HOUSTON, Nov. 06, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Epsilon Energy Ltd. (“Epsilon” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: EPSN) today reported third quarter 2024 financial and operating results.
Third Quarter 2024 Highlights:
| Epsilon - Q3 2024 | ||||||||
| Q3 2024 | Q2 2024 | Q3 2023 | QoQ % | YoY % | ||||
| NRI Production | ||||||||
| Gas | MMcf | 1,304 | 1,407 | 1,848 | -7 | % | -29 | % |
| Oil | Mbbl | 53 | 45 | 13 | 19 | % | 317 | % |
| NGL | Mbbl | 17 | 19 | 9 | -11 | % | 99 | % |
| Revenues | ||||||||
| Gas | $M | 1,904 | 1,961 | 2,089 | -3 | % | -9 | % |
| Oil | $M | 3,965 | 3,514 | 925 | 13 | % | 329 | % |
| NGL | $M | 335 | 388 | 228 | -14 | % | 47 | % |
| Midstream1 | $M | 1,084 | 1,444 | 3,069 | -25 | % | -65 | % |
| Realized Prices2 | ||||||||
| Gas | $/Mcf | 1.46 | 1.39 | 1.13 | 5 | % | 29 | % |
| Oil | $/Bbl | 74.27 | 78.44 | 72.27 | -5 | % | 3 | % |
| NGL | $/Bbl | 19.56 | 20.21 | 26.50 | -3 | % | -26 | % |
| Adj. EBITDA | $M | 3,744 | 3,904 | 3,925 | -4 | % | -5 | % |
| Cash + STI3 | $M | 8,775 | 9,481 | 31,864 | -7 | % | -72 | % |
| Capex | $M | 3,908 | 5,709 | 5,284 | -32 | % | -26 | % |
| 1) Does not include elimination entry for fees paid by Epsilon | ||||||||
| 2) Excludes impact of hedge realizations | ||||||||
| 3) Includes restricted cash balance | ||||||||
- Returned $2.0 million to shareholders through the quarterly dividend and the repurchase of 125,000 shares during the quarter.
- Realized gains of $0.5 million on Henry Hub (HH) and TGP Z4 basis swaps totaling 690,000 MMBTU, and losses of $0.02 million on WTI CMA swaps totaling 17 MBbls.
Operations Update:
Epsilon’s capital expenditures were $3.9 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2024. These were primarily related to the completion of one gross (0.25 net) well in Ector Co., Texas and the drilling of two gross (1 net) wells in Alberta, Canada.
The Marcellus wells (7 gross) completed in Q1 2024 were not turned in line during the quarter. Three of the seven wells were put on flowback during the last week of October and are now producing approximately 60 MMcf per day gross. Our operating partner in PA has maintained production curtailments. We estimate that 3-4 MMcf per day of NRI production was offline during the quarter.
Jason Stabell, Epsilon's Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We delivered our fourth consecutive quarter of liquids volume, revenue and cash flow growth from our Permian assets continuing to fill the gap while we wait for an improved natural gas pricing environment. In Pennsylvania, we are expecting increased production and cash flow in the fourth quarter and next year aided by improving natural gas fundamentals. Our diversified and growing asset portfolio is well positioned to produce volume and cash flow growth in 2025.
The recently announced entry into Alberta, Canada provides an attractive new area to deploy capital starting in in the fourth quarter. We will provide an update on our 2025 Canadian investment plans once finalized with our operating partner.
Finally, our diversified assets, strong balance sheet and liquidity continue to differentiate us in the small cap energy space.”
Current Hedge Book:
| Hedge Book | ||||||||||
| Trade Date | Product | Structure | Ref | Contract Start | Contract End | Price / Strike | Outstanding | Metric | ||
| 10/07/2024 | Crude Oil | Swaps | NYMEX WTI CMA | 04/01/2025 | 06/30/2025 | $ | 72.00 | 7,500 | BBL | |
| 10/02/2024 | Natural Gas | Swaps | NYMEX Henry Hub (LD) | 04/01/2025 | 10/31/2025 | $ | 3.23 | 535,000 | MMBtu | |
| 10/02/2024 | Natural Gas | Swaps | Tenn Z4 300L Basis | 04/01/2025 | 10/31/2025 | $ | (1.04 | ) | 535,000 | MMBtu |
| 08/28/2024 | Natural Gas | Swaps | NYMEX Henry Hub (LD) | 01/01/2025 | 03/31/2025 | $ | 3.18 | 225,000 | MMBtu | |
| 08/28/2024 | Natural Gas | Swaps | Tenn Z4 300L Basis | 01/01/2025 | 03/31/2025 | $ | (0.68 | ) | 225,000 | MMBtu |
| 06/07/2024 | Natural Gas | Swaps | NYMEX Henry Hub (LD) | 01/01/2025 | 03/31/2025 | $ | 3.70 | 225,000 | MMBtu | |
| 06/07/2024 | Natural Gas | Swaps | Tenn Z4 300L Basis | 01/01/2025 | 03/31/2025 | $ | (0.80 | ) | 225,000 | MMBtu |
| 04/30/2024 | Natural Gas | Swaps | NYMEX Henry Hub (LD) | 01/01/2025 | 03/31/2025 | $ | 3.54 | 225,000 | MMBtu | |
| 04/30/2024 | Natural Gas | Swaps | Tenn Z4 300L Basis | 01/01/2025 | 03/31/2025 | $ | (0.75 | ) | 225,000 | MMBtu |
| 03/28/2024 | Natural Gas | Swaps | NYMEX Henry Hub (LD) | 11/01/2024 | 12/31/2024 | $ | 3.15 | 77,500 | MMBtu | |
| 03/05/2024 | Natural Gas | Swaps | NYMEX Henry Hub (LD) | 11/01/2024 | 12/31/2024 | $ | 3.28 | 155,000 | MMBtu | |
| 03/05/2024 | Natural Gas | Swaps | Tenn Z4 300L Basis | 11/01/2024 | 12/31/2024 | $ | (1.04 | ) | 155,000 | MMBtu |
| 02/26/2024 | Crude Oil | Swaps | NYMEX WTI CMA | 03/01/2024 | 03/31/2025 | $ | 74.34 | 22,898 | BBL | |
Earning’s Call:
The Company will host a conference call to discuss its results on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 2:00 p.m. Central Time (3:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
Interested parties in the United States and Canada may participate toll-free by dialing (833) 816-1385. International parties may participate by dialing (412) 317-0478. Participants should ask to be joined to the “Epsilon Energy Third Quarter 2024 Earnings Conference Call.”
A webcast can be viewed at: https://event.choruscall.com/mediaframe/webcast.html?webcastid=S0pmngFY. A webcast replay will be available on the Company’s website (www.epsilonenergyltd.com) following the call.
About Epsilon
Epsilon Energy Ltd. is a North American onshore natural gas and oil production and gathering company with assets in Pennsylvania, Texas, Alberta CA, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements contained in this news release constitute forward looking statements. The use of any of the words “anticipate”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”, ‘may”, “will”, “project”, “should”, ‘believe”, and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those anticipated. Forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct and the forward-looking statements included in this news release should not be unduly relied upon.
Contact Information:
281-670-0002
Jason Stabell
Chief Executive Officer
Jason.Stabell@EpsilonEnergyLTD.com
Andrew Williamson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew.Williamson@EpsilonEnergyLTD.com
| EPSILON ENERGY LTD. Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations (All amounts stated in US$) | ||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||
| Revenues from contracts with customers: | ||||||||||||||||
| Gas, oil, NGL, and condensate revenue | $ | 6,203,953 | $ | 3,241,531 | $ | 18,118,368 | $ | 14,509,184 | ||||||||
| Gas gathering and compression revenue | 1,083,988 | 3,068,996 | 4,464,134 | 7,657,755 | ||||||||||||
| Total revenue | 7,287,941 | 6,310,527 | 22,582,502 | 22,166,939 | ||||||||||||
| Operating costs and expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Lease operating expenses | 2,099,501 | 1,559,957 | 5,517,830 | 4,404,757 | ||||||||||||
| Gathering system operating expenses | 490,325 | 631,725 | 1,692,862 | 1,854,000 | ||||||||||||
| Depletion, depreciation, amortization, and accretion | 2,698,812 | 1,392,032 | 7,127,641 | 4,780,766 | ||||||||||||
| Loss on sale of oil and gas properties | — | — | — | 1,449,871 | ||||||||||||
| General and administrative expenses: | ||||||||||||||||
| Stock based compensation expense | 309,109 | 439,653 | 944,267 | 799,149 | ||||||||||||
| Other general and administrative expenses | 1,449,576 | 1,540,358 | 4,486,814 | 5,160,757 | ||||||||||||
| Total operating costs and expenses | 7,047,323 | 5,563,725 | 19,769,414 | 18,449,300 | ||||||||||||
| Operating income | 240,618 | 746,802 | 2,813,088 | 3,717,639 | ||||||||||||
| Other income (expense): | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest income | 96,220 | 384,732 | 471,435 | 1,308,695 | ||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (53,125 | ) | (8,760 | ) | (70,644 | ) | (71,619 | ) | ||||||||
| Gain (loss) on derivative contracts | 440,712 | (24,303 | ) | 245,095 | 1,672,535 | |||||||||||
| Other income, net | 9,994 | 468 | 111,067 | 5,169 | ||||||||||||
| Other income, net | 493,801 | 352,137 | 756,953 | 2,914,780 | ||||||||||||
| Net income before income tax expense | 734,419 | 1,098,939 | 3,570,041 | 6,632,419 | ||||||||||||
| Income tax expense | 368,398 | 710,164 | 881,464 | 2,283,228 | ||||||||||||
| NET INCOME | $ | 366,021 | $ | 388,775 | $ | 2,688,577 | $ | 4,349,191 | ||||||||
| Currency translation adjustments | 39,845 | (846 | ) | 62,438 | (2,317 | ) | ||||||||||
| Unrealized gain (loss) on securities | — | 24,641 | (1,598 | ) | (22,365 | ) | ||||||||||
| NET COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | $ | 405,866 | $ | 412,570 | $ | 2,749,417 | $ | 4,324,509 | ||||||||
| Net income per share, basic | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.19 | ||||||||
| Net income per share, diluted | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.02 | $ | 0.12 | $ | 0.19 | ||||||||
| Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic | 21,948,519 | 22,118,984 | 21,954,803 | 22,616,539 | ||||||||||||
| Weighted average number of shares outstanding, diluted | 22,155,292 | 22,178,686 | 22,000,881 | 22,631,550 | ||||||||||||
| EPSILON ENERGY LTD. Unaudited Consolidated Balance Sheets (All amounts stated in US$) | ||||||||
| September 30, | December31, | |||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| Current assets | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 8,304,971 | $ | 13,403,628 | ||||
| Accounts receivable | 4,470,017 | 6,015,448 | ||||||
| Short term investments | — | 18,775,106 | ||||||
| Fair value of derivatives | 150,121 | 1,219,025 | ||||||
| Prepaid income taxes | 1,020,179 | 952,301 | ||||||
| Other current assets | 865,841 | 763,288 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 14,811,129 | 41,128,796 | ||||||
| Non-current assets | ||||||||
| Property and equipment: | ||||||||
| Oil and gas properties, successful efforts method | ||||||||
| Proved properties | 190,162,954 | 160,263,511 | ||||||
| Unproved properties | 28,292,321 | 25,504,873 | ||||||
| Accumulated depletion, depreciation, amortization and impairment | (119,981,434 | ) | (113,708,210 | ) | ||||
| Total oil and gas properties, net | 98,473,841 | 72,060,174 | ||||||
| Gathering system | 42,988,092 | 42,738,273 | ||||||
| Accumulated depletion, depreciation, amortization and impairment | (36,221,366 | ) | (35,539,996 | ) | ||||
| Total gathering system, net | 6,766,726 | 7,198,277 | ||||||
| Land | 637,764 | 637,764 | ||||||
| Buildings and other property and equipment, net | 269,133 | 291,807 | ||||||
| Total property and equipment, net | 106,147,464 | 80,188,022 | ||||||
| Other assets: | ||||||||
| Operating lease right-of-use assets, long term | 368,564 | 441,987 | ||||||
| Restricted cash | 470,000 | 470,000 | ||||||
| Prepaid drilling costs | — | 1,813,808 | ||||||
| Total non-current assets | 106,986,028 | 82,913,817 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 121,797,157 | $ | 124,042,613 | ||||
| LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
| Current liabilities | ||||||||
| Accounts payable trade | $ | 2,220,394 | $ | 3,236,871 | ||||
| Gathering fees payable | 844,163 | 1,136,237 | ||||||
| Royalties payable | 1,149,330 | 1,422,898 | ||||||
| Accrued capital expenditures | 1,758,133 | 696,761 | ||||||
| Accrued compensation | 589,620 | 636,295 | ||||||
| Other accrued liabilities | 599,949 | 561,537 | ||||||
| Fair value of derivatives | 50,702 | 118,770 | ||||||
| Operating lease liabilities | 112,502 | 86,473 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 7,324,793 | 7,895,842 | ||||||
| Non-current liabilities | ||||||||
| Asset retirement obligations | 3,590,017 | 3,502,952 | ||||||
| Deferred income taxes | 12,138,030 | 11,553,943 | ||||||
| Operating lease liabilities, long term | 385,653 | 476,911 | ||||||
| Total non-current liabilities | 16,113,700 | 15,533,806 | ||||||
| Total liabilities | 23,438,493 | 23,429,648 | ||||||
| Commitments and contingencies (Note 10) | ||||||||
| Shareholders' equity | ||||||||
| Preferred shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized, none issued or outstanding | — | — | ||||||
| Common shares, no par value, unlimited shares authorized and 21,973,687 shares issued and 21,848,687 shares outstanding at September 30, 2024 and 22,222,722 issued and 22,151,848 shares outstanding at December 31, 2023 | 116,708,531 | 118,272,565 | ||||||
| Treasury shares, at cost, 125,000 at September 30, 2024 and 70,874 at December 31, 2023 | (627,500 | ) | (360,326 | ) | ||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 11,818,758 | 10,874,491 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (39,374,242 | ) | (37,946,042 | ) | ||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income | 9,833,117 | 9,772,277 | ||||||
| Total shareholders' equity | 98,358,664 | 100,612,965 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | $ | 121,797,157 | $ | 124,042,613 | ||||
| EPSILON ENERGY LTD. Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (All amounts stated in US$) | ||||||||
| Nine months ended September 30, | ||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net income | $ | 2,688,577 | $ | 4,349,191 | ||||
| Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
| Depletion, depreciation, amortization, and accretion | 7,127,641 | 4,780,766 | ||||||
| Accretion of discount on available for sale securities | (297,637 | ) | (574,341 | ) | ||||
| Gain on available for sale securities | — | (60,494 | ) | |||||
| Loss on sale of oil and gas properties | — | 1,449,871 | ||||||
| Gain on derivative contracts | (245,095 | ) | (1,672,535 | ) | ||||
| Settlement received on derivative contracts | 1,245,931 | 2,979,128 | ||||||
| Settlement of asset retirement obligation | (88,992 | ) | (3,482 | ) | ||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 944,267 | 799,149 | ||||||
| Deferred income tax (benefit) expense | 584,088 | 1,188,059 | ||||||
| Changes in assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable | 1,545,431 | 3,195,108 | ||||||
| Prepaid income taxes | (67,878 | ) | (814,694 | ) | ||||
| Other assets and liabilities | (94,360 | ) | (67,008 | ) | ||||
| Accounts payable, royalties payable and other accrued liabilities | (1,520,707 | ) | (1,191,558 | ) | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 11,821,266 | 14,357,160 | ||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Additions to unproved oil and gas properties | (2,787,448 | ) | (8,017,412 | ) | ||||
| Additions to proved oil and gas properties | (29,041,344 | ) | (7,860,073 | ) | ||||
| Additions to gathering system properties | (76,625 | ) | (52,069 | ) | ||||
| Additions to land, buildings and property and equipment | (13,912 | ) | (49,689 | ) | ||||
| Purchases of short term investments - held to maturity | — | (32,812,974 | ) | |||||
| Purchases of short term investments - available for sale | (4,045,785 | ) | — | |||||
| Proceeds from sales and maturities of short term investments | 23,116,930 | 14,554,976 | ||||||
| Proceeds from sale of oil and gas properties | — | 12,498 | ||||||
| Prepaid drilling costs | 1,813,808 | (2,891,250 | ) | |||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (11,034,376 | ) | (37,115,993 | ) | ||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Buyback of common shares | (1,831,208 | ) | (5,695,275 | ) | ||||
| Dividends paid | (4,116,777 | ) | (4,217,471 | ) | ||||
| Debt issuance costs | — | (140,000 | ) | |||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (5,947,985 | ) | (10,052,746 | ) | ||||
| Effect of currency rates on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | 62,438 | (2,317 | ) | |||||
| Decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | (5,098,657 | ) | (32,813,896 | ) | ||||
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, beginning of period | 13,873,628 | 45,806,947 | ||||||
| Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash, end of period | $ | 8,774,971 | $ | 12,993,051 | ||||
| Supplemental cash flow disclosures: | ||||||||
| Income taxes paid | $ | 4,000 | $ | 1,442,304 | ||||
| Interest paid | $ | 16,832 | $ | 88,835 | ||||
| Non-cash investing activities: | ||||||||
| Change in proved properties accrued in accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 818,504 | $ | 41,947 | ||||
| Change in gathering system accrued in accounts payable and accrued liabilities | $ | 173,193 | $ | 3,441 | ||||
| Asset retirement obligation asset additions and adjustments | $ | 39,597 | $ | 4,640 | ||||
| Three months ended September 30, | Nine months ended September 30, | |||||||||||||||
| 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023 | |||||||||||||
| Net income | $ | 366,021 | $ | 388,775 | $ | 2,688,577 | $ | 4,349,191 | ||||||||
| Add Back: | ||||||||||||||||
| Interest income, net | (43,095 | ) | (375,972 | ) | (400,791 | ) | (1,237,076 | ) | ||||||||
| Income tax expense | 368,398 | 710,164 | 881,464 | 2,283,228 | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation, depletion, amortization, and accretion | 2,698,812 | 1,392,032 | 7,127,641 | 4,780,766 | ||||||||||||
| Stock based compensation expense | 309,109 | 439,653 | 944,267 | 799,149 | ||||||||||||
| Loss on sale of assets | — | — | — | 1,449,871 | ||||||||||||
| Loss on derivative contracts net of cash received or paid on settlement | 44,677 | 1,370,573 | 1,000,836 | 1,306,593 | ||||||||||||
| Foreign currency translation loss | — | (98 | ) | 570 | (1,086 | ) | ||||||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 3,743,922 | $ | 3,925,127 | $ | 12,242,564 | $ | 13,730,636 | ||||||||
Epsilon defines Adjusted EBITDA as earnings before (1) net interest expense, (2) taxes, (3) depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion expense, (4) impairments of natural gas and oil properties, (5) non-cash stock compensation expense, (6) gain or loss on derivative contracts net of cash received or paid on settlement, and (7) other income. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance as determined under U.S. GAAP and should not be considered in isolation from or as a substitute for net income or cash flow measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP or as a measure of profitability or liquidity.
Additionally, Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. Epsilon has included Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental disclosure because its management believes that EBITDA provides useful information regarding its ability to service debt and to fund capital expenditures. It further provides investors a helpful measure for comparing operating performance on a "normalized" or recurring basis with the performance of other companies, without giving effect to certain non-cash expenses and other items. This provides management, investors and analysts with comparative information for evaluating the Company in relation to other natural gas and oil companies providing corresponding non-U.S. GAAP financial measures or that have different financing and capital structures or tax rates. These non-U.S. GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, measures for financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
