Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Equity Investments

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Equity Investments
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Equity Investments
EQUITY INVESTMENTS
Investments accounted for by the equity method consist of the following as of December 31, 2018 and 2017:
 
 
 
Carrying Value
 
(Income) loss from equity method investments
 
Approximate Ownership %
 
December 31,
 
For the Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
 
 
 
(In thousands)
Investment in Tatex Thailand II, LLC
23.5
%
 
$

 
$

 
$
(241
)
 
$
(549
)
 
$
(412
)
Investment in Tatex Thailand III, LLC
%
 

 

 

 
(183
)
 

Investment in Grizzly Oil Sands ULC
24.9999
%
 
44,259

 
57,641

 
510

 
2,189

 
25,150

Investment in Timber Wolf Terminals LLC(3)
%
 

 
983

 
536

 
8

 
8

Investment in Windsor Midstream LLC
22.5
%
 
39

 
30

 
(9
)
 
25,233

 
(13,618
)
Investment in Stingray Cementing LLC(1)
%
 

 

 

 
205

 
263

Investment in Blackhawk Midstream LLC(4)
%
 

 

 
(38
)
 

 

Investment in Stingray Energy Services LLC(1)
%
 

 

 

 
282

 
1,044

Investment in Sturgeon Acquisitions LLC(1)
%
 

 

 


 
(71
)
 
993

Investment in Mammoth Energy Services, Inc.(1)
21.9
%
 
191,823

 
165,715

 
(49,969
)
 
(11,288
)
 
24,037

Investment in Strike Force Midstream LLC(2)
%
 

 
77,743

 
(693
)
 
1,954

 
(89
)
 
 
 
$
236,121

 
$
302,112

 
$
(49,904
)
 
$
17,780

 
$
37,376

 
 
 
 
(1)
On June 5, 2017, Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. ("Mammoth Energy") acquired Stingray Cementing LLC, Stingray Energy Services LLC and Sturgeon Acquisitions LLC. See below under Mammoth Energy Partners LP/Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. for information regarding these transactions.

(2)
On May 1, 2018, the Company sold its 25% interest in Strike Force Midstream to EQT Midstream Partners, LP. See below under under Strike Force Midstream LLC for information regarding this transaction.
(3)
On June 5, 2018, the Company received its final distribution from Timber Wolf Terminals LLC ("Timber Wolf"). See below under Timber Wolf Terminals LLC for information regarding this distribution.
(4)
On December 31, 2018, the Company received its final distribution from Blackhawk Midstream LLC ("Blackhawk"). See below under Blackhawk Midstream LLC for information regarding this distribution.

The tables below summarize financial information for the Company's equity investments, as of December 31, 2018 and 2017.
Summarized balance sheet information:    
 
December 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
(In thousands)
Current assets
$
471,733

 
$
415,032

Noncurrent assets
$
1,302,488

 
$
1,542,090

Current liabilities
$
239,975

 
$
261,086

Noncurrent liabilities
$
94,575

 
$
148,839


Summarized results of operations:    
 
December 31,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
 
(In thousands)
Gross revenue
$
1,729,778

 
$
755,374

 
$
287,733

Net income (loss)
$
253,451

 
$
(37,102
)
 
$
(65,070
)

Tatex Thailand II, LLC
The Company has an indirect ownership interest in Tatex Thailand II, LLC (“Tatex”). Tatex holds an 8.5% interest in APICO, LLC (“APICO”), an international oil and gas exploration company. APICO has a reserve base located in Southeast Asia through its ownership of concessions covering approximately 108,000 acres which includes the Phu Horm Field. The Company received $0.2 million and $0.5 million in distributions from Tatex during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Tatex Thailand III, LLC
The Company had an ownership interest in Tatex Thailand III, LLC ("Tatex III"). Tatex III previously owned a concession covering approximately 245,000 acres in Southeast Asia. As of December 31, 2014, the Company reviewed its investment in Tatex III and, together with Tatex III, made the decision to allow the concession to expire in January 2015. As such, the Company fully impaired the asset as of December 31, 2014. In December 2017, Tatex III was dissolved and the Company received a final distribution of $0.2 million.
Grizzly Oil Sands ULC
The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Grizzly Holdings Inc. ("Grizzly Holdings"), owns an interest in Grizzly Oil Sands ULC ("Grizzly"), a Canadian unlimited liability company. The remaining interest in Grizzly is owned by Grizzly Oil Sands Inc. ("Oil Sands"). As of December 31, 2018, Grizzly had approximately 830,000 acres under lease in the Athabasca, Peace River and Cold Lake oil sands regions of Alberta, Canada. Grizzly has high-graded three oil sands projects to various stages of development. Grizzly commenced commercial production from its Algar Lake Phase I steam-assisted gravity drainage ("SAGD") oil sand project during the second quarter of 2014 and has regulatory approval for up to 11,300 barrels per day of bitumen production. Algar Lake production peaked at 2,200 barrels per day during the ramp-up phase of the SAGD facility, however, in April 2015, Grizzly made the decision to suspend operations at its Algar Lake facility due to the commodity price drop and its effect on project economics. Grizzly continues to monitor market conditions as it assesses start up plans for the facility. The Company reviewed its investment in Grizzly as of December 31, 2016 for impairment due to certain qualitative factors and as such, engaged an independent third party to assist management in determining fair value calculations of its investment. As a result of the calculated fair values and other qualitative factors, the Company concluded that an other than temporary impairment was required, resulting in an aggregate impairment loss of $23.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2016, which is included in (income) loss from equity method investments, net in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. As of and during the periods ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, commodity prices had increased as compared to 2016. The Company engaged an independent third party to perform a sensitivity analysis based on updated pricing as of December 31, 2018, and concluded that there were no impairment indicators that required further evaluation for impairment. If commodity prices decline in the future however, further impairment of the investment in Grizzly may be necessary. Gulfport paid $2.3 million in cash calls during each of the years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017. Grizzly’s functional currency is the Canadian dollar. The Company's investment in Grizzly was decreased by a $15.2 million foreign currency translation loss for the year ended December 31, 2018, and increased by a $12.3 million and $4.2 million foreign currency translation gain for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
Effective October 5, 2012, Grizzly entered into a $125.0 million revolving credit facility, of which Grizzly paid the outstanding balance in full in July 2016. Gulfport paid its share of this amount on June 30, 2016.
Timber Wolf Terminals LLC
During 2012, the Company invested in Timber Wolf Terminals LLC (“Timber Wolf”). Timber Wolf was formed to operate a crude/condensate terminal and a sand transloading facility in Ohio. During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company paid no cash calls to Timber Wolf. During the year ended December 31, 2018, Timber Wolf was dissolved and the Company received a final distribution of $0.4 million.
Windsor Midstream LLC
At December 31, 2018, the Company held a 22.5% interest in Windsor Midstream LLC (“Midstream”), an entity controlled and managed by an unrelated third party. The Company received no distributions from Midstream during the year ended December 31, 2018 and $0.5 million in distributions during the same period in 2017.
Stingray Cementing LLC
During 2012, the Company invested in Stingray Cementing LLC ("Stingray Cementing"). Stingray Cementing provides well cementing services. The (income) loss from equity method investments presented in the table above reflects any intercompany profit eliminations. On June 5, 2017, the Company contributed all of its membership interests in Stingray Cementing to Mammoth Energy. See below under Mammoth Energy Partners LP/Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. for information regarding this transaction.
Blackhawk Midstream LLC
During 2012, the Company invested in Blackhawk Midstream LLC ("Blackhawk"). Blackhawk coordinated gathering, compression, processing and marketing activities for the Company in connection with the development of its Utica Shale acreage. During the year ended December 31, 2018, Blackhawk was dissolved and the Company received a final distribution of $0.04 million.
Stingray Energy Services LLC
During 2013, the Company invested in Stingray Energy Services LLC ("Stingray Energy"). Stingray Energy provides rental tools for land-based oil and natural gas drilling, completion and workover activities as well as the transfer of fresh water to wellsites. The (income) loss from equity method investments presented in the table above reflects any intercompany profit eliminations. On June 5, 2017, the Company contributed all of its membership interests in Stingray Energy to Mammoth Energy. See below under Mammoth Energy Partners LP/Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. for information regarding this transaction.
Sturgeon Acquisitions LLC
During 2014, the Company invested in Sturgeon Acquisitions LLC ("Sturgeon") and received an ownership interest of 25% in Sturgeon. Sturgeon owns and operates sand mines that produce hydraulic fracturing grade sand. On June 5, 2017, the Company contributed all of its membership interests in Sturgeon to Mammoth Energy. See below under Mammoth Energy Partners LP/Mammoth Energy Services, Inc. for information regarding this transaction.
Mammoth Energy Partners LP/Mammoth Energy Services, Inc.
In the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company contributed its investments in four entities to Mammoth Energy Partners LP ("Mammoth") for a 30.5% interest in Mammoth. Mammoth originally intended to pursue its initial public offering in 2014 or 2015; however, due to low commodity prices, the offering was postponed. In October 2016, Mammoth converted from a limited partnership into a limited liability company named Mammoth Energy Partners LLC ("Mammoth LLC") and the Company and the other members of Mammoth LLC contributed their interests in Mammoth LLC to Mammoth Energy. The Company received 9,150,000 shares of Mammoth Energy common stock in return for its contribution. Following the contribution, Mammoth Energy completed its initial public offering (the "IPO") of 7,750,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $15.00 per share, of which 7,500,000 shares were sold by Mammoth Energy and 250,000 shares were sold by certain selling stockholders, including 76,250 shares sold by the Company for which it received net proceeds of $1.1 million. Immediately following the IPO, the Company owned an approximate 24.2% interest in Mammoth Energy. To reflect the dilution of the Company's shares of Mammoth Energy stock after the IPO, the Company recognized a gain of $3.4 million, which is included in gain on sale of equity method investments in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
On June 5, 2017, the Company contributed all of its membership interests in Sturgeon (which owns Taylor Frac, LLC, Taylor Real Estate Investments, LLC and South River Road, LLC), Stingray Energy and Stingray Cementing to Mammoth Energy in exchange for approximately 2.0 million shares of Mammoth Energy common stock (the "June 2017 Transactions"). Following the June 2017 transactions, the Company held approximately 25.1% of Mammoth Energy’s outstanding common stock. The Company accounted for the transactions as a sale of financial assets. The Company valued the shares of Mammoth Energy common stock it received in the June 2017 Transactions at $18.50 per share, which was the closing price of Mammoth Energy common stock on June 5, 2017. During the second quarter of 2017, the Company recognized a gain of $12.5 million from the June 2017 Transactions, which is included in gain on sale of equity method investments in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
On June 29, 2018, the Company sold 1,235,600 shares of its Mammoth Energy common stock in an underwritten public offering for net proceeds of approximately $47.0 million. In connection with the Company's public offering of a portion of its shares of Mammoth Energy common stock, the Company granted the underwriters an option to purchase additional shares of its Mammoth Energy common stock. On July 26, 2018, the underwriters exercised this option, in part, and on July 30, 2018, the Company sold an additional 118,974 shares for net proceeds of approximately $4.5 million. Following the sales of these shares, the Company owned 9,829,548 shares, or 21.9% at December 31, 2018, of Mammoth Energy's outstanding common stock. As a result of the sales, the Company recorded a gain of $28.3 million, which is included in gain on sale of equity method investments in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The approximate fair value of the Company's investment in Mammoth Energy's common stock at December 31, 2018 was $176.7 million based on the quoted market price of Mammoth Energy's common stock.
The Company's investment in Mammoth Energy was decreased by a $0.4 million foreign currency loss and increased by a $0.2 million foreign currency gain resulting from Mammoth Energy's foreign subsidiary for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. During the year ended December 31, 2018, Gulfport received distributions of $2.5 million from Mammoth Energy as a result of dividends in August 2018 and November 2018. The (income) loss from equity method investments presented in the table above reflects any intercompany profit eliminations.
Strike Force Midstream LLC
In February 2016, the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Gulfport Midstream Holdings, LLC ("Midstream Holdings"), entered into an agreement with Rice Midstream Holdings LLC ("Rice"), a subsidiary of Rice Energy Inc., to develop natural gas gathering assets in eastern Belmont County and Monroe County, Ohio through an entity called Strike Force Midstream LLC ("Strike Force"). In 2017, Rice was acquired by EQT Corporation ("EQT"). Prior to the sale of the Company's interest in Strike Force (discussed below), the Company owned a 25% interest in Strike Force, and EQT acted as operator and owned the remaining 75% interest in Strike Force. Strike Force's gathering assets provide gathering services for wells operated by Gulfport and other operators and connectivity of existing dry gas gathering systems. Prior to the sale of its interest in Strike Force, the Company elected to report its proportionate share of Strike Force's earnings on a one-quarter lag as permitted under ASC 323. The (income) loss from equity method investments presented in the table above reflects any intercompany profit eliminations.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, Gulfport received distributions of $0.8 million from Strike Force. For the year ended December 31, 2017, Gulfport paid $53.0 million in cash calls to Strike Force and received distributions of $6.9 million from Strike Force.
On May 1, 2018, the Company sold its 25% interest in Strike Force to EQT Midstream Partners, LP for proceeds of $175.0 million in cash. As a result of the sale, the Company recognized a gain of $96.4 million net of transaction fees, which is included in gain on sale of equity method investments in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations.