Quarterly Report for Quarter Ending March 31, 2026 (Form 10-Q)

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion is intended to assist in understanding our results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 and should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and with the consolidated financial statements, notes and management's discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025. The results presented in this Form 10-Q are not necessarily indicative of future operating results.

Statements in this discussion may be forward-looking. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, including those discussed below, which could cause actual results to differ from those expressed. For more information, see "Special note regarding forward-looking statements."

Overview

We are an independent energy company focused on the acquisition, production, exploration and development of onshore liquids-rich oil and natural gas assets in the United States. Our properties and drilling activities are currently focused in the Delaware Basin, where we have an extensive drilling inventory that we believe offers attractive long-term economics.

Our financial results depend upon many factors, but are largely driven by the volume of our oil and natural gas production and the price that we receive for that production. Our production volumes will decline as reserves are depleted unless we expend capital in successful development and exploration activities or acquire properties with existing production. The amount we realize for our production depends predominantly upon commodity prices, which are affected by changes in market demand and supply, as impacted by overall economic activity, attempts by foreign oil and natural gas producers to control the global supply, weather, transportation take-away capacity constraints, inventory storage levels, basis differentials and other factors. Accordingly, finding, developing and producing oil and natural gas reserves at economical costs are critical to our long-term success.

When commodity prices decline significantly our ability to finance our capital budget and operations may be adversely impacted. While we use derivative instruments to provide partial protection against declines in oil and natural gas prices, the total volumes we hedge are less than our expected production, vary from period to period based on our view of current and future market conditions, remain consistent with the requirements in effect under our Amended Term Loan Agreement and extend, on a rolling basis, for a limited period of time (generally, four years). These limitations result in our liquidity being susceptible to commodity price declines. Additionally, while intended to reduce the effects of volatile commodity prices, derivative transactions may limit our potential gains and increase our potential losses if commodity prices were to rise substantially over the price established by the hedge. Our hedge policies and objectives may change significantly as our operational profile changes and/or commodities prices change. We do not enter into derivative contracts for speculative trading purposes.

Recent Developments

At the Market Sales Offering

On May 5, 2026, we entered into a sales agreement with Roth Capital Partners, LLC (the "Agent") (the "Sales Agreement") pursuant to which we may issue and sell, from time to time, up to $150.0 million of shares of our common stock, through or to the Agent, acting as agent or principal, under the Sales Agreement in at-the-market transactions (the "ATM Agreement"). For the period May 6, 2026 to May 8, 2026, we sold and issued 550,013 shares of our common stock under the ATM Agreement for net proceeds of $1.6 million.

Preferred Stock Conversion

On March 30, 2026, we issued 1,800,000 shares of our common stock to Luminus Energy Partners Master Fund, Ltd. ("Luminus") upon the conversion of 7,803 shares of our Series A-2 Redeemable Convertible Preferred Stock (the

"Series A-2 Preferred Stock"). The conversion was calculated in accordance with the terms of the Series A-2 Preferred Stock, including adjustments provided in respect of any Unpaid Dividend Accrual (as defined in the Company's Certificate of Incorporation, as amended) and using a conversion price of $6.21 per share.

Monument Draw Acquisition

On March 10, 2026, we entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire certain oil and natural gas assets, comprising 7,090 net acres located in Ward County, Texas, from RoadRunner Resource Holding LLC (formerly, Sundown Energy LP) ("RoadRunner"), effective March 1, 2026, in an all-stock transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, upon closing on March 19, 2026, we issued 485,000 shares of our common stock to RoadRunner in exchange for the assets. The acquired acreage is directly adjacent to our existing Monument Draw acreage. The transaction is subject to customary post-closing adjustments.

Private Placement Equity Offering

On March 3, 2026, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell in a private placement to an institutional investor 1,800,000 shares of our common stock and 927,273 prefunded warrants for the purchase of common stock at $5.50 per share for total proceeds of $15.0 million. The offering closed on March 4, 2026, on satisfaction of customary closing conditions. We used the net proceeds received from the offering for working capital and general corporate purposes. The warrants were exercised on April 7, 2026 and accordingly, upon exercise, we issued 927,273 shares of common stock.

West Quito Divestiture

On December 18, 2025, we entered into an agreement of sale and purchase with MCM Delaware Resources, LLC ("MCM") to sell substantially all of our oil and natural gas properties and related assets in the West Quito Draw area located in the Southern Delaware Basin in Ward County, Texas (the "West Quito Assets") for a total sales price of approximately $62.6 million, subject to adjustment for accounting between the effective date of December 1, 2025 and the closing date and other customary adjustments (the "West Quito Divestiture"). The West Quito Divestiture closed on February 24, 2026 for an adjusted sales price of $60.1 million, reflecting adjustment for accounting effective date of December 1, 2025 and other customary adjustments. The West Quito Assets include approximately 6,100 net acres in Ward County, Texas and proved reserves for these properties accounted for approximately 6.0 MMboe, or approximately 10%, of our proved reserves at December 31, 2025. We used $45.6 million of the net proceeds from closing to repay amounts outstanding under the 2024 Amended Term Loan Agreement on February 24, 2026 - $40.0 million pursuant to the Third Amendment and prepayment of $5.6 million for the scheduled quarterly amortization payment for the quarterly period ending March 31, 2026. Pursuant to the Third Amendment, on February 24, 2026, $12.9 million of Reinvestment Proceeds were held in a reinvestment account to be used to acquire additional contiguous non-operated oil and natural gas properties consisting of proved developed reserves in Ward and Winkler Counties, Texas, to fund permitted capital expenditures in the Monument Draw area and/or to fund the drilling and completion of two Monument Draw wells within 180 days after receipt. Should such funds have not been spent within the 180-day period, the Reinvestment Proceeds shall be used to prepay borrowings outstanding under the 2024 Amended Term Loan Agreement. At March 31, 2026, $7.9 million of Reinvestment Proceeds remained and was recorded as restricted cash.

Term Loan Credit Facility

On February 24, 2026, we entered into the Third Amendment to our 2024 Amended Term Loan Agreement. Pursuant to the Third Amendment, among other changes specified therein, (a) the lenders consented to the transactions contemplated by the West Quito Divestiture sale agreement; and (b) we were required, upon receipt of the net cash proceeds from the West Quito Divestiture, to prepay the outstanding principal amount of the 2024 Amended Term Loan Agreement borrowings in an aggregate amount equal to $40.0 million. We may retain the remaining net cash proceeds received from the West Quito Divestiture, subject to certain reinvestment requirements, set forth in the Third Amendment.

We recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt in the amount of $0.9 million to write-off the proportionate amount of deferred financing costs and debt discount associated with the February 24, 2026 principal prepayment and deferred an

additional $0.6 million of deferred financing costs at March 31, 2026 in conjunction with entry into the Third Amendment.

Capital Resources and Liquidity

Overview. Our ability to execute our operating strategy is dependent on our ability to maintain adequate liquidity and access additional capital, as needed. Our future capital resources and liquidity depend, in part, on our success in developing our leasehold interests, growing our reserves and production and finding additional reserves. Sufficient levels of available cash are required to fund capital expenditures necessary to offset inherent declines in our production and proven reserves. We generated a net loss of $56.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and had negative working capital of $9.1 million as of March 31, 2026. As of March 31, 2026, we had $46.4 million of cash and cash equivalents, no additional borrowing capacity under the 2024 Amended Term Loan Agreement (as defined in Note 5, "Debt" to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements) and a total of $22.5 million in debt repayments due through March 2027 under our 2024 Amended Term Loan Agreement. As of March 31, 2026, $30.0 million remained available for issuance on or before August 31, 2026 under a support letter from our investors. We closed on the sale of our West Quito Assets on February 24, 2026 for net proceeds of $60.1 million, of which $45.6 million was used to repay a portion of outstanding borrowings under our 2024 Amended Term Loan Agreement including $40.0 million pursuant to the Third Amendment and prepayment of $5.6 million for the scheduled quarterly amortization payment for the quarterly period ending March 31, 2026. Pursuant to the Third Amendment, remaining proceeds from the sale after related expenses (the "Reinvestment Proceeds") are to be used to acquire additional contiguous non-operated oil and natural gas properties consisting of proved developed reserves in Ward and Winkler Counties, Texas, to fund permitted capital expenditures in the Monument Draw area and/or to fund the drilling and completion of two Monument Draw wells within 180 days after receipt. Should such funds have not been spent within the 180-day period, the Reinvestment Proceeds shall be used to prepay borrowings outstanding under the 2024 Amended Term Loan Agreement. At March 31, 2026, $7.9 million of Reinvestment Proceeds remained and was recorded as restricted cash. On March 3, 2026, we entered into a definitive agreement to sell in a private placement to an institutional investor 1,800,000 shares of our common stock and 927,273 prefunded warrants for the purchase of common stock at $5.50 per share for total proceeds of $15.0 million. The offering closed on March 4, 2026, on satisfaction of customary closing conditions. We intend to use the net proceeds received from the offering for working capital and general corporate purposes.

We continue to execute on a plan to reduce operating and capital costs to improve cash flow. We believe that, based upon our operational forecasts, cash and cash equivalents on hand, proceeds from the sale of our West Quito Assets and from the private placement equity offering, and cost reduction measures, it is probable that we will have sufficient liquidity to fund our operations, meet our debt requirements and maintain compliance with our future debt covenants as described in Note 5, "Debt," for the next 12 months from the issuance of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. We will, however, continue to consider alternative liquidity sources which could include entering into other financing arrangements (e.g. future equity raises), a sale of a portion of our assets, seeking capital partners for our drilling program, pursuing strategic merger opportunities or joint ventures, the sale of the Company, or pursuing additional general and administrative or other cost reduction opportunities. Our estimates and forecasts are based upon assumptions that may prove to be incorrect due to many factors that are currently unknown, such as prevailing economic conditions, many of which are beyond our control.

In the event the assumptions underlying our estimates and forecasts prove to be incorrect, our operating plans, capital requirements, and covenant compliance may be adversely impacted. In the event our cash flows are materially less than anticipated or our costs are materially greater than anticipated and other sources of capital we historically have utilized are not available on acceptable terms, we may be required to curtail drilling, development, land acquisitions and other activities to reduce our capital spending. However, significant or prolonged reductions in capital spending will adversely impact our production and may negatively affect our future cash flows.

We continuously monitor changes in market conditions and will continue to adapt our operational plans as necessary to strive to maintain sufficient liquidity, facilitate drilling on our undeveloped acreage position and permit us to selectively expand our acreage, as well as meet our debt obligations and restrictive covenants. We have been exploring, and continue to explore, strategic transactions to address these concerns, while also looking at opportunities to significantly reduce expenses in the near term. However, there can be no assurance that, absent additional capital,

reducing costs or other material favorable developments, the Company will not experience liquidity and covenant compliance issues in the future.

On May 30, 2025, we received written notice (the "Notice") on behalf of the NYSE American indicating that we are no longer in compliance with NYSE American's continued listing standards. Specifically, the letter stated that we are not in compliance with the continued listing standards set forth in Sections 1003(a)(i) and 1003(a)(ii) of the NYSE American Company Guide (the "Company Guide"). Section 1003(a)(i) requires a listed company to have stockholders' equity of $2 million or more if the listed company has reported losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in two of its three most recent fiscal years. Section 1003(a)(ii) requires a listed company to have stockholders' equity of $4 million or more if the listed company has reported losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in three of its four most recent fiscal years. Our noncompliance resulted from our reporting stockholders' equity of $(1.8) million as of March 31, 2025, and losses from continuing operations and/or net losses in three of our four most recent fiscal years ended December 31, 2024. We reported stockholders' equity of $157.1 million at March 31, 2026 resulting from the reclassification of our preferred stock from temporary to permanent equity and additional losses from continuing operations. The Notice further provided that we must submit a plan of compliance (the "Plan") by June 30, 2025 addressing how we intend to regain compliance with the continued listing standards by November 30, 2026. Such Plan was submitted by the required deadline and our Plan was accepted by the NYSE. The Notice has no immediate impact on the listing of our shares of common stock, which will continue to be listed and traded under the symbol "BATL" on the NYSE American during this period, subject to our compliance with the other listing requirements of the NYSE American. The notice does not affect our ongoing business operations or our reporting requirements with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other Risks and Uncertainties. Our ability to complete transactions and maintain or increase our liquidity is subject to a number of variables, including our level of oil and natural gas production, proved reserves and commodity prices, the amount and cost of our indebtedness, as well as various economic and market conditions that have historically affected the oil and natural gas industry. Even if we are otherwise successful in growing our proved reserves and production, if oil and natural gas prices decline for a sustained period of time, our ability to fund our capital expenditures, complete acquisitions, reduce debt, meet our financial obligations and become profitable may be materially impacted.

Additionally, in periods of increasing commodity prices, we continue to be at risk to supply chain issues, including, but not limited to, labor shortages, pipe restrictions and potential delays in obtaining frac and/or drilling related equipment that could impact our business. During these periods, the costs and delivery times of rigs, equipment and supplies may also be substantially greater. The unavailability or high cost of drilling rigs and/or frac crews, pressure pumping equipment, tubulars and other supplies, and of qualified personnel can materially and adversely affect our operations and profitability.

Lastly, actual or anticipated declines in domestic or foreign economic activity or growth rates, regional or worldwide increases in tariffs or other trade restrictions, turmoil affecting the United States or global financial system and markets and a severe economic contraction either regionally or worldwide, resulting from international conflicts, efforts to contain pandemics or other factors, could materially affect our business and financial condition and impact our ability to finance operations by worsening the actual or anticipated future drop in worldwide oil demand, negatively impacting the price received for oil and natural gas production or adversely impacting our ability to comply with covenants in our 2024 Amended Term Loan Agreement. Negative economic conditions could also adversely affect the collectability of our trade receivables or performance by our vendors and suppliers or cause our commodity hedging arrangements to be ineffective if our counterparties are unable to perform their obligations. All of the foregoing may adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows and, potentially, compliance with the covenants contained in our Amended Term Loan Agreement.

Debt Obligations. Under our 2024 Amended Term Loan, we are required to make scheduled quarterly amortization payments in an aggregate principal amount equal to 2.50% of the aggregate principal amount of the loans outstanding commencing with the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2025. We must make a total of $22.5 million in debt repayments through March 2027 under our 2024 Amended Term Loan Agreement.

Changes in the level and timing of our production, drilling and completion costs, the cost and availability of transportation for our production and other factors varying from our expectations can affect our ability to comply with the covenants under our 2024 Amended Term Loan Agreement. As a consequence, we endeavor to anticipate potential covenant compliance issues and work with our lenders to address any such issues ahead of time.

While we have largely been successful in obtaining modifications of our covenants as needed, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in the future. In the event we are not successful in obtaining covenant modifications, if needed, there is no assurance that we will be successful in implementing alternatives that allow us to maintain compliance with our covenants or that we will be successful in obtaining alternative financing that provides us with the liquidity that we need to operate our business. Even if successful, alternative sources of financing could prove more expensive than borrowings under our 2024 Amended Term Loan Agreement.

Cash Flows

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents is summarized as follows (in thousands):

Operating Activities. Net cash flows provided by operating activities for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, were $2.1 million and $12.7 million, respectively. Items impacting the decrease in operating cash flows were primarily driven by changes in working capital for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Investing Activities. Net cash flows provided by investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2026 were approximately $56.4 million primarily from proceeds received from sales of oil and natural gas assets compared to net cash flows used in investing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 of $20.1 million primarily for drilling and completion activities.

During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we spent $3.6 million on oil and natural gas capital expenditures, of which $2.6 million related to drilling and completion costs and $0.8 million related to the development of our treating equipment and gathering support infrastructure.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we spent $19.8 million on oil and natural gas capital expenditures, of which $17.4 million related to drilling and completion costs and $2.1 million related to the development of our treating equipment and gathering support infrastructure. In the first three months of 2025, we ran one operated rig in the Delaware Basin, drilled and cased four gross (4.0 net) operated wells, and did not complete and put online any operated wells.

Financing Activities. Net cash flows used in financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2026 were $32.3 million compared to net cash flows provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2025 of $61.2 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we repaid $45.6 million under our 2024 Amended Term Loan Agreement and issued $14.0 million in common stock. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we received net proceeds of $61.3 million from the incurrence of the Incremental Term Loans on January 9, 2025.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles

generally accepted in the United States. Preparation of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies from those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.

Results of Operations

The table below sets forth financial information for the periods presented.

Operating Revenues. Oil, natural gas and NGLs revenues were $39.1 million and $47.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease in revenues is primarily attributable to a decrease in average realized prices for oil, natural gas and NGLs. We realized negative natural gas pricing for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 whereby costs and differentials exceeded the sales price for natural gas and resulted in us as seller paying the purchaser to take the natural gas. Average realized prices (excluding the effects of hedging arrangements) decreased approximately $9.73 per Boe for three months ended March 31, 2026 when compared with the same period in 2025. Production averaged 12,578 Boe per day for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to 11,900 Boe per day for the three months ended March 31, 2025 due to more consistent and reliable processing during the first quarter of 2026 compared to the first quarter of 2025. West Quito area production averaged approximately 1,045 Boe per day of the Company's total production for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 compared to 1,751 Boe per day for the quarter ended March 31, 2025. We completed the West Quito Divestiture on February 24, 2026.

Lease Operating Expenses. Lease operating expenses were $10.1 million and $10.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. On a per unit basis, lease operating expenses were $8.92 per Boe and $9.67 per Boe for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease in lease operating expenses per Boe for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period of 2025 is primarily a result of increased average daily production volumes.

Workover and Other Expenses. Workover and other expenses were $1.0 million and $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. On a per unit basis, workover and other expenses were $0.90 per Boe and $1.34 per Boe for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease in workover and other expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025 is the result of less workover activity during the first quarter of 2026.

Taxes Other than Income. Taxes other than income were $2.3 million and $2.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. Severance taxes are based on realized prices and volumes at the wellhead, while ad valorem taxes are tied to the annual valuation of our properties. As revenues or volumes from oil and natural gas sales increase or decrease, severance taxes on these sales also increase or decrease. On a per unit basis, taxes other than income were $2.05 per Boe and $2.61 per Boe for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.

Gathering and Other Expenses. Gathering and other expenses were $11.3 million and $12.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. Gathering and other expenses include gathering fees paid to third parties on our oil and natural gas production and operating expenses of our gathering support infrastructure. Our gathering and other expenses are primarily driven by the amount and location of natural gas production, the concentration of H2S in our sour gas produced, and the amounts paid to treat our sour gas volumes. On a per unit basis, gathering and other expenses were $9.94 per Boe and $11.20 per Boe for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease in gathering and other expenses per Boe for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period of 2025 is primarily related to realized savings from capital project returns and more reliable throughput resulting from entry into a long-term processing agreement with a publicly traded large-cap midstream provider in January 2026.

General and Administrative Expense. General and administrative expense was $4.3 million and $4.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. On a per unit basis, general and administrative expenses were $3.76 per Boe and $4.08 per Boe for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease in general and administrative expense per Boe for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared with the same prior year periods is primarily due to increased average daily production.

Depletion, Depreciation, and Amortization Expense. Depletion for oil and natural gas properties is calculated using the unit of production method, which depletes the capitalized costs of evaluated properties plus future development costs based on the ratio of production for the current period to total reserve volumes of evaluated properties as of the beginning of the period.

Depletion expense was $12.1 million and $12.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. On a per unit basis, depletion expense was $10.68 per Boe and $11.83 per Boe for the three months ended

March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The decrease in our depletion rate per Boe is primarily due to a period over period decrease in net oil and natural gas properties resulting from the sale of our West Quito Assets combined with the associated period over period decrease in proved reserves.

Net (loss) gain on derivative contracts. We enter into derivative commodity instruments to hedge our exposure to price fluctuations on our anticipated oil, natural gas and NGLs production. Consistent with prior years, we have elected not to designate any positions as cash flow hedges for accounting purposes, and accordingly, we recorded the net change in the mark-to-market value of these derivative contracts in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations.

For the three months ended March 31, 2026, we recorded a net derivative loss of $48.0 million ($47.0 million net unrealized loss on unsettled contracts and a $1.0 million net realized loss on settled contracts). For the three months ended March 31, 2025, we recorded a net derivative gain of $9.3 million ($11.8 million net gain on unsettled contracts and a $2.5 million net realized loss on settled contracts). At March 31, 2026, we had a $9.4 million derivative asset ($7.4 million current) and a $35.2 million derivative liability ($24.6 million current).

Interest Expense and Other. Interest expense and other totaled $5.5 million and $6.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. Our weighted average interest rate was approximately 11.57% and 12.21% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. For the second quarter of 2026, our interest rate will be approximately 11.60% on outstanding borrowings.

Loss on extinguishment of debt. We recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt in the amount of $0.9 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 to write-off the proportionate amount of deferred financing costs and debt discount associated with the February 24, 2026 principal prepayment.