Description of Business |
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| Description of Business | Description of Business Callon Petroleum Company is an independent oil and natural gas company established in 1950. The Company was incorporated under the laws of the state of Delaware in 1994 and succeeded to the business of a publicly traded limited partnership, a joint venture with a consortium of European investors and an independent energy company. As used herein, the “Company,” “Callon,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to Callon Petroleum Company and its predecessors and subsidiaries unless the context requires otherwise. Callon is an independent oil and natural gas company focused on the acquisition, exploration and development of high-quality assets in the leading oil plays of South and West Texas. The Company’s activities are primarily focused on horizontal development in the Midland and Delaware Basins, both of which are part of the larger Permian Basin in West Texas. In 2019, through its acquisition of Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (“Carrizo”), the Company doubled its core acreage position in the Delaware Basin and entered the Eagle Ford Shale. The Company’s primary operations in the Permian Basin reflect a high-return, oil-weighted drilling inventory with multiple prospective horizontal development intervals and are complemented by a well-established and repeatable free cash flow generating business in the Eagle Ford Shale.
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- Definition The entire disclosure for organization, consolidation and basis of presentation of financial statements disclosure. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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