NOVO OIL & GAS LEGACY HOLDINGS, LLC
(Formerly Novo Oil & Gas Holdings, LLC)
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
Note 7. Revolving Credit Facility
The Company has a senior secured revolving credit facility (“Revolving Credit Facility”) with a bank with a maximum commitment of $500.0 million. The Revolving Credit Facility has semi-annual borrowing base redeterminations on April 1 and October 1 each year. On March 28, 2023, the borrowing base of the Revolving Credit Facility was reaffirmed at $400.0 million. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had $350.0 million and $250.0 million of outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility, respectively. The Company has pledged substantially all of its oil and gas properties and other assets as collateral to secure amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility.
At June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the interest rate on the Revolving Credit Facility was 8.9% and 6.9%, respectively. The Revolving Credit Facility contains representations, warranties, covenants, conditions, and defaults customary for transactions of this type, including but not limited to (i) limitations on liens and incurrence of debt covenants; (ii) limitations on the sale of property, mergers, consolidations, and other similar transactions covenants; (iii) limitations on investments, loans and advances covenants; and (iv) limitations on dividends, distributions, redemptions, and restricted payments covenants. The revolving credit facility also contains financial covenants requiring the Company to comply with a consolidated leverage ratio, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, to be greater than 3.25 to 1.0 and a consolidated current ratio, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, to not be less than 1.0 to 1.0. The Company was in compliance with terms and covenants of the Revolving Credit Facility as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
Note 8. Asset Retirement Obligations
The following table presents changes in asset retirement obligations (in thousands):
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| | June 30, | |
| | 2023 | | | 2022 | |
Asset retirement obligations at beginning of period | | $ | 2,706 | | | $ | 1,035 | |
Accretion expense on discounted obligation | | | 150 | | | | 57 | |
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Asset retirement obligations at end of period | | $ | 2,856 | | | $ | 1,092 | |
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Given the unobservable nature of the inputs, the initial recognition of an asset retirement obligation is a non-recurring Level 3 fair value measurement.
Note 9. Fair Value Measurement
The carrying amounts of financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, revenue payable, advances from joint interest partners, and accrued liabilities included in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets approximated fair value due to their short-term maturities. The carrying value of the Companies’ revolving credit facility approximates fair value because the Credit Agreement’s variable interest rate resets frequently and approximates current market rates available to the Companies.
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