TALOS ENERGY INC.

The information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Quarterly Report”) includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Quarterly Report, 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 Quarterly Report, the words “will,” “could,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “potential,” “forecast,” “may,” “objective,” “plan,” 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 our current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current belief, based on currently available information, as to the outcome and timing of future events. Examples of forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:

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business strategy;

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estimated recoverable resources, reserves and future production;

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drilling prospects, inventories, projects, and programs for both operated and non-operated assets;

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our ability to replace the reserves that we produce through drilling, acquisitions, recompletions, or enhanced recovery;

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financial strategy, borrowing base under our credit agreement, availability of financing sources, including availability under our credit facility and project financing options, liquidity position, and capital required for our development program, acquisitions, and other capital expenditures;

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realized oil and natural gas prices;

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changes in tariffs, trade barriers, price and exchange controls and other regulatory requirements including such changes that may be implemented by the current or future administrations or foreign governments, and the impact of such policies on us, our customers and suppliers and the global economic environment;

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volatility in the political, legal and regulatory environments where we currently or in the future may operate;

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risks related to future mergers and acquisitions, such as the Coulomb and Na Kika Acquisition (as defined below), including the risk that we may fail to complete such transaction on the terms contemplated or at all, and/or to realize the expected benefits of any such transaction;

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timing, restrictions and amount of future production of oil, natural gas and NGLs, including changes in supply caused by OPEC or the war in Iran and any related impact on global oil prices, available resources, and domestic oil production;

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our hedging strategy and results;

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future drilling plans;

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availability of pipeline connections and other infrastructure on economic terms;

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competition, government regulations, including financial assurance requirements, and legislative and political developments;

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our ability to obtain permits and governmental approvals;

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pending legal, governmental or environmental matters;

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our marketing of oil, natural gas and NGLs;

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our integration of acquisitions and the anticipated post-acquisition performance of the Company;

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future leasehold or business acquisitions on desired terms;

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costs of exploring, developing, acquiring or abandoning properties;

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general economic conditions, including the impact of continued inflation and associated changes in monetary policy;

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political and economic conditions and events in foreign oil, natural gas and NGL producing countries and acts of terrorism or sabotage;

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credit markets;

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estimates of future income taxes;

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our estimates and forecasts of the timing, number, profitability and other results of wells we expect to drill and other exploration activities;

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our strategy, timeline and results with respect to our minority investment in the Zama asset;

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uncertainty regarding our future operating results and our future revenues and expenses;

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anticipated capital efficiency, margin enhancement and organizational improvements and additional cash flow;

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our ability to obtain financial assurance instruments, including surety bonds on commercially reasonable terms; expected collateral requirements under existing or future surety agreements and market factors impacting the availability of surety bonds;

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the amount of collateral required to be posted from time to time in our hedging transactions, letters of credit, surety bonds and other secured debt;

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impact of new accounting pronouncements on earnings in future periods; and

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We caution you that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. These risks include, but are not limited to, commodity price volatility; global demand for oil and natural gas; the ability or willingness of OPEC and other state-controlled oil companies (“OPEC Plus”) to set and maintain oil production levels and the impact of any such actions; foreign wars and conflicts, including the lack of a resolution to the war in Ukraine and ongoing hostilities in Israel and the Middle East, such as the war in Iran, and their impact on commodity markets; the impact of any pandemic and governmental measures related thereto; lack of necessary infrastructure, transportation and storage capacity as a result of oversupply, and government regulations; political risks, including a global trade war or the impact of any prolonged federal government shutdown or lapse in federal appropriations that could disrupt our operations and future drilling plans and opportunities; lack of availability of drilling and production equipment and services; adverse weather events, including tropical storms, hurricanes, winter storms and loop currents; cybersecurity threats and incidents; elevated inflation and the impact of central bank policy in response thereto; environmental risks; failure to find, acquire or gain access to other discoveries and prospects or to successfully develop and produce from our current and future discoveries and prospects; geologic risk; drilling and other operating risks; well control risk; regulatory changes, including the impact of financial assurance requirements; changes in U.S. trade and labor policies, including the imposition of increased tariffs and the resulting consequences; the uncertainty inherent in estimating reserves and in projecting future rates of production; cash flow and access to capital; the timing of development expenditures; potential adverse reactions or competitive responses to our acquisitions and other transactions; the possibility that the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions are not realized when expected or at all, including as a result of the impact of, or problems arising from, the integration of acquired assets and operations; and the other risks discussed in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of Talos Energy Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 (the “2025 Annual Report”), Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2026, and Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of this Quarterly Report.

Reserve engineering is a process of estimating underground accumulations of oil, natural gas and NGLs 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 used by reserve engineers. In addition, the results of drilling, testing and production activities may justify revisions upward or downward 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, natural gas, and NGLs that are ultimately recovered.

Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described herein 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 Quarterly Report 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 Quarterly Report.