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our ability to make dividends, distributions and share repurchases; |
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uncertainty regarding our future operating results; |
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our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions contained in this press release that are not historical; and
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the other factors described in our 2023 Annual Report, and any updates to those factors set forth in our
subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K. |
We caution you that these forward-looking statements are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of
which are beyond our control, incident to the exploration for and development, production, gathering and sale of oil, natural gas and NGLs. Factors which could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, commodity price volatility (including regional basis differentials), uncertainty inherent in estimating oil, natural gas and NGL reserves, including the impact of commodity price declines
on the economic producibility of such reserves, and in projecting future rates of production, geographic concentration of our operations, lack of availability of drilling and production equipment and services, lack of transportation and storage
capacity as a result of oversupply, government regulations or other factors, competition in the oil and natural gas industry for assets, materials, qualified personnel and capital, drilling and other operating risks, environmental and climate
related risks, including seasonal weather conditions, regulatory changes including those that may result from the U.S. Supreme Courts recent decision overturning the Chevron deference doctrine and that may impact environmental, energy, and
natural resources regulation, restrictions on the use of water, including limits on the use of produced water and potential restrictions on the availability to water disposal facilities, availability to cash flow and access to capital, inflation,
changes in our credit ratings or adverse changes in interest rates, changes in the financial strength of counterparties to our credit agreement and hedging contracts, the timing of development expenditures, political and economic conditions and
events in foreign oil and natural gas producing countries, including embargoes, continued hostilities in the Middle East and other sustained military campaigns, including the conflict in Israel and its surrounding areas, the war in Ukraine and
associated economic sanctions on Russia, conditions in South America, Central America, China and Russia, and acts of terrorism or sabotage, changes in local, regional, national, and international economic conditions, security threats, including
evolving cybersecurity risks such as those involving unauthorized access, denial-of-service attacks, third-party service provider failures, malicious software, data
privacy breaches by employees, insiders or other with authorized access, cyber or phishing-attacks, ransomware, social engineering, physical breaches or other actions, and the other risks described in our filings with the SEC.
Reserve engineering is a process of estimating underground accumulations of oil and natural gas that cannot be measured in an exact way. The accuracy of any
reserve estimate depends on the quality of available data, the interpretation of such data, and price and cost assumptions made by reserve engineers. In addition, the results of drilling, testing and production activities may justify revisions of
estimates that were made previously. If significant, such revisions would change the schedule of any further production and development drilling. Accordingly, reserve estimates may differ significantly from the quantities of oil and natural gas that
are ultimately recovered.
Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described in this press release occur, or should any underlying assumptions
prove incorrect, our actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements, expressed or implied, included in this press release are expressly qualified in their
entirety by this cautionary statement. This cautionary statement should also be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue.
Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the
statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.
1) EBITDAX, free cash flow, free cash flow yield and
net debt-to-EBITDAX are non-GAAP financial measures. While management believes that such measures are useful for investors, they
should not be used as a replacement for financial measures that are in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). The Company has not provided reconciliations for forward-looking
non-GAAP measures because the Company cannot