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-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 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).
The asset structure of the organization underwent a significant expansion between 2019 and 2023, with total assets increasing from 18.3 billion USD in March 2019 to 36.6 billion USD by December 2023. This growth was characterized by a period of relative stability through 2020, followed by a substantial surge in asset valuation beginning in the first quarter of 2021.
- Liquidity and Current Asset Trends
- Current assets exhibited high volatility, peaking at 6.3 billion USD in June 2022 before contracting to 2.6 billion USD by the end of 2023. Cash and cash equivalents showed erratic fluctuations, with notable lows in mid-2020 and mid-2023, and a significant peak of 3.8 billion USD in December 2021. This volatility suggests a cyclical approach to liquidity management, likely tied to capital expenditure cycles or strategic financing activities. Accounts receivable also saw a marked increase starting in 2021, peaking at 2.4 billion USD in March 2022, which correlates with the broader expansion of the asset base.
- Fixed Asset Expansion and Oil and Gas Properties
- A fundamental shift in the balance sheet occurred in March 2021, where proved properties increased from 23.9 billion USD in December 2020 to 29.6 billion USD. This upward trajectory continued consistently, with proved properties reaching 43.3 billion USD by December 2023. Similarly, unproved properties saw a sharp spike in early 2021, rising from 576 million USD to 6.2 billion USD. These patterns indicate a significant acquisition of reserves or a major strategic expansion of the company's resource portfolio during this period.
- Accumulated Depletion and Net Asset Valuation
- Accumulated depletion, depreciation, and amortization increased steadily from 8.6 billion USD in March 2019 to 17.6 billion USD in December 2023. Despite this increasing contra-asset balance, the net value of oil and gas properties grew from 14.0 billion USD in 2019 to 31.5 billion USD by the end of 2023. This demonstrates that the rate of asset acquisition and investment significantly outpaced the rate of depletion and depreciation.
- Noncurrent Asset Composition
- Noncurrent assets became the primary driver of total asset growth, rising from 15.8 billion USD in March 2019 to 34.0 billion USD in December 2023. The composition of these assets is heavily concentrated in property and equipment, net, which grew from 15.1 billion USD to 33.2 billion USD over the analyzed period. Other noncurrent assets, including goodwill and operating lease right-of-use assets, remained relatively marginal in comparison to the dominant growth in oil and gas properties.
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