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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

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FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2024
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract]  
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
NOTE 5 — FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Natural Gas Financial Instruments
The primary purpose of our commodity risk management activities is to hedge our exposure to cash flow variability from commodity price risk due to fluctuations in commodity prices. The Company may use natural gas financial futures and option contracts to economically hedge the commodity price risks associated with a portion of our expected natural gas production. As of March 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023, there were no open natural gas financial instrument positions.
Embedded Derivatives
We evaluate embedded features within a host contract to determine whether they are embedded derivatives that should be bifurcated and carried separately at fair value. Embedded derivatives that are not clearly and closely related to the host contract are bifurcated and recorded at fair value with subsequent changes in fair value recorded in Other income (expense), net in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations. As described in Note 8, Borrowings, we determined that the Replacement Notes contained embedded features which required bifurcation from the host contracts.
The following table presents the classification of the Company’s financial instruments that are required to be measured at fair value on a recurring basis on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands):
March 31, 2024 December 31, 2023
Current assets:
Natural gas financial instruments $ —  $ — 
Current liabilities:
Embedded derivatives 7,183  13,332 
Long-term liabilities:
Embedded derivatives 11,329  18,892 
The fair value of the Company’s embedded derivatives as of March 31, 2024 was estimated using a Black-Scholes valuation model, which is considered to be a Level 3 fair value measurement.
The following table summarizes the effect of the Company’s financial instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31,
2024 2023
Natural gas financial instruments:
Realized gain $ —  $ 11,866 
Unrealized loss —  428 
Contingent Consideration:
Realized gain —  118 
Embedded Derivatives
Realized loss 2,145  — 
Unrealized loss 1,959  — 
The following table summarizes changes in the Company’s Embedded Derivatives (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31, 2024
Balance at January 1, 2024 $ 32,225 
Issued — 
Settled (17,817)
Total gains or losses (realized and unrealized) included in earnings 4,103 
Balance at March 31, 2024
$ 18,511