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Unit Corporation Reports First Quarter Results

TULSA, Okla., May 9, 2024 (BUSINESS WIRE) --

On May 9, 2024, Unit Corporation (OTCQX: UNTC) (Company) filed unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2024 with OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTC). The Company's current, quarterly, and annual reports may be accessed on the OTC's website at https://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/UNTC/disclosure, as well as the Company's website at https://unitcorp.com/investor-relations/otc-sec-filings/.

First Quarter Results

Net income for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $16.1 million, or $1.61 per diluted share, compared to $134.7 million, or $13.75 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2023. Total revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2024 were $67.2 million, compared to $93.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023.

"After completing the previously announced sale of certain non-core oil and gas assets in the Texas Panhandle, we are pleased to be focused on developing and optimizing production in our core properties," said Phil Frohlich, Chief Executive Officer. "In addition, we continue to work diligently towards a cost structure that remains appropriate for our core assets while ensuring that we have the resources available to maximize value."

Operational highlights for the oil and natural gas and contract drilling segments during the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023 include:

                                                  Three Months Ended March 31,                                      
  
                                                          2024                   2023                 % Change
  
                                                  -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------- --------------------
                                                           
 Oil and Natural Gas:
                                                  $75.28                 $65.96                 14%
 Avg. oil price ($/Bbl)
                                                  $75.28                 $73.94                 2%
 Avg. oil price excl. derivatives ($/Bbl)
                                                  $20.74                 $21.37                 (3)%
 Avg. NGLs price ($/Bbl)
                                                  $20.74                 $21.37                 (3)%
 Avg. NGLs price excl. derivatives ($/Bbl)
                                                  $1.79                  $4.04                  (56)%
 Avg. natural gas price ($/Mcf)
                                                  $1.79                  $3.11                  (42)%
 Avg. natural gas price excl. derivatives ($/Mcf)
                                                  187                    300                    (38)%
 Oil production (MBbls)
                                                  298                    419                    (29)%
 NGL production (MBbls)
                                                  3,501                  5,369                  (35)%
 Natural gas production (MMcf)
                                                  1,069                  1,614                  (34)%
 Total production (MBOE)
                                                           
  
                                                           
 Contract Drilling:
                                                  14                     14                     --%
 BOSS rigs available (end of the period)
                                                  13.7                   13.8                   (1)%
 Average BOSS rigs in use

Common Stock Dividends

The table below presents information about the dividends paid during the periods indicated:

          Type                Dividend                Total             Record Date         Payment Date
                                                 per share              Amount
                     -------------------- --------------------  --------------------  -------------------- --------------------
2023                          (In thousands)       
                            Special                $      10.00          $     96,179   January 20, 2023     January 31, 2023
   First quarter
2024                            

The declaration and payment of any future dividend, whether fixed, special, or variable, will remain at the full discretion of the Company's Board of Directors and will depend upon the Company's financial position, results of operations, cash flows, capital requirements, business conditions, future expectations, the requirements of applicable law, and other factors that the Company's Board of Directors finds relevant at the time of considering any potential dividend declaration. Future dividends are expected to be funded by cash on the Company's balance sheet.

The Company recently posted its preliminary 2024 Form 8937 (Report of Organizational Actions Affecting Basis of Securities) which can be found on its website at https://unitcorp.com/investor-relations/tax-reporting/.

About Unit Corporation

Unit Corporation is a Tulsa-based, publicly held energy company engaged through its wholly-owned subsidiaries in oil and gas production and contract drilling. For more information about Unit Corporation, visit its website at http://www.unitcorp.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this release that address activities, events, or developments that the Company expects, believes, or anticipates will or may occur are forward-looking statements. Several risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from these statements, including changes in commodity prices, the productive capabilities of the Company's wells, future demand for oil and natural gas, future drilling rig utilization and dayrates, projected rate of the Company's oil and natural gas production, the amount available to the Company for borrowings, its anticipated borrowing needs under its credit agreements, the number of wells to be drilled by the Company's oil and natural gas segment, the potential productive capability of its prospective plays, and other factors described occasionally in the Company's publicly available OTC and SEC reports. The Company assumes no obligation to update publicly such forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events, or otherwise.

                                                                                    Unit Corporation
                                                                              Selected Financial Highlights
                                       
                                                                                        Three Months Ended March 31,
                                                         -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                             2024              2023   
                                                         -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
                                                                                   (In thousands except per share amounts)
Revenues:                                                                                         
                                                                            $         26,572                        $  48,026  
    Oil and natural gas
                                                                   40,632        45,903  
    Contract drilling
                                                         -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
                                                                   67,204        93,929  
              Total revenues
                                                         -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
Expenses:                                                                                         
                                                                                                  
    Operating costs:
                                                                   11,979        17,164  
           Oil and natural gas
                                                                   25,725        26,872  
           Contract drilling
                                                         -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
                                                                   37,704        44,036  
                 Total operating costs
                                                         -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
                                                                    3,901         3,891  
    Depreciation, depletion, and amortization
                                                                    4,978         5,090  
    General and administrative
                                                                       65        (3,753                    )
    (Gain) loss on disposition of assets
                                                         -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
                                                                   46,648        49,264  
                 Total operating expenses
                                                         -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
Income from operations                                             20,556        44,665  
                                                         -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
Other income (expense):                                                                           
                                                                      954         1,757  
    Interest income
                                                                      (30                    )         (39                    )
    Interest expense
                                                           --        13,595  
    Gain (loss) on derivatives, net
                                                                      (22                    )         (81                    )
    Reorganization items, net
                                                                     (377                    )         107  
    Other, net
                                                         -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
                                                                      525        15,339  
                 Total other income (expense)
                                                         -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
Income before income taxes                                         21,081        60,004  
                                                         -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
Income tax expense (benefit), net:                                                                
                                                                       75           190  
    Current
                                                                    4,902       (74,836                    )
    Deferred
                                                         -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
                                                                    4,977       (74,646                    )
                 Total income tax expense (benefit), net
                                                         -------------------- -------------- --------------------                      -------------------- ------- --------------------
Net income                                                         16,104       134,650  
                                                         ==================== ============== ====================                      ==================== ======= ====================
Net income per common share:                                                                      
                                                                            $           1.64                        $   13.93  
    Basic
                                                         ==================== ============== ====================                      ==================== ======= ====================
                                            Unit Corporation
                                Selected Financial Highlights - Continued
                      
                     March 31,                 December 31,
                                          2024                                           2023
                               ------------------------                       ------------------------
Balance Sheet Data:                                         (In thousands)
                                        $         65,599            $         60,779
   Cash and cash equivalents
                                        $        115,528            $        118,296
   Current assets
                                        $        314,383            $        322,720
   Total assets
                                        $         30,021            $         42,399
   Current liabilities
                                        $ --            $ --
   Long-term debt
                                        $         22,796            $         22,803
   Other long-term liabilities

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SOURCE: Unit Corporation

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Rene Punch
Investor Relations
(918) 493-7700
www.unitcorp.com
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