Expenses
Lease operating expense (“LOE”):Total LOE for three months ended March 31, 2019 was $45.5 million, inclusive of insurance costs.
Workover and maintenance expense: Workover and maintenance expense for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $23.0 million and included approximately $1.5 million of maintenance-related costs in connection with the Whistler acquisition, $2.0 million at our SMI 130 field for repairs and $6.9 million related to theHP-Idry-dock operation repairs and related workover expense within the Phoenix complex in the first quarter of 2019.
General and administrative expense (“G&A”):General and administrative expense for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $13.8 million, excluding $1.3 million of stock-based compensation and $2.5 million in transaction-related costs.
Price risk management activities: Price risk management activities for the three months ended March 31, 2019 resulted in a $3.0 million expense related to cash settlement on our derivative contracts.
Other Financial Metrics
Net loss, Adjusted Earnings per Share and Adjusted EBITDA: Net loss was $109.6 million, or $2.02 net loss per share, in the first quarter of 2019, as compared to $306.3 million in net income in the fourth quarter of 2018. After certain adjustments, the Adjusted Earnings per Share in the first quarter was $0.19.
Adjusted EBITDA in the first quarter of 2019 was $93.7 million as compared to $158.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2018. The reduction is attributed to the Phoenix complex beingshut-in for approximately two months as a result of the planneddry-dock of theHP-I.
Capital Expenditures: Capital expenditures in the first quarter of 2019 were $155.6 million, inclusive of plugging & abandonment costs. The 2019 capital program is front-loaded in the first half of the year, as all of the currently planned deepwater drilling and completions activities will occur in the first two quarters. Similarly, Talos is appraising the globally recognized Zama discovery offshore Mexico, which is also taking place in the first half of the year.
Talos reaffirms its annual capital expenditure guidance range of $465 million – $485 million for 2019.
The table below provides additional detail of the Company’s capital expenditures:
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($ million) | | Three months ended March 31, 2019 | |
U.S. Drilling & Completions | | | 98.3 | |
Mexico Appraisal & Exploration | | | 26.3 | |
Asset Management | | | 10.5 | |
Seismic and G&G / Land / Capitalized G&A | | | 16.5 | |
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Total Capital Expenditures | | | 151.7 | |
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Plugging & Abandonment | | | 3.9 | |
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Total Capital Expenditures and Plugging & Abandonment | | | 155.6 | |
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Financial position: As of March 31, 2019, the Company had approximately $682.4 million in long-term debt, excluding deferred financing costs and original issue discount. The balance includes $396.9 million of second lien notes, $275.0 million of borrowings under the Company’s credit facility and a $10.5 million building loan. In addition to the Company’s long-term debt, as of March 31, 2019, Talos had theHP-I finance lease obligation with a balance of approximately $90.4 million.
Liquidity position: As of March 31, 2019, the Company had a liquidity position of $355.5 million, including $309.8 million available under the $600.0 million credit facility and approximately $45.7 million of cash. In the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company’s borrowing base was increased by approximately 42% to $850 million; however, Talos elected to maintain the commitments at $600 million.
Leverage and credit metrics: Annualized Adjusted EBITDA for the nine month period ended March 31, 2019 was $546.0 million. As of March 31, 2019, the Company’s total debt was $772.7 million and Net Debt was $727.0 million, both including the finance lease. Therefore, the Net Debt to Annualized Adjusted EBITDA ratio of Talos was 1.3x.
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