VOLUMES, PRICES AND OIL & NATURAL GAS OPERATING EXPENSE

The following table sets forth certain information regarding the production volumes of, average sales prices received for and average production costs associated with our sales of oil and natural gas for the periods indicated. The table includes the cash impact of hedging activities.


(1) Includes direct lifting costs (labor, repairs and maintenance, materials and supplies), workover costs and the administrative costs of production offices, insurance and property and severance taxes.

FINDING AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS

The table below reconciles our calculation of finding cost to our costs incurred in the purchase of proved and unproved properties and in development and exploration activities, excluding capitalized interest on unproved properties of $3.1 million, $2.9 million and $2.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. We have also included capitalized overhead in our finding cost of $1.0 million, $1.4 million and $1.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. We have also included non-cash asset retirement obligations of $0.7 and $0.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2004, respectively.

 

 

 

 

 

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