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RANGE RESOURCES CORP

For the period ended Dec 31, 2023. Filed Feb 21, 2024.

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FY2023 · Filed Feb 21, 2024

RRC$48.85+0.3%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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Proved Reserves

The following table sets forth our estimated proved reserves for years ended 2023, 2022 and 2021 based on the average of prices on the first day of each month of the given calendar year, in accordance with SEC rules. Oil includes both crude oil and condensate. We have no natural gas, NGLs or oil reserves from non-traditional sources. Additionally, we do not provide optional disclosures of probable or possible reserves.

Summary of Oil and Gas Reserves as of Year-End Based on Average Prices
Reserve CategoryNatural Gas(Mmcf)NGLs(Mbbls)Oil(Mbbls)Total(Mmcfe) (a)%
As of December 31, 2023:
Proved
Developed7,631,202629,37921,39611,535,85264%
Undeveloped3,979,546411,38821,5666,577,27336%
Total Proved11,610,7481,040,76742,96218,113,125100%
As of December 31, 2022:
Proved
Developed7,230,313594,93122,21310,933,18060%
Undeveloped4,567,659409,02720,4437,144,47640%
Total Proved11,797,9721,003,95842,65618,077,656100%
As of December 31, 2021:
Proved
Developed6,809,849577,50723,83410,417,88759%
Undeveloped4,642,232423,79828,7627,357,59741%
Total Proved11,452,0811,001,30552,59617,775,484100%
(a)Oil and NGLs volumes are converted to mcfe at the rate of one barrel equals six mcf based upon the relative energy content of oil to natural gas, which is not indicative of the relationship between oil and natural gas prices.

Reserve Estimation Procedures and Audits

All reserve information in this report is based on estimates prepared by our petroleum engineering staff and is the responsibility of management. We have established internal controls over our reserves estimation process and procedures to support the accurate and timely preparation and disclosure of reserve estimates in accordance with SEC requirements. We also had Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc., an independent petroleum consultant, conduct an audit of our year-end 2023 reserves. The purpose of this audit was to provide additional assurance on the reasonableness of internally prepared reserve estimates. This engineering firm was selected for its geographic expertise and its historical experience in engineering certain properties. The proved reserve audits performed for 2023, 2022 and 2021, in the aggregate, represented 96%, 96% and 97% of our proved reserves. The reserve audits performed for 2023, 2022 and 2021, in the aggregate, represented 99%, 96% and 97% of our 2023, 2022 and 2021 associated pretax present value of proved reserves discounted at ten percent. A copy of the summary reserve report prepared by our independent petroleum consultant is included as an exhibit to this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The technical person at our independent petroleum consulting firm responsible for reviewing the reserve estimates presented herein meets the requirements regarding qualifications, independence, objectivity and confidentiality as set forth in the Standards Pertaining to the Estimating and Auditing of Oil and Gas Reserves Information promulgated by the Society of Petroleum Engineers. We maintain an internal staff of petroleum engineers and geoscience professionals who work closely with our independent petroleum consultant to ensure the integrity, accuracy and timeliness of data furnished during the reserve audit process. Throughout the year, our technical team meets periodically with representatives of our independent petroleum consultant to review properties and discuss methods and assumptions. While we have no formal committee specifically designated to review reserves reporting and the reserve estimation process, our senior management reviews and approves significant changes to our proved reserves. We provide historical information to our consultant for our largest producing properties such as ownership interest, natural gas, NGLs and oil production, well test data, commodity prices and operating and development costs. Our consultants perform an independent analysis and differences are reviewed with our Senior Vice President of Reservoir Engineering and Economics. In some cases, additional meetings are held to review identified reserve differences. Our reserve auditor estimates of proved reserves and the pretax present value of such reserves discounted at 10% did not differ from our estimates by more than 10% in the aggregate. However, when compared on a lease-by-lease, field-by-field or area-by-area, some of our estimates may be greater and some may be less than the estimates of the reserve auditor. When such differences do not exceed 10% in the aggregate, our reserve auditor is satisfied that the proved reserves and pretax present value of such reserves discounted at 10% are reasonable and will issue an unqualified opinion. Remaining differences, if any, are not resolved due to the limited cost benefit of continuing such analysis.

Historical variances between our reserve estimates and the aggregate estimates of our independent petroleum consultants have been approximately 5%. All of our reserve estimates are reviewed and approved by our Senior Vice President of Reservoir Engineering and Economics, Mr. Alan Farquharson, who reports directly to our President and Chief Executive Officer. Our Senior Vice President of Reservoir Engineering and Economics holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. Before joining Range, he held various technical and managerial positions with Amoco, Hunt Oil and Union Pacific Resources and has more than forty years of engineering experience in the oil and gas industry. During the year, our reserves group may also perform separate, detailed technical reviews of reserve estimates for significant acquisitions or for properties with problematic indicators such as excessively long lives, sudden changes in performance or changes in economic or operating conditions. During the year ended December 31, 2023, we did not file any reports with any federal authority or agency with respect to our estimate of natural gas and oil reserves.

Reserve Technologies

Proved reserves are those quantities of natural gas, NGLs and oil that by analysis of geoscience and engineering data can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible from a given date forward, from known reservoirs and under existing economic conditions, operating methods, and government regulations. The term "reasonable certainty" implies a high degree of confidence that the quantities of natural gas, NGLs and oil actually recovered will equal or exceed the estimate. To achieve reasonable certainty, our internal technical staff employs technologies that have been demonstrated to yield results with consistency and repeatability. The technologies and economic data used in the estimation of our proved reserves include, but are not limited to, empirical evidence through drilling results and well performance, decline curve analysis, well logs, geologic maps and available downhole and production data, seismic data, well test data, reservoir simulation modeling and implementation and application of enhanced data analytics.

Proved undeveloped reserves (or "PUDs") include reserves that are expected to be recovered from new wells on undrilled acreage or from existing wells where a major expenditure is required for completion. PUD reserves may be classified as proved reserves on undrilled acreage directly offsetting development areas that are reasonably certain of production when drilled, or where reliable technology provides reasonable certainty of economic production. Undrilled locations may be classified as having PUD reserves only if an ability and intent has been established to drill the reserves within five years, unless specific circumstances justify a longer time period.

Reporting of Natural Gas Liquids

We produce NGLs as part of the processing of our natural gas. The extraction of NGLs in the processing of natural gas reduces the volume of natural gas available for sale. At December 31, 2023, NGLs represented approximately 34% of our total proved reserves on an mcf equivalent basis. NGLs are products priced by the gallon (and sold by the barrel) to our customers. In reporting proved reserves and production of NGLs, we have included production and reserves in barrels. Prices for a barrel of NGLs in 2023 averaged approximately 32% of the average price for equivalent volumes of oil. We report all production information related to natural gas net of the effect of any reduction in natural gas volumes resulting from the processing of NGLs. We currently include ethane in our proved reserves which match volumes to be delivered under our existing long-term, extendable ethane contracts.

Proved Undeveloped Reserves

As of December 31, 2023, our PUDs totaled 21.6 Mmbbls of crude oil, 411.4 Mmbbls of NGLs and 4.0 Tcf of natural gas, for a total of 6.6 Tcfe. Costs incurred in 2023 relating to the development of PUDs were approximately $495.1 million. All PUD drilling locations are scheduled to be drilled prior to the end of 2028. As of December 31, 2023, we have 90.2 Bcfe of reserves that have been reported for more than five years from their original booking date, which are in the process of being drilled and completed and expected to turn to sales in 2024. Changes in PUDs that occurred during the year were due to:

conversion of approximately 937.9 Bcfe of PUDs into proved developed reserves;

addition of 178.8 Bcfe new PUDs from drilling; and

191.9 Bcfe net positive revision which includes an addition of 280.2 Bcfe for previously proved undeveloped properties added back to our five year development plan and positive revisions for the impact of improved well performance and longer laterals offset by 370.6 Bcfe of reserves reclassified to unproved because of previously planned wells not expected to be drilled within their original five-year development horizon.

For an additional description of changes in PUDs for 2023, see Note 15 to our consolidated financial statements. We believe our PUDs reclassified to unproved can be included in our future proved reserves as these locations are added back into our five-year development plan.

Proved Reserves (PV-10)

The following table sets forth the estimated future net cash flows, excluding open derivative contracts, from proved reserves, the present value of those net cash flows discounted at a rate of 10% (PV-10), and the expected benchmark prices and average field prices used in projecting net cash flows over the past five years. Our reserve estimates do not include any probable or possible reserves (in millions, except prices):

20232022202120202019
Future net cash flows$54,390$78,650$39,919$9,795$22,179
Present value:
Before income tax7,92629,55414,8682,9817,561
After income tax (Standardized Measure)6,83824,54512,4852,8466,629
Benchmark prices (NYMEX):
Gas price (per mcf)2.626.363.601.982.58
Oil price (per bbl)78.1094.1366.3439.7755.73
Wellhead prices:
Gas price (per mcf)2.206.083.301.682.38
Oil price (per bbl)68.3287.1459.3530.1349.24
NGLs price (per bbl)24.9138.3528.4116.1417.32

Future net cash flows represent projected revenues from the sale of proved reserves, net of production and development costs (including transportation and gathering expenses, operating expenses and production taxes). Revenues are based on a twelve-month unweighted average of the first day of the month pricing, without escalation. Future cash flows are reduced by estimated production costs, administrative costs, costs to develop and produce the proved reserves and abandonment costs, all based on current economic conditions at each year-end. There can be no assurance that the proved reserves will be produced in the future or that prices, production or development costs will remain constant. There are numerous uncertainties inherent in estimating reserves and related information and different reservoir engineers often arrive at different estimates for the same properties.

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