Forecast - Production | Hedging | Capital Markets | Capital Expenditure | Drilling Program
Halcon Slashes 2015 Budget In Half Again; Bakken, Eagle Ford
Halcón Resources Corporation announced additional reductions to its 2015 drilling and completion budget.
Current Budget January 2015
Halcón's drilling and completions budget for 2015 is $375 - 425 million. Capital will be directed towards locations in the Fort Berthold area of theWilliston Basin and El Halcón in East Texas. In addition, the Company expects to spend approximately $20 million on leasehold, infrastructure, seismic and other in 2015.
Halcón is planning to operate an average of two rigs in the Fort Berthold area and one rig in El Halcón in 2015. The Company does not anticipate any meaningful lease expirations despite this reduced rig count.
The Company expects to produce an average of 40,000 - 45,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (Boe/d) in 2015.
Previous Budget November 2014
Back in November the company had inititally set a budget of 6 rigs and $700-800 million. The company also said " Despite the reduced capital budget, the Williston Basin and El Halcon assets are expected to drive year-over-year pro forma production growth of 15% to 20% in 2015."
Hedging Strategy
Halcón is significantly hedged throughout 2015 and into 2016. Based on the midpoint of the aforementioned 2015 production guidance range, the Company is approximately 88% hedged on its estimated oil volumes at a weighted average price of $87.29/Bbl and approximately 86% hedged on its estimated natural gas volumes at a weighted average price of $4.00/MMBtu.
Floyd C. Wilson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Our plan is to deploy capital to assets where results indicate EURs and initial production rates higher than our published type curves. We are comfortable with our current liquidity position and we expect our strong hedge portfolio to continue generating income well into 2016. Although we are significantly hedged, the continued weakness in crude oil prices, combined with elevated service costs, calls for conservative planning. We expect to see these costs come down dramatically during 2015."
Bakken / Williston Basin & East Texas Eagle Ford Assets
Source : Halcon Resource November 2014 Presentation
Source : Halcon Resources November 2014 Presentation
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