Ring Energy Releases Complete Fourth Quarter and Twelve Month 2018 Financial and Operational Results in Support of 2018 10K Filing

MIDLAND, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Ring Energy, Inc. (NYSE American: REI) (“Ring”)(“Company”) announced today financial results for the three months and twelve months ended December 31, 2018. For the three month period ended December 31, 2018, the Company reported oil and gas revenues of $27,561,908, compared to revenues of $23,308,668 for the quarter ended December 31, 2017. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2018, the Company reported oil and gas revenues of $120,065,361, compared to $66,699,700 for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017.

For the three months ended December 31, 2018, Ring reported a net loss of $7,079,308, or $0.11 per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $4,509,935, or $0.08 per fully diluted share for the three months ended December 31, 2017. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2018, the Company reported net income of $8,999,760, or $0.15 per diluted share, compared to net income of $1,753,869, or $0.03 per fully diluted share for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2017.

For the three months ended December 31, 2018, the net income included a pre-tax “Realized Loss on Derivatives” of $4,553,476, an “Unrealized Gain on Derivatives” of $6,424,910, a non-cash charge for stock-based compensation of $779,598 and a ceiling test impairment of $14,172,309. Excluding these items, the net income per diluted share would have been $0.07. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2018, the net income included a pre-tax “Realized Loss on Derivatives” of $11,153,702, an “Unrealized Gain on Derivatives” of $3,968,287, a non-cash charge for stock-based compensation of $3,870,934 and a ceiling test impairment of $14,172,309. Excluding these items, the net income per diluted share would have been $0.47.

The Company believes results excluding these items are more comparable to estimates provided by security analysts and, therefore, are useful in evaluating operational trends of the Company and its performance, compared to other similarly situated oil and gas producing companies.

For the three months ended December 31, 2018, oil sales volume increased to 542,964 barrels, compared to 418,165 barrels for the same period in 2017, a 29.8% increase, and gas sales volume increased to 302,890 MCF (thousand cubic feet), compared to 201,966 MCF for the same period in 2017, a 49.9% increase. On a barrel of oil equivalent (“BOE”) basis for the three months ended December 31, 2018, production sales were 593,446 BOEs, compared to 451,826 BOEs for the same period in 2017, a 31.3% increase, and 601,720 BOEs for the third quarter of 2018, a 1.3% decrease. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2018, oil sales volume increased to 2,047,295 barrels, compared to 1,311,727 barrels for the same period in 2017, a 56% increase, and gas sales volume increased to 1,112,177 MCF, compared to 761,517 MCF for the same period in 2017, a 46% increase. On a BOE basis for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018, production sales increased to 2,232,658 BOEs, compared to 1,438,647 BOEs for the same period in 2017, a 55.1% increase.

The average commodity prices received by the Company were $49.62 per barrel of oil and $2.05 per MCF of natural gas for the quarter ended December 31, 2018, compared to $53.16 per barrel of oil and $3.35 per MCF of natural gas for the quarter ended December 31, 2017. On a BOE basis for the three month period ended December 31, 2018, the average price received was $46.44. The average prices received for the twelve months ended December 31, 2018 were $56.99 per barrel of oil and $3.05 per MCF of natural gas, compared to $48.97 per barrel of oil and $3.23 per MCF of natural gas for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2017. On a BOE basis for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2018, the average price received was $53.78.

Lease operating expenses, including production taxes, for the three months ended December 31, 2018 were $15.81 per BOE, an 8.4% increase from the prior year. Depreciation, depletion and amortization costs, including accretion, increased 11% to $17.80 per BOE. General and administrative costs, which included a $779,598 charge for stock-based compensation, were $5.77 per BOE, a 11% decrease. For the twelve months ended December 31, 2018, lease operating expenses, including production taxes, were $14.97 per BOE, a 12.5% increase. Depreciation, depletion and amortization costs, including accretion, were $17.75 per BOE, a 21.1% increase, and general and administrative costs, which included a $3,870,934 charge for stock-based compensation, were $5.76 per BOE, a 21% decrease.

Cash provided by operating activities, before changes in working capital, for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018 was $10,631,255, or $0.17 per fully diluted share, and $66,151,782, or $1.09 per fully diluted share, compared to $14,625,846 and $40,909,153, or $0.26 and $0.77 per fully diluted share for the same periods in 2017. Earnings before interest, taxes, depletion and other non-cash items (“Adjusted EBITDA”) for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2018 was $10,973,726, or $0.18 per fully diluted share, and $66,481,825, or $1.09 per fully diluted share, compared to $14,584,307 and $40,618,071, or $0.26 and $0.77 in 2017. (See accompanying table for a reconciliation of net income to adjusted EBITDA).

As of December 31, 2018, $39,500,000 was outstanding on the Company’s $500 million senior secured credit facility.

The Company announced today that its estimated total proved reserves of oil and natural gas as of December 31, 2018 increased 14.6% to 36.6 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), from 31.9 million BOE at year end 2017, and 21.5% when adjusted for 2018 oil and gas sales. Ring replaced 308% of production in 2018. The 2018 year-end proved reserves consisted of 27.8 million barrels of crude oil (76%) and 52.8 Bcf of natural gas (24%). Of the 36.6 million BOE of total proved reserves, 67% are proved developed and 33% are proved undeveloped. The proved developed reserves consist of proved developed producing (61%) and proved developed non-producing (6%).

The estimated present value, using a 10% discount rate, of the future net cash flows before income taxes (“PV-10”) of the Company’s proved oil and natural gas reserves as of December 31, 2018 was $541.6 million, using year-end average received pricing of $58.74 per barrel for oil and $3.26 per Mcf for natural gas. These estimates were audited by the independent engineering firm of Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas.

The following table summarizes our total net proved reserves, pre-tax PV10 value and Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows as of December 31, 2018. All of our reserves are in the Permian Basin in the State of Texas.

Total capital expenditures for 2018 were approximately $214.7, which included $15.86 million for property acquisitions.

About Ring Energy, Inc.

Ring Energy, Inc. is an oil and gas exploration, development and production company with current operations in Texas.
www.ringenergy.com

Safe Harbor Statement

This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe-harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve a wide variety of risks and uncertainties, including, without limitations, statements with respect to the Company’s strategy and prospects. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties which are disclosed in the Company’s reports filed with the SEC, including its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018. Readers and investors are cautioned that the Company’s actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the Company’s ability to acquire productive oil and/or gas properties or to successfully drill and complete oil and/or gas wells on such properties, general economic conditions both domestically and abroad, and the conduct of business by the Company, and other factors that may be more fully described in additional documents set forth by the Company.

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Source: Ring Energy, Inc.

Released February 28, 2019