Ring Energy (NYSE: REI) reported Q3 EPS of $0.05, $0.05 better than the analyst estimate of $0.00. Revenue for the quarter came in at $31.47 million versus the consensus estimate of $26.75 million.

Management Comments

Paul D. McKinney, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, commented, “As commodity prices improved during the third quarter, Ring returned the majority of its previously shut-in wells to production and made excellent progress on our cost reduction initiatives begun earlier in the year. This, along with our hedges, significantly improved our financial results over the second quarter. Because we believe these pandemic-induced economic conditions are likely to continue for an extended period of time, we are putting our growth plans on hold, prioritizing our capital to high-return projects that improve liquidity, and aggressively managing our cost structure so that we can continue to generate free cash flow and pay down debt. We are fortunate that our production portfolio is characterized by the long-life and shallow declines of predominately the San Andres formation and the majority of our drilling inventory is economic in the current price environment giving us the sustainability and flexibility to meet the challenges that we are currently facing.”

Mr. McKinney continued, “During my short tenure here, I have seen firsthand the outstanding job our operations and field personnel have performed in an incredibly challenging environment. They have reduced our lease operating expenses on $/Boe basis by 20% over the prior quarter and 28% over the same three months of the prior year. Not only do I commend them for these achievements, but together, we are exploring additional cost saving and production enhancing ideas that we expect to be evident in future quarters.”

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