Hedging : swaps or put option, would be good to know. See below11 Apr 2021 16:45
A well-implemented oil and gas hedging strategy can provide an
oil and gas producer with important benefits. The primary benefit
of hedging oil and gas production is the producer's ability to reduce
the impact of unanticipated price declines (known as price risk) on
its revenue. Several methods exist that allow an oil and gas producer
to hedge its expected production against price risk. Some methods,
such as swap contracts, fixed-price physical contracts, and futures
contracts, have the effect of locking in the price the producer receives
in the marketplace for all or a specified portion of its future oil and gas
production, but they prevent the producer from benefiting if prices rise.
Other hedging methods, such as put option contracts, establish the
minimum price an oil and gas producer receives in the marketplace
for its future oil and gas production. These methods protect the oil
and gas producer from price declines while allowing it to benefit
if prices rise. But they also require the producer to pay an upfront
premium, which may be significant.
Regardless of which method is chosen, hedging all or a portion of a
producer's oil and gas production against price risk can reduce the
extent to which the producer's revenue erodes in a downward oil and
gas market.