Balance Sheet: Assets
Quarterly Data
The balance sheet provides creditors, investors, and analysts with information on company resources (assets) and its sources of capital (its equity and liabilities). It normally also provides information about the future earnings capacity of a company assets as well as an indication of cash flows that may come from receivables and inventories.
Assets are resources controlled by the company as a result of past events and from which future economic benefits are expected to flow to the entity.
Assets: Selected Items
Current Assets: Selected Items
Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2020-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2020-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2019-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2019-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2018-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2018-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2017-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2017-03-31).
The asset base demonstrates substantial expansion, growing from 6,370 million US dollars in March 2017 to 23,843 million US dollars by September 2022. A critical inflection point occurred in the fourth quarter of 2018, where total assets more than doubled, primarily driven by a massive increase in oil and natural gas properties.
- Current Asset Trends
- Current assets exhibit significant volatility, peaking at 1,464 million US dollars in September 2021 before contracting to 1,031 million US dollars by September 2022. Cash and cash equivalents show sharp fluctuations, reaching a peak of 654 million US dollars in September 2021 followed by a precipitous decline to 27 million US dollars by September 2022. Simultaneously, accounts receivable from oil and natural gas sales trended generally upward, peaking at 966 million US dollars in March 2022, which indicates an increase in the volume of credit-based sales or changes in collection cycles.
- Long-Term Asset Evolution and Impairment
- Oil and natural gas properties, recorded under the full cost method, grew from 7,871 million US dollars to 35,019 million US dollars over the analyzed period. However, the net value of property and equipment experienced a notable contraction between December 2019 and December 2020, falling from 21,835 million US dollars to 16,214 million US dollars. This decline is directly linked to a rapid acceleration in accumulated depletion, depreciation, amortization, and impairment, which surged from 5,003 million US dollars in December 2019 to 12,314 million US dollars by March 2021, suggesting significant non-cash write-downs during that interval.
- Strategic Investments and Other Assets
- Equity method investments were introduced in 2019 and grew consistently to reach 674 million US dollars by September 2022, indicating a strategic shift toward increased participation in non-consolidated ventures. Derivative instruments exhibited high volatility in both current and long-term categories, reflecting active hedging activities. Other long-term assets and real estate investments remained relatively stable, contributing marginally to the overall growth of the balance sheet.
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