Tuesday, August 7, 2018

CLR Reports 2Q18 Earnings And Production -- August 7, 2018

Press release here.

From the press release (transcribed; some rounding):
  • net income: $243 million; $0.65 per diluted share
  • adjusted net income: $273 million; $0.73 per diluted share
  • free cash flow, annual target maintained: $800 - $900 million
  • production guidance for 2018 raised to 300,000 boepd, or 24% y/y growth
  • exit rate guidance increased to 325,000 boepd, up 10,000 boepd fro prior guidance 
  • capital expenditures guidance increased from $2.3 billion to $2.7 billion
  • mentions the $220 million Franco-Nevada deal reported yesterday
  • average daily production 2Q18 up 26% y/y to 284,000 boepd
  • production expenses for 2Q18 improved 13% y/y to $3.49 per boe
  • record results and type curve uplifted to 1.2 million boe per well
  • initial production, for 35 wells: 2,282 boepd day average 24-hour IP flow rate
  • first company Bakken well to achieve 30-day rate over 3,000 boepd
CLR, after hours: flat at $62.21. CLR fell about 1% during the day preceding the press release.

See first comment. The reader was referring to the well at this post

2 comments:

  1. That record well was the Mountain Gap well you reported on previously in Dunn. What a well!

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    1. Thank you for the reminder. I need to update this post:

      https://themilliondollarway.blogspot.com/2018/06/mountain-gap-its-getting-exciting-in.html.

      And the big news: there is nothing to suggest that there won't be more wells like this. The operators continue to learn more about the Bakken, and wells across the board are improving.

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