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Debt
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt

As of the indicated dates, the principal amount of QEP’s debt consisted of the following:
 
December 31,
 
2015
 
2014
 
(in millions)
Revolving Credit Facility due 2019
$

 
$

6.05% Senior Notes due 2016
176.8

 
176.8

6.80% Senior Notes due 2018
134.0

 
134.0

6.80% Senior Notes due 2020
136.0

 
136.0

6.875% Senior Notes due 2021
625.0

 
625.0

5.375% Senior Notes due 2022
500.0

 
500.0

5.25% Senior Notes due 2023
650.0

 
650.0

Less: unamortized discount
(3.0
)
 
(3.7
)
Total principal amount of debt (including current portion)
2,218.8

 
2,218.1

Less: current portion of long-term debt
(176.8
)
 

Total long-term debt outstanding
$
2,042.0

 
$
2,218.1


 
Of the total debt outstanding on December 31, 2015, the 6.05% Senior Notes due September 1, 2016, the 6.80% Senior Notes due April 1, 2018 and the 6.80% Senior Notes due March 1, 2020, will mature within the next five years. In addition, the revolving credit facility matures on December 2, 2019.
 
Credit Facility
QEP’s revolving credit facility, which matures in December 2019, provides for loan commitments of $1.8 billion from a group of financial institutions. The credit facility provides for borrowings at short-term interest rates and contains customary provisions and restrictions. The credit agreement contains financial covenants (as defined in the credit agreement) that limit the amount of debt the Company can incur which includes: (i) a net funded debt to capitalization ratio than may not exceed 60%, (ii) a leverage ratio under which net funded debt may not exceed 4.25 times consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the credit agreement) for the fiscal quarters ending on and prior to December 31, 2017, and 3.75 times thereafter and (iii) a present value coverage ratio under which, during a ratings trigger period, require that the present value of the Company’s proved reserves must exceed net funded debt by 1.25 times at any time prior to January 1, 2018, and 1.50 times at any time on or after January 1, 2018. At December 31, 2015 and 2014, QEP was in compliance with the covenants under the credit agreement.

During the year ended December 31, 2015, QEP had no borrowings outstanding under the credit facility. During the year ended December 31, 2014, QEP's weighted-average interest rate on borrowings from its credit facility was 2.23%. At December 31, 2015 and 2014, QEP had no borrowings outstanding and had $3.4 million and $3.7 million, respectively, in letters of credit outstanding under the credit facility.

Senior Notes
At December 31, 2015, the Company had $2,221.8 million principal amount of senior notes outstanding with maturities ranging from September 2016 to May 2023 and coupons ranging from 5.25% to 6.875%. The senior notes pay interest semi-annually, are unsecured senior obligations and rank equally with all of our other existing and future unsecured and senior obligations. QEP may redeem some or all of its senior notes at any time before their maturity at a redemption price based on a make-whole amount plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. The indentures governing QEP's senior notes contain customary events of default and covenants that may limit QEP's ability to, among other things, place liens on its property or assets.