Stone Energy 2015: $1.1 Billion Loss, Quit Drilling in Marcellus

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Stone Energy, an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company (E&P) headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana drills mainly in the Gulf of Mexico but also has a presence in the Marcellus/Utica Shale. Last year they quit drilling in the northeast and actually shut-in part of their production due to low prices (see Stone Energy 3Q15: Shut Down 110 Mmcfe/d of Marcellus Production). However, Stone does have around 75,000 acres of leases–so they’re an important player in our neck of the woods. So we keep tabs on them. In December Stone said they would spend 3-5% of their $200 million budget in 2016 in the Marcellus/Utica–about enough to drill one well. Which led to our conclusion they’re in maintenance-only mode for this year. And no wonder why. Yesterday Stone released their fourth quarter and full year 2015 operating and financial results, and it’s not a pretty picture. In 2014 Stone lost $190 million for the year. In 2015, they lost a huge $1.1 billion for the year. You can’t rack up losses like that for long. Here’s yesterday’s update from Stone Energy…

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