NASDAQ:EPSN Epsilon Energy Q4 2023 Earnings Report $6.79 +0.46 (+7.27%) Closing price 04/17/2025 04:00 PM EasternExtended Trading$6.79 0.00 (0.00%) As of 04/17/2025 04:31 PM Eastern Extended trading is trading that happens on electronic markets outside of regular trading hours. This is a fair market value extended hours price provided by Polygon.io. Learn more. Earnings HistoryForecast Epsilon Energy EPS ResultsActual EPS$0.12Consensus EPS N/ABeat/MissN/AOne Year Ago EPSN/AEpsilon Energy Revenue ResultsActual Revenue$8.56 millionExpected RevenueN/ABeat/MissN/AYoY Revenue GrowthN/AEpsilon Energy Announcement DetailsQuarterQ4 2023Date3/20/2024TimeAfter Market ClosesConference Call DateThursday, March 21, 2024Conference Call Time11:00AM ETUpcoming EarningsEpsilon Energy's Q1 2025 earnings is scheduled for Tuesday, May 6, 2025, with a conference call scheduled on Thursday, May 8, 2025 at 10:30 AM ET. Check back for transcripts, audio, and key financial metrics as they become available.Conference Call ResourcesConference Call AudioConference Call TranscriptPress Release (8-K)Annual Report (10-K)Earnings HistoryCompany ProfilePowered by Epsilon Energy Q4 2023 Earnings Call TranscriptProvided by QuartrMarch 21, 2024 ShareLink copied to clipboard.There are 4 speakers on the call. Operator00:00:00Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Epsilon Energy 4th Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen only mode. Please also note, today's event is being recorded. At this time, I'd like to turn the floor over to Andrew Williamson, Chief Financial Officer. Please go ahead. Speaker 100:00:40Thank you, operator. And on behalf of the management team, I'd like to welcome all of you to today's conference call to review Epsilon's full year and Q4 2023 financial and operational results. Before we begin, I'd like to remind you that our comments may include forward looking statements. It should be noted that a variety of factors could cause Epsilon's actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or expectations expressed in these forward looking statements. Today's call may also contain certain non GAAP financial measures. Speaker 100:01:15Please refer to the earnings release that we issued yesterday for disclosures on forward looking statements and reconciliations of non GAAP measures. With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Jason Sebel, our Chief Executive Officer. Speaker 200:01:29Thank you, Andrew. Good morning and thank you for participating in our 2023 year end conference call. Joining me today are Andrew Williamson, our CFO and Henry Clanton, our COO. We will be available to answer questions later in the call. 2023 was a year of transition for Epsilon. Speaker 200:01:50Natural gas transitioned from the strongest market in recent memory in 2022 to an oversupplied market in 2023 that saw prices hit multi year lows. Despite these headwinds, our business is in a strong position. Through 2 transactions closed in 2023, we added a new core area in the Permian Basin, giving us a multi year investment runway and oil exposure. We also continued our track record of shareholder returns, all while maintaining a strong balance sheet. The rewards of this strategy transition now sit largely in front of us. Speaker 200:02:30So what do we like about our business? We own high quality assets in 2 premier basins that produce strong operating cash flows and have runways for multi year growth. Our forward revenues will be more diversified to provide our shareholders with exposure to both natural gas and oil alongside the fee based income from our midstream position. The combination of these attributes is unique in the small cap public energy space. Now I'd like to offer some comments on a few key areas. Speaker 200:03:03First, I would like to discuss our current view of the Marcellus assets. The North American natural gas markets remain oversupplied. The short term fundamentals of natural gas have concerned us for the last 18 months and similar to 2023, we have taken defensive action for 2024 with our hedging program. However, we are starting to see changes that set the stage for a recovery in the next 12 months. Recently announced production deferrals and reductions to 2024 CapEx by larger operators are positives. Speaker 200:03:40As I like to say, it is never the punch you see that knocks you out. So we don't know what surprises the future holds, but we do know we have production and inventory in 1 of the lowest cost gas basins in the world. At current production levels, our remaining reserve life is over 25 years. We are also partnered with 1 of the premier natural gas operators in North America. So we enjoy the benefits provided by their scaled business. Speaker 200:04:07Although I can't provide precise timing, our belief in the long term fundamentals of natural gas makes us feel confident that our Marcellus asset will be a major contributor for many years at levels meaningfully above our 2023 performance. If you are constructive on North American natural gas, these are phenomenal assets to own. That said, we expect production and cash flow from Pennsylvania will be down in 2024 based on current pricing and discussions with our operator about the timing of first production for the 7 recently drilled and completed wells. In the Permian, we have a 25% working interest in the Prograra Fuego project in Hector County. The Mississippi in play is beginning to receive a lot of industry attention based on our results and those of neighboring operators. Speaker 200:05:01Early performance on our wells drilled in the 4th quarter exceeds our pre drill expectations by more than 25%. Last month, we added additional production and acreage in the project. Our interest is now across approximately 16,000 gross acres with current net revenue production of 600 BOE per day, which is 90% liquids. Later in the call, Henry will provide more details on our results and forward plans. Our 3rd area of operation is the Anadarko in Oklahoma, which represents a relatively small piece of our net asset value. Speaker 200:05:39We like the cash flow these assets provide and our 7,000 net acre position that is held by production is attractive for additional investment in a higher gas price environment. Oklahoma could also be a candidate for disposition under the right circumstances. Our business development efforts are ongoing. Ideally, we would identify call. Finally, our strong balance sheet and diversified cash flow stream leave us well positioned to continue our shareholder returns in the form of a regular dividend and opportunistic share purchases. Speaker 200:06:23The current dividend payout rate remains well supported. As I mentioned in the press release yesterday, we believe the combination of these factors makes Epsilon an extremely compelling investment opportunity. My recent personal share purchases should speak louder than words. Now I would like to turn the call over to Andrew for some comments. Thanks, Jason. Speaker 200:06:49I'll elaborate on the Permian business, which will be Speaker 100:06:52a much bigger contributor to results in 2024. We will have a full year from the wells brought on in the Q4, contribution from our recently announced acquisition, which has a meaningful production component to it, and multiple new wells developed and brought on through the year, the first is underway. At current prices, we expect the Permian to contribute more than 50% of our upstream cash flow this year. Our capital investments were up meaningfully in 2023, driven by the Permian activity. These were underwritten at attractive rates of return that set us up for multi year growth in liquids production. Speaker 100:07:29We expect almost all of our incremental development spend in Texas this year, which is estimated at over $10,000,000 to be funded from the project's cash flows. I would also like to say that the Permian assets are not yet included in our borrowing base under the revolver. They will be added in the next redetermination this spring, so the reduction in liquidity from the deals will be partially offset. We continued our track record of consistent shareholder returns last year. We repurchased 1,160,000 shares during the year for just over $6,000,000 at an average price per share of $5.20 Those shares represent roughly 5% of the shares outstanding at the beginning of the year. Speaker 100:08:13We returned another $5,600,000 through our regular dividend, which as Jason mentioned remains well supported by our fee based midstream cash flows going forward. We picked back up in January this year repurchasing another 2 150,000 shares at $4.82 per share. As we announced yesterday, we reloaded the buyback program with 2,190,000 shares effective on March 27 that will run through March 26 next year. We are still busy looking for additional opportunities that will bring in at least one new project as an option to deploy capital going forward. We look for drill bit development focused opportunities, which offer higher return potential and the opportunity to compound with follow on investment. Speaker 100:09:00The other major criterion for us is alignment with the operator on operating practices and the pace of development. Now, I'll turn it over to Henry for commentary on the operations. Speaker 300:09:13Thank you, Jason and Andrew. I too would like to add some additional color on our Permian Basin project. As Jason mentioned earlier, we're very pleased with performance of the Padero Fuego project to date. The 2 initial wells, both 2 mile laterals have demonstrated higher initial production rates and lower early life decline rates than our pre drill estimates. The most recent acquisition was a 25% acquisition and an additional 4,000 plus acres in the area that includes 3 producing wells, all 2 mile laterals. Speaker 300:09:48This raises the total project acreage to over 16,000 gross acres and 5 producing wells currently producing approximately 600 barrels of oil equivalent per day net to Epsilon. The current development plan for 2024 includes drilling at least 3 additional wells, the first of which has been drilled and is currently waiting on completion. A vertical pilot has been drilled and logged and a full core was taken over the target interval. This data capture will benefit the ongoing development as well as evaluate additional intervals within the acreage block for commercial viability. As mentioned previously, we think Padere Fuego provides the company with a substantial runway of at least 20 additional gross locations assuming 2 mile laterals. Speaker 300:10:41In the Marcellus, Jason mentioned the company's participation in 7 wells, 0.74 net to Epsilon that are now being drilled and are in various stages of completion. We remain in contact with the operator related to the timing of bringing these wells on and are aligned with deferred TILs given the current pricing environment. We are confident that once on production, these wells will perform consistently with other wells in the area and depending on timing, we expect them to roughly double our net gas production from the Marcellus. Now back to Jason. Speaker 200:11:22Thanks, guys. Operator, we can now open the line for questions. Operator00:12:18And at this time, I'm showing no questions. I'd like to turn the floor back over to Jason Sebel for closing comments. Speaker 200:12:28Thank you, Jamie. I want to thank everyone for their interest in Epsilon and for joining us today. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at our Houston office and hope you have a great Thursday and rest of your week. Thank you again. Operator00:12:44And ladies and gentlemen, with that, we'll conclude today's conference call and presentation. We do thank you for joining. You may now disconnect your line.Read morePowered by Conference Call Audio Live Call not available Earnings Conference CallEpsilon Energy Q4 202300:00 / 00:00Speed:1x1.25x1.5x2x Earnings DocumentsPress Release(8-K)Annual report(10-K) Epsilon Energy Earnings HeadlinesEpsilon Energy Insiders Added US$1.63m Of Stock To Their HoldingsApril 11, 2025 | finance.yahoo.comEpsilon Energy: Slightly Overbought But Long-Term Bull Intact Post Q4 EarningsMarch 27, 2025 | seekingalpha.comAltucher: Turn $900 into $108,000 in just 12 months?We are entering the final Trump Bump of our lives. 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There are 4 speakers on the call. Operator00:00:00Good morning, everyone, and welcome to the Epsilon Energy 4th Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. All participants will be in a listen only mode. Please also note, today's event is being recorded. At this time, I'd like to turn the floor over to Andrew Williamson, Chief Financial Officer. Please go ahead. Speaker 100:00:40Thank you, operator. And on behalf of the management team, I'd like to welcome all of you to today's conference call to review Epsilon's full year and Q4 2023 financial and operational results. Before we begin, I'd like to remind you that our comments may include forward looking statements. It should be noted that a variety of factors could cause Epsilon's actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or expectations expressed in these forward looking statements. Today's call may also contain certain non GAAP financial measures. Speaker 100:01:15Please refer to the earnings release that we issued yesterday for disclosures on forward looking statements and reconciliations of non GAAP measures. With that, I'd like to turn the call over to Jason Sebel, our Chief Executive Officer. Speaker 200:01:29Thank you, Andrew. Good morning and thank you for participating in our 2023 year end conference call. Joining me today are Andrew Williamson, our CFO and Henry Clanton, our COO. We will be available to answer questions later in the call. 2023 was a year of transition for Epsilon. Speaker 200:01:50Natural gas transitioned from the strongest market in recent memory in 2022 to an oversupplied market in 2023 that saw prices hit multi year lows. Despite these headwinds, our business is in a strong position. Through 2 transactions closed in 2023, we added a new core area in the Permian Basin, giving us a multi year investment runway and oil exposure. We also continued our track record of shareholder returns, all while maintaining a strong balance sheet. The rewards of this strategy transition now sit largely in front of us. Speaker 200:02:30So what do we like about our business? We own high quality assets in 2 premier basins that produce strong operating cash flows and have runways for multi year growth. Our forward revenues will be more diversified to provide our shareholders with exposure to both natural gas and oil alongside the fee based income from our midstream position. The combination of these attributes is unique in the small cap public energy space. Now I'd like to offer some comments on a few key areas. Speaker 200:03:03First, I would like to discuss our current view of the Marcellus assets. The North American natural gas markets remain oversupplied. The short term fundamentals of natural gas have concerned us for the last 18 months and similar to 2023, we have taken defensive action for 2024 with our hedging program. However, we are starting to see changes that set the stage for a recovery in the next 12 months. Recently announced production deferrals and reductions to 2024 CapEx by larger operators are positives. Speaker 200:03:40As I like to say, it is never the punch you see that knocks you out. So we don't know what surprises the future holds, but we do know we have production and inventory in 1 of the lowest cost gas basins in the world. At current production levels, our remaining reserve life is over 25 years. We are also partnered with 1 of the premier natural gas operators in North America. So we enjoy the benefits provided by their scaled business. Speaker 200:04:07Although I can't provide precise timing, our belief in the long term fundamentals of natural gas makes us feel confident that our Marcellus asset will be a major contributor for many years at levels meaningfully above our 2023 performance. If you are constructive on North American natural gas, these are phenomenal assets to own. That said, we expect production and cash flow from Pennsylvania will be down in 2024 based on current pricing and discussions with our operator about the timing of first production for the 7 recently drilled and completed wells. In the Permian, we have a 25% working interest in the Prograra Fuego project in Hector County. The Mississippi in play is beginning to receive a lot of industry attention based on our results and those of neighboring operators. Speaker 200:05:01Early performance on our wells drilled in the 4th quarter exceeds our pre drill expectations by more than 25%. Last month, we added additional production and acreage in the project. Our interest is now across approximately 16,000 gross acres with current net revenue production of 600 BOE per day, which is 90% liquids. Later in the call, Henry will provide more details on our results and forward plans. Our 3rd area of operation is the Anadarko in Oklahoma, which represents a relatively small piece of our net asset value. Speaker 200:05:39We like the cash flow these assets provide and our 7,000 net acre position that is held by production is attractive for additional investment in a higher gas price environment. Oklahoma could also be a candidate for disposition under the right circumstances. Our business development efforts are ongoing. Ideally, we would identify call. Finally, our strong balance sheet and diversified cash flow stream leave us well positioned to continue our shareholder returns in the form of a regular dividend and opportunistic share purchases. Speaker 200:06:23The current dividend payout rate remains well supported. As I mentioned in the press release yesterday, we believe the combination of these factors makes Epsilon an extremely compelling investment opportunity. My recent personal share purchases should speak louder than words. Now I would like to turn the call over to Andrew for some comments. Thanks, Jason. Speaker 200:06:49I'll elaborate on the Permian business, which will be Speaker 100:06:52a much bigger contributor to results in 2024. We will have a full year from the wells brought on in the Q4, contribution from our recently announced acquisition, which has a meaningful production component to it, and multiple new wells developed and brought on through the year, the first is underway. At current prices, we expect the Permian to contribute more than 50% of our upstream cash flow this year. Our capital investments were up meaningfully in 2023, driven by the Permian activity. These were underwritten at attractive rates of return that set us up for multi year growth in liquids production. Speaker 100:07:29We expect almost all of our incremental development spend in Texas this year, which is estimated at over $10,000,000 to be funded from the project's cash flows. I would also like to say that the Permian assets are not yet included in our borrowing base under the revolver. They will be added in the next redetermination this spring, so the reduction in liquidity from the deals will be partially offset. We continued our track record of consistent shareholder returns last year. We repurchased 1,160,000 shares during the year for just over $6,000,000 at an average price per share of $5.20 Those shares represent roughly 5% of the shares outstanding at the beginning of the year. Speaker 100:08:13We returned another $5,600,000 through our regular dividend, which as Jason mentioned remains well supported by our fee based midstream cash flows going forward. We picked back up in January this year repurchasing another 2 150,000 shares at $4.82 per share. As we announced yesterday, we reloaded the buyback program with 2,190,000 shares effective on March 27 that will run through March 26 next year. We are still busy looking for additional opportunities that will bring in at least one new project as an option to deploy capital going forward. We look for drill bit development focused opportunities, which offer higher return potential and the opportunity to compound with follow on investment. Speaker 100:09:00The other major criterion for us is alignment with the operator on operating practices and the pace of development. Now, I'll turn it over to Henry for commentary on the operations. Speaker 300:09:13Thank you, Jason and Andrew. I too would like to add some additional color on our Permian Basin project. As Jason mentioned earlier, we're very pleased with performance of the Padero Fuego project to date. The 2 initial wells, both 2 mile laterals have demonstrated higher initial production rates and lower early life decline rates than our pre drill estimates. The most recent acquisition was a 25% acquisition and an additional 4,000 plus acres in the area that includes 3 producing wells, all 2 mile laterals. Speaker 300:09:48This raises the total project acreage to over 16,000 gross acres and 5 producing wells currently producing approximately 600 barrels of oil equivalent per day net to Epsilon. The current development plan for 2024 includes drilling at least 3 additional wells, the first of which has been drilled and is currently waiting on completion. A vertical pilot has been drilled and logged and a full core was taken over the target interval. This data capture will benefit the ongoing development as well as evaluate additional intervals within the acreage block for commercial viability. As mentioned previously, we think Padere Fuego provides the company with a substantial runway of at least 20 additional gross locations assuming 2 mile laterals. Speaker 300:10:41In the Marcellus, Jason mentioned the company's participation in 7 wells, 0.74 net to Epsilon that are now being drilled and are in various stages of completion. We remain in contact with the operator related to the timing of bringing these wells on and are aligned with deferred TILs given the current pricing environment. We are confident that once on production, these wells will perform consistently with other wells in the area and depending on timing, we expect them to roughly double our net gas production from the Marcellus. Now back to Jason. Speaker 200:11:22Thanks, guys. Operator, we can now open the line for questions. Operator00:12:18And at this time, I'm showing no questions. I'd like to turn the floor back over to Jason Sebel for closing comments. Speaker 200:12:28Thank you, Jamie. I want to thank everyone for their interest in Epsilon and for joining us today. If you have any questions, please reach out to us at our Houston office and hope you have a great Thursday and rest of your week. Thank you again. Operator00:12:44And ladies and gentlemen, with that, we'll conclude today's conference call and presentation. We do thank you for joining. You may now disconnect your line.Read morePowered by