Production Beat and Raised Full-Year Growth Guidance
Q1 production exceeded the high end of guidance: net oil averaged 20.2 M barrels per day and total equivalent production averaged 35.6 MBOE per day. Company raised full-year production midpoint to 22,500 bpd, representing 30% year-over-year growth and a 5% increase to full-year guidance midpoint.
Operational Activity and Efficiency Gains
Development activity ramped: drilled 15.6 net wells, started completions on 12.8 wells and turned 8 wells to sales in Q1. Drilling and completion performance set records (spud-to-TD 4.28 days; spud-to-rig-release 5.79 days; up to 1,456 lateral feet/day on 2-mile laterals) and demonstrated higher median lateral feet/day and tighter distribution.
Capital Discipline and Increased CapEx Optionality
Q1 total accrual CapEx $47M and cash CapEx $31M (cash was ~2/3 of accrual). Q1 spend was below guidance; company plans Q2 accrual CapEx of $80M and raised full-year accrual guidance by $10M (a 5% increase to a $210M midpoint). Management projects a ~65–70% CapEx reinvestment rate of operating cash flow at midpoint.
Strong Cash Generation and Balance Sheet Moves
Operating cash flow was $47M ($55M before working capital). With excess capital in Q1 the company reduced debt by $8M, paid $8.4M in dividends and repurchased $4M of stock (~$12.4M returned to shareholders), invested $4M in the Power JV ($2.5M net) and achieved $5M net benefit from small A&D activity.
Improved LOE and Year-over-Year Cost Reduction
LOE per BOE in Q1 was $7.51 (below guidance of $8–$9/BOE). While LOE was slightly up q/q due to elective workovers, it is down ~10% year-over-year compared with Q1 2025, reflecting operational efficiencies and vendor rebidding.
Power Projects Providing Gas Price Mitigation and Savings
ERCOT 10-MW site in final commissioning is already generating modest real-time revenue with commercial operations expected later in the month; second site in early commissioning. Behind-the-meter project at Champions is saving approximately $200,000 per month on avoided negative gas sales.
Commercial Optionality from New Mexico Pipeline and Earn-Out Potential
Targa high-pressure trunk line engineering progressing with construction planned upon final regulatory approval; upstream wells staged to turn in line upon pipeline arrival. Management expects first earn-out payment visibility early in 2027 and cited a $30M first earn-out target in H1 2027.