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flow, availability and cost of drilling rigs, land
and partner issues and other factors. Capital expenditures do not
include operating costs such as the steam costs that will be required
for the multi-year development of our Camp Hill project, as discussed
below.
We have continued
to reinvest a substantial portion of our cash flows into increasing
our 3-D prospect portfolio, improving our 3-D seismic interpretation
technology and funding our drilling program. Oil and gas capital
expenditures were $191.1 million, $123.4 million and $83.9 million
(including the Barnett Shale Acquisition) for 2006, 2005 and 2004,
respectively. Our efforts resulted in the apparent drilling successes
comprised of 70 gross wells in 2006, including 46 gross wells in
the Barnett Shale area, 65 gross wells in 2005, including 37 gross
wells in the Barnett Shale area, and 65 gross wells in 2004, including
33 gross wells in the Barnett Shale area.
We have increased
the development of our Camp Hill project. In August 2005, management
proposed the acceleration of the Camp Hill development to our board
of directors. Accordingly, a development plan was formally approved
by the board for increased drilling activity in the Camp Hill Field,
beginning with an initial 60-well drilling program. In February
2006, our board of directors formally approved a multi-year plan
to fully develop the entire Camp Hill Field. In furtherance of this
plan, we expect to drill between 25 and 30 gross wells in this area
at an estimated cost of $2.3 million during 2007. To fully develop
the field, we expect to drill approximately 315 wells from 2007
through 2018, at a total cost of approximately $18.8 million and
total operating costs including steam of approximately $128.0 million.
The precise timing and amount of our expenditures on additional
well drilling and increased steam injection to develop the proved
undeveloped reserves in this project will depend on several factors
including the relative prices of oil and natural gas.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
We currently do not have any off balance
sheet arrangements.
Financing Arrangements
First Lien Credit Facility
On September 30, 2004, we entered into a
Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with Hibernia National
Bank and Union Bank of California, N.A. (the “First Lien Credit
Facility”), which was to mature on September 30, 2007. The First
Lien Credit Facility provided for (1) a revolving line of credit
of up to the lesser of the Facility A Borrowing Base and $75.0 million
and (2) a term loan facility of up to the lesser of the Facility
B Borrowing Base and $25.0 million (subject to the limit of the
borrowing base, which was $22.5 million at March 31, 2006). It was
secured by substantially all of our assets and was guaranteed by
our subsidiary. On May 25, 2006, we terminated this agreement upon
entering into the Senior Credit Facility as described below.
Second Lien Credit Facility
On July 21,
2005, we entered into a Second Lien Credit Agreement with Credit
Suisse, as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “Agent”)
and the lenders party thereto (the “Second Lien Credit Facility”)
that matures on July 21, 2010. The Second Lien Credit Facility provides
for a term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $225.0
million. It is secured by substantially all of our assets and is
guaranteed by our subsidiaries. The liens securing the Second Lien
Credit Facility were second in priority to the liens securing the
First Lien Credit Facility prior to its termination in May 2006,
as discussed above, and are second in priority to the liens securing
the Senior Credit Facility.
On December
20, 2006, the Company, entered into an amendment, effective as of
December 19, 2006, to the Second Lien Credit Facility (the “December
2006 Amendment”). The amendment increased the principal amount available
for borrowings under the Second Lien Credit Facility from $150 million
to $225 million. The amendment also included the following, without
limitation: (1) a reduction in the interest rate on each Eurodollar
loan such that it is the adjusted LIBO rate plus a margin of 4.75%;
(2) a reduction in the interest rate on each base rate loan such
that it is (i) the greater of the Agent’s prime rate and the federal
funds effective rate plus 0.5%, plus (ii) a margin of 3.75%; (3)
an adjustment to the minimum quarterly interest coverage ratio such
that it is 2.75 to 1.0 through and including December 31, 2007 and
3.0 to 1.0 thereafter; (4) an adjustment to the minimum quarterly
proved reserve coverage ratio such that it is 1.5 to 1.0 through
December 31, 2007 and 2.0 to 1.0 thereafter; and (5) a maximum total
net recourse debt to EBITDA ratio of not more than 3.75 to 1.0 through
December 31, 2007 and 3.25 to 1.0 thereafter.
The interest
rate on each base rate loan will be the greater of the Agent’s prime
rate and the federal funds effective rate plus 0.5%, plus a margin
of 3.75%. The interest on each Eurodollar loan will be the adjusted
LIBO rate plus a margin of 4.75%. Interest on Eurodollar loans is
payable on either the last day of each period or every three months,
whichever is earlier. Interest
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