WELLS FARGO SECURITIES 15 th Annual Energy Symposium Mark Smith Sr. EVP & CFO December 7, 2016
CRC Opportunity Defined Priorities and Accomplishments Value Creation Focus Doubles Inventory Capital Allocation Inflection Point 4 WellsFargo 2016
Reserve Value1 Well in Excess of EV 18,000 16,000 14,000 12,000 Infrastructure2 10,000 (MM) Surface & Minerals3 8,000 Unproved4 Current EV of 5.7 Bn5 6,000 Proved Value 4,000 PDP Value 2,000 0 Strip Price 8/23…
CRCs Large Resource Base with Advantaged Infrastructure World-Class Resource Base Operate in 4 of 12 largest fields in the Sacramento Basin 14 MMBoe Proved Reserves continental U.S. 6 MBoe/d production 644 MMBoe proved reserves 142…
Largest California Producer with Deep Regional Insight Top California Producers in 2015 Largest 3-D Seismic Position in California 200 196 180 161 Gross Operated Mboe/d 160 134 140 120 100 80 60 40 Surface & Minerals3 35…
California Stacked Reservoirs: Multiple opportunity sets with large accumulations TULARE OOIP: 2 BBO Heavy Oil Trend 20 SHALLOW SANDS Estimated Recovery Factor: 25…
CRC Opportunity Defined Priorities and Accomplishments Value Creation Focus Doubles Inventory Capital Allocation Inflection Point 10 WellsFargo 2016
Benefits of the Spin: Focus Led to Improvements Entrepreneurial culture Disciplined capital allocation through portfolio management Three principal drivers: One CRC o Maximize long-term value VCI 1.3 o Value focused growth o…
Strengthen the Balance Sheet Significant Debt Reduction From Post-Spin Peak Chose options to maximize deleveraging and minimize recurring cost to the income statement and on a per share basis 7,000 6,000 Total Debt ( MM)…
Protect the Base Low Decline Asset Base Requires Low Levels of D&C* Capital Production By Stream (MBoe/d) Rich asset portfolio and thoughtful capital Down allocation deliver high margin production and 160 MBoe/d 12-14% With…
Defend Margins Continued Operating Cost Reductions and Efficiencies Down 3.22/Boe 20.00 Or 18% decrease 2014 Avg: 18.23 Since Spin 18.00 2015 Avg: 16.30 16.00 3Q YTD 2016 Avg: 15.01 Production Costs (/Boe) 14.00 12.00…
Reduced Well Costs 2016 program has 23% lower well costs compared to prior similar wells 2016 Drilling Efficiency drivers: Savings 100% Rig costs Rig optimization and day work rate reduction 4% 6% Cementing Slurry redesign, volume…
CRC Opportunity Defined Priorities and Accomplishments Value Creation Focus Doubles Inventory Capital Allocation Inflection Point 16 WellsFargo 2016
Focus on Life of Field Plans Doubled project inventory at 55 Brent Actionable Economic Project Inventory 9,000 8,000 7,000 Drilling and Workover Capital (MM) 6,000 5,000 4,000 VCI 1.0 VCI 1.3 3,000 2,000…
Value Chain Progress: Building Inventory Across 135 Fields Legacy Field Review - Paloma Technical reevaluation doubled OOIP estimate Analog field performance Applying new technology and thinking Kern Front to generate new…
Robust Returns Across Multiple Drive Mechanisms Primary- Primary- Steamflood Conventional Waterflood Unconventional Primary-Gas 35 - 50+% 30 - 90+% 30 - 100+% 15 - 40+% 12 - 30+% Per Pattern Per Well Per Pattern Per Well Per Well…
Steamfloods 20 TULARE Characteristics SHALLOW SANDS Steam injection contributes to over 1.2mm bopd worldwide 50 ETCHEGOIN SANDS AVG. DEPTH (True Vertical) 2,000 Thermal techniques account for over 40% of AVG. GROSS…
Waterfloods TULARE Water-flooding techniques are the most 20 Characteristics SHALLOW SANDS commonly used EOR production methods ETCHEGOIN 50 AVG. DEPTH (True Vertical) 5,000 SANDS 20 40% of the oil-in-place can be AVG. GROSS…
Elk Hills Adjacent Field: Buena Vista Field Development Effective Production Management TVD Current net production of 10,000 Boe/d (no rigs since 2014) 2500 Surveillance with modern tools Daily exception reports/weekly pattern…
Elk Hills Analog: Kettleman North Dome Rio Lobo OOIP of 4 billion barrels, 14,000 Acres (2 mi. seismic survey wide, 15 mi. long) 1000s of feet of stacked pay KNDU Light oil API 36o Field Boundary WI=100% and NRI=80% in KNDU Lost…
CRC Opportunity Defined Priorities and Accomplishments Value Creation Focus Doubles Inventory Capital Allocation Inflection Point 25 WellsFargo 2016
Capital Allocation Strategies with Improving Strip Investment balanced against deleveraging Base Case Pricing* opportunities with goal of high single-digit production growth Existing Core Areas Focus on 2-3 Growth Areas Elk Hills…
Portfolio Flexibility Provides Range of Crude Oil Scenarios 130 Crude Oil Production Outcomes 120 Oil Production MB/d 110 100 Portfolio Planning Scenarios 90 80 2016E 2017E 2018E 2019E 2020E 1200 Estimated Capital…
Double-Digit EBITDAX Growth Range of EBITDAX Outcomes 1800 1600 1400 Portfolio Planning Scenarios 1200 MM 1000 800 600 400 2016E 2017E 2018E 2019E 2020E Note: See comments on previous slide. 28…
Poised to Take Advantage of a Commodity Price Recovery World-Class Resource Base: Sacramento Basin 14 MMBoe Proved Reserves 6 MBoe/d production Large inventory of assets across basins and drive mechanisms that provide strong returns…
California Resources Corporation Appendix 30 WellsFargo 2016
Strengthening the Balance Sheet Capitalization as of 9/30/16 (MM) Deleveraging is a priority; 1.5 billion 1st Lien Secured RCF1 772 decrease to date from post-spin peak 1st Lien Secured Term Loan (1L) 671 1st Lien Second Out Term…
Living within Cash Flow Plus Additional Liquidity 1,600 1,400 1,200 1 Revolver Availability 1 1,000 Revolver Availability 11 (MM) 800 600 Credit Amendment CapEx 23 HSE & Capital Investment HSE Capital Investment 400…
Diverse Assets with Flexible Development Opportunities 2015 Net Proved Reserves (MMBoe) 644 Diversity of basins, drive mechanisms 2015 % Oil Net Proved1 72% Pre-Tax Proved PV-10 ( billion)2 5.1 Predictable production, low decline…
Key CRC Fields by Drive Mechanism Oakridge Wilmington Montalvo Huntington Beach Rio Viejo San Miguelito Asphalto Pleito Ranch Mt. Poso Railroad Gap Wheeler Ridge Rincon BV Nose Saticoy S. Mountain Shale 29R Oxnard Bardsdale…
San Joaquin Basin Overview Basin Map Oil and gas discovered in the late 1800s Accounts for 69% of CRC production Kettleman 25 billion barrels OOIP in CRC fields1 Cretaceous to Pleistocene sedimentary section (25,000 feet) Lost…
Elk Hills Area - Overview Overview Field Map CRCs flagship asset, a 100 year-old field with exploration opportunities RR Gap Large fee property with multiple stacked reservoirs Light oil from conventional and unconventional…
Los Angeles Basin Overview Basin Map Large, world-class basin with thick deposits Kitchen is the entire basin, hydrocarbons did not migrate laterally; basin depth (30,000 ft) 10 billion barrels OOIP in CRC fields1 Most significant…
Wilmington Field - Overview Overview Field Map CRCs flagship coastal asset: acquired in 2000 Field discovered in 1932; 3rd largest field in the U.S. Over 7 billion barrels OOIP (34% recovered to date)1 Depths 2,000 10,000 (TVDSS) 3Q…
Ventura Basin Overview Basin Map Estimated 3.5 billion barrels OOIP in CRC fields1 Operate 29 fields (about 40% of basin) 300,000 net acres Multiple source rocks: Miocene (Monterey and Rincon Formations), Eocene (Anita and Cozy…
Sacramento Basin Overview Basin Map Exploration started in 1918 and focused on seeps and topographic highs. In the 1970s the use of multifold 2D seismic led to largest discoveries Cretaceous Starkey, Winters, Forbes, Kione, and the…
Shale Geological Overview 3,000 0 GR 150 Successful in upper Monterey using precise development approach Expanding efforts into lower Monterey and other shales Total Organic N Depth Thickness Porosity Permeability Carbon Play (ft)…
Large in Place Volumes with Significant Upside for CRC Recovery Factors for Discovered Fields In place volumes of 40 billion Boe at Billion Boe low recovery factor (22%) to date 45 Conventional value chain approach 40 to life of field…
A Net Water Supplier 3% 3% WATER MANAGED IN CRCs OPERATIONS Produced Water Fresh Water Non-Fresh Water In 2015, CRCs steamflood operations supplied more than 2.6 billion gallons over 8,100 acre-feet of water for irrigation…
Diverse Resource Base Interests in 4 of the 12 largest fields in the lower 48 states 644 MMBoe proved reserves (12/31/2015) Largest producer in California on a gross operated basis with significant exploration and development…
End Notes: 1Reflects CRC estimate of reserves value as of August 23, 2016 applying a 15% tax rate. Includes 125 MM of annual, non-field level G&A. 2 Reflectsthe value of facilities and midstream assets at 50% of estimated replacement…
Non-GAAP Reconciliation for Adjusted EBITDAX Third Quarter Nine Months ( in millions) 2016 2015 2016 2015 Net Income (loss) 546 (104) 356 (272) Interest and debt expense 95 82 243 244 Income tax benefit - (50) (78) (165)…
Non-GAAP Reconciliation for Adjusted Net Loss and Adjusted EPS Third Quarter Nine Months ( in millions) 2016 2015 2016 2015 Net Income (loss) 546 (104) 356 (272) Non-cash, unusual and infrequent items Non-cash derivative losses…
Non-GAAP Reconciliation for PV-10 At December ( in millions) 31, 2015 PV-10 of Proved Reserves 5,059 Present value of future income taxes discounted at (1,035) 10% Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net 4,024 Cash…