(4)  Revenue

 

 

Product revenue

Our revenues are primarily derived from the sale of natural gas and oil production, as well as the sale of NGLs that are extracted from our natural gas.  Sales of natural gas, NGLs, and oil are recognized when we satisfy a performance obligation by transferring control of a product to a customer.  Payment is generally received in the month following the sale.

Under our natural gas sales contracts, we deliver natural gas to the purchaser at an agreed upon delivery point.  Natural gas is transported from our wellheads to delivery points specified under sales contracts.  To deliver natural gas to these points, Antero Midstream Partners or third parties gather, compress, process and transport our natural gas.  We maintain control of the natural gas during gathering, compression, processing, and transportation.  Our sales contracts provide that we receive a specific index price adjusted for pricing differentials.  We transfer control of the product at the delivery point and recognize revenue based on the contract price.  The costs to gather, compress, process and transport the natural gas are recorded as Gathering, compression, processing and transportation expenses.

NGLs, which are extracted from natural gas through processing, are either sold by us directly or by the processor under processing contracts.  For NGLs sold by us directly, our sales contracts provide that we deliver the product to the purchaser at an agreed upon delivery point and that we receive a specific index price adjusted for pricing differentials.  We transfer control of the product to the purchaser at the delivery point and recognize revenue based on the contract price.  The costs to process and transport NGLs are recorded as Gathering, compression, processing, and transportation expenses.  For NGLs sold by the processor, our processing contracts provide that we transfer control to the processor at the tailgate of the processing plant and we recognize revenue based on the price received from the processor.

Under our oil sales contracts, we generally sell oil to the purchaser and collect a contractually agreed upon index price, net of pricing differentials.  We recognize revenue based on the contract price when we transfer control of the product to the purchaser.

Gathering, compression, water handling and treatment revenue

Substantially all revenues from the gathering, compression, water handling and treatment operations were derived from transactions for services Antero Midstream Partners provided to our exploration and production operations through March 12, 2019 and were eliminated in consolidation.  Effective March 13, 2019, Antero Midstream Partners is no longer consolidated in Antero’s results.  See Note 3 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for further discussion on the Transactions and Note 17 to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for disclosures on the Company’s reportable segments.  The portion of such fees shown in our consolidated financial statements represent amounts charged to interest owners in Antero-operated wells, as well as fees charged to other third parties for water handling and treatment services provided by Antero Midstream Partners or usage of Antero Midstream Partners’ gathering and compression systems.  For gathering and compression revenue, Antero Midstream Partners satisfies its performance obligations and recognizes revenue when low pressure volumes are delivered to a compressor station, high pressure volumes are delivered to a processing plant or transmission pipeline, and compression volumes are delivered to a high pressure line.  Revenue is recognized based on the per Mcf gathering or compression fee charged by Antero Midstream Partners in accordance with the gathering and compression agreement.  For water handling and treatment revenue, Antero Midstream Partners satisfies its performance obligations and recognizes revenue when the fresh water volumes have been delivered to the hydration unit of a specified well pad and the wastewater volumes have been delivered to its wastewater treatment facility.  For services contracted through third party providers, Antero Midstream Partners’ performance obligation is satisfied when the service performed by the third party provider has been completed.  Revenue is recognized based on the per barrel fresh water delivery or wastewater treatment fee charged by Antero Midstream Partners in accordance with the water services agreement.

Marketing revenue

Marketing revenues are derived from activities to purchase and sell third-party natural gas and NGLs and to market excess firm transportation capacity to third parties.  We retain control of the purchased natural gas and NGLs prior to delivery to the purchaser.  We have concluded that we are the principal in these arrangements and therefore we recognize revenue on a gross basis, with costs to purchase and transport natural gas and NGLs presented as marketing expenses.  Contracts to sell third party gas and NGLs are generally subject to similar terms as contracts to sell our produced natural gas and NGLs.  We satisfy performance obligations to the purchaser by transferring control of the product at the delivery point and recognize revenue based on the price received from the purchaser.

(b)   Disaggregation of Revenue

In the following table, revenue is disaggregated by type (in thousands).  The table also identifies the reportable segment to which the disaggregated revenues relate.  For more information on reportable segments, see Note 17— Segment Information.

 

(c)   Transaction Price Allocated to Remaining Performance Obligations

For our product sales that have a contract term greater than one year, we have utilized the practical expedient in ASC 606, which does not require the disclosure of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations if the variable consideration is allocated entirely to a wholly unsatisfied performance obligation.  Under our product sales contracts, each unit of product delivered to the customer represents a separate performance obligation; therefore, future volumes are wholly unsatisfied and disclosure of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations is not required.  For our product sales that have a contract term of one year or less, we have utilized the practical expedient in ASC 606, which does not require the disclosure of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations if the performance obligation is part of a contract that has an original expected duration of one year or less.

(d)   Contract Balances

Under our sales contracts, we invoice customers after our performance obligations have been satisfied, at which point payment is unconditional.  Accordingly, our contracts do not give rise to contract assets or liabilities under ASC 606.  At December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019, our receivables from contracts with customers were $475 million and $365 million, respectively.