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MURPHY OIL CORP - Quarter Report: 2018 September (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM 10-Q



(Mark One)

[X]    QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2018



OR



[   ]    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to

Commission file number 1-8590



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MURPHY OIL CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware

 

 

71-0361522

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

 

 

 

300 Peach Street, P.O. Box 7000,

 

 

 

El Dorado, Arkansas

 

 

71731-7000

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

(Zip Code)



(870) 862-6411

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. [X] Yes    [  ] No



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).   [X] Yes    [  ] No 



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange act.



Large accelerated filer [X]                 Accelerated filer [  ]                Non-accelerated filer [  ]                      Smaller reporting company [  ]

Emerging growth company [  ]



If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]



Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). [  ] Yes    [X] No



Number of shares of Common Stock, $1.00 par value, outstanding at October 31, 2018 was 173,056,234. 



 


 



MURPHY OIL CORPORATION



TABLE OF CONTENTS





 



Page

Part I – Financial Information

 

Item 1.  Financial Statements

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets

2

Consolidated Statements of Operations

3

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

4

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

5

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

6

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

7

Item 2.  Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

24

Item 3.  Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

36

Item 4.  Controls and Procedures

36

Part II – Other Information

36

Item 1.  Legal Proceedings

36

Item 1A.  Risk Factors

36

Item 6.  Exhibits

36

Signature

37

 

1

 


 

 

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION



ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS



Murphy Oil Corporation and Consolidated Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (unaudited)

(Thousands of dollars)





 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

September 30,

 

December 31,



 

2018

 

2017

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

947,732 

 

 

964,988 

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,605 in 
   2018 and 2017

 

 

274,193 

 

 

243,472 

Inventories, at lower of cost or market

 

 

94,615 

 

 

105,127 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

43,606 

 

 

35,087 

Assets held for sale

 

 

21,140 

 

 

22,929 

Total current assets

 

 

1,381,286 

 

 

1,371,603 

Property, plant and equipment, at cost less accumulated depreciation,
   depletion and amortization of $12,916,002 in 2018 and $12,280,741 in 2017

 

 

8,244,167 

 

 

8,220,031 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

346,455 

 

 

211,543 

Deferred charges and other assets

 

 

54,712 

 

 

57,765 



 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

10,026,620 

 

 

9,860,942 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current maturities of long-term debt

 

$

10,454 

 

 

9,902 

Accounts payable

 

 

622,577 

 

 

595,916 

Income taxes payable

 

 

53,676 

 

 

44,604 

Other taxes payable

 

 

19,939 

 

 

23,574 

Other accrued liabilities

 

 

166,066 

 

 

156,681 

Liabilities associated with assets held for sale

 

 

2,802 

 

 

3,530 

Total current liabilities

 

 

875,514 

 

 

834,207 

Long-term debt, including capital lease obligation

 

 

2,903,899 

 

 

2,906,520 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

130,369 

 

 

159,098 

Asset retirement obligations

 

 

700,055 

 

 

709,299 

Deferred credits and other liabilities

 

 

649,855 

 

 

631,627 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Cumulative Preferred Stock, par $100, authorized 400,000 shares, none issued
        

 

 

– 

 

 

– 

    Common Stock, par $1.00, authorized 450,000,000 shares, issued
          195,065,341 shares in 2018 and 195,055,724 in 2017

 

 

195,065 

 

 

195,056 

    Capital in excess of par value

 

 

905,379 

 

 

917,665 

    Retained earnings

 

 

5,453,414 

 

 

5,245,242 

    Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(537,768)

 

 

(462,243)

    Treasury stock

 

 

(1,249,162)

 

 

(1,275,529)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

4,766,928 

 

 

4,620,191 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

10,026,620 

 

 

9,860,942 



See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, page 7.

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Murphy Oil Corporation and Consolidated Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (unaudited)

(Thousands of dollars, except per share amounts)







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended



September 30,

 

September 30,



2018

 

2017 1

 

2018

 

2017 1



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Revenue from sales to customers

$

659,806 

 

511,192 

 

1,921,910 

 

1,498,093 

     (Loss) gain on crude contracts

 

(2,223)

 

(13,573)

 

(69,349)

 

50,365 

     Gain on sale of assets and other income

 

17,214 

 

700 

 

26,035 

 

134,780 

Total revenues

 

674,797 

 

498,319 

 

1,878,596 

 

1,683,238 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs and expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Lease operating expenses

 

133,141 

 

112,751 

 

406,226 

 

346,072 

     Severance and ad valorem taxes

 

15,067 

 

10,816 

 

40,100 

 

32,771 

     Exploration expenses, including undeveloped
      lease amortization

 

21,838 

 

28,492 

 

69,911 

 

77,356 

     Selling and general expenses

 

64,107 

 

51,374 

 

173,324 

 

155,438 

     Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

241,833 

 

243,636 

 

710,563 

 

714,782 

     Accretion of asset retirement obligations

 

11,099 

 

10,654 

 

32,041 

 

31,638 

     Redetermination expense

 

11,332 

 

– 

 

11,332 

 

– 

     Other expense (benefit)

 

(34,387)

 

2,454 

 

(44,776)

 

10,988 

Total costs and expenses

 

464,030 

 

460,177 

 

1,398,721 

 

1,369,045 

Operating income from continuing operations

 

210,767 

 

38,142 

 

479,875 

 

314,193 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Interest and other income (loss)

 

(19,478)

 

(53,019)

 

(19,445)

 

(106,345)

     Interest expense, net

 

(44,492)

 

(48,681)

 

(134,264)

 

(138,423)

Total other loss

 

(63,970)

 

(101,700)

 

(153,709)

 

(244,768)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

 

146,797 

 

(63,558)

 

326,166 

 

69,425 

Income tax expense

 

51,038 

 

2,760 

 

15,801 

 

95,602 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

 

95,759 

 

(66,318)

 

310,365 

 

(26,177)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations,
    net of income taxes

 

(1,815)

 

425 

 

(2,650)

 

1,177 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INCOME (LOSS)

$

93,944 

 

(65,893)

 

307,715 

 

(25,000)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE – BASIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Continuing operations

$

0.55 

 

(0.38)

 

1.79 

 

(0.15)

     Discontinued operations

 

(0.01)

 

 -

 

(0.01)

 

0.01 

         Net Income (Loss)

$

0.54 

 

(0.38)

 

1.78 

 

(0.14)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INCOME (LOSS) PER COMMON SHARE – DILUTED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Continuing operations

$

0.55 

 

(0.38)

 

1.78 

 

(0.15)

     Discontinued operations

 

(0.01)

 

 -

 

(0.01)

 

0.01 

         Net Income (Loss)

$

0.54 

 

(0.38)

 

1.77 

 

(0.14)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash dividends per Common share

 

0.25 

 

0.25 

 

0.75 

 

0.75 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average Common shares outstanding (thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Basic

 

173,047 

 

172,573 

 

172,949 

 

172,509 

     Diluted

 

174,175 

 

172,573 

 

174,202 

 

172,509 



1 Reclassified to conform to current presentation (see Note B). 

See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, page 7.

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Murphy Oil Corporation and Consolidated Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (unaudited)

(Thousands of dollars)









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 



September 30,

 

September 30,

 



2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

$

93,944 

 

(65,893)

 

307,715 

 

(25,000)

 

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) gain from foreign currency translation

 

33,380 

 

101,210 

 

(53,805)

 

194,094 

 

Retirement and postretirement benefit plans

 

3,390 

 

2,396 

 

10,498 

 

7,169 

 

Deferred loss on interest rate hedges reclassified to interest
expense

 

585 

 

482 

 

1,756 

 

1,445 

 

Reclassification of certain tax effects to retained earnings

 

– 

 

– 

 

(30,237)

 

– 

 

Other

 

– 

 

– 

 

(3,737)

 

– 

 

Other comprehensive (loss) income

 

37,355 

 

104,088 

 

(75,525)

 

202,708 

 

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

$

131,299 

 

38,195 

 

232,190 

 

177,708 

 





See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, page 7.

 

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Murphy Oil Corporation and Consolidated Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (unaudited)

(Thousands of dollars)





 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



Nine Months Ended

 



September 30,

 



2018

 

2017

 

Operating Activities

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

$

307,715 

 

(25,000)

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by continuing

  operations activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Loss (Income) from discontinued operations

 

2,650 

 

(1,177)

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

710,563 

 

714,782 

 

Dry hole costs (credits)

 

4,526 

 

(1,139)

 

Amortization of undeveloped leases

 

31,544 

 

40,859 

 

Accretion of asset retirement obligations

 

32,041 

 

31,638 

 

Deferred income tax benefit

 

(138,755)

 

(3,567)

 

Pretax gain from sale of assets

 

(6)

 

(130,765)

 

Net (increase) decrease in noncash operating working capital

 

(2,550)

 

1,070 

 

Other operating activities, net

 

49,217 

 

192,097 

 

Net cash provided by continuing operations activities

 

996,945 

 

818,798 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Investing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

Property additions and dry hole costs

 

(858,356)

 

(706,417)

 

Proceeds from sales of property, plant and equipment

 

1,128 

 

69,146 

 

Purchases of investment securities  1

 

– 

 

(212,661)

 

Proceeds from maturity of investment securities 1

 

– 

 

320,828 

 

Net cash required by investing activities

 

(857,228)

 

(529,104)

 



 

 

 

 

 

Financing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

Borrowings of debt, net of issuance costs

 

– 

 

541,772 

 

Repayments of debt

 

– 

 

(550,000)

 

Capital lease obligation payments

 

(7,164)

 

(14,687)

 

Withholding tax on stock-based incentive awards

 

(6,922)

 

(7,151)

 

Cash dividends paid

 

(129,780)

 

(129,421)

 

Net cash required by financing activities

 

(143,866)

 

(159,487)

 



 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

(13,107)

 

(5,797)

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

(17,256)

 

124,410 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

964,988 

 

872,797 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

947,732 

 

997,207 

 





 

1  Investments are Canadian government securities with maturities greater than 90 days at the date of acquisition.



See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, page 7.

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Murphy Oil Corporation and Consolidated Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (unaudited)

(Thousands of dollars)





 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 



Nine Months Ended



September 30,



2018

 

2017

Cumulative Preferred Stock – par $100, authorized 400,000 shares,
   none issued

$

– 

 

 

– 

Common Stock – par $1.00, authorized 450,000,000 shares, issued 195,065,341
    shares at September 30, 2018 and 195,055,724 shares at September 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

195,056 

 

 

195,056 

Exercise of stock options

 

 

 

– 

Balance at end of period

 

195,065 

 

 

195,056 

Capital in Excess of Par Value

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

917,665 

 

 

916,799 

Exercise of stock options, including income tax benefits

 

(175)

 

 

– 

Restricted stock transactions and other

 

(32,766)

 

 

(26,553)

Stock-based compensation

 

20,655 

 

 

20,767 

Other

 

– 

 

 

(77)

Balance at end of period

 

905,379 

 

 

910,936 

Retained Earnings

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

5,245,242 

 

 

5,729,596 

Net income (loss) for the period

 

307,715 

 

 

(25,000)

Reclassification of certain tax effects from accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

30,237 

 

 

– 

Cash dividends

 

(129,780)

 

 

(129,421)

Balance at end of period

 

5,453,414 

 

 

5,575,175 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

(462,243)

 

 

(628,212)

Foreign currency translation (loss) gain, net of income taxes

 

(53,805)

 

 

194,094 

Retirement and postretirement benefit plans, net of income taxes

 

10,498 

 

 

7,169 

Deferred loss on interest rate hedges reclassified to interest expense,
   net of income taxes

 

1,756 

 

 

1,445 

Reclassification of certain tax effects to retained earnings

 

(30,237)

 

 

– 

Other

 

(3,737)

 

 

– 

Balance at end of period

 

(537,768)

 

 

(425,504)

Treasury Stock

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

(1,275,529)

 

 

(1,296,560)

Sale of stock under employee stock purchase plan

 

– 

 

 

145 

Awarded restricted stock, net of forfeitures

 

26,367 

 

 

20,886 

Balance at end of period – 22,018,095 shares of Common Stock in
   2018 and 22,482,581 shares of Common Stock in 2017, at cost

 

(1,249,162)

 

 

(1,275,529)

Total Stockholders’ Equity

$

4,766,928 

 

 

4,980,134 



See Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, page 7.

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

These notes are an integral part of the  financial statements of Murphy Oil Corporation and Consolidated Subsidiaries (Murphy/the Company) on pages 2 through 6 of this Form 10-Q report.

Note A – Nature of Business and Interim Financial Statements

NATURE OF BUSINESS – Murphy Oil Corporation is an international oil and gas company that conducts its business through various operating subsidiaries.  The Company primarily produces oil and natural gas in the United States, Canada and Malaysia and undertakes oil and natural gas exploration activities in select basins around the globe.

INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – In the opinion of Murphy's management, the unaudited financial statements presented herein include all accruals necessary to present fairly the Company's financial position at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, and the results of operations, cash flows and changes in stockholders’ equity for the interim periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S.).  In preparing the financial statements of the Company in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S., management has made a number of estimates and assumptions related to the reporting of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities.  Actual results may differ from the estimates.

Financial statements and notes to consolidated financial statements included in this Form 10-Q report should be read in conjunction with the Company's 2017 Form 10-K report, as certain notes and other pertinent information have been abbreviated or omitted in this report.  Financial results for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 are not necessarily indicative of future results.



Note B – New Accounting Principles and Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Principles Adopted

Revenue from Contracts with Customers.    In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU), which established a comprehensive model of accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers that superseded most revenue recognition requirements and industry-specific guidance.  Under the new standard, the Company recognizes revenue when it transfers control of the commodity to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for the commodity.  Additional disclosures are required to describe the nature, amount, timing and uncertainly of revenue and cash flows from contracts with customers.  The Company adopted the new standard in the first quarter of 2018 using the modified retrospective method.  The Company performed a review of contracts in each of its revenue streams and implemented accounting policies and internal controls to address the requirements of the ASU.  Prior to January 1, 2018, the Company followed the sales method of revenue recognition under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 605 and recorded revenue when deliveries occurred, and legal ownership of the commodity transferred to the customer.

There was no adjustment to the opening balance of stockholders’ equity as at January 1, 2018, resulting from application of the new ASU promulgated in ASC Topic 606 using the modified retrospective method.  The comparative information has not been adjusted and continues to be reported under ASC Topic 605 – Revenue Recognition.  See also Note C for further discussion of Revenue Recognition. 

Statement of Cash Flows.    In August 2016, the FASB issued an ASU to reduce diversity in practice in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows.  The amendment provides guidance on specific cash flow issues including debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs, settlement of zero-coupon debt instruments or other debt instrument with coupon interest rates that are insignificant in relation to the effective interest rate of the borrowing, contingent consideration payments made after a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims, proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies, and distributions received from equity method investees.  The amendments in this ASU were effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017.  The Company adopted this guidance in the first quarter of 2018 and it did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Compensation – Retirement Benefits.    In March 2017, the FASB issued an ASU requiring that the service cost component of pension and postretirement benefit costs be presented in the same line item as other current employee compensation costs and other components of those benefit costs be presented separately from the service cost component outside a subtotal of income from operations, if presented.  The update also requires that only the service cost component of pension and postretirement benefit cost is eligible for capitalization.  The update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017.  The Company adopted the standard in the first quarter of 2018 and it did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.





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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd.)

 

Note B – New Accounting Principles and Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Contd.)

Accounting Principles Adopted (Cont.)

Compensation – Stock Compensation.    In May 2017, the FASB issued an ASU which amends the scope of modification accounting for share-based payment arrangements and provides guidance on the type of changes to the terms and conditions of share-based payment awards to which an entity would be required to apply modification accounting.  The update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within the annual period.  The Company adopted this accounting standard in the first quarter of 2018 and it did not have a  material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Statement of Operations – Reporting Comprehensive Income.  In February 2018, the FASB issued an ASU, which allows a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.  The Company elected to early adopt this accounting standard during the first quarter of 2018 and recorded discrete adjustments from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings of $28.4 million related to retirement and postretirement obligations and $1.8 million related to deferred loss on interest rate derivative hedges.  The adoption of this ASU will have no future impact.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Leases.  In February 2016, the FASB issued an ASU to increase transparency and comparability among companies by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements.  The main difference between previous Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and this ASU is the recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases under previous GAAP.  The new standard is effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those annual periods.  Early adoption is permitted for all entities.  The Company anticipates adopting this guidance in the first quarter of 2019 and is currently assessing internal processes and analyzing its portfolio of contracts to assess the impact future adoption of this ASU will have on its consolidated financial statements.

Compensation – Stock Compensation.    In June 2018, the FASB issued an ASU which supersedes existing guidance for equity-based payments to nonemployees and expands the scope of guidance for stock compensation to include all share-based payment arrangements related to the acquisition of goods and services from both nonemployees and employees.  As a result, the same guidance that provides for employee share-based payments, including most of its requirements related to classification and measurement, applies to nonemployee share-based payment arrangements. The ASU is effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those annual periods.  Early adoption is permitted.  The Company anticipates adopting this guidance for the first quarter of 2019 and does not expect it to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Fair Value Measurement.  In August 2018, the FASB issued an ASU which modifies disclosure requirements related to fair value measurement.  The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019.  Implementation on a prospective or retrospective basis varies by specific disclosure requirement.  Early adoption is permitted. The standard also allows for early adoption of any removed or modified disclosures upon issuance of this ASU while delaying adoption of the additional disclosures until their effective date. The Company is currently assessing the potential impact of this ASU to its consolidated financial statements.

Compensation-Retirement Benefits-Defined Benefit Plans-General.  In August 2018, the FASB issued an ASU that modifies the disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans.  For public companies, the amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted, and is to be applied on a retrospective basis to all periods presented. The Company is currently assessing the potential impact of this ASU to its consolidated financial statements.



Note C – Revenue from Contracts with Customers

Significant Accounting Policy

Revenue is recognized when the Company satisfies a performance obligation by transferring control over a commodity to a customer; the amount of revenue recognized reflects the consideration expected in exchange for those commodities.  The Company measures revenue based on consideration specified in a contract and excludes taxes and other amounts collected on behalf of third parties.

Revenue is presented as the Company’s share net of certain costs associated with generation of Revenue. Examples of costs that reduce revenue include transportation, gathering, compression, and processing fees in U.S. and Canada, as well as certain required payments associated with production sharing contracts (PSCs) and export taxes in Malaysia

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd.)

 

Note C – Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Contd.)

Nature of Goods and Services

The Company explores for and produces crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids (collectively oil and gas) in select basins around the globe. The Company’s revenue from sales of oil and gas production activities are primarily subdivided into three key geographic segments: the U.S., Canada, and Malaysia.  Additionally, revenue from sales to customers is generated from three primary revenue streams: crude oil and condensate, natural gas liquids, and natural gas.

For operated oil and gas production where the non-operated working interest owner does not take-in-kind its proportionate interest in the produced commodity, the Company acts as an agent for the working interest owner and recognizes revenue only for its own share of the commingled production. 

U.S.-  In the United States, the Company primarily produces oil and gas from fields in the Eagle Ford Shale area of South Texas and in the Gulf of Mexico.  Revenue is generally recognized when oil and gas are transferred to the customer at the delivery point. Revenue recognized is largely index based with price adjustments for floating market differentials.

Canada-  Primarily all long-term contracts in Canada, except for certain natural gas physical forward sales fixed-price contracts, are floating commodity index priced. For the Onshore business in Canada, the recorded revenue is net of transportation and any gain or loss on spot purchases made to meet committed volumes on sales contracts for the month. For the Offshore business in Canada, contracts are based on index prices and revenue is recognized at the time of vessel load based on the volumes on the bill of lading and point of custody transfer.

Malaysia-  In Malaysia, the Company has interests in nine separate PSCs. The Company serves as the operator of all these areas except for the unitized Gumusut-Kakap field. Crude oil contracts in Malaysia share similar features of largely fixed cargo quantities, variable index-based pricing, and potential discounts at the point of meeting the performance obligation when the vessel is loaded.  Malaysia also has three long term Gas Sales Agreements (GSA) with terms until the end of the field life, economic life, or PSC term.

Disaggregation of Revenue

The Company reviews performance based on three key geographical segments and between onshore and offshore sources of Revenue within these geographies.

For the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company recognized $659.8 million and $511.2 million, respectively, from contracts with customers for the sales of oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company recognized $1,921.9 million and $1,498.1 million, respectively, from contracts with customers for the sales of oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas.   

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd.)

 

Note C – Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Contd.)









 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended



 

September 30,

 

September 30,

(Thousands of dollars)

 

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

Net crude oil and condensate revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States – Onshore

$

224,714 

 

143,527 

 

606,186 

 

437,504 

                               – Offshore

 

93,206 

 

43,658 

 

259,128 

 

145,139 

Canada    – Onshore

 

32,818 

 

12,351 

 

82,537 

 

33,129 

                         – Offshore

 

34,789 

 

31,639 

 

137,420 

 

107,516 

Malaysia – Sarawak

 

55,592 

 

63,558 

 

218,494 

 

189,100 

                        – Block K

 

102,149 

 

122,460 

 

298,330 

 

287,032 

Other

 

3,156 

 

– 

 

3,156 

 

– 

Total crude oil and condensate revenue

 

546,424 

 

417,193 

 

1,605,251 

 

1,199,420 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net natural gas liquids revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States – Onshore

 

16,993 

 

11,114 

 

42,363 

 

29,838 

                               – Offshore

 

3,438 

 

1,679 

 

7,998 

 

4,804 

Canada    – Onshore

 

4,137 

 

1,323 

 

11,053 

 

2,636 

Malaysia – Sarawak

 

4,960 

 

4,985 

 

15,153 

 

13,526 

Total natural gas liquids revenue

 

29,528 

 

19,101 

 

76,567 

 

50,804 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net natural gas revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States – Onshore

 

6,872 

 

6,031 

 

19,934 

 

21,072 

                               – Offshore

 

3,306 

 

2,541 

 

9,068 

 

7,922 

Canada    – Onshore

 

35,373 

 

36,974 

 

103,055 

 

114,772 

Malaysia – Sarawak

 

38,236 

 

29,166 

 

107,616 

 

103,584 

                        – Block K

 

67 

 

186 

 

419 

 

519 

Total natural gas revenue

 

83,854 

 

74,898 

 

240,092 

 

247,869 

Total revenue from contracts with customers

 

659,806 

 

511,192 

 

1,921,910 

 

1,498,093 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain (loss) on crude contracts

 

(2,223)

 

(13,573)

 

(69,349)

 

50,365 

Other operating income

 

17,090 

 

583 

 

26,029 

 

4,015 

Gain on sale of assets

 

124 

 

117 

 

 

130,765 

Total revenue

$

674,797 

 

498,319 

 

1,878,596 

 

1,683,238 



Contract Balances and Asset Recognition

As of September 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, receivables from contracts with customers, net of royalties and associated payables, on the balance sheet, were $187.3 million and $203.4 million, respectively. Payment terms for the Company’s sales vary across contracts and geographical regions, with the majority of the cash receipts required within 30 days of billing. Based on historical collections and ability of customers to pay, the Company did not recognize any impairment losses on receivables or contract assets arising from customer contracts during the reporting periods.

The Company has not entered into any upstream oil and gas sale contracts that have financing components as at September 30, 2018.

The Company does not employ sales incentive strategies such as commissions or bonuses for obtaining sales contracts. For the periods presented, the Company did not identify any assets to be recognized associated with the costs to obtain a contract with a customer.











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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd.)

 

Note C – Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Contd.)

Performance Obligations

The Company recognizes oil and gas revenue when it satisfies a performance obligation by transferring control over a commodity to a customer.  Judgment is required to determine whether some customers simultaneously receive and consume the benefit of commodities. As a result of this assessment for the Company, each unit of measure of the specified commodity is considered to represent a distinct performance obligation that is satisfied at a point in time upon the transfer of control of the commodity.

For contracts with market or index-based pricing, which represent the majority of sales contracts, the Company has elected the allocation exception and allocates the variable consideration to each single performance obligation in the contract. As a result, there is no price allocation to unsatisfied remaining performance obligations for delivery of commodity product in subsequent periods.

The Company has entered into several long-term, fixed-price contracts in Canada. The underlying reason for entering a fixed price contract is generally unrelated to anticipated future prices or other observable data and serves a particular purpose in the company’s long-term strategy. The contractually stated price for each unit of commodity transferred under these contracts represents the stand-alone selling price of the commodity.

As at September 30, 2018, the Company had the following sales contracts in place which are expected to generate revenue from sales to customers for a period of 12 months or more starting at the inception of the contract:







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Long-Term Contracts Outstanding at September 30, 2018

Location

 

Commodity

 

End Date

 

Description

 

Approximate Volumes

U.S. Onshore

 

Oil

 

Q2 2019

 

Fixed quantity delivery in Eagle Ford

 

4,000 BOE/Day

U.S. Onshore

 

Oil

 

Q3 2019

 

Fixed quantity delivery in Eagle Ford

 

2,000 BOE/Day

U.S. Onshore

 

Oil

 

Q4 2021

 

Fixed quantity delivery in Eagle Ford

 

2018: 19,000 BOE/Day
2019-2021: 13,000 BOE/Day

U.S. Onshore

 

Gas and NGL

 

Q2 2026

 

Deliveries from dedicated acreage in
 Eagle Ford

 

As produced

Canada Onshore

 

Gas

 

Q4 2020

 

Contracts to sell natural gas
 at Alberta AECO Cdn dollar 2.81/MCF

 

59 MMCF/Day

Canada Onshore

 

Gas

 

Q4 2020

 

Contracts to sell natural gas at USD Index
 pricing

 

60 MMCF/Day

Canada Onshore

 

Gas

 

Q4 2024

 

Contracts to sell natural gas at USD Index
 pricing

 

30 MMCF/Day

Canada Onshore

 

Gas

 

Q4 2026

 

Contracts to sell natural gas at USD Index
 pricing

 

38 MMCF/Day











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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd.)

 

Note D – Property, Plant and Equipment

Exploratory Wells

Under FASB guidance exploratory well costs should continue to be capitalized when the well has found a sufficient quantity of reserves to justify its completion as a producing well and the Company is making sufficient progress assessing the reserves and the economic and operating viability of the project.

At September 30, 2018, the Company had total capitalized exploratory well costs pending the determination of proved reserves of $210.8 million.  The following table reflects the net changes in capitalized exploratory well costs during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017.





 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

(Thousands of dollars)

2018

 

 

2017

Beginning balance at January 1

$

175,640 

 

 

148,500 

Additions pending the determination of proved reserves

 

41,940 

 

 

51,614 

Reclassifications to proved properties based on the determination of proved reserves

 

(2,214)

 

 

(13,370)

Capitalized exploratory well costs charged to expense

 

(4,521)

 

 

(8,360)

Balance at September 30

$

210,845 

 

 

178,384 

The capitalized well costs charged to expense during the first nine months of 2018 included the Julong East well in Block CA-1, offshore Brunei in which further development of the well has not been sanctioned by the operator and the contract term for development sanctions has now been reached.  This well was originally drilled in 2012.  The capitalized well costs charged to expense during the first nine months of 2017 included the Marakas-01 well in Block SK314A, offshore Malaysia, in which development of the well could not be justified due to noncommercial hydrocarbon quantities found.

The following table provides an aging of capitalized exploratory well costs based on the date the drilling was completed for each individual well and the number of projects for which exploratory well costs have been capitalized.  The projects are aged based on the last well drilled in the project.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

September 30,



2018

 

2017

(Thousands of dollars)

Amount

 

No. of Wells

 

No. of Projects

 

Amount

 

No. of Wells

 

No. of Projects

Aging of capitalized well costs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Zero to one year

$

46,813 

 

 

 

$

41,609 

 

 

One to two years

 

41,051 

 

 

 

 

8,430 

 

 

Two to three years

 

5,208 

 

 

 

 

43,197 

 

 

Three years or more

 

117,773 

 

 

 

 

85,148 

 

 



$

210,845 

 

10 

 

 

$

178,384 

 

13 

 

Of the  $164.0 million of exploratory well costs capitalized more than one year at September 30, 2018, $55.9 million is in Brunei, $59.8 million is in Vietnam, $27.4 million is in the U.S. and $20.9 million is in Malaysia.  In all geographical areas, either further appraisal or development drilling is planned and/or development studies/plans are in various stages of completion.    

Divestments

In January 2017, a Canadian subsidiary of the Company completed its disposition of the Seal field in Western Canada.  Total cash consideration to Murphy upon closing of the transaction was approximately $48.8 million.  Additionally, the buyer assumed the asset retirement obligation of approximately $85.9 million.  A $132.4 million pretax gain was reported in the 2017 period related to the sale.  Also, in 2017, a U.S. subsidiary of the Company completed its disposition of certain non-core properties in the Eagle Ford Shale area.  Total cash consideration to Murphy upon closing of the transactions were approximately $19.6 million.  There were no gains or losses recorded related to these non-core Eagle Ford Shale sales.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd.)

 

Note D – Property, Plant and Equipment (Contd.)

In 2016, a Canadian subsidiary of the Company completed a divestiture of natural gas processing and sales pipeline assets that support Murphy’s Montney natural gas fields in the Tupper area of northeastern British Columbia.  Total cash consideration received upon closing was $414.1 million.  A gain on sale of approximately $187.0 million was deferred and is being recognized over approximately the next 18 years in the Canadian operating segment.  The Company amortized approximately $5.7 million and $5.3 million of the deferred gain during the first nine months of 2018 and 2017, respectively.  The remaining deferred gain of $171.3 million was included as a component of Deferred credits and other liabilities in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2018.

Acquisitions

In 2016, a Canadian subsidiary of Murphy Oil acquired a 70% operated working interest (WI) in Athabasca Oil Corporation’s (Athabasca) production, acreage, infrastructure and facilities in the Kaybob Duvernay lands, and a 30% non-operated WI in Athabasca’s production, acreage, infrastructure and facilities in the liquids rich Placid Montney lands in Alberta, the majority of which was unproved.  Under the terms of the joint venture, the total consideration amounts to approximately $375.0 million of which Murphy paid $206.7 million in cash at closing, subject to normal closing adjustments, and an additional $168.0 million in the form of a carried interest on the Kaybob Duvernay property.  As of September 30, 2018, $93.1 million of the carried interest had been paid.  The carry is to be paid over a period through 2019.

Other

In 2006, the Kakap field in Block K was unitized with the Gumusut field in an adjacent block under a Unitization and Unit Operating Agreement (UUOA) between the operators. The Gumusut-Kakap Unit is operated by another company.  In the fourth quarter 2016, the operators completed the first redetermination process for a revision to the blocks’ tract participation interest, and the operator of the unitized field sought the approval of Petronas to effect the change in 2017.  In 2016, the Company recorded an estimated redetermination expense of $39.1 million ($24.1 million after tax) related to an expected revision in the Company’s working interest covering the period from inception through year-end 2016 at Kakap. In February 2017, the Company received Petronas’ official approval to the redetermination change that reduced the Company’s working interest in oil operations to 6.67% effective at April 1, 2017.  Working interest redeterminations are required at different points within the life of the unitized field.  Following a partial payment, the remaining redetermination liability of $17.3 million was included as a component of Other current liabilities in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2018.

Following a further Unitization Framework Agreement (UFA) between the governments of Brunei and Malaysia, the Company now has a 6.37% interest in the Kakap field in Block K Malaysia.  The UFA unitized the Gumusut-Kakap (GK) and Geronggong/Jagus East fields effective November 23, 2017.  In the fourth quarter 2017, the Company recorded an estimated redetermination liability of $15.0 million related to Company’s revised working interest, which was included as a component of Other current liabilities in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2018.



Note E – Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale

The Company has accounted for its former U.K. and U.S. refining and marketing operations as discontinued operations for all periods presented.  The results of operations associated with discontinued operations for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 were as follows:





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 



September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(Thousands of dollars)

 

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

 

Revenues

$

– 

 

598 

 

 

853 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

(1,815)

 

425 

 

(2,650)

 

1,177 

 

Income tax benefit

 

– 

 

– 

 

– 

 

– 

 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

$

(1,815)

 

425 

 

(2,650)

 

1,177 

 



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd.)

 

Note E – Discontinued Operations and Assets Held for Sale (Contd.)

The following table presents the carrying value of the major categories of assets and liabilities of U.K. refining and marketing operations reflected as held for sale on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.



 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 



 

September 30,

 

December 31,

(Thousands of dollars)

 

2018

 

2017

Current assets

 

 

 

 

Cash

$

17,409 

 

16,631 

Accounts receivable

 

3,731 

 

6,298 

Total current assets held for sale

$

21,140 

 

22,929 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

143 

 

837 

Refinery decommissioning cost

 

2,659 

 

2,693 

Total current liabilities associated with assets held for sale

$

2,802 

 

3,530 







Note F – Financing Arrangements and Debt

At September 30, 2018, the Company had a $1.1 billion senior unsecured guaranteed credit facility (2016 facility) with a major banking consortium, which expires in August 2021.  At September 30, 2018, the Company had no outstanding borrowings under the 2016 facility, however, there were $28.0 million of outstanding letters of credit, which reduce the borrowing capacity of the 2016 facility.  Advances under the 2016 facility will accrue interest based, at the Company’s option, on either the London Interbank Offered rate plus an applicable margin (Eurodollar rate) or the alternate base rate (as defined in the 2016 facility agreement) plus an applicable margin. Had there been any amounts borrowed under the 2016 facility at September 30, 2018, the applicable base interest rate would have been 5.0625%.  At September 30, 2018, the Company was in compliance with all covenants related to the 2016 facility.

The Company and its partners are parties to a 25-year lease of production equipment at the Kakap field offshore Malaysia.  The lease has been accounted for as a capital lease, and payments under the agreement are to be made over a 15-year period through March 2029.  Current maturities of long-term debt and long-term debt on the Consolidated Balance Sheet included $10.5 million and $128.5 million, respectively, associated with this lease at September 30, 2018. 

Note G – Other Financial Information

Additional disclosures regarding cash flow activities are provided below.





 

 

 

 

 



Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Thousands of dollars)

2018

 

2017

 

Net (increase) decrease in operating working capital other than
   cash and cash equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable

$

(31,178)

 

90,614 

 

Decrease in inventories

 

16,732 

 

5,869 

 

(Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses

 

(8,695)

 

25,285 

 

Increase (decrease) in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

17,946 

 

(115,977)

 

Increase(decrease) in income taxes payable

 

2,645 

 

(4,721)

 

Net (increase) decrease in noncash operating working capital

$

(2,550)

 

1,070 

 

Supplementary disclosures:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash income taxes paid, net of refunds

$

77,508 

 

25,118 

 

Interest paid, net of amounts capitalized of $3,719 in 2018
and $3,338 in 2017

 

115,009 

 

95,899 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Asset retirement costs capitalized

$

2,907 

 

38,992 

 

(Increase) decrease in capital expenditure accrual

 

(751)

 

42,403 

 





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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd.)

 

Note H – Employee and Retiree Benefit Plans

The Company has defined benefit pension plans that are principally noncontributory and cover most North American full-time employees.  All pension plans are funded except for the U.S. nonqualified supplemental plan.  All U.S. tax qualified plans meet the funding requirements of federal laws and regulations.  Contributions to foreign plans are based on local laws and tax regulations.  The Company also sponsors health care and life insurance benefit plans, which are not funded, that cover most active and retired U.S. employees.  The health care benefits are contributory; the life insurance benefits are noncontributory.

The table that follows provides the components of net periodic benefit expense for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017.







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Three Months Ended September 30,



Pension Benefits

 

Other Postretirement Benefits

(Thousands of dollars)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

Service cost

$

2,252 

 

 

2,037 

 

 

492 

 

 

427 

Interest cost

 

6,716 

 

 

7,261 

 

 

874 

 

 

966 

Expected return on plan assets

 

(7,476)

 

 

(8,070)

 

 

– 

 

 

– 

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

 

254 

 

 

259 

 

 

(10)

 

 

(18)

Recognized actuarial loss

 

5,197 

 

 

3,610 

 

 

– 

 

 

– 

Net periodic benefit expense

$

6,943 

 

 

5,097 

 

 

1,356 

 

 

1,375 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Nine Months Ended September 30,



Pension Benefits

 

Other Postretirement Benefits

(Thousands of dollars)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

Service cost

$

6,761 

 

 

6,099 

 

 

1,479 

 

 

1,276 

Interest cost

 

20,160 

 

 

20,267 

 

 

2,622 

 

 

2,899 

Expected return on plan assets

 

(22,435)

 

 

(21,730)

 

 

– 

 

 

– 

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

 

767 

 

 

767 

 

 

(29)

 

 

(55)

Recognized actuarial loss

 

15,593 

 

 

10,673 

 

 

– 

 

 

– 

Net periodic benefit expense

$

20,846 

 

 

16,076 

 

 

4,072 

 

 

4,120 

The components of net periodic benefit expense other than the service cost component are included in the line item “Interest and other income (loss)” in Consolidated Statements of Operations.

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018, the Company made contributions of $22.2 million to its defined benefit pension and postretirement benefit plans.  Remaining funding in 2018 for the Company’s defined benefit pension and postretirement plans is anticipated to be $7.6 million.    

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd.)

 

Note I – Incentive Plans

The costs resulting from all share-based and cash-based incentive plans payment transactions are recognized as an expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations using a fair value-based measurement method over the periods that the awards vest.

The 2017 Annual Incentive Plan (2017 Annual Plan) authorizes the Executive Compensation Committee (the Committee) to establish specific performance goals associated with annual cash awards that may be earned by officers, executives and certain other employees.  Cash awards under the 2017 Annual Plan are determined based on the Company’s actual financial and operating results as measured against the performance goals established by the Committee. 

The 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan (2012 Long-Term Plan) authorizes the Committee to make grants of the Company’s Common Stock to employees.  These grants may be in the form of stock options (nonqualified or incentive), stock appreciation rights (SAR), restricted stock, restricted stock units (RSU), performance units, performance shares, dividend equivalents and other stock-based incentives.  The 2012 Long-Term Plan expires in 2022.  A total of 8,700,000 shares are issuable during the life of the 2012 Long-Term Plan, with annual grants limited to 1% of Common shares outstanding; allowed shares not granted in an earlier year may be granted in future years. 

The Company also had a 2013 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors (Director Plan) that permitted the issuance of restricted stock, restricted stock units and stock options or a combination thereof to the Company’s Non-Employee Directors.  This plan expired in May 2018.

At the Annual Shareholder Meeting held in May 2018, shareholders approved the 2018 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors and the 2018 Long-Term Incentive Plan.  Following this approval, no further awards will be granted under the 2012 Long-Term Plan.

In the first quarter of 2018, the Committee granted 905,500 performance-based RSUs and 736,000 time-based RSUs to certain employees.  The fair value of the performance-based RSUs, using a Monte Carlo valuation model, ranged from $28.27 to $30.56 per unit.  The fair value of the time-based RSUs was estimated based on the fair market value of the Company’s stock on the date of grant.  The fair value of the time-based RSUs granted February 6, 2018 was $28.42 per unit, the fair value of the time-based RSUs granted February 20, 2018 was $26.56 per unit, and the fair value of the time-based RSUs granted March 1, 2018 was $25.69 per unit.  Additionally, on February 6, 2018 the Committee granted 715,100 cash-settled RSUs (RSUC) to certain employees, and on March 9, 2018 granted 29,000 RSUCs to certain employees.  The RSUC are to be settled in cash, net of applicable income taxes, and are accounted for as liability-type awards.  The initial fair value of the RSUCs was equivalent to the equity-settled restricted stock units granted.  Also in February, the Committee granted 77,803 shares of time-based RSUs to the Company’s Directors under the Non-Employee Director Plan.  These units are scheduled to vest on the third anniversary of the date of grant. The estimated fair value of these awards was $28.28 per unit on date of grant.

All stock option exercises are non-cash transactions for the Company.  The employee receives net shares, after applicable withholding taxes, upon each stock option exercise. The actual income tax benefit realized from the tax deductions related to stock option exercises of the share-based payment arrangements were immaterial for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018.

Amounts recognized in the financial statements with respect to share-based plans are shown in the following table:







 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 



Nine Months Ended



September 30,

(Thousands of dollars)

 

2018

 

2017

Compensation charged against income before tax benefit

$

36,348 

 

28,264 

Related income tax benefit recognized in income

 

5,532 

 

8,695 

Certain incentive compensation granted to the Company’s named executive officers, to the extent their total compensation exceeds $1.0 million per executive per year, is not eligible for a U.S. income tax deduction under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (2017 Tax Act).



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Note J – Earnings per Share

Net income was used as the numerator in computing both basic and diluted income per Common share for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017.  The following table reconciles the weighted-average shares outstanding used for these computations.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 



September 30,

 

September 30,

 

(Weighted-average shares)

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

 

Basic method

173,047,246 

 

172,572,873 

 

172,949,450 

 

172,509,418 

 

Dilutive stock options and restricted stock units

1,128,021 

 

– 

1

1,252,310 

 

– 

1

   Diluted method

174,175,267 

 

172,572,873 

 

174,201,760 

 

172,509,418 

 

1Due to a net loss in the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2017, no unvested stock awards were included in the computation of diluted earnings per shares because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.



The following table reflects certain options to purchase shares of common stock that were outstanding during the periods presented but were not included in the computation of diluted shares above because the incremental shares from assumed conversion were antidilutive.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended



 

September 30,

 

September 30,



 

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

Antidilutive stock options excluded from diluted shares

 

2,870,549 

 

 

5,257,718 

 

 

3,544,087 

 

 

5,578,495 

Weighted average price of these options

$

54.06 

 

$

46.46 

 

$

50.49 

 

$

46.86 





 

Note K – Income Taxes

The Company’s effective income tax rate is calculated as the amount of income tax expense (benefit) divided by income from continuing operations before income taxes.  For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, the Company’s effective income tax rates were as follows:



 

 

 



2018

 

2017

Three months ended September 30

34.8%

 

(4.3%)

Nine months ended September 30

4.8%

 

137.7%

The effective tax rates for most periods where earnings are generated, generally exceed the U.S. statutory tax rate (21% in 2018, 35% in 2017) due to several factors, including:  the effects of income generated in foreign tax jurisdictions, certain of which have income tax rates that are higher than the U.S. Federal rate; U.S. state tax expense; and certain expenses, including exploration expenses, in certain foreign jurisdictions, for which no income tax benefits are available or are not presently being recorded due to a lack of reasonable certainty of adequate future revenue against which to utilize these expenses as deductions.  Conversely, the effective tax rates for most periods where losses are incurred generally are lower than U.S. statutory tax rate of 21% due to similar reasons. 

Due to uncertainty related to language in Section 965(n) of the 2017 Tax Act, and specifically whether current operating losses from 2017 were required to be applied to offset a company’s deemed taxable repatriation of foreign earnings under the 2017 Tax Act, the Company’s provisional tax expense recorded in the Company’s December 31, 2017 financial statements reflected use of all the estimated 2017 tax operating loss against the deemed repatriation.  This resulted in no loss carryover of 2017 tax operating losses from 2017 into 2018, and foreign tax credits of $228.2 million were fully provided for in the Company’s December 31, 2017 financial statements.  On April 2, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service issued new guidance related to Section 965(n).  This guidance resolved an ambiguity related to an election which allowed the Company to preserve the 2017 tax net operating loss as a carryforward which resulted in utilizing the previously unused foreign tax credits against all but $36 million of current income tax on the deemed repatriation of foreign earnings.  The preservation of the tax loss carryforward reduced the deferred tax expense for the first quarter of 2018 and year to date by $156 million and resulted in a $36 million charge to taxes payable relating to the deemed inclusion.  The Company anticipates paying this $36 million tax payable over eight years as permitted by the 2017 Tax Act.

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Note K – Income Taxes (Contd.)

The effective tax rate for the three-month period ended September 30, 2018 was above the U.S. statutory tax rate of 21% primarily due to higher tax rates in certain foreign tax jurisdictions combined with expenses in foreign jurisdictions not fully deductible from income at the U.S. statutory rate.  The effective tax rate for the three-month period ended September 30, 2017 was below the U.S. statutory tax rate primarily due to the tax effect of expenses in foreign jurisdictions not being fully deductible from losses at the U.S. statutory tax rate, an estimated U.S tax charge for undistributed foreign earnings and Canadian foreign exchange losses not fully deductible at 35%.  The 2017 period income before tax was a loss.

The effective tax rate for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 was below the U.S. statutory tax rate of 21% primarily due to the discrete tax effect of the new guidance relating to Section 965(n), offset by higher tax rates in certain foreign tax jurisdictions and expenses in foreign jurisdictions not fully deductible from income at the U.S. statutory tax rate.  The effective tax rate for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2017 was above the U.S. statutory tax rate primarily due to an estimated U.S. tax charge recognized for undistributed foreign earnings and Canadian foreign exchange losses not fully deductible at the statutory rate.  During the first nine-months of 2017, the Company determined that prospective earnings from its Malaysian and Canadian subsidiaries will not be considered reinvested into local operations and recorded a deferred tax charge of $65.2 million associated with the estimated tax consequence of future repatriation of Malaysian and Canadian earnings that were deemed no longer indefinitely invested.    

The Company’s tax returns in multiple jurisdictions are subject to audit by taxing authorities.  These audits often take multiple years to complete and settle.  Although the Company believes that recorded liabilities for unsettled issues are adequate, additional gains or losses could occur in future years from resolution of outstanding unsettled matters.  As of September 30, 2018, the earliest years remaining open for audit and/or settlement in our major taxing jurisdictions are as follows: United States – 2015; Canada2012; Malaysia – 2011; and United Kingdom – 2016.



Note L – Financial Instruments and Risk Management

Murphy often uses derivative instruments to manage certain risks related to commodity prices, foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates.  The use of derivative instruments for risk management is covered by operating policies and is closely monitored by the Company’s senior management.  The Company reports gains and losses on derivative instruments in the Corporate segment.  The Company does not hold any derivatives for speculative purposes and it does not use derivatives with leveraged or complex features.  Derivative instruments are traded primarily with creditworthy major financial institutions or over national exchanges, such as the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).  The Company has a risk management control system to monitor commodity price risks and any derivatives obtained to manage a portion of such risks.  For accounting purposes, the Company has not designated commodity and foreign currency derivative contracts as hedges, and therefore, it recognizes all gains and losses on these derivative contracts in its Consolidated Statements of Operations.  Certain interest rate derivative contracts were accounted for as hedges and the gain or loss associated with recording the fair value of these contracts was deferred in Accumulated other comprehensive loss until the anticipated transactions occur.  This deferred cost is being reclassified to Interest expense, net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations over the period until the associated notes mature in 2022.

Commodity Price Risks

The Company is subject to commodity price risk related to crude oil it produces and sells.  During the first nine months of 2018 and 2017, the Company had West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil swap financial contracts to economically hedge a portion of its United States production.  Under these contracts, which matured monthly, the Company paid the average monthly price in effect and received the fixed contract prices.  At September 30, 2018, the Company had 21,000 barrels per day in WTI crude oil swap financial contracts maturing ratably during the remainder of 2018 at an average price of $54.88

At September 30, 2017, the Company had 22,000 barrels per day in WTI crude oil swap financial contracts maturing ratably during 2017 and 6,000 barrels per days in WTI crude oil swap financial contracts maturing ratably during 2018.

Foreign Currency Exchange Risks

The Company is subject to foreign currency exchange risk associated with operations in countries outside the U.S. The Company had no foreign currency exchange short-term derivatives outstanding at September 30, 2018 and 2017.

At September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the fair value of derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments are presented in the following table.







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

September 30, 2018

 

December 31, 2017

(Thousands of dollars)

 

Asset (Liability) Derivatives

 

Asset (Liability) Derivatives

Type of Derivative Contract

 

Balance Sheet Location

 

Fair Value

 

Balance Sheet Location

 

Fair Value

Commodity

 

Accounts payable

 

$

(44,601)

 

Accounts payable

 

$

(39,093)

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd.)

 

Note L – Financial Instruments and Risk Management (Contd.)

For the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, the gains and losses recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for derivative instruments not designated as hedging instruments are presented in the following table.







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

Gain (Loss)



 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

(Thousands of dollars)

 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

Type of Derivative Contract

 

Statement of Operations Location

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

Commodity

 

Gain (loss) on crude contracts

 

$

(2,223)

 

(13,573)

 

(69,349)

 

50,365 

Foreign exchange

 

Interest and other income (loss)

 

 

– 

 

– 

 

– 

 

73 



 

 

 

$

(2,223)

 

(13,573)

 

(69,349)

 

50,438 

Interest Rate Risks

Under hedge accounting rules, the Company deferred the net cost associated with derivative contracts purchased to manage interest rate risk associated with 10-year notes sold in May 2012 to match the payment of interest on these notes through 2022.  During each of the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, $2.2 million of the deferred loss on the interest rate swaps was charged to Interest expense in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.  The remaining loss (net of tax) deferred on these matured contracts at September 30, 2018 was $8.5 million, which is recorded, net of income taxes of $2.3 million, in Accumulated other comprehensive loss in the Consolidated Balance Sheet.  The Company expects to charge approximately $0.7 million of this deferred loss to Interest expense, net in the Consolidated Statement of Operations during the remaining three months of 2018.

Fair Values – Recurring

The Company carries certain assets and liabilities at fair value in its Consolidated Balance Sheets.  The fair value hierarchy is based on the quality of inputs used to measure fair value, with Level 1 being the highest quality and Level 3 being the lowest quality.  Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.  Level 2 inputs are observable inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1.  Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs which reflect assumptions about pricing by market participants.

The carrying value of assets and liabilities recorded at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 are presented in the following table.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



September 30, 2018

 

December 31, 2017

(Thousands of dollars)

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     Nonqualified employee
        savings plans

$

15,957 

 

– 

 

– 

 

15,957 

 

16,158 

 

 

– 

 

– 

 

16,158 

     Commodity derivative contracts

 

– 

 

44,601 

 

– 

 

44,601 

 

– 

 

 

39,093 

 

– 

 

39,093 



$

15,957 

 

44,601 

 

– 

 

60,558 

 

16,158 

 

 

39,093 

 

– 

 

55,251 

The fair value of WTI crude oil derivative contracts in 2018 and 2017 was based on active market quotes for WTI crude oil.  The fair value of foreign exchange derivative contracts in each year was based on market quotes for similar contracts at the balance sheet dates.  The income effect of changes in the fair value of crude oil derivative contracts is recorded in Gain (loss) on crude contracts in the Consolidated Statements of Operations, while the effects of changes in fair value of foreign exchange derivative contracts is recorded in Interest and other income.  The nonqualified employee savings plan is an unfunded savings plan through which participants seek a return via phantom investments in equity securities and/or mutual funds.  The fair value of this liability was based on quoted prices for these equity securities and mutual funds.  The income effect of changes in the fair value of the nonqualified employee savings plan is recorded in Selling and general expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. 



The Company offsets certain assets and liabilities related to derivative contracts when the legal right of offset exists.  There were no offsetting positions recorded at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.









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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd.)

 

Note M – Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The components of Accumulated other comprehensive loss on the Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2017 and September 30, 2018 and the changes during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 are presented net of taxes in the following table.



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Deferred

 

 



 

 

 

Retirement

 

Loss on

 

 



 

Foreign

 

and

 

Interest

 

 



 

Currency

 

Postretirement

 

Rate

 

 



 

Translation

 

Benefit Plan

 

Derivative

 

 

(Thousands of dollars)

 

Gains (Losses)

 

Adjustments

 

Hedges

 

Total

Balance at December 31, 2017

$

(274,830)

 

(178,987)

 

(8,426)

 

(462,243)

2018 components of other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Before reclassifications to income and retained earnings

 

(53,805)

 

(32,159)

 

(1,815)

 

(87,779)

Reclassifications to income

 

– 

 

10,498 

1

1,756 

2

12,254 

Net other comprehensive loss

 

(53,805)

 

(21,661)

 

(59)

 

(75,525)

Balance at September 30, 2018

$

(328,635)

 

(200,648)

 

(8,485)

 

(537,768)

1Reclassifications before taxes of $13,111 are included in the computation of net periodic benefit expense for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018.  See Note H for additional information.  Related income taxes of $2,613 are included in Income tax expense (benefit) for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018.

2Reclassifications before taxes of $2,222 are included in Interest expense, net, for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018.  Related income taxes of $466 are included in Income tax expense (benefit) for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018.  See Note L for additional information.

 

Note N – Environmental and Other Contingencies

The Company’s operations and earnings have been and may be affected by various forms of governmental action both in the United States and throughout the world.  Examples of such governmental action include, but are by no means limited to: tax legislation changes, including tax rate changes and retroactive tax claims; royalty and revenue sharing changes; import and export controls; price controls; currency controls; allocation of supplies of crude oil and petroleum products and other goods; expropriation of property; restrictions and preferences affecting the issuance of oil and gas or mineral leases; restrictions on drilling and/or production; laws and regulations intended for the promotion of safety and the protection and/or remediation of the environment; governmental support for other forms of energy; and laws and regulations affecting the Company’s relationships with employees, suppliers, customers, stockholders and others.  Governmental actions are often motivated by political considerations and may be taken without full consideration of their consequences or may be taken in response to actions of other governments.  It is not practical to attempt to predict the likelihood of such actions, the form the actions may take or the effect such actions may have on the Company.

Murphy and other companies in the oil and gas industry are subject to numerous federal, state, local and foreign laws and regulations dealing with the environment.  Violation of federal or state environmental laws, regulations and permits can result in the imposition of significant civil and criminal penalties, injunctions and construction bans or delays.  A discharge of hazardous substances into the environment could, to the extent such event is not insured, subject the Company to substantial expense, including both the cost to comply with applicable regulations and claims by neighboring landowners and other third parties for any personal injury and property damage that might result.

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Note N – Environmental and Other Contingencies (Contd.)

The Company currently owns or leases, and has in the past owned or leased, properties at which hazardous substances have been or are being handled.  Although the Company has used operating and disposal practices that were standard in the industry at the time, hazardous substances may have been disposed of or released on or under the properties owned or leased by the Company or on or under other locations where these wastes have been taken for disposal.  In addition, many of these properties have been operated by third parties whose treatment and disposal or release of hydrocarbons or other wastes were not under Murphy’s control.  Under existing laws the Company could be required to remove or remediate previously disposed wastes (including wastes disposed of or released by prior owners or operators), to clean up contaminated property (including contaminated groundwater) or to perform remedial plugging operations to prevent future contamination.  Certain of these historical properties are in various stages of negotiation, investigation, and/or cleanup and the Company is investigating the extent of any such liability and the availability of applicable defenses.  The Company has retained certain liabilities related to environmental matters at formerly owned U.S. refineries that were sold in 2011.  The Company also obtained insurance covering certain levels of environmental exposures related to past operations of these refineries.  The Company has not retained any environmental exposure associated with Murphy’s former U.S. marketing operations.  The Company believes costs related to these sites will not have a material adverse effect on Murphy’s net income, financial condition or liquidity in a future period.

In early 2015, the Company’s subsidiary in Canada identified a leak or leaks at an infield condensate transfer pipeline at the Seal field in a remote area of Alberta.  The pipeline was immediately shut down and the Company’s emergency response plan was activated.  In cooperation with local governmental regulators, and with the assistance of qualified consultants, an investigation and remediation plan is progressing as planned and the Company’s insurers were notified.  Based on the assessments done, the Company recorded $43.9 million in Other expense during 2015 and a further $3.8 million in the first quarter of 2018 associated with the estimated costs of remediating the site.  The Company has spent $43.1 million from inception to September 30, 2018.  Further refinements in the estimated total cost to remediate the site are anticipated in future periods.  It is possible that the ultimate net remediation costs to the Company associated with the condensate leak or leaks will exceed the amount of liability recorded.  The Company retained the responsibility for this remediation upon sale of the Seal field in the first quarter of 2017. As of September 30, 2018, the Company has a remaining accrued liability of $4.7 million associated with this event.  In the first nine months of 2018, the Company received $25.0 million in respect to an insurance claim regarding this matter and the outcome of further insurance claims by the Company is pending.  

There is the possibility that environmental expenditures could be required at currently unidentified sites, and new or revised regulations could require additional expenditures at known sites. However, based on information currently available to the Company, the amount of future remediation costs incurred at known or currently unidentified sites is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s future net income, cash flows or liquidity.

Murphy and its subsidiaries are engaged in a number of other legal proceedings, all of which Murphy considers routine and incidental to its business.  Based on information currently available to the Company, the ultimate resolution of environmental and legal matters referred to in this note is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s net income, financial condition or liquidity in a future period.



Note O – Commitments

The Company has entered into forward sales contracts to mitigate the price risk for a portion of its 2018 to 2020 natural gas sales volumes in Western Canada.  During the period from October 2018 through December 2020 the natural gas sales contracts call for deliveries of 59 million cubic feet per day at Cdn $2.81 per MCF.  These natural gas contracts have been accounted for as normal sales for accounting purposes.







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Note P – Business Segments

Information about business segments and geographic operations is reported in the following tables.  For geographic purposes, revenues are attributed to the country in which the sale occurs.  Corporate, including interest income, other gains and losses (including foreign exchange gains/losses and realized/unrealized gains/losses on crude oil contracts), interest expense and unallocated overhead, is shown in the tables to reconcile the business segments to consolidated totals. Certain reclassifications have been made to 2017 Exploration and production and Corporate External Revenues and Income (Loss) to align with current period presentation.

 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Three Months Ended



Total Assets

 

September 30, 2018

 

September 30, 2017



at September 30,

 

External

 

Income

 

External

 

Income

(Millions of dollars)

2018

 

Revenues

 

(Loss)

 

Revenues

 

(Loss)

Exploration and production 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States

$

4,772.2 

 

348.7 

 

91.6 

 

209.4 

 

(11.2)

Canada

 

1,790.3 

 

107.1 

 

12.5 

 

81.9 

 

(3.2)

Malaysia

 

1,604.7 

 

201.2 

 

54.1 

 

220.5 

 

67.7 

Other

 

183.4 

 

19.9 

 

1.3 

 

– 

 

(11.0)

Total exploration and production

 

8,350.6 

 

676.9 

 

159.5 

 

511.8 

 

42.3 

Corporate 3

 

1,654.9 

 

(2.1)

 

(63.8)

 

(13.5)

 

(108.6)

Assets/revenue/income from continuing operations

 

10,005.5 

 

674.8 

 

95.7 

 

498.3 

 

(66.3)

Discontinued operations, net of tax

 

21.1 

 

– 

 

(1.8)

 

– 

 

0.4 

Total

$

10,026.6 

 

674.8 

 

93.9 

 

498.3 

 

(65.9)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended



 

 

 

September 30, 2018

 

September 30, 2017



 

 

 

External

 

Income

 

External

 

Income

(Millions of dollars)

 

 

 

Revenues

 

(Loss)

 

Revenues

 

(Loss)

Exploration and production 1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States

 

 

$

945.6 

 

200.3 

 

646.3 

 

(21.8)

Canada 2

 

 

 

333.8 

 

46.7 

 

388.1 

 

102.6 

Malaysia

 

 

 

640.7 

 

208.4 

 

594.4 

 

173.9 

Other

 

 

 

19.9 

 

(28.8)

 

– 

 

(10.9)

Total exploration and production

 

 

 

1,940.0 

 

426.6 

 

1,628.8 

 

243.8 

Corporate 3

 

 

 

(61.4)

 

(116.2)

 

54.4 

 

(270.0)

Revenue/loss from continuing operations

 

 

 

1,878.6 

 

310.4 

 

1,683.2 

 

(26.2)

Discontinued operations, net of tax

 

 

 

– 

 

(2.7)

 

– 

 

1.2 

Total

 

 

$

1,878.6 

 

307.7 

 

1,683.2 

 

(25.0)

1 Additional details about results of oil and gas operations are presented in the tables on pages 30 and 31.

2 Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 includes a pretax gain of $132.4 million related to the sale of Seal heavy oil assets in Canada.

3  In 2018, the Company reported realized and unrealized gains and losses on crude oil contracts in the Corporate segment (previously reported in the Exploration and production business) to reflect how segments are currently evaluated, how resources are allocated and how risk is managed by the Company.  The 2017 amounts have been reclassified to reflect comparable disclosure. 





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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Contd.)

 

Note Q – Subsequent Event

On October 10, 2018, the Company announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Murphy Exploration & Production Company – USA, had entered into a definitive agreement to form a new joint venture company with Petrobras America Inc. (PAI), a subsidiary of Petrobras. The joint venture company will be comprised of Gulf of Mexico producing assets from Murphy and PAI with Murphy overseeing the operations. The transaction will have an effective date of October 1, 2018 and is expected to close by year-end 2018.

Both companies will contribute all their current producing Gulf of Mexico assets to the joint venture, which will be owned 80 percent by Murphy and 20 percent by PAI. The transaction excludes exploration blocks from both companies, with the exception of PAI’s blocks that hold deep exploration rights. Murphy will pay cash consideration of $900 million to PAI, subject to normal closing adjustments. Additionally, PAI will earn an additional contingent consideration up to $150 million if certain price and production thresholds are exceeded beginning in 2019 through 2025. Also, Murphy will carry $50 million of PAI costs in the St. Malo Field if certain enhanced oil recovery projects are undertaken. Upon closing, Murphy expects to fund the transaction through a combination of cash-on-hand and the Company’s 2016 facility (See Note F). 

In conjunction with the joint venture, on October 10, 2018, the company entered into an amendment of its existing Credit Agreement. The amendment, once effective will provide selected covenant relief and add financial flexibility. The amended credit facility will be effective upon the closing of the joint venture transaction. The key terms of the amendment include eliminating the “collateral trigger event” clause (springing collateral, and “minimum domestic liquidity requirements” as defined in the Credit Agreement) and allows Company to execute the transaction, including contributing assets to the joint venture company.











 

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Overall Review

For the three months ended September 30, 2018, the Company produced 169 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day.  The Company invested $292 million in capital expenditures, on a value of work done basis, in the third quarter of 2018 primarily in the United States and Canada.  The Company reported net income of $93.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018.

In the first nine months of 2018, the Company produced 169 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day.  The Company invested $893 million in capital expenditures, on a value of work done basis, in 2018 primarily in the United States and Canada.  The Company reported net income of $307.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018, which included an income tax gain of $120.0 million as a result of a 2018 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) interpretation of the 2017 Tax Act enacted in the fourth quarter of 2017.

During the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018, worldwide benchmark oil prices were above average comparable benchmark prices during 2017. U.S. natural gas prices remained stable in the 2018 periods versus 2017 while Canadian prices were lower in 2018 than 2017. For the year to date, Crude oil and condensate volumes were relatively unchanged and natural gas sales volumes were higher principally as a result of growth in Canada. For the quarter, both crude oil and condensate and gas volumes were higher. In the year-to-date period, the gains from price and volume were partially offset by higher lease operating expense in the Gulf of Mexico and Canada Onshore businesses. 

During the third quarter of 2018, the Company recorded Ecuador arbitration settlement income ($26.0 million), Seal insurance income ($10 million), Brunei working interest income ($16.0 million), and recorded an additional provision related to the Gumusut-Kakap field redetermination/unitization ($11.3 million).

The results are explained in more detail below.



Results of Operations

Murphy’s income (loss) by type of business is presented below.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Income (Loss)



 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended



 

September 30,

 

September 30,

(Millions of dollars)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

Exploration and production

 

$

159.5 

 

 

42.3 

 

 

426.6 

 

 

243.8 

Corporate and other

 

 

(63.8)

 

 

(108.6)

 

 

(116.2)

 

 

(270.0)

Income (loss) from continuing operations

 

 

95.7 

 

 

(66.3)

 

 

310.4 

 

 

(26.2)

Discontinued operations

 

 

(1.8)

 

 

0.4 

 

 

(2.7)

 

 

1.2 

Net income (loss)

 

$

93.9 

 

 

(65.9)

 

 

307.7 

 

 

(25.0)



Exploration and Production



Results of E&P continuing operations are presented by geographic segment below.







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Income (Loss)



Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended



September 30,

 

September 30,

(Millions of dollars)

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

Exploration and production

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States

$

91.6 

 

(11.2)

 

200.3 

 

(21.8)

Canada

 

12.5 

 

(3.2)

 

46.7 

 

102.6 

Malaysia

 

54.1 

 

67.7 

 

208.4 

 

173.9 

Other International

 

1.3 

 

(11.0)

 

(28.8)

 

(10.9)

Total

$

159.5 

 

42.3 

 

426.6 

 

243.8 









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Results of Operations (Contd.)

Third quarter 2018 vs. 2017

United States E&P operations reported earnings of $91.6 million in the third quarter of 2018 compared to a loss of $11.2 million in the third quarter of 2017.  Results were $102.8 million favorable in the 2018 quarter compared to the 2017 period due to higher revenues ($139.3 million), lower exploration charges ($11.6 million), and lower G&A ($0.8 million), partially offset by higher lease operating expenses, depreciation, depletion and amortization, severance and income taxes ($46.8 million).  Higher revenues were primarily due to higher realized prices and higher volumes at Kodiak in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and at Eagle Ford Shale. Lower exploration charges were due to lower lease amortization. Higher lease operating expenses and depreciation expense was due primarily to higher volumes.

Canadian E&P operations reported earnings of $12.5 million in the third quarter 2018 compared to a loss of $3.2 million in the 2017 quarter.  Results were favorable $15.7 million compared to the 2017 period due to higher revenue ($25.2 million) and Seal insurance proceeds ($9.6 million), partially offset by higher lease operating expense ($2.8 million), higher depreciation ($12.7 million) and higher income taxes. Higher revenues were a result of both higher volumes at the Tupper, Kaybob and Placid assets and higher realized crude prices. The Seal insurance proceeds related to cash received in relation to the spill at the now divested Seal asset. Higher lease operating expenses and depreciation are a result of higher volumes sold at Tupper, Kaybob and Placid.

Malaysia E&P operations reported earnings of $54.1 million in the third quarter of 2018 and compared to earnings of $67.7 million in the comparable 2017 period.  Results were unfavorable by $13.6 million due to lower revenues ($19.3 million), higher lease operating expenses ($8.8 million) and redetermination/unitization expense ($11.3 million), partially off-set by lower depreciation ($19.4 million) and lower taxes ($7.3 million). Lower revenues are principally due to timing of volumes sold. Higher lease operating expenses are due to additional platform, onshore facilities and sub-sea maintenance at the Sarawak Asset. The redetermination/unitization cost relates to the executed unitization agreement for the Gumusut-Kakap (GK) and Geronggong/Jagus East fields originally signed in Q4 2017. Also, in the third quarter, the Brunei working interest was recorded (see below). The lower depreciation is due to lower volumes sold. Lower taxes are due to the lower pre-tax profits.

Other international E&P operations reported a profit from continuing operations of $1.3 million in the third quarter of 2018 compared to a net loss of $11.0 million in the prior year quarter.  The result was $12.3 million favorable in the 2018 period versus 2017 due to the recording of net revenue and costs ($16.0 million) relating to the working interest in Block CA1 in Brunei. This follows the signing of the Brunei participation agreement on July 4, 2018, which enables the Company the right to claim its proportional share of revenues since inception as well as the obligation to settle the related past operating and capital expenditure costs since inception. In addition, ongoing current revenue of $3.2 million has been recorded. These items are partially off-set by higher exploration charges ($2.3 million) from the write-off of the Julong East well (originally drilled in 2012) in Brunei and a lower tax credit in the quarter ($3.4 million).

Nine Months 2018 vs. 2017

United States E&P operations reported earnings of $200.3 million in the first nine months of 2018 compared to a net loss of $21.8 million in the first nine months of 2017.  Results were $222.1 million favorable in the 2018 period compared to the 2017 period due to higher revenues ($299.3 million) and lower depreciation ($19.9 million), partially offset by higher lease operating expenses ($26.9 million), higher exploration expenses ($7.0 million) and higher income taxes ($64.0 million).  Higher revenues were primarily due to higher realized prices, while lower depreciation expense was due primarily to lower rates and lower volumes sold at Eagle Ford Shale.  Higher lease operating expenses were principally a result of higher costs at Front Runner (due to 2017 Clipper well acquisition) and Kodiak work-over costs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico business. Higher exploration expenditures are principally a result of data acquisition costs in the U.S Gulf of Mexico business.

Canadian E&P operations reported earnings of $46.7 million in the first nine months 2018 compared to earnings of $102.6 million in the 2017 period.  Results were unfavorable $55.9 million due to 2017 including a pretax gain of $132.4 million (after tax: $96.0 million) related to the sale of Seal heavy oil assets in Canada in January 2017.  Adjusting for the impact of gain on sale of assets, Canadian results of operations improved $40.1 million in the 2018 period compared to the 2017 period due to higher revenue ($78.1 million), insurance proceeds ($21.3 million), partially offset by higher lease operating expense ($14.2 million), higher depreciation ($34.5 million) and higher taxes ($12.4 million).  Higher revenues were a result of both higher volumes at the Tupper, Kaybob and Placid assets and higher realized crude prices.  Insurance proceeds related to cash received in relation to the spill at the now divested Seal asset. Higher taxes (excluding the Seal gain in 2017) are the result of higher net earnings.  Higher lease operating expenses and depreciation are a result of higher volumes sold. 

Malaysia E&P operations reported earnings of $208.4 million in the first nine months of 2018, compared to earnings of $173.9 million in the comparable 2017 period.  Results were favorable by $34.5 million due to higher revenues ($46.3 million), lower depreciation ($18.1 million), lower other operating expenses ($10.2 million) and lower G&A ($1.9 million),

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partially offset by higher lease operating expenses ($18.8 million), and higher taxes ($12.2 million) and higher redetermination/unitization expense ($11.3 million). Higher revenues are principally due to higher realized prices, partially

Results of Operations (Contd.)



Nine Months 2018 vs. 2017 (Contd.)

off-set by lower volumes sold. Lower depreciation is due to lower volumes sold. Lower other expenses are due to the cost of a rig exit recorded in 2017. Higher lease operating expenses are due to higher platform, onshore facility and sub-sea maintenance costs.  The higher taxes are due to higher pre-tax profits. The redetermination/unitization cost relates to the executed unitization agreement for the Gumusut-Kakap (GK) and Geronggong/Jagus East fields originally signed in Q4 2017. Also, in the third quarter, the Brunei working interest was recorded (see below).

Other international E&P operations reported a loss from continuing operations of $28.8 million in the first nine months of 2018 compared to a loss of $10.9 million in the 2017 period.  The loss was $17.9 million higher in the 2018 period versus 2017 primarily due to 2017 tax benefits on investments in foreign areas ($32.9 million), lower other tax credits ($4.1 million), partially off-set by the recording of  net revenue and costs ($16.0 million) relating to the working interest in Block CA1 in Brunei. This follows the signing of the Brunei participation agreement on July 4, 2018, which enables the Company the right to claim its proportional share of revenue since inception as well as the obligation to settle the related past operating and capital expenditure costs since inception.  In addition, ongoing current Brunei revenue of $3.2 million has been recorded.



Exploration and Production

Third quarter 2018 vs. 2017 (Contd.)

Total hydrocarbon production averaged 168,776 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the third quarter of 2018, which represented a 10% increase from the 153,842 barrels per day produced in the 2017 quarter. 

Average crude oil and condensate production was 87,755 barrels per day in the third quarter of 2018 compared to 84,230 barrels per day in the third quarter of 2017. The increase of 3,525 barrels per day was principally due to higher volumes in the Gulf of Mexico due to the shut-in of Kodiak in the 2017 quarter (3,746 barrels per day), higher volumes in Canada Onshore (2,856 barrels per day), partially off-set by lower volumes in Malaysia (4,186 barrels per day) due to field decline. On a worldwide basis, the Company's crude oil and condensate prices averaged $69.39 per barrel in the third quarter 2018 compared to $49.31 per barrel in the 2017 period, an increase of 41% quarter to quarter. 

Total production of natural gas liquids (NGL) was 9,556 barrels per day in the 2018 third quarter compared to 9,128 barrels per day in the same 2017 period.  The average sales price for U.S. NGL was $28.58 per barrel in the 2018 quarter compared to $18.35 per barrel in 2017.  The average sales price for NGL in Canada was $41.06 per barrel in the 2018 quarter compared to $28.15 per barrel in 2017 due in part to the higher value of product produced at the Kaybob and Placid assets.

Natural gas sales volumes averaged 429 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) in the third quarter 2018 compared to 363 MMCFD in 2017.  The increase of 66 MMCFD was a result of increased volumes in Canada (49 MMCFD), Malaysia (10 MMCFD) and US (7 MMCFD).  Higher volumes in Canada are a result of more wells online at the Tupper, Kaybob and Placid Onshore businesses. Higher volumes in Malaysia were due to a 2017 field shut-in. Natural gas prices for the total Company averaged $2.13 per thousand cubic feet (MCF) in the 2018 quarter, versus $2.24 per MCF average in the same quarter of 2017.  Natural gas sales prices in the U.S. averaged $2.33 per MCF in the 2018 quarter versus $2.29 per MCF average in the same quarter of 2017.  In Canada, natural gas sales prices averaged $1.41 per MCF in the 2018 quarter, versus $1.80 per MCF in the same quarter of 2017.  The average realized price for natural gas produced in the 2018 quarter at fields offshore Sarawak was $3.91 per MCF, compared to a price of $3.52 per MCF in the 2017 quarter.



Nine Months 2018 vs. 2017

Total hydrocarbon production averaged 169,095 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the first nine months of 2018, which represented a 4% increase from the 161,917 barrels per day produced in the 2017 period. 

Average crude oil and condensate production was 88,781 barrels per day in the first nine months of 2018 compared to 89,580 barrels per day in the first nine months of 2017. The decrease of 799 barrels per day was principally due to lower volumes in Malaysia (4,824 barrels per day) due to field decline, and lower volumes at Eagle Ford Shale (934 barrels per day) due to less new wells brought online, off-set by higher volumes in the Gulf of Mexico (2,872 barrels per day) and Canada (1,451 barrels per day). On a worldwide basis, the Company's crude oil and condensate prices averaged $67.01 per barrel in the first nine months 2018 compared to $49.04 per barrel in the 2017 period, an increase of 37% period to period. 

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Contd.)

 

Results of Operations (Contd.)



Exploration and Production (Contd.)

Nine Months 2018 vs. 2017 (Contd.)

Total production of natural gas liquids (NGL) was 9,525 barrels per day in the 2018 first nine months compared to 9,140 barrels per day in the same 2017 period.  The average sales price for U.S. NGL was $23.51 per barrel in the 2018 period compared to $16.31 per barrel in 2017.  The average sales price for NGL in Canada was $40.28 per barrel in the 2018 period compared to $23.52 per barrel in 2017.  Average NGL prices in Malaysia in the first nine months 2018 and 2017 were $70.26 per barrel and $50.76 per barrel, respectively.

Natural gas sales volumes averaged 425 million cubic feet per day (MMCFD) in the first nine months 2018 compared to 379 MMCFD in 2017.  The increase of 46 MMCFD was a result of increased volumes in Canada (46 MMCFD), partially offset by lower volumes in Malaysia (2 MMCFD) and higher volumes in U.S. (2 MMCFD).  Higher volumes in Canada are a result of more wells online at the Tupper, Kaybob & Placid assets. Lower volumes in Malaysia were principally due to field decline and maintenance activities, while higher volumes in U.S are due to increased volumes at Front Runner. 

Natural gas prices for the total Company averaged $2.07 per thousand cubic feet (MCF) in the 2018 period, versus $2.39 per MCF average in the same period of 2017.  Natural gas sales prices in the U.S. averaged $2.30 per MCF in the 2018 period versus $2.39 per MCF average in the same period of 2017.  In Canada, natural gas sales prices averaged $1.42 per MCF in the 2018 period, 26% below the $1.91 per MCF average in the same period of 2017.

Additional details about results of oil and gas operations are presented in the tables on pages 30 and 31. 

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Results of Operations (Contd.)



Exploration and Production (Contd.)



Selected operating statistics for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 follow.







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended



 

September 30,

 

September 30,



 

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net crude oil and condensate produced – barrels per day

 

87,755 

 

84,230 

 

88,781 

 

89,580 

United States – Eagle Ford Shale

 

33,757 

 

33,070 

 

32,347 

 

33,281 

– Gulf of Mexico

 

14,530 

 

10,240 

 

14,253 

 

11,309 

Canada    – Onshore

 

6,096 

 

3,240 

 

5,242 

 

2,729 

– Offshore

 

5,570 

 

6,225 

 

7,237 

 

8,100 

– Heavy1

 

– 

 

– 

 

– 

 

201 

Malaysia – Sarawak

 

11,608 

 

11,508 

 

11,936 

 

12,727 

– Block K

 

15,661 

 

19,947 

 

17,200 

 

21,233 

         Brunei

 

533 

 

– 

 

566 

 

– 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net crude oil and condensate sold – barrels per day

 

85,598 

 

92,033 

 

87,745 

 

89,597 

United States – Eagle Ford Shale

 

33,757 

 

33,070 

 

32,347 

 

33,281 

– Gulf of Mexico

 

14,530 

 

10,240 

 

14,253 

 

11,309 

Canada    – Onshore

 

6,096 

 

3,240 

 

5,242 

 

2,729 

– Offshore

 

5,116 

 

6,533 

 

7,197 

 

7,812 

– Heavy 1

 

– 

 

– 

 

– 

 

201 

Malaysia – Sarawak

 

9,469 

 

13,083 

 

12,080 

 

13,350 

– Block K

 

16,169 

 

25,867 

 

16,471 

 

20,915 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net natural gas liquids produced – barrels per day

 

9,556 

 

9,128 

 

9,525 

 

9,140 

United States – Eagle Ford Shale

 

6,663 

 

6,669 

 

6,735 

 

6,812 

– Gulf of Mexico

 

1,109 

 

910 

 

1,112 

 

967 

Canada    – Onshore

 

1,095 

 

510 

 

1,005 

 

410 

Malaysia – Sarawak

 

689 

 

1,039 

 

673 

 

951 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net natural gas liquids sold – barrels per day

 

9,641 

 

9,213 

 

9,642 

 

– 

United States – Eagle Ford Shale

 

6,663 

 

6,669 

 

6,735 

 

9,165 

– Gulf of Mexico

 

1,109 

 

910 

 

1,112 

 

6,812 

Canada    – Onshore

 

1,095 

 

510 

 

1,005 

 

– 

Malaysia – Sarawak

 

774 

 

1,124 

 

790 

 

410 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net natural gas sold – thousands of cubic feet per day

 

428,790 

 

362,901 

 

424,733 

 

379,182 

United States – Eagle Ford Shale

 

32,718 

 

29,476 

 

32,172 

 

32,862 

– Gulf of Mexico

 

14,798 

 

11,232 

 

13,968 

 

11,654 

Canada    – Onshore

 

272,061 

 

223,032 

 

266,077 

 

220,121 

Malaysia – Sarawak

 

106,183 

 

90,181 

 

106,016 

 

106,481 

– Block K

 

3,030 

 

8,980 

 

6,500 

 

8,064 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total net hydrocarbons produced – equivalent barrels per day 2

 

168,776 

 

153,842 

 

169,095 

 

161,917 

Total net hydrocarbons sold – equivalent barrels per day 2

 

166,704 

 

161,730 

 

168,176 

 

161,959 



1The Company sold the Seal area heavy oil field in January 2017.

2Natural gas converted on an energy equivalent basis of 6:1

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Results of Operations (Contd.)



Exploration and Production (Contd.)







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended



September 30,

 

September 30,



2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average Exploration and Production sales prices

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crude oil and condensate – dollars per barrel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States 1 – Eagle Ford Shale

$

72.08 

 

48.49 

 

68.29 

 

48.42 

 – Gulf of Mexico

 

70.46 

 

47.82 

 

67.41 

 

47.48 

Canada 2   – Onshore

 

58.52 

 

43.15 

 

57.67 

 

43.64 

  – Offshore

 

73.92 

 

51.26 

 

69.94 

 

50.35 

Malaysia – Sarawak 3

 

63.82 

 

52.62 

 

66.25 

 

52.07 

  – Block K 3

 

68.67 

 

51.36 

 

66.35 

 

50.95 

Brunei

 

74.37 

 

– 

 

74.37 

 

– 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural gas liquids – dollars per barrel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States – Eagle Ford Shale

 

27.65 

 

17.89 

 

22.96 

 

16.12 

  – Gulf of Mexico

 

34.49 

 

19.00 

 

26.85 

 

17.84 

Canada 2   – Onshore

 

41.06 

 

22.77 

 

40.28 

 

22.48 

Malaysia – Sarawak  3

 

69.64 

 

49.66 

 

70.26 

 

49.94 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural gas – dollars per thousand cubic feet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States – Eagle Ford Shale

 

2.27 

 

2.44 

 

2.26 

 

2.53 

  – Gulf of Mexico

 

2.48 

 

2.49 

 

2.40 

 

2.56 

Canada 2   – Onshore

 

1.41 

 

1.84 

 

1.42 

 

1.99 

Malaysia – Sarawak  3

 

3.91 

 

3.60 

 

3.72 

 

3.50 

  – Block K 3

 

0.24 

 

0.25 

 

0.24 

 

0.24 



1 In 2018, the Company reported realized and unrealized gains and losses on crude oil contracts in the Corporate segment (previously in the E&P segment) to reflect how segments are currently evaluated, how resources are allocated and how risk is managed by the Company.  The 2017 amounts have been reclassified from the Exploration and Production business to reflect comparable disclosure.

2 U.S. dollar equivalent.

3  Prices are net of payments under the terms of the respective production sharing contracts.





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Results of Operations (Contd.)



Exploration and Production (Contd.)



OIL AND GAS OPERATING RESULTS – THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 AND 2017





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

United

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Millions of dollars)

 

States  1

 

Canada

 

Malaysia

 

Other

 

Total

Three Months Ended September 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil and gas sales and other operating revenues

 

$

348.7 

 

107.1 

 

201.2 

 

19.9 

 

676.9 

Lease operating expenses

 

 

52.0 

 

31.5 

 

49.4 

 

0.2 

 

133.1 

Severance and ad valorem taxes

 

 

14.8 

 

0.3 

 

– 

 

– 

 

15.1 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

132.6 

 

58.6 

 

44.3 

 

1.0 

 

236.5 

Accretion of asset retirement obligations

 

 

4.5 

 

1.9 

 

4.7 

 

– 

 

11.1 

Exploration expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dry holes

 

 

– 

 

– 

 

– 

 

4.5 

 

4.5 

Geological and geophysical

 

 

0.4 

 

– 

 

0.1 

 

0.7 

 

1.2 

Other Exploration

 

 

1.6 

 

0.2 

 

– 

 

5.5 

 

7.3 



 

 

2.0 

 

0.2 

 

0.1 

 

10.7 

 

13.0 

Undeveloped lease amortization

 

 

7.8 

 

0.2 

 

– 

 

0.8 

 

8.8 

Total exploration expenses

 

 

9.8 

 

0.4 

 

0.1 

 

11.5 

 

21.8 

Selling and general expenses

 

 

14.0 

 

6.4 

 

3.4 

 

6.2 

 

30.0 

Other

 

 

4.5 

 

(9.5)

 

0.6 

 

0.6 

 

(3.8)

Results of operations before taxes

 

 

116.5 

 

17.5 

 

87.4 

 

0.4 

 

221.8 

Income tax provisions

 

 

24.9 

 

5.0 

 

33.3 

 

(0.9)

 

62.3 

Results of operations (excluding corporate
   overhead and interest)

 

$

91.6 

 

12.5 

 

54.1 

 

1.3 

 

159.5 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil and gas sales and other operating revenues

 

$

209.4 

 

81.9 

 

220.5 

 

– 

 

511.8 

Lease operating expenses

 

 

43.5 

 

28.7 

 

40.6 

 

– 

 

112.8 

Severance and ad valorem taxes

 

 

10.5 

 

0.3 

 

– 

 

– 

 

10.8 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

128.5 

 

45.9 

 

63.7 

 

1.0 

 

239.1 

Accretion of asset retirement obligations

 

 

4.3 

 

2.0 

 

4.4 

 

– 

 

10.7 

Exploration expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dry holes

 

 

(0.6)

 

– 

 

(2.5)

 

– 

 

(3.1)

Geological and geophysical

 

 

0.1 

 

– 

 

– 

 

1.5 

 

1.6 

Other exploration

 

 

1.5 

 

0.2 

 

– 

 

7.7 

 

9.4 



 

 

1.0 

 

0.2 

 

(2.5)

 

9.2 

 

7.9 

Undeveloped lease amortization

 

 

20.4 

 

0.2 

 

– 

 

– 

 

20.6 

Total exploration expenses

 

 

21.4 

 

0.4 

 

(2.5)

 

9.2 

 

28.5 

Selling and general expenses

 

 

13.2 

 

7.3 

 

4.6 

 

5.1 

 

30.2 

Other

 

 

4.2 

 

0.1 

 

1.4 

 

– 

 

5.7 

Results of operations before taxes

 

 

(16.2)

 

(2.8)

 

108.3 

 

(15.3)

 

74.0 

Income tax provisions (benefit)

 

 

(5.0)

 

0.4 

 

40.6 

 

(4.3)

 

31.7 

Results of operations (excluding corporate
   overhead and interest)

 

$

(11.2)

 

(3.2)

 

67.7 

 

(11.0)

 

42.3 

1 In 2018, the Company reported realized and unrealized gains and losses on crude oil contracts in the Corporate segment (previously in the E&P segment) to reflect how segments are currently evaluated, how resources are allocated and how risk is managed by the Company.  The 2017 amounts have been reclassified to reflect comparable disclosure.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Contd.)

 



Results of Operations (Contd.)



Exploration and Production (Contd.)



OIL AND GAS OPERATING RESULTS – NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2018 AND 2017





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

United

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Millions of dollars)

 

States 1

 

Canada 2

 

Malaysia

 

Other

 

Total

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil and gas sales and other operating revenues

 

$

945.6 

 

333.8 

 

640.7 

 

19.9 

 

1,940.0 

Lease operating expenses

 

 

162.6 

 

91.0 

 

152.4 

 

0.2 

 

406.2 

Severance and ad valorem taxes

 

 

39.2 

 

0.9 

 

– 

 

– 

 

40.1 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

382.4 

 

171.1 

 

141.9 

 

2.4 

 

697.8 

Accretion of asset retirement obligations

 

 

13.4 

 

5.8 

 

12.8 

 

– 

 

32.0 

Redetermination expense

 

 

– 

 

– 

 

11.3 

 

– 

 

11.3 

Exploration expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dry holes

 

 

– 

 

– 

 

– 

 

4.5 

 

4.5 

Geological and geophysical

 

 

6.5 

 

– 

 

0.6 

 

4.3 

 

11.4 

Other exploration

 

 

5.1 

 

0.3 

 

– 

 

17.0 

 

22.4 



 

 

11.6 

 

0.3 

 

0.6 

 

25.8 

 

38.3 

Undeveloped lease amortization

 

 

29.2 

 

0.6 

 

– 

 

1.7 

 

31.5 

Total exploration expenses

 

 

40.8 

 

0.9 

 

0.6 

 

27.5 

 

69.8 

Selling and general expenses

 

 

39.0 

 

20.7 

 

8.3 

 

18.1 

 

86.1 

Other

 

 

12.4 

 

(20.9)

 

(0.8)

 

1.2 

 

(8.1)

Results of operations before taxes

 

 

255.8 

 

64.3 

 

314.2 

 

(29.5)

 

604.8 

Income tax provisions (benefits)

 

 

55.5 

 

17.6 

 

105.8 

 

(0.7)

 

178.2 

Results of operations (excluding corporate
   overhead and interest)

 

$

200.3 

 

46.7 

 

208.4 

 

(28.8)

 

426.6 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil and gas sales and other operating revenues

 

$

646.3 

 

388.1 

 

594.4 

 

– 

 

1,628.8 

Lease operating expenses

 

 

135.7 

 

76.8 

 

133.6 

 

– 

 

346.1 

Severance and ad valorem taxes

 

 

31.6 

 

1.2 

 

– 

 

– 

 

32.8 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

402.3 

 

136.6 

 

160.0 

 

2.9 

 

701.8 

Accretion of asset retirement obligations

 

 

12.8 

 

5.9 

 

12.9 

 

– 

 

31.6 

Exploration expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dry holes

 

 

(1.9)

 

– 

 

0.8 

 

– 

 

(1.1)

Geological and geophysical

 

 

1.0 

 

0.1 

 

– 

 

6.0 

 

7.1 

Other exploration

 

 

5.5 

 

0.3 

 

– 

 

24.8 

 

30.6 



 

 

4.6 

 

0.4 

 

0.8 

 

30.8 

 

36.6 

Undeveloped lease amortization

 

 

39.4 

 

1.4 

 

– 

 

– 

 

40.8 

Total exploration expenses

 

 

44.0 

 

1.8 

 

0.8 

 

30.8 

 

77.4 

Selling and general expenses

 

 

38.7 

 

20.9 

 

10.2 

 

15.0 

 

84.8 

Other

 

 

11.5 

 

0.7 

 

9.4 

 

– 

 

21.6 

Results of operations before taxes

 

 

(30.3)

 

144.2 

 

267.5 

 

(48.7)

 

332.7 

Income tax provisions (benefits)

 

 

(8.5)

 

41.6 

 

93.6 

 

(37.8)

 

88.9 

Results of operations (excluding corporate
   overhead and interest)

 

$

(21.8)

 

102.6 

 

173.9 

 

(10.9)

 

243.8 

1 In 2018, the Company reported realized and unrealized gains and losses on crude oil contracts in the Corporate segment (previously in the E&P segment) to reflect how segments are currently evaluated, how resources are allocated and how risk is managed by the Company.  The 2017 amounts have been reclassified to reflect comparable disclosure.

2 Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 includes a pretax gain of $132.4 million related to the sale of Seal heavy oil assets in Canada.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Contd.)

 

Results of Operations (Contd.)

Corporate

Third quarter 2018 vs. 2017

Corporate activities, which include interest income and expense, foreign exchange effects, realized and unrealized gains/losses on crude oil contracts and corporate overhead not allocated to operating functions, reported a net loss of $63.8 million in the 2018 third quarter compared to net loss of $108.6 million in the same 2017 quarter.  The $44.8 million favorable variance in the 2018 period was primarily due to income related to an Ecuador arbitration settlement ($26.0 million), lower losses on crude contracts used to hedge price risk ($11.3 million), lower foreign exchange losses ($33.5 million), lower interest charges ($4.3 million), partially off-set by higher G&A expenditures ($10.8 million) and a lower tax credit ($18.2 million).

Nine Months 2018 vs. 2017

Corporate activities, which include interest income and expense, foreign exchange effects, realized and unrealized gains/losses on crude oil contracts and corporate overhead not allocated to operating functions, reported a net loss of $116.2 million in the 2018 period compared to net loss of $270.0 million in the same 2017 period.  The $153.8 million favorable variance in the 2018 period was primarily due to a credit to income tax expense of $120.0 million related to an IRS interpretation of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, lower foreign exchange losses ($85.1 million), income related to an Ecuador arbitration settlement ($26.0 million), lower interest charges ($4.3 million), partially off-set by losses on crude contracts used to hedge price risk ($69.4 million) versus gains in the prior period ($50.2 million), lower underlying tax credits ($16.3 million), higher G&A expense ($14.4 million).  Further, the 2017 period included a deferred tax charge of $65.2 million associated with the estimated tax consequence of future repatriation of Malaysian and Canadian earnings that were deemed no longer indefinitely invested. 

The Company has presented its former U.K. and U.S. refining and marketing operations as discontinued operations in its consolidated financial statements.  The after-tax results of these operations for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 31, 2018 and 2017 are reflected in the following table.





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended



 

 

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

(Millions of dollars)

 

 

 

2018

 

2017

 

2018

 

2017

U.S. refining and marketing

 

 

$

(1.8)

 

(0.7)

 

(3.8)

 

(0.7)

U.K. refining and marketing

 

 

 

– 

 

1.1 

 

1.1 

 

1.9 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

 

 

$

(1.8)

 

0.4 

 

(2.7)

 

1.2 

Financial Condition

Net cash provided by continuing operating activities was $996.9 million for the first nine months of 2018 compared to $818.8 million during the same period in 2017.  The improvement in cash provided by continuing operations activities in 2018 was primarily attributable to higher revenues from higher prices, off-set by higher cash taxes paid as result of repatriating cash from Canada, current tax payments in Malaysia ($82.0 million), payments made on hedge (crude contracts to mitigate price risk) losses ($69.3 million), and higher operating expenses (see more detail on operating results above).  Changes in operating working capital from continuing operations increased cash by $2.6 million during the first nine months of 2018, compared to $1.1 million in 2017. 

Cash used for property additions and dry holes, which includes amounts expensed, were $858.4 million and $706.4 million in the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively. Proceeds from sales of property and equipment generated cash of $1.1 million in 2018 compared to $69.1 million in 2017 primarily relating to proceeds from the sale of the Seal field in Western Canada and the sale of certain non-core assets of Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas in 2017.  Total cash dividends to shareholders amounted to $129.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 compared to $129.4 million in the same period of 2017.

Total accrual basis capital expenditures were as follows:





 

 

 

 

 



Nine Months Ended



September 30,

(Millions of dollars)

2018

 

2017

Capital Expenditures

 

 

 

 

 

Exploration and production

$

870.6 

 

 

694.7 

Corporate

 

22.4 

 

 

6.9 

Total capital expenditures

$

893.0 

 

 

701.6 





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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Contd.)

 

Financial Condition (Contd.)

The increase in capital expenditures in the exploration and production business in 2018 compared to 2017 was primarily attributable to higher development drilling activities in Eagle Ford Shale and Kaybob Duvernay.

A reconciliation of property additions and dry hole costs in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows to total capital expenditures for continuing operations follows.





 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

Nine Months Ended



 

September 30,

(Millions of dollars)

 

2018

 

2017

Property additions and dry hole costs per cash flow statements

 

$

858.4 

 

 

706.4 

Geophysical and other exploration expenses

 

 

33.8 

 

 

37.7 

Capital expenditure accrual changes and other

 

 

0.8 

 

 

(42.5)

Total capital expenditures

 

$

893.0 

 

 

701.6 



Working capital (total current assets less total current liabilities) at September 30, 2018 was $505.8 million, $31.6 million less than December 31, 2017, with the decrease primarily attributable to lower cash and inventory balances offset by higher accounts receivable, accounts payable and income tax payable.

At September 30, 2018, long-term debt of $2,903.9 million had decreased by $2.6 million compared to December 31, 2017.  A summary of capital employed at September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 follows.







 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



September 30, 2018

 

December 31, 2017

(Millions of dollars)

Amount

 

%

 

Amount

 

%

Capital employed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

$

2,903.9 

 

37.9 

%

 

$

2,906.5 

 

38.6 

%

Stockholders' equity

 

4,766.9 

 

62.1 

%

 

 

4,620.2 

 

61.4 

%

Total capital employed

$

7,670.8 

 

100.0 

%

 

$

7,526.7 

 

100.0 

%

Cash and invested cash are maintained in several operating locations outside the United States.  At September 30, 2018, Cash and cash equivalents held outside the U.S. included U.S. dollar equivalents of approximately $709.6 million in Canada and $99.9 million in Malaysia.  In addition, $17.4 million of cash was held in the United Kingdom, but was reflected in current Assets held for sale on the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet at September 30, 2018.  In certain cases, the Company could incur taxes or other costs should these cash balances be repatriated to the U.S. in future periods.  Canada currently collects a 5% withholding tax on any cash repatriated to the U.S. 

Accounting and Other Matters

Accounting Principles Adopted

Revenue from Contracts with Customers.  In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU), which established a comprehensive model of accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers that superseded most revenue recognition requirements and industry-specific guidance.  Under the new standard, the Company recognizes revenue when it transfers control of the commodity to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for the commodity.  Additional disclosures are required to describe the nature, amount, timing and uncertainly of revenue and cash flows from contracts with customers.  The Company adopted the new standard in the first quarter of 2018 using the modified retrospective method.  The Company performed a review of contracts in each of its revenue streams and implemented accounting policies and internal controls to address the requirements of the ASU.  Prior to January 1, 2018, the Company followed the sales method of revenue recognition under Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 605 and recorded revenue when deliveries occurred, and legal ownership of the commodity transferred to the customer.

There was no adjustment to the opening balance of stockholders’ equity as at January 1, 2018, resulting from application of the new ASU promulgated in ASC Topic 606 using the modified retrospective method.  The comparative information has not been adjusted and continues to be reported under ASC Topic 605 – Revenue Recognition.  See also Note C for further discussion of Revenue Recognition. 

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Contd.)

 

Accounting and Other Matters (Cont.)

Accounting Principles Adopted (Cont.)

Statement of Cash Flows.  In August 2016, the FASB issued an ASU to reduce diversity in practice in how certain transactions are classified in the statement of cash flows.  The amendment provides guidance on specific cash flow issues including debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs, settlement of zero-coupon debt instruments or other debt instrument with coupon interest rates that are insignificant in relation to the effective interest rate of the borrowing, contingent consideration payments made after a business combination, proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims, proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies, and distributions received from equity method investees.  The amendments in this ASU were effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017.  The Company adopted this guidance in the first quarter of 2018 and it did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Compensation – Retirement Benefits.  In March 2017, the FASB issued an ASU requiring that the service cost component of pension and postretirement benefit costs be presented in the same line item as other current employee compensation costs and other components of those benefit costs be presented separately from the service cost component outside a subtotal of income from operations, if presented.  The update also requires that only the service cost component of pension and postretirement benefit cost is eligible for capitalization.  The update is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017.  The Company adopted the standard in the first quarter of 2018 and it did not have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Compensation – Stock Compensation.  In May 2017, the FASB issued an ASU which amends the scope of modification accounting for share-based payment arrangements and provides guidance on the type of changes to the terms and conditions of share-based payment awards to which an entity would be required to apply modification accounting.  The update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2017 and interim periods within the annual period.  The Company adopted this accounting standard in the first quarter of 2018 and it did not have material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Statement of Operations – Reporting Comprehensive Income.  In February 2018, the FASB issued an ASU, which allows a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.  The Company elected to early adopt this accounting standard during the first quarter of 2018 and recorded discrete adjustments from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings of $28.4 million related to retirement and postretirement obligations and $1.8 million related to deferred loss on interest rate derivative hedges.  The adoption of this ASU will have no future impact.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Leases.  In February 2016, the FASB issued an ASU to increase transparency and comparability among companies by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements.  The main difference between previous Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and this ASU is the recognition of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases classified as operating leases under previous GAAP.  The new standard is effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those annual periods.  Early adoption is permitted for all entities.  The Company anticipates adopting this guidance in the first quarter of 2019 and is currently assessing internal processes and analyzing its portfolio of contracts to assess the impact future adoption of this ASU will have on its consolidated financial statements.

Compensation – Stock Compensation.  In June 2018, the FASB issued an ASU which supersedes existing guidance for equity-based payments to nonemployees and expands the scope of guidance for stock compensation to include all share-based payment arrangements related to the acquisition of goods and services from both nonemployees and employees.  As a result, the same guidance that provides for employee share-based payments, including most of its requirements related to classification and measurement, applies to nonemployee share-based payment arrangements. The ASU is effective for financial statements issued for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those annual periods.  Early adoption is permitted.  The Company anticipates adopting this guidance for the first quarter of 2019 and does not expect it to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.

Fair Value Measurement.  In August 2018, the FASB issued an ASU which modifies disclosure requirements related to fair value measurement.  The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019.  Implementation on a prospective or retrospective basis varies by specific disclosure requirement.  Early adoption is permitted. The standard also allows for early adoption of any removed or modified disclosures upon issuance of this ASU while delaying adoption of the additional disclosures until their effective date. The Company is currently assessing the potential impact of this ASU to its consolidated financial statements.

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ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS (Contd.)

 

Accounting and Other Matters (Cont.)

Recent Accounting Pronouncements (Contd.)

Compensation-Retirement Benefits-Defined Benefit Plans-General.  In August 2018, the FASB issued an ASU that modifies the disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans.  For public companies, the amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted, and is to be applied on a retrospective basis to all periods presented. The Company is currently assessing the potential impact of this ASU to its consolidated financial statements.

Outlook

Average worldwide crude oil prices at the end of October 2018 have decreased from the average prices during the third quarter of 2018.  North American natural gas prices are approximately 12% higher in October compared to the third quarter of 2018.  The Company expects its total oil and natural gas production to average 167,000 – 169,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day in the fourth quarter 2018.  The Company currently anticipates total capital expenditures for the full year 2018 to be approximately $1.18 billion.

The Company will primarily fund its remaining capital program in 2018 using operating cash flow but will supplement funding where necessary using cash on hand or borrowings under available credit facilities.  If oil and/or natural gas prices weaken, actual cash flow generated from operations could be reduced such that capital spending reductions are required and/or additional borrowings might be required during the remainder of year to maintain funding of the Company’s ongoing development projects. 

As of September 30, 2018, the Company has entered into derivative or forward fixed-price delivery contracts to manage risk associated with certain future oil and natural gas sales prices as follows:



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

Average

 

 

 

Commodities

 

Contract or Location

 

Dates

 

Volumes per Day

 

Average Prices

 

U.S. Oil

 

West Texas Intermediate

 

Oct. –  Dec. 2018

 

 

21,000 bbls/d

 

$54.88 per bbl.

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canada Natural Gas

 

NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd.

 

Oct. 2018 – Dec. 2020

 

 

59 mmcf/d

 

C$2.81 per mcf

 



Forward-Looking Statements



This Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  These statements, which express management’s current views concerning future events or results, are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties.  Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the volatility and level of crude oil and natural gas prices, the level and success rate of Murphy’s exploration programs, the Company’s ability to maintain production rates and replace reserves, customer demand for Murphy’s products, adverse foreign exchange movements, political and regulatory instability, adverse developments in the U.S. or global capital markets, credit markets or economies generally and uncontrollable natural hazards.  For further discussion of risk factors, see Murphy’s 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K on file with the U.S. Securities and

Exchange Commission and page 36 of this Form 10-Q report.  Murphy undertakes no duty to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements.



 

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

The Company is exposed to market risks associated with interest rates, prices of crude oil, natural gas and petroleum products, and foreign currency exchange rates.  As described in Note L to this Form 10-Q report, Murphy makes use of derivative financial and commodity instruments to manage risks associated with existing or anticipated transactions.



There were commodity transactions in place at September 30, 2018, covering certain future U.S. crude oil sales volumes in 2018.  A 10% increase in the respective benchmark price of these commodities would have increased the recorded net payable associated with these derivative contracts by approximately $14.1 million, while a 10% decrease would have decreased the recorded net payable by a similar amount.



There were no derivative foreign exchange contracts in place at September 30, 2018.



ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES



Under the direction of its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, controls and procedures have been established by the Company to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries is made known to the officers who certify the Company’s financial reports and to other members of senior management and the Board of Directors.



Based on the Company’s evaluation as of the end of the period covered by the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of Murphy Oil Corporation have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) are effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by Murphy Oil Corporation in reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms.



During the quarter ended September 30, 2018, there were no changes in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.



PART II – OTHER INFORMATION



ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS



Murphy is engaged in a number of legal proceedings, all of which Murphy considers routine and incidental to its business.  Based on information currently available to the Company, the ultimate resolution of environmental and legal matters referred to in this note is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s net income, financial condition or liquidity in a future period.



ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS



The Company’s operations in the oil and gas business naturally lead to various risks and uncertainties.  These risk factors are discussed in Item 1A Risk Factors in its 2017 Form 10-K filed on February 26, 2018.  The Company has not identified any additional risk factors not previously disclosed in its 2017 Form 10-K report.

 



ITEM 6. EXHIBITS



The Exhibit Index on page 38 of this Form 10-Q report lists the exhibits that are hereby filed or incorporated by reference.





 

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SIGNATURE



Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.







 

 



MURPHY OIL CORPORATION



(Registrant)



 

 



By

/s/ CHRISTOPHER D. HULSE



 

Christopher D. Hulse,



 

Vice President and Controller



 

(Chief Accounting Officer and Duly Authorized Officer)



November 7, 2018

(Date)



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EXHIBIT INDEX





 

 



 

 

Exhibit

 

 

  No.   

 

 



 

 

31.1

 

Certification required by Rule 13a-14(a) pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002



 

 

31.2

 

Certification required by Rule 13a-14(a) pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002



 

 

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Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002



 

 

101. INS

 

XBRL Instance Document



 

 

101. SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document



 

 

101. CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document



 

 

101. DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document



 

 

101. LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document



 

 

101. PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase





   Exhibits other than those listed above have been omitted since they are either not required or not applicable.



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