. Thanks for the details. Tom, my first question is just on your upcoming— as you've kind of been moving the upcoming overall drilling program.

Speaker #3: Can you remind me I think is just double-checking most of your near-term D&C focus will be on the Oswego and if so, could you just remind us how much activity that will consist of and how you're thinking about the economics behind this play in this environment?

Tom L. Ward: Yeah, Neal, you're correct. The ongoing drilling program that we have through Q4 of this year is to keep an Oswego rig running. We have a lot of locations. The Sycamore locations in southern Oklahoma are the highest rates of return we have, but there's really only three of those left that we picked up through a couple of acquisitions in 2024. The Oswego continues to be, as I mentioned, the workhorse of our program. We'll keep a rig, depending on pricing, but keep a rig there through 2027 also. Kind of a consistent rig running in the Oswego. We'll move a rig back into the Red Fork next year, and that play has a little bit more running room with this also. Those are kind of the two oil plays.

Tom Ward: Yeah, Neal, you're correct. The ongoing drilling program that we have through Q4 of this year is to keep an Oswego rig running. We have a lot of locations. The Sycamore locations in southern Oklahoma are the highest rates of return we have, but there's really only three of those left that we picked up through a couple of acquisitions in 2024. The Oswego continues to be, as I mentioned, the workhorse of our program. We'll keep a rig, depending on pricing, but keep a rig there through 2027 also. Kind of a consistent rig running in the Oswego. We'll move a rig back into the Red Fork next year, and that play has a little bit more running room with this also. Those are kind of the two oil plays.

Speaker #4: Yeah, Neil. You're correct. The ongoing drilling program that we have through Q4 of this year is to keep an Oswego rig running. We just have we have a lot of locations the Sycamore locations in Southern Oklahoma are the highest rates of return we have, but there's really only three of those left that we picked up through the a couple of acquisitions in 2024.

Speaker #4: So the Oswego is the continues to be, as I mentioned, the workforce of our program, and we'll keep a rig at depending on pricing, but keep a rig there through 2027 also.

Speaker #4: So kind of a consistent rig running in the Oswego. With if prices stay as they are, we'll move a rig back into the Red Fort next year.

Speaker #4: And that play has a little bit more running room with this also. So those are kind of the two oil plays. We're yet to know where gas prices will be next year, but we do plan to have a program in the Mango Shell to drill and then complete the wells this year assuming the gas prices are rebounding by next summer.

Tom L. Ward: We're yet to know where gas prices will be next year, we do plan to have a program in the Mancos Shale to drill and then complete the wells this year, assuming that gas prices are rebounding by next summer.

Tom Ward: We're yet to know where gas prices will be next year, we do plan to have a program in the Mancos Shale to drill and then complete the wells this year, assuming that gas prices are rebounding by next summer.

Neal Dingmann: Tom, does that Oswego compete with other more well-known oily plays in this kind of environment?

Speaker #3: Tom, is that Oswego compete with other oil more well-known oily plays in this kind of environment?

Tom L. Ward: Oh, you'd have to tell me. We have basically an 85% rate of return at $75 oil, I think so.

Tom Ward: Oh, you'd have to tell me. We have basically an 85% rate of return at $75 oil, I think so.

Speaker #4: Oh, you'd have to tell me. We have basically an 85% rate of return at $75 oil. So I think so.

Neal Dingmann: Got it. If I could, just on capital allocation, could you remind me, you or Kevin, just on broad terms, what around your reinvestment rate and how you intend to deploy the remainder of the cash flow? I think it's pretty straightforward what you all are doing.

Speaker #3: Got it. And then if I could just on capital allocation, could you remind me you or Kevin just on broad terms what around your reinvestment rate and then how you intend to deploy the remainder of the cash flow?

Speaker #3: I think it's pretty straightforward what you all are doing.

Kevin R. White: Yeah, Neal, as said in those prepared remarks, we were right on top of 50% year to date. That's one of our pillars to have that reinvestment rate of 50%. We would expect to end the year at a similar number. It may have a little lumpiness quarter to quarter, not much.

Kevin White: Yeah, Neal, as said in those prepared remarks, we were right on top of 50% year to date. That's one of our pillars to have that reinvestment rate of 50%. We would expect to end the year at a similar number. It may have a little lumpiness quarter to quarter, not much.

Speaker #1: Yeah, Neil. As stated in the prepared remarks, we were right on top of 50% year to date. And that's one of our pillars—to have that reinvestment rate of 50%.

Speaker #1: So we would expect to end the year at a similar number. I mean, it may have a little lumpiness quarter to quarter, but not much.

Tom L. Ward: Neal-

Tom Ward: Neal-

Neal Dingmann: Very good. Thank you all.

Speaker #4: And Neil.

Speaker #3: Very good. Thank you all.

Tom L. Ward: the operating cash flow drives what our cash CapEx is. We're going to stay under 50% of operating cash flow. As you can see, quarter to quarter, we'll either increase CapEx or decrease CapEx depending on what operating cash flow is or prices.

Tom Ward: the operating cash flow drives what our cash CapEx is. We're going to stay under 50% of operating cash flow. As you can see, quarter to quarter, we'll either increase CapEx or decrease CapEx depending on what operating cash flow is or prices.

Speaker #4: It's just the operating cash flow drives what our cash capex is. So we're going to stay under 50% of operating cash flow. So as you can see, quarter to quarter, we'll either increase capex or decrease capex depending on what operating cash flow is or prices.

Neal Dingmann: Thank you all.

Tom L. Ward: Thanks.

Tom Ward: Thanks.

Speaker #3: Thank you all.

Speaker #4: Thanks.

Moderator: Thank you. Our next questions come from the line of Charles Meade with Johnson Rice. Please proceed with your questions.

Operator: Thank you. Our next questions come from the line of Charles Meade with Johnson Rice. Please proceed with your questions.

Speaker #2: Thank you. And our next questions come from the line of Charles Meade with Johnson Rice. Please proceed with your questions.

Charles Meade: Yes, good morning, Tom and Kevin, and to the rest of the Mach team there. Tom, I'd like to pick up on that last point. Assuming you had the operating cash flow to do the Mancos completions whenever you wanted, what is the price that you'd need to see in the San Juan Basin market for you to pull the trigger and do those completions?

Speaker #5: Yes, good morning, Tom and Kevin. And to the rest of the MOC team there. Tom, I'd like to pick up on that last point.

Speaker #5: Assuming you had the operating cash flow to do the Mango completions whenever you wanted, what is the price that you need to see in the San Juan basin market for you to pull the trigger and do those completions?

Tom L. Ward: It's not so much that we wouldn't do the completions. It's probably more that we wouldn't spend any CapEx if prices continued to be under $3. I think it would be difficult to have any gas program in the US working. If you think of the Bcf per 1,000 that we see in the Mancos, it sits just under the Marcellus. I think we calculate the Marcellus at 1.9 Bcf per 1,000 feet, the Mancos at 1.7, and the Haynesville at 1.6. If all three of those are going to be in line with the same types of production. The San Juan has its difficulties of basis at times, at other times it has very good basis, like today, it sits on top of the MidCon. I think that to have an ongoing drilling program for natural gas that competes with oil.

Tom Ward: It's not so much that we wouldn't do the completions. It's probably more that we wouldn't spend any CapEx if prices continued to be under $3. I think it would be difficult to have any gas program in the US working. If you think of the Bcf per 1,000 that we see in the Mancos, it sits just under the Marcellus. I think we calculate the Marcellus at 1.9 Bcf per 1,000 feet, the Mancos at 1.7, and the Haynesville at 1.6. If all three of those are going to be in line with the same types of production. The San Juan has its difficulties of basis at times, at other times it has very good basis, like today, it sits on top of the MidCon. I think that to have an ongoing drilling program for natural gas that competes with oil.

Speaker #4: Oh, it's not so much that we wouldn't do the completions. It's probably more that we wouldn't spend any capex if prices continued to be under $3.

Speaker #4: I think it would be difficult to have any gas program in the US working. So if you think of kind of the BCF per 1,000 that we see in the Mangos, it's just under the Marcellus.

Speaker #4: I think we calculate the Marcellus at 1.9 BCF per 1,000 feet. The Mangos at 1.7 and the Haynesville at 1.6. So if you're all three of those are going to be in line with the same types of production, the San Juan as its difficulties of basis at times, but then other times it has very good basis like today it sits on top of the Midcon.

Speaker #4: So yeah, I think that to have an ongoing drilling program for natural gas that competes with oil so that our problem is that we only have a certain amount of operating cash flow and that goes to the highest rates of return.

Tom L. Ward: Our problem is that we only have a certain amount of operating cash flow, that goes to the highest rates of return. Going into next year, what we have to look at is if the Mancos can compete against our oil reservoirs, we won't know that really until after we get through this winter. As you know, Charles, I'm a little hesitant right now to be bullish natural gas, as we come into full storage into the fall and are looking straight in the face of a strong El Niño winter, it's difficult to be real bullish about it. We'll just evaluate as the year goes into next year. I'm still very, I think most people are very bullish long-term natural gas.

Tom Ward: Our problem is that we only have a certain amount of operating cash flow, that goes to the highest rates of return. Going into next year, what we have to look at is if the Mancos can compete against our oil reservoirs, we won't know that really until after we get through this winter. As you know, Charles, I'm a little hesitant right now to be bullish natural gas, as we come into full storage into the fall and are looking straight in the face of a strong El Niño winter, it's difficult to be real bullish about it. We'll just evaluate as the year goes into next year. I'm still very, I think most people are very bullish long-term natural gas.

Speaker #4: And so going into next year, what we have to look at is if the Mangos can compete against our oil reservoirs and we won't know that really until after we get through this winter.

Speaker #4: As you know, Charles, I'm a little hesitant right now to be bullish on natural gas, as we come into full storage. But into the fall, and looking straight in the face of a strong El Niño winter, it's difficult to be real bullish about it.

Speaker #4: But the so we'll just evaluate as the year goes into next year. I'm still very I think most people are very bullish long-term natural gas.

Tom L. Ward: It's just how to get from here to there, basically, it might be a next summer event before we really do much spending on natural gas CapEx.

Tom Ward: It's just how to get from here to there, basically, it might be a next summer event before we really do much spending on natural gas CapEx.

Speaker #4: It's just how to get from here to there and that's basically it might be in next summer event before we really do much spending on natural gas capex.

Operator: Right.

Charles Meade: Right.

Tom L. Ward: As I look out over, I'm sorry. As I look out over the longer term period of five years, you take that looking at our gas contract that we bought amortizing that hedge out through 2030, we should be in perfect position to capture the demand that everyone sees coming. I don't think Western supply is going to keep up with that. Ultimately, I feel very good about our natural gas positions. It's just how much we spend in 2027 might fluctuate.

Tom Ward: As I look out over, I'm sorry. As I look out over the longer term period of five years, you take that looking at our gas contract that we bought amortizing that hedge out through 2030, we should be in perfect position to capture the demand that everyone sees coming. I don't think Western supply is going to keep up with that. Ultimately, I feel very good about our natural gas positions. It's just how much we spend in 2027 might fluctuate.

Speaker #5: Right. Tom.

Speaker #4: Look out over sorry, as I look out over the longer-term period of five years and say and you take that looking with the our gas contract that we bought, amortizing that hedge out through 2030, we should be in perfect position to capture the demand that everyone sees coming.

Speaker #4: And I don't think Western supply is going to keep up with that. And so that ultimately, I feel very good about our natural gas positions.

Speaker #4: It's just how much we spend and 2027 might fluctuate.

Charles Meade: Right. Tom, I appreciate your comments. You can be a natural gas bull, at the same time be honest about what the next few months look like. Second question. I wanted to ask about the Central Basin Platform. I actually heard from another company recently about a so-called BMW play, Barnett, Mississippian, and Woodford in the Central Basin Platform. I don't think it's your style to go be a pioneer on a play like that.

Speaker #5: Right, Tom. I appreciate your comments. It's you can be a natural gas bull, but at the same time, be honest about what the next few months look like.

Speaker #5: Separate or second question. I wanted to ask about the central basin platform. I actually heard from another company recently about a so-called BMW play.

Speaker #5: Barnett Mississippian Woodford in the central basin platform. And I don't think it's your style to go be a pioneer on a play like that, but I'm curious if you're aware of it and if it's happening near some of your acreage perhaps in Gaines and Andrews.

Charles Meade: Yeah.

Tom Ward: Yeah.

Charles Meade: I'm curious if you're aware of it, if it's happening near some of your acreage, perhaps in Gaines and Andrews.

Tom L. Ward: I'm not aware of it, and I don't believe it's near any of our properties, and we're having trouble even getting a Clear Fork location cleared, so I don't think we'll be doing the BMW.

Tom Ward: I'm not aware of it, and I don't believe it's near any of our properties, and we're having trouble even getting a Clear Fork location cleared, so I don't think we'll be doing the BMI.

Speaker #4: You know, I'm not aware of it. And I don't believe it's near any of our properties and we're having any trouble even getting a clear fork location cleared.

Speaker #4: So, I don't think we'll be doing the BMI.

Charles Meade: All right. Thank you, Tom.

Speaker #5: All right. Thank you, Tom.

Tom L. Ward: Thank you.

Tom Ward: Thank you.

Speaker #4: Thank you.

Moderator: Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Michael Scialla with Stephens. Please proceed with your questions.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Michael Scialla with Stephens. Please proceed with your questions.

Speaker #2: Thank you. Our next questions come from the line of Michael Sciala with Stevens. Please proceed with your questions.

Michael Scialla: Good morning, guys. I want to start with your last comment there, Tom, on the Clear Fork. What are the plans there now?

Speaker #6: Good morning, guys. I want to start with your last comment there, Tom, on the Clear Fork. What are the plans there now?

Tom L. Ward: Well, we don't have it in our drilling schedule yet. Right now, the Clear Fork's again, we were planning on it earlier in the year when we thought we'd add another rig. As prices moved away from where they were, the Clear Fork was the first to be exited. As of right now, we might get the locations in in 2027. It's just really more price dependent again, and where our operating cash flow is. The luxury we have is we sit around on 3 million acres of land that's HBP, and we can pick and choose when we want to drill, where we want to drill, at the highest rates of return. It's just I realize from being an analyst, it's hard to keep track of what we're trying to do, but it really can change month to month. Ask Kent.

Tom Ward: Well, we don't have it in our drilling schedule yet. Right now, the Clear Fork's again, we were planning on it earlier in the year when we thought we'd add another rig. As prices moved away from where they were, the Clear Fork was the first to be exited. As of right now, we might get the locations in in 2027. It's just really more price dependent again, and where our operating cash flow is. The luxury we have is we sit around on 3 million acres of land that's HBP, and we can pick and choose when we want to drill, where we want to drill, at the highest rates of return. It's just I realize from being an analyst, it's hard to keep track of what we're trying to do, but it really can change month to month. Ask Kent.

Speaker #4: Well, we don't have it in our drilling schedule yet. So right now, the clear forks again, what it was, we were planning on it earlier in the year when we thought we'd add another rig, but as prices moved away from where they were, the clear fork was the first to be exited.

Speaker #4: So as of right now, we might get the locations in in 2027. It's just really more price dependent again and where our operating cash flow is.

Speaker #4: I mean, the luxury we have is we sit around on 3 million acres of land that's HVP and we can pick and choose where we want to drill, where we want to drill at the highest rates of return.

Speaker #4: And so it's just I realized from being an analyst, it's hard to keep track of what we're trying to do, but it really can change month to month.

Tom L. Ward: He has to model it every month.

Tom Ward: He has to model it every month.

Speaker #4: Ask Kent. He has to model it every month.

Michael Scialla: I feel his pain. I guess just to get a little bit more color on the Clear Fork Group. It sounds like it doesn't compete today with the Oswego Limestone. Can you just describe what the opportunity set is there? What's the inventory like? Would they be vertical wells? Is it under waterflood? Can you just give us a little bit more color on it?

Speaker #6: I feel his pain. I guess, just to get a little bit more color on the Clear Fork, it sounds like it doesn't compete today with the Oswego.

Speaker #6: Can you just describe what the opportunity set is there? What's the inventory like? And is this would they be vertical wells? Is it under water flood?

Speaker #6: Can you just give us a little bit more color on it?

Tom L. Ward: It is under a waterflood, we drill horizontal wells within a waterflood, I can kind of tell you. There's only 8 locations. It's not hundreds of locations. We pick and choose around what we have, and when we buy additional land that comes up, it just happens to have some locations that can be drilled on it. I guess if it all worked well, do you know how many, Rick, that we've got? 7 wells. Huh? Like 7 wells. Yeah. For next year, if it comes into the program. At the end of July, that's going to have a 53% rate of return compared to the Oswego Limestone in the 80s. If I had more operating cash flow, we'd drill it. Now that's kind of where the point is, I guess. It is a target worthy of drilling.

Tom Ward: It is under a waterflood, we drill horizontal wells within a waterflood, I can kind of tell you. There's only 8 locations. It's not hundreds of locations. We pick and choose around what we have, and when we buy additional land that comes up, it just happens to have some locations that can be drilled on it. I guess if it all worked well, do you know how many, Rick, that we've got? 7 wells. Huh? Like 7 wells. Yeah. For next year, if it comes into the program. At the end of July, that's going to have a 53% rate of return compared to the Oswego Limestone in the 80s. If I had more operating cash flow, we'd drill it. Now that's kind of where the point is, I guess. It is a target worthy of drilling.

Speaker #4: It is under waterflood, but we drill horizontal wells within a waterflood. And I can kind of tell you, so then there's only like eight locations.

Speaker #4: So it's not hundreds of locations. So we pick and choose around what we have. And when we buy additional land that comes up, it just happens to have some locations that can be drilled on it.

Speaker #4: I guess if it all worked well, do you know how many rigs we've got? It's for next year if it comes into the program.

Speaker #4: So like at the end of July, that's going to have a 53% rate of return. Compared to the Oswego at in the 80s. So just if I had more operating cash flow, we'd drill it.

Speaker #4: That's kind of the point, I guess. It is a target worthy of drilling. It's just that we're going to stay below 50% of operating cash flow.

Tom L. Ward: It's just that we're going to stay below 50% of operating cash flow.

Tom Ward: It's just that we're going to stay below 50% of operating cash flow.

Michael Scialla: Understood. Wanted to ask on the balance sheet, I think last quarter you said you kind of anticipate, as you move forward, leverage will move down naturally just given where, especially where oil prices are. Still feeling that way? Or do you feel compelled to pull back at all on the distribution or to do anything differently than what you're planning or have been planning historically?

Speaker #6: Understood. I wanted to ask, on the balance sheet, I think last quarter you said you kind of anticipate as you move forward, leverage will move down naturally, just given where especially where oil prices are.

Speaker #6: But I still feel in that way, or do you feel compelled to pull back at all on the distribution or to do anything differently than what you're planning or have been planning historically?

Tom L. Ward: Yeah. I think 2027 is a year that we need to get our leverage down, and I think our board is on board with that. It's just basically, we recognize that we are running a company today that at today's prices, looking at the end of the year is 1.4 times leverage, and we want to be at 1 times leverage. If you think about that, the reason that we want to be at or below a turn of leverage is because we never know when something's going to happen. Like, in the next few months, it might be a really good time to be buying a natural gas asset. Well, I'd like to have our leverage back down to a point that we can use some debt to make a purchase before bringing that leverage back down through the equity market.

Tom Ward: Yeah. I think 2027 is a year that we need to get our leverage down, and I think our board is on board with that. It's just basically, we recognize that we are running a company today that at today's prices, looking at the end of the year is 1.4 times leverage, and we want to be at 1 times leverage. If you think about that, the reason that we want to be at or below a turn of leverage is because we never know when something's going to happen. Like, in the next few months, it might be a really good time to be buying a natural gas asset. Well, I'd like to have our leverage back down to a point that we can use some debt to make a purchase before bringing that leverage back down through the equity market.

Speaker #4: Yeah. I mean, I think 2027 is a year that we need to get our leverage down. And that's I think our board is on board with that.

Speaker #4: So it's just basically we recognize that we are running a company today that at today's prices, looking at the end of the year is 1.4 times levered.

Speaker #4: And we want to be at one times leverage. And if you think about that, the reason that we want to be at or below a turn of leverage is because we never know when something's like in the next few months.

Speaker #4: It might be a really good time to be buying a natural gas asset. Well, I'd like to have our leverage back down to a point where we can use some debt to make a purchase.

Speaker #4: Before bringing that leverage back down, through the equity market. So yeah, we want to be at a point that we're less leveraged. So as I mentioned, there's.

Tom L. Ward: Yeah, we want to be at a point that we're less leveraged. As I mentioned, we have an ATM program that doesn't really affect our trading that will lower our leverage. We can always cut our distribution some. We did that in 2024, I believe. Or was it 2025? 2024, where we amortized some of our distribution to pay down debt. Let's just say it's a focal point that I've talked about it now for nearly a year, I guess, 3 quarters, and our leverage hasn't moved down yet. It's just time for us to get started here soon if we don't. What I'd love to do is find an acquisition that we could buy using equity. There's just a lot of capital chasing a few deals right now.

Tom Ward: Yeah, we want to be at a point that we're less leveraged. As I mentioned, we have an ATM program that doesn't really affect our trading that will lower our leverage. We can always cut our distribution some. We did that in 2024, I believe. Or was it 2025? 2024, where we amortized some of our distribution to pay down debt. Let's just say it's a focal point that I've talked about it now for nearly a year, I guess, 3 quarters, and our leverage hasn't moved down yet. It's just time for us to get started here soon if we don't. What I'd love to do is find an acquisition that we could buy using equity. There's just a lot of capital chasing a few deals right now.

Speaker #4: We have an ATM program that doesn't really affect our trading. That will lower our leverage. We can always cut our distribution some. We did that in 2024, I believe, or 2025.

Speaker #4: 2024, where we amortized some of our distribution to pay down debt. It's let's just say it's a focal point. That I've talked about it now for nearly a year, I guess three quarters and our leverage hasn't moved down yet.

Speaker #4: And so it's just time for us to get started here soon if we don't what I'd love to do is find an acquisition that we could buy using equity and but there's just a lot of capital chasing a few deals right now.

Michael Scialla: We'll stay tuned on that. Thanks, Tom.

Speaker #6: Well, we'll stay tuned on that. Thanks, Tom.

Tom L. Ward: Thank you.

Tom Ward: Thank you.

Speaker #4: Thank you.

Moderator: Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Derrick Whitfield with Texas Capital. Please proceed with your questions.

Operator: Thank you. Our next question comes from the line of Derrick Whitfield with Texas Capital. Please proceed with your questions.

Speaker #2: Thank you. Our next questions come from the line of Derek Whitfield with Texas Capital. Please proceed with your questions.

Derrick Whitfield: Good morning, Tom and team, and thanks for your time.

Speaker #7: Good morning, Tom and team. And thanks for your time. I wanted to circle back on your earlier comments on natural gas. As you see it today, while I realize you can't provide 2027 guidance, we in most of the street likely have elevated gas-weighted capex for 2027, which inherently depresses your CAD at current strip.

Tom L. Ward: You bet.

Tom Ward: You bet.

Derrick Whitfield: Wanted to circle back on your earlier comments on natural gas as you see it today. While I realize you can't provide 2027 guidance, we in most of the street likely have elevated gas-related CapEx for 2027, which inherently depresses your CAD at current strip. I think what we're all grappling with is how to manage activity as the current pivot favors oil-related activity and production into 2027. As we sit here today, should we think about higher activity in oil through the H1 and some degree of shift to gas in the H2 as a starting point? You clearly have the flexibility as you've vetted today to lean into oil or gas, just that's kind of what we're grappling with.

Speaker #7: And I think what we're all grappling with is how to manage activity as the current pivot favors all-weighted activity and production into 2027. As we sit here today, should we think about higher activity in oil through the first half and some degree of shift to gas in the second half as a starting point?

Speaker #7: I mean, you clearly have the flexibility as you've noted today to lean into oil or gas, but just that's kind of what we're grappling with.

Tom L. Ward: Yeah. I think that's fair. I think that basically we don't have any activity in our gas asset. Next year will be the Mancos. The activity would be that if we choose to spend money in 2027 on natural gas, which right now we would plan on it, just assuming that prices pick up into the summertime, that we'd start our completion program sometime in late spring or the springtime, then have a drilling program through the summer, then complete all those wells come in line with each other.

Tom Ward: Yeah. I think that's fair. I think that basically we don't have any activity in our gas asset. Next year will be the Mancos. The activity would be that if we choose to spend money in 2027 on natural gas, which right now we would plan on it, just assuming that prices pick up into the summertime, that we'd start our completion program sometime in late spring or the springtime, then have a drilling program through the summer, then complete all those wells come in line with each other.

Speaker #4: Yeah. Yeah, I think that's fair. So I think that basically we don't have any activity in our gas asset next year would be the main cost.

Speaker #4: So the activity would be that if we choose to spend money in '27 on natural gas, which right now we would plan on it, just assuming that prices pick up into the summertime, that we'd start our completion program sometime in late spring or the springtime and then have a drilling program through the summer and then complete all those wells come in line.

Speaker #4: With each other.

Derrick Whitfield: Yeah, that makes sense. Maybe-

Speaker #7: Yeah, that makes sense. And then Derek, so we haven't really worked on a '27 program yet. It's something that we're starting to work on now.

Tom L. Ward: Derrick, we haven't really worked on a 2027 program yet. It's something that we're starting to work on now. I think obviously by our next quarter call, we'll have a better understanding of where at least we plan to have our CapEx. We aren't as easy to follow just because we can change both the amount we spend on what asset we spend it on, it can happen very quickly. I do understand, every time that we make a change, it's for a higher rate of return.

Tom Ward: Derrick, we haven't really worked on a 2027 program yet. It's something that we're starting to work on now. I think obviously by our next quarter call, we'll have a better understanding of where at least we plan to have our CapEx. We aren't as easy to follow just because we can change both the amount we spend on what asset we spend it on, it can happen very quickly. I do understand, every time that we make a change, it's for a higher rate of return.

Speaker #7: So I think by the obviously by our next quarter call, we'll have a better understanding of where we at least we plan to have our capex.

Speaker #7: And it is we aren't as easy to follow just because we change we can change both the amount we spend and on what asset we spend it on.

Speaker #7: And it can happen very quickly. I do understand, but in every time that we make a change, it's for a higher rate of return.

Derrick Whitfield: Understood completely. We also appreciate that we can make changes in 5 minutes, where it's going to take you guys quite a bit longer with the actual plans themselves. We appreciate it. Again, just trying to kind of work through that, because at the end of the day, we should be solving for higher CAD. It just means it might counter depending on where we are with oil and gas at any point in time. Maybe staying on gas, but going down a different path. With the addition of several large pipelines in the Permian, including the Hugh Brinson and Blackcomb this year, how are you guys thinking about the outlook for San Juan basis going into next year?

Speaker #7: Understood completely. And we also appreciate that we can make changes in five minutes where it's going to take you guys quite a bit longer with the actual plans themselves.

Speaker #7: So we appreciate it again, just trying to kind of work through that because at the end of the day, we should be solving for higher CAD.

Speaker #7: It just means it might counter depending on where we are with oil and gas at any point in time. But maybe staying on gas, but going down a different path with the addition of several large pipelines in the Permian, including the Hebronson and Blackcomb this year.

Speaker #7: How are you guys thinking about the outlook for San Juan basis going into next year?

Tom L. Ward: Yeah. I'm scared of San Juan basis right now. Luckily, we're fairly well hedged with our San Juan gas, but right now San Juan and MidCon are sitting $0.20 under the hub. It just seems pretty tight. I don't know where a San Juan basis goes in the near term. I do believe that over a longer period of time that everything opens up. There's the GreenView pipeline that's being brought on by Tallgrass that's going to give us a 2.5 Bcf a day, I think that's what they're projecting, to the Arizona Pacific Coast LNG markets coming in. They project 2029 or 2030. I think that might be fast-tracked as demand is picking up. I think over time, the San Juan is going to be the key place for us.

Tom Ward: Yeah. I'm scared of San Juan basis right now. Luckily, we're fairly well hedged with our San Juan gas, but right now San Juan and MidCon are sitting $0.20 under the hub. It just seems pretty tight. I don't know where a San Juan basis goes in the near term. I do believe that over a longer period of time that everything opens up. There's the GreenView pipeline that's being brought on by Tallgrass that's going to give us a 2.5 Bcf a day, I think that's what they're projecting, to the Arizona Pacific Coast LNG markets coming in. They project 2029 or 2030. I think that might be fast-tracked as demand is picking up. I think over time, the San Juan is going to be the key place for us.

Speaker #4: Yeah, I'm scared of San Juan basis right now. Luckily, we're fairly well hedged with our San Juan gas, but as we go into it right now, San Juan and Midcon are sitting about $0.20 under the hub.

Speaker #4: It just seems pretty tight. So I just I don't know where San Juan basis goes in the near term. I do believe that over a longer period of time, that everything opens up.

Speaker #4: There's the Greenview Pipeline that's being brought on by Tallgrass that's going to give us 2.5 Bcf a day, I think.

Speaker #4: That's what they're projecting to the Arizona and Pacific North Pacific Coast LNG markets coming in. They project 29 or 30. I think that might be fast tracked as demand is picking up.

Speaker #4: So I think over time, the San Juan is going to be the key place for us. It's just we have to watch carefully what pricing is in order for our capex in the meantime.

Tom L. Ward: It's just we have to watch carefully what pricing is in order for our CapEx in the meantime. As we just mentioned, in order to keep our production flat there, we only need 5 wells. It is a tremendous amount of capital to keep our production flat, or it isn't the end of the world if we let it decline, if we're increasing our oil production at a higher price in other places. We're going to be very flexible depending on what price gives us.

Tom Ward: It's just we have to watch carefully what pricing is in order for our CapEx in the meantime. As we just mentioned, in order to keep our production flat there, we only need 5 wells. It is a tremendous amount of capital to keep our production flat, or it isn't the end of the world if we let it decline, if we're increasing our oil production at a higher price in other places. We're going to be very flexible depending on what price gives us.

Speaker #4: But as we just mentioned, in order to keep our production flat there, we only need five wells. So it's it is a tremendous amount of capital to keep our production flat or it isn't the end of the world if we let it decline if we're increasing our oil production at a higher price in other places.

Speaker #4: So we're going to be very flexible depending on what price gives us.

Derrick Whitfield: Great. Thanks for your time.

Speaker #7: Great. Thanks for your time.

Tom L. Ward: Thanks, Derrick.

Tom Ward: Thanks, Derrick.

Speaker #4: Thanks, Derek.

Moderator: Thank you. Our next questions come from the line of Jeff Grampp with Northland Capital Markets. Please proceed with your questions.

Operator: Thank you. Our next questions come from the line of Jeff Grampp with Northland Capital Markets. Please proceed with your questions.

Speaker #2: Thank you. Our next questions come from the line of Jeff Grant with Northland Capital Markets. Please proceed with your questions.

Tom L. Ward: Hey, Jeff.

Tom Ward: Hey, Jeff.

Jeff Grampp: Thanks for the time. Tom, your comments on the Mancos well cost I thought were really interesting. I think you mentioned 20 million historically. You guys think you can get down to 13 on this recent batch, and I know in the past you talked about adjusting the completion design was a key lever there, but seems like there's a lot going on to get that kind of reduction. I was just hoping to better understand what you guys are seeing there to drive that kind of cost improvement.

Speaker #8: Thanks for the time.

Speaker #7: Tom, your comments on the Manco's well cost I thought were really interesting. I think you mentioned $20 million historically, and you guys think you can get down to $13 million on this recent batch.

Speaker #7: And I know in the past you talked about adjusting the completion design was a key lever there, but it seems like there's a lot going on to get that kind of reduction.

Speaker #7: So it's just hoping to better understand what you guys are seeing there to drive that kind of cost improvement.

Tom L. Ward: Yeah. It's really more just getting services, having different types of, like using wet sand versus dry sand, being comfortable with a couple of thousand pounds per foot of frack, which we used last year, and it works perfectly fine. Learning a few drilling techniques. Rick could do a lot better job than me explaining. All I can do is look at the results and see that we're going to be closer to $13 million than the $15 million we projected and the $20 million historically.

Tom Ward: Yeah. It's really more just getting services, having different types of, like using wet sand versus dry sand, being comfortable with a couple of thousand pounds per foot of frack, which we used last year, and it works perfectly fine. Learning a few drilling techniques. Rick could do a lot better job than me explaining. All I can do is look at the results and see that we're going to be closer to $13 million than the $15 million we projected and the $20 million historically.

Speaker #4: Yeah, it's really more just getting services, having a different type, so like using wet sand versus dry sand, being comfortable with a couple thousand pounds per foot of frac, which we used last year and it worked perfectly fine.

Speaker #4: Learning some of the a few drilling techniques. I mean, Rick could do a lot better job than me explaining. All I can do is look at the results and see that we're going to be closer to 13 million than the 15 we projected and the 20 million historically.

Tom L. Ward: To me, the Mancos is much like the Haynesville, is that the Haynesville started out with very high well costs, and over time in their core area, they were able to bring those down and ultimately make the field have a rate of return, and that's basically the story of the Mancos, as we started out with incredibly high well costs in the field that are now being brought down. Rick, do you want to mention anything about how costs are coming?

Tom Ward: To me, the Mancos is much like the Haynesville, is that the Haynesville started out with very high well costs, and over time in their core area, they were able to bring those down and ultimately make the field have a rate of return, and that's basically the story of the Mancos, as we started out with incredibly high well costs in the field that are now being brought down. Rick, do you want to mention anything about how costs are coming?

Speaker #4: So to me, the Mancos is much like the Haynesville in that the Haynesville started out with very high well costs and, over time, in their core area, they were able to bring those down and ultimately make the field have a rate of return.

Speaker #4: And that's basically the story of the Manco's as we started out with an incredibly high well cost in the field that are now being brought down.

Speaker #4: Rick, do you want to mention anything about how costs are coming?

Rick Hughes: Yeah. As far as service costs, they're still in line. We're

Speaker #7: Yeah. As far as service costs, they're still in line, but we're optimizing our drilling performance, and being able to get reduced overall days drilling is the main thing we've been able to change.

Rick Hughes: Optimizing our drilling performance and being able to get reduced overall days drilling is the main thing we've been able to change. Bringing some new vendors in, obviously, has helped reduce cost as well.

Speaker #7: Bringing some new vendors in, obviously, has helped reduce costs as well.

Tom L. Ward: Our savings have basically been both on drilling and completion, but the completion costs have really come down.

Tom Ward: Our savings have basically been both on drilling and completion, but the completion costs have really come down.

Speaker #4: Yeah, our savings have basically been both on drilling and completion, but the completion costs of really come down.

Jeff Grampp: Got it. I appreciate those details. My follow-up, given the pace of development that you're laying out, Tom, obviously focused on the oil side. Assuming that kind of program remains static, would you guys anticipate oil production growth in 2027? Is this more of a maintenance level of capital that we're out there? Just trying to triangulate where oil might go over the next handful of quarters.

Speaker #7: Got it. I appreciate those details. And my follow-up, given the pace of development that you're laying out, Tom, obviously focused on the oil side—assuming that kind of program remains static—would you guys anticipate oil production growth in '27?

Speaker #7: Is this more of a maintenance level of capital that we're at there? I'm just trying to triangulate where oil might go over the next handful of quarters.

Tom L. Ward: I think it's difficult for us to have too much growth in any of our products, because basically, we're only spending 50% of our cash flow to keep our production flattish. I think that overall, it's easier to grow a natural gas stream, especially if you're drilling 25 million or 30 million a day Mancos wells. I'd say our projection as of 2027 is basically keeping it flat.

Speaker #4: Yeah. I think it's difficult for us to have too much growth in any of our products. Because basically, we're only spending 50% of our cash flow to keep our production flattish.

Tom Ward: I think it's difficult for us to have too much growth in any of our products, because basically, we're only spending 50% of our cash flow to keep our production flattish. I think that overall, it's easier to grow a natural gas stream, especially if you're drilling 25 million or 30 million a day Mancos wells. I'd say our projection as of 2027 is basically keeping it flat.

Speaker #4: I think that overall, it's easier to grow a natural gas stream, especially if you're drilling 25 or 30 million a day Manco's wells. But I'd say our production projection is a '27 is basically keeping it flat.

Jeff Grampp: Great. I appreciate the details. Thanks, guys.

Speaker #7: Okay. Great. I appreciate the details. Thanks, guys.

Tom L. Ward: Thank you.

Tom Ward: Thank you.

Speaker #4: Thank you.

Moderator: Thank you. Our next questions come from the line of Tim Rezvan with KeyBanc Capital Markets. Please proceed with your questions.

Operator: Thank you. Our next questions come from the line of Tim Rezvan with KeyBanc Capital Markets. Please proceed with your questions.

Speaker #2: Thank you. Our next questions come from the line of Tim Resmond with Key Bank Capital Markets. Please proceed with your questions.

Tim Rezvan: Good morning, everybody. Thank you for taking our questions. I just wanted to go back to the balance sheet. I just had one here. Tom, we see the same thing in our model that you do in yours that around 1.4 times at year-end. We do see sort of it kind of grinding down if you think about strip pricing into 2027, kind of near spitting distance of one times at the end of the year. My question is, if it's such a pressing concern, and I appreciate you being candid about that, are you looking at asset sales? You have a vast acreage footprint. Are you looking at other things like getting someone to sort of farm into your acreage or some sort of carry? Just kind of curious how broadly you're thinking about options to accelerate that de-leveraging.

Speaker #6: Good morning, everybody. Thank you for taking our questions. I just wanted to go back to the balance sheet. I just had one here. Tom, we see the same thing in our model that you do in yours that around 1.4 times a year-end.

Speaker #6: We do see it kind of grinding down. If you think about strip pricing into 2027, we're kind of near spitting distance of one times at the end of the year.

Speaker #6: So my question is, if it's such a pressing concern—and I appreciate you being candid about that—are you looking at asset sales? Do you have a vast acreage footprint?

Speaker #6: Are you looking at other things like getting someone to sort of farm into your acreage or some sort of carry? Just kind of curious kind of how broadly you're thinking about options to accelerate that deleveraging.

Tom L. Ward: Yeah. Selling assets are difficult because you're losing cash flow. Let's just say you're a little not caring for the gas market in the near term. I hate to get rid of low decline gas assets whenever I believe higher gas price is around the corner. You really don't want to be selling your high-priced oil assets either. To me, it's difficult to sell assets to manage for it, especially when we want to keep our declines low. Let's see. The second part of your question was what else were we thinking about? That was the sell assets. What was your other question or point of it?

Tom Ward: Yeah. Selling assets are difficult because you're losing cash flow. Let's just say you're a little not caring for the gas market in the near term. I hate to get rid of low decline gas assets whenever I believe higher gas price is around the corner. You really don't want to be selling your high-priced oil assets either. To me, it's difficult to sell assets to manage for it, especially when we want to keep our declines low. Let's see. The second part of your question was what else were we thinking about? That was the sell assets. What was your other question or point of it?

Speaker #4: Yeah. So, I mean, selling assets is difficult because you're losing cash flow. And if you're, let's just say, not too optimistic about the gas market in the near term, I hate to get rid of low-decline gas assets whenever I believe higher gas prices are around the corner.

Speaker #4: And so the and you really don't want to be selling your high-priced oil assets either. So to me, it's difficult to sell assets to manage for it, especially where we want to keep our declines low.

Speaker #4: The let's see, the second part of your question was what else were we thinking about? So that was a sell assets. What was your other question or the point of it?

Tim Rezvan: I would just ask, are you looking to kind of get someone to farm into acreage to get some sort of carry?

Speaker #6: I would just ask that are you looking to kind of get someone to farm into acreage, get some sort of carry? Yeah.

Tom L. Ward: Yeah, I'm with you now. The problem with selling acreage is that you'd love to say it's non-core, but every acre we have today was non-core when we bought it. Yet, if you look at our results, you see that we're in the top of the peers for gas and oil. If you look at any well that we've drilled since inception of the company, we didn't pay for. That was by definition, a non-core acre. Whenever we plan to go sell a bunch of non-core acreage, you might be selling the next best field. As Charles mentioned, we're not going to be the guy who goes out and drills the wildcat, but we're going to have 3 million acres kind of hanging around to look at whenever somebody else does. Today we have a lot of different companies.

Tom Ward: Yeah, I'm with you now. The problem with selling acreage is that you'd love to say it's non-core, but every acre we have today was non-core when we bought it. Yet, if you look at our results, you see that we're in the top of the peers for gas and oil. If you look at any well that we've drilled since inception of the company, we didn't pay for. That was by definition, a non-core acre. Whenever we plan to go sell a bunch of non-core acreage, you might be selling the next best field. As Charles mentioned, we're not going to be the guy who goes out and drills the wildcat, but we're going to have 3 million acres kind of hanging around to look at whenever somebody else does. Today we have a lot of different companies.

Speaker #4: Yeah, I'm with you now. The problem with selling acreage is that you'd love to say it's non-core, but every acre we have today was non-core when we bought it.

Speaker #4: So, and yet, if you look at our results, you see that we're at the top of our peers for gas and oil. And so, if you look at any well that we've drilled since inception of the company, we didn't pay for.

Speaker #4: So that was by definition a non-core acre. And so whenever we plan to go sell a bunch of non-core acreage, you might be selling the next best field.

Speaker #4: So, and as Charles mentioned, we're not going to be the guy who goes out and drills the wildcat, but we're going to have 3 million acres kind of hanging around to look at whenever somebody else does.

Speaker #4: And so today, we have a lot of different companies—Muberrin especially—is opening up areas that no one would have ever believed in the Mid-Con just a couple of years ago.

Tom L. Ward: Mewbourne, especially, is opening up areas that no one would have ever believed in the MidCon just a couple of years ago. You have Continental that stretches all the way from Western Oklahoma to Southern Oklahoma, drilling very good wells. Now, Diversified has the Camino asset, just a lot of activity with Flywheel and others in the MidCon that are developing acreage that if you would've asked me last year, we'd say was non-core. If we were in that mode of selling it, we'd have given away the ability to have the high rates of return we do today. That's a long-winded way to say I don't really like to sell acreage either. Selling away your assets, to me, is not as efficient as if we were to cut a distribution.

Tom Ward: Mewbourne, especially, is opening up areas that no one would have ever believed in the MidCon just a couple of years ago. You have Continental that stretches all the way from Western Oklahoma to Southern Oklahoma, drilling very good wells. Now, Diversified has the Camino asset, just a lot of activity with Flywheel and others in the MidCon that are developing acreage that if you would've asked me last year, we'd say was non-core. If we were in that mode of selling it, we'd have given away the ability to have the high rates of return we do today. That's a long-winded way to say I don't really like to sell acreage either. Selling away your assets, to me, is not as efficient as if we were to cut a distribution.

Speaker #4: You have Continental that stretches all the way from Western Oklahoma to Southern Oklahoma, drilling very good wells. And now the diversified has the Camino asset and just a lot of activity with flywheel and others in the midcon.

Speaker #4: They're developing acreage that if you would have asked me last year, we'd say it was non-core and if we were in that mode of selling it, we'd have given away the ability to have the high rates of return we do today.

Speaker #4: So that's a long-winded way to say I don't really like to sell acreage either. And so, selling away your assets, to me, is not as efficient as if we were to cut a distribution loop.

Tim Rezvan: Okay. I guess there's trade-offs to everything, okay. I appreciate that response. Thank you. That's all I had.

Speaker #6: Okay. Okay. I guess there's trade-offs to everything, but okay. I appreciate that response. Thank you. That's all I had.

Tom L. Ward: Okay. Thank you.

Tom Ward: Okay. Thank you.

Speaker #4: Thank you.

Moderator: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. We have reached the end of our question and answer session. With that, I would like to bring the call to a close. We appreciate your participation today. You may disconnect your lines at this time, and have a great weekend.

Operator: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. We have reached the end of our question and answer session. With that, I would like to bring the call to a close. We appreciate your participation today. You may disconnect your lines at this time, and have a great weekend.

Speaker #2: Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. We have reached the end of our question and answer session. And with that, I would like to bring the call to a close.

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