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Debt
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt [Text Block]
As of the indicated dates, the principal amount of QEP’s debt consisted of the following:
 
September 30,
2017
 
December 31,
2016
 
(in millions)
Revolving Credit Facility due 2019
$

 
$

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 and unamortized debt issuance costs
(20.4
)
 
(24.1
)
Total principal amount of debt (including current portion)
2,024.6

 
2,020.9

Less: current portion of long-term debt
(134.0
)
 

Total long-term debt outstanding
$
1,890.6

 
$
2,020.9



Of the total debt outstanding on September 30, 2017, the 6.80% Senior Notes due April 1, 2018, the 6.80% Senior Notes due March 1, 2020 and the 6.875% Senior Notes due March 1, 2021, 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 covenants and restrictions. The credit agreement contains financial covenants (that are defined in the credit agreement) that limit the amount of debt the Company can incur and may limit the amount available to be drawn under the credit facility including: (i) a net funded debt to capitalization ratio that 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, 4.00 times for the quarters in fiscal year 2018, and 3.75 times thereafter and (iii) during a ratings trigger period, a present value coverage ratio which requires 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. The Company is currently not subject to the present value coverage ratio. At September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, QEP was in compliance with the covenants under the credit agreement.

As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, QEP had no borrowings outstanding under the credit facility and had $1.0 million and $2.8 million, respectively, in letters of credit outstanding under the credit facility.

Senior Notes
As of September 30, 2017, the Company had $2,045.0 million principal amount of senior notes outstanding with maturities ranging from April 2018 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.