Infinity Natural Resources Announces First Quarter Impact of Derivative Contracts

Key Terms

derivative contracts financial

Derivative contracts are agreements whose value depends on the price or outcome of something else—an underlying asset or event like a stock, bond, commodity, interest rate, or market index. They matter to investors because they can be used to protect against losses (like insurance), to place targeted bets, or to amplify gains and losses; therefore derivatives can change a portfolio’s risk and potential return without buying the underlying asset directly.

swaps financial

A swap is a private contract in which two parties agree to exchange streams of future payments or obligations—commonly swapping a fixed payment for a variable one, or exchanging cash flows tied to different interest rates or currencies. Investors use swaps to change their exposure to interest rates, currency moves or credit risk without buying or selling the underlying asset, which can lower financing costs, hedge against unwanted swings, or be used to speculate on market changes.

collars financial

A collar is an options-based strategy that limits how much an investor can lose or gain on a stock by buying a protective put and selling a call at different strike prices, typically while holding the shares. Like putting a price floor and ceiling around a possession, collars reduce downside risk and lower hedging cost but also cap upside potential, which matters to investors seeking predictable outcomes or protecting gains without paying full insurance costs.

basis differentials financial

Basis differentials are the differences in the “basis” — the gap between a local cash price and a related benchmark price (such as a futures contract or government bond) — measured across locations, grades, or contract dates. For investors, these gaps act like price tags that reveal relative value, transport or delivery costs, and short-term supply-demand imbalances; tracking them helps spot arbitrage chances, hedge risks, or judge whether a security or commodity is cheap or expensive compared with the market.

forward commodity price curves financial

A forward commodity price curve is a lineup of prices for a raw material (like oil, wheat, or copper) at different future dates, showing what the market is willing to pay months or years ahead. Think of it as a timetable of future price tags or a weather forecast for prices; it helps investors and producers judge expectations, plan hedges, value contracts, and spot whether storage or supply pressures are likely to push prices up or down over time.

hedging strategy financial

A hedging strategy is a planned set of actions an investor uses to reduce the risk of losing money from an existing investment, similar to buying insurance or carrying an umbrella to limit damage if something goes wrong. It matters because it helps protect a portfolio against price swings, currency moves, or other shocks while still allowing for upside, so investors can manage uncertainty without abandoning their long‑term goals.

MBbls technical

mbbls is a shorthand unit used to measure oil or petroleum product volume, where mbbls commonly denotes thousands of barrels (one barrel = 42 US gallons). Investors use it to understand how much product a company produces, sells, or stores—similar to counting how many cases of a product a store has on hand—which directly affects revenue, cash flow and supply-demand dynamics in the market.

MMBtu technical

A MMBtu is a unit of energy equal to one million British thermal units, commonly used to measure natural gas and other fuel quantities for trading and contracts. For investors, it translates raw energy into a standardized price metric—think of it like gallons for gasoline—so changes in the MMBtu price affect producer revenues, utility costs, commodity derivatives, and the profitability of energy-related investments.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Infinity Natural Resources, Inc. (“Infinity” or the “Company”) (NYSE: INR) today provided an update on the impact of derivative contracts for the first quarter 2026.

Impact of Derivative Contracts

For the quarter ended March 31, 2026, Infinity recognized realized losses associated with settled derivative contracts of approximately $18 million. These results reflect cash settlements tied to financial contracts referencing crude oil prices, natural gas prices, and regional basis differentials.

In addition to the cash settlements recorded during the quarter, the Company recorded non-cash unrealized losses in its outstanding derivative portfolio of approximately $47 million. These unrealized losses arise from the periodic revaluation of open derivative positions using prevailing forward commodity price curves at the end of the reporting period.

Because these unrealized adjustments reflect changes in the market value of contracts that remain open, they do not represent current-period cash inflows or outflows but instead reflect the accounting remeasurement of the Company’s derivative portfolio.

Overall, the combined effect of realized settlements and unrealized valuation changes resulted in estimated total derivative losses of approximately $65 million for the quarter. These derivative contracts were entered into pursuant to our board approved hedging strategy.

The following tables provide information about our derivative financial instruments as of March 31, 2026.

				Swaps									Collars
		Volume		Weighted Average Price			Fair Value as of March 31, 2026				Volume		Weighted Average Ceiling Price			Weighted Average Floor Price			Fair Value as of March 31, 2026
Oil (WTI)		(in MBbls)		($ per Bbl)			(in thousands)				(in MBbls)		($ per Bbl)			($ per Bbl)			(in thousands)
2026		1,851		$	63.58		$	(32,059	)		219		$	78.00		$	70.00		$	(1,255	)
2027		1,597		$	63.22		$	(10,515	)		35		$	78.00		$	70.00		$	(54	)
2028		408		$	67.95		$	236			—			—			—			—
2029		24		$	68.37		$	51			—			—			—			—
2030		—			—			—			—			—			—			—
Total		3,880					$	(42,287	)		254								$	(1,199	)

				Swaps
		Volume		Weighted Average Price			Fair Value as of March 31, 2026
Natural Gas (Fixed Price Swaps)		(in MMBtu)		($ per MMBtu)			(in thousands)
2026		44,756,000		$	3.64		$	27,448
2027		56,419,000		$	3.76		$	7,039
2028		36,647,000		$	3.77		$	(1,302	)
2029		30,320,000		$	3.62		$	(981	)
2030		26,580,000		$	3.57		$	(1,421	)
2031		2,120,000		$	4.08		$	(372	)
Total		196,842,000					$	30,411

				Swaps
		Volume		Weighted Average Price				Fair Value as of March 31, 2026
Natural Gas (Basis)		(in MMBtu)		($ per MMBtu)				(in thousands)
2026		40,690,000		$	(0.93	)		$	(3,835	)
2027		31,629,000		$	(0.64	)		$	(1,291	)
2028		32,603,750		$	(0.52	)		$	250
2029		2,607,500		$	(0.30	)		$	234
2030		—			—				—
Total		107,530,250						$	(4,642	)

				Swaps
		Volume		Weighted Average Price				Fair Value as of March 31, 2026
NGLs		(in Mbbls)		($ per Bbl)				(in thousands)
2026		1,307,357		$	33.50		$		(5,040	)
2027		1,729,476		$	33.97		$		(1,115	)
2028		117,738		$	29.30		$		(16	)
2029		—			—				—
2030		—			—				—
Total		3,154,571					$		(6,171	)

About Infinity

Infinity (NYSE: INR) is a growth oriented, independent energy company focused on the acquisition, development, and production of hydrocarbons in the Appalachian Basin. Our operations are focused on the Utica Shale in eastern Ohio as well as our stacked dry gas assets in both the Marcellus and Utica Shales in southwestern Pennsylvania.

Preliminary Information

The information in this press release related to first quarter 2026 financial and operating information is preliminary and unaudited and is based on estimates and subject to completion of the Company’s financial closing procedures. Final amounts for the three months ended March 31, 2026 will be reported in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2026 or in the corresponding earnings release. Such information has been prepared by management solely based on currently available information. The preliminary information does not represent and is not a substitute for a comprehensive statement of financial and operating results, and the Company’s actual results may differ materially from these estimates because of final adjustments, the completion of the Company’s financial closing procedures, and other developments after the date of this release.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains statements that express the Company’s opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or projections regarding future events or future results, in contrast with statements that reflect historical facts. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this release regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management, future commodity prices, future production targets, leverage targets or debt repayment, hedging strategy, future capital spending plans, capital efficiency, our ability to make share repurchases, expected drilling and completions plans and projected well costs are forward-looking statements. When used in this release, words such as “may,” “assume,” “forecast,” “could,” “should,” “will,” “plan,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “budget” and similar expressions are used to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current belief, based on currently available information, as to the outcome and timing of future events at the time such statement was made.

Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, including those incident to the development, production, gathering and sale of oil, natural gas and NGLs, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond the control of the Company. These include, but are not limited to, our failure to realize, in full or at all, the anticipated benefits of capital raising transactions and acquisitions, including synergies; commodity price volatility; inflation; lack of availability and cost of drilling, completion and production equipment and services; supply chain disruption; project construction delays; environmental risks; drilling, completion and other operating risks; lack of availability or capacity of midstream gathering and transportation infrastructure; regulatory changes; the uncertainty inherent in estimating reserves and in projecting future rates of production, cash flow and access to capital; the timing of development expenditures; the concentration of the Company’s operations in the Appalachian Basin; difficult and adverse conditions in the domestic and global capital and credit markets; impacts of geopolitical events and world health events, including trade wars; lack of transportation and storage capacity as a result of oversupply, government regulations or other factors; potential financial losses or earnings reductions resulting from the Company’s commodity price risk management program or any inability to manage its commodity risks; failure to realize expected value creation from property acquisitions and trades; weather related risks; competition in the oil and natural gas industry; loss of production and leasehold rights due to mechanical failure or depletion of wells and the Company’s inability to re-establish production; the Company’s ability to service its indebtedness; political and economic conditions and events in foreign oil and natural gas producing countries, including embargoes, armed conflict, political instability and civil unrest, including instability in the Middle East, Venezuela and Mexico and other sustained military campaigns, the armed conflict in Ukraine and associated economic sanctions on Russia, conditions in South America, Central America, China and Russia, and acts of terrorism or sabotage; evolving cybersecurity risks such as those involving unauthorized access, denial-of-service attacks, malicious software, data privacy breaches by employees, insiders or others with authorized access, cyber or phishing-attacks, ransomware, social engineering, physical breaches or other actions; risks related to the Company’s ability to expand its business, including through the recruitment and retention of qualified personnel; and the other risks described in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K.

Please read the Company’s filings with the SEC, including “Risk Factors” in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, and in other filings we make with the SEC, for a discussion of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those in such forward-looking statements. As a result, actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied or forecast in such statements. Therefore, these forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of our performance, and you should not place undue reliance on such statements. All forward-looking statements, expressed or implied, included in this press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent required by law.

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Infinity Natural Resources, Inc.
Thomas Marchetti
Vice President, Investor Relations
Email: ir@infinitynr.com

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