PVAC Penn Virginia Corp.

Management Discussion

• We are an independent oil and gas company engaged in the onshore exploration, development and production of crude oil, NGLs and natural gas. Our current operations consist of drilling unconventional horizontal development wells and operating our producing wells in the Eagle Ford, in Gonzales, Lavaca, Fayette and DeWitt Counties in South Texas.
• Crude oil prices exhibited significant volatility throughout 2019 with a range between high and low prices of approximately $20 per barrel. This volatility has continued into February of 2020 and has included significant swings on a daily basis. In addition to the traditional domestic (i.e., significant production from the Permian Basin and mature shale plays including the Eagle Ford, etc.) and global (i.e., Middle East capacity, etc.) supply and demand factors, the impact of certain geopolitical and other dynamics have had a significant daily impact on crude oil and other commodity prices as well. For example, Middle East tensions have approached levels with military involvement not experienced in many years. In addition, the global economic impact of the coronavirus is continuing to evolve and its uncertainty has been reflected in daily commodity price volatility. While impacting us to a lesser extent, NGL and natural gas pricing has steadily declined from year-end 2018 levels due primarily to excess domestic supply and milder winter weather through January of 2020. Collectively, these trends have had a substantial impact on the rate of growth in our product revenues. These factors are anticipated to maintain downward pressure on commodity prices for the near term.
• Since February 2019, we have contracted for our drilling rigs on a pad-to-pad basis and the day rates charged for these services as well as casing costs have declined throughout 2019. In addition, costs associated with our dedicated frac services agreement including certain component stimulation product and service costs have also declined in 2019. We anticipate that many of these costs will continue a declining trend into 2020. Costs incurred for most oilfield products and services associated with operating our properties remained relatively stable during 2019 and are anticipated to behave similarly into 2020 with moderate declines in certain costs consistent with recent industry experience.