Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 7, 2014

 

 

DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   001-32318   73-1567067

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation or Organization)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification Number)

 

333 West Sheridan Avenue, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma   73102-5015
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (405) 235-3611

 

 

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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

In accordance with General Instruction B.2. of Form 8-K, the information presented herein under Item 7.01 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Exchange Act or Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Our original 2014 forward-looking estimates are included in our Form 8-K dated February 19, 2014. These estimates were based on our examination of historical operating trends, the information used to prepare our December 31, 2013, reserve reports and other data in our possession or available from third parties.

In February 2014, we announced plans to divest certain non-core properties located throughout Canada and the U.S. On April 1, 2014, we completed the sale of our Canadian conventional assets to Canadian Natural Resources Limited. Accordingly, we are updating certain of our 2014 forward-looking estimates in this document to exclude the impact of the sold Canadian conventional assets from the remainder of the year as well as other operational updates. The updated estimates along with estimates that have not changed, are presented in the following pages.

In this report, financial amounts related to our Canadian operations have been converted to U.S. dollars using estimated average exchange rates of $1.00 U.S. dollar to $1.11 Canadian dollar.

Production and Prices

Set forth below are our daily production and price realization estimates for the second quarter and full year 2014. The term “core” refers to our core and emerging assets in the Anadarko Basin, Barnett Shale, Eagle Ford Shale, Mississippian-Woodford Trend, Permian Basin and Rockies Oil in the United States, as well as our Heavy Oil assets in Canada. The term “non-core” refers to our remaining properties, many of which we are in the process of divesting. The price realizations for oil and bitumen are determined using the monthly average of NYMEX settled prices on each trading day for the benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude oil price at Cushing, Oklahoma. The price realizations for natural gas are determined using the first-of-month South Louisiana Henry Hub price index as published in Inside FERC.

 

     Quarter 2      Full Year  
     Low      High      Low      High  

Daily Production

           

Oil and bitumen (MBbls/d)

           

United States Core

     125         130         124         136   

Canada Core

     75         80         74         80   

Non-core

     4         4         5         7   

Natural gas (MMcf/d)

           

United States Core

     1,655         1,700         1,570         1,640   

Canada Core

     15         20         15         25   

Non-core

     220         230         300         320   

Natural gas liquids (MBbls/d)

           

United States Core

     130         135         116         129   

Canada Core

     —           —           —           —     

Non-core

     5         10         8         10   

Total Boe (MBbls/d)

           

United States Core

     531         548         502         538   

Canada Core

     78         83         77         84   

Non-core

     46         52         63         70   

 

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     Quarter 2     Full Year  
     Low     High     Low     High  

Price Realizations

        

Oil and bitumen - % of WTI

        

United States

     90     100     90     100

Canada

     57     67     61     71

Natural gas - % of Henry Hub

        

United States

     85     95     85     95

Canada

     83     93     83     93

NGLs – Realized price

   $ 20      $ 25      $ 20      $ 30   

Commodity Price Risk Management

As of May 2, 2014, we had the following oil derivative positions associated with 2014 production. Our oil price swaps and collars settle against the average of the prompt month NYMEX West Texas Intermediate futures price.

 

     Price Swaps      Price Collars      Call Options Sold  

Period

   Volume
(Bbls/d)
     Weighted
Average
Price ($/Bbl)
     Volume
(Bbls/d)
     Weighted
Average Floor
Price ($/Bbl)
     Weighted
Average
Ceiling Price
($/Bbl)
     Volume
(Bbls/d)
     Weighted
Average Price
($/Bbl)
 

Q2-Q4 2014

     75,000       $ 94.14         68,555       $ 89.36       $ 100.40         42,000       $ 116.43   

Q1-Q4 2015

     76,500       $ 90.14         3,000       $ 85.57       $ 95.57         28,000       $ 116.43   

Q1-Q4 2016

     —         $ —           —         $ —         $ —           18,500       $ 103.11   

 

     Basis Swaps  

Period

   Index    Volume (Bbls/d)      Weighted Average
Differential to WTI ($/Bbl)
 

Q2-Q4 2014

   Western Canadian Select      11,796       $ (18.16

As of May 2, 2014, we had the following open natural gas derivative positions associated with 2014 production. The first table presents our natural gas contracts that settle against the Inside FERC first-of-the-month Henry Hub index. The second table presents our natural gas contracts that settle against the AECO index.

 

     Price Swaps      Price Collars      Call Options Sold  

Period

   Volume
(MMBtu/d)
     Weighted
Average Price

($/MMBtu)
     Volume
(MMBtu/d)
     Weighted
Average Floor
Price

($/MMBtu)
     Weighted
Average
Ceiling Price
($/MMBtu)
     Volume
(MMBtu/d)
     Weighted
Average Price

($/MMBtu)
 

Q2-Q4 2014

     800,000       $ 4.42         460,000       $ 4.03       $ 4.51         500,000       $ 5.00   

Q1-Q4 2015

     210,000       $ 4.38         255,000       $ 4.05       $ 4.36         550,000       $ 5.09   

Q1-Q4 2016

     —         $ —           —         $ —         $ —           400,000       $ 5.00   

 

     Basis Swaps  

Period

   Index    Volume (MMBtu/d)      Weighted Average
Differential to Henry Hub
($/MMBtu)
 

Q2-Q4 2014

   AECO      94,781       $ (0.52

 

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Other Operating and Nonoperating Items

The following table includes second quarter and full year 2014 estimates of other operating and nonoperating items.

 

     Quarter 2     Full Year  
     Low     High     Low     High  
     ($ in millions, except per Boe)  

Marketing & midstream operating profit (1)

   $ 185      $ 215      $ 685      $ 755   

Lease operating expenses per Boe

   $ 9.00      $ 9.25      $ 8.90      $ 9.50   

General & administrative expenses per Boe (1)

   $ 3.20      $ 3.40      $ 2.80      $ 3.30   

Production and property taxes as % of upstream sales (1)

     5.9     6.9     5.9     6.9

Depreciation, depletion and amortization per Boe (1)

   $ 13.00      $ 14.00      $ 12.50      $ 14.50   

Other operating items

   $ 15      $ 20      $ 50      $ 80   

Net financing costs (1)

   $ 115      $ 125      $ 445      $ 475   

Current income tax rate (1)

     2     8     2     8

Deferred income tax rate (1)

     28     32     28     32
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total income tax rate (1)

     30     40     30     40
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests

   $ 25      $ 35      $ 75      $ 125   

 

(1) Includes amounts attributable to EnLink.

Capital Expenditures

Set forth below are our capital expenditure estimates for the second quarter and full year 2014.

 

     Quarter 2      Full Year  
     Low      High      Low      High  
     (In millions)  

Development

   $ 1,285       $ 1,435       $ 4,770       $ 5,070   

Exploration

     75         125         260         360   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Subtotal (1) (2)

     1,360         1,560         5,030         5,430   

Capitalized G&A and interest

     90         100         385         415   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total oil and gas

     1,450         1,660         5,415         5,845   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Midstream (2) (3)

     350         380         845         915   

Corporate and other

     35         55         125         175   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total other

     385         435         970         1,090   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total capital expenditures

   $ 1,835       $ 2,095       $ 6,385       $ 6,935   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) Includes approximately $60 million in Q2 2014 and $260 million in full year 2014 attributable to non-core assets identified for divestiture.
(2) Full year estimates exclude approximately $6 billion for the acquisition of Eagle Ford Shale assets.
(3) Includes approximately $250 million to $300 million in Q2 2014 and $500 million to $600 million in full year 2014 attributable to EnLink.

Information Regarding Forward-Looking Estimates

This report includes our 2014 forward-looking estimates and associated forward-looking statements regarding our expectations and plans, as well as future events or conditions. Such forward-looking statements are based on our examination of historical operating trends, the information used to prepare our December 31, 2013 reserve reports and other data in our possession or available from third parties. Our forward-looking estimates are also based on the completion of planned divestitures of certain non-core assets on or around year-end 2014. Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control.

 

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Consequently, actual future results could differ materially from our expectations due to a number of factors, such as changes in the supply of and demand for oil, natural gas and NGLs and related products and services; exploration or drilling programs; political or regulatory events; general economic and financial market conditions; the timing of the transactions in the previous paragraph; and other risk factors we discuss in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to Devon, or persons acting on its behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. We assume no duty to update or revise our forward-looking statements based on new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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SIGNATURES

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 hereto duly authorized.

 

DEVON ENERGY CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Thomas L. Mitchell

  Thomas L. Mitchell
  Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: May 7, 2014

 

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