In November 2001, the Company had no-cost collars with an affiliate of Enron Corp. which, because of Enron’s financial condition, were no longer considered effective. An allowance was recorded at that time for the full value of the collars (the “Enron Claim”) that was classified as other expense. The Company sold its Enron Claim to a financial institution for $0.5 million that was recorded in the third quarter of 2004 as other income.

During the third quarter of 2005, the Company entered into interest rate swap agreements with respect to amounts outstanding under the Second Lien Credit Facility. These arrangements are designed to manage the Company’s exposure to interest rate fluctuations during the period beginning January 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007 by effectively exchanging existing obligations to pay interest based on floating rates for obligations to pay interest based on fixed LIBO rates. At December 31, 2005, the unrealized gain related to the marked-to-market value of these swap arrangements totaled $0.6 million. This derivative will be marked-to-market at the end of each reporting period and the realized and unrealized gain or loss will be reported as marked-tomarket gains or losses on derivatives, net in other income and expense on the Statement of Operations.

The Company’s outstanding positions under these interest rate swap agreements at December 31, 2005 are as follows (dollars in thousands):

13.        SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION ON OIL AND NATURAL GAS EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES (UNAUDITED)

The following disclosures provide unaudited information required by SFAS No. 69, “Disclosures About Oil and Gas Producing Activities.”

Costs Incurred

Costs incurred in oil and natural gas property acquisition, exploration and development activities are summarized below:

 
 

 

 
 
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