Gulfport Energy Corporation Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

The major categories of property and equipment and related accumulated depletion, depreciation, amortization and impairment as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are as follows:



	March 31, 2019			December 31, 2018
	(In thousands)
Oil and natural gas properties	$	10,312,124		$	10,026,836
Office furniture and fixtures	46,118			42,581
Building	44,565			44,565
Land	5,521			5,521
Total property and equipment	10,408,328			10,119,503
Accumulated depletion, depreciation, amortization and impairment	(4,757,814		)	(4,640,098		)
Property and equipment, net	$	5,650,514		$	5,479,405

Under the full cost method of accounting, the Company is required to perform a ceiling test each quarter. The test determines a limit, or ceiling, on the book value of the oil and natural gas properties. At March 31, 2019, the calculated ceiling was greater than the net book value of the Company’s oil and natural gas properties, thus no ceiling test impairment was required for the three months ended March 31, 2019. No impairment was required for oil and natural gas properties for the three months ended March 31, 2018.

Included in oil and natural gas properties at March 31, 2019 is the cumulative capitalization of $211.0 million in general and administrative costs incurred and capitalized to the full cost pool. General and administrative costs capitalized to the full cost pool represent management’s estimate of costs incurred directly related to exploration and development activities such as geological and other administrative costs associated with overseeing the exploration and development activities. All general and administrative costs not directly associated with exploration and development activities were charged to expense as they were incurred. Capitalized general and administrative costs were approximately $7.7 million and $8.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The average depletion rate per Mcfe, which is a function of capitalized costs, future development costs and the related underlying reserves in the periods presented, was $1.02 and $0.93 per Mcfe for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

The following table summarizes the Company’s non-producing properties excluded from amortization by area at March 31, 2019:



	March 31, 2019
	(In thousands)
Utica	$	1,493,746
MidContinent	1,382,118
Niobrara	451
Southern Louisiana	586
Bakken	100
	$	2,877,001

At December 31, 2018, approximately $2.9 billion of non-producing leasehold costs was not subject to amortization.

The Company evaluates the costs excluded from its amortization calculation at least annually. Subject to industry conditions and the level of the Company’s activities, the inclusion of most of the above referenced costs into the Company’s amortization calculation typically occurs within three to five years. However, the majority of the Company’s non-producing leases in the Utica Shale have five-year extension terms which could extend this time frame beyond five years.

A reconciliation of the Company’s asset retirement obligation for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:



	March 31, 2019			March 31, 2018
	(In thousands)
Asset retirement obligation, beginning of period	$	79,952		$	75,100
Liabilities incurred	969			329
Liabilities settled	(71		)	(99		)
Accretion expense	1,067			1,004
Revisions in estimated cash flows	983			53
Asset retirement obligation as of end of period	82,900			76,387
Less current portion	—			120
Asset retirement obligation, long-term	$	82,900		$	76,267