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Dispositions
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
Dispositions [Abstract]  
Dispositions 3. DISPOSITIONS

Discontinued Operations - Angola

In November 2006, the Company signed a production sharing contract for Block 5 offshore Angola (“Block 5 PSA”). The Company’s working interest was 40%, and the Company carried Sonangol P&P, for 10% of the work program. On September 30, 2016, the Company notified Sonangol P&P that it was withdrawing from the joint operating agreement effective October 31, 2016. On November 30, 2016, the Company notified the national concessionaire, Sonangol E.P., that it was withdrawing from the Block 5 PSA. Further to the decision to withdraw from Angola, the Company closed its office in Angola and reduced its activities in Angola. As a result of this strategic shift, the Company classified all the related assets and liabilities as those of discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The operating results of the Angola segment have been classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company segregated the cash flows attributable to the Angola segment from the cash flows from continuing operations for all periods presented in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. The following tables summarize selected financial information related to the Angola segment’s assets and liabilities as of June 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and its results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.

Summarized Results of Discontinued Operations

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2020

2019

2020

2019

(in thousands)

Operating costs and expenses:

Gain on settlement of drilling obligation

$

$

$

$

(7,193)

General and administrative expense (recovery)

(19)

206

61

220

Total operating costs, expenses and (recovery)

(19)

206

61

(6,973)

Operating income (loss)

19

(206)

(61)

6,973

Total other income (expense)

(5)

(5)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations before income taxes

14

(206)

(66)

6,973

Income tax expense (benefit)

3

(44)

(14)

1,464

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

$

11

$

(162)

$

(52)

$

5,509

Assets and Liabilities Attributable to Discontinued Operations

As of June 30, 2020

As of December 31, 2019

(in thousands)

ASSETS

Accounts with joint venture owners

$

$

Total current assets

Total assets

$

$

LIABILITIES

Current liabilities:

Accounts payable

$

$

8

Accrued liabilities and other

48

342

Total current liabilities

48

350

Total liabilities

$

48

$

350

Drilling Obligation

Under the Block 5 PSA, the Company and the other participating interest owner, Sonangol P&P, were obligated to perform exploration activities that included specified seismic activities and drilling a specified number of wells during each of the exploration phases identified in the Block 5 PSA. The specified seismic activities were completed, and one well, the Kindele #1 well, was drilled in 2015. The Block 5 PSA provided for a stipulated payment of $10.0 million for each of the three exploration wells that a drilling obligation remained under the terms of the Block 5 PSA, of which the Company’s participating interest share would be $5.0 million per well. The Company reflected an accrual of $15.0 million for a potential payment as of December 31, 2018. In the first quarter of 2019, the Company and Sonangol E.P. entered into a settlement agreement finalizing the Company’s rights, liabilities and outstanding obligations for Block 5 in Angola. Pursuant to the settlement agreement, the Company agreed to pay $4.5 million to Angola National Agency of Petroleum, Gas, and Biofuels, as National Concessionaire, and to eliminate the $3.3 million receivable from Sonangol P&P. The receivable was related to joint interest billings and was reflected as a current asset from discontinued operations at year-end 2018. As a result, the Company adjusted a previously accrued liability and recognized a net of tax non-cash benefit from discontinued operations of $5.7 million in the first quarter of 2019. In July 2019, subsequent to the publication of an executive decree from the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Petroleum, the Company paid the $4.5 million due under the settlement agreement.