San Juan Basin Royalty Trust Declares No Cash Distribution for October 2024 and Announces Production Costs in Excess of Proceeds
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San Juan Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE: SJT) announced no cash distribution for October 2024 due to excess production costs and low natural gas pricing. Hilcorp reported $3,594,338 total revenue and $7,227,419 production costs for August 2024. Excess production costs of $15,150,449 gross will be charged to the next month's distribution. The Trust's administrative expenses were $87,522, partially covered by $4,959 interest income. Gas volumes totaled 1,922,538 Mcf with an average price of $1.79 per Mcf. The Trustee utilized $82,564 from cash reserves, leaving a balance of $1,017,135. The Trust plans to replenish and increase cash reserves to $2.0 million before future distributions.
Positive
- Interest income of $4,959 partially covered Trust administrative expenses
- Gas volumes increased from 1,891,889 Mcf in July to 1,922,538 Mcf in August 2024
Negative
- No cash distribution for October 2024 due to excess production costs
- Total revenue ($3,594,338) significantly lower than production costs ($7,227,419)
- Excess production costs of $15,150,449 gross to be charged to next month's distribution
- Average gas price decreased from $1.94 per Mcf in June to $1.79 per Mcf in August 2024
- Cash reserves decreased from $1.8 million in April to $1,017,135 in October 2024
- No future distributions until Trust liabilities are paid and cash reserves replenished
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Hilcorp reported
Hilcorp will charge the excess production costs of approximately
Based upon information provided to the Trust by Hilcorp, gas volumes for the subject interests for August 2024 totaled 1,922,538 Mcf (2,136,153 MMBtu), as compared to 1,891,889 Mcf (2,102,099 MMBtu) for July 2024. Dividing gas revenues by production volume yielded an average gas price for August 2024 of
Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Royalty Trust Indenture, dated December 12, 2007 (as amended on February 15, 2024, by the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Royalty Trust Indenture), the Trustee is authorized to retain, in its sole discretion, a cash reserve for payment of Trust liabilities that are contingent or uncertain or otherwise not currently due and payable. To cover Trust expenses during any period of revenue shortfall, which has resulted and may continue to result from lower commodity prices and increased capital expenditures and lease operating expenses under Hilcorp's 2024 capital project plan for the Subject Interests, the Trustee increased the cash reserves in March and April of 2024, such that total cash reserves were
Production from the Subject Interests continues to be gathered, processed, and sold under market sensitive and customary agreements, as recommended for approval by the Trust's Consultant. The Trustee continues to engage with Hilcorp regarding its ongoing accounting and reporting to the Trust, and the Trust's third-party compliance auditors continue to audit payments made by Hilcorp to the Trust, inclusive of sales revenues, production costs, capital expenditures, adjustments, actualizations, and recoupments. The Trust's auditing process has also included detailed analysis of Hilcorp's pricing and rates charged. As previously disclosed in the Trust's filings, these revenues and costs (along with all costs) are the subject of the Trust's ongoing comprehensive audit process by the Trust's professional consultants and outside counsel to analyze compliance with all the underlying operative Trust agreements and evaluate potential remedies in the event there is suspected non-compliance.
Forward Looking Statements. Except for historical information contained in this news release, the statements in this news release are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements generally are accompanied by words such as "estimates," "anticipates," "could," "plan," or other words that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. Forward-looking statements and the business prospects of San Juan Basin Royalty Trust are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results in future periods to differ materially from the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, certain information provided to the Trust by Hilcorp, volatility of oil and gas prices, governmental regulation or action, litigation, and uncertainties about estimates of reserves. These and other risks are described in the Trust's reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Contact: | San Juan Basin Royalty Trust |
Argent Trust Company, Trustee | |
Nancy Willis, Director of Royalty Trust Services | |
Toll-free: (855) 588-7839 or (866) 809-4553 | |
Fax: (214) 559-7010 | |
Website: www.sjbrt.com | |
Email: trustee@sjbrt.com |
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