CRC 2017 Analyst & Investor Day March 22, 2017 Bakersfield, California
2017 CRC Analyst & Investor Day Overview Todd Stevens CRC Strategy and Investment Opportunity Bob Barnes Operations Overview Shawn Kerns Growth and Life of Field Plans Darren Williams Exploration Francisco Leon Portfolio…
CRC STRATEGY & INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY CRC 2017 Analyst & Investor Day Todd Stevens President & CEO March 22, 2017
Portfolio Built For Any Price Environment Key Messages of the Day 1. World Class Assets Bull Market Undervalued Significant Inventory Resilient Model Demonstrated Optionality 2. Focused on Value 3. Poised to Grow Oil Price…
Strategy at a Glance Short-Term Long-Term Value Directed Investments Protect Base Production Defend Margins Live within Cash Flow Value Smart Growth (per share) Focus Live within Cash Flow Targeting Balance Sheet…
Value Proposition Multiple Ways to Increase Valuation Positioned to move Disciplined Portfolio Leads to EBITDAX from Defense to Management Growth Offense Joint Ventures Increasing Investments and Rigs Deployed Opportunistic…
Largest California Producer with Deep Regional Insight Top California Producers in 2016*…
Benefits of the Spin: Focus Led to Improvements Entrepreneurial culture Disciplined capital allocation through portfolio management Principal drivers: o Maximize long-term value VCI 1.3 o Financial discipline self-funding…
Post-Spin Transformation Culture Silo / Separate One CRC CRC Regulatory Engagement Reactive Proactive Focus Employee Engagement Low High Debt 7BN 4BN Financial Capital Efficiency Low High Priorities Annual Production Costs…
California Operator of Choice Proven coexistence with sensitive environmental receptors 4 billion gallons of water supplied to agriculture in 2016 Excellence in safety and mechanical integrity Recognized by national safety and…
Focus on Life of Fields 6,000 5,000 Steamflood Waterflood Primary Unconventional Drilling and Workover Capex (MM) 4,000 Gas 75 MMBOE VCI 3,000 50 25 2,000 Opportunities for further 1,000 improvement through…
Creeping Back to Mid-Cycle Pricing WTI Daily Price Frequency Conventional/Pre-Shale New Normal Tight Spare Capacity; Political Premiums Frequency (Days) WTI /Bbl Source: Bloomberg 13 2017 CRC Analyst Day
Capital Allocation Strategies at Various Brent Oil Prices Priorities: VCI and payback (Liquidity) Mix between steam floods (highest VCI); quick payout workovers; Up to Wilmington (low capital intensity); opportunistically capture…
Capital Investment Program Living within Cash Flow Moving from Defense to Offense CRC 2017 capital plan of 300 million before JV funding will be directed to oil-weighted projects in our core fields: Elk Hills, Wilmington, Kern Front,…
Portfolio Flexibility Provides Range of Crude Oil Scenarios Estimated Crude Oil Production Outcomes 160 Oil Production MB/d 140 Combined with improving and stabilizing 120 commodity prices, we are positioned for 100 Portfolio…
The Case for CRC: Investment Thesis Overview Investment Case for CRC Competitive Advantages World-class assets with Resilient model that Focused on value Operational Grow within Industry leading Integrated and significant inventory…
OPERATIONS OVERVIEW CRC 2017 Analyst & Investor Day Bob Barnes EVP Operations
CRCs Large Resource Base with Advantaged Infrastructure World-Class Resource Base Operate in 4 of 12 largest fields in the continental U.S. Sacramento Basin 11 MMBOE Proved Reserves 568 MMBOE proved reserves 6 MBOE/d production 140…
San Joaquin Basin An American Super Basin Overview Basin Map Oil and gas discovered in the late 1800s 70% of CRC production is from San Joaquin Basin Cretaceous to Pleistocene sedimentary section (25,000 feet) Source rocks are…
Elk Hills Area CRCs Flagship Asset Overview Field Map CRCs flagship, a 100 year-old field with exploration opportunities Light oil from conventional and unconventional production Largest gas and NGL producing field in California, one…
Elk Hills Area Reservoir Stacks on Stacks 14Z Northwest Stevens Goliath 31S Structure EH-Shallow Oil Zone TULARE SHALLOW SANDS Carneros Sands A1-A6 Sands T Sands 26R Sands Western SOZ: T&N Sands D Shales NA&B Shales Bittium Sands…
Elk Hills Area Shale WSOZ FIELD MAP Overview Shale Field Map Formation: Monterey 2,500 to 13,000 average measured depth…
Driving Costs Down Elk Hills Field Operating Costs* ElkElk Hills Field Hills FieldWater-Oil Water-OilRatio (WOR) Ratio (WOR) Elk ElkHills HillsField Field- OPEX OPEXper per Well Well ElkHills Elk Hills Field Field OPEX,…
Integrated Infrastructure Provides Operational Control and Improved Margins Consolidated Control Facility (CCF) Largest gas plant complex in California CGP1 (200 MMSCFD) LTS1 (160 MMSCFD) LTS2 (160 MMSCFD) CGP1 Amine, GTU2 & GTU3…
Coles Levee New Portfolio Entrant: Leveraging Infrastructure Synergies Overview Field Map Acquired by CRC in December 2015 Operations consolidated in January 2016 60% staffing reduction Coles Levee gas plant shut down in December…
Buena Vista - Overview Overview 1C Compressor Site Discovery Date: 1910 Formation: Etchegoin sand and Monterey shale 2,000 to 6,000 average MD 25-34 API gravity FY 2016 production of 8 MBOE/d 280 active producers, 72 active…
Buena Vista Nose Conventional: Development of Exploration Success FIELDMAP Overview BV Nose Primary Potential Development Discovery Date: 2012 Formation: Stevens Sandstone, Turbidities/Deep Marine 10,000 average True Vertical Depth…
Kettleman North Dome Delineating this Elk Hills Analog for Future Growth KETTLEMAN NORTH DOME MAP Overview Faulted 4-way anticline with multiple stacked oil and gas reservoirs Discovery date: 1928 Area: 14,000 acres (22 sq. miles) 2…
Los Angeles Basin Kitchen is the Entire Basin Overview Basin Map World-class hydrocarbon-rich sedimentary basin with large quantities of stacked pay 10 billion barrels OOIP in CRC fields Kitchen is the entire basin, hydrocarbons did…
Wilmington World-Class Waterflood Overview Field Map Large, well-defined pay zones in 7 major stacked turbidite sandstone reservoirs High quality, prolific sands drive productive wells and bypassed-pay opportunities Deep understanding…
Ventura Basin Birthplace of the California Oil Industry Overview Field Map Prolific basin with a long history, including the first commercial oil well in California 8 billion barrels OOIP in CRC fields1 Operate 26 fields (over half…
Sacramento Basin Significant Gas Optionality 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,…
Well Maintenance Scorecard Developed and implemented standardized process for well Well Well Servicing Servicing Downtime Downtime maintenance operations 8,000 Automated scheduling Gross BOE/d 6,000 Standardized economic…
Redesigning Wells and Finding Efficiencies 2016 program achieved 23% lower well costs compared to prior similar wells Efficiency drivers: 2016 Drilling Savings Rig costs Rig optimization and day work rate reduction 100% 4% Logging…
CRC Drives California Rig Count Activity California rig count has averaged 30 rigs over the past decade CRC assets have accounted for approximately half of the activity Excess capacity in the California service and supply sector…
Deep Inventory of Actionable Projects Portfolio Spectrum 50 Growth portfolio focus, 45 fully burdened All projects meet VCI 1.3 40 threshold at 65 Brent Steamflood Full Cycle Cost (/BOE) and 3.50 NYMEX, and 35 Waterflood…
Low-Cost Capital Workovers Deliver Big Value and Volumes 2016 FY 2016 FY 2017 2016 Pre-Tax CRC WORKOVER EXIT RATE AVERAGE AVERAGE JOB COUNT CAPITAL NPV-10* VCI* PROGRAM Net MBOE/d Net MBOE/d Net MBOE/d MM MM 2.0 0.5 2.6 133 17 83…
Resilient Resource Base Highly Capital Efficient ProductionBy Production By Stream Stream (MBOE/d) (MBOE/d) 180 600 160 MBOE/d 160 159 MBOE/d 500 140 MBOE/d 140 120 400 100 104 MBbl/d MBOE/d 99 MBbl/d MM 91…
GROWTH AND LIFE OF FIELD PLANS CRC 2017 Analyst & Investor Day Shawn Kerns EVP Corporate Development
Large in Place Volumes with Significant Upside OOIP (Billions of OOIP BOE)&&Recovery Recovery Factor to date 50 135 fields across 4 major basins 45 40 In place volumes of 44 Billion BOE at low recovery factor (22%) to date…
Substantial Resource Base 5 Largest CRC Fields Numerous large scale fields in CRC portfolio 10 Billon 10 Presence in all four key basins 8.0 Billion 7.5 Billion High confidence in development 7.2 Billion 3D seismic and…
Stacked Reservoirs Lead to Multiple…
Life of Field Plans Growing Inventory 3P Resource Growth Comprehensive technical review of 40% CRC field areas 2,000 1,750 Updated Geologic models, OOIP 1,500 Teams shared analog experience across 1,250 826 CRC 250%New…
Analog Expertise Leads to Development Success CRC fields get bigger Multiple recovery mechanisms Stacked pay Elk Hills New pools discovered Elk Hills paved way for many ELK ELK HILLS HILLS learnings Buena 100,000 Vista Early…
Buena Vista Hills Growth Potential Buena Vista - Redevelopment Growth Focus Area for CRC Three separate structures of stacked pay Elk 2nd largest CRC field by OOIP Hills 20 square miles of potential Buena Vista Operations Only…
Buena Vista Nose Field Extension FIELDMAP New Pool Discovery Buena Vista - Extension Conventional reservoir 10,000 depth Stratigraphic trap hidden since 1939 9 wells penetrated, never recognized 3D seismic tie-in with Elk Hills BV…
Kettleman Field Area Field Discovered 1928 Analogous reservoir sequence to Elk Hills 4+ billion barrels in place 7 major stacked pay zones Low recovery factors Technical Life of Field Plan Completed 200 square mile 3D seismic…
Kettleman Growth Program Multiple Growth Targets Key Growth Opportunities Appraisal Program o Analog to Elk Hills and San o Pool Extensions and Underdeveloped Fault o IPs as high as 300 500 BOE/d Joaquin valley properties Blocks o…
Track Record of Implementing Growth Plans Unconventional Shale Unconventional Shale Conventional Primary Conventional Primary Buena VistaVista Buena Pleito Ranch Pleito Life of field plans developed by 10.0 5.0 technical…
Diverse Assets with Flexible Development Opportunities World-class resource base that is positioned to grow Utilizing current costs, a flat 55 Brent deck1, PV-102 of proved reserves of 5.4 BN or 9.7 BN3 for proved, probable and possible…
Life of Field Plans Result in Economic Inventory Total LOF Actionable Near Term Growth Economic Inventory Years of Economic Inventory1 Producer Drill Count by Price Scenario 8,000 Rigs/YR 55 65 75 7,000 4 51 6,000 6 34 5,000…
Joint Venture with Benefit Street Partners Highlights San Joaquin Basin Map Up to 250 MM over 2 years Initial 50 MM tranche Kettleman Focus will start in San Joaquin Basin Elk Hills, Kettleman and Buena Vista Lost Hills…
EXPLORATION CRC 2017 Analyst & Investor Day Darren Williams EVP Exploration
Conventional Exploration Play Concepts Structural Plays Underexplored hydrocarbon basins SHALLOW 20 TULARE SANDS Large, structural play trends with multiple stacked reservoirs World-Class source rocks Proprietary geologic models…
Proven Value Creation Through Exploration Exploration Driven Production Growth Conventional exploration program focused on 30,000 discovery of high value resources that high-grade Gross Production (BOE/d) 25,000 CRC development…
Competitive Advantage Drives Success Technical capabilities Largest 3-D Seismic Position in California Proprietary geologic models and knowledge Operating experience and optimization from offset field developments Stable leasehold…
Deep Inventory of Projects With Demonstrated Success SAN JOAQUIN BASIN SAN JOAQUIN BASIN SAN JOAQUIN BASIN VENTURA BASIN STRUCTURAL PLAYS STRATIGRAPHIC PLAYS SEISMIC DRIVEN PLAYS STACKED SAND PLAYS NET UNRISKED RESOURCE 170 MMBOE…
Exploration Activity Sacramento Basin Gas Prospect CRC Exploration Program 50+ square mile (32,000 acres) 4-way closure with stacked reservoir potential, mappable at surface and on proprietary 2D seismic Conventional Deeper Primary…
California Resource Play Opportunity TULARE Reservoir 4,000-5,000 20 SANDS SHALLOW Proven source rocks in Lower Monterey, Kreyenhagen and Moreno with Stacked Wet Gas and Oil Column 40 ETCHEGOIN stacked reservoir potential…
Deliberate and Staged Kreyenhagen Reservoir Evaluation Utilizing field development activities at CRC-Operated Kreyenhagen Play Fairway and Producing Wells Kettleman North Dome field Key resource play elements confirmed in Kreyenhagen…
Material Growth Opportunity Underexplored, world-class hydrocarbon province Proven value creation and organic growth through exploration success Unparalleled portfolio of onshore U.S. conventional exploration assets Significant…
PORTFOLIO MODELING CRC 2017 Analyst & Investor Day Francisco Leon VP Portfolio Management & Strategic Planning
Capital Allocation Decisions 135 Fields 4 Producing Basins 100+ Producing Horizons LIFE OF FIELD PLANS Steamflood Waterflood Primary Shale Gas CASH FLOW EBITDAX VCI INVESTMENT PROGRAM 66 2017 CRC Analyst Day
Example Life Cycle of Well Bore with Stacked Reservoirs Overall Wellbore Economics Workovers enhance life of wellbores VCI = 2.8 Capital = 2.1 MM VCI = 7.3 4 Convert to WF Injector (select wells) Capital = 150K VCI = 5.2 3…
Multiple Recovery Methods with High Value Creation Steamfloods Waterfloods Primary Shales Gas 4.0 3.0 VCI 2.0 1.0 0.0 Kern Front Buena Vista Bardsdale Asphalto Grimes Lost Hills Elk Hills Buena Vista Nose Buena Vista…
California is an Energy Island Top Waterborne by Source (Kbpd) Saudi Arabia 311 Ecuador 195 Alaska North Slope 194 Colombia 119 Kuwait 96 API Weighted Average California 18 CAPTIVE CRC 23 MARKET Waterborne Imports 30 CA…
California Natural Gas Market CRC produces 183,500 Mcf/d (3% of CA demand) Canada Ability to service markets throughout CA as well as others 80% sold to Southern CA markets via SoCal Gas, Kern, Mojave 20% sold to Northern CA market…
Near Term Growth Plan Opportunities Total LOF Actionable Near Term Growth Steamflood Waterflood Primary 750 600 900 15,125 Total Net Producer Locations 1,690 2,300 Near Term Growth Projects 550 550 2,500 Additional Actionable…
Steamfloods Overview 20 TULARE SHALLOW SANDS Steam injection contributes to over 1.2 MMBO/d of production worldwide ETCHEGOIN 40 SANDS Thermal techniques account for over 40% of US EOR production; 95% of these are in…
Steamflood Single Pattern Mechanics Up-front steam costs scale Injection Well Production with gas price Well Steam Generator Ramp-Up Peak Mature Steam Injection Rate Oil and Water Steam and Hot Oil Zone near original…
Greenfield Steamflood Type Pattern 100 Kern Front Actuals 75 N. Antelope Lost Hills Hills Kern Front McDonald Composite Anticline NYMEX Type Curve Midway 50 McKittrick VCI 3.5 3 2.5 Sunset 55 1.3 1.4 1.5 25 65 1.9 2.0…
Waterflood Overview 20 TULARE Water-flooding techniques are the most commonly used EOR production methods SHALLOW SANDS 40 ETCHEGOIN SANDS 20 40% of the oil-in-place can be recovered The oil rate decline for waterfloods is…
Waterflood Single Pattern Mechanics Fill Up Recovery Redevelopment Injection Rate Injection Rate Oil Rate Oil Rate Establish Facilities & Reservoir Expected Water Rate High initial rates targeting Fill-up / Plateau…
Waterflood New Pattern Composite Type Well 60 Kettleman Mount Poso Actuals Mount Poso 45 Buena Vista Actuals Elk Hills Paloma Buena Vista EUR 30 VCI 165 190 215 55 1.6 1.9 2.1 Composite Rincon South Mountain Type Curve 15…
Waterflood Redevelopment Type Well 160 Huntington Beach Actuals 120 Elk Hills EUR 80 Composite Type well VCI 140 165 190 East Wilmington Actuals San Miguelito 55 1.4 1.6 1.9 West Wilmington Actuals 40 Huntington 65 1.9…
Deeper Horizons Primary Overview TULARE 20 CRC has experienced repeatable success in deeper (10,000 ft.) producing horizons and projects with high IPs SHALLOW SANDS 40 ETCHEGOIN SANDS Generally characterized by sandstones…
Primary Type Well Deeper Horizons 900 Kettleman 750 BV Nose Actuals Elk Hills Paloma 600 Bardsdale BV Nose Rio Viejo Actuals Yowlumne Wheeler Ridge EUR 450 Pleito Ranch VCI 400 430 460 Pleito Ranch Bardsdale 55 1.7 1.8…
California Shale Overview 20 TULARE Upper Monterey Shale Reservoirs (Infill): naturally fractured, low permeability reservoirs. Produce from conventional structural and stratigraphic traps containing hydrocarbons migrated from source…
California Shale Type Well 500 Kettleman Rose 400 N. Shafter Elk Hills (2001-2003) Elk Hills Railroad Gap Asphalto 300 New Pool Type Curve Buena Vista Gunslinger VCI Infill New Pool Gunslinger Actuals 200 Rose/N.…
Sacramento Basin Gas Overview 20 TULARE CRC is the largest gas producer in California SHALLOW SANDS 40 ETCHEGOIN SANDS Operates 85% of the gas production in the Sacramento Basin Gas production is a natural hedge to rising…
Investment Allocation through the Commodity Cycle Bull Market Invest to accelerate production growth and explore/pilot new resources Add facilities (steam and water handling) to support pace of growth Cash generation is high VCI…
Dynamic Portfolio Provides Flexibility Higher Oil to Gas Price Ratio Lower Oil to Gas Price Ratio 100% Gas 75% Unconventional Portfolio Mix Primary 50% Waterflood 25% Steamflood Workover 0% 800 800 800 600 600 600…
STRENGTHENING THE BALANCE SHEET CRC 2017 Analyst & Investor Day Mark Smith Sr. EVP & CFO
History of Proactive Strategic Decisions Swift, decisive actions have positioned the company for growth through the commodity downturn. Proactive discussions with lenders and solid asset base provide line of sight to a recovery and an…
Significant Debt Reduction from Post-Spin Peak Chose options to maximize deleveraging and minimize recurring cost to the income statement on a per share basis 7,000 Total Debt ( MM) 6,000 6,765(1) 5,000 5,268 - 4,000…
Strengthening the Balance Sheet Capitalization as of 12/31/16 (MM) Deleveraging remains a priority; 1.5 billion decrease to date from post-spin peak, focused on organic and opportunistic 1st Lien Secured RCF 1 847 deleveraging going…
Living within Cash Flow Plus Additional Liquidity 1,600 1,400 1,200 1 Revolver Availability 1 1 Revolver Availability 1 1,000 JV Receipts JV Investments JV Receipts (MM) 800 JV Investments 3 Capital Investment…
Portfolio Flexibility Provides Range of Crude Oil Scenarios Estimated Crude Oil Production Outcomes Capital focused on oil projects that provide 160 Increasing Low Compounding + = Oil Production MB/d 140 Margins Decline Rates…
Project Inventory Drives Organic Deleveraging Estimated Leverage Ratios 10.0x 8.0x Total Debt/LTM EBITDAX 6.0x 4.0x 2.0x 0.0x 2016 2017E 2018E 2019E 2020E 55 65 75 Note: All cases are self-funding.…
The Case for CRC : Investment Thesis Overview Investment Case for CRC Competitive Advantages World-class assets with Resilient model that Focused on value Operational Grow within Industry leading Integrated and significant inventory…
APPENDIX
CRC Management Presenters Mr. Stevens was selected to lead CRC in July 2014. Previously, he served for 20 years with Occidental Todd A Stevens Petroleum as VP of Corporate Development, Oxy Oil & Gas VP California Operations, and…
CRC Management Prior to this role, Mr. Pineci was Vice President and Controller of Occidental, overseeing its finance and accounting functions. Previously, he served as Senior Vice President, Occidental Oil and Gas, as well as Vice Roy…