SEC Comment Letter for BATTALION OIL CORP (BATL) (CIK 0001282648) (BATL) — Nov 21, 2017
BATTALION OIL CORP (BATL) (CIK 0001282648)
Date: Nov. 21, 2017 · CIK: 0001282648 · Accession: 0000000000-17-041064
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Mail Stop 4628 November 21 , 2017 Floyd C. Wilson Chief Executive Officer and President Halcón Resources Corporation 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 6700 Houston, TX 77002 Re: Halcón Resources Corporation Registration Statement on Form S -4 Filed November 1, 2017 File No. 333 -221279 Form 10 -K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2016 Filed March 1, 2017 File No. 1 -35467 Dear Mr. Wilson : We have limited our review of your registration statement to those issues we have addressed in our comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to this letter by amending your registration statement and providing the requested information . If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing any amendment to your registration statement and the information you provide in response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Registration Statement on Form S -4 Filed November 1, 2017 General 1. Please amend your registration statement to incorporate by reference the Form 10 -Q filed on November 9, 2017 and any other Exchange Act filings you make prior to requesting acceleration of the effectiveness of this registration statement. See Question 123 .05 of the Division’s Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations at https://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/safinterp.htm Floyd C. Wilson Halcón Resources Corporation November 21 , 2017 Page 2 2. Please also be advised that we will not be in a po sition to declare this registration statement effective until you have cleared all comments on your periodic reports. Form 10 -K for the Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2016 Please respond to these comments within ten busine ss days by providing the requested information or advis e us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. Business, page 6 Oil and Natural Gas Operations, page 17 3. We n ote your disclosure about the revisions in proved reserves during 2016 indicates these result from separate and unrelated factors. For example, you attribute negative revisions to PUD locations in the Bakken/Three Forks and El Halcón areas that either (i) became uneconomic at the lower 12 -month average prices or (ii) were removed because they no longer met the SEC five year development requirement. Please expand your disclosure to reconcile the overall change in the line item by separately identifying and quantifying the net amount attributable to each factor so that the change in net reserves between periods is fully explained. This disclosure should also identify the extent of any material changes caused by well performance, unsuccessful and/or uneconom ic locations drilled, and other changes in the proved undeveloped locations of a previously adopted development plan. This comment applies to the disclosure under this heading and any corresponding disclosures elsewhere in your filing, as appear on page 147 for changes in developed and undeveloped reserves, for each of the periods presented. Refer to Item 1203(b) of Regulation S -K and FASB ASC 932 -235-50-5. 4. Please expand your disclosure here and elsewhere on page 147 to include an explanation for the c hanges in proved undeveloped reserves attributable to extensions and discoveries. Please refer to Item 1203(b) of Regulation S -K. 5. You disclose that “reliable technologies were used to determine areas where PUD locations are more than one offset location away from a producing well.” If the reserves relating to such locations are material to your total proved undeveloped reserves, or the reserve additions that occurred during 2016 relating to extensions and discoveries, please expand your disclosure to qua ntify the corresponding number of gross proved undeveloped locations and related net proved reserves. Also tell us the extent to which any of the wells drilled to date that were more than one offset away from a producing well at the time of their drilli ng were determined to be Floyd C. Wilson Halcón Resources Corporation November 21 , 2017 Page 3 uneconomic upon drilling; and for those which continued to be economic, tell us of any instances where your estimates of pre -drill reserves were significantly revised downward upon initial completion and production, for reasons oth er than commodity prices. Refer to Item 1202(a)(6) of Regulation S -K and FASB ASC 932 -235-50-10. Supplemental Oil and Gas Information (Unaudited) Oil and Natural Gas Reserves, page 145 6. We note your discussion of the changes in proved reserves appears t o indicate that you classify changes resulting from infill drilling as extensions and discoveries. If true, please tell us how you considered the guidance in FASB ASC 932 -235-50-5 in determining that the changes related to such wells should be classified as extensions and discoveries, rather than revisions to previous estimates. We remind you that the company and its management are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of their disclosures, notwithstanding any review, comments, action or absence of action by the staff. Refer to Rules 460 and 461 regarding requests for accel eration . Please allow adequate time for us to review any amendment prior to the requested effective date of the registration statement. You may contact John Hodgin, Petroleum Engineer, at (202) 551 -3699 if you have questions regarding the engineering comments . Please contact Anuja A. Majmudar, Attorney - Advisor, at (202) 551 -3844 or me, at (202) 551 -3642 with any questions. Sincerely, /s/H. Roger Schwall H. Roger Schwall Assistant Director Office of Natural Resources