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Property and Equipment
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
The following table presents a summary of the Company’s property and equipment balances as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands).
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
Oil and natural gas properties
 
 
 
 
Evaluated (subject to amortization)
 
$
1,617,913

 
$
1,090,656

Unproved and unevaluated (not subject to amortization)
 
 
 
 
Incurred in 2014
 
116,821

 

Incurred in 2013
 
62,332

 
82,628

Incurred in 2012
 
12,891

 
23,341

Incurred in 2011 and prior
 
72,375

 
88,337

Total unproved and unevaluated
 
264,419

 
194,306

Total oil and natural gas properties
 
1,882,332

 
1,284,962

Accumulated depletion
 
(596,218
)
 
(463,091
)
Net oil and natural gas properties
 
1,286,114

 
821,871

Other property and equipment
 
 
 
 
Computer equipment
 
1,110

 
1,044

Furniture
 
1,191

 
1,057

Software
 
1,733

 
1,456

Other equipment
 
332

 
252

Leasehold improvements
 
971

 
991

Support equipment and facilities
 
38,135

 
25,110

Total other property and equipment
 
43,472

 
29,910

Accumulated depreciation
 
(7,514
)
 
(5,904
)
Net other property and equipment
 
35,958

 
24,006

Net property and equipment
 
$
1,322,072

 
$
845,877


 The following table provides a breakdown of the Company’s unproved and unevaluated property costs not subject to amortization as of December 31, 2014 and the year in which these costs were incurred (in thousands).
Description
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
 
2011 and
prior
 
Total
Costs incurred for
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Property acquisition
 
$
87,207

 
$
62,332

 
$
12,800

 
$
72,375

 
$
234,714

Exploration wells
 
21,494

 

 

 

 
21,494

Development wells
 
8,120

 

 

 

 
8,120

Capitalized interest
 

 

 
91

 

 
91

Total
 
$
116,821

 
$
62,332

 
$
12,891

 
$
72,375

 
$
264,419


Property acquisition costs primarily include leasehold costs paid to secure oil and natural gas mineral leases, but may also include broker and legal expenses, geological and geophysical expenses and capitalized internal costs associated with developing oil and natural gas prospects on these properties. Property acquisition costs are transferred into the amortization base on an ongoing basis as these properties are evaluated and proved reserves are established or impairment is determined. Unproved and unevaluated properties are assessed for possible impairment on a periodic basis based upon changes in operating or economic conditions.
Property acquisition costs incurred in 2014 were related primarily to the Company’s leasehold acquisitions in the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays in the Permian Basin in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas, but also include costs associated with additional leasehold acquisitions in the Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas.
Property acquisition costs incurred in 2013 were related primarily to the Company’s leasehold acquisitions in the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays in the Permian Basin in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas, but also include costs associated with additional leasehold acquisitions in the Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas and the Haynesville shale play in Northwest Louisiana and East Texas.
Property acquisition costs incurred in 2012 were related primarily to the Company’s leasehold acquisitions in the Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas and the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring plays in the Permian Basin in Southeast New Mexico and West Texas.
Property acquisition costs incurred in 2011 and prior years were related primarily to the Company’s leasehold acquisitions in the Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas and in the Haynesville shale play in Northwest Louisiana. These costs are associated with acreage for which proved reserves have yet to be assigned. Almost all of these costs are associated with properties which are held by production and have no near-term expiration risk. As the Company drills wells and assigns proved reserves to these properties or determines that certain portions of this acreage, if any, cannot be assigned proved reserves, portions of these costs are transferred to the amortization base. The Company estimates that evaluation of most of these properties and the inclusion of their costs in the amortization base should be completed within three to five years or less.
Costs excluded from amortization also include those costs associated with exploration and development wells in progress or awaiting completion at year-end. These costs are transferred into the amortization base on an ongoing basis as these wells are completed and proved reserves are established or confirmed. These costs totaled $29.6 million for 2014. Of this total, $21.5 million was associated with exploration wells and $8.1 million was associated with development wells. The Company anticipates that the entire $29.6 million associated with these wells in progress at December 31, 2014 will be transferred to the amortization base during 2015.