Note 8 - Income Taxes (Tables)
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12 Months Ended |
Dec. 31, 2022 |
Notes Tables |
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Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] |
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|
Year Ended December 31, |
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2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
U.S. Federal: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
(337 |
) |
Deferred |
|
|
(3,344 |
) |
|
|
(34,548 |
) |
|
|
11,814 |
|
Foreign: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current |
|
|
26,615 |
|
|
|
20,282 |
|
|
|
3,859 |
|
Deferred |
|
|
48,149 |
|
|
|
(7,890 |
) |
|
|
12,345 |
|
Total |
|
$ |
71,420 |
|
|
$ |
(22,156 |
) |
|
$ |
27,681 |
|
|
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] |
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As of December 31, |
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(in thousands) |
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
Deferred tax assets: |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basis difference in fixed assets |
|
$ |
9,299 |
|
|
$ |
20,133 |
|
Foreign tax credit carryforward |
|
|
14,848 |
|
|
|
20,084 |
|
Net operating losses |
|
|
48,981 |
|
|
|
25,182 |
|
Foreign deferred tax assets, net of impact on U.S. taxes |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
8,693 |
|
Asset retirement obligations |
|
|
8,531 |
|
|
|
8,546 |
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Operating lease liabilities |
|
|
10,753 |
|
|
|
1,750 |
|
Basis difference in accrued liabilities |
|
|
3,800 |
|
|
|
402 |
|
Basis difference in receivables |
|
|
2,783 |
|
|
|
454 |
|
Other |
|
|
622 |
|
|
|
1,683 |
|
Total deferred tax assets |
|
|
99,617 |
|
|
|
86,927 |
|
Valuation allowance |
|
|
(47,583 |
) |
|
|
(46,949 |
) |
Net deferred tax assets |
|
$ |
52,034 |
|
|
$ |
39,978 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred tax liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basis difference in fixed assets |
|
|
(97,825 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Net deferred tax liabilities |
|
$ |
(97,825 |
) |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
Summary of Operating Loss Carryforwards [Table Text Block] |
Jurisdiction |
|
Amount |
|
|
Expiration Period |
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U.S. |
|
$ |
45,498 |
|
|
No expiration |
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Gabon |
|
$ |
37,983 |
|
|
No expiration |
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Egypt |
|
$ |
14,558 |
|
|
|
2023-2027
|
|
Canada |
|
$ |
130,542 |
|
|
|
2024-2042
|
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Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block] |
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|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
(in thousands) |
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
U.S. |
|
$ |
(56,750 |
) |
|
$ |
(38,867 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,908 |
) |
Foreign |
|
|
180,132 |
|
|
|
98,645 |
|
|
|
(17,494 |
) |
|
|
$ |
123,382 |
|
|
$ |
59,778 |
|
|
$ |
(20,402 |
) |
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Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] |
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|
Year Ended December 31, |
|
(in thousands) |
|
2022 |
|
|
2021 |
|
|
2020 |
|
Tax provision computed at U.S. statutory rate |
|
$ |
25,910 |
|
|
$ |
12,553 |
|
|
$ |
(4,284 |
) |
Foreign taxes not offset in U.S. by foreign tax credits |
|
|
53,851 |
|
|
|
35,306 |
|
|
|
(9,801 |
) |
Permanent differences |
|
|
778 |
|
|
|
(703 |
) |
|
|
97 |
|
Foreign tax credit expirations |
|
|
17,247 |
|
|
|
14,060 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Increase/(decrease) in valuation allowance |
|
|
(25,623 |
) |
|
|
(83,372 |
) |
|
|
41,635 |
|
Other |
|
|
(743 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
34 |
|
Total income tax expense (benefit) |
|
$ |
71,420 |
|
|
$ |
(22,156 |
) |
|
$ |
27,681 |
|
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Summary of Income Tax Examinations [Table Text Block] |
Jurisdiction |
|
Years |
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U.S. |
|
2014-2022 |
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Gabon |
|
2018-2022 |
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Egypt |
|
2017-2022 |
|
Canada |
|
2018-2022 |
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