DENVER, March 19, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- As a result of the recent decline in crude oil prices and ongoing uncertainty regarding the oil supply-demand macro environment, Centennial Resource Development, Inc. (“Centennial” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: CDEV) today announced that it has reduced its operated rig program from five rigs at the beginning of the month to one currently.  As a result, the Company anticipates that its capital expenditure budget for 2020 will be approximately fifty percent lower than the annual guidance ranges provided in late February, assuming the Company continues to run one rig for the remainder of the year.  Centennial will continue to monitor changes in commodity prices and may further adjust its capital program for the remainder of the year in response to such changes.  The Company expects to update its detailed 2020 financial and operational plan concurrent with the release of its first quarter 2020 financial results; therefore, the guidance issued on February 24, 2020 should no longer be relied upon. 

Additionally, the Company has entered into fixed price oil swaps for April through September of 2020 to protect against possible, additional near-term declines in oil prices.  During this period, the Company has hedged approximately 25,500 barrels per day of oil at a weighted average price of $26.08 per barrel.  

About Centennial Resource Development, Inc.

Centennial Resource Development, Inc. is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the development of unconventional oil and associated liquids-rich natural gas reserves in the Permian Basin. The Company’s assets and operations, which are held and conducted through Centennial Resource Production, LLC, are concentrated exclusively in the Delaware Basin, a sub-basin of the Permian Basin. For additional information about the Company, please visit www.cdevinc.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

The information in this press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this press release, regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this press release, the words “could,” “may,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “goal,” “plan,” “target” and similar expressions are intended 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 expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events.

Forward-looking statements may include statements about:

• our business strategy and future drilling plans;
• our reserves and our ability to replace the reserves we produce through drilling and property acquisitions;
  
• our drilling prospects, inventories, projects and programs;
  
• our financial strategy, liquidity and capital required for our development program;
  
• our realized oil, natural gas and NGL prices;
  
• the timing and amount of our future production of oil, natural gas and NGLs;
  
• our hedging strategy and results;
  
• our competition and government regulations;
  
• our ability to obtain permits and governmental approvals;
  
• our pending legal or environmental matters;
  
• the marketing and transportation of our oil, natural gas and NGLs;
  
• our leasehold or business acquisitions;
  
• cost of developing our properties;
• our anticipated rate of return;
  
• general political, economic and other conditions and how they affect or could affect the supply and demand of oil, natural gas and NGLs;
  
• credit markets;
  
• uncertainty regarding our future operating results;
• our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions contained in this press release that are not historical; and
• the other factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, and any updates to those factors set forth in our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q or Current Reports on Form 8-K.

We caution you that these forward-looking statements are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control, incident to the development, production, gathering and sale of oil and natural gas. These risks include, but are not limited to, commodity price volatility, inflation, lack of availability of drilling and production equipment and services, environmental risks, drilling and other operating risks, 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 and the other risks described in our filings with the SEC.

Reserve engineering is a process of estimating underground accumulations of oil and natural gas that cannot be measured in an exact way. The accuracy of any reserve estimate depends on the quality of available data, the interpretation of such data and price and cost assumptions made by reserve engineers. In addition, the results of drilling, testing and production activities may justify revisions of estimates that were made previously. If significant, such revisions would change the schedule of any further production and development drilling. Accordingly, reserve estimates may differ significantly from the quantities of oil and natural gas that are ultimately recovered.

Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described in this press release occur, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements, expressed or implied, included in this press release are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This cautionary statement should also be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue.

Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release.

Contact:

Hays Mabry
Director, Investor Relations
(832) 240-3265
ir@cdevinc.com

Source: Centennial Resource Development