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Debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Debt [Text Block]
As of the indicated dates, the principal amount of QEP's debt consisted of the following:
 
March 31,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
 
(in millions)
Revolving Credit Facility due 2022
$
385.0

 
$
89.0

6.80% Senior Notes due 2020
51.7

 
51.7

6.875% Senior Notes due 2021
397.6

 
397.6

5.375% Senior Notes due 2022
500.0

 
500.0

5.25% Senior Notes due 2023
650.0

 
650.0

5.625% Senior Notes due 2026
500.0

 
500.0

Less: unamortized discount and unamortized debt issuance costs
(26.2
)
 
(27.5
)
Total long-term debt outstanding
$
2,458.1

 
$
2,160.8



Of the total debt outstanding on March 31, 2018, the 6.80% Senior Notes due March 1, 2020, the 6.875% Senior Notes due March 1, 2021 and the 5.375% Senior Notes due October 1, 2022, will mature within the next five years. In addition, the revolving credit facility matures on September 1, 2022.

Credit Facility
QEP's revolving credit facility, which matures, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, in September 2022, provides for loan commitments of $1.25 billion. 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 4.00 times consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the credit agreement) commencing with the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2018, through the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2018, and 3.75 times thereafter, and (iii) during a ratings trigger period (as defined), a present value coverage ratio under which 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, 2019, must exceed net funded debt by 1.40 times commencing on January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, and must exceed net funded debt by 1.50 times at any time on or after January 1, 2020. The Company is currently not subject to the present value coverage ratio. At March 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, QEP was in compliance with the covenants under the credit agreement.

During the three months ended March 31, 2018, QEP's weighted-average interest rates on borrowings from its credit facility were 3.75%. As of March 31, 2018, QEP had $385.0 million of borrowings outstanding and $1.0 million in letters of credit outstanding under the credit facility. As of December 31, 2017, QEP had $89.0 million of borrowings outstanding and $1.0 million in letters of credit outstanding under the credit facility.

Senior Notes
At March 31, 2018, the Company had $2,099.3 million principal amount of senior notes outstanding with maturities ranging from March 2020 to March 2026 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.