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InPlay Oil Corp. Announces First Quarter 2026 Financial and Operating Results
InPlay raises 2026 cash flow outlook as surging oil prices and strong well results fuel 102% production growth.
Executive Summary
- InPlay released Q1 2026 financial and operating results on May 8, 2026, highlighting a 102% year‑over‑year jump in average quarterly production to 18,330 boe/d and a 117% increase in operating income to $45.6 million.
- Adjusted Funds Flow (AFF) rose 80% to $30.1 million ($1.08/share), while the company recorded a net loss of $34.6 million due entirely to a $39 million unrealized mark‑to‑market hedge loss.
- Field operating netbacks improved 31% sequentially to $27.62/boe.
- The company closed the previously announced oversubscribed C$244 million senior unsecured bond offering (6.23% coupon, maturing 2030) and fully hedged the cashflows from the New Israeli Shekel‑denominated debt for four years.
- Management materially raised its 2026 WTI price assumption from US$63.00 to US$81.50 per barrel, pushing the mid‑point AFF guidance up to $147 million and Free Adjusted Funds Flow (FAFF) to $77 million. Net debt to EBITDA is forecast at 1.1x for the year.
- The quarterly dividend continued, returning $7.6 million to shareholders (6.4% yield).
Material Impact
- The most consequential part of the release is the sharply higher oil price assumption and the corresponding $22 million increase in AFF guidance – a 17.6% uplift from the budget set only three months earlier. This change is genuinely new and represents a material improvement to the company’s free‑cash‑flow outlook, even if the price deck now appears more optimistic.
- Q1 production of 18,330 boe/d fell slightly below the low end of the 2026 guidance range of 18,600‑19,200 boe/d, which may temper some of the enthusiasm. However, management noted that three additional wells were brought on production in early June, 40 days ahead of schedule, indicating that volumes should catch up quickly.
- The net loss is a non‑cash accounting effect from hedges and does not detract from the operational cash‑generation story.
- The bond closing and hedging remove financing uncertainty that lingered earlier in the year, further de‑risking the balance sheet.
- Overall, the raised cash‑flow outlook materially strengthens the investment case relative to the prior capital‑budget forecast.
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Company Overview
- InPlay Oil Corp. is a Canadian light‑oil‑focused E&P company. Its flagship asset is the Pembina Cardium property in Alberta, acquired in April 2025.
- The acquisition more than doubled production and reserves: 2025 average output reached 17,043 boe/d (61% light oil & NGLs), and total proved‑plus‑probable reserves stood at 119,937 Mboe at year‑end with a 1,084% reserve replacement rate.
- The company drills extended‑reach horizontal (ERH) wells targeting the Cardium light‑oil zone. Initial well results have consistently exceeded internal type curves (IP30 rates ~429‑700 boe/d).
- InPlay maintains a monthly dividend ($0.09/share, annualized $1.08), funded by growing free cash flow.
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May 21, 2026 · 07:30