Talos Energy Announces First Quarter 2026 Operational and Financial Results

HOUSTON, May 5, 2026  /PRNewswire/ -- Talos Energy Inc. ("Talos" or the "Company") (NYSE: TALO) today announced its operational and financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2026. Talos also provided second quarter 2026 guidance for production and reiterated its operational and financial guidance for the full-year 2026.

First Quarter and Recent Key Highlights

"Amid significant macro volatility, Talos remains firmly focused on executing the 2026 plan that we outlined earlier this year, anchored by our disciplined capital allocation framework," said Paul Goodfellow, President and Chief Executive Officer of Talos. "We delivered strong first quarter results underpinned by comprehensive execution across the business – oil production at the high-end and total equivalent production exceeding guidance, efficient drilling and completion performance, strong free cash generation at a low reinvestment rate, and consistent with our track record we returned capital to shareholders through share repurchases. Over the last four quarters since announcing our return of capital framework, we've executed $135 million of share repurchases driving per share growth through a 7% reduction to our outstanding share count.

Our teams are hitting the ground running in 2026 with comprehensive execution highlighted by delivering Cardona ahead of schedule with the well performing at the high-end of our expectations, CPN drilled and completed under budget and ahead of schedule, and drilling is underway at Monument with first oil on track by late 2026. This level of execution from our D&C program combined with the impressive operational excellence of our deepwater facilities creates strong momentum as we move through the year.

Looking ahead to the rest of 2026, we are excited to return to Daenerys and drill an appraisal well in the second quarter to further inform our understanding of the discovered resource. While the macro environment is sure to remain volatile, Talos is well positioned to execute on our strategic priorities while staying guided by our disciplined capital allocation framework."

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND OPERATIONS UPDATE

Operations Update:

Production Update: During the first quarter, oil production came in at the high-end and total equivalent production exceeded first quarter guidance ranges largely driven by the Cardona well producing at the high-end of expectations along with continued strong base performance and facility uptime.

Cardona: The Company successfully drilled and completed the Cardona well in late 2025, delivering the project under budget and ahead of schedule. Production commenced early 2026, with the well flowing to the Talos-owned Pompano facility. Talos, as operator, holds a 65% W.I., and an entity managed by Ridgewood holds a 35% W.I.

CPN: The Company successfully drilled the CPN well and finished well completion operations in the first quarter of 2026. CPN was delivered under budget and ahead of schedule, with first production from the well expected in the third quarter of 2026. Talos, as operator, holds 65% W.I., Walter Oil and Gas Corp. holds a 25% W.I., and Houston Energy, L.P. holds a 10% W.I.

Monument: Drilling operations have commenced with continuous drilling and completion activities planned throughout 2026. First production is expected between 20–30 MBoe/d gross and remains on track by late 2026. Monument is a large Wilcox oil discovery in Walker Ridge blocks 271, 272, 315, and 316. Monument is being developed as a subsea tie-back to the Shenandoah production facility in Walker Ridge with committed firm capacity of 20 MBbl/d. There is a prospective drilling location that could extend the resource beyond the base development case. Beacon Offshore Energy LLC as operator, holds a 41.7% W.I., Talos holds 29.7% W.I. and Navitas Petroleum LP holds a 28.6% W.I.

Zama: In March 2026, Talos closed the sale of a 30.1% interest in Talos Mexico to Zamajal, S.A. de C.V. , a subsidiary of Grupo Carso, S.A.B. de C.V., for $83 million, $50 million of which was received at closing, with the remaining due upon the achievement of commercial production from the Zama Field. Talos expects to receive approximately $83 million of additional cash contingent consideration upon achievement of commercial production. Of this amount, approximately $50 million is associated with the original Talos Mexico equity sale that closed in September 2023 and the remainder is associated with the March 2026 sale.

Exploration and Appraisal Update:

Daenerys: Talos anticipates drilling operations commencing on the Daenerys appraisal well late in the second quarter 2026 to further define the discovered resource. In August 2025, Talos announced successful drilling results at the Daenerys exploration prospect located on Walker Ridge blocks 106, 107, 150 and 151. The discovery well was drilled to a total vertical depth of 33,228 feet utilizing the West Vela drillship and encountered oil pay in multiple high-quality, sub-salt Miocene sands. The discovery well has been temporarily suspended to preserve its future utility. Talos is encouraged by the results of the Daenerys discovery well, which confirms the presence of oil and validates Talos's geologic and geophysical models. Talos, as operator, holds a 27% W.I., Shell Offshore Inc. holds a 22.5% W.I., Red Willow holds a 22.5% W.I., Houston Energy, L.P. holds a 10%, HEQ II Daenerys, LLC holds a 9% W.I., and Cathexis holds a 9% W.I.

Gulf of America Lease Sale: Talos was an active participant in the Gulf of America Lease Sale held in December 2025, where the Company was named as the apparent high bidder on 11 new leases for approximately $15 million. During the first quarter, Talos was successfully awarded all 11 leases. The new leases bring eight new development and exploration prospects into the Company's portfolio.

Share Repurchase Program:

In the first quarter of 2026, Talos repurchased 2.7 million shares for $38.2 million or 34% of Adjusted Free Cash Flow. Since announcing its current return of capital framework in second quarter 2025, Talos has returned approximately $135 million to shareholders through share repurchases resulting in a reduction to outstanding share count by approximately 7%.

The Company's Board of Directors recently authorized an increase in total share repurchase authorization back up to $200 million. The remaining share repurchase authorization as of May 1, 2026, is $200 million. Under Talos's capital allocation framework, management expects to allocate up to 50% of annual free cash flow to share repurchases. The timing and amount of any repurchases under the Company's share repurchase program will depend on market conditions, share price, legal requirements, and other factors, and may be made from time to time in accordance with Rule 10b-18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Credit Facility Update:

In January 2026, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, which reaffirmed the Company's borrowing base of $700 million and extended the maturity date to January 30, 2030.

Impairment:

Talos accounts for its assets under the Full Cost method where the ceiling test impairment is calculated each quarter utilizing 12-month trailing commodity prices. Driven by lower average oil prices, the Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $145.0 million in the first quarter of 2026 under the "ceiling test" of its full cost pool of oil and gas assets. This non-cash charge will have no impact on cash flows of the Company.

Key Financial Highlights:

Production

Production for the first quarter 2026 was 88.8 MBoe/d (72% oil, 80% liquids).

Total lease operating expenses for the first quarter 2026, including workover, maintenance and insurance costs, were $129.0 million, or $16.14 per Boe.

Adjusted General and Administrative expenses for the first quarter 2026, adjusted to exclude one-time transaction-related costs, and non-cash equity-based compensation, were $34.0 million, or $4.25 per Boe.

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Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures for the first quarter 2026, excluding plugging and abandonment and settled decommissioning obligations, totaled $118.9 million.

Plugging & Abandonment Expenditures

Capital expenditures for plugging and abandonment and settled decommissioning obligations for the first quarter 2026 totaled $21.9 million.

Liquidity and Leverage

At March 31, 2026, Talos had a borrowing base of $700.0 million under its Bank Credit Facility with approximately $97.4 million in outstanding letters of credit. Letters of credit that are outstanding reduce the available revolving credit commitments. Cash was $386.4 million, providing Talos approximately $989.0 million of liquidity at quarter end. On March 31, 2026, Talos had $1,250.0 million in total debt. Net Debt⁽¹⁾ was $863.6 million, Net Debt to Last Twelve Months ("LTM") Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc.⁽¹⁾ was 0.8x.

OPERATIONAL & FINANCIAL GUIDANCE UPDATES

For the second quarter 2026, Talos expects production to be in the range from 63 to 67 MBo/d; 88 to 92 MBoe/d.

Talos reiterates its full year 2026 operational and financial guidance and expects production to range from 62 to 66 MBo/d; 85 to 90 MBoe/d.

The following summarizes Talos's full-year 2026 operational and production guidance.

HEDGES

The following table reflects contracted volumes and weighted average prices the Company will receive under the terms of its derivative contracts as of May 1, 2026.

ABOUT TALOS ENERGY

Talos Energy (NYSE: TALO) is a technically driven, innovative, independent energy company focused on safely maximizing long-term value through its Exploration & Production business in the United States Gulf of America and offshore Mexico. We leverage decades of technical and offshore operational expertise to acquire, explore, and produce assets in key geological trends while maintaining a focus on safe and efficient operations, environmental responsibility, and community impact. For more information, visit www.talosenergy.com.

INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT

Kyle Sahni
Kyle.Sahni@talosenergy.com

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These risks include, but are not limited to, commodity price volatility; global demand for oil and natural gas; the ability or willingness of OPEC and other state-controlled oil companies to set and maintain oil production levels and the impact of any such actions; foreign wars and conflicts, including the lack of a resolution to the war in Ukraine and ongoing hostilities in Israel and the Middle East, such as the war in Iran and their impact on commodity markets; the impact of any pandemic, and governmental measures related thereto; lack of necessary infrastructure, transportation and storage capacity as a result of oversupply, government and regulations; political risks, including a global trade war or the impact of a prolonged federal government shutdown or lapse in federal appropriations that could disrupt our operations and future drilling plans and opportunities; lack of availability of drilling and production equipment and services or skilled personnel; adverse weather events, including tropical storms, hurricanes, winter storms and loop currents; cybersecurity threats and incidents; elevated inflation and the impact of central bank policy in response thereto; environmental risks; failure to find, acquire or gain access to other discoveries and prospects or to successfully develop and produce from our current discoveries and prospects; geologic risk; drilling and other operating risks; well control risk; regulatory changes, including the impact of financial assurance requirements; changes in U.S. trade and labor policies, including the imposition of increased tariffs and resulting consequences; the uncertainty inherent in estimating reserves and in projecting future rates of production; cash flow and access to capital; the timing of development expenditures; potential adverse reactions or competitive responses to our acquisitions and other transactions; the possibility that the anticipated benefits of our acquisitions are not realized when expected or at all, including as a result of the impact of, or problems arising from, the integration of acquired assets and operations; risks to our industry and business operations associated with legal challenges by non-governmental organizations and other groups; market factors impacting the availability of surety bonds; and the other risks discussed in "Risk Factors" of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 and our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Qs, each as filed with the SEC. Should any risks or uncertainties occur, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements, expressed or implied, included in this communication are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. This cautionary statement should also be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this communication.

PRODUCTION ESTIMATES

Estimates of our future production volumes are based on assumptions of capital expenditure levels and the assumption that market demand and prices for oil and gas will continue at levels that allow for economic production of these products. The production, transportation, marketing and storage of oil and gas are subject to disruption due to infrastructure constraints, transportation, processing and storage availability, mechanical failure, human error, adverse weather conditions such as hurricanes, global political and macroeconomic events and numerous other factors. Our estimates are based on certain other assumptions, such as well performance and estimated resource potential and ultimate recovery, which may vary significantly from those assumed. Therefore, we can give no assurance that our future production volumes will be as estimated.

RESERVE INFORMATION

Reserve engineering is a process of estimating underground accumulations of oil, natural gas and NGLs that cannot be measured in an exact way. The accuracy of any reserve estimate depends on the quality of available data, the interpretation of such data and price and cost assumptions made by reserve engineers. In addition, the results of drilling, testing and production activities may justify upward or downward revisions of estimates that were made previously. If significant, such revisions would change the schedule of any further production and development drilling. Accordingly, reserve estimates may differ significantly from the quantities of oil, natural gas and NGLs that are ultimately recovered. In addition, we may use "estimated resource potential," "gross reserves," "estimated resource," "total recoverable resource potential" and "estimated ultimate recovery" (or EUR) which are not measures of "reserves" prepared in accordance with SEC guidelines or permitted to be included in SEC filings. These types of resource estimates do not represent, and are not intended to represent, any category of reserves based on SEC definitions, are inherently more uncertain than estimates of proved reserves or other reserves prepared in accordance with SEC guidelines. These types of estimates are subject to a substantially greater risk of actually being realized.

USE OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

This release may include the use of various measures that have not been calculated in accordance with U.S. generally acceptable accounting principles (GAAP) such as, but not limited to, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc., LTM Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc., Net Debt, Net Debt to LTM Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc., Adjusted Free Cash Flow attributable to Talos Energy Inc. and Leverage, Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc. excluding hedges, Adjusted Net Income (Loss) attributable to Talos Energy Inc. per diluted share, Adjusted Earnings Per Share, Cash Operating Expenses and Workovers, Adjusted General & Administrative Expense and PV-10. Non-GAAP financial measures have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Reconciliations for non-GAAP measures to GAAP measures are included at the end of this release.

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Reconciliation of General and Administrative Expenses to Adjusted General and Administrative Expenses

We believe the presentation of Adjusted General and Administrative Expenses provides management and investors with (i) important supplemental indicators of the operational performance of our business, (ii) additional criteria for evaluating our performance relative to our peers and (iii) supplemental information to investors about certain material non-cash and/or other items that may not continue at the same level in the future. Adjusted General & Administrative Expenses has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP or as alternatives to net income (loss), operating income (loss) or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP. We define these as the following:

General and Administrative Expenses. General and Administrative Expenses generally consist of costs incurred for overhead, including payroll and benefits for our corporate staff, costs of maintaining our headquarters, costs of managing our production operations, bad debt expense, equity-based compensation expense, audit and other fees for professional services and legal compliance.

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"EBITDA," "Adjusted EBITDA" and "Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc." provide management and investors with (i) additional information to evaluate, with certain adjustments, items required or permitted in calculating covenant compliance under our debt agreements, (ii) important supplemental indicators of the operational performance of our business, (iii) additional criteria for evaluating our performance relative to our peers and (iv) supplemental information to investors about certain material non-cash and/or other items that may not continue at the same level in the future. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc. have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP or as alternatives to net income (loss), net income (loss) attributable to Talos Energy Inc., operating income (loss) or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP. We define these as the following:

EBITDA. Net income (loss) plus interest expense; income tax expense (benefit); depreciation, depletion and amortization; and accretion expense.

Adjusted EBITDA. EBITDA plus non-cash impairment of oil and natural gas properties, transaction and other (income) expenses, decommissioning obligations, the net change in fair value of derivatives (mark-to-market effect, net of cash settlements and premiums related to these derivatives), (gain) loss on debt extinguishment, non-cash write-down of other well equipment and non-cash equity-based compensation expense.

Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc. Adjusted EBITDA, less adjustments for noncontrolling interest.

Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc. excluding hedges. We have historically provided as a supplement to—rather than in lieu of—Adjusted EBITDA including hedges, provides useful information regarding our results of operations and profitability by illustrating the operating results of our oil and natural gas properties without the benefit or detriment, as applicable, of our financial oil and natural gas hedges. By excluding our oil and natural gas hedges, we are able to convey actual operating results using realized market prices during the period, thereby providing analysts and investors with additional information they can use to evaluate the impacts of our hedging strategies over time.

The following tables present a reconciliation of the GAAP financial measure of Net Income (loss) attributable to Talos Energy Inc. to EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc., Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc. excluding hedges for each of the periods indicated (in thousands):

Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc. to Adjusted Free Cash Flow attributable to Talos Energy Inc. and Reconciliation of Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities to Adjusted Free Cash Flow attributable to Talos Energy Inc.

"Adjusted Free Cash Flow attributable to Talos Energy Inc." before changes in working capital provides management and investors with (i) important supplemental indicators of the operational performance of our business, (ii) additional criteria for evaluating our performance relative to our peers and (iii) supplemental information to investors about certain material non-cash and/or other items that may not continue at the same level in the future. Adjusted Free Cash Flow attributable to Talos Energy Inc. has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP or as alternatives to net income (loss), net income (loss) attributable to Talos Energy Inc., operating income (loss) or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP. We define these as the following:

Capital Expenditures and Plugging & Abandonment. Actual capital expenditures and plugging & abandonment recognized in the quarter, inclusive of accruals.

Interest Expense. Actual interest expense per the income statement.

Talos did not pay any cash income taxes in the period, therefore cash income taxes have no impact to the reported Adjusted Free Cash Flow attributable to Talos Energy Inc. before changes in working capital number.

Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) attributable to Talos Energy Inc. to Adjusted Net Income (Loss) attributable to Talos Energy Inc. and Adjusted Earnings per Share

"Adjusted Net Income (Loss) attributable to Talos Energy Inc." and "Adjusted Earnings per Share" are to provide management and investors with (i) important supplemental indicators of the operational performance of our business, (ii) additional criteria for evaluating our performance relative to our peers and (iii) supplemental information to investors about certain material non-cash and/or other items that may not continue at the same level in the future. Adjusted Net Income (Loss) attributable to Talos Energy Inc. and Adjusted Earnings per Share have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP or as an alternative to net income (loss), net income (loss) attributable to Talos Energy Inc., operating income (loss), earnings per share or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with GAAP.

Adjusted Net Income (Loss) attributable to Talos Energy Inc. Net income (loss) attributable to Talos Energy Inc. plus impairment of oil and natural gas properties, transaction related costs, derivative fair value (gain) loss, net cash receipts (payments) on settled derivative instruments, income tax expense (benefit) and non-cash equity-based compensation expense.

Adjusted Earnings per Share. Adjusted Net Income (Loss) attributable to Talos Energy Inc. divided by the number of common shares.

Reconciliation of Total Debt to Net Debt and Net Debt to LTM Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc.

We believe the presentation of Net Debt, LTM Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc. and Net Debt to LTM Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc. is important to provide management and investors with additional important information to evaluate our business. These measures are widely used by investors and ratings agencies in the valuation, comparison, rating and investment recommendations of companies.

Net Debt. Total Debt principal minus cash and cash equivalents.

Net Debt to LTM Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc. Net Debt divided by the LTM Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Talos Energy Inc.

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