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Leases [Abstract]  
Leases 11. LEASES

Under ASC 842, Leases, there are two types of leases: finance and operating. Regardless of the type of lease, the initial measurement of the lease results in recording a ROU asset and a lease liability at the present value of the future lease payments.

Practical Expedients – The standard provides a package of three practical expedients to simplify adoption. At the transition date, the entity may elect not to reassess: (1) whether any expired or existing contracts as of the adoption date are or contain leases under the new definition of a lease, (2) lease classification for expired or existing leases as of the adoption date and (3) initial direct costs for any existing leases as of the adoption date. These three expedients must be elected or not elected as a package. An entity that elects to apply all three of the practical expedients will, in effect, continue to classify leases that commence before the adoption date in accordance with current GAAP, unless the lease classification is reassessed after the adoption date. A lessee that elects to apply all of the practical expedients beginning on the adoption date will follow subsequent measurement guidance in ASC 842. The Company has elected to use these practical expedients, effectively carrying over its previous identification and classification of leases that existed as of January 1, 2019. Additionally, a lessee may elect not to recognize ROU assets and liabilities arising from short-term leases provided there is no purchase option the entity is likely to exercise. The Company has elected this short-term lease exemption. The adoption of ASC 842 resulted in a material increase in the Company’s total assets and liabilities on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet as certain of its operating leases are significant. In addition, adoption resulted in a decrease in working

capital as the ROU asset is noncurrent but the lease liability has both long-term and short-term portions. There was no material overall impact on results of operations or cash flows. In the statement of cash flows, operating leases remain an operating activity.

The Company is currently a party to several lease agreements for the rental of marine vessels and helicopters, warehouse and storage facilities, equipment and the FPSO. The duration for these agreements range from 21 to 45 months. In some cases the lease contracts require the Company to make payments both for the use of the asset itself and for operations and maintenance services. Only the payments for the use of the asset related to the lease component are included in the calculation of ROU assets and lease liabilities. Payments for the operations and maintenance services are considered non-lease components and are not included in calculating the ROU assets and lease liabilities. For leases on ROU assets used in joint operations, generally the operator reflects the full amount of the lease component, including the amount that will be funded by the non-operators. As operator for the Etame Marin block, the ROU asset recorded for the FPSO, the marine vessels, helicopter and warehouse and storage facilities used in the joint operations includes the gross amount of the lease components.

The FPSO lease includes options to extend the term through September 2022. The Company considered these options reasonably certain of exercise and included them in the calculation of ROU assets and lease liabilities. For all other leases that contain an option to extend, the Company has concluded that it is not reasonably certain it will exercise the renewal option and the renewal periods have been excluded in the calculation for the ROU assets and liabilities. During the third quarter 2019, the Company notified the lessor of the FPSO of its intent to extend the lease term by the first option that extends the FPSO lease to September 2021. Similarly, the Company gave notification to extend the FPSO lease to September 2022 during the third quarter of 2020.

The FPSO agreement also contains options to purchase the assets during or at the end of the lease term. The Company does not consider these options reasonably certain of exercise and has excluded the purchase price from the calculation of ROU assets and lease liabilities.

The FPSO, helicopter, and certain marine vessel leases include provisions for variable lease payments, under which the Company is required to make additional payments based on the level of production or the number of days or hours the asset is deployed, or the number of persons onboard the vessel. Because the Company does not know the extent that the Company will be required to make such payments, they are excluded from the initial calculation of ROU assets and lease liabilities.

The discount rate used to calculate ROU assets and lease liabilities represents the Company’s incremental borrowing rate. The Company determined this by considering the term and economic environment of each lease, and estimating the resulting interest rate the Company would incur to borrow the lease payments.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, the components of the lease costs and the supplemental information were as follows:

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2020

2019

2020

2019

Lease cost:

(in thousands)

Operating lease cost

$

4,335

$

3,775

$

8,525

$

7,334

Short-term lease cost

(581)

101

451

404

Variable lease cost

2,138

1,408

4,064

2,738

Total lease expense

5,892

5,284

13,040

10,476

Lease costs capitalized

178

3,459

Total lease costs

$

6,070

$

5,284

$

16,499

$

10,476

Other information:

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

Operating cash flows to operating leases

$

13,966

Weighted-average remaining lease term

2.22 years 

Weighted-average discount rate

6.13

The table below describes the presentation of the total lease cost on the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations. As discussed above, the Company’s joint venture owners are required to reimburse the Company for their share of certain expenses, including certain lease costs.

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

2020

2019

2020

2019

(in thousands)

Production expense

$

1,814

$

1,626

$

4,019

$

3,223

General and administrative expense

49

49

98

98

Lease costs billed to the joint venture owners

4,148

3,609

11,221

7,155

Total lease expense

6,011

5,284

15,338

10,476

Lease costs capitalized

59

1,161

Total lease costs

$

6,070

$

5,284

$

16,499

$

10,476

The following table describes the future maturities of the Company’s operating lease liabilities at June 30, 2020:

Lease Obligation

Year

(in thousands)

2020

$

6,865

2021

13,535

2022

9,355

2023

2024

29,755

Less: imputed interest

1,850

Total lease liabilities

$

27,905

Under the joint operating agreements, other joint owners are obligated to fund $20.5 million of the $29.8 million in future lease liabilities.