HOUSTON, March 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Talos Energy Inc. (“Talos” or the “Company”) (NYSE:TALO) today provided updated 2024 operational and financial guidance to reflect the closing of the QuarterNorth Energy Inc. (“QuarterNorth”) acquisition earlier than expected. Prior guidance was based on an end-of-first-quarter 2024 close.
For the full year 2024, Talos expects average daily production between 89.0 and 95.0 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day (“MBoe/d”), an increase from the previous guidance of between 87.0 and 93.0 MBoe/d. This updated guidance includes approximately ten months of QuarterNorth contributions, as well as expected planned downtime and risking for unplanned downtime and weather-related events.
Full year 2024 Cash Expenses guidance includes approximately ten months of QuarterNorth and a full twelve-month impact of the EnVen transaction, compared to only approximately ten and a half months incurred in 2023. Talos expects approximately $15 million in expenses related to the Helix Producer I (“HP-I”) drydock and other associated maintenance. This guidance also includes multiple deepwater workover projects expected to increase and/or reinstate production.
For the first quarter 2024, Talos expects average daily production between 78.0 and 80.0 MBoe/d, an increase from the previous guidance of between 70.0 and 72.0 MBoe/d. First quarter guidance includes March impacts of approximately one month of contribution from QuarterNorth, partial impact of the planned HP-I dry-dock shut-in and planned downtime at the Tarantula facility, impacting production from the Katmai field.
The following update summarizes Talos’s full-year 2024 operational and financial guidance:
FY 2024
($ Millions, unless highlighted):
Low
High
Production
Oil (MMBbl)
23.4
24.7
Natural Gas (Mcf)
40.0
44.2
NGL (MMBbl)
2.5
2.7