UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 20212022

or

 

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Commission file number 001-39191

 

Ovintiv Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

84-4427672

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

Suite 1700, 370 17th Street, Denver, Colorado, 80202, U.S.A.

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (303) 623-2300

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes      No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).    Yes      No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

 

    Accelerated filer

 

 

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer

 

    Smaller reporting company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  

Yes     No  

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Shares

OVV

New York Stock Exchange

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of registrant’s shares of common stock outstanding as of April 23, 202129, 2022

  

 

261,043,793258,134,194

  

 


 

OVINTIV INC.

FORM 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

PART I

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements

 

67

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings

 

67

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income

 

67

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet

 

78

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

 

89

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

 

910

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

1011

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

32

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

5554

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

 

5756

 

 

 

 

 

PART II

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

 

5857

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

 

5857

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

5857

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

58

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

 

58

Item 5.

Other Information

 

58

Item 6.

Exhibits

 

58

Signatures

 

 

59

 


 

DEFINITIONS

Unless the context otherwise indicates, references to “us,” “we,” “our,” “ours,” “Ovintiv,” and the “Company,” refer to Ovintiv Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries for periods on or after January 24, 2020 and to Encana Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries for periods before January 24, 2020. In addition, the following are other abbreviations and definitions of certain terms used within this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:

“AECO” means Alberta Energy Company and is the Canadian benchmark price for natural gas.

“ASU” means Accounting Standards Update.

“bbl” or “bbls” means barrel or barrels.

“BOE” means barrels of oil equivalent.

“Btu” means British thermal units, a measure of heating value.

“DD&A” means depreciation, depletion and amortization expenses.

ESG” means environmental, social and governance.

FASB” means Financial Accounting Standards Board.

“GHG” means greenhouse gas.

“Mbbls/d” means thousand barrels per day.

“MBOE/d” means thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day.

“Mcf” means thousand cubic feet.

“MD&A” means Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

“MMBOE” means million barrels of oil equivalent.

“MMBtu” means million Btu.

“MMcf/d” means million cubic feet per day.

“NCIB” means normal course issuer bid.

“NGL” or “NGLs” means natural gas liquids.

“NYMEX” means New York Mercantile Exchange.

“NYSE” means New York Stock Exchange.

“OPEC” means Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries.

“SEC” means United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“SIB” means substantial issuer bid.

“TSX” means Toronto Stock Exchange.

“U.S.”, “United States” or “USA” means United States of America.

“U.S. GAAP” means U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

“WTI” means West Texas Intermediate.

CONVERSIONS

In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, a conversion of natural gas volumes to BOE is on the basis of six Mcf to one bbl.  BOE is based on a generic energy equivalency conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent economic value equivalency at the wellhead. Given that the value ratio based on the current price of oil as compared to natural gas is significantly different from the energy equivalency of 6:1, utilizing a conversion on a 6:1 basis may be misleading as an indication of value, particularly if used in isolation.


CONVENTIONS

Unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in U.S. dollars, all references to “dollars”, “$” or “US$” are to U.S. dollars and all references to “C$” are to Canadian dollars. All amounts are provided on a before tax basis, unless otherwise stated. In addition, all information provided herein is presented on an after royalties basis.


The terms “include”, “includes”, “including” and “included” are to be construed as if they were immediately followed by the words “without limitation”, except where explicitly stated otherwise.

The term “liquids” is used to represent oil, NGLs and condensate. The term “liquids rich” is used to represent natural gas streams with associated liquids volumes. The term “play” is used to describe an area in which hydrocarbon accumulations or prospects of a given type occur. Ovintiv’s focus of development is on hydrocarbon accumulations known to exist over a large areal expanse and/or thick vertical section and are developed using hydraulic fracturing. This type of development typically has a lower geological and/or commercial development risk and lower average decline rate, when compared to conventional development.

The term “core asset” refers to plays that are the focus of the Company’s current capital investment and development plan. The Company continually reviews funding for development of its plays based on strategic fit, profitability and portfolio diversity and, as such, the composition of plays identified as a core asset may change over time.

References to information contained on the Company’s website at www.ovintiv.com are not incorporated by reference into, and does not constitute a part of, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND RISK

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, containsand the other documents incorporated herein by reference (if any), contain certain forward-looking statements or information (collectively, “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of applicable securities legislation, including Section 27A of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).  All statements, except for statements of historical fact, that relate to the anticipated future activities, plans, strategies, objectives or expectations of the Company are forward-looking statements.  When used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10‑Q, and the other documents incorporated herein by reference (if any), the use of words and phrases including “anticipates,” “believes,” “continue,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “focused on,” “forecast,” “guidance,” “intends,” “maintain,” “may,” “opportunities,” “outlook,” “plans,” “potential,” “strategy,” “targets,” “will,” “would” and other similar terminology is intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words or phrases.  Forward-looking statements include: compositioninclude statements regarding: expectations of plans, strategies and objectives of the Company, including anticipated development activity and investment levels; the Company’s core assets, including the composition of core assets and the anticipated capital returns associated with core assets; the Company’s capital allocation strategy, capital structure, anticipated sources of capital and focus of development plans;funding, growth in long-term shareholder value; vision of being a leading North American energy producer; statements with respect to the Company’s strategic objectives, including capital allocation strategy, focus of investment, return of capital to stockholders, growth of high margin liquids volumes, operating and capital efficienciesvalue and ability to preserve balance sheet strength; statements regarding the benefits of the Company’s multi-basin portfolio; statements regardingportfolio, including operational and commodity flexibility, and the ability to repeat and deploy successful operational learnings; the Company’s capital plan; statements regardingability to maximize cash flow and the Company’s application of excess cash flows to reduce long-term debt; the ability of the Company to timely meet and maintain certain targets contained in the Company’s corporate guidance, including with respect to capital efficiency, cash flow generation, debt reduction and leverage, the return of capital to shareholders, oil, NGLs and natural gas production, GHG emissions and ESG performance; the ability of the Company to lower costs and improve capital and operating efficiencies, and the ability to maximize cash flow through a disciplined capital allocation strategy; anticipatedmaintain such cost savings capital efficiency and sustainability thereof; ability to repeatefficiencies; anticipated oil, NGL and deploy successful practices acrossnatural gas prices; the Company’s multi-basin portfolio; anticipated commodity prices; anticipated success of, and benefits from, technology and innovation, including the cube development approachmodel, Simul-Frac techniques and other new or advanced drilling techniques or well completion designs; ability to optimize wellanticipated drilling and completion designs; future well inventory; anticipated drilling,completions activity, including the number of drilling rigs and the success thereof;frac crews utilized; anticipated well inventory, drilling costs and cycle times; the Company’s ability to optimize well completion designs, including changes to horizontal lateral lengths, water and proppant volumes, number of frac stages, and well spacing and stacking; anticipated proceeds and future benefits from various joint venture, partnership and other agreements; estimates of the Company’s oil, NGLs and natural gas reserves and resourcesrecoverable quantities; the Company’s expected oil, NGLs and potential for negative price related reserve revisions; expectednatural gas production and product types; anticipatedcommodity mix, including growth of high margin liquids volumes; future interest expense; the Company’s ability to access to cash, cash equivalentscredit facilities and other methodssources of funding; anticipated hedgingliquidity to meet financial obligations throughout commodity price cycles; the Company’s ability to manage debt and financial ratios, finance growth and comply with financial covenants; the implementation and outcomes of risk management program,programs, including exposure to certain commodity pricesprice, interest rate and foreign exchange fluctuations, amountthe volume of oil, NGLs and natural gas production hedged, production, market access and the


markets or physical sales locations;locations hedged; the impact of changes in federal, state, provincial, local and tribal laws, rules and regulations; anticipated compliance with current or proposed environmental legislation, and claims related to the purported causes and impact of climate change, andincluding the costs therefrom;thereof; adequacy of provisions for abandonment and site reclamation costs; statements regarding the Company’s operational and financial flexibility, discipline and ability to respond to evolving market conditions; ability to meet financial obligations, manage debt and financial ratios, finance growth and comply with financial covenants; impact to the Company as a result of a reduction of its credit rating; access to the Company’s credit facilities; planned dividend and the declaration and payment of future dividends if any; expectations with respect toand the anticipated repurchase the Company’s restructuring initiative, including anticipated transition and severance costs andoutstanding common shares; the timing thereof; adequacy of the Company’s provision for taxes and legal claims; projections and statements in respect of funding;the Company’s ability to manage cost inflation and expected cost structures, including expected operating, transportation, and processing and administrativelabor expenses; the competitiveness and pace of growth of the Company’s assets within North America andCompany against its peers;peers, including with respect to capital, materials, people, assets and production; global oil, NGL and natural gas inventories and global demand for oil, NGL and natural gas; the outlook of the oil and natural gas industry generally, and impact ofincluding impacts from changes to the geopolitical environment; expected future interest expense;anticipated staffing levels; anticipated payments related to the Company’s commitments, obligations and contingencies, and anticipated payments thereunder;the ability to satisfy the same; and the possible impact of accounting and tax pronouncements, rule changes and standards.

Readers are cautioned against unduly relying on forward-looking statements which, by their nature, involve numerous assumptions and are subject to both known and unknown risks and uncertainties (many of which are beyond our control) that may cause such statements not to occur, or actual results to differ materially and/or adversely from those expressed or implied. These assumptions include: future commodity prices and basis differentials; future foreign exchange rates; the ability of the Company to access credit facilities and shelf prospectuses; assumptions contained in the Company’s corporate guidance; data contained in key modeling statistics; the availability of attractive commodity or financial hedges and the enforceability of risk management program; effectiveness ofprograms; the Company’s driveability to capture and maintain gains in productivity and efficiencies; resultsefficiency; benefits from technology and innovations; expectationexpectations that counterparties will fulfill their obligations under thepursuant to gathering, midstreamprocessing, transportation and marketing agreements; access to adequate gathering, transportation, processing and processing facilities where Ovintiv operates;storage facilities; assumed tax, royalty and regulatory regimes; assumptions contained herein and expectations and projections made in light of, and generally consistent with,


Ovintiv’s the Company’s historical experience and its perception of historical industry trends, including with respect to the pace of technological development, benefits achieveddevelopment; and general industry expectations.the other assumptions contained herein.

Risks and uncertainties that may affect these business outcomesthe Company’s financial or operating performance include: suspension of or changes to guidance, and associated impact to production; ability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet obligations; market and commodity price volatility, including widening price or basis differentials, and the associated impact to the Company’s stock price, credit rating, financial condition, oil, NGLs and natural gas reserves and access to liquidity; uncertainties, costs and risks involved in our operations, including hazards and risks incidental to both the drilling and completion of wells and the production, transportation, marketing and sale of oil, NGL and natural gas; availability of equipment, services, resources and personnel required to perform the Company’s operating activities; suspension of or changes to corporate guidance, and associated impacts to production and cash flows; our ability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet our obligations and reduce debt; the impact of a pandemic, epidemic or other widespread outbreak of an infectious disease (such as the ongoing COVID-19 topandemic) on commodity prices and the Company’s operations, including maintaining ordinaryadequate staffing levels, securing operational inputs, executing on portionsall or a portion of itsour business plan and managing cyber-security risks associated with remote work; our ability to secure adequate transportation;transportation and storage for oil, NGL and natural gas, as well as access to end markets or physical sales locations; interruptions to oil, NGLs and natural gas production, including potential curtailments of refinery operations, including resulting storage constraintsgathering, transportation or widening price differentials;refining operations; variability and discretion of Ovintiv’sthe Company’s board of directors (the “Board of Directors”) to declare and pay dividends, if any; the timing and costs associated with drilling and completing wells, and the construction of well facilities and pipeline construction;gathering and transportation pipelines; business interruption, property and casualty losses (including weather related losses) or unexpected technical difficulties including impact of weather;and the extent to which insurance covers any such losses; risks associated with decommissioning activities, including timing and costs thereof; counterparty and credit risk; impactthe actions of members of OPEC and other state-controlled oil companies with respect to oil, NGLs and natural gas production and the resulting impacts on oil, NGLs and natural gas prices; changes in our credit rating and its effect on our ability to access to liquidity, including the costs thereof; changes in political or economic conditions in the U.S. and Canada, including fluctuations in currencyforeign exchange rates, tariffs, taxes, interest rates and interestinflation rates; failure to achieve or maintain our cost and efficiency initiatives; risks inherent in marketing operations; risks associated with technology, including electronic, cyber and physical security breaches; changes in or interpretation of royalty, tax, environmental, greenhouse gas,GHG, carbon, accounting and other laws, rules or regulations;regulations or the interpretations thereof; our ability to timely obtain environmental or other necessary government permits or approvals; the Company’s ability to utilize U.S. net operating loss carryforwards and other tax attributes; risks associated with existing and potential lawsuits and regulatory actions made against the Company;Company, including with respect to environmental liabilities and other liabilities that are not adequately covered by an effective indemnity or insurance; risks related to the purported causes and impact of climate change, and the costs therefrom; the impact of disputes arising with itsour partners, including the suspension of certain obligations and the inability to dispose of assets or interests in certain arrangements; the Company’s ability to acquire or find additional oil, NGLs and natural gas reserves; imprecision of oil, NGLs and natural gas reserves estimates and


estimates of recoverable quantities, including the impact to future net revenue estimates; land, legal, regulatory and ownership complexities inherent in the U.S., Canada and other applicable jurisdictions; risks associated with past and future acquisitions or divestitures of certainoil and natural gas assets, or other transactions orincluding the receipt of any contingent amounts contemplated underin the transaction agreements (such transactions may include third-party capital investments, farm-ins, farm-outs or partnerships, which Ovintivthe Company may refer to from time to time as “partnerships” or “joint ventures” and the funds received in respect thereof which Ovintivthe Company may refer to from time to time as “proceeds”, “deferred purchase price” and/or “carry capital”, regardless of the legal form) as a result; our ability to repurchase the Company’s outstanding shares of various conditions not being met;common stock, including risks associated with obtaining any necessary stock exchange approvals; the existence of alternative uses for the Company’s cash resources which may be superior to the payment of dividends or effecting repurchases of the Company’s outstanding shares of common stock; risks and other risksuncertainties described in Item 1A. Risk Factors of the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K10‑K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 20202021 (the “2020“2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K”10‑K”) and in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q,10‑Q; and other risks and uncertainties impacting Ovintiv’sthe Company’s business as described from time to time in the Company’s other periodic filings with the SEC.SEC or Canadian securities regulators.

Readers are cautioned that the assumptions, risks and uncertainties referenced above, and in the other documents incorporated herein by reference (if any), are not exhaustive. Although the Company believes the expectations represented by suchits forward-looking statements are reasonable based on the information available to it as of the date such statements are made, forward-looking statements are only predictions and statements of our current beliefs and there can be no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.  Readers are cautioned that the assumptions, risks and uncertainties referenced above are not exhaustive. Forward-lookingAll forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are made as of the date of this document (or in the case of a document incorporated herein by reference, the date of such document) and, except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements contained or incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and all subsequent forward-looking statements attributable to the Company, whether written or oral, are expressly qualified by these cautionary statements.

The reader should carefully read carefully the risk factors described in Item 1A. Risk Factors of the 20202021 Annual Report on Form 10-K10‑K and in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q10‑Q for a description of certain risks that could, among other things, cause actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements.

 

 

 

 


 

PART I

Item 1. Financial Statements

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

(US$ millions, except per share amounts)

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

��

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

(Note 2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Note 2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product and service revenues

 

(Note 3)

 

$

2,247

 

 

$

1,570

 

 

(Note 3)

 

$

3,407

 

 

$

2,247

 

Gains (losses) on risk management, net

 

(Note 19)

 

 

(427

)

 

 

1,055

 

 

(Note 18)

 

 

(1,458

)

 

 

(427

)

Sublease revenues

 

(Note 9)

 

 

18

 

 

 

18

 

 

(Note 9)

 

 

18

 

 

 

18

 

Total Revenues

 

 

 

 

1,838

 

 

 

2,643

 

 

 

 

 

1,967

 

 

 

1,838

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expenses

 

(Note 2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Note 2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Production, mineral and other taxes

 

 

 

 

60

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

 

 

94

 

 

 

60

 

Transportation and processing

 

 

 

 

379

 

 

 

396

 

 

 

 

 

406

 

 

 

379

 

Operating

(Notes 16, 17)

 

 

164

 

 

 

165

 

(Notes 15, 16)

 

 

188

 

 

 

164

 

Purchased product

 

 

 

 

604

 

 

 

398

 

 

 

 

 

1,066

 

 

 

604

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

 

 

308

 

 

 

534

 

 

 

 

 

264

 

 

 

308

 

Impairments

 

(Note 8)

 

 

0

 

 

 

277

 

Accretion of asset retirement obligation

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

6

 

Administrative

(Notes 15, 16, 17)

 

 

122

 

 

 

53

 

(Notes 15, 16)

 

 

144

 

 

 

122

 

Total Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

1,643

 

 

 

1,884

 

 

 

 

 

2,167

 

 

 

1,643

 

Operating Income (Loss)

 

 

 

 

195

 

 

 

759

 

 

 

 

 

(200

)

 

 

195

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (Income) Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

(Note 4)

 

 

87

 

 

 

96

 

 

(Note 4)

 

 

74

 

 

 

87

 

Foreign exchange (gain) loss, net

 

(Notes 5, 19)

 

 

(7

)

 

 

116

 

 

(Notes 5, 18)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(7

)

Other (gains) losses, net

 

(Notes 6, 10, 17)

 

 

(18

)

 

 

(14

)

 

(Notes 6, 16)

 

 

(27

)

 

 

(18

)

Total Other (Income) Expenses

 

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

198

 

 

 

 

 

46

 

 

 

62

 

Net Earnings (Loss) Before Income Tax

 

 

 

 

133

 

 

 

561

 

 

 

 

 

(246

)

 

 

133

 

Income tax expense (recovery)

 

(Note 6)

 

 

(176

)

 

 

140

 

 

(Note 6)

 

 

(5

)

 

 

(176

)

Net Earnings (Loss)

 

 

 

$

309

 

 

$

421

 

 

 

 

$

(241

)

 

$

309

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Earnings (Loss) per Share of Common Stock

 

(Note 12)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Note 12)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

 

$

1.19

 

 

$

1.62

 

 

 

 

$

(0.94

)

 

$

1.19

 

Diluted

 

 

 

 

1.16

 

 

 

1.62

 

 

 

 

 

(0.94

)

 

 

1.16

 

Weighted Average Shares of Common Stock Outstanding (millions)

Weighted Average Shares of Common Stock Outstanding (millions)

(Note 12)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted Average Shares of Common Stock Outstanding (millions)

(Note 12)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

 

 

260.1

 

 

 

259.8

 

 

 

 

 

257.4

 

 

 

260.1

 

Diluted

 

 

 

 

266.0

 

 

 

259.8

 

 

 

 

 

257.4

 

 

 

266.0

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

(US$ millions)

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Earnings (Loss)

 

 

 

$

309

 

 

$

421

 

 

 

 

$

(241

)

 

$

309

 

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

(Note 13)

 

 

19

 

 

 

(134

)

 

(Note 13)

 

 

28

 

 

 

19

 

Pension and other post-employment benefit plans

 

(Notes 13, 17)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(2

)

 

(Notes 13, 16)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

(136

)

 

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

18

 

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

 

 

$

327

 

 

$

285

 

 

 

 

$

(214

)

 

$

327

 

See accompanying Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

6


Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

(US$ millions)

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

$

9

 

 

$

10

 

Accounts receivable and accrued revenues (net of allowances

     of $4 million (2020: $4 million))

 

 

 

 

1,089

 

 

 

928

 

Risk management

 

(Notes 18, 19)

 

 

11

 

 

 

37

 

Income tax receivable

 

(Note 6)

 

 

130

 

 

 

272

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,239

 

 

 

1,247

 

Property, Plant and Equipment, at cost:

 

(Note 8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil and natural gas properties, based on full cost accounting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proved properties

 

 

 

 

54,603

 

 

 

53,883

 

Unproved properties

 

 

 

 

2,807

 

 

 

2,962

 

Other

 

 

 

 

915

 

 

 

911

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

 

 

 

58,325

 

 

 

57,756

 

Less: Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

 

 

(48,811

)

 

 

(48,306

)

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

(Note 2)

 

 

9,514

 

 

 

9,450

 

Other Assets

 

 

 

1,143

 

 

 

1,143

 

Risk Management

 

(Notes 18, 19)

 

 

5

 

 

 

4

 

Goodwill

 

(Note 2)

 

 

2,633

 

 

 

2,625

 

 

 

(Note 2)

 

$

14,534

 

 

$

14,469

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

 

$

1,868

 

 

$

1,704

 

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

74

 

 

 

68

 

Income tax payable

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

3

 

Risk management

 

(Notes 18, 19)

 

 

399

 

 

 

130

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

(Note 10)

 

 

1,118

 

 

 

518

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,461

 

 

 

2,423

 

Long-Term Debt

 

(Note 10)

 

 

5,300

 

 

 

6,367

 

Operating Lease Liabilities

 

 

 

 

939

 

 

 

938

 

Other Liabilities and Provisions

(Note 11)

 

 

196

 

 

 

358

 

Risk Management

 

(Notes 18, 19)

 

 

106

 

 

 

125

 

Asset Retirement Obligation

 

 

 

 

398

 

 

 

401

 

Deferred Income Taxes

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,400

 

 

 

10,632

 

Commitments and Contingencies

 

(Note 21)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share capital - authorized 775 million shares of stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021 issued and outstanding: 261.0 million shares (2020: 259.8 million shares)

 

(Note 12)

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

 

Paid in surplus

 

(Note 12)

 

 

8,525

 

 

 

8,531

 

Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit)

 

 

 

 

(5,488

)

 

 

(5,773

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

(Note 13)

 

 

1,094

 

 

 

1,076

 

Total Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

4,134

 

 

 

3,837

 

 

 

 

 

$

14,534

 

 

$

14,469

 

See accompanying Notes tothe unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

7

 

 


 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ EquityBalance Sheet (unaudited)

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 (US$ millions)

 

 

 

Share

Capital

 

 

Paid in

Surplus

 

 

Retained

Earnings

(Accumulated

Deficit)

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Income

 

 

Total

Shareholders’

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2020

 

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

8,531

 

 

$

(5,773

)

 

$

1,076

 

 

$

3,837

 

Net Earnings (Loss)

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

309

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

309

 

Dividends on Shares of Common Stock ($0.09375 per share)

 

(Note 12)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(24

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

(24

)

Equity-Settled Compensation Costs

 

(Note 16)

 

 

0

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(6

)

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

(Note 13)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

18

 

Balance, March 31, 2021

 

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

8,525

 

 

$

(5,488

)

 

$

1,094

 

 

$

4,134

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 (US$ millions)

 

 

 

Share

Capital

 

 

Paid in

Surplus

 

 

 

                      

Retained

Earnings

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Income

 

 

Total

Shareholders’

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2019

 

 

 

$

7,061

 

 

$

1,402

 

 

$

421

 

 

$

1,046

 

 

$

9,930

 

Net Earnings (Loss)

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

421

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

421

 

Dividends on Shares of Common Stock ($0.09375 per share)

 

(Note 12)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(24

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

(24

)

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

(Note 13)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(136

)

 

 

(136

)

Reclassification of Share Capital

 

(Note 12)

 

 

(7,058

)

 

 

7,058

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

Balance, March 31, 2020

 

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

8,460

 

 

$

818

 

 

$

910

 

 

$

10,191

 

 

 

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

(US$ millions)

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

$

271

 

 

$

195

 

Accounts receivable and accrued revenues (net of allowances

     of $5 million (2021: $5 million))

 

(Note 3)

 

 

1,797

 

 

 

1,294

 

Risk management

 

(Notes 17, 18)

 

 

2

 

 

 

1

 

Income tax receivable

 

 

 

 

98

 

 

 

97

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,168

 

 

 

1,587

 

Property, Plant and Equipment, at cost:

 

(Note 8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil and natural gas properties, based on full cost accounting

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proved properties

 

 

 

 

56,351

 

 

 

55,475

 

Unproved properties

 

 

 

 

1,775

 

 

 

1,944

 

Other

 

 

 

 

915

 

 

 

903

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

 

 

 

59,041

 

 

 

58,322

 

Less: Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

 

 

(50,058

)

 

 

(49,561

)

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

(Note 2)

 

 

8,983

 

 

 

8,761

 

Other Assets

 

 

 

1,095

 

 

 

1,079

 

Risk Management

 

(Notes 17, 18)

 

 

3

 

 

 

0

 

Deferred Income Taxes

 

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

0

 

Goodwill

 

(Note 2)

 

 

2,638

 

 

 

2,628

 

 

 

(Note 2)

 

$

14,900

 

 

$

14,055

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

 

$

2,215

 

 

$

1,979

 

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

 

 

 

 

63

 

 

 

62

 

Income tax payable

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

4

 

Risk management

 

(Notes 17, 18)

 

 

1,699

 

 

 

703

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,983

 

 

 

2,748

 

Long-Term Debt

 

(Note 10)

 

 

4,775

 

 

 

4,786

 

Operating Lease Liabilities

 

 

 

 

903

 

 

 

889

 

Other Liabilities and Provisions

(Note 11)

 

 

170

 

 

 

190

 

Risk Management

 

(Notes 17, 18)

 

 

42

 

 

 

25

 

Asset Retirement Obligation

 

 

 

 

334

 

 

 

339

 

Deferred Income Taxes

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,216

 

 

 

8,981

 

Commitments and Contingencies

 

(Note 20)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share capital - authorized 775 million shares of stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022 issued and outstanding: 258.6 million shares (2021: 258.0 million shares)

 

(Note 12)

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

 

Paid in surplus

 

(Note 12)

 

 

8,334

 

 

 

8,458

 

Retained earnings (Accumulated deficit)

 

 

 

 

(4,772

)

 

 

(4,479

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

(Note 13)

 

 

1,119

 

 

 

1,092

 

Total Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

4,684

 

 

 

5,074

 

 

 

 

 

$

14,900

 

 

$

14,055

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

8

 

 


 

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (unaudited)

Three Months Ended March 31, 2022 (US$ millions)

 

 

 

Share

Capital

 

 

Paid in

Surplus

 

 

Retained

Earnings

(Accumulated

Deficit)

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Income

 

 

Total

Shareholders’

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2021

 

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

8,458

 

 

$

(4,479

)

 

$

1,092

 

 

$

5,074

 

Net Earnings (Loss)

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(241

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

(241

)

Dividends on Shares of Common Stock ($0.20 per share)

 

(Note 12)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(52

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

(52

)

Shares of Common Stock Purchased under Normal

    Course Issuer Bid

 

(Note 12)

 

 

0

 

 

 

(71

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(71

)

Equity-Settled Compensation Costs

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(53

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(53

)

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

(Note 13)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

27

 

Balance, March 31, 2022

 

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

8,334

 

 

$

(4,772

)

 

$

1,119

 

 

$

4,684

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 (US$ millions)

 

 

 

Share

Capital

 

 

Paid in

Surplus

 

 

Retained

Earnings

(Accumulated

Deficit)

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Income

 

 

Total

Shareholders’

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2020

 

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

8,531

 

 

$

(5,773

)

 

$

1,076

 

 

$

3,837

 

Net Earnings (Loss)

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

309

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

309

 

Dividends on Shares of Common Stock ($0.09375 per share)

 

(Note 12)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(24

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

(24

)

Equity-Settled Compensation Costs

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(6

)

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

 

(Note 13)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

18

 

Balance, March 31, 2021

 

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

8,525

 

 

$

(5,488

)

 

$

1,094

 

 

$

4,134

 

See accompanying Notes to the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

9


Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

(US$ millions)

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earnings (loss)

 

 

 

$

309

 

 

$

421

 

 

 

 

$

(241

)

 

$

309

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

 

 

308

 

 

 

534

 

 

 

 

 

264

 

 

 

308

 

Impairments

 

(Note 8)

 

 

0

 

 

 

277

 

Accretion of asset retirement obligation

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

6

 

Deferred income taxes

 

(Note 6)

 

 

(20

)

 

 

140

 

 

(Note 6)

 

 

(8

)

 

 

(20

)

Unrealized (gain) loss on risk management

 

(Note 19)

 

 

271

 

 

 

(904

)

 

(Note 18)

 

 

1,012

 

 

 

271

 

Unrealized foreign exchange (gain) loss

 

(Note 5)

 

 

2

 

 

 

101

 

 

(Note 5)

 

 

(3

)

 

 

2

 

Foreign exchange on settlements

 

(Note 5)

 

 

(6

)

 

 

20

 

 

(Note 5)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(6

)

Other

 

 

 

 

20

 

 

 

(63

)

 

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

20

 

Net change in other assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(52

)

 

 

 

 

(12

)

 

 

(6

)

Net change in non-cash working capital

 

(Note 20)

 

 

(57

)

 

 

83

 

 

(Note 19)

 

 

(346

)

 

 

(57

)

Cash From (Used in) Operating Activities

 

 

 

 

827

 

 

 

566

 

 

 

 

 

685

 

 

 

827

 

Investing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

(Note 2)

 

 

(350

)

 

 

(790

)

 

(Note 2)

 

 

(451

)

 

 

(350

)

Acquisitions

 

(Note 7)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(17

)

 

(Note 7)

 

 

(15

)

 

 

(1

)

Proceeds from divestitures

 

(Note 7)

 

 

2

 

 

 

22

 

 

(Note 7)

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

Net change in investments and other

 

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

130

 

 

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

28

 

Cash From (Used in) Investing Activities

 

 

 

 

(321

)

 

 

(655

)

 

 

 

 

(417

)

 

 

(321

)

Financing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net issuance (repayment) of revolving long-term debt

 

(Note 10)

 

 

(460

)

 

 

144

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(460

)

Repayment of long-term debt

 

(Note 10)

 

 

0

 

 

 

(89

)

 

(Note 10)

 

 

(6

)

 

 

0

 

Purchase of shares of common stock

 

(Note 12)

 

 

(71

)

 

 

0

 

Dividends on shares of common stock

 

(Note 12)

 

 

(24

)

 

 

(24

)

 

(Note 12)

 

 

(52

)

 

 

(24

)

Finance lease payments

 

 

 

 

(23

)

 

 

(22

)

Finance lease payments and other

 

 

 

 

(64

)

 

 

(23

)

Cash From (Used in) Financing Activities

 

 

 

 

(507

)

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

(193

)

 

 

(507

)

Foreign Exchange Gain (Loss) on Cash, Cash Equivalents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and Restricted Cash Held in Foreign Currency

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

0

 

Increase (Decrease) in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Increase (Decrease) in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(87

)

Increase (Decrease) in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

 

 

76

 

 

 

(1

)

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash, Beginning of Year

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash, Beginning of Year

 

 

10

 

 

 

190

 

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash, Beginning of Year

 

 

195

 

 

 

10

 

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash, End of Period

 

 

 

$

9

 

 

$

103

 

 

 

 

$

271

 

 

$

9

 

Cash, End of Period

 

 

 

$

8

 

 

$

35

 

 

 

 

$

48

 

 

$

8

 

Cash Equivalents, End of Period

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

223

 

 

 

1

 

Restricted Cash, End of Period

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash, End of Period

 

 

 

$

9

 

 

$

103

 

 

 

 

$

271

 

 

$

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplementary Cash Flow Information

 

(Note 20)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Note 19)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

 

 

 

910

 

 


 

 

1.

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

Ovintiv is in the business of the exploration for, the development of, and the production and marketing of oil, NGLs and natural gas.

The interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements include the accounts of Ovintiv and entities in which it holds a controlling interest. All intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated on consolidation. Undivided interests in oil and natural gas exploration and production joint ventures and partnerships are consolidated on a proportionate basis. Investments in non-controlled entities over which the Company has the ability to exercise significant influence are accounted for using the equity method.  

The interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP and the rules and regulations of the SEC. Pursuant to these rules and regulations, certain information and disclosures normally required under U.S. GAAP have been condensed or have been disclosed on an annual basis only. Accordingly, the interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the annual audited Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2020,2021, which are included in Item 8 of Ovintiv’s 20202021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.10‑K.

The interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared following the same accounting policies and methods of computation as the annual audited Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2020.2021.

These unaudited interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements reflect, in the opinion of Management, all normal and recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position and results of the Company as at and for the periods presented. Interim condensed consolidated financial results are not necessarily indicative of consolidated financial results expected for the fiscal year.

 

2.

Segmented Information

Ovintiv’s reportable segments are determined based on the following operations and geographic locations:

USA Operations includes the exploration for, development of, and production of oil, NGLs and natural gas and other related activities within the U.S. cost center.

Canadian Operations includes the exploration for, development of, and production of oil, NGLs and natural gas and other related activities within the Canadian cost center.

Market Optimization is primarily responsible for the sale of the Company’s proprietary production. These results are reported in the USA and Canadian Operations. Market optimization activities include third-party purchases and sales of product to provide operational flexibility and cost mitigation for transportation commitments, product type, delivery points and customer diversification. These activities are reflected in the Market Optimization segment. Market Optimization sells substantially all of the Company’s upstream production to third-party customers. Transactions between segments are based on market values and are eliminated on consolidation.

Corporate and Other mainly includes unrealized gains or losses recorded on derivative financial instruments. Once the instruments are settled, the realized gains and losses are recorded in the reporting segment to which the derivative instruments relate. Corporate and Other also includes amounts related to sublease rentals.

 

 

1011

 

 


 

Results of Operations (For the three months ended March 31)

Segment and Geographic Information

 

 

USA Operations

 

 

Canadian Operations

 

 

Market Optimization

 

 

USA Operations

 

 

Canadian Operations

 

 

Market Optimization

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product and service revenues

 

$

1,018

 

 

$

800

 

 

$

577

 

 

$

351

 

 

$

652

 

 

$

419

 

 

$

1,547

 

 

$

1,018

 

 

$

778

 

 

$

577

 

 

$

1,082

 

 

$

652

 

Gains (losses) on risk management, net

 

 

(136

)

 

 

114

 

 

 

(22

)

 

 

36

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

(219

)

 

 

(136

)

 

 

(227

)

 

 

(22

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

2

 

Sublease revenues

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

Total Revenues

 

 

882

 

 

 

914

 

 

 

555

 

 

 

387

 

 

 

654

 

 

 

420

 

 

 

1,328

 

 

 

882

 

 

 

551

 

 

 

555

 

 

 

1,082

 

 

 

654

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Production, mineral and other taxes

 

 

55

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

90

 

 

 

55

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

Transportation and processing

 

 

113

 

 

 

121

 

 

 

224

 

 

 

213

 

 

 

42

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

135

 

 

 

113

 

 

 

231

 

 

 

224

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

42

 

Operating

 

 

129

 

 

 

139

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

142

 

 

 

129

 

 

 

37

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

7

 

Purchased product

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

604

 

 

 

398

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1,066

 

 

 

604

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

208

 

 

 

418

 

 

 

93

 

 

 

109

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

200

 

 

 

208

 

 

 

59

 

 

 

93

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

Impairments

 

 

0

 

 

 

277

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

Total Operating Expenses

 

 

505

 

 

 

1,003

 

 

 

350

 

 

 

352

 

 

 

653

 

 

 

462

 

 

 

567

 

 

 

505

 

 

 

331

 

 

 

350

 

 

 

1,115

 

 

 

653

 

Operating Income (Loss)

 

$

377

 

 

$

(89

)

 

$

205

 

 

$

35

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

(42

)

 

$

761

 

 

$

377

 

 

$

220

 

 

$

205

 

 

$

(33

)

 

$

1

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate & Other

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

Corporate & Other

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product and service revenues

 

 

 

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

2,247

 

 

$

1,570

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

3,407

 

 

$

2,247

 

Gains (losses) on risk management, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

(271

)

 

 

904

 

 

 

(427

)

 

 

1,055

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,012

)

 

 

(271

)

 

 

(1,458

)

 

 

(427

)

Sublease revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

18

 

Total Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

(253

)

 

 

922

 

 

 

1,838

 

 

 

2,643

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(994

)

 

 

(253

)

 

 

1,967

 

 

 

1,838

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Production, mineral and other taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

60

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

94

 

 

 

60

 

Transportation and processing

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

379

 

 

 

396

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

406

 

 

 

379

 

Operating

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

164

 

 

 

165

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

188

 

 

 

164

 

Purchased product

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

604

 

 

 

398

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1,066

 

 

 

604

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

308

 

 

 

534

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

264

 

 

 

308

 

Impairments

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

277

 

Accretion of asset retirement obligation

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

6

 

Administrative

 

 

 

 

 

 

122

 

 

 

53

 

 

 

122

 

 

 

53

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

144

 

 

 

122

 

 

 

144

 

 

 

122

 

Total Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

135

 

 

 

67

 

 

 

1,643

 

 

 

1,884

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

154

 

 

 

135

 

 

 

2,167

 

 

 

1,643

 

Operating Income (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

$

(388

)

 

$

855

 

 

 

195

 

 

 

759

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(1,148

)

 

$

(388

)

 

 

(200

)

 

 

195

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (Income) Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

87

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

74

 

 

 

87

 

Foreign exchange (gain) loss, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

116

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(7

)

Other (gains) losses, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(18

)

 

 

(14

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(27

)

 

 

(18

)

Total Other (Income) Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

198

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46

 

 

 

62

 

Net Earnings (Loss) Before Income Tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

133

 

 

 

561

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(246

)

 

 

133

 

Income tax expense (recovery)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(176

)

 

 

140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5

)

 

 

(176

)

Net Earnings (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

309

 

 

$

421

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(241

)

 

$

309

 

 

 

 

1112

 

 


 

 

Intersegment Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market Optimization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market Optimization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Marketing Sales

 

 

Upstream Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

 

Marketing Sales

 

 

Upstream Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

For the three months ended March 31,

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

$

2,168

 

 

$

2,095

 

 

$

(1,514

)

 

$

(1,675

)

 

$

654

 

 

$

420

 

 

$

3,423

 

 

$

2,168

 

 

$

(2,341

)

 

$

(1,514

)

 

$

1,082

 

 

$

654

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation and processing

 

 

137

 

 

 

168

 

 

 

(95

)

 

 

(106

)

 

 

42

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

152

 

 

 

137

 

 

 

(112

)

 

 

(95

)

 

 

40

 

 

 

42

 

Operating

 

 

7

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

7

 

Purchased product

 

 

2,023

 

 

 

1,967

 

 

 

(1,419

)

 

 

(1,569

)

 

 

604

 

 

 

398

 

 

 

3,295

 

 

 

2,023

 

 

 

(2,229

)

 

 

(1,419

)

 

 

1,066

 

 

 

604

 

Operating Income (Loss)

 

$

1

 

 

$

(42

)

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

(42

)

 

$

(33

)

 

$

1

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

(33

)

 

$

1

 

 

Capital Expenditures by Segment

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA Operations

 

 

 

 

 

$

261

 

 

$

628

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

372

 

 

$

261

 

Canadian Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

89

 

 

 

161

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78

 

 

 

89

 

Corporate & Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

350

 

 

$

790

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

451

 

 

$

350

 

 

Goodwill, Property, Plant and Equipment and Total Assets by Segment

 

 

Goodwill

 

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

 

 

Total Assets

 

 

Goodwill

 

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

 

 

Total Assets

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA Operations

 

$

1,938

 

 

$

1,938

 

 

$

8,164

 

 

$

8,103

 

 

$

10,808

 

 

$

10,646

 

 

$

1,938

 

 

$

1,938

 

 

$

7,813

 

 

$

7,623

 

 

$

10,787

 

 

$

10,345

 

Canadian Operations

 

 

695

 

 

 

687

 

 

 

1,152

 

 

 

1,142

 

 

 

2,123

 

 

 

2,031

 

 

 

700

 

 

 

690

 

 

 

986

 

 

 

951

 

 

 

2,090

 

 

 

1,932

 

Market Optimization

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

223

 

 

 

233

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

425

 

 

 

300

 

Corporate & Other

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

198

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

1,380

 

 

 

1,559

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

184

 

 

 

187

 

 

 

1,598

 

 

 

1,478

 

 

$

2,633

 

 

$

2,625

 

 

$

9,514

 

 

$

9,450

 

 

$

14,534

 

 

$

14,469

 

 

$

2,638

 

 

$

2,628

 

 

$

8,983

 

 

$

8,761

 

 

$

14,900

 

 

$

14,055

 

 

 

 

 

1213

 

 


 

 

3.

Revenues from Contracts with Customers

The following table summarizes Ovintiv’s revenues from contracts with customers.

Revenues (For the three months ended March 31)

 

 

USA Operations

 

 

Canadian Operations

 

 

Market Optimization

 

 

USA Operations

 

 

Canadian Operations

 

 

Market Optimization

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues from Customers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product revenues (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil

 

$

741

 

 

$

642

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

385

 

 

$

210

 

 

$

1,080

 

 

$

741

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

886

 

 

$

385

 

NGLs

 

 

158

 

 

 

86

 

 

 

256

 

 

 

179

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

267

 

 

 

158

 

 

 

362

 

 

 

256

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

15

 

Natural gas

 

 

123

 

 

 

72

 

 

 

317

 

 

 

172

 

 

 

241

 

 

 

205

 

 

 

206

 

 

 

123

 

 

 

419

 

 

 

317

 

 

 

183

 

 

 

241

 

Service revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering and processing

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

5

 

Product and Service Revenues

 

$

1,022

 

 

$

800

 

 

$

579

 

 

$

353

 

 

$

646

 

 

$

417

 

 

$

1,553

 

 

$

1,022

 

 

$

782

 

 

$

579

 

 

$

1,072

 

 

$

646

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate & Other

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

Corporate & Other

 

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues from Customers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product revenues (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil

 

 

 

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

1,131

 

 

$

854

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

1,966

 

 

$

1,131

 

NGLs

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

429

 

 

 

267

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

632

 

 

 

429

 

Natural gas

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

681

 

 

 

449

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

808

 

 

 

681

 

Service revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gathering and processing

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

6

 

Product and Service Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

2,247

 

 

$

1,570

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

3,407

 

 

$

2,247

 

 

(1)

Includes revenues from production and revenues of product purchased from third parties, but excludes intercompany marketing fees transacted between the Company’s operating segments.

The Company’s revenues from contracts with customers consists of product sales including oil, NGLs and natural gas, as well as the provision of gathering and processing services to third parties. Ovintiv had 0 contract asset or liability balances during the periods presented. As at March 31, 2021,2022, receivables and accrued revenues from contracts with customers were $997$1,505 million ($8141,070 million as at December 31, 2020)2021).

Ovintiv’s product sales are sold under short-term contracts with terms that are less than one year at either fixed or market index prices or under long-term contracts exceeding one year at market index prices.

The Company’s gathering and processing services are provided on an interruptible basis with transaction prices that are for fixed prices and/or variable consideration. Variable consideration received is related to recovery of plant operating costs or escalation of the fixed price based on a consumer price index. As the service contracts are interruptible, with service provided on an “as available” basis, there are 0 unsatisfied performance obligations remaining at March 31, 2021.2022.

As at March 31, 2021,2022, all remaining performance obligations are priced at market index prices or are variable volume delivery contracts. As such, the variable consideration is allocated entirely to the wholly unsatisfied performance obligation or promise to deliver units of production, and revenue is recognized at the amount for which the Company has the right to invoice the product delivered. As the period between when the product sales are transferred and Ovintiv receives payments is generally 30 to 60 days, there is no financing element associated with customer contracts. In addition, Ovintiv does not disclose unsatisfied performance obligations for customer contracts with terms less than 12 months or for variable consideration related to unsatisfied performance obligations.

 

 

 

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4.

Interest

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Expense on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt

 

$

84

 

 

$

89

 

 

$

70

 

 

$

84

 

Finance leases

 

 

2

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

2

 

Other

 

 

1

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

1

 

 

$

87

 

 

$

96

 

 

$

74

 

 

$

87

 

 

 

5.

Foreign Exchange (Gain) Loss, Net

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized Foreign Exchange (Gain) Loss on:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Translation of U.S. dollar financing debt issued from Canada

 

$

1

 

 

$

76

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

1

 

Translation of U.S. dollar risk management contracts issued from Canada

 

 

1

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

1

 

Translation of intercompany notes

 

 

0

 

 

 

(27

)

 

 

2

 

 

 

101

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

2

 

Foreign Exchange on Settlements of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Exchange (Gain) Loss on Settlements of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. dollar financing debt issued from Canada

 

 

(6

)

 

 

17

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(6

)

U.S. dollar risk management contracts issued from Canada

 

 

(7

)

 

 

3

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(7

)

Intercompany notes

 

 

0

 

 

 

3

 

Other Monetary Revaluations

 

 

4

 

 

 

(8

)

 

 

4

 

 

 

4

 

 

$

(7

)

 

$

116

 

 

$

(1

)

 

$

(7

)

Following the completion of the corporate reorganization and U.S. domestication in 2020, the U.S. dollar denominated unsecured notes issued by Encana Corporation from Canada were assumed by Ovintiv Inc., a company incorporated in Delaware with a U.S. dollar functional currency. Accordingly, these U.S. dollar denominated unsecured notes, along with certain intercompany notes, no longer attract foreign exchange translation gains or losses.

 

 

6.

Income Taxes

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States

 

$

3

 

 

$

0

 

Canada

 

$

(156

)

 

$

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(156

)

Total Current Tax Expense (Recovery)

 

 

(156

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

(156

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred Tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States

 

 

0

 

 

 

128

 

 

 

(17

)

 

 

0

 

Canada

 

 

(20

)

 

 

10

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

(20

)

Other Countries

 

 

0

 

 

 

2

 

Total Deferred Tax Expense (Recovery)

 

 

(20

)

 

 

140

 

 

 

(8

)

 

 

(20

)

Income Tax Expense (Recovery)

 

$

(176

)

 

$

140

 

 

$

(5

)

 

$

(176

)

Effective Tax Rate

 

 

(132.3

%)

 

 

25.0

%

 

 

2.0

%

 

 

(132.3

%)

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Ovintiv’s interim income tax expense is determined using the estimated annual effective income tax rate applied to year-to-date net earnings before income tax plus the effect of legislative changes and amounts in respect of prior periods. The estimated annual effective income tax rate is impacted by expected annual earnings, changes in valuation allowances, income tax related to foreign operations, state tax,taxes, the effect of legislative changes, non-taxable capital gains and losses,items and tax differences on divestitures and transactions, which can produce interim effective tax rate fluctuations.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the current income tax recovery was primarily due to the resolution of prior yearyears’ tax items. The resolution, along with other items, resulted in a $222 million reduction of unrecognized tax benefits, offset by a $66 million reduction in valuation allowance, and recognitionallowance. The Company also recognized related interest income of $12 million in interest income in other (gains) losses.losses, net.

15


During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the deferred tax recovery was due to the lower annual effective income tax rate applied to jurisdictional earnings. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the deferred tax recovery was primarily due to the reductionchange in valuation allowances recorded relating to current year net earnings before tax and from the resolution of prior yearyears’ tax items. During

The effective tax rate of 2.0 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2020,2022 is lower than the deferredU.S. federal statutory tax expense wasrate of 21 percent primarily due to net earnings beforethe lower annual effective income tax rate resulting from a reduction in the period.

valuation allowances. The effective tax rate of (132.3) percent for the three months ended March 31, 2021 iswas lower than the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 21 percent primarily due to the resolution of certainprior years’ tax items relating to prior taxation years and the reductionchange in valuation allowances recorded relating to current year earnings net earnings before tax. The effective tax rate of 25.0 percent for the three months ended March 31, 2020 was higher than the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 21 percent primarily due to state taxes and foreign jurisdictional tax rates relative to the U.S. federal statutory tax rate applied to jurisdictional earnings.allowances.

 

 

7.

Acquisitions and Divestitures

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisitions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA Operations

 

$

1

 

 

$

17

 

 

$

15

 

 

$

1

 

Total Acquisitions

 

 

1

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Divestitures

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA Operations

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(21

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

Canadian Operations

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

(1

)

Total Divestitures

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(22

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(2

)

Net Acquisitions & (Divestitures)

 

$

(1

)

 

$

(5

)

 

$

14

 

 

$

(1

)

Acquisitions

For the three months ended March 31, 2020,2022, acquisitions in the USA Operations were $17$15 million, which primarily included property purchases with oil and liquids rich potential.

Divestitures

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, divestitures in the USA Operations were $21 million, which primarily included the sale of certain properties that did not complement Ovintiv’s existing portfolio of assets.

Amounts received from the Company’s divestiture transactions have been deducted from the respective U.S. and Canadian full cost pools.

As part of the Duvernay asset divestiture in the second quarter of 2021, the Company agreed to a contingent consideration arrangement, payable to Ovintiv, in the amount of C$5 million at the end of 2021 and an additional C$10 million at the end of 2022, if the annual average of the WTI reference price for each calendar year is greater than $56 per barrel and $62 per barrel, respectively. The terms of the contingent consideration for the 2021 calendar year were met and the consideration was settled during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The fair value of the contingent consideration pertaining to the 2022 calendar year is presented in accounts receivable and accrued revenues in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet. See Notes 17 and 18 for further information on the contingent consideration.

 

 

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8.

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

 

 

As at March 31, 2021

 

 

As at December 31, 2020

 

 

As at March 31, 2022

 

 

As at December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

DD&A

 

 

Net

 

 

Cost

 

 

DD&A

 

 

Net

 

 

Cost

 

 

DD&A

 

 

Net

 

 

Cost

 

 

DD&A

 

 

Net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proved properties

 

$

38,287

 

 

$

(32,789

)

 

$

5,498

 

 

$

37,875

 

 

$

(32,581

)

 

$

5,294

 

 

$

39,699

 

 

$

(33,619

)

 

$

6,080

 

 

$

39,145

 

 

$

(33,418

)

 

$

5,727

 

Unproved properties

 

 

2,642

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

2,642

 

 

 

2,785

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

2,785

 

 

 

1,717

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1,717

 

 

 

1,884

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1,884

 

Other

 

 

24

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

40,953

 

 

 

(32,789

)

 

 

8,164

 

 

 

40,684

 

 

 

(32,581

)

 

 

8,103

 

 

 

41,432

 

 

 

(33,619

)

 

 

7,813

 

 

 

41,041

 

 

 

(33,418

)

 

 

7,623

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canadian Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proved properties

 

 

16,316

 

 

 

(15,339

)

 

 

977

 

 

 

16,008

 

 

 

(15,056

)

 

 

952

 

 

 

16,652

 

 

 

(15,733

)

 

 

919

 

 

 

16,330

 

 

 

(15,450

)

 

 

880

 

Unproved properties

 

 

165

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

165

 

 

 

177

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

177

 

 

 

58

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

58

 

 

 

60

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

60

 

Other

 

 

10

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

16,491

 

 

 

(15,339

)

 

 

1,152

 

 

 

16,198

 

 

 

(15,056

)

 

 

1,142

 

 

 

16,719

 

 

 

(15,733

)

 

 

986

 

 

 

16,401

 

 

 

(15,450

)

 

 

951

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market Optimization

 

 

7

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

2

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

0

 

Corporate & Other

 

 

874

 

 

 

(676

)

 

 

198

 

 

 

865

 

 

 

(662

)

 

 

203

 

 

 

883

 

 

 

(699

)

 

 

184

 

 

 

873

 

 

 

(686

)

 

 

187

 

 

$

58,325

 

 

$

(48,811

)

 

$

9,514

 

 

$

57,756

 

 

$

(48,306

)

 

$

9,450

 

 

$

59,041

 

 

$

(50,058

)

 

$

8,983

 

 

$

58,322

 

 

$

(49,561

)

 

$

8,761

 

 

USA and Canadian Operations’ property, plant and equipment include internal costs directly related to exploration, development and construction activities of $40$49 million, which have been capitalized during the three months ended March 31, 2021 (20202022 (2021 - $47$44 million).

For the three months ended March 31, 2021, Ovintiv did 0t recognize a ceiling test impairment in the USA Operations (2020 - $277 million before tax) or Canadian Operations (2020 - nil). The non-cash ceiling test impairment recognized in the USA Operations in 2020 is included with accumulated DD&A in the table above and primarily resulted from the decline in the 12-month average trailing prices related to NGLs and natural gas, which reduced proved reserves values.

The 12-month average trailing prices used in the ceiling test calculations were based on the benchmark prices presented below. The benchmark prices were adjusted for basis differentials to determine local reference prices, transportation costs and tariffs, heat content and quality.

 

 

Oil & NGLs

 

 

Natural Gas

 

 

 

WTI

 

 

Edmonton

Condensate

 

 

Henry Hub

 

 

AECO

 

 

 

($/bbl)

 

 

(C$/bbl)

 

 

($/MMBtu)

 

 

(C$/MMBtu)

 

12-Month Average Trailing Reserves Pricing (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

$

40.01

 

 

$

49.68

 

 

$

2.16

 

 

$

2.36

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

39.62

 

 

 

49.77

 

 

 

1.98

 

 

 

2.13

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

56.06

 

 

 

70.32

 

 

 

2.30

 

 

 

1.48

 

(1)

All prices were held constant in all future years when estimating net revenues and reserves.

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9.

Leases

The following table outlines Ovintiv’s estimated future sublease income as at March 31, 2021.2022. All subleases are classified as operating leases.

 

(undiscounted)

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

Total

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sublease Income

 

$

39

 

 

$

48

 

 

$

47

 

 

$

46

 

 

$

47

 

 

$

528

 

 

$

755

 

 

$

36

 

 

$

49

 

 

$

48

 

 

$

49

 

 

$

49

 

 

$

487

 

 

$

718

 

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2021,2022, operating lease income was $13 million (2020(2021 - $13 million), and variable lease income was $5 million (2020(2021 - $5 million).

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10.

Long-Term Debt

 

 

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Dollar Denominated Debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revolving credit and term loan borrowings

 

 

 

$

490

 

 

$

950

 

U.S. Unsecured Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.90% due November 15, 2021

 

 

 

 

518

 

 

 

518

 

5.75% due January 30, 2022

 

 

 

 

600

 

 

 

600

 

5.625% due July 1, 2024

 

 

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

 

$

1,000

 

 

$

1,000

 

5.375% due January 1, 2026

 

 

 

 

688

 

 

 

688

 

 

 

 

 

688

 

 

 

688

 

8.125% due September 15, 2030

 

 

 

 

300

 

 

 

300

 

 

 

 

 

300

 

 

 

300

 

7.20% due November 1, 2031

 

 

 

 

350

 

 

 

350

 

 

 

 

 

350

 

 

 

350

 

7.375% due November 1, 2031

 

 

 

 

500

 

 

 

500

 

 

 

 

 

500

 

 

 

500

 

6.50% due August 15, 2034

 

 

 

 

750

 

 

 

750

 

 

 

 

 

750

 

 

 

750

 

6.625% due August 15, 2037

 

 

 

 

462

 

 

 

462

 

 

 

 

 

462

 

 

 

462

 

6.50% due February 1, 2038

 

 

 

 

488

 

 

 

488

 

 

 

 

 

488

 

 

 

488

 

5.15% due November 15, 2041

 

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

203

 

 

 

 

 

197

 

 

 

203

 

Total Principal

 

 

 

 

6,349

 

 

 

6,809

 

 

 

 

 

4,735

 

 

 

4,741

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase in Value of Debt Acquired

 

 

 

 

103

 

 

 

111

 

 

 

 

 

72

 

 

 

77

 

Unamortized Debt Discounts and Issuance Costs

 

 

 

 

(34

)

 

 

(35

)

 

 

 

 

(32

)

 

 

(32

)

Total Long-Term Debt

 

 

 

$

6,418

 

 

$

6,885

 

 

 

 

$

4,775

 

 

$

4,786

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Portion

 

 

 

$

1,118

 

 

$

518

 

 

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

Long-Term Portion

 

 

 

 

5,300

 

 

 

6,367

 

 

 

 

 

4,775

 

 

 

4,786

 

 

 

 

$

6,418

 

 

$

6,885

 

 

 

 

$

4,775

 

 

$

4,786

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company repurchased approximately $6 million in principal amount of its 5.15 percent senior notes due in November 2041 in the open market. The aggregate cash payments related to the note repurchases were $6 million, plus accrued interest.

 

As at March 31, 2021, the Company had outstanding commercial paper of $490 million maturing at various dates with a weighted average interest rate of approximately 1.03 percent. These amounts are supported, and Management expects that they will continue to be supported by revolving credit facilities that have no repayment requirements within the next year and which expire in 2024.

As at March 31, 2021,2022, total long-term debt had a carrying value of $6,418$4,775 million and a fair value of $7,206$5,412 million (as at December 31, 20202021 - carrying value of $6,885$4,786 million and a fair value of $7,379$5,804 million). The estimated fair value of long-term borrowings is categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy and has been determined based on market information of long-term debt with similar terms and maturity, or by discounting future payments of interest and principal at interest rates expected to be available to the Company at period end.

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company repurchased in the open market approximately $100 million in principal amount of its senior notes. The aggregate cash payments related to the note repurchases were $89 million, plus accrued interest, and net gains of approximately $11 million, were recognized in other (gains) losses, net on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings.

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11.

Other Liabilities and Provisions

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finance Lease Obligations

 

$

38

 

 

$

39

 

 

$

32

 

 

$

33

 

Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Note 6)

 

 

0

 

 

 

158

 

Pensions and Other Post-Employment Benefits

 

 

126

 

 

 

129

 

 

 

101

 

 

 

104

 

Long-Term Incentive Costs (See Note 16)

 

 

11

 

 

 

9

 

Other Derivative Contracts (See Notes 18, 19)

 

 

5

 

 

 

7

 

Long-Term Incentive Costs (See Note 15)

 

 

20

 

 

 

36

 

Other Derivative Contracts (See Notes 17, 18)

 

 

5

 

 

 

5

 

Other

 

 

16

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

12

 

 

$

196

 

 

$

358

 

 

$

170

 

 

$

190

 

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12.

Share Capital

Authorized

Ovintiv is authorized to issue 750 million shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 25 million shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share. NoNaN shares of preferred stock are outstanding.

 

Issued and Outstanding

 

 

As at

March 31, 2021

 

 

As at

December 31, 2020

 

 

As at

March 31, 2022

 

 

As at

December 31, 2021

 

 

Number

(millions)

 

 

Amount

 

 

Number

(millions)

 

 

Amount

 

 

Number

(millions)

 

 

Amount

 

 

Number

(millions)

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares of Common Stock Outstanding, Beginning of Year

 

 

259.8

 

 

$

3

 

 

 

259.8

 

 

$

7,061

 

 

 

258.0

 

 

$

3

 

 

 

259.8

 

 

$

3

 

Shares of Common Stock Issued (See Note 16)

 

 

1.2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

Reclassification of Share Capital

 

 

-

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(7,058

)

Shares of Common Stock Purchased

 

 

(1.7

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

(3.1

)

 

 

0

 

Shares of Common Stock Issued

 

 

2.3

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1.3

 

 

 

0

 

Shares of Common Stock Outstanding, End of Period

 

 

261.0

 

 

$

3

 

 

 

259.8

 

 

$

3

 

 

 

258.6

 

 

$

3

 

 

 

258.0

 

 

$

3

 

 

In conjunctionOvintiv’s Performance Share Units (“PSU”) and Restricted Share Units (“RSU”) stock-based compensation plans allow the Company to settle the awards either in cash or in the Company’s common stock. Accordingly, Ovintiv issued 2.3 million shares of common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2022 (1.3 million shares during the twelve months ended December 31, 2021) as certain PSU and RSU grants vested during the period.

Normal Course Issuer Bid

On September 28, 2021, the Company announced it had received regulatory approval to commence a NCIB that enables the Company to purchase, for cancellation, up to approximately 26 million shares of common stock over a 12-month period from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022.

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company purchased approximately 1.7 million shares for total consideration of approximately $71 million. Of the amount paid, $14 thousand was charged to share capital and $71 million was charged to paid in surplus.

All purchases were made in accordance with the corporate reorganization and U.S. domestication completed in 2020, the amount recognized inNCIB at prevailing market prices plus brokerage fees, with consideration allocated to share capital in excess of Ovintiv’s establishedup to the par value of $0.01 per share was reclassifiedthe shares, with any excess allocated to paid in surplus. Accordingly, approximately $7,058 million was reclassified.

Dividends

During the three months ended March 31, 2021,2022, the Company declared and paid dividends of $0.09375$0.20 per share of Ovintiv common stock totaling $24$52 million (2020(2021 - $0.09375 per share of Ovintiv common stock totaling $24 million).

On April 28, 2021,May 9, 2022, the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.09375$0.25 per share of Ovintiv common stock payable on June 30, 20212022 to stockholdersshareholders of record as of June 15, 2021.

2022.

 

 

1819

 

 


 

Earnings Per Share of Common Stock

The following table presents the computationcalculation of net earnings (loss) per share of common stock:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

March 31,

 

(US$ millions, except per share amounts)

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Earnings (Loss)

 

 

$

309

 

 

$

421

 

 

 

$

(241

)

 

$

309

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of Shares of Common Stock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding - Basic

 

 

 

260.1

 

 

 

259.8

 

 

 

 

257.4

 

 

 

260.1

 

Effect of dilutive securities (1)

 

 

 

5.9

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

5.9

 

Weighted Average Shares of Common Stock Outstanding - Diluted

 

 

 

266.0

 

 

 

259.8

 

 

 

 

257.4

 

 

 

266.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Earnings (Loss) per Share of Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

$

1.19

 

 

$

1.62

 

 

 

$

(0.94

)

 

$

1.19

 

Diluted (1)

 

 

 

1.16

 

 

 

1.62

 

 

 

 

(0.94

)

 

 

1.16

 

 

(1)

DuringFor the fourth quarterthree months ended March 31, 2022, all of 2020, Ovintiv’s Board of Directors resolved to settle certain Performance Share Units (“PSUs”) and Restricted Share Units (“RSUs”) with the issuance of the Company’s common stock. As a result, the stock-based compensationequity-settled awards were modifieddetermined to be antidilutive and reclassified as equity-settled awards. See Note 16 for further information.therefore are excluded from the calculation of fully diluted net earnings (loss) per share of common stock.

 

Stock-Based Compensation Plans

Shares issued as a result of awards granted from stock-based compensation plans are generally funded out of the common stock authorized for issuance as approved by the Company’s shareholders.

 

Stock-Based Compensation Plans

Ovintiv’s PSU and RSU stock-based compensation plans allow the Company to settle the awards either in cash or in the Company’s common stock. The PSUs and RSUs are classified as equity-settled if the Company has sufficient common stock reservedheld in reserve for issuance. These awards are included in the computationcalculation of fully diluted net earnings (loss) per share of common stock if dilutive.

 

Ovintiv’s stock options with associated Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights (“TSARs”) give the employee the right to purchase shares of common stock of the Company or receive cash. Historically, most holders of options have elected to exercise their TSARs in exchange for a cash payment. As a result, outstanding options are not considered potentially dilutive securities.

 

 

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13.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, Beginning of Year

 

$

1,042

 

 

$

1,004

 

 

$

1,044

 

 

$

1,042

 

Change in Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment

 

 

19

 

 

 

(134

)

 

 

28

 

 

 

19

 

Balance, End of Period

 

$

1,061

 

 

$

870

 

 

$

1,072

 

 

$

1,061

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension and Other Post-Employment Benefit Plans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, Beginning of Year

 

$

34

 

 

$

42

 

 

$

48

 

 

$

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts Reclassified from Other Comprehensive Income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassification of net actuarial (gains) and losses to net earnings (See Note 17)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(2

)

Reclassification of net actuarial (gains) and losses to net earnings (See Note 16)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

Income taxes

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

Balance, End of Period

 

$

33

 

 

$

40

 

 

$

47

 

 

$

33

 

Total Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

 

$

1,094

 

 

$

910

 

 

$

1,119

 

 

$

1,094

 

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14.

Variable Interest Entities

Veresen Midstream Limited Partnership

Veresen Midstream Limited Partnership (“VMLP”) provides gathering, compression and processing services under various agreements related to the Company’s development of liquids and natural gas production in the Montney play. As at March 31, 2021,2022, VMLP provides approximately 1,1671,160 MMcf/d of natural gas gathering and compression and 925923 MMcf/d of natural gas processing under long-term service agreements with remaining terms ranging from 10nine to 2423 years and have various renewal terms providing up to a potential maximum of 10 years.

Ovintiv has determined that VMLP is a VIEvariable interest entity and that Ovintiv holds variable interests in VMLP. Ovintiv is not the primary beneficiary as the Company does not have the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact VMLP’s economic performance. These key activities relate to the construction, operation, maintenance and marketing of the assets owned by VMLP. The variable interests arise from certain terms under the various long-term service agreements and include: i) a take or pay for volumes in certain agreements; ii) an operating fee of which a portion can be converted into a fixed fee once VMLP assumes operatorship of certain assets; and iii) a potential payout of minimum costs in certain agreements. The potential payout of minimum costs will be assessed in the eighth year of the assets’ service period and is based on whether there is an overall shortfall of total system cash flows from natural gas gathered and compressed under certain agreements. The potential payout amount can be reduced in the event VMLP markets unutilized capacity to third partythird-party users. Ovintiv is not required to provide any financial support or guarantees to VMLP.

 

As a result of Ovintiv’s involvement with VMLP, the maximum total exposure to loss related to the commitments under the agreements is estimated to be $1,894$1,718 million as at March 31, 2021.2022. The estimate comprises the take or pay volume commitments and the potential payout of minimum costs. The take or pay volume commitments associated with certain gathering and processing assets are included in Note 2120 under Transportation and Processing. The potential payout requirement is highly uncertain as the amount is contingent on future production estimates, pace of development and the amount of capacity contracted to third parties. As at March 31, 2021,2022, accounts payable and accrued liabilities included $0.3$0.2 million related to the take or pay commitment.

 

 

 

 

2021

 

 


 

 

15.

Restructuring Charges

In June 2020, Ovintiv undertook a plan to reduce its workforce by approximately 25 percent as part of a company-wide reorganization in response to the low commodity price environment resulting from the global pandemic and the Company’s planned reductions in capital spending. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company incurred restructuring charges of $6 million, before tax, related to severance costs. Of the $96 million in restructuring charges incurred to date, $4 million remains accrued as at March 31, 2021 ($14 million as at December 31, 2020). The majority of the remaining amounts accrued are expected to be paid in 2021 and total transition and severance costs are expected to be approximately $104 million before tax.

Restructuring charges are included in administrative expense presented in the Corporate and Other segment in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings.

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Severance and Benefits

 

$

6

 

 

$

0

 

Outplacement, Moving and Other Expenses

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

Restructuring Expenses

 

$

6

 

 

$

0

 

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding Restructuring Accrual, Beginning of Year

 

$

14

 

 

$

8

 

Restructuring Expenses Incurred

 

 

6

 

 

 

90

 

Restructuring Costs Paid

 

 

(16

)

 

 

(84

)

Outstanding Restructuring Accrual, End of Period (1)

 

$

4

 

 

$

14

 

(1)

Included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

16.

Compensation Plans

Ovintiv has a number of compensation arrangements under which the Company awards various types of long-term incentive grants to eligible employees and Directors. They may include TSARs, Stock Appreciation Rights (“SARs”), PSUs, Deferred Share Units (“DSUs”) and RSUs.

Ovintiv accounts for PSUs and RSUs as equity-settled stock-based payment transactions provided there is sufficient common stock held in reserve for issuance. TSARs, SARs and DSUs are accounted for as cash-settled stock-based payment transactions. The Company accrues compensation costs over the vesting period based on the fair value of the rights determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton or other appropriate fair value models.

During the fourth quarter of 2020, Ovintiv’s Board of Directors resolved to settle certain PSU awards and RSU awards with the issuance of the Company’s common stock. Historically, the Company settled PSU and RSU awards in cash. As a result, the respective awards were modified and reclassified as equity-settled share-based payment transactions at the modification date. The modified awards accrue compensation expense using the modification date fair value of the awards over the remaining vesting period. Common stock used to settle the PSU and RSU awards will be issued from Ovintiv’s common stock authorized and held in reserve for issuance under the Company’s stock-based compensation plans.

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The following weighted average assumptions were used to determine the fair value of TSAR and SAR units outstanding:  

 

 

As at March 31, 2021

 

 

As at March 31, 2020

 

 

As at March 31, 2022

 

 

As at March 31, 2021

 

 

US$ SAR

Share Units

 

C$ TSAR

Share Units

 

 

US$ SAR

Share Units

 

C$ TSAR

Share Units

 

 

US$ SAR

Share Units

 

C$ TSAR

Share Units

 

 

US$ SAR

Share Units

 

C$ TSAR

Share Units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk Free Interest Rate

 

0.23%

 

0.23%

 

 

0.47%

 

0.47%

 

 

2.21%

 

2.21%

 

 

0.23%

 

0.23%

 

Dividend Yield

 

1.57%

 

1.58%

 

 

13.89%

 

13.07%

 

 

1.48%

 

1.50%

 

 

1.57%

 

1.58%

 

Expected Volatility Rate (1)

 

105.41%

 

104.44%

 

 

93.81%

 

93.42%

 

 

106.57%

 

105.29%

 

 

105.41%

 

104.44%

 

Expected Term

 

1.8 yrs

 

1.8 yrs

 

 

2.8 yrs

 

2.3 yrs

 

 

1.6 yrs

 

1.7 yrs

 

 

1.8 yrs

 

1.8 yrs

 

Market Share Price

 

US$23.82

 

C$29.97

 

 

US$2.70

 

C$3.86

 

 

US$54.07

 

C$67.63

 

 

US$23.82

 

C$29.97

 

Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value

 

US$36.72

 

C$49.93

 

 

US$38.13

 

C$48.28

 

 

US$37.98

 

C$53.93

 

 

US$36.72

 

C$49.93

 

(1)

Volatility was estimated using historical rates.

The Company has recognized the following share-based compensation costs:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Compensation Costs of Transactions Classified as Cash-Settled

 

$

40

 

 

$

(51

)

 

$

89

 

 

$

40

 

Total Compensation Costs of Transactions Classified as Equity-Settled

 

 

11

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

11

 

Less: Total Share-Based Compensation Costs Capitalized

 

 

(7

)

 

 

13

 

 

 

(9

)

 

 

(7

)

Total Share-Based Compensation Expense (Recovery)

 

$

44

 

 

$

(38

)

 

$

90

 

 

$

44

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recognized on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Earnings in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating

 

$

9

 

 

$

(12

)

 

$

11

 

 

$

9

 

Administrative

 

 

35

 

 

 

(26

)

 

 

79

 

 

 

35

 

 

$

44

 

 

$

(38

)

 

$

90

 

 

$

44

 

 

As at March 31, 2021,2022, the liability for cash-settled share-based payment transactions totaled $51$135 million ($34114 million as at December 31, 2020)2021), of which $40$115 million ($2578 million as at December 31, 2020)2021) is recognized in accounts payable and accrued liabilities and $11$20 million ($936 million as at December 31, 2020)2021) is recognized in other liabilities and provisions in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.Additionally, paid in surplus includes $65 million ($71 million as at December 31, 2020) related to equity-settled share-based compensation plans.

The following units were granted primarily in conjunction with the Company’s annual grant of long-term incentive awards. The PSUs and RSUs were granted at the volume-weighted average trading price of shares of Ovintiv common stock for the five days prior to the grant date.

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 20212022 (thousands of units)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RSUs

 

 

2,6141,312

 

PSUs

 

 

844461

 

DSUs

 

 

83

 

 

 

 

 

22

 

 


 

 

17.16.

Pension and Other Post-Employment Benefits

The Company has recognized total benefit plans expense which includes pension benefits and other post-employment benefits (“OPEB”) for the three months ended March 31 as follows:

 

 

Pension Benefits

 

 

OPEB

 

 

Total

 

 

Pension Benefits

 

 

OPEB

 

 

Total

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Defined Periodic Benefit Cost

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

(1

)

 

$

0

 

 

$

(1

)

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

(1

)

 

$

0

 

 

$

(1

)

 

$

0

 

Defined Contribution Plan Expense

 

 

6

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

6

 

Total Benefit Plans Expense

 

$

6

 

 

$

8

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

(1

)

 

$

6

 

 

$

7

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

6

 

 

$

(1

)

 

$

0

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

6

 

 

Of the total benefit plans expense, $6$5 million (2020(2021 - $7$6 million) was included in operating expense and $1 million (2020(2021 - $2$1 million) was included in administrative expense. Excluding service costs, net defined periodic benefit gains of $1 million (2020(2021 - gains of $2$1 million) were recorded in other (gains) losses, net.

The net defined periodic benefit cost for the three months ended March 31 is as follows:

 

 

Defined Benefits

 

 

OPEB

 

 

Total

 

 

Defined Benefits

 

 

OPEB

 

 

Total

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service Cost

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

1

 

Interest Cost

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

Expected Return on Plan Assets

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(2

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

Amounts Reclassified from Accumulated Other

Comprehensive Income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of net actuarial (gains) and losses

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(2

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(1

)

Total Net Defined Periodic Benefit Cost (1)

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

(1

)

 

$

0

 

 

$

(1

)

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

(1

)

 

$

0

 

 

$

(1

)

 

$

0

 

 

(1)

The components of total net defined periodic benefit cost, excluding the service cost component, are included in other (gains) losses, net.

 

 

 

23

 

 


 

 

18.17.

Fair Value Measurements

The fair values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accrued revenues, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate their carrying amounts due to the short-term maturity of those instruments. The fair values of restricted cash and marketable securities included in other assets approximate their carrying amounts due to the nature of the instruments held.

Recurring fair value measurements are performed for risk management assets and liabilities and other derivative contracts, as discussed further in Note 19.18. These items are carried at fair value in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and are classified within the three levels of the fair value hierarchy in the following tables.

Fair value changes and settlements for amounts related to risk management assets and liabilities are recognized in revenues and foreign exchange gains and losses according to their purpose.

 

As at March 31, 2021

 

Level 1

Quoted

Prices in

Active

Markets

 

 

Level 2

Other

Observable

Inputs

 

 

Level 3

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

 

 

Total Fair

Value

 

 

Netting (1)

 

 

Carrying

Amount

 

As at March 31, 2022

 

Level 1

Quoted

Prices in

Active

Markets

 

 

Level 2

Other

Observable

Inputs

 

 

Level 3

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

 

 

Total Fair

Value

 

 

Netting (1)

 

 

Carrying

Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk Management Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

$

0

 

 

$

62

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

62

 

 

$

(58

)

 

$

4

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

29

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

32

 

 

$

(32

)

 

$

0

 

Long-term assets

 

 

0

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

(5

)

 

 

5

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

3

 

Foreign Currency Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

0

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

(17

)

 

 

7

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk Management Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

$

3

 

 

$

241

 

 

$

230

 

 

$

474

 

 

$

(58

)

 

$

416

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

1,174

 

 

$

563

 

 

$

1,738

 

 

$

(32

)

 

$

1,706

 

Long-term liabilities

 

 

0

 

 

 

111

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

111

 

 

 

(5

)

 

 

106

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

41

 

 

 

11

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

42

 

Foreign Currency Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(17

)

 

 

(17

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

(7

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Derivative Contracts(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current in accounts receivable and accrued revenues

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

7

 

 

$

7

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

7

 

Current in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

0

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

1

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1

 

Long-term in other liabilities and provisions

 

 

0

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

5

 

 

As at December 31, 2020

 

Level 1

Quoted

Prices in

Active

Markets

 

 

Level 2

Other

Observable

Inputs

 

 

Level 3

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

 

 

Total Fair

Value

 

 

Netting (1)

 

 

Carrying

Amount

 

As at December 31, 2021

 

Level 1

Quoted

Prices in

Active

Markets

 

 

Level 2

Other

Observable

Inputs

 

 

Level 3

Significant

Unobservable

Inputs

 

 

Total Fair

Value

 

 

Netting (1)

 

 

Carrying

Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk Management Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

$

0

 

 

$

70

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

70

 

 

$

(59

)

 

$

11

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

10

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

10

 

 

$

(10

)

 

$

0

 

Long-term assets

 

 

0

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

4

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

0

 

Foreign Currency Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

0

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk Management Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

$

1

 

 

$

114

 

 

$

74

 

 

$

189

 

 

$

(59

)

 

$

130

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

536

 

 

$

181

 

 

$

717

 

 

$

(10

)

 

$

707

 

Long-term liabilities

 

 

0

 

 

 

128

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

128

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

125

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

25

 

Foreign Currency Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

(4

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Derivative Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Derivative Contracts (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current in accounts receivable and accrued revenues

 

$

0

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

9

 

 

$

9

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

9

 

Current in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

0

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

0

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

1

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1

 

Long-term in other liabilities and provisions

 

 

0

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

5

 

(1)

Netting to offset derivative assets and liabilities where the legal right and intention to offset exists, or where counterparty master netting arrangements contain provisions for net settlement.

(2)

Includes credit derivatives and contingent consideration associated with certain prior years’ divestitures.

 

 

24

 

 


 

The Company’s Level 1 and Level 2 risk management assets and liabilities consist of commodity fixed price contracts, NYMEX fixed price swaptions, NYMEX three-way options, NYMEX costless collars, NYMEX call options, foreign currency swaps and basis swaps with terms to 2025. Level 2 also includes financial guarantee contracts as discussed in Note 19.18. The fair values of these contracts are estimated using inputs which are either directly or indirectly observable from active markets, such as exchange and other published prices, broker quotes and observable trading activity throughout the term of the instruments.

Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

As at March 31, 2021,2022, the Company’s Level 3 risk management assets and liabilities consist of WTI three-way options and a contingent consideration derivative contract tied to WTI costless collars with terms to 2021.2023. The WTI three-way options are a combination of a sold call, a bought put and a sold put. The WTI costless collars are a combination of a sold call and a bought put. These contracts allow the Company to participate in the upside of commodity prices to the ceiling of the call option and provide the Company with complete (collars) or partial (three-way) downside price protection through the put options. The fair values of these contracts are based on the income approach and are modelleddetermined using an option pricing model using observable and unobservable inputs such as implied volatility. The unobservable inputs are obtained from third parties whenever possible and reviewed by the Company for reasonableness.

A summary of changes in Level 3 fair value measurements for risk management positions is presented below:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, Beginning of Year

 

$

(74

)

 

$

(52

)

 

$

(172

)

 

$

(74

)

Total Gains (Losses)

 

 

(237

)

 

 

242

 

 

 

(553

)

 

 

(237

)

Purchases, Sales, Issuances and Settlements:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases, sales and issuances

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

Settlements

 

 

81

 

 

 

(40

)

 

 

163

 

 

 

81

 

Transfers Out of Level 3

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

Balance, End of Period

 

$

(230

)

 

$

150

 

 

$

(562

)

 

$

(230

)

Change in Unrealized Gains (Losses) During the

Period Included in Net Earnings (Loss)

 

$

(156

)

 

$

202

 

 

$

(390

)

 

$

(156

)

 

Quantitative information about unobservable inputs used in Level 3 fair value measurements is presented below as at March 31, 2021:2022:

 

 

 

Valuation Technique

 

Unobservable Input

 

Range

 

Weighted Average (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk Management - WTI Options

 

Option Model

 

Implied Volatility

 

36%15% - 87%80%

 

47%58%

 

 

(1)

Unobservable inputs were weighted by the relative fair value of the instruments.

 

A 10 percent increase or decrease in implied volatility for the WTI options would cause an approximate corresponding $8$15 million ($615 million as at December 31, 2020)2021) increase or decrease to net risk management assets and liabilities.

 

 

 

 

25

 

 


 

 

19.18.

Financial Instruments and Risk Management

A)  Financial Instruments

Ovintiv’s financial assets and liabilities are recognized in cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accrued revenues, other assets, accounts payable and accrued liabilities, risk management assets and liabilities, long-term debt, and other liabilities and provisions.

B)  Risk Management Activities

Ovintiv uses derivative financial instruments to manage its exposure to cash flow variability from commodity prices and fluctuating foreign currency exchange rates. The Company does not apply hedge accounting to any of its derivative financial instruments. As a result, gains and losses from changes in the fair value are recognized in net earnings.earnings (loss).

Commodity Price Risk

Commodity price risk arises from the effect that fluctuations in future commodity prices may have on future cash flows. To partially mitigate exposure to commodity price risk, the Company has entered into various derivative financial instruments.  The use of these derivative instruments is governed under formal policies and is subject to limits established by the Board of Directors.

Crude Oil and NGLs - To partially mitigate crude oil and NGL commodity price risk, the Company uses WTI-basedWTI- and NGL-based contracts such as fixed price contracts options and costless collars.options. Ovintiv has also entered into basis swaps to manage against widening price differentials between various production areas, products and benchmark price points.

Natural Gas - To partially mitigate natural gas commodity price risk, the Company uses NYMEX-based contracts such as fixed price contracts, fixed price swaptions, options and costless collars. Ovintiv has also entered into basis swaps to manage against widening price differentials between various production areas and benchmark price points.

Foreign Exchange Risk

Foreign exchange risk arises from changes in foreign currency exchange rates that may affect the fair value or future cash flows of the Company’s financial assets or liabilities. To partially mitigate the effect of foreign exchange fluctuations on future commodity revenues and expenses, the Company may enter into foreign currency derivative contracts. As at March 31, 2021,2022, the Company has entered into $263$300 million notional U.S. dollar denominated currency swaps at an average exchange rate of C$1.37201.2848 to US$1, which mature monthly through the remainder of 2021.2022.

 

 

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Risk Management Positions as at March 31, 20212022

 

 

Notional Volumes

 

Term

 

Average Price

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Notional Volumes

 

Term

 

Average Price

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crude Oil and NGL Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

US$/bbl

 

 

 

 

 

Oil and NGL Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

US$/bbl

 

 

 

 

Fixed Price Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WTI Fixed Price

 

33.3 Mbbls/d

 

2021

 

 

46.83

 

 

$

(102

)

 

5.0 Mbbls/d

 

2022

 

60.16

 

$

(45

)

Propane Fixed Price

 

12.0 Mbbls/d

 

2021

 

 

25.78

 

 

 

(26

)

Butane Fixed Price

 

5.0 Mbbls/d

 

2021

 

 

24.83

 

 

 

(17

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WTI Three-Way Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sold call / bought put / sold put

 

83.4 Mbbls/d

 

2021

 

53.13 / 43.85 / 34.19

 

 

 

(175

)

 

75.0 Mbbls/d

 

2022

 

70.79 / 60.82 / 49.33

 

 

(550

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WTI Costless Collars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sold call / bought put

 

15.0 Mbbls/d

 

2021

 

45.84 / 35.00

 

 

 

(55

)

Sold call / bought put / sold put

 

18.8 Mbbls/d

 

2023

 

112.92 / 65.00 / 50.00

 

 

(19

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basis Contracts (1)

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Crude Financial Positions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

Crude Oil and NGLs Fair Value Position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(379

)

Other Financial Positions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

0

 

Oil and NGLs Fair Value Position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(621

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural Gas Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

US$/Mcf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US$/Mcf

 

 

 

 

Fixed Price Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NYMEX Fixed Price

 

110 MMcf/d

 

2021

 

 

2.51

 

 

 

(8

)

 

365 MMcf/d

 

2022

 

2.60

 

 

(309

)

NYMEX Fixed Price

 

100 MMcf/d

 

2022

 

 

2.60

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NYMEX Fixed Price Swaptions (2)

 

165 MMcf/d

 

2022

 

 

2.51

 

 

 

(18

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NYMEX Three-Way Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sold call / bought put / sold put

 

402 MMcf/d

 

2022

 

3.02 / 2.75 / 2.00

 

 

(296

)

Sold call / bought put / sold put

 

1,033 MMcf/d

 

2021

 

3.36 / 2.88 / 2.50

 

 

 

42

 

 

178 MMcf/d

 

2023

 

7.70 / 3.53 / 2.53

 

 

(23

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NYMEX Costless Collars

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sold call / bought put

 

100 MMcf/d

 

2022

 

2.80 / 2.50

 

 

 

0

 

 

200 MMcf/d

 

2022

 

2.85 / 2.55

 

 

(156

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NYMEX Call Options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sold call

 

330 MMcf/d

 

2022

 

 

2.38

 

 

 

(53

)

 

330 MMcf/d

 

2022

 

2.38

 

 

(299

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basis Contracts (3)

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

(30

)

Basis Contracts (2)

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

(14

)

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

 

(31

)

 

 

 

2023

 

 

 

 

(17

)

 

 

 

2023 - 2025

 

 

 

 

 

 

(37

)

 

 

 

2024 - 2025

 

 

 

 

(11

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Financial Positions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

Natural Gas Fair Value Position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(134

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,124

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Derivative Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value Position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6

)

Fair Value Position (3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign Currency Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value Position (4)

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

 

9

 

Total Fair Value Position

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(495

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(1,735

)

 

(1)

Ovintiv has entered into crude and NGLoil differential swaps associated with Canadian condensate and WTI.

(2)

NYMEX Fixed Price Swaptions give the counterparty the option to extend certain 2021 Fixed Price swaps to 2022.

(3)

Ovintiv has entered into natural gas basis swaps associated with AECO, Dawn, Malin, Waha, Houston Ship Channel and NYMEX.

(3)

Includes credit derivatives and contingent consideration associated with certain prior years’ divestitures.

(4)

Ovintiv has entered into U.S. dollar denominated fixed-for-floating average currency swaps to protect against fluctuations between the Canadian and U.S. dollars.

 

 

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Earnings Impact of Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Risk Management Positions

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized Gains (Losses) on Risk Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity and Other Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues (1)

 

$

(156

)

 

$

151

 

 

$

(446

)

 

$

(156

)

Foreign Currency Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange

 

 

7

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

1

 

 

 

7

 

 

$

(149

)

 

$

148

 

 

$

(445

)

 

$

(149

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Risk Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity and Other Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues (2)

 

$

(271

)

 

$

904

 

 

$

(1,012

)

 

$

(271

)

Foreign Currency Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange

 

 

(2

)

 

 

(52

)

 

 

3

 

 

 

(2

)

 

$

(273

)

 

$

852

 

 

$

(1,009

)

 

$

(273

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Risk Management, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity and Other Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues (1) (2)

 

$

(427

)

 

$

1,055

 

 

$

(1,458

)

 

$

(427

)

Foreign Currency Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign exchange

 

 

5

 

 

 

(55

)

 

 

4

 

 

 

5

 

 

$

(422

)

 

$

1,000

 

 

$

(1,454

)

 

$

(422

)

 

(1)

Includes a realized gain of nil (2020$2 million (2021 - gain of $1 million)nil), related to other derivative contracts.

(2)

Includes an unrealized gain of $2 million (2020nil (2021 - lossgain of $17$2 million), related to other derivative contracts.

Reconciliation of Unrealized Risk Management Positions from January 1 to March 31

 

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Total

Unrealized

Gain (Loss)

 

 

Total

Unrealized

Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Total

Unrealized

Gain (Loss)

 

 

Total

Unrealized

Gain (Loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value of Contracts, Beginning of Year

 

 

 

$

(222

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(724

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in Fair Value of Contracts in Place at Beginning of Year

and Contracts Entered into During the Period

 

 

 

 

(422

)

 

$

(422

)

 

$

1,000

 

 

 

 

 

(1,454

)

 

$

(1,454

)

 

$

(422

)

Settlement of Other Derivative Contracts

 

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Settlement of the Duvernay Derivative Contract During the Period (See Note 7)

Settlement of the Duvernay Derivative Contract During the Period (See Note 7)

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value of Contracts Realized During the Period

 

 

 

 

149

 

 

 

149

 

 

 

(148

)

 

 

 

 

445

 

 

 

445

 

 

 

149

 

Fair Value of Contracts, End of Period

 

 

 

$

(495

)

 

$

(273

)

 

$

852

 

 

 

 

$

(1,735

)

 

$

(1,009

)

 

$

(273

)

 

Risk management assets and liabilities arise from the use of derivative financial instruments and are measured at fair value. See Note 1817 for a discussion of fair value measurements.

 

 

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Unrealized Risk Management Positions

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

As at

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk Management Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

$

11

 

 

$

37

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

1

 

Long-term

 

 

5

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

41

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Risk Management Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

399

 

 

 

130

 

 

 

1,699

 

 

 

703

 

Long-term

 

 

106

 

 

 

125

 

 

 

42

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

505

 

 

 

255

 

 

 

1,741

 

 

 

728

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Derivative Contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Derivative Contract Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current in accounts receivable and accrued revenues

 

 

7

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other Derivative Contract Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current in accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

Long-term in other liabilities and provisions

 

 

5

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

6

 

Net Risk Management Assets (Liabilities) and Other Derivative Contracts

 

$

(495

)

 

$

(222

)

 

$

(1,735

)

 

$

(724

)

 

C)  Credit Risk

Credit risk arises from the potential that the Company may incur a loss if a counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its obligation in accordance with agreed terms. While exchange-traded contracts are subject to nominal credit risk due to the financial safeguards established by the NYSEexchanges and the TSX,clearing agencies, over-the-counter traded contracts expose Ovintiv to counterparty credit risk. Counterparties to the Company’s derivative financial instruments consist primarily of major financial institutions and companies within the energy industry. This credit risk exposure is mitigated through the use of credit policies approved by the Board of Directors governing the Company’s credit portfolio including credit practices that limit transactions according to counterparties’ credit quality. Mitigation strategies may include master netting arrangements, requesting collateral, purchasing credit insurance and/or transacting credit derivatives. The Company executes commodity derivative financial instruments under master agreements that have netting provisions that provide for offsetting payables against receivables. Ovintiv actively evaluates the creditworthiness of its counterparties, assigns appropriate credit limits and monitors credit exposures against those assigned limits. As at March 31, 2021,2022, Ovintiv’s maximum exposure of loss due to credit risk from derivative financial instrument assets on a gross and net fair value basis was $96$61 million and $16$12 million, respectively, as disclosed in Note 18.17. The Company had 0 significant credit derivatives in place and held 0 collateral at March 31, 2021.2022.

As at March 31, 2021,2022, cash equivalents include high-grade, short-term securities, placed primarily with financial institutions with strong investment grade ratings. Any foreign currency agreements entered into are with major financial institutions that have investment grade credit ratings.  

A substantial portion of the Company’s accounts receivable are with customers and working interest owners in the oil and gas industry and are subject to normal industry credit risks. As at March 31, 2021,2022, approximately 9288 percent (89(90 percent as at December 31, 2020)2021) of Ovintiv’s accounts receivable and financial derivative credit exposures were with investment grade counterparties.

During 2015 and 2017, the Company entered into agreements resulting from divestitures, which may require Ovintiv to fulfill certain payment obligations on the take or pay volume commitments assumed by the purchasers. The circumstances that would require Ovintiv to perform under the agreements include events where a purchaser fails to make payment to the guaranteed party and/or a purchaser is subject to an insolvency event. The agreements have remaining terms of less than four yearsexpire in June 2024 with a fair value recognized of $6 million as at March 31, 20212022 ($86 million as at December 31, 2020)2021). The maximum potential amount of undiscounted future payments is $76$51 million as at March 31, 2021,2022, and is considered unlikely.

 

 

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20.19.

Supplementary Information

Supplemental disclosures to the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows are presented below:

 

A)

Net Change in Non-Cash Working Capital

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable and accrued revenues

 

$

(166

)

 

$

121

 

 

$

(501

)

 

$

(166

)

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

122

 

 

 

(31

)

 

 

153

 

 

 

122

 

Current portion of operating lease liabilities

 

 

5

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

0

 

 

 

5

 

Income tax receivable and payable

 

 

(18

)

 

 

(6

)

 

 

2

 

 

 

(18

)

 

$

(57

)

 

$

83

 

 

$

(346

)

 

$

(57

)

 

B)

Non-Cash Activities

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

March 31,

 

 

March 31,

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-Cash Operating Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ROU operating lease assets and liabilities

 

$

(13

)

 

$

(1

)

 

$

(24

)

 

$

(13

)

Non-Cash Investing Activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asset retirement obligation incurred

 

$

0

 

 

$

7

 

Asset retirement obligation change in estimated future cash outflows

 

 

0

 

 

 

22

 

Property, plant and equipment accruals

 

 

30

 

 

 

150

 

 

$

41

 

 

$

30

 

Capitalized long-term incentives

 

 

0

 

 

 

(17

)

 

 

5

 

 

 

0

 

Property additions/dispositions (swaps)

 

 

4

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

21.20.

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments

The following table outlines the Company’s commitments as at March 31, 2021:2022:

 

 

Expected Future Payments

 

 

Expected Future Payments

 

(undiscounted)

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

Total

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

2026

 

 

Thereafter

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation and Processing

 

$

562

 

 

$

769

 

 

$

723

 

 

$

516

 

 

$

450

 

 

$

2,310

 

 

$

5,330

 

 

$

570

 

 

$

758

 

 

$

592

 

 

$

444

 

 

$

430

 

 

$

1,972

 

 

$

4,766

 

Drilling and Field Services

 

 

39

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

39

 

 

 

94

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

118

 

Building Leases

 

 

9

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

39

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

0

 

 

 

33

 

Total

 

$

610

 

 

$

779

 

 

$

729

 

 

$

522

 

 

$

456

 

 

$

2,312

 

 

$

5,408

 

 

$

671

 

 

$

790

 

 

$

600

 

 

$

452

 

 

$

432

 

 

$

1,972

 

 

$

4,917

 

 

Operating leases with terms greater than one year are not included in the commitments table above. The table above includes short-term leases with contract terms less than 12 months, such as drilling rigs and field office leases, as well as non-lease operating cost components associated with building leases.

 

Included within transportation and processing in the table above are certain commitments associated with midstream service agreements with VMLP as described in Note 14. Divestiture transactions can reduce certain commitments disclosed above.

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Contingencies

Ovintiv is involved in various legal claims and actions arising in the normal course of the Company’s operations. Although the outcome of these claims cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company does not expect these matters to have a material adverse effect on Ovintiv’s financial position, cash flows or results of operations. Management’s assessment of these matters may change in the future as certain of these matters are in early stages or are subject to a number of uncertainties. For material matters that the Company believes an unfavorable outcome is reasonably possible, the Company discloses the nature

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and a range of potential exposures. If an unfavorable outcome were to occur, there exists the possibility of a material impact on the Company’s consolidated net earnings or loss for the period in which the effect becomes reasonably estimable. The Company accrues for such items when a liability is both probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. Such accruals are based on the Company’s information known about the matters, estimates of the outcomes of such matters and experience in handling similar matters.

21.

Subsequent Events

On May 9, 2022, Ovintiv issued a notice to the trustee to redeem the Company’s $1,000 million, 5.625 percent senior notes due July 1, 2024. The Company expects to use cash on hand and other existing sources of liquidity to complete the senior note redemptions on June 10, 2022.

 

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The MD&A is intended to provide a narrative description of the Company’s business from management’s perspective. This MD&A should be read in conjunction with the unaudited interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes for the period ended March 31, 20212022 (“Consolidated Financial Statements”), which are included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the audited Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes and MD&A for the year ended December 31, 2020,2021, which are included in Items 8 and 7, respectively, of the 20202021 Annual Report on Form 10‑K.

Common industry terms and abbreviations are used throughout this MD&A and are defined in the Definitions, Conversions and Conventions sections of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This MD&A includes the following sections:

 

 

Executive Overview

 

Results of Operations

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Non-GAAP Measures


Executive Overview

Strategy

Ovintiv is a leading North American energy producer that is focused on developing its multi-basin portfolio of oil, NGLs and natural gas producing plays. Ovintiv is committed to growing long-term stockholdershareholder value by delivering on its strategic priorities through a combination of profitable growth and generating cash flows. The Company is pursuing the key business objectives of preserving financial strength, maximizing profitability through operational and capital efficiencies, paying sustainable dividends, and generating cash flows through aexecution excellence, disciplined capital allocation, commercial acumen and risk management, while driving environmental, social and governance progress. The Company’s strategy by investing in a limited numberis founded on its multi-basin portfolio of top tier assets, financial strength, as well as its core assets with high margin liquids. Toand foundational values.

In support of the Company’s business objectives,commitment to growing shareholder value, Ovintiv actively monitorshas a capital allocation framework that provides for increasing returns to shareholders and manages market volatilityis focused on continuing debt reduction through the diversification of price risks,2022 and market access risks to enhance returns and maintain a consistent cash flow stream. In conjunction with Ovintiv’s focus on preserving financial strength, the Company plans to allocate all excess cash flows to reduce its total long-term debt balance to $4.5 billion by the first half of 2022.beyond.

Ovintiv is also committed to delivering results in a socially and environmentally responsible manner. Thoughtfully developed best practices are deployed across its assets, allowing the Company to capitalize on operational efficiencies and decreasingdecrease emissions intensity. The Company’s annual Sustainability Report outliningsustainability reporting, which outlines its key metrics, new targets and progress achieved relating to environmental, social and governanceESG practices can be found in the Company Outlook section of this MD&A and on the Company’s website.

In executing its strategy, Ovintiv focuses on its core values of One, Agile and Driven, which guide the organization to be flexible, responsive, innovative and determined. The Company is committed to excellence with a passion to drive corporate financial performance and succeed as a team.

Ovintiv continually reviews and evaluates its strategy and changing market conditions in order to maximize cash flow generation from its top tier assetsCore Assets located in some of the best plays in North America, referred to as the “Core Assets”.America. As at March 31, 2021,2022, the Core Assets comprised Permian and Anadarko in the U.S., and Montney in Canada. These Core Assets form a multi-basin portfolio of oil, NGLs and natural gas producing plays enabling flexible and efficient investment of capital that support the Company’s strategy.

Underpinning Ovintiv’s strategy are core values of one, agile, innovative and driven, which guide the organization to be collaborative, responsive, flexible and determined. The Company is committed to excellence with a passion to drive corporate financial performance and succeed as a team.

For additional information on Ovintiv’s strategy, its reporting segments and the plays in which the Company operates, refer to Items 1 and 2 of the 20202021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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In evaluating its operations and assessing its leverage, Ovintiv reviews performance-based measures such as Non‑GAAP Cash Flow, Non-GAAP Cash Flow Margin, Total Costs and debt-based metrics such as Debt to Adjusted Capitalization, Net Debt and Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA, which are non-GAAP measures and do not have any standardized meaning under U.S. GAAP. These measures may not be similar to measures presented by other issuers and should not be viewed as a substitute for measures reported under U.S. GAAP. Additional information regarding these measures, including reconciliations to the closest GAAP measure, can be found in the Non-GAAP Measures section of this MD&A.

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Highlights

During the first quarter of 2021,2022, the Company focused on executing its 20212022 capital investment plan aimed at maximizing profitability through operational and capital efficiencies, minimizing inflation and delivering cash from operating activities and using excess cash flows to reduce total long-term debt.activities. Higher upstream product revenues in the first quarter of 20212022 compared to 20202021 resulted from higher average realized prices, excluding the impact of risk management activities, partially offset by lower total liquids production volumes.activities. Increases in average realized liquids and natural gas and liquids prices of 8161 percent and 4551 percent, respectively, were primarily due to higher benchmark prices. Total liquids production volumes decreased by 11 percent compared to the first quarter of 2020 primarily due to lower activity resulting from the impacts of the pandemic which commenced at the end of the first quarter of 2020 and impacts from severe winter weather conditions in the USA Operations. Ovintiv continues to focus on optimizing realized prices from the diversification of the Company’s downstream markets.

The Company delivered significant cash from operating activities while reducing its total long-term debt balance. Cash from operating activities of $827$685 million which included a net realized loss of $156$445 million on settlement of commodity and foreign exchange risk management positions and a current income tax recovery of $156 million primarily due to the resolution of certain tax items relating to prior taxation years. The Company used excess cash flows to reduce its total long-term debt balance by $467 million in the first quarter of 2021.positions.

Significant Developments and Subsequent Events

 

On February 17, 2021,May 9, 2022, Ovintiv announced an increase of 25 percent to its quarterly dividend payment representing an annualized dividend of $1.00 per share of common stock as part of the Company agreedCompany’s commitment to sell its Duvernay assets for approximately $263 million, which included about $12 million in contingency payments based on future commodity prices. The sale closed on April 28, 2021, and the Company received proceeds of approximately $232 million, after closing and other adjustments. The transaction had an effective date of January 1, 2021.returning capital to shareholders.

 

On March 24, 2021,May 9, 2022, Ovintiv issued a notice to the trustee to redeem the Company’s $1.0 billion, 5.625 percent senior notes due July 1, 2024. The Company agreedexpects to sell its Eagle Ford assets for approximately $880 million. The sale is subject to ordinary closing conditions, regulatory approvalsuse cash on hand and other adjustments, andexisting sources of liquidity to complete the senior note redemptions on June 10, 2022. The debt redemption is expected to closeresult in the second quarterannualized interest savings of 2021.approximately $55 million.

Financial Results

Three months ended March 31, 20212022

 

Reported a net earningsloss of $309$241 million, including net losses on risk management in revenues of $427$1,458 million, before tax and an income tax recovery of $176 million.tax.

 

Generated cash from operating activities of $827$685 million, Non-GAAP Cash Flow of $890$1,043 million and Non‑GAAP Cash Flow Margin of $18.39$23.18 per BOE.

Purchased for cancellation, approximately 1.7 million shares of common stock for total consideration of approximately $71 million.

 

Paid dividends of $0.09375$0.20 per share of common stock totaling $24$52 million.

 

Had $3.8$4.6 billion in total liquidity as at March 31, 2021,2022, which included available credit facilities of $4.0 billion, available uncommitted demand lines of $279$312 million, and cash and cash equivalents of $9 million, net of outstanding commercial paper of $490 million.

Reduced total long-term debt by $467$271 million.

 

Reported Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA of 2.71.3 times.

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Capital Investment

 

Commenced the Company’s 20212022 capital plan with expenditures totaling $350$451 million of which $332$362 million, or 9580 percent, was directed to the Core Assets.

 

Focused on highly efficient capital activity andto minimize inflation as well as short-cycle high margin and/or low costlow-cost projects providingwhich provide flexibility to respond to fluctuations in commodity prices.

Production

Three months ended March 31, 20212022

 

Produced average liquids volumes of 275.6252.1 Mbbls/d, which accounted for 5150 percent of total production volumes. Average oil and plant condensate volumes of 197.9172.9 Mbbls/d, represented 7269 percent of total liquids production volumes.

 

Produced average natural gas volumes of 1,5761,487 MMcf/d, which accounted for 4950 percent of total production volumes.

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Operating Expenses

 

Incurred Total Costs in the first quarter of 20212022 of $628$697 million, or $12.93$15.48 per BOE, a decrease of $6 million and an increase of $0.76$69 million or $2.55 per BOE compared to the first quarter of 2020.2021. Total Costs is defined in the Non-GAAP Measures section of this MD&A. Significant items impacting Total Costs in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 impacting Total Costs include:

 

o

Lower upstream operating expenses, excluding long-term incentive costs, in the first quarterHigher production, mineral and other taxes of 2021 compared to 2020 of $24$34 million, primarily due to lower activity as of result of the impacts of the pandemic which commenced at the end of the first quarter of 2020, severe winter weather in the USA Operations during the first quarter of 2021 and durable cost savings including workforce reductions, as well as operating efficiencies implemented in 2020;driven by higher commodity prices;

 

o

Higher production, mineralupstream transportation and other taxes, in the first quarterprocessing expenses of 2021 compared to 2020 of $8$29 million, primarily due to higher variable contract rates in Permian and Anadarko due to higher commodity prices;

o

Higher upstream operating expenses, excluding long-term incentive costs, of $21 million, primarily due to increased activity relating to the timing of workovers in Anadarko, Montney and Permian; and

 

o

HigherLower administrative expenses, excluding long-term incentive, costs, restructuring and legal costs, and current expected credit losses, in the first quarter of 2021 compared to 2020 of $7$15 million, primarily due to highera decrease in consulting costs.

 

Total Operating Expenses in the first quarter of 20212022 of $1,643$2,167 million decreasedincreased by $241$524 million.

Additional information on Total Costs items and Total Operating Expenses above can be found in the Results of Operations section of this MD&A.

2021

2022 Outlook

Industry Outlook

Oil Markets

The oil and gas industry is cyclical and commodity prices are inherently volatile. Oil prices reflect global supply and demand dynamics as well as the geopolitical and macroeconomic environment.

During the first quarter of 2022, oil prices have seen significant upward pressures mainly caused by continued OPEC+ production restraint, increasing global demand for oil and supply uncertainties resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Global sanctions on Russian oil may continue to impact market supply and further increase upward pressure on prices.

Oil prices during 2021for the remainder of 2022 will continue to be impacted by the global containmentevolution of the coronavirus (“COVID-19”), pacethe resiliency of economic recovery,the global economy and supply chain constraints, OPEC+ production levels, and the potential for higherpace of recovering U.S. production.  The distribution of COVID-19 vaccines continues to drive economic optimism and oil demand as countries cautiously reopen their economies. Upward pressures on oil prices and the tightening of global oil inventories during the first quarter were mainly caused by ongoing OPEC+ production, cuts, as well as severe winter weather conditions in Texasthe ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Although the COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact economies with the emergence of variants, vaccine rollout/uptake and Oklahoma in February, causing power outages and halting supply chains which impacted production volumes and natural gas prices. In March 2021, OPEC+ agreed to substantially extend current production cut levels to the endrelaxing of April. In April, OPEC+ decided to adjust production levels forrestrictions have lessened the months of May, June and July, allowing for gradual increases in production output.impact on global markets. OPEC+ continues to meet regularly to review the state of global oil supply, demand and inventory levels.

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Despite signs of economic recovery centered on the COVID-19 vaccine rolloutslevels, and OPEC+is expected to continue with its planned production cuts, oil markets remain volatile. The emergence of COVID-19 variants, changes in consumption behavior and the gradual easing of OPEC+ oil production cuts are contributing to commodity market uncertainty.increases throughout 2022.

Natural Gas Markets

Natural gas prices are primarily affected by structural changes in supply and demand as well as deviations from seasonally normal weather. As a result of severe winter weather impacts in the U.S., demand increased while supply decreased inUpward pressures on natural gas prices during the first quarter of 2021. In combination, these factors contributed to2022 resulted from slow U.S. production growth, strong domestic coal prices and low coal inventory resulting in an increased drawdowns ofdemand on natural gas inventoryfor power generation, and generally supported natural gas prices incolder than normal weather during the first quartersecond half of 2021.January and early February. Natural gas prices for the remainder of 2021 are expected2022 will continue to be impacted by the interplay between natural gas production and associated natural gas from oil production, as well as changes in demand from the power generation sector, and changes in exportsexport levels of liquifiedliquefied natural gas.gas, impacts from seasonal weather, as well as supply chain constraints or other disruptions resulting from the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Company Outlook

The Company continues to exercise discretion and discipline to optimize capital allocation throughout 20212022 as oil demand recovers and the commodity price environment evolves. Ovintiv pursues innovative ways to reduce upstream operating and

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administrative expenseexpenses and expects to benefit from durable cost savings and efficiencies to minimize inflation and maximize cash flows.

Markets for crude oil and natural gas are exposed to different price risks and are inherently volatile. While the market price for crude oil tends to move in the same direction as the global market, regional differentials may develop. Natural gas prices may vary between geographic regions depending on local supply and demand conditions. To mitigate price volatility and help sustain revenues, particularly during periods of low commodity prices,provide certainty around cash flows, the Company enters into derivative financial instruments. As at April 19, 2021,15, 2022, the Company has hedged approximately 131.780.0 Mbbls/d of expected crude oil and condensate production and 1,1431,297 MMcf/d of expected natural gas production for the remainder of the year. In addition, Ovintiv proactively utilizes transportation contracts to diversify the Company’s sales markets, thereby reducing significant exposure to any given market and regional pricing.

Additional information on Ovintiv’s hedging program can be found in Note 1918 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Capital Investment

The Company has commenced its $1.5 billion 20212022 capital investment program, the majority of which is allocated to the Core Assets, with a focus on maximizing returns from high margin liquids and minimizing inflation to optimize cash flows. During the first quarter of 2021,2022, the Company spent $350invested $451 million, which exceeded first quarter guidance range of which $179$425 million wasto $440 million primarily due to timing of projects and nominal cost pressures. Of the $451 million in capital expenditures, the Company directed $173 million to Permian, $64$111 million was directed to Anadarko, $89$78 million was directed to Montney, andwith the remainder wasprimarily directed to other upstream assets.

In May 2022, Ovintiv will continueupdated its full year 2022 capital investment guidance to evaluatea range of $1.7 billion to $1.8 billion. The increase is primarily due to incremental inflationary pressures resulting from the higher commodity price environment. The Company expects capital spending to be mostly allocated to the Core Assets and plans to fund the remainder of its 2022 capital investments plans as the global economic environment evolves.investment program using cash from operations.

Ovintiv continually strives to improve well performance and lower costs through innovative techniques. Initiatives such as applying Simul-Frac techniques, a process of fracking pairs of wells at the same time instead of a single well,Ovintiv’s redesigned wet sand sourcing model, which incorporates on-site sand storage and delivery systems, helps to prevent mine and trucking delays, thereby increasing truck productivity to enable smooth integration with local mine access. This model increases operational efficiencies and contributes to well cost savings.savings as well as providing increased resiliency against winter weather. Ovintiv's large-scale cube development model utilizes multi-well pads and advanced completion designs to maximize returns and resource recovery from its reservoirs. The impact of Ovintiv’s disciplined capital program and continuous innovation create flexibility to allocate capital in changing commodity markets to minimize inflation and to maximize cash flows while preserving the long-term value of the Company’s multi-basin portfolio.

Production

Ovintiv is strategically positioned in the current environment to maintain a flat liquids production profile while generating significant cash flows in excess of capital expenditures.

During the first quarter of 2022, average liquids production volumes were 252.1 Mbbls/d and were within first quarter guidance of 251.0 Mbbls/d to 259.0 Mbbls/d. Average oil and plant condensate production volumes were 172.9 Mbbls/d and other NGLs were 79.2 Mbbls/d. Average natural gas production volumes were 1,487 MMcf/d and exceeded first quarter guidance of 1,430 MMcf/d to 1,480 MMcf/d.

The Company is on track to meet its updated full year 2022 guidance range for oil and plant condensate production volumes of approximately 180.0 Mbbls/d to 185.0 Mbbls/d. The update to the guidance range decreased primarily due to higher royalties in the Canadian Operations resulting from the higher commodity price environment, operational delays during the first quarter of 2022 and adverse weather impacts. The Company is also on track to meet its full year 2022 guidance ranges for natural gas production volumes of approximately 1,450 MMcf/d to 1,500 MMcf/d and other NGLs production volumes of approximately 78.0 Mbbls/d to 82.0 Mbbls/d.

Operating Expenses

With rising activity in the oil and gas industry and strengthening of commodity prices, service and supply costs are expected to continue to increase. Ovintiv continues to pursue innovative ways to reduce upstream operating and administrative

 

 

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Production

Ovintiv is strategically positioned in the current economic environment to maintain a flat liquids production profile while generating cash flows in excess of capital expenditures. During the first quarter of 2021, average liquids production volumes were 275.6 Mbbls/d, or 51 percent of total production volumes, and average oil and plant condensate production volumes were 197.9 Mbbls/d, or 72 percent of total liquids production volumes.Average natural gas production volumes were 1,576 MMcf/d, or 49 percent of total production volumes.As a result of the recently announced divestitures, the Company updated its full year 2021 guidance for oil and plant condensate production volumes to approximately 190.0 Mbbls/d from the original guidance of 200.0 Mbbls/d. The Company is on track to maintaining average other NGLs production volumes of approximately 80.0 Mbbls/d and natural gas production volumes of approximately 1,550 MMcf/d throughout 2021.

Operating Expenses

The Company will continue to benefit from cost savings measures implemented in 2020 which included workforce reductions and operating efficiencies. Ovintiv continues to pursue innovative ways to reduce upstream operating and administrative expenses, and expectsstrives to minimize any inflationary pressures with efficiency improvements and effective supply chain management to maximize cash flows.management.

For 2021,2022, Ovintiv expectsexpected Total Costs of approximately $12.25$14.75 per BOE to $12.50$15.25 per BOE.BOE, assuming commodity prices of $85.00 per barrel for WTI oil and $4.50 per MMBtu for NYMEX natural gas. Total Costs was $12.93of $15.48 per BOE in the first quarter of 2021 which2022 was higher than 20212022 guidance, primarily due to a higher than expected change in the foreign exchange rates and higher production taxes resulting from higher than expected commodity prices. The Company expectsprices which increased upstream operating expenses, excluding long-term incentive costs, by $0.44 per BOE and increased production taxes by $0.15 per BOE.

In May 2022, Ovintiv updated its full year Total Costs guidance range to trend downwardbe $15.75 per BOE to $16.25 per BOE, based on commodity prices of $100.00 per barrel for WTI oil and $6.00 per MMBtu for NYMEX natural gas. The update is primarily due to incremental inflationary pressures resulting from the remainder of the year.higher commodity price environment. Total Costs is defined in the Non-GAAP Measures section of this MD&A.

Long-Term Debt Reduction

Ovintiv remains focused on strengthening its balance sheet and liquidity position.sheet. Since the second quarter of 2020, the Company has allocated $948$2,591 million in excess cash flows to reduce its total long-term debt balance. The proceeds from the recently announced divestitures will also be allocated towards its total long-term debt reduction target. The Company expects to achieve its total long-term debtNet Debt balance to be $4.5of $3.0 billion byin the firstsecond half of 2022.

In conjunction with the Company’s plan to reduce its Net Debt, the Company repurchased a portion of its 5.15 percent senior notes due in November 2041 in the open market during the first quarter of 2022. The aggregate cash payments related to the note repurchases in the first quarter of 2022 were $6 million, plus accrued interest. As of May 5, 2022, the Company expects lowerhas repurchased an additional $14 million in principal amount of its 2041 senior notes, plus accrued interest expense as it reachesin the open market.

As at March 31, 2022, the Company had no outstanding balances under its total long-term debt reduction target. revolving credit facilities and U.S. dollar commercial paper programs.

Additional information on Ovintiv’s long-term debt and liquidity position can be found in Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the Liquidity and Capital Resources section of this MD&A, respectively.

Additional information on Ovintiv’s 2021discrete second quarter and updated full year 2022 Corporate Guidance can be accessed on the Company’s website at www.ovintiv.com.

Environmental, Social and Governance

Ovintiv recognizes the importance of reducing its environmental footprint and voluntarily participates in emission reduction programs. The Company has targetedadopted a 33range of strategies to help reduce emissions from its operations. These strategies include incorporating new and proven technologies and optimizing processes in its operations and working closely with third-party providers to develop best practices. The Company continues to look for innovative techniques and efficiencies to help maintain its commitment to emission reductions.  

The Company is in full alignment with the World Bank Zero Routine Flaring initiative, well ahead of the World Bank’s target date of 2030. Ovintiv does not engage in routine flaring by ensuring natural gas gathering infrastructure is in place for all of its producing wells.

During the first quarter of 2022, the Company announced a Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions intensity reduction target of 50 percent reduction in methane intensitycompared to 2019 levels, to be achieved by the end of 2025 and this2030. The GHG emissions reduction target has beenis tied to itsthe 2022 annual incentive compensation program for all employees beginningemployees.

In May 2022, Ovintiv published its full year 2021 ESG results in 2021.

On February 17,its 2022 Sustainability Report which highlights the Company’s progress in emissions intensity reductions. During 2021, the Company announced enhanced corporate governance, compensationreduced its Scope 1&2 GHG emissions intensity by 24 percent compared to 2019 and environmental initiatives to further align withreduced its corporate approach on delivering strong business outcomes and shareholder returns. The initiatives incentivize continuous improvement and value-creation throughout the Company. Reflecting its commitment to diversity and inclusion, the Board adopted a Diversity in Board Recruitment Policy, which requires that diverse candidates be identified and included in the Board’s director search processes. The 2021 executive compensation program incorporates updated debt reduction targets and peer group metrics related to long-term incentives and performance programs. In addition, a methane emissions intensity target was added as noted above.

Additional information on Ovintiv’s environmental, social and governance practices can be found in Ovintiv’s annual Sustainability Report on the Company’s website.

by greater than 50 percent compared to 2019.

 

 

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Ovintiv is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. The Company’s social commitment framework, which is rooted in the Company’s foundational values of integrity, safety, sustainability, trust and respect, fosters a culture of inclusion that respects stakeholders and strengthens communities.

Ovintiv remains committed to protecting the health and safety of its workforce. Safety is a foundational value at Ovintiv and plays a critical role in the Company’s belief that a safe workplace is a strong indicator of a well-managed business. This safety-oriented mindset enables the Company to quickly respond to emergencies and minimize any impacts to employees and business continuity.

Additional information on Ovintiv’s ESG practices and updated metrics included in its most recent Sustainability Report can be found on the Company’s sustainability website at https://sustainability.ovintiv.com.

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Results of Operations

Selected Financial Information

Three months ended March 31,

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

($ millions)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product and Service Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upstream product revenues

 

$

1,594

 

 

$

1,151

 

 

$

2,324

 

 

$

1,594

 

Market optimization

 

 

652

 

 

 

419

 

 

 

1,082

 

 

 

652

 

Service revenues (1)

 

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

Total Product and Service Revenues

 

 

2,247

 

 

 

1,570

 

 

 

3,407

 

 

 

2,247

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gains (Losses) on Risk Management, Net

 

 

(427

)

 

 

1,055

 

 

 

(1,458

)

 

 

(427

)

Sublease Revenues

 

 

18

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

18

 

Total Revenues

 

 

1,838

 

 

 

2,643

 

 

 

1,967

 

 

 

1,838

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Operating Expenses (2)

 

 

1,643

 

 

 

1,884

 

 

 

2,167

 

 

 

1,643

 

Operating Income (Loss)

 

 

195

 

 

 

759

 

 

 

(200

)

 

 

195

 

Total Other (Income) Expenses

 

 

62

 

 

 

198

 

 

 

46

 

 

 

62

 

Net Earnings (Loss) Before Income Tax

 

 

133

 

 

 

561

 

 

 

(246

)

 

 

133

 

Income Tax Expense (Recovery)

 

 

(176

)

 

 

140

 

 

 

(5

)

 

 

(176

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Earnings (Loss)

 

$

309

 

 

$

421

 

 

$

(241

)

 

$

309

 

(1)

Service revenues include amounts related to the USA and Canadian Operations.

(2)

Total Operating Expenses include non-cash items such as DD&A, impairments, accretion of asset retirement obligations and long-term incentive costs.

Revenues

Ovintiv’s revenues are substantially derived from sales of oil, NGLs and natural gas production. Increases or decreases in Ovintiv’s revenue, profitability and future production are highly dependent on the commodity prices the Company receives. Prices are market driven and fluctuate due to factors beyond the Company’s control, such as supply and demand, seasonality and geopolitical and economic factors. The USA Operations realized prices generally reflect WTI and NYMEX benchmark prices, as well as other downstream oil benchmarks, including Houston. The Canadian Operations realized prices are linked to Edmonton Condensate and AECO, as well as other downstream natural gas benchmarks, including Dawn. The other downstream benchmarks reflect the diversification of the Company’s markets. Recent trends in benchmark prices relevant to the Company are shown in the table below.

Benchmark Prices

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

(average for the period)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil & NGLs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WTI ($/bbl)

 

$

57.84

 

 

$

46.17

 

 

$

94.29

 

 

$

57.84

 

Houston ($/bbl)

 

 

59.36

 

 

 

49.48

 

 

 

95.72

 

 

 

59.36

 

Edmonton Condensate (C$/bbl)

 

 

73.48

 

 

 

61.73

 

 

 

122.08

 

 

 

73.48

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural Gas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NYMEX ($/MMBtu)

 

$

2.69

 

 

$

1.95

 

 

$

4.95

 

 

$

2.69

 

AECO (C$/Mcf)

 

 

2.93

 

 

 

2.14

 

 

 

4.59

 

 

 

2.93

 

Dawn (C$/MMBtu)

 

 

3.98

 

 

 

2.39

 

 

 

5.60

 

 

 

3.98

 

 

 

3738

 

 


 

 

Production Volumes and Realized Prices

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

Production Volumes (1)

 

 

Realized Prices (2)

 

 

 

Production Volumes (1)

 

 

Realized Prices (2)

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil (Mbbls/d, $/bbl)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA Operations

 

145.6

 

 

 

161.7

 

 

 

$

56.32

 

 

$

43.49

 

 

 

 

128.2

 

 

 

145.6

 

 

 

$

93.16

 

 

$

56.32

 

 

 

Canadian Operations

 

0.9

 

 

 

0.8

 

 

 

 

52.84

 

 

 

38.95

 

 

 

 

0.1

 

 

 

0.9

 

 

 

 

82.80

 

 

 

52.84

 

 

 

Total

 

146.5

 

 

 

162.5

 

 

 

 

56.30

 

 

 

43.47

 

 

 

 

128.3

 

 

 

146.5

 

 

 

 

93.15

 

 

 

56.30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NGLs – Plant Condensate (Mbbls/d, $/bbl)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA Operations

 

9.7

 

 

 

11.0

 

 

 

 

51.14

 

 

 

34.54

 

 

 

 

9.2

 

 

 

9.7

 

 

 

 

85.09

 

 

 

51.14

 

 

 

Canadian Operations

 

41.7

 

 

 

41.7

 

 

 

 

57.24

 

 

 

43.99

 

 

 

 

35.4

 

 

 

41.7

 

 

 

 

96.22

 

 

 

57.24

 

 

 

Total

 

51.4

 

 

 

52.7

 

 

 

 

56.09

 

 

 

42.02

 

 

 

 

44.6

 

 

 

51.4

 

 

 

 

93.93

 

 

 

56.09

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NGLs – Other (Mbbls/d, $/bbl)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA Operations

 

61.0

 

 

 

77.5

 

 

 

 

20.56

 

 

 

7.33

 

 

 

 

64.8

 

 

 

61.0

 

 

 

 

33.55

 

 

 

20.56

 

 

 

Canadian Operations

 

16.7

 

 

 

17.1

 

 

 

 

26.79

 

 

 

6.97

 

 

 

 

14.4

 

 

 

16.7

 

 

 

 

41.23

 

 

 

26.79

 

 

 

Total

 

77.7

 

 

 

94.6

 

 

 

 

21.90

 

 

 

7.27

 

 

 

 

79.2

 

 

 

77.7

 

 

 

 

34.94

 

 

 

21.90

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Oil & NGLs (Mbbls/d, $/bbl)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA Operations

 

216.3

 

 

 

250.2

 

 

 

 

45.99

 

 

 

31.90

 

 

 

 

202.2

 

 

 

216.3

 

 

 

 

73.68

 

 

 

45.99

 

 

 

Canadian Operations

 

59.3

 

 

 

59.6

 

 

 

 

48.62

 

 

 

33.29

 

 

 

 

49.9

 

 

 

59.3

 

 

 

 

80.37

 

 

 

48.62

 

 

 

Total

 

275.6

 

 

 

309.8

 

 

 

 

46.56

 

 

 

32.16

 

 

 

 

252.1

 

 

 

275.6

 

 

 

 

75.00

 

 

 

46.56

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural Gas (MMcf/d, $/Mcf)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA Operations

 

459

 

 

 

568

 

 

 

 

2.98

 

 

 

1.41

 

 

 

 

475

 

 

 

459

 

 

 

 

4.82

 

 

 

2.98

 

 

 

Canadian Operations

 

1,117

 

 

 

1,001

 

 

 

 

3.12

 

 

 

1.86

 

 

 

 

1,012

 

 

 

1,117

 

 

 

 

4.56

 

 

 

3.12

 

 

 

Total

 

1,576

 

 

 

1,569

 

 

 

 

3.08

 

 

 

1.70

 

 

 

 

1,487

 

 

 

1,576

 

 

 

 

4.64

 

 

 

3.08

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Production (MBOE/d, $/BOE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA Operations

 

292.8

 

 

 

344.8

 

 

 

 

38.66

 

 

 

25.46

 

 

 

 

281.3

 

 

 

292.8

 

 

 

 

61.08

 

 

 

38.66

 

 

 

Canadian Operations

 

245.5

 

 

 

226.5

 

 

 

 

25.92

 

 

 

16.98

 

 

 

 

218.6

 

 

 

245.5

 

 

 

 

39.44

 

 

 

25.92

 

 

 

Total

 

538.3

 

 

 

571.3

 

 

 

 

32.85

 

 

 

22.10

 

 

 

 

499.9

 

 

 

538.3

 

 

 

 

51.62

 

 

 

32.85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Production Mix (%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil & Plant Condensate

 

37

 

 

 

38

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

34

 

 

 

37

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NGLs – Other

 

14

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Oil & NGLs

 

51

 

 

 

54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

51

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural Gas

 

49

 

 

 

46

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Production Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Over Year (%) (3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Oil & NGLs

 

(11

)

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9

)

 

 

(11

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural Gas

 

-

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Production

 

(6

)

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

(6

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core Assets Production

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil (Mbbls/d)

 

101.6

 

 

 

111.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

97.3

 

 

 

101.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NGLs – Plant Condensate (Mbbls/d)

 

47.6

 

 

 

46.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43.4

 

 

 

47.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NGLs – Other (Mbbls/d)

 

69.2

 

 

 

83.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

72.5

 

 

 

69.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Oil & NGLs (Mbbls/d)

 

218.4

 

 

 

241.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

213.2

 

 

 

218.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural Gas (MMcf/d)

 

1,433

 

 

 

1,405

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,402

 

 

 

1,433

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Production (MBOE/d)

 

457.2

 

 

 

475.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

447.0

 

 

 

457.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

% of Total Production

 

85

 

 

 

83

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

89

 

 

 

85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Average daily.

(2)

Average per-unit prices, excluding the impact of risk management activities.

(3)

Includes production impacts fromof acquisitions and divestitures.

 

 

3839

 

 


 

 

Upstream Product Revenues

Three months ended March 31,

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

($ millions)

Oil

 

 

NGLs - Plant Condensate

 

 

NGLs - Other

 

 

Natural

Gas

 

 

Total

 

Oil

 

 

NGLs - Plant Condensate

 

 

NGLs - Other

 

 

Natural

Gas

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020 Upstream Product Revenues (1)

$

643

 

 

$

201

 

 

$

63

 

 

$

244

 

 

$

1,151

 

2021 Upstream Product Revenues (1)

$

743

 

 

$

259

 

 

$

153

 

 

$

437

 

 

$

1,592

 

Increase (decrease) due to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales prices

 

171

 

 

 

64

 

 

 

101

 

 

 

191

 

 

 

527

 

 

425

 

 

 

152

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

210

 

 

 

882

 

Production volumes

 

(71

)

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(11

)

 

 

2

 

 

 

(86

)

 

(93

)

 

 

(34

)

 

 

1

 

 

 

(26

)

 

 

(152

)

2021 Upstream Product Revenues

$

743

 

 

$

259

 

 

$

153

 

 

$

437

 

 

$

1,592

 

2022 Upstream Product Revenues (1)

$

1,075

 

 

$

377

 

 

$

249

 

 

$

621

 

 

$

2,322

 

(1)

Revenues for the first quarter 2021of 2022 exclude certain other revenue and royalty adjustments with no associated production volumes of $2 million (2020(2021 - nil)$2 million).

Oil Revenues

Three months ended March 31, 20212022 versus March 31, 20202021

Oil revenues increased $100were higher by $332 million compared to the first quarter of 20202021 primarily due to:

 

HigherAn increase of $36.85 per bbl, or 65 percent, in the average realized oil prices of $12.83 per bbl, or 30 percent,which increased revenues by $171$425 million. The increase reflected higher WTI and Houston benchmark prices which were up 2563 percent and 2061 percent, respectively, and the strengthening of regional pricing relative to the WTI benchmark price in the USA Operations; and

 

Lower average oil production volumes of 16.018.2 Mbbls/d decreased revenues by $71$93 million. Lower volumes were primarily due to the impactssale of the pandemic which commenced atEagle Ford assets in the end of the firstsecond quarter of 20202021 (16.7 Mbbls/d), natural declines in Anadarko (6.9 Mbbls/d) and natural declines surpassing incremental productionchanges in Bakken, Anadarko and Eagle Ford (11.4commodity composition of Permian wells (2.2 Mbbls/d), andpartially offset by severe winter weather conditions in Permian, Anadarko and Eagle Ford during the first quarter of 2021 (7.7 Mbbls/d), partially offset by and successful drilling in Uinta and Permian (3.8Bakken (2.6 Mbbls/d).

NGL Revenues

Three months ended March 31, 20212022 versus March 31, 20202021

NGL revenues increased $148were higher by $214 million compared to the first quarter of 20202021 primarily due to:

 

Higher average realized other NGL pricesAn increase of $14.63$37.84 per bbl, or 20167 percent, in the average realized plant condensate prices which increased revenues by $101 million reflecting$152 million. The increase reflected higher other NGLEdmonton Condensate and WTI benchmark prices which were up 66 percent and 63 percent, respectively, as well as higher regional pricing;pricing relative to the WTI benchmark price in Canadian Operations;

 

Higher average realized plant condensate pricesAn increase of $14.07$13.04 per bbl, or 3360 percent, in the average realized other NGL prices which increased revenues by $64$95 million. The increase reflected higher WTI and Edmonton Condensateother NGL benchmark prices which were up 25 percent and 19 percent, respectively, as well as higher regional pricing relative to the WTI benchmark price;

Lower average other NGL production volumes of 16.9 Mbbls/d decreased revenues by $11 million. Lower volumes were primarily due to the impacts of the pandemic which commenced at the end of the first quarter of 2020 and natural declines in Anadarko, Duvernay, Eagle Ford and Permian (13.6 Mbbls/d), and severe weather conditions in Anadarko and Permian (4.7 Mbbls/d);pricing; and

 

Lower average plant condensate production volumes of 1.36.8 Mbbls/d decreased revenues by $6$34 million. Lower volumes were primarily due to higher royalties resulting from higher commodity prices in Montney (3.3 Mbbls/d) and the impactssales of the pandemic which commenced atDuvernay and Eagle Ford assets in the end of the firstsecond quarter of 2020 and natural declines in Duvernay (2.4 Mbbls/d), and severe winter weather conditions in Permian and Anadarko (1.1 Mbbls/d), partially offset by successful drilling Montney2021 (2.9 Mbbls/d).

39


Natural Gas Revenues

Three months ended March 31, 20212022 versus March 31, 20202021

Natural gas revenues increased $193were higher by $184 million compared to the first quarter of 20202021 primarily due to:

 

HigherAn increase of $1.56 per Mcf, or 51 percent, in the average realized natural gas prices of $1.38 per Mcf, or 81 percent,which increased revenues by $191$210 million. The increase reflected higher Dawn, NYMEX, AECO and AECODawn benchmark prices which were up 6784 percent, 3857 percent and 3741 percent, respectively, and higher regional pricing;respectively; and

 

HigherLower average natural gas production volumes of 789 MMcf/d increaseddecreased revenues by $2$26 million primarily due to successful drillinghigher royalties resulting from higher commodity prices in Montney (142(101 MMcf/d), the sales of the Duvernay and

40


Eagle Ford assets in the second quarter of 2021 (58 MMcf/d) and natural declines in Anadarko (14 MMcf/d), partially offset by the impacts of the pandemic which commenced at the end of the first quarter of 2020, and natural declines and severe winter weather conditions in Anadarko and Permian (111during the first quarter of 2021 (31 MMcf/d), natural changes in commodity composition of Permian wells (30 MMcf/d), successful drilling in Montney (18 MMcf/d) and decreased third-party plant down-time in Montney (9 MMcf/d).

Gains (Losses) on Risk Management, Net

As a means of managing commodity price volatility, Ovintiv enters into commodity derivative financial instruments on a portion of its expected oil, NGLNGLs and natural gas production volumes. The Company’s commodity price mitigation program reduces volatility and helps sustain revenues during periods of lower prices. Additional information on the Company’s commodity price positions as at March 31, 20212022 can be found in Note 1918 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

The following tables provide the effects of the Company’s risk management activities on revenues.

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

($ millions)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized Gains (Losses) on Risk Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity Price (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil

 

$

(117

)

 

$

82

 

 

$

(143

)

 

$

(117

)

NGLs - Plant Condensate

 

 

(25

)

 

 

23

 

 

 

(32

)

 

 

(25

)

NGLs - Other

 

 

(19

)

 

 

5

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(19

)

Natural Gas

 

 

3

 

 

 

39

 

 

 

(273

)

 

 

3

 

Other (2)

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

2

 

Total

 

 

(156

)

 

 

151

 

 

 

(446

)

 

 

(156

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Risk Management

 

 

(271

)

 

 

904

 

 

 

(1,012

)

 

 

(271

)

Total Gains (Losses) on Risk Management, Net

 

$

(427

)

 

$

1,055

 

 

$

(1,458

)

 

$

(427

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

(Per-unit)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized Gains (Losses) on Risk Management

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity Price (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oil ($/bbl)

 

$

(8.86

)

 

$

5.52

 

 

$

(12.41

)

 

$

(8.86

)

NGLs - Plant Condensate ($/bbl)

 

$

(5.44

)

 

$

4.78

 

 

$

(7.99

)

 

$

(5.44

)

NGLs - Other ($/bbl)

 

$

(2.76

)

 

$

0.62

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

(2.76

)

Natural Gas ($/Mcf)

 

$

0.02

 

 

$

0.27

 

 

$

(2.04

)

 

$

0.02

 

Total ($/BOE)

 

$

(3.27

)

 

$

2.86

 

 

$

(9.97

)

 

$

(3.27

)

(1)

Includes realized gains and losses related to the USA and Canadian Operations.

(2)

Other primarily includes realized gains or losses from Market Optimization and other derivative contracts with no associated production volumes.

Ovintiv recognizes fair value changes from its risk management activities each reporting period. The changes in fair value result from new positions and settlements that occur during each period, as well as the relationship between contract prices and the associated forward curves. Realized gains or losses on risk management activities related to commodity price mitigation are included in the USA Operations, Canadian Operations and Market Optimization revenues as the contracts are cash settled. Unrealized gains or losses on fair value changes of unsettled contracts are included in the Corporate and Other segment. Additional information on fair value changes can be found in Note 17 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

 

4041

 

 


 

Market Optimization Revenues

Market Optimization product revenues relate to activities that provide operational flexibility and cost mitigation for transportation commitments, product type, delivery points and customer diversification. Ovintiv also purchases and sells third-party volumes under marketing arrangements associated with the Company’s previous divestitures.

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

($ millions)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market Optimization

 

$

652

 

 

$

419

 

 

$

1,082

 

 

$

652

 

Three months ended March 31, 20212022 versus March 31, 20202021

Market Optimization product revenues increased $233$430 million compared to the first quarter of 20202021 primarily due to:

 

Higher oil and natural gas and oil benchmark prices ($242341 million) and higher sales of third-party purchased liquids volumes primarily relating to price optimization activities in the USA Operations ($95149 million);

partially offset by:

 

Lower sales of third-party purchased natural gas volumes primarily relating to marketing arrangements for assets divested in prior years ($10460 million).

Sublease Revenues

Sublease revenues primarily include amounts related to the sublease of office space in The Bow office building recorded in the Corporate and Other segment. Additional information on office sublease income can be found in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Operating Expenses

Production, Mineral and Other Taxes

Production, mineral and other taxes include production and property taxes. Production taxes are generally assessed as a percentage of oil, NGLs and natural gas production revenues. Property taxes are generally assessed based on the value of the underlying assets.

 

$ millions

 

 

 

$/BOE

 

 

$ millions

 

 

 

$/BOE

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA Operations

 

$

55

 

 

$

48

 

 

 

$

2.09

 

 

$

1.55

 

 

$

90

 

 

$

55

 

 

 

$

3.56

 

 

$

2.09

 

Canadian Operations

 

 

5

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

$

0.21

 

 

$

0.19

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

$

0.19

 

 

$

0.21

 

Total

 

$

60

 

 

$

52

 

 

 

$

1.23

 

 

$

1.01

 

 

$

94

 

 

$

60

 

 

 

$

2.08

 

 

$

1.23

 

Three months ended March 31, 20212022 versus March 31, 20202021

Production, mineral and other taxes increased $8$34 million compared to the first quarter of 20202021 primarily due to:

 

Higher production tax in USA Operations due to higher commodity prices ($1136 million), partially offset by the sale of the Eagle Ford assets in the second quarter of 2021 ($6 million).

 

 

4142

 

 


 

Transportation and Processing

Transportation and processing expense includes transportation costs incurred to move product from production points to sales points including gathering, compression, pipeline tariffs, trucking and storage costs. Ovintiv also incurs costs related to processing provided by third parties or through ownership interests in processing facilities.

 

$ millions

 

 

 

$/BOE

 

 

$ millions

 

 

 

$/BOE

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA Operations

 

$

113

 

 

$

121

 

 

 

$

4.31

 

 

$

3.84

 

 

$

135

 

 

$

113

 

 

 

$

5.31

 

 

$

4.31

 

Canadian Operations

 

 

224

 

 

 

213

 

 

 

$

10.12

 

 

$

10.29

 

 

 

231

 

 

 

224

 

 

 

$

11.72

 

 

$

10.12

 

Upstream Transportation and Processing

 

 

337

 

 

 

334

 

 

 

$

6.96

 

 

$

6.40

 

 

 

366

 

 

 

337

 

 

 

$

8.12

 

 

$

6.96

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market Optimization

 

 

42

 

 

 

62

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

379

 

 

$

396

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

406

 

 

$

379

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 20212022 versus March 31, 20202021

Transportation and processing expense decreased $17increased $27 million compared to the first quarter of 20202021 primarily due to:

 

The expiration of certain transportation contractsHigher variable contract rates in the USA Operations as well as expired contracts relatingPermian and Anadarko due to previously divested assets, the decommissioning of Deep Panukehigher commodity prices ($15 million), higher volumes in Permian ($9 million), and recoveries of amounts related to certain transportation contracts;higher flow-through rates resulting from increased third-party plant operating costs and higher capital fees in Montney ($8 million);

partially offset by:

 

Higher volumes in Montney, higher U.S/Canadian dollar exchange rate and higher costs relating to the diversificationThe sales of the Company’s downstream markets.Eagle Ford and Duvernay assets in the second quarter of 2021 ($8 million).

Operating

Operating expense includes costs paid by the Company, net of amounts capitalized, on oil and natural gas properties in which the CompanyOvintiv has a working interest. These costs primarily include labor, service contract fees, chemicals, fuel, water hauling, electricity and workovers.

 

$ millions

 

 

 

$/BOE

 

 

$ millions

 

 

 

$/BOE

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA Operations

 

$

129

 

 

$

139

 

 

 

$

4.89

 

 

$

4.42

 

 

$

142

 

 

$

129

 

 

 

$

5.58

 

 

$

4.89

 

Canadian Operations

 

 

28

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

$

1.23

 

 

$

1.26

 

 

 

37

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

$

1.90

 

 

$

1.23

 

Upstream Operating Expense (1)

 

 

157

 

 

 

165

 

 

 

$

3.22

 

 

$

3.17

 

 

 

179

 

 

 

157

 

 

 

$

3.98

 

 

$

3.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market Optimization

 

 

7

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate & Other

 

 

-

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

164

 

 

$

165

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

188

 

 

$

164

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Upstream Operating Expense per BOE for the first quarter of 20212022 includes long-term incentive costs of $0.15/$0.18/BOE (2020(2021 - recovery of long-term incentive costs of $0.17/$0.15/BOE).

Three months ended March 31, 20212022 versus March 31, 20202021

Operating expense decreased $1increased $24 million compared to the first quarter of 20202021 primarily due to:

 

Lower salariesIncreased activity relating to the timing of workovers in Anadarko, Montney and benefits due to decreased headcount resulting from workforce reductions in the second quarter of 2020Permian ($33 million) and decreased activity mainly as a result of the impacts of the pandemic which commenced at the end of the first quarter of 2020, the severe winter weather conditions in the USA Operations and cost saving initiatives implemented at the end of the first quarter of 2020 ($1924 million);

partially offset by:

 

Lower capitalizationThe sales of overhead costs ($22 million), higher long-term incentive costs resulting from an increasethe Eagle Ford and Duvernay assets in the Company’s share price insecond quarter of 2021 compared to a decrease in 2020 ($2115 million).

42


Additional information on the Company’s long-term incentivesincentive costs can be found in Note 1615 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

43


Purchased Product

Purchased product expense includes purchases of oil, NGLs and natural gas from third parties that are used to provide operational flexibility and cost mitigation for transportation commitments, product type, delivery points and customer diversification. The CompanyOvintiv also purchases and sells third-party volumes under marketing arrangements associated with the Company’s previous divestitures.

Three months ended March 31,

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

($ millions)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market Optimization

 

$

604

 

 

$

398

 

 

$

1,066

 

 

$

604

 

Three months ended March 31, 20212022 versus March 31, 20202021

Purchased product expense increased $206$462 million compared to the first quarter of 20202021 primarily due to:

 

Higher oil and natural gas and oil benchmark prices ($203365 million) and higher third-party purchased liquids volumes primarily relating to price optimization activities in the USA Operations ($97149 million);

partially offset by:

 

Lower third-party purchased natural gas volumes primarily relating to marketing arrangements for assets divested in prior years ($9452 million).

Depreciation, Depletion & Amortization

Proved properties within each country cost centre are depleted using the unit-of-production method based on proved reserves as discussed in Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of the 20202021 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Depletion rates are impacted by impairments, acquisitions, divestitures and foreign exchange rates, as well as fluctuations in 12-month average trailing prices which affect proved reserves volumes. Corporate assets are carried at cost and depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated service lives of the assets.

Additional information can be found under Upstream Assets and Reserve Estimates in the Critical Accounting Estimates section of the MD&A included in Item 7 of the 20202021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

$ millions

 

 

 

$/BOE

 

 

$ millions

 

 

 

$/BOE

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USA Operations

 

$

208

 

 

$

418

 

 

 

$

7.88

 

 

$

13.30

 

 

$

200

 

 

$

208

 

 

 

$

7.91

 

 

$

7.88

 

Canadian Operations

 

 

93

 

 

 

109

 

 

 

$

4.23

 

 

$

5.28

 

 

 

59

 

 

 

93

 

 

 

$

2.98

 

 

$

4.23

 

Upstream DD&A

 

 

301

 

 

 

527

 

 

 

$

6.22

 

 

$

10.12

 

 

 

259

 

 

 

301

 

 

 

$

5.75

 

 

$

6.22

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate & Other

 

 

7

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

$

308

 

 

$

534

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

264

 

 

$

308

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 20212022 versus March 31, 20202021

DD&A decreased $226$44 million compared to the first quarter of 20202021 primarily due to:

 

Lower depletion rates and production volumes in the USA Operations ($143 million and $67 million, respectively) and lower depletion rates in the Canadian Operations ($2925 million), partially offset by higher and lower production volumes in the Canadian and USA Operations ($8 million)10 million and higher U.S/Canadian dollar exchange rate ($7 million)$8 million, respectively).

The depletion rate in the USACanadian Operations decreased $5.42$1.25 per BOE compared to the first quarter of 20202021 primarily due to higher reserve volumes and the ceiling test impairments recognized in 2020, resulting in a lower depletable base. The depletion ratesale of the Duvernay assets in the Canadian Operations decreased $1.05 per BOE, compared to the firstsecond quarter of 2020 primarily due to a lower depletable base.

43


Impairments

Under full cost accounting, the carrying amount of Ovintiv’s oil and natural gas properties within each country cost centre is subject to a ceiling test performed quarterly. Ceiling test impairments are recognized when the capitalized costs, net of accumulated depletion and the related deferred income taxes, exceed the sum of the estimated after-tax future net cash flows from proved reserves as calculated under SEC requirements using the 12‑month average trailing prices and discounted at 10 percent. The 12-month average trailing price is calculated as the average of the price on the first day of each month within the trailing 12-month period.

In the first quarter of 2021, the Company did not recognize ceiling test impairments (2020 - $277 million, before tax, in the USA Operations). The non-cash ceiling test impairments in 2020 primarily resulted from the decline in the 12-month average trailing prices, which reduced proved reserves.

The 12-month average trailing prices used in the ceiling test calculations were based on the benchmark prices below. The benchmark prices were adjusted for basis differentials to determine local reference prices, transportation costs and tariffs, heat content and quality.

 

 

Oil & NGLs

 

 

Natural Gas

 

 

 

 

WTI

($/bbl)

 

 

Edmonton

Condensate

(C$/bbl)

 

 

Henry Hub

($/MMBtu)

 

 

AECO

(C$/MMBtu)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12-Month Average Trailing Reserves Pricing (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

40.01

 

 

 

49.68

 

 

 

2.16

 

 

 

2.36

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

39.62

 

 

 

49.77

 

 

 

1.98

 

 

 

2.13

 

 

March 31, 2020

 

 

56.06

 

 

 

70.32

 

 

 

2.30

 

 

 

1.48

 

 

(1)

All prices were held constant in all future years when estimating net revenues and reserves.

The Company believes that the discounted after-tax future net cash flows from proved reserves required to be used in the ceiling test calculation are not indicative of the fair market value of Ovintiv’s oil and natural gas properties or the future net cash flows expected to be generated from such properties. The discounted after-tax future net cash flows do not consider the fair market value of unamortized unproved properties, or probable or possible liquids and natural gas reserves. In addition, there is no consideration given to the effect of future changes in commodity prices. Ovintiv manages its business using estimates of reserves and resources based on forecast prices and costs. Additional information on the ceiling test calculation can be found in Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.2021.

 

 

44

 

 


 

Administrative

Administrative expense represents costs associated with corporate functions provided by Ovintiv staff. Costs primarily include salaries and benefits, operating lease, office, information technology, restructuring and long-term incentive costs.

($ millions)

 

 

$/BOE

 

($ millions)

 

 

$/BOE

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

2022

 

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Administrative, excluding Long-Term Incentive Costs,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restructuring Costs and Current Expected Credit Losses (1)

 

$

81

 

 

$

74

 

 

 

$

1.67

 

 

 

$

1.42

 

Administrative, excluding Long-Term Incentive,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restructuring and Legal Costs, and Current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expected Credit Losses (1)

 

$

66

 

 

$

81

 

 

 

$

1.48

 

 

 

$

1.67

 

Long-term incentive costs

 

 

35

 

 

 

(26

)

 

 

 

0.72

 

 

 

 

(0.51

)

 

 

79

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

 

1.75

 

 

 

 

0.72

 

Restructuring costs

 

 

6

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

0.13

 

 

 

 

-

 

Restructuring and legal costs

 

 

(1

)

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

(0.03

)

 

 

 

0.13

 

Current expected credit losses

 

 

-

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

0.11

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

 

-

 

Total Administrative

 

$

122

 

 

$

53

 

 

 

$

2.52

 

 

 

$

1.02

 

 

$

144

 

 

$

122

 

 

 

$

3.20

 

 

 

$

2.52

 

(1)

Includes $29 million related to The Bow office lease, half of which is recovered from sublease revenues (2020(2021 - $28$29 million).

Three months ended March 31, 20212022 versus March 31, 20202021

Administrative expense in the first quarter of 2021 increased $69$22 million compared to the first quarter of 20202021 primarily due to higher long-term incentive costs resulting from an increase in Ovintiv’s share price in the first quarter of 2021 compared to a decrease in 2020 ($61 million), higher consulting costs ($7 million), and restructuring costs related to workforce reductions ($6 million).to:

Higher long-term incentive costs resulting from an increase in the Company’s share price in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 2021 ($44 million);

During 2020, the Company completed workforce reductions as part of a company-wide reorganization in response to the low commodity price environment resulting from the global pandemic and the Company’s planned reductions in capital spending. partially offset by:

A decrease in consulting costs ($12 million) and restructuring costs ($7 million).

Additional information on restructuring chargeslong-term incentive costs can be found in Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Other (Income) Expenses

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

($ millions)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest

 

$

87

 

 

$

96

 

 

$

74

 

 

$

87

 

Foreign exchange (gain) loss, net

 

 

(7

)

 

 

116

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(7

)

Other (gains) losses, net

 

 

(18

)

 

 

(14

)

 

 

(27

)

 

 

(18

)

Total Other (Income) Expenses

 

$

62

 

 

$

198

 

 

$

46

 

 

$

62

 

Interest

Interest expense primarily includes interest on Ovintiv’s long-term debt. Additional information on changes in interest can be found in Note 4 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Three months ended March 31, 20212022 versus March 31, 20202021

Interest expense decreased $9$13 million compared to the first quarter of 20202021 primarily due to interest savings related to open market repurchasesthe redemption of long-term debt completedthe Company’s 2022 and 2021 senior notes in 2020the second and third quarter of 2021, respectively ($513 million).

45


Foreign Exchange (Gain) Loss, Net

Foreign exchange gains and losses primarily result from the impact of fluctuations in the Canadian to U.S. dollar exchange rate. Additional information on changes in foreign exchange gains or losses can be found in Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Following the completion of the corporate reorganization and U.S. domestication in the first quarter of 2020, the U.S. dollar denominated unsecured notes issued by Encana Corporation from Canada were assumed by Ovintiv Inc., a company incorporated in Delaware with a U.S. dollar functional currency. Accordingly, these U.S. dollar denominated unsecured notes, along with certain intercompany notes, no longer attract Additional information on foreign exchange translation gains or losses.rates and the effects of foreign exchange rate changes can be found in Part I, Item 3 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

45


Three months ended March 31, 20212022 versus March 31, 20202021

Net foreign exchange gain of $7decreased $6 million compared to a loss of $116 million in the first quarter of 20202021 primarily due to:

 

Lower unrealized foreign exchange losses on the translation of U.S. dollar financing debt and risk management contracts issued from Canada compared to 2020 ($75 million and $51 million, respectively) and realized foreign exchange gains on the settlementsettlements of U.S. dollar risk management contracts and financing debt issued from Canada compared to losses in 2020 ($23 million)6 million and $5 million, respectively);

partially offset by:

 

Lower unrealizedUnrealized foreign exchange gains on the translation of intercompany notesU.S. dollar risk management contracts issued from Canada compared to losses in 2021 ($274 million).

Other (Gains) Losses, Net

Other (gains) losses, net, primarily includes other non-recurring revenues or expenses and may also include items such as interest income, interest received from tax authorities, transaction costs relating to acquisitions, reclamation charges relating to decommissioned assets, gains on debt repurchases, government stimulus programs and adjustments related to other assets.

Other gains in the first quarter of 2021 primarily2022 includes interest income of $22 million (2021 - $12 millionmillion) primarily associated with the resolution of prior yearyears’ tax items.

Other gains in the first quarter of 2020 primarily includes a gain of $11 million relating to the repurchase of the Company’s fixed long-term debt on the open market.

46


Income Tax

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

($ millions)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Income Tax Expense (Recovery)

 

$

(156

)

 

$

-

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

(156

)

Deferred Income Tax Expense (Recovery)

 

 

(20

)

 

 

140

 

 

 

(8

)

 

 

(20

)

Income Tax Expense (Recovery)

 

$

(176

)

 

$

140

 

 

$

(5

)

 

$

(176

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective Tax Rate

 

(132.3%

)

 

25.0%

 

 

2.0%

 

 

(132.3%

)

Income Tax Expense (Recovery)

Three months ended March 31, 20212022 versus March 31, 20202021

In the first quarter of 2021,2022, Ovintiv recorded ana lower income tax recovery of $176$171 million compared to an income tax expense of $140 million in 2020,2021, primarily due to the resolution of certainprior years’ tax items relating to prior taxation years and the reductionrecognized in valuation allowances resulting from current year net earnings before tax.2021.

Effective Tax Rate

Ovintiv’s interim income tax expense is determined using the estimated annual effective income tax rate applied to year‑to‑date net earnings before income tax plus the effect of legislative changes and amounts in respect of prior periods. The estimated annual effective income tax rate is impacted by expected annual earnings, changes in valuation allowances, state taxes, income tax related to foreign operations, state taxes, the effect of legislative changes, non-taxable capital gains and losses,items and tax differences on divestitures and transactions, which can produce interim effective tax rate fluctuations.

The Company’s effective tax rate was 2.0 percent for the first quarter of 2022, which is lower than the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 21 percent primarily due to a lower annual effective income tax rate resulting from a reduction in valuation allowances.

The Company’s effective tax rate was (132.3) percent infor the first quarter of 2021, which iswas lower than the U.S. federal statutory tax rate of 21 percent primarily due to the resolution of certainprior years’ tax items relating to prior taxation years and the reductionchange in valuation allowances recorded relating to current year net earnings before tax.

The Company’s effective tax rate of 25 percent in the first quarter of 2020, is higher than the U.S. statutory tax rate of 21 percent primarily due to state taxes and foreign jurisdictional tax rates relative to the U.S. federal statutory tax rate applied to jurisdictional earnings.  

The determination of income and other tax liabilities of the Company and its subsidiaries requires interpretation of complex domestic and foreign tax laws and regulations, that are subject to change. The Company’s interpretation of taxationtax laws may

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differ from the interpretation of the tax authorities. As a result, there are tax matters under review for which the timing of resolution is uncertain. The Company believes that the provision for income taxes is adequate.

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Additional information on income taxes can be found in Note 6 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Sources of Liquidity

The Company has the flexibility to access cash equivalents and a range of funding alternatives at competitive rates through committed revolving credit facilities as well as debt and equity capital markets. Ovintiv closely monitors the accessibility of cost-effective credit and ensures that sufficient liquidity is in place to fund capital expenditures and dividend payments. In addition, the Company may use cash and cash equivalents, cash from operating activities, or proceeds from asset divestitures to fund its operations or to manage its capital structure as discussed below. At March 31, 2022, $196 million in cash and cash equivalents was held by Canadian subsidiaries. The cash held by Canadian subsidiaries is accessible and may be subject to additional U.S. income taxes and Canadian withholding taxes if repatriated.

The Company’s capital structure consists of total shareholders’ equity plus long-term debt, including any current portion. The Company’s objectives when managing its capital structure are to maintain financial flexibility to preserve Ovintiv’s access to capital markets and its ability to meet financial obligations and finance internally generated growth, as well as potential acquisitions. Ovintiv has a practice of maintaining capital discipline and strategically managing its capital structure by adjusting capital spending, adjusting dividends paid to stockholders,shareholders, issuing new shares of common stock, purchasing shares of common stock for cancellation, issuing new debt and repaying or repurchasing existing debt.

 

As at March 31,

 

 

As at March 31,

 

($ millions, except as indicated)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

$

9

 

 

$

82

 

 

$

271

 

 

$

9

 

Available Credit Facilities (1)

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

3,515

 

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

4,000

 

Available Uncommitted Demand Lines (2)

 

 

279

 

 

 

190

 

Available Uncommitted Demand Lines (1)

 

 

312

 

 

 

279

 

Issuance of U.S. Commercial Paper

 

 

(490

)

 

 

(357

)

 

 

-

 

 

 

(490

)

Total Liquidity

 

$

3,798

 

 

$

3,430

 

 

$

4,583

 

 

$

3,798

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Debt, including current portion (3)

 

$

6,418

 

 

$

7,006

 

 

$

4,775

 

 

$

6,418

 

Total Shareholders’ Equity

 

$

4,134

 

 

$

10,191

 

Total Shareholders’ Equity (2)

 

$

4,684

 

 

$

4,134

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt to Capitalization (%) (4)

 

 

61

 

 

 

41

 

Debt to Adjusted Capitalization (%) (5)

 

 

35

 

 

 

28

 

Debt to Capitalization (%) (3)

 

 

50

 

 

 

61

 

Debt to Adjusted Capitalization (%) (4)

 

 

28

 

 

 

35

 

(1)

Includes available credit facilities of $2.5 billion (2020 - $2.165 billion) in the U.S. and $1.5 billion (2020 - $1.35 billion) in Canada as at March 31, 2021 (collectively, the “Credit Facilities”).

(2)

Includes three uncommitted demand lines totaling $339$340 million, net of $60$28 million in related undrawn letters of credit (2020(2021 - $313$339 million and $123$60 million, respectively).

(3)(2)

Long-Term Debt as at March 31, 2021, includes outstanding U.S. CP totaling $490 million.Shareholders’ Equity reflects the shares of common stock purchased, for cancellation, under the Company’s NCIB program initiated in 2021.

(4)(3)

Calculated as long-term debt, including the current portion, divided by shareholders’ equity plus long-term debt, including the current portion.

(5)(4)

A non-GAAP measure which is defined in the Non-GAAP Measures section of this MD&A.

TheDuring the first quarter of 2022, the Company hashad access to two committed revolving U.S. dollar denominated credit facilities totaling $4.0 billion, which includeincluded a $2.5 billion revolving credit facility for Ovintiv Inc. and a $1.5 billion revolving credit facility for a Canadian subsidiary both maturing in July 2024.(collectively, the “Credit Facilities”). The Credit Facilities provide financial flexibility and allow the Company to fund its operations or capital investment program. At March 31, 2021,2022, there were no outstanding amounts under the revolving Credit Facilities.

In March, the Company commenced negotiations to amend and restate its committed revolving Credit Facilities. Effective April 1, 2022, the Company has access to two committed revolving U.S. dollar denominated credit facilities totaling $3.5 billion, which include a $2.2 billion revolving credit facility for Ovintiv Inc. and a $1.3 billion revolving credit facility for thea Canadian subsidiary.

Ovintiv currently has Maturity dates for both investmentcredit facilities have been extended to July 2026 and non-investment grade credit ratings andthe Company has full access to these Credit Facilities.

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During the first quarter of 2022, Ovintiv’s credit rating was upgraded to investment grade by one of its Credit Facilitiescredit rating agencies driven by Ovintiv’s significant debt reductions and U.S. CP programs. Reductions inimproved commodity price assumptions used by the Company’srating agency. All of Ovintiv’s credit ratings could increase the cost of short-term borrowings on the existing Credit Facilities or other sources of liquidity and limit access to the Company’s commercial paper program.are investment grade as at March 31, 2022.

Depending on the Company’s credit rating and market demand, the Company may issue from its two U.S. CPcommercial paper (“U.S. CP”) programs, which include a $1.5 billion program for Ovintiv Inc. and a $1.0 billion program for a Canadian subsidiary. As at March 31, 2021,2022, the Company had approximately $490 million ofno commercial paper outstanding underand continues to have full access to its U.S. CP programs with an average remaining term of approximately 45 days and a weighted average interest rate of approximately 1.03 percent, which is supported by the Company’s Credit Facilities.programs.

The Credit Facilities, uncommitted demand lines, and cash and cash equivalents provide Ovintiv with total liquidity of approximately $3.8 billion.$4.6 billion as at March 31, 2022. At March 31, 2021,2022, Ovintiv also had approximately $61$28 million in undrawn letters of credit issued in the normal course of business primarily as collateral security, related to transportation arrangements and to support

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future abandonment liabilities. Reductions in the Company’s credit ratings could trigger additional collateral requirements to support existing agreements and such amounts could be material.

Ovintiv has a U.S. shelf registration statement and a Canadian shelf prospectus, under which the Company may issue from time to time, debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, warrants, units, share purchase contracts and share purchase units in the U.S. and/or Canada. At March 31, 2021,2022, $6.0 billion remained accessible under the Canadian shelf prospectus. The Canadian shelf prospectus expired in April 2022 and the U.S. shelf registration statement expires in March 2023. The ability to issue securities under the U.S. shelf registration statement or Canadian shelf prospectus is dependent upon market conditions and securities law requirements.

Ovintiv is currently in compliance with, and expects that it will continue to be in compliance with, all financial covenants under the Credit Facilities. Management monitors Debt to Adjusted Capitalization, which is a non-GAAP measure defined in the Non-GAAP Measures section of this MD&A, as a proxy for Ovintiv’s financial covenant under the Credit Facilities, which requires Debt to Adjusted Capitalization to be less than 60 percent. As at March 31, 2021,2022, the Company’s Debt to Adjusted Capitalization was 3528 percent. The definitions used in the covenant under the Credit Facilities adjust capitalization for cumulative historical ceiling test impairments recorded in conjunction with the Company’s January 1, 2012 adoption of U.S. GAAP. Ovintiv does not expect the current COVID-19 pandemic to impact the Company’s ability to remain in compliance with its financial covenants under the Credit Facilities. Additional information on financial covenants can be found in Note 15 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of the 20202021 Annual Report on Form 10‑K.

 

Sources and Uses of Cash

In the first quarter of 2021,2022, Ovintiv primarily generated cash through operating activities. The following table summarizes the sources and uses of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents.

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

($ millions)

Activity Type

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Activity Type

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sources of Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash from operating activities

Operating

 

 

$

827

 

 

$

566

 

Operating

 

 

$

685

 

 

$

827

 

Proceeds from divestitures

Investing

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

22

 

Investing

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

2

 

Net issuance of revolving long-term debt

Financing

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

144

 

Other

Investing

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

130

 

Investing

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

857

 

 

 

862

 

 

 

 

 

734

 

 

 

857

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Uses of Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

Investing

 

 

 

350

 

 

 

790

 

Investing

 

 

 

451

 

 

 

350

 

Acquisitions

Investing

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

17

 

Investing

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

1

 

Net repayment of revolving long-term debt

Financing

 

 

 

460

 

 

 

-

 

Financing

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

460

 

Repayment of long-term debt (1)

Financing

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

89

 

Financing

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

-

 

Purchase of shares of common stock

Financing

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

-

 

Dividends on shares of common stock

Financing

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

24

 

Financing

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

24

 

Other

Financing

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

22

 

Financing

 

 

 

64

 

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

858

 

 

 

942

 

 

 

 

 

659

 

 

 

858

 

Foreign Exchange Gain (Loss) on Cash, Cash Equivalents

and Restricted Cash Held in Foreign Currency

Foreign Exchange Gain (Loss) on Cash, Cash Equivalents

and Restricted Cash Held in Foreign Currency

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

(7

)

Foreign Exchange Gain (Loss) on Cash, Cash Equivalents

and Restricted Cash Held in Foreign Currency

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

-

 

Increase (Decrease) in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

Increase (Decrease) in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

 

 

$

(1

)

 

$

(87

)

Increase (Decrease) in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash

 

 

$

76

 

 

$

(1

)

(1)

Includes open market repurchases in 2020.2022.

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Operating Activities

Net cash from operating activities in the first quarter of 20212022 was $827$685 million and was primarily a reflection of the impacts from higher average realized commodity prices, partially offset by the effects of the commodity price mitigation program and changes in non‑cash working capital.

Additional detail on changes in non-cash working capital can be found in Note 2019 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Ovintiv expects it will continue to meet the payment terms of its suppliers.

Non-GAAP Cash Flow in the first quarter of 20212022 was $890$1,043 million and was primarily impacted by the items affecting cash from operating activities which are discussed below and in the Results of Operations section of this MD&A.

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Three months ended March 31, 20212022 versus March 31, 20202021

Net cash from operating activities increased $261decreased $142 million compared to the first quarter of 20202021 primarily due to:

 

Higher realized commodity priceslosses on risk management in revenues compared to 2021 ($527290 million), achanges in non-cash working capital ($289 million), current income tax recovery mainly due to the resolution of certainprior years’ tax items relating to prior taxation yearsin 2021 ($156 million), lower decommissioning payments primarily related to Deep Panukeproduction volumes ($38152 million), lowerhigher production, mineral and other taxes ($34 million), higher administrative expenses, excluding non-cash long-term incentive costs and current expected credit losses ($30 million), higher transportation and processing expense ($27 million) and higher operating expense, excluding non-cash long-term incentive costs ($21 million), lower transportation and processing expense ($17 million) and higher interest income ($1019 million);

partially offset by:

 

Realized losses on risk management in revenues compared to gains in 2020Higher realized commodity prices ($307882 million), changes in non-cash working capital ($140 million), lower production volumes ($86 million) and higher administrative expenses, excluding non-cash long-term incentive costs and current expected credit losses ($20 million), which includes restructuring costs of $6 million..

Investing Activities

Cash used in investing activities in the first quarter of 20212022 was $321$417 million primarily due to capital expenditures. Capital expenditures decreased $440increased $101 million compared to the first quarter of 20202021, primarily due to the Company’s reduced capital program in response to the volatile market conditions in 2020.timing of projects and nominal cost pressures.

Acquisitions in the first quarter of 20212022 were $1$15 million (2020(2021 - $17$1 million), which primarily included property purchases with oil and liquids rich potential.

Divestitures in the first quarter of 2021 were $2 million (2020 - $22 million), which primarily included the sale of certain properties that did not complement Ovintiv’s existing portfolio of assets.

Capital expenditures and acquisition and divestiture activity are summarized in Notes 2 and 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities has been impacted by the Company’s strategy to enhance liquidity, strengthen its balance sheet by repaying or repurchasing existing debt, and returning value to stockholdersshareholders by purchasing shares of common stock and paying dividends.

Net cash used in financing activities in the first quarter of 2021 was $5072022 decreased by $314 million compared to net cash from financing activities of $9 million in 2020.2021. The changedecrease was primarily due to a net repayment of revolving long-term debt in 2021 ($460 million) compared to a net issuance in 2020 ($144 million), partially offset by open market repurchasespurchases of long-term debtshares of common stock under the NCIB ($71 million) and an increase in 2020dividend payments in 2022 ($8928 million) as discussed below..

From time to time, Ovintiv may seek to retire or purchase the Company’s outstanding debt through cash purchases and/or exchanges for other debt or equity securities, in open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. Such repurchases or exchanges, if any, will depend on prevailing market conditions, the Company’s liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors.In the first quarter of 2022, the Company repurchased approximately $6 million in principal amount of its 5.15 percent senior notes due in November 2041 in the open market. The aggregate cash payments related to the note repurchases were $6 million, plus accrued interest.

The Company’s long-term debt including the current portion of $1,118 million, totaled $6,418$4,775 million at March 31, 2021. The Company’s long-term debt2022 and $4,786 million at December 31, 2020 totaled $6,885 million, which included the2021. There were no current portion of $518 million.portions outstanding at March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021. As at March 31, 2021, over 80 percent of2022, the Company’sCompany has no fixed rate long-term debt is not due until 2024 and beyond.

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Since the second quarter of 2020, the Company has allocated $948$2,591 million in excess cash flows to reduce its total long-term debt balance. The proceeds from the recently announced divestitures will also be allocated towards its total long-term debt reduction target. The Company expects to achieve its total long-term debtNet Debt balance to be $4.5of $3.0 billion byin the firstsecond half of 2022. Total long-term

In support of the Company’s commitment to growing shareholder value, Ovintiv utilizes its capital allocation framework to increase returns to shareholders and maintain the Company’s progress on debt includes revolving credit facilities and commercial paper balances. reduction.

For additional information on long-term debt, refer to Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Dividends

Dividends

OvintivThe Company pays quarterly dividends to common stockholdersshareholders at the discretion of the Board of Directors.

Three months ended March 31,

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

($ millions, except as indicated)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend Payments

 

$

24

 

 

$

24

 

 

$

52

 

 

$

24

 

Dividend Payments ($/share)

 

$

0.09375

 

 

$

0.09375

 

 

$

0.20

 

 

$

0.09375

 

On April 28, 2021,May 9, 2022, the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.09375$0.25 per share of common stock payable on June 30, 20212022 to common stockholdersshareholders of record as of June 15, 2021.2022. This represents an increase of 25 percent to the annualized dividend payment.

Off-Balance Sheet ArrangementsDividends increased $28 million compared to 2021, as a result of Ovintiv increasing its quarterly dividend payments to an annualized dividend of $0.80 per share of common stock during the first quarter of 2022 as part of the Company’s commitment to returning capital to shareholders.

Normal Course Issuer Bid

On September 28, 2021, Ovintiv announced it received regulatory approval to commence a NCIB that enables the Company to purchase, for cancellation, up to approximately 26 million shares of common stock over a 12-month period from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The number of shares authorized for purchase represent approximately 10 percent of Ovintiv’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock as at September 20, 2021. The Company is funding the NCIB through its capital allocation framework. In the first quarter of 2022, the Company purchased for cancellation, approximately 1.7 million shares of common stock for total consideration of approximately $71 million.

Subsequent to the NCIB announced in 2021, Ovintiv obtained an exemption order on March 9, 2022 from the Canadian securities regulators, which permits Ovintiv to make repurchases for up to 36 months from the date of the order, under its current and any future NCIB, through the New York Stock Exchange and other United States-based trading systems in excess of the maximum allowable purchases under applicable Canadian securities laws. This exemption effectively allows Ovintiv to purchase up to 10 percent of its public float on U.S. markets under its normal course issuer bids. Without the exemption, this amount would be limited to five percent of Ovintiv’s outstanding common stock under applicable Canadian securities law. For additional details on this exemption order, including the conditions upon which the order was granted, refer to Part II, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Material Cash Requirements

For information on off-balance sheet arrangements and transactions,material cash requirements, refer to the Off-Balance Sheet ArrangementsMaterial Cash Requirements section of the MD&A included in Item 7 of the 20202021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Commitments and Contingencies

For information on commitments and contingencies, refer to Note 2120 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

 

5150

 

 


 

Non-GAAP Measures

Certain measures in this document do not have any standardized meaning as prescribed by U.S. GAAP and, therefore, are considered non-GAAP measures. These measures may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers and should not be viewed as a substitute for measures reported under U.S. GAAP. These measures are commonly used in the oil and gas industry and by Ovintiv to provide shareholders and potential investors with additional information regarding the Company’s liquidity and its ability to generate funds to finance its operations. Non-GAAP measures include: Non-GAAP Cash Flow, Non-GAAP Cash Flow Margin, Total Costs, Debt to Adjusted Capitalization, Net Debt and Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA. Management’s use of these measures is discussed further below.

Non-GAAP Cash Flow and Non-GAAP Cash Flow Margin

Non-GAAP Cash Flow is a non-GAAP measure defined as cash from (used in) operating activities excluding net change in other assets and liabilities, net change in non-cash working capital and current tax on sale of assets.

Non-GAAP Cash Flow Margin is a non-GAAP measure defined as Non-GAAP Cash Flow per BOE of production.

Management believes these measures are useful to the Company and its investors as a measure of operating and financial performance across periods and against other companies in the industry, and are an indication of the Company’s ability to generate cash to finance capital investment programs, to service debt and to meet other financial obligations. These measures are used, along with other measures, in the calculation of certain performance targets for the Company’s management and employees.

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

($ millions, except as indicated)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash From (Used in) Operating Activities

 

$

827

 

 

$

566

 

 

$

685

 

 

$

827

 

(Add back) deduct:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in other assets and liabilities

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(52

)

 

 

(12

)

 

 

(6

)

Net change in non-cash working capital

 

 

(57

)

 

 

83

 

 

 

(346

)

 

 

(57

)

Current tax on sale of assets

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Non-GAAP Cash Flow (1)

 

$

890

 

 

$

535

 

 

$

1,043

 

 

$

890

 

Divided by:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Production Volumes (MMBOE)

 

 

48.4

 

 

 

52.0

 

 

 

45.0

 

 

 

48.4

 

Non-GAAP Cash Flow Margin ($/BOE)

 

$

18.39

 

 

$

10.29

 

 

$

23.18

 

 

$

18.39

 

(1)

The first quarter of 2021 include restructuring costs of $6 million (2020 – nil).

 

 

5251

 

 


 

 

Total Costs

Total Costs is a non-GAAP measure which includes the summation of production, mineral and other taxes, upstream transportation and processing expense, upstream operating expense and administrative expense, excluding the impact of long-term incentive, costs, restructuring and legal costs, and current expected credit losses. It is calculated as total operating expenses excluding non-upstream operating costs and non-cash items which include operating expenses from the Market Optimization and Corporate and Other segments, depreciation, depletion and amortization, impairments, accretion of asset retirement obligation, long-term incentive, costs, restructuring and legal costs, and current expected credit losses. When presented on a per BOE basis, Total Costs is divided by production volumes. Management believes this measure is useful to the Company and its investors as a measure of operational efficiency across periods.

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

 

Three months ended March 31,

 

($ millions, except as indicated)

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Operating Expenses

 

$

1,643

 

 

$

1,884

 

 

$

2,167

 

 

$

1,643

 

Deduct (add back):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Market optimization operating expenses

 

 

653

 

 

 

462

 

 

 

1,115

 

 

 

653

 

Corporate & other operating expenses

 

 

-

 

 

 

(2

)

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

308

 

 

 

534

 

 

 

264

 

 

 

308

 

Impairments

 

 

-

 

 

 

277

 

Accretion of asset retirement obligation

 

 

6

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

6

 

Long-term incentive costs

 

 

42

 

 

 

(35

)

 

 

87

 

 

 

42

 

Restructuring costs

 

 

6

 

 

 

-

 

Current expected credit losses

 

 

-

 

 

 

5

 

Restructuring and legal costs

 

 

(1

)

 

 

6

 

Total Costs

 

$

628

 

 

$

634

 

 

$

697

 

 

$

628

 

Divided by:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Production Volumes (MMBOE)

 

 

48.4

 

 

 

52.0

 

 

 

45.0

 

 

 

48.4

 

Total Costs ($/BOE) (1)

 

$

12.93

 

 

$

12.17

 

 

$

15.48

 

 

$

12.93

 

(1)

Calculated using whole dollars and volumes.

Debt to Adjusted Capitalization

Debt to Adjusted Capitalization is a non-GAAP measure which adjusts capitalization for historical ceiling test impairments that were recorded as at December 31, 2011. Management monitors Debt to Adjusted Capitalization as a proxy for the Company’s financial covenant under the Credit Facilities which require debt to adjusted capitalization to be less than 60 percent. Adjusted Capitalization includes debt, total shareholders’ equity and an equity adjustment for cumulative historical ceiling test impairments recorded as at December 31, 2011 in conjunction with the Company’s January 1, 2012 adoption of U.S. GAAP.

($ millions, except as indicated)

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Debt, including current portion

 

$

6,418

 

 

$

6,885

 

 

$

4,775

 

 

$

4,786

 

Total Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

4,134

 

 

 

3,837

 

 

 

4,684

 

 

 

5,074

 

Equity Adjustment for Impairments at December 31, 2011

 

 

7,746

 

 

 

7,746

 

 

 

7,746

 

 

 

7,746

 

Adjusted Capitalization

 

$

18,298

 

 

$

18,468

 

 

$

17,205

 

 

$

17,606

 

Debt to Adjusted Capitalization

 

35%

 

 

37%

 

 

28%

 

 

27%

 

 

 

5352

 

 


 

 

Net Debt and Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA

Net Debt and Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA is aare non-GAAP measuremeasures whereby Net Debt is defined as long-term debt, including the current portion, less cash and cash equivalents and Adjusted EBITDA is defined as trailing 12-month net earnings (loss) before income taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization, impairments, accretion of asset retirement obligation, interest, unrealized gains/losses on risk management, foreign exchange gains/losses, gains/losses on divestitures and other gains/losses.

Management believes this measure isthese measures are useful to the Company and its investors as a measure of financial leverage and the Company’s ability to service its debt and other financial obligations. This measure isThese measures are used, along with other measures, in the calculation of certain financial performance targets for the Company’s management and employees.

($ millions, except as indicated)

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

March 31, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-Term Debt, including current portion

 

$

6,418

 

 

$

6,885

 

 

$

4,775

 

 

$

4,786

 

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

9

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

271

 

 

 

195

 

Net Debt

 

 

6,409

 

 

 

6,875

 

 

 

4,504

 

 

 

4,591

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Earnings (Loss)

 

 

(6,209

)

 

 

(6,097

)

 

 

866

 

 

 

1,416

 

Add back (deduct):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

1,608

 

 

 

1,834

 

 

 

1,146

 

 

 

1,190

 

Impairments

 

 

5,303

 

 

 

5,580

 

Accretion of asset retirement obligation

 

 

26

 

 

 

29

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

22

 

Interest

 

 

362

 

 

 

371

 

 

 

327

 

 

 

340

 

Unrealized (gains) losses on risk management

 

 

1,379

 

 

 

204

 

 

 

1,229

 

 

 

488

 

Foreign exchange (gain) loss, net

 

 

(106

)

 

 

17

 

 

 

(17

)

 

 

(23

)

(Gain) loss on divestitures, net

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Other (gains) losses, net

 

 

(59

)

 

 

(55

)

 

 

(46

)

 

 

(37

)

Income tax expense (recovery)

 

 

51

 

 

 

367

 

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(177

)

Adjusted EBITDA (trailing 12-month)

 

$

2,355

 

 

$

2,250

 

 

$

3,520

 

 

$

3,219

 

Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA (times)

 

 

2.7

 

 

 

3.1

 

 

 

1.3

 

 

 

1.4

 

 

 

 

5453

 

 


 

 

Item 3: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The primary objective of the following information is to provide forward-looking quantitative and qualitative information about Ovintiv’s potential exposure to market risks. The term “market risk” refers to the Company’s risk of loss arising from adverse changes in oil, NGL and natural gas prices, foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. The following disclosures are not meant to be precise indicators of expected future losses but rather indicators of reasonably possible losses. The forward-looking information provides indicators of how the Company views and manages ongoing market risk exposures.

COMMODITY PRICE RISK

Commodity price risk arises from the effect fluctuations in future commodity prices, including oil, NGLs and natural gas, may have on future revenues, expenses and cash flows. Realized pricing is primarily driven by the prevailing worldwide price for crude oil and spot market prices applicable to the Company’s natural gas production. Pricing for oil, NGLs and natural gas production is volatile and unpredictable as discussed in Part 1, Item 2 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q10‑Q in the Executive Overview section in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and in Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of the 20202021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.10‑K. To partially mitigate exposure to commodity price risk, the Company may enter into various derivative financial instruments including futures, forwards, swaps, options and costless collars. The use of these derivative instruments is governed under formal policies and is subject to limits established by the Board of Directors and may vary from time to time. Both exchange traded and over-the-counter traded derivative instruments may be subject to margin-deposit requirements, and the Company may be required from time to time to deposit cash or provide letters of credit with exchange brokers or counterparties to satisfy these margin requirements. For additional information relating to the Company’s derivative and financial instruments, see Note 1918 under Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.10‑Q.

The table below summarizes the sensitivity of the fair value of the Company’s risk management positions to fluctuations in commodity prices, with all other variables held constant. The Company has used a 10 percent variability to assess the potential impact of commodity price changes. Fluctuations in commodity prices could have resulted in unrealized gains (losses) impacting pre-tax net earnings as follows:

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

March 31, 2022

 

(US$ millions)

 

10% Price

Increase

 

 

10% Price

Decrease

 

 

10% Price

Increase

 

 

10% Price

Decrease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crude oil price

 

$

(188

)

 

$

174

 

 

$

(218

)

 

$

207

 

NGL price

 

 

(16

)

 

 

16

 

Natural gas price

 

 

(94

)

 

 

77

 

 

 

(209

)

 

 

207

 

FOREIGN EXCHANGE RISK

Foreign exchange risk arises from changes in foreign exchange rates that may affect the fair value or future cash flows of the Company’s financial assets or liabilities. As Ovintiv operates primarily in the United States and Canada, fluctuations in the exchange rate between the U.S. and Canadian dollars can have a significant effect on the Company’s reported results.

The table below summarizes selected foreign exchange impacts on Ovintiv’s financial results when compared to the same period in 2020.2021.

 

 

$ millions

 

 

$/BOE

 

 

$ millions

 

 

$/BOE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Investment

 

$

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

-

 

 

 

 

 

Transportation and Processing Expense (1)

 

 

12

 

 

$

0.26

 

 

 

1

 

 

$

0.02

 

Operating Expense (1)

 

 

1

 

 

 

0.03

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Administrative Expense

 

 

2

 

 

 

0.03

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (1)

 

 

7

 

 

 

0.14

 

 

 

-

 

 

 

-

 

 

(1)

Reflects upstream operations.

 

 

5554

 

 


 

 

Foreign exchange gains and losses also arise when monetary assets and monetary liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated and settled, and primarily include:

 

U.S. dollar denominated financing debt issued from Canada

 

U.S. dollar denominated risk management assets and liabilities held in Canada

 

U.S. dollar denominated cash and short-term investments held in Canada

 

Foreign denominated intercompany loans

To partially mitigate the effect of foreign exchange fluctuations on future commodity revenues and expenses, the Company may enter into foreign currency derivative contracts. As at March 31, 2021,2022, Ovintiv has entered into $263$300 million notional U.S. dollar denominated currency swaps at an average exchange rate of C$1.37201.2848 to US$1, which mature monthly through the remainder of 2021.2022.

As at March 31, 2021,2022, Ovintiv had $55 million indid not have any U.S. dollar finance lease obligationsdenominated financing debt issued from Canada or foreign denominated intercompany loans that were subject to foreign exchange exposure.

The table below summarizes the sensitivity to foreign exchange rate fluctuations, with all other variables held constant. The Company has used a 10 percent variability to assess the potential impact from Canadian to U.S. foreign currency exchange rate changes. Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates could have resulted in unrealized gains (losses) impacting pre-tax net earnings as follows:

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

March 31, 2022

 

(US$ millions)

 

10% Rate

Increase

 

 

10% Rate

Decrease

 

 

10% Rate

Increase

 

 

10% Rate

Decrease

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency exchange

 

$

(18

)

 

$

22

 

 

$

(75

)

 

$

92

 

INTEREST RATE RISK

Interest rate risk arises from changes in market interest rates that may affect the fair value or future cash flows from the Company’s financial assets or liabilities. The Company may partially mitigate its exposure to interest rate changes by holding a mix of both fixed and floating rate debt and may also enter into interest rate derivatives to partially mitigate effects of fluctuations in market interest rates.

As at March 31, 2021,2022, Ovintiv had no floating rate revolving creditdebt and term loan borrowings of $490 million. Accordingly, on a before-tax basis, the sensitivity for each one percent change inthere were no interest rates on floating rate revolving credit and term loan borrowings was $5 million.derivatives outstanding.

 

 

5655

 

 


 

Item 4: Controls and Procedures

 

DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

Ovintiv’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer performed an evaluation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”).Act. The Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act, is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on this evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2021.2022.

 

CHANGES IN INTERNAL CONTROL OVER FINANCIAL REPORTING

 

There were no changes in Ovintiv’s internal control over financial reporting during the first quarter of 20212022 that materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

5756

 

 


 

 

PART II

 

Please refer to Item 3 of the 20202021 Annual Report on Form 10-K10‑K and Note 2120 of Ovintiv’s Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements under Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.10‑Q.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

There have been no material changes from the risk factors disclosed in Item 1A. Risk Factors in the 20202021 Annual Report on Form 10-K.10‑K.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

None.Issuer Purchase of Equity Securities

On September 28, 2021, the Company announced it had received regulatory approval to purchase, for cancellation, up to approximately 26 million shares of common stock pursuant to a NCIB over a 12-month period from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2022. The number of shares of common stock authorized for purchase represents 10 percent of Ovintiv’s public float as at September 20, 2021.

During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company purchased approximately 1.7 million shares of common stock for total consideration of approximately $71 million at a weighted average price of $40.57. The following table presents the common shares purchased during the three months ended March 31, 2022.

Period

 

Total Number of

Shares Purchased (1)

 

 

Average

Price Paid

per Share (2)

 

 

Total Number of Shares

Purchased as Part of Publicly

Announced Plans or Programs

 

 

Maximum Value of Shares

That May Yet be Purchased

Under the Plans or Programs

 

January 1 to January 31, 2022

 

 

783,855

 

 

$

38.30

 

 

 

783,855

 

 

 

22,196,113

 

February 1 to February 28, 2022

 

 

733,650

 

 

 

40.87

 

 

 

733,650

 

 

 

21,462,463

 

March 1 to March 31, 2022

 

 

232,408

 

 

 

47.33

 

 

 

232,408

 

 

 

21,230,055

 

Total

 

 

1,749,913

 

 

$

40.57

 

 

 

1,749,913

 

 

 

21,230,055

 

(1)

1,517,505 shares of common stock were repurchased through our broker in accordance with a Rule 10b5-1 compliant plan initially adopted by the Company on September 30, 2021.

(2)

Includes commissions.

On March 9, 2022, Ovintiv obtained an exemption order (the “NCIB Exemption”) from the Alberta Securities Commission and the Ontario Securities Commission, which permits Ovintiv to make repurchases (the “Proposed Bids”), under its current and any future normal course issuer bids, through the facilities of the New York Stock Exchange and other United States-based trading systems (collectively, “U.S. Markets”) in excess of the maximum allowable purchases under applicable Canadian securities laws.

The NCIB Exemption applies to any Proposed Bid commenced within 36 months of the date of the exemption order and is subject to several other conditions, including that Ovintiv remain a U.S. and SEC foreign issuer under applicable Canadian securities laws. The purchases of common stock under a Proposed Bid must also be made in compliance with other applicable Canadian securities laws and applicable U.S. rules. Additionally, the NCIB Exemption imposed restrictions on the number of shares of common stock that may be acquired under the exemption, including that: (a) Ovintiv may not acquire common stock in reliance upon the exemption under subsection 4.8(3) of Canadian National Instrument 62-104 – Take-Over Bids and Issuer Bids (“NI 62-104”) from the requirements applicable to issuer bids (the “Other Published Markets Exemption”) if the aggregate number of shares of common stock purchased by Ovintiv, and any person or company acting jointly or in concert with Ovintiv, in reliance on the NCIB Exemption and the Other Published Markets Exemption within any period of 12 months exceeds 5% of the outstanding common stock on the first day of such 12-month period; and (b) the aggregate number of shares of common stock purchased pursuant to (i) a Proposed Bid in reliance on the NCIB Exemption; (ii) exempt issuer bid purchases made in the normal course through the facilities of the TSX; and (iii) the Other Published Markets Exemption does not exceed, over the 12-month period of its current NCIB, 10% of Ovintiv's public float. As a result, the NCIB Exemption effectively allows Ovintiv to purchase up to 10% of its public float on U.S. Markets under its NCIB.

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Without the NCIB Exemption this amount would be limited to 5% of Ovintiv’s outstanding common stock under applicable Canadian securities law.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit No

 

Description

4.1

 

Seventh Supplemental Indenture,Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2021, among Ovintiv Exploration Inc. (formerly Newfield Exploration Company), as issuer,1, 2022, between Ovintiv Inc., as existing guarantor and successor issuer, Ovintiv Canada ULC, as existing guarantor, and U.S.Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association (as successor trustee to Wachovia Bank, National Association (Formerly First Union National Bank))N.A., as trusteeAdministrative Agent, and the initial lenders and initial issuing banks named therein (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Ovintiv’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 28, 2021,7, 2022, SEC File No. 001-39191).

4.2

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2022, among Ovintiv Canada ULC, as Borrower, Ovintiv Inc., as Guarantor, the financial institutions party thereto, as lenders, and Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Ovintiv’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 7, 2022, SEC File No. 001-39191).

4.3

Guarantee of the U.S. Credit Agreement, made as of April 1, 2022, by Ovintiv Canada ULC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Ovintiv’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on April 7, 2022, SEC File No. 001-39191).

31.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

31.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

32.1

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.

32.2

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.

101.INS

 

Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

101.SCH

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Schema Document.

101.CAL

 

Inline XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document.

101.DEF

 

Inline XBRL Definition Linkbase Document.

101.LAB

 

Inline XBRL Label Linkbase Document.

101.PRE

 

Inline XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document.

104

 

The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2021,2022, has been formatted in Inline XBRL.

 

* Management contract or compensatory arrangement

 

 

58

 

 


 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Ovintiv Inc.

 

By:

/s/ Corey D. Code

 

 

Name:

 

Corey D. Code

 

Title:

 

Executive Vice-President &

Chief Financial Officer

 

Dated: April 29, 2021May 10, 2022

 

 

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