Item 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Commodity Price Risk

Our major market risk exposure in our exploration and production business is in the pricing applicable to our oil and natural gas production. Realized pricing is primarily driven by the prevailing worldwide price for crude oil and spot market prices applicable to our natural gas production. Pricing for oil and natural gas production has been volatile and unpredictable for several years. Although demand and market prices for oil and natural gas have recently increased substantially due to rising energy use, easing of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, availability of treatments and vaccines in the U.S. and globally and improvements in the U.S. and global economic activity, we cannot predict events that may lead to future commodity price volatility. Further, the prices we receive for production depend on many other factors outside of our control.

We use derivatives, including swaps, basis swaps, swaptions, roll hedges, costless collars, puts and basis puts, to reduce price volatility associated with certain of our oil and natural gas sales.

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At December 31, 2021, we had a net liability derivative position of $168 million related to our commodity price derivatives. Utilizing actual derivative contractual volumes under our commodity price derivatives as of December 31, 2021, a 10% increase in forward curves associated with the underlying commodity would have increased the net liability position by $149 million to $317 million, while a 10% decrease in forward curves associated with the underlying commodity would have reduced the net liability derivative position by $117 million to $51 million. However, any cash derivative gain or loss would be substantially offset by a decrease or increase, respectively, in the actual sales value of production covered by the derivative instrument.

In our midstream operations business, we have indirect exposure to commodity price risk in that persistent low commodity prices may cause us or Rattler’s other customers to delay drilling or shut in production, which would reduce the volumes available for gathering and processing by our infrastructure assets. If we or Rattler’s other customers delay drilling or temporarily shut in production due to persistently low commodity prices or for any other reason, our revenue in the midstream operations segment could decrease, as Rattler’s commercial agreements do not contain minimum volume commitments.

For additional information on our open commodity derivative instruments at December 31, 2021, see Note 15—Derivatives.

Counterparty and Customer Credit Risk

Our principal exposures to credit risk are due to the concentration of receivables from the sale of our oil and natural gas production (approximately $598 million at December 31, 2021), and to a lesser extent, receivables resulting from joint interest receivables (approximately $72 million at December 31, 2021).

We do not require our customers to post collateral, and the failure or inability of our significant customers to meet their obligations to us due to their liquidity issues, bankruptcy, insolvency or liquidation may adversely affect our financial results.

Joint operations receivables arise from billings to entities that own partial interests in the wells we operate. These entities participate in our wells primarily based on their ownership in leases on which we intend to drill. We have little ability to control whether these entities will participate in our wells.

Interest Rate Risk

We are subject to market risk exposure related to changes in interest rates on our indebtedness under our revolving credit facilities and changes in the fair value of our fixed-rate debt. The terms of our credit agreement provide for interest on borrowings at a floating rate equal to an alternative base rate (which is equal to the greatest of the prime rate, the Federal Funds effective rate plus 0.5% and 3-month LIBOR plus 1.0%) or LIBOR, in each case plus the applicable margin. The applicable margin ranges from 0.25% to 1.125% per annum in the case of the alternative base rate and from 1.25% to 2.125% per annum in the case of LIBOR, in each case based on the pricing level. The pricing level depends on certain rating agencies’ ratings of our long-term senior unsecure debt. We believe significant interest rate changes would not have a material near-term impact on our future earnings or cash flows. For additional information on our variable interest rate debt at December 31, 2021, see Note 11—Debt.

Historically, we have at times used interest rate swaps and treasury locks to reduce our exposure to variable rate interest payments associated with our revolving credit facility and changes in the fair value of our fixed-rate debt. At December 31, 2021, we have interest rate swap agreements for a notional amount of $1.2 billion to manage the impact of market interest rates on the fair value of our fixed-rate debt. These interest rate swaps have been designated as fair value hedges of the Company’s $1.2 billion 3.50% fixed rate senior notes due 2029 whereby we will receive the fixed rate of interest and will pay an average variable rate of interest based on three month LIBOR plus 2.1865%. For additional information on our interest rate swaps, see Note 15—Derivatives.