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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 10-Q

 


(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2006

or

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to            

Commission File Number: 1-13283

 


PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Virginia   23-1184320

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

THREE RADNOR CORPORATE CENTER, SUITE 300

100 MATSONFORD ROAD

RADNOR, PA 19087

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(610) 687-8900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    ¨  Yes    x  No

Indicate by a check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  x    Accelerated filer  ¨    Non-accelerated filer  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    ¨  Yes    x  No

As of July 31, 2006, 18,648,284 shares of common stock of the registrant were issued and outstanding.

 



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PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION

INDEX

 

          Page
PART I Financial Information   
Item 1    Financial Statements   
   Consolidated Statements of Income for the Three Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005    1
   Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2006, and December 31, 2005    2
   Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months and Six Months Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005    3
   Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements    4
Item 2    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations    19
Item 3    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    45
Item 4    Controls and Procedures    46
PART II Other Information   
Item 1A    Risk Factors    47
Item 6    Exhibits    47


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1 Financial Statements

PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME – Unaudited

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

    

Three Months Ended

June 30,

   

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 
     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Revenues

        

Natural gas

   $ 49,634     $ 44,680     $ 109,844     $ 82,940  

Oil and condensate

     5,623       3,346       10,414       6,759  

Natural gas midstream

     95,350       85,133       204,531       111,411  

Coal royalties

     24,254       20,129       46,676       38,182  

Other

     4,289       4,677       8,592       6,883  
                                

Total revenues

     179,150       157,965       380,057       246,175  
                                

Expenses

        

Cost of midstream gas purchased

     75,692       72,629       174,343       94,466  

Operating

     10,701       8,368       19,179       13,467  

Exploration

     5,510       17,931       13,401       25,590  

Taxes other than income

     3,930       4,054       8,895       7,401  

General and administrative

     11,714       8,787       22,389       15,507  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     21,664       19,779       43,245       35,623  
                                

Total expenses

     129,211       131,548       281,452       192,054  
                                

Operating income

     49,939       26,417       98,605       54,121  

Other income (expense)

        

Interest expense

     (5,396 )     (3,497 )     (10,184 )     (6,875 )

Interest income and other

     363       376       759       695  

Derivatives

     (6,379 )     (447 )     (6,537 )     (14,764 )
                                

Income before minority interest and income taxes

     38,527       22,849       82,643       33,177  

Minority interest

     7,759       10,246       12,648       8,590  

Income tax expense

     12,551       4,956       27,670       9,900  
                                

Net income

   $ 18,217     $ 7,647     $ 42,325     $ 14,687  
                                

Net income per share, basic

   $ 0.98     $ 0.41     $ 2.27     $ 0.79  

Net income per share, diluted

   $ 0.96     $ 0.41     $ 2.24     $ 0.79  

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic

     18,677       18,517       18,668       18,503  

Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted

     18,913       18,719       18,897       18,706  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share data)

 

    

June 30,

2006

   

December 31,

2005

 
     (Unaudited)        

Assets

    

Current assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 13,806     $ 25,913  

Accounts receivable

     99,093       133,086  

Derivative assets

     11,037       11,551  

Other

     6,612       7,635  
                

Total current assets

     130,548       178,185  
                

Property and equipment

    

Oil and gas properties (successful efforts method)

     911,926       717,423  

Other property and equipment

     635,484       538,035  

Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization

     (312,774 )     (272,239 )
                

Net property and equipment

     1,234,636       983,219  

Equity investments

     24,644       26,672  

Goodwill

     7,718       7,718  

Intangibles, net

     35,518       38,051  

Derivative assets

     7,463       8,917  

Other assets

     13,407       8,784  
                

Total assets

   $ 1,453,934     $ 1,251,546  
                

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

    

Current liabilities

    

Current maturities of long-term debt

   $ 9,820     $ 8,108  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     103,716       114,678  

Derivative liabilities

     22,925       29,387  

Income taxes payable

     3,807       2,355  
                

Total current liabilities

     140,268       154,528  
                

Other liabilities

     23,536       24,448  

Derivative liabilities

     14,296       11,706  

Deferred income taxes

     163,226       111,186  

Long-term debt of the Company

     145,000       79,000  

Long-term debt of PVR

     306,730       246,846  

Minority interest in PVR

     308,407       313,524  

Shareholders’ equity

    

Preferred stock of $100 par value – 100,000 shares authorized; none issued

     —         —    

Common stock of $0.01 par value – 32,000,000 shares authorized; 18,648,256 and 18,624,002 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2006, and December 31, 2005

     187       186  

Paid-in capital

     97,999       98,541  

Retained earnings

     260,567       222,456  

Deferred compensation obligation

     943       580  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     (5,962 )     (7,816 )

Treasury stock – 30,063 and 23,644 shares common stock, at cost, on June 30, 2006, and December 31, 2005

     (1,263 )     (832 )

Unearned compensation

     —         (2,807 )
                

Total shareholders’ equity

     352,471       310,308  
                

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 1,453,934     $ 1,251,546  
                

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS – Unaudited

(in thousands)

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Cash flows from operating activities

        

Net income

   $ 18,217     $ 7,647     $ 42,325     $ 14,687  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

        

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     21,664       19,779       43,245       35,623  

Commodity derivative contracts:

        

Total derivatve losses

     6,454       529       7,633       15,149  

Cash settlements of derivatives

     (2,888 )     (1,923 )     (6,217 )     (2,226 )

Deferred income taxes

     9,941       500       18,823       4,043  

Minority interest

     7,759       10,246       12,648       8,590  

Dry hole and unproved leasehold expense

     3,984       16,477       8,359       18,916  

Other

     3,716       289       4,564       1,889  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

     15,358       271       18,520       (12,005 )
                                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     84,205       53,815       149,900       84,666  
                                

Cash flows from investing activities

        

Proceeds from the sale of property and equipment

     1,247       985       2,475       10,751  

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

     (158,418 )     (17,693 )     (164,663 )     (222,677 )

Additions to property and equipment

     (58,758 )     (40,374 )     (105,539 )     (77,960 )
                                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (215,929 )     (57,082 )     (267,727 )     (289,886 )
                                

Cash flows from financing activities

        

Dividends paid

     (2,103 )     (2,082 )     (4,197 )     (4,163 )

Distributions paid to minority interest holders of PVR

     (9,173 )     (7,968 )     (18,317 )     (13,756 )

Proceeds from issuance of PVR partners’ capital

     —         1,251       —         126,436  

Proceeds from borrowings of the Company

     78,000       24,000       86,000       41,000  

Repayments of borrowings of the Company

     —         (13,000 )     (20,000 )     (28,000 )

Proceeds from borrowings of PVR

     64,800       15,000       64,800       226,800  

Repayments of borrowings of PVR

     —         (9,300 )     (3,300 )     (140,800 )

Payments for debt issuance costs

     —         —         —         (2,039 )

Other

     14       60       734       557  
                                

Net cash provided by financing activities

     131,538       7,961       105,720       206,035  
                                

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     (186 )     4,694       (12,107 )     815  

Cash and cash equivalents – beginning of period

     13,992       21,592       25,913       25,471  
                                

Cash and cash equivalents – end of period

   $ 13,806     $ 26,286     $ 13,806     $ 26,286  
                                

Supplemental disclosures:

        

Cash paid during the periods for:

        

Interest (net of amounts capitalized)

   $ 4,598     $ 2,240     $ 10,750     $ 5,571  

Income taxes

   $ 5,765     $ 7,660     $ 8,165     $ 7,660  

Noncash investing activities:

        

Deferred tax liabilities related to acquisition, net

   $ 32,219     $ —       $ 32,219     $ —    

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

 

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PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – Unaudited

June 30, 2006

1. Nature of Operations

Penn Virginia Corporation (“Penn Virginia,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) is an independent energy company that is engaged in three primary business segments. Our oil and gas segment explores for, develops, produces and sells crude oil, condensate and natural gas primarily in the eastern, Gulf Coast and mid-continent onshore areas of the United States. Our coal segment and natural gas midstream segment operate through our 39 percent ownership in Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership” or “PVR”). Due to our control of the general partner of PVR, the financial results of the Partnership are included in our consolidated financial statements. However, PVR functions with a capital structure that is independent of the Company, consisting of its own debt instruments and publicly traded common units.

In the coal segment, PVR does not operate any mines. Instead, PVR enters into leases with various third-party operators which give those operators the right to mine coal reserves on PVR’s land in exchange for royalty payments. PVR also provides fee-based infrastructure facilities to some of its lessees and third parties to generate coal services revenues. These facilities include coal loading facilities, preparation plants and coal handling facilities located at end-user industrial plants. PVR also sells timber growing on its land.

PVR purchased its natural gas midstream business on March 3, 2005, through the acquisition of Cantera Gas Resources, LLC (the “Cantera Acquisition”). As a result of the Cantera Acquisition, PVR owns and operates a significant set of midstream assets. PVR’s natural gas midstream business derives revenues primarily from gas processing contracts with natural gas producers and from fees charged for gathering natural gas volumes and providing other related services.

The general partner of the Partnership is Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Penn Virginia. Penn Virginia recently formed Penn Virginia GP Holdings, L.P. (“GP Holdings”), a Delaware limited partnership. GP Holdings filed a Registration Statement on Form S-1 in July 2006 with the intent of completing an initial public offering of common units. GP Holdings was formed to own the general partner interest, all of the incentive distribution rights, 7,475,414 common units and 7,649,880 subordinated units in the Partnership. If the offering is completed, GP Holdings will use the proceeds from the offering to purchase newly issued class B common units from PVR, and PVR expects to use the proceeds from such purchase to repay debt outstanding under its revolving credit facility. The initial public offering of GP Holdings common units is not guaranteed to occur. Please refer to GP Holdings’ Registration Statement on Form S-1 for more information on the potential initial public offering of GP Holdings common units.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Our accounting policies are consistent with those described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, except as discussed below. Please refer to such Form 10-K for a further discussion of those policies.

Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Penn Virginia, all wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company and the Partnership, of which we indirectly owned the sole two percent general partner interest and an approximately 37 percent limited partner interest as of June 30, 2006. Penn Virginia Resource GP, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Penn Virginia, serves as the Partnership’s general partner and controls the Partnership. We own and operate our undivided oil and gas reserves through our wholly-owned subsidiaries. We account for our undivided interest in oil and gas properties using the proportionate consolidation method, whereby our share of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses is included in the appropriate classification in the financial statements. Intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial reporting and Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regulations. These statements involve the use

 

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of estimates and judgments where appropriate. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements have been included. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. Operating results for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006, are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2006. Certain reclassifications have been made to conform to the current period’s presentation.

Derivative Activities

Prior to January 1, 2006, all of our commodity derivative contracts were accounted for using hedge accounting in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. Effective January 1, 2006, some of our derivative contracts no longer qualified for hedge accounting. Effective May 1, 2006, we elected to discontinue hedge accounting prospectively for all remaining and future commodity derivatives. See Note 4 for further discussion of derivative activities and the discontinuation of hedge accounting.

New Accounting Standards

In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued the final revised version of SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment, which requires companies to recognize in the income statement the grant-date fair value of stock options and other equity-based compensation issued to employees. In March 2005, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin (“SAB”) No. 107, Share-Based Payment, regarding the interaction between SFAS No. 123(R) and certain SEC rules and regulations. Effective January 1, 2006, we adopted SFAS No. 123(R). Beginning January 1, 2006, we recognize compensation expense related to share-based payments on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for share-based payment awards granted after the effective date of SFAS No. 123(R). For unvested stock options granted prior to the effective date of SFAS No. 123(R), we recognize compensation expense in the same manner as was used for pro forma disclosures prior to the effective date of SFAS No. 123(R). See Note 7 for more information regarding the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R).

In June 2005, the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”) reached a consensus on EITF Issue No. 04-5, Determining Whether a General Partner, or the General Partners as a Group, Controls a Limited Partnership or Similar Entity When the Limited Partners Have Certain Rights. This consensus applies to voting right entities not within the scope of FASB Interpretation No. 46(R), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, in which the investor is the general partner in a limited partnership or functional equivalent. The EITF consensus is that the general partner in a limited partnership is presumed to control that limited partnership regardless of the extent of the general partner’s ownership interest and, therefore, should include the limited partnership in its consolidated financial statements. The general partner may overcome this presumption of control and not consolidate the entity if the limited partners have either: (a) the substantive ability to dissolve (liquidate) the limited partnership or otherwise remove the general partner through substantive kick-out rights that can be exercised without having to show cause; or (b) substantive participating rights in managing the partnership. This guidance became immediately effective upon ratification by the FASB on June 29, 2005, for all newly formed limited partnerships and for existing limited partnerships for which the partnership agreements have been modified. We consolidate PVR, and the adoption of EITF Issue No. 04-5 on January 1, 2006, did not change our consolidated accounting with respect to PVR.

3. Acquisitions

Huff Creek Acquisition—PVR Coal Segment

On May 25, 2006, PVR acquired from Huff Creek Energy Company and Appalachian Coal Holdings, Inc. the lease rights to approximately 69 million tons of coal reserves located on approximately 20,000 acres in Logan, Boone and Wyoming Counties, West Virginia. The purchase price was approximately $65 million and was funded with long-term debt under PVR’s revolving credit facility.

 

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Crow Creek Acquisition—Oil and Gas Segment

On June 13, 2006, we acquired 100 percent of the capital stock of Crow Creek Holding Corporation (“Crow Creek”) in a cash transaction for approximately $71.5 million, subject to certain adjustments (the “Crow Creek Acquisition”). Crow Creek was a privately owned independent exploration and production company with operations primarily in the Oklahoma portions of the Arkoma and Anadarko Basins. The Crow Creek Acquisition was funded with long-term debt under our revolving credit facility.

Transwestern Acquisition—PVR Midstream Segment

On June 30, 2006, PVR completed the acquisition of approximately 115 miles of pipelines and related compression facilities in Texas and Oklahoma to complement its existing midstream systems (the “Transwestern Acquisition”). PVR paid for the acquisition with approximately $15 million in cash. In July 2006, PVR borrowed $15 million under its revolving credit facility to replenish the cash used in the Transwestern Acquisition.

4. Derivative Instruments

Discontinuation of Hedge Accounting

Because a large portion of our natural gas derivatives and NGL derivatives no longer qualify for hedge accounting and to increase clarity in our financial statements, we elected to discontinue hedge accounting prospectively for our remaining commodity derivatives beginning May 1, 2006. Consequently, from that date forward, we recognize mark-to-market gains and losses in earnings currently, rather than deferring such amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income (shareholders’ equity). The net mark-to-market loss on our outstanding derivatives at April 30, 2006, included in accumulated other comprehensive income will be reported in future earnings through 2008 as the original hedged transactions occur. This change in reporting will have no impact on our reported cash flows, although future results of operations will be affected by mark-to-market gains and losses which fluctuate with volatile oil and gas prices.

The following table summarizes the effects of commodity derivative activities on the accompanying consolidated statements of income (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
    Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2006     2005     2006     2005  

Income statement caption:

        

Natural gas revenues

   $ 676     $ (574 )   $ (416 )   $ (626 )

Oil and condensate revenues

     (40 )     (97 )     (230 )     (348 )

Midstream revenues

     (2,564 )     783       (4,732 )     783  

Cost of gas purchased

     1,853       (194 )     4,282       (194 )

Derivatives

     (6,379 )     (447 )     (6,537 )     (14,764 )
                                

Decrease in income before minority interest and income taxes

   $ (6,454 )   $ (529 )   $ (7,633 )   $ (15,149 )
                                

Realized and unrealized derivative impact:

        

Cash paid for derivative settlements

   $ (2,888 )   $ (1,923 )   $ (6,217 )   $ (2,226 )

Unrealized derivative gain (loss)

     (3,566 )     1,394       (1,416 )     (12,923 )
                                

Decrease in income before minority interest and income taxes

   $ (6,454 )   $ (529 )   $ (7,633 )   $ (15,149 )
                                

Oil and Gas Segment Commodity Derivatives

We utilize put options, costless collar and three-way collar derivative contracts to hedge against the variability in cash flows associated with the forecasted sale of our future oil and gas production. While the use of these derivative instruments limits the downside risk of adverse price movements, their use also may limit future revenues from favorable price movements.

With respect to a put option contract, the counterparty is required to make a payment to us if the settlement price for any settlement period is below the floor price for such contract. We are not required to make any payment

 

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in connection with the settlement of a put option contract. For a costless collar contract, the counterparty is required to make a payment to us if the settlement price for any settlement period is below the floor price for such contract. We are required to make payment to the counterparty if the settlement price for any settlement period is above the ceiling price for such contract. Neither party is required to make a payment to the other party if the settlement price for any settlement period is equal to or greater than the floor price and equal to or less than the ceiling price for such contract. A three-way collar contract consists of a collar contract as described above plus a put option contract sold by us with a price below the floor price of the collar. This additional put requires us to make a payment to the counterparty if the settlement price for any settlement period is below the put option price. Combining the collar contract with the additional put option results in us being entitled to a net payment equal to the difference between the floor price of the collar contract and the additional put option price if the settlement price is equal to or less than the additional put option price. If the settlement price is greater than the additional put option price, the result is the same as it would have been with a collar contract only. This strategy enables us to increase the floor and the ceiling price of the collar beyond the range of a traditional collar contract while defraying the associated cost with the sale of the additional put option.

 

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The fair values of our oil and gas derivative contracts are determined based on third party forward price quotes for NYMEX Henry Hub gas and West Texas Intermediate crude oil closing prices as of June 30, 2006. The following table sets forth our positions as of June 30, 2006:

 

     Average
Volume Per
Day
   Weighted Average Price   

Estimated

Fair Value

(in thousands)

 
      Additional
Put Option
   Floor    Ceiling   
     (in Mmbtus)    (per Mmbtu)       

Natural Gas Costless Collars

        

Third Quarter 2006

   24,935       $ 7.70    $ 12.01    $ 3,181  

Fourth Quarter 2006

   26,269       $ 8.17    $ 15.15      2,061  

First Quarter 2007

   20,000       $ 9.00    $ 19.03      1,264  

Second Quarter 2007

   15,000       $ 7.33    $ 12.93      583  

Third Quarter 2007

   15,000       $ 7.33    $ 12.93      499  

Fourth Quarter 2007

   11,667       $ 8.28    $ 15.78      602  

First Quarter 2008

   10,000       $ 9.00    $ 17.95      445  
     (in Mmbtus)    (per Mmbtu)       

Natural Gas Three-way Collars

        

Third Quarter 2006

   25,000    $ 4.50    $ 6.00    $ 9.40      568  

Fourth Quarter 2006 (October only)

   25,000    $ 4.50    $ 6.00    $ 9.40      331  

First Quarter 2007

   3,000    $ 5.00    $ 8.00    $ 11.25      (239 )

Second Quarter 2007

   3,000    $ 5.00    $ 8.00    $ 11.25      146  

Third Quarter 2007

   3,000    $ 5.00    $ 8.00    $ 11.25      98  

Fourth Quarter 2007

   3,000    $ 5.00    $ 8.00    $ 11.25      (109 )

First Quarter 2008

   2,500    $ 5.00    $ 8.00    $ 10.75      (332 )

Second Quarter 2008

   2,500    $ 5.00    $ 8.00    $ 10.75      145  

Third Quarter 2008

   2,500    $ 5.00    $ 8.00    $ 10.75      115  

Fourth Quarter 2008

   2,500    $ 5.00    $ 8.00    $ 10.75      (41 )
     (in Mmbtus)    (per Mmbtu)       

Natural Gas Put Options

        

Third Quarter 2006

   1,333       $ 9.00         339  

Fourth Quarter 2006

   1,333       $ 9.00         213  
     (in barrels)    (per barrel)       

Crude Oil Costless Collars

        

Third Quarter 2006

   200       $ 60.00    $ 72.20      (84 )

Fourth Quarter 2006

   200       $ 60.00    $ 72.20      (123 )

First Quarter 2007

   200       $ 60.00    $ 72.20      (135 )

Second Quarter 2007

   200       $ 60.00    $ 72.20      (139 )

Third Quarter 2007

   200       $ 60.00    $ 72.20      (137 )

Fourth Quarter 2007

   200       $ 60.00    $ 72.20      (131 )
                    
               $ 9,120  
                    

Based upon our assessment of our derivative agreements at June 30, 2006, we reported (i) a net derivative asset of approximately $9.1 million and (ii) a gain in accumulated other comprehensive income of $0.2 million, net of related income tax expense of $0.1 million.

At the time we entered into our natural gas derivatives, physical sales prices correlated well with NYMEX natural gas prices; however, beginning in the second half of 2005, basis differentials for certain derivative agreements widened as NYMEX natural gas prices reached historically high levels. In the first quarter of 2006, our correlation assessment indicated that certain NYMEX natural gas derivatives could no longer be considered “highly effective” hedges under the parameters of the accounting rules. Consequently, we discontinued hedge accounting effective January 1, 2006, for certain natural gas derivatives.

 

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Natural Gas Midstream Segment Commodity Derivatives

In addition to costless collar derivative contracts, PVR also utilizes swap contracts in its natural gas midstream business. With respect to a swap contract, the counterparty is required to make a payment to PVR if the settlement price for any settlement period is less than the swap price for such contract, and PVR is required to make a payment to the counterparty if the settlement price for any settlement period is greater than the swap price for such contract.

The fair values of PVR’s derivative agreements are determined based on forward price quotes and regression analysis for the respective commodities as of June 30, 2006. The following table sets forth PVR’s positions as of June 30, 2006, for commodities related to natural gas midstream revenues (ethane, propane and crude oil) and cost of midstream gas purchased (natural gas):

 

     Average
Volume
Per Day
   Weighted
Average
Price
   Estimated
Fair Value
(in thousands)
 
     (in gallons)    (per gallon)       

Ethane Swaps

        

Third Quarter 2006

   81,480    $ 0.5038    $ (2,475 )

Fourth Quarter 2006

   73,126    $ 0.4870      (1,944 )

First Quarter 2007 through Fourth Quarter 2007

   34,440    $ 0.5050      (2,162 )

First Quarter 2008 through Fourth Quarter 2008

   34,440    $ 0.4700      (1,341 )
     (in gallons)    (per gallon)       

Propane Swaps

        

Third Quarter 2006

   59,605    $ 0.7497      (2,935 )

Fourth Quarter 2006

   52,080    $ 0.7060      (2,348 )

First Quarter 2007 through Fourth Quarter 2007

   26,040    $ 0.7550      (3,383 )

First Quarter 2008 through Fourth Quarter 2008

   26,040    $ 0.7175      (3,038 )
     (in barrels)    (per barrel)       

Crude Oil Swaps

        

Third Quarter 2006 through Fourth Quarter 2006

   1,100    $ 44.45      (7,057 )

First Quarter 2007 through Fourth Quarter 2007

   560    $ 50.80      (4,851 )

First Quarter 2008 through Fourth Quarter 2008

   560    $ 49.27      (4,454 )
     (in barrels)    (per barrel)       

Crude Oil Collars

        

Third Quarter 2006 through Fourth Quarter 2006 (October only)

   270    $ 73.59      (41 )
     (in MMbtu)    (per MMbtu)       

Natural Gas Swaps

        

Third Quarter 2006

   9,000    $ 6.86      (678 )

Fourth Quarter 2006

   8,005    $ 6.98      774  

First Quarter 2007 through Fourth Quarter 2007

   4,000    $ 6.97      3,056  

First Quarter 2008 through Fourth Quarter 2008

   4,000    $ 6.97      2,561  
              
         $ (30,316 )
              

Based upon the assessment of derivative agreements at June 30, 2006, PVR reported (i) a net derivative liability related to the natural gas midstream segment of $30.3 million, (ii) a loss in accumulated other comprehensive income of $7.5 million, net of a related income tax benefit of $4.1 million, and (iii) a net loss on derivatives for hedge ineffectiveness of zero and $0.1 million for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006, related to derivatives in the natural gas midstream segment.

At the time PVR entered into its natural gas derivatives and certain natural gas liquid (“NGL”) derivatives, physical purchase prices of natural gas correlated well with NYMEX natural gas prices and physical sales prices of

 

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NGLs correlated well with NGL index prices. However, beginning in the second half of 2005, basis differentials for certain derivative agreements widened as NYMEX natural gas prices and NGL index prices reached historically high levels. In the first quarter of 2006, PVR’s correlation assessment indicated that its NYMEX natural gas derivatives and certain NGL derivatives could no longer be considered “highly effective” hedges under the parameters of the accounting rules. Consequently, PVR discontinued hedge accounting effective January 1, 2006, for its natural gas derivatives and certain NGL derivatives that were no longer considered highly effective.

In November 2005, PVR entered into a basis swap for the period January 2006 through July 2006. The basis swap relates to purchases of natural gas in the Texas/Oklahoma Basin region. At June 30, 2006, the fair value of the basis swap asset was less than $0.1 million. During the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006, PVR recognized mark-to-market gains of $0.3 million and $0.7 million related to the basis swap. PVR has chosen not to designate this derivative as a hedge pursuant to SFAS No. 133. Therefore, in accordance with SFAS No. 133 changes in market value of the derivative instrument are charged to earnings. Mark-to-market gains are recorded in the derivatives line in the other income (expense) section of the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

Interest Rate Swaps—PVR

In September 2005, PVR entered into interest rate swap agreements to establish fixed rates on $60 million of the LIBOR-based portion of the outstanding balance on PVR’s revolving credit facility until March 2010 (the “Revolver Swaps”). PVR pays a weighted average fixed rate of 4.22 percent on the notional amount plus the applicable margin, and the counterparties pay a variable rate equal to the three-month LIBOR. Settlements on the Revolver Swaps are recorded as interest expense. The Revolver Swaps were designated as cash flow hedges. Accordingly, the effective portion of the change in the fair value of the swap transactions is recorded each period in other comprehensive income. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value, if any, is recorded to current period earnings as interest expense. PVR reported (i) a derivative asset of approximately $2.7 million at June 30, 2006, and (ii) a gain in accumulated other comprehensive income of $1.7 million, net of related income tax expense of $0.9 million at June 30, 2006, related to the Revolver Swaps. In connection with periodic settlements, PVR recognized $0.1 million and $0.2 million in net hedging gains in interest expense for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006.

5. Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Benefits

In accordance with SFAS No. 132, Employers’ Disclosures about Pensions and Other Postretirement Benefits, the following table provides the components of net periodic benefit costs for the respective plans shown for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 (in thousands):

 

     Pension    Post-retirement Healthcare
     Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
   Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2006    2005    2006    2005    2006    2005    2006    2005

Service cost

   $ —      $ —      $ —      $ —      $ 8    $ 7    $ 16    $ 14

Interest cost

     33      33      65      74      63      66      126      131

Amortization of prior service cost

     2      2      3      2      22      22      44      44

Amortization of transitional obligation

     1      1      2      2      —        —        —        —  

Recognized actuarial loss

     8      7      17      10      22      13      44      26
                                                       

Net periodic benefit cost

   $ 44    $ 43    $ 87    $ 88    $ 115    $ 108    $ 230    $ 215
                                                       

 

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6. Earnings per Share

The following is a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators used in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005 (in thousands, except per share data):

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2006    2005    2006    2005

Net income

   $ 18,217    $ 7,647    $ 42,325    $ 14,687
                           

Weighted average shares, basic

     18,677      18,517      18,668      18,503

Effective of dilutive securities:

           

Stock options

     236      202      229      203
                           

Weighted average shares, diluted

     18,913      18,719      18,897      18,706
                           

Net income per share, basic

   $ 0.98    $ 0.41    $ 2.27    $ 0.79
                           

Net income per share, diluted

   $ 0.96    $ 0.41    $ 2.24    $ 0.79
                           

7. Share-Based Payments

Adoption of New Accounting Standard

We have several stock compensation plans (collectively, the “Stock Compensation Plans”) that allow incentive and nonqualified stock options and restricted stock to be granted to key employees and officers and nonqualified stock options and deferred common stock units to be granted to directors. Prior to January 1, 2006, we accounted for those plans under the recognition and measurement provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and related Interpretations, as permitted by SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation. Stock-based compensation cost in our statements of income prior to 2006 included only costs related to restricted stock and deferred common stock units. Prior to 2006, we did not recognize expense for options as permitted by SFAS No. 123 because all options granted had an exercise price equal to the market value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. Effective January 1, 2006, we adopted the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123(R) using the modified prospective transition method. Under that transition method, compensation cost recognized in the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006, includes: (a) compensation cost for all share-based payments granted prior to, but not yet vested as of, January 1, 2006, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the original provisions of SFAS No. 123 and (b) compensation cost for all share-based payments granted on or after January 1, 2006, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R). Results for prior periods have not been restated. For the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006, we recognized $0.7 million and $1.3 million of compensation expense related to the Stock Compensation Plans. The total income tax benefit recognized in the statements of income for the Stock Compensation Plans was $0.3 million and $0.5 million for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006.

As a result of adopting SFAS No. 123(R) on January 1, 2006, our income before minority interest and income taxes and our net income are $0.4 million and $0.2 million lower for the three months ended June 30, 2006, and $0.7 million and $0.4 million lower for the six months ended June 30, 2006, than if we had continued to account for share-based compensation under Opinion No. 25. Basic and diluted earnings per share are each $0.01 lower for the three months ended June 30, 2006, and $0.02 lower for the six months ended June 30, 2006, than if we had continued to account for share-based compensation under Opinion No. 25.

Prior to the adoption of SFAS No. 123(R), we presented all tax benefits of deductions resulting from the exercise of stock options as operating cash flows in the statements of cash flows. SFAS No. 123(R) requires the cash flows resulting from the tax benefits resulting from tax deductions in excess of the compensation cost recognized for those options (excess tax benefits) to be classified as financing cash flows. The $0.2 million excess tax benefit classified as a financing cash inflow for the six months ended June 30, 2006, would have been classified as an operating cash inflow if we had not adopted SFAS No. 123(R). No options were exercised during the three months ended June 30, 2006.

 

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The following table illustrates the effect on net income and earnings per share as if we had applied the fair value recognition provision of SFAS No. 123 to options granted under our stock option plans for the three months and six ended June 30, 2005. For purposes of this pro forma disclosure, the value of the options is estimated using a Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing formula and amortized to expense over the options’ vesting periods (in thousands, except per share data).

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30, 2005
    Six Months Ended
June 30, 2005
 

Net income, as reported

   $ 7,647     $ 14,687  

Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in reported net income related to restricted units and director compensation, net of related tax effects

     286       484  

Less: Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined under fair value based method for all awards, net of related tax effects

     (482 )     (827 )
                

Pro forma net income

   $ 7,451     $ 14,344  
                

Earnings per share

    

Basic—as reported

   $ 0.41     $ 0.79  

Basic—pro forma

   $ 0.40     $ 0.78  

Diluted—as reported

   $ 0.41     $ 0.79  

Diluted—pro forma

   $ 0.40     $ 0.77  

Stock Options

The exercise price of all options granted under the Stock Compensation Plans is at the fair market value of our common stock on the date of the grant. Options may be exercised at any time after vesting and prior to 10 years following the grant. Options vest upon terms established by the Compensation and Benefits Committee of our Board of Directors. In addition, all options will vest upon a change of control of the Company, as defined by the Stock Compensation Plans. In the case of employees, if a grantee’s employment terminates (i) for cause, all of the grantee’s options, whether vested or unvested, will be automatically forfeited, (ii) by reason of death, disability or retirement after reaching age 62 and providing ten consecutive years of service, the grantee’s options will automatically vest and (iii) for any other reason, the grantee’s unvested options will be automatically forfeited. In the case of directors, if a grantee’s membership on our Board of Directors terminates for any reason, the grantee’s unvested options will be automatically forfeited. We have a policy of issuing new shares to satisfy share option exercises.

Options granted on or before January 2, 2004, under the Stock Compensation Plans vested on the first anniversary of the date of grant. Options granted after January 2, 2004, vest ratably over a three-year period so that one-third is exercisable after one year, another third is exercisable after two years and the remaining third is exercisable after three years.

The fair value of each option award is estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing formula that uses the assumptions noted in the following table. Expected volatilities are based on historical changes in the market value of our stock. Separate groups of employees that have similar historical exercise behavior are considered separately to estimate expected lives. Options granted have a maximum term of ten years. We base the risk-free interest rate on the U.S. Treasury rate for the week of the grant having a term equal to the expected life of the option.

 

    

Three Months and
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2006

Expected volatility

   20.6% to 26.0%

Dividend yield

   0.71%

Expected life

   3.5 to 4.6 years

Risk-free interest rate

   4.68% to 4.70%

 

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The following table summarizes activity since our most recent fiscal year end with respect to the common stock options awarded under the Stock Compensation Plans described above.

 

Options

   Shares     Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
   Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
                (in years)    (in thousands)

Outstanding at January 1, 2006

   621,631     $ 26.68      

Granted

   195,691       63.07      

Exercised

   (18,333 )     25.33      

Forfeit

   (17,233 )     52.40      
                  

Outstanding at June 30, 2006

   781,756     $ 35.26    7.6    $ 16,588
                        

Exercisable at June 30, 2006

   454,965     $ 22.53    6.5    $ 14,499
                        

The weighted-average grant-date fair value of options granted during the six months ended June 30, 2006, was $14.27. The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the six months ended June 30, 2006, was $0.7 million. No options were granted or exercised during the three months ended June 30, 2006.

A summary of the status of our nonvested shares as of June 30, 2006, and changes during the six months then ended, is presented below:

 

Nonvested Shares

   Shares     Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value

Nonvested at January 1, 2006

   232,937     $ 9.19

Granted

   195,691       14.27

Vested

   (84,604 )     8.72

Forfeit

   (17,233 )     11.61
            

Nonvested at June 30, 2006

   326,791     $ 12.23
            

As of June 30, 2006, we had $2.9 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to nonvested share-based compensation arrangements granted under the Stock Compensation Plans. We expect that cost to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.3 years. The total fair value of shares vested during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006, was $0.7 million.

Cash received from the exercise of share options for the six months ended June 30, 2006, was $0.7 million. The actual tax benefit realized for the tax deductions from option exercises was $0.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006.

 

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Other Stock Compensation Plans

Accounting for restricted common stock and deferred common stock units did not significantly change from the disclosure in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

8. Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income represents certain changes in equity during the reporting period, including net income and charges directly to equity which are excluded from net income. Accumulated other comprehensive income was $6.0 million at June 30, 2006. For the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, the components of comprehensive income were as follows (in thousands):

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2006     2005    2006    2005  

Net income

   $ 18,217     $ 7,647    $ 42,325    $ 14,687  

Unrealized holding gains (losses) on derivative activities, net of tax

     (1,954 )     2,592      1,555      (3,778 )

Reclassification adjustment for derivative activities, net of tax

     (20 )     54      300      250  
                              

Comprehensive income

   $ 16,243     $ 10,293    $ 44,180    $ 11,159  
                              

9. Commitments and Contingencies

Drilling Commitments

In January 2006, we entered into an agreement to purchase oil and gas drilling services from a third party for three years, beginning in the third or fourth quarter of 2006. The agreement includes early termination provisions that would require us to pay a penalty if we terminate the agreement prior to the end of the original three-year term. The amount of the penalty is based on the number of days remaining in the three-year term and declines as time passes. As of June 30, 2006, drilling services had not commenced, and the pre-commencement early termination penalty amount would have been $0.7 million if we had terminated the agreement on that date. Management intends to utilize drilling services under this agreement for the full three-year term and has no plans to terminate the agreement early.

Legal

We are involved, from time to time, in various legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. While the ultimate results of these proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, management believes these claims will not have a material effect on our financial position, liquidity or operations.

Environmental Compliance

Extensive federal, state and local laws govern oil and natural gas operations, regulate the discharge of materials into the environment or otherwise relate to the protection of the environment. Numerous governmental departments issue rules and regulations to implement and enforce such laws that are often difficult and costly to comply with and which carry substantial administrative, civil and even criminal penalties for failure to comply. Some laws, rules and regulations relating to protection of the environment may, in certain circumstances, impose “strict liability” for environmental contamination, rendering a person liable for environmental and natural resource damages and cleanup costs without regard to negligence or fault on the part of such person. Other laws, rules and regulations may restrict the rate of oil and natural gas production below the rate that would otherwise exist or even prohibit exploration or production activities in sensitive areas. In addition, state laws often require some form of remedial action to prevent

 

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pollution from former operations, such as closure of inactive pits and plugging of abandoned wells. The regulatory burden on the oil and natural gas industry increases its cost of doing business and consequently affects its profitability. These laws, rules and regulations affect our operations, as well as the oil and gas exploration and production industry in general. We believe that we are in substantial compliance with current applicable environmental laws, rules and regulations and that continued compliance with existing requirements will not have a material adverse impact on us. Nevertheless, changes in existing environmental laws or the adoption of new environmental laws have the potential to adversely affect our operations.

The operations of the Partnership’s coal lessees and natural gas midstream segment are subject to environmental laws and regulations adopted by various governmental authorities in the jurisdictions in which these operations are conducted. The terms of the Partnership’s coal property leases impose liability for all environmental and reclamation liabilities arising under those laws and regulations on the relevant lessees. The lessees are bonded and have indemnified the Partnership against any and all future environmental liabilities. The Partnership regularly visits coal properties under lease to monitor lessee compliance with environmental laws and regulations and to review mining activities. Management believes that the operations of the Partnership’s coal lessees and natural gas midstream segment will comply with existing regulations and does not expect any material impact on its financial condition or results of operations.

As of June 30, 2006, the Partnership’s environmental liabilities were $2.4 million, which represents the Partnership’s best estimate of the liabilities as of that date related to the coal and natural gas midstream businesses. The Partnership has reclamation bonding requirements with respect to certain unleased and inactive properties. Given the uncertainty of when a reclamation area will meet regulatory standards, a change in this estimate could occur in the future.

10. Segment Information

Segment information has been prepared in accordance with SFAS No. 131, Disclosure about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information. Under SFAS No. 131, operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available and is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker, or decision-making group, in assessing performance. Our chief operating decision-making group consists of our Chief Executive Officer and other senior officials. This group routinely reviews and makes operating and resource allocation decisions among our oil and gas operations, PVR’s coal operations and PVR’s natural gas midstream operations. Accordingly, our reportable segments are as follows:

 

    Oil and Gas – crude oil and natural gas exploration, development and production.

 

    Coal (the “PVR Coal” segment) – the leasing of mineral interests and subsequent collection of royalties, the providing of fee-based coal handling, transportation and processing infrastructure facilities, and the development and harvesting of timber.

 

    Natural Gas Midstream (the “PVR Midstream” segment) – gas processing, gathering and other related services.

 

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The following table presents a summary of certain financial information relating to our segments (in thousands):

 

     Oil and
Gas
   PVR Coal    PVR
Midstream
   Corporate
and Other
    Consolidated  

For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2006:

             

Revenues

   $ 55,636    $ 27,898    $ 95,565    $ 51     $ 179,150  

Operating costs and expenses

     18,484      3,822      81,536      3,705       107,547  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     12,737      4,747      4,069      111       21,664  
                                     

Operating income (loss)

   $ 24,415    $ 19,329    $ 9,960    $ (3,765 )     49,939  
                               

Interest expense

                (5,396 )

Interest income and other

                363  

Derivatives

                (6,379 )
                   

Income before minority interest and taxes

              $ 38,527  
                   

Total assets

   $ 746,241    $ 437,013    $ 253,331    $ 17,349     $ 1,453,934  
                                     

Additions to property and equipment and acquisitions, net of cash acquired (1)

   $ 128,306    $ 69,163    $ 18,980    $ 727     $ 217,176  
                                     

For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2005:

             

Revenues

   $ 48,129    $ 23,693    $ 85,916    $ 227     $ 157,965  

Operating costs and expenses

     27,581      3,063      78,111      3,014       111,769  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     11,676      4,328      3,671      104       19,779  
                                     

Operating income (loss)

   $ 8,872    $ 16,302    $ 4,134    $ (2,891 )     26,417  
                               

Interest expense

                (3,497 )

Interest income and other

                376  

Derivatives

                (447 )
                   

Income before minority interest and taxes

              $ 22,849  
                   

Total assets

   $ 513,792    $ 288,278    $ 254,039    $ 20,881     $ 1,076,990  
                                     

Additions to property and equipment and acquisitions, net of cash acquired (2)

   $ 48,036    $ 19,659    $ 3,565    $ 57     $ 71,317  
                                     

(1) Oil and gas segment includes noncash expenditures of $32.2 million.
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     Oil and
Gas
   PVR Coal    PVR
Midstream (1)
   Corporate
and Other
    Consolidated  

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2006:

             

Revenues

   $ 121,377    $ 53,226    $ 205,401    $ 53     $ 380,057  

Operating costs and expenses

     37,889      7,331      186,124      6,863       238,207  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     25,390      9,499      8,138      218       43,245  
                                     

Operating income (loss)

   $ 58,098    $ 36,396    $ 11,139    $ (7,028 )     98,605  
                               

Interest expense

                (10,184 )

Interest income and other

                759  

Derivatives

                (6,537 )
                   

Income before minority interest and taxes

              $ 82,643  
                   

Total assets

   $ 746,241    $ 437,013    $ 253,331    $ 17,349     $ 1,453,934  
                                     

Additions to property and equipment and acquisitions, net of cash acquired (2)

   $ 172,458    $ 75,167    $ 21,541    $ 1,036     $ 270,202  
                                     

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005:

             

Revenues

   $ 89,875    $ 43,507    $ 112,292    $ 501     $ 246,175  

Operating costs and expenses

     43,009      6,726      101,259      5,437       156,431  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     22,344      8,183      4,895      201       35,623  
                                     

Operating income (loss)

   $ 24,522    $ 28,598    $ 6,138    $ (5,137 )     54,121  
                               

Interest expense

                (6,875 )

Interest income and other

                695  

Derivatives

                (14,764 )
                   

Income before minority interest and taxes

              $ 33,177  
                   

Total assets

   $ 513,792    $ 288,278    $ 254,039    $ 20,881     $ 1,076,990  
                                     

Additions to property and equipment and acquisitions, net of cash acquired (3)

   $ 85,325    $ 29,031    $ 199,466    $ 65     $ 313,887  
                                     

(1) Represents the results of operations of the natural gas midstream segment since March 3, 2005, the closing date of the Cantera Acquisition.
(2) Oil and gas segment includes noncash expenditures of $32.2 million.
(3) Oil and gas segment includes noncash expenditures of $13.2 million.

11. PVR Unit Split

On February 23, 2006, the Board of Directors of the general partner of PVR declared a two-for-one split of PVR’s common and subordinated units. To effect the split, PVR distributed one additional common unit and one additional subordinated unit (a total of 16,997,325 common units and 3,824,940 subordinated units) on April 4, 2006, for each common unit and subordinated unit, respectively, held of record at the close of business on March 28, 2006.

12. Subsequent Events

Dividend Declared

On July 26, 2006, our Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.1125 per share payable September 1, 2006, to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 9, 2006.

 

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Interest Rate Swap

Effective August 2, 2006, we entered into interest rate swap agreements to swap $50 million of outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facility from a variable rate to a weighted average fixed rate of 5.34 percent plus the applicable margin. The interest rate swap agreement will be accounted for as a cash flow hedge in accordance with SFAS No. 133.

 

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Item 2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following analysis of financial condition and results of operations of Penn Virginia Corporation (“Penn Virginia,” the “Company,” “we,” “us” or “our”) and its subsidiaries should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes in Item 1, “Financial Statements.” Our discussion and analysis include the following items:

 

    Overview of Business

 

    Acquisitions and Investments

 

    Current Performance

 

    Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

    Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

    Results of Operations

 

    Environmental

 

    Recent Accounting Pronouncements

 

    Forward-Looking Statements

Overview of Business

We are an independent energy company that is engaged in three primary business segments. A description of each of our reportable segments follows:

 

    Oil and Gas – crude oil and natural gas exploration, development and production.

 

    Coal – the leasing of mineral interests and subsequent collection of royalties, the providing of fee-based coal handling, transportation and processing infrastructure facilities and the development and harvesting of timber.

 

    Natural Gas Midstream – gas processing, gathering and other related services.

 

    Corporate and Other – primarily represents corporate functions.

Our coal and natural gas midstream segments operate through our 39 percent ownership in Penn Virginia Resource Partners, L.P. (the “Partnership” or “PVR”). Penn Virginia and the Partnership are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols “PVA” and “PVR.” Due to our control of the general partner of the Partnership, the financial results of the Partnership are included in our consolidated financial statements. However, the Partnership functions with a capital structure that is independent of ours, consisting of its own debt instruments and publicly traded common units. The following diagram depicts our ownership of the Partnership as of June 30, 2006 (after the effect of the two-for-one unit split described in Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements):

 

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LOGO

As a result of our ownership in the Partnership, we receive cash payments from PVR in the form of quarterly cash distributions. We received approximately $6.4 million and $12.7 million of cash distributions from PVR during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006. As part of our ownership of the Partnership’s general partner, we also own the rights, referred to as incentive distribution rights, to receive an increasing percentage of quarterly distributions of available cash from operating surplus after certain levels of cash distributions have been achieved. The cash payments we received from PVR in the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, were as follows (in millions):

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2006    2005    2006    2005

Limited partner units

   $ 5.5    $ 4.7    $ 10.8    $ 9.1

General partner interest (2%)

     0.3      0.3      0.6      0.5

Incentive distribution rights

     0.6      0.3      1.3      0.3
                           

Total

   $ 6.4    $ 5.3    $ 12.7    $ 9.9
                           

In November 2004, 25 percent of PVR’s subordinated units converted to common units because the Partnership met certain requirements to qualify for early conversion. In November 2005, another 25 percent converted to common units. The remaining 50 percent of PVR’s subordinated units are expected to convert to common units in November 2006, provided minimum quarterly distributions are paid and other conditions are met.

On February 23, 2006, the Board of Directors of the general partner of PVR declared a two-for-one split of PVR’s common and subordinated units. To effect the split, PVR distributed one additional common unit and one additional subordinated unit (a total of 16,997,325 common units and 3,824,940 subordinated units) on April 4, 2006, for each common unit and subordinated unit held of record at the close of business on March 28, 2006.

 

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Acquisitions and Investments

Strategy

Our oil and gas investment strategy is to increase our inventory of predictable, low risk development prospects, with a focus on unconventional natural gas, and to selectively drill higher risk exploration opportunities which could make a meaningful difference to our production and reserve profile.

The strategy of our coal and natural gas midstream businesses conducted through PVR is to evaluate acquisition opportunities that are accretive to cash available for distribution to PVR’s unitholders, of which we are the largest single unitholder. These opportunities include, but are not limited to, acquiring additional coal properties and reserves and acquiring or constructing assets for coal services and natural gas midstream gathering and processing.

Huff Creek Acquisition—PVR Coal Segment

On May 25, 2006, PVR acquired from Huff Creek Energy Company and Appalachian Coal Holdings, Inc. the lease rights to approximately 69 million tons of coal reserves located on approximately 20,000 acres in Logan, Boone and Wyoming Counties, West Virginia (the “Huff Creek Acquisition”). The purchase price was approximately $65 million and was funded with long-term debt under PVR’s revolving credit facility.

Crow Creek Acquisition—Oil and Gas Segment

On June 13, 2006, we acquired 100 percent of the capital stock of Crow Creek Holding Corporation (“Crow Creek”) in a cash transaction for approximately $71.5 million, subject to certain adjustments (the “Crow Creek Acquisition”). Crow Creek was a privately owned independent exploration and production company with operations primarily in the Oklahoma portions of the Arkoma and Anadarko Basins. The acquired assets of Crow Creek include approximately 42.7 billion cubic feet equivalent (“Bcfe”) of net proved reserves, about 85 percent of which is natural gas. The Crow Creek Acquisition was funded with long-term debt under our revolving credit facility.

Transwestern Acquisition—PVR Midstream Segment

On June 30, 2006, PVR completed the acquisition of approximately 115 miles of pipelines and related compression facilities in Texas and Oklahoma to complement its existing midstream systems (the “Transwestern Acquisition”). PVR paid for the acquisition with approximately $15 million in cash. In July 2006, PVR borrowed $15 million under its revolving credit facility to replenish the cash used in the Transwestern Acquisition.

Coal Infrastructure Construction—PVR Coal Segment

PVR expects to complete construction and commence operation of a new 600-ton per hour coal processing plant and rail loading facility in the third quarter of 2006 for one of its lessees located in Knott County in eastern Kentucky. Since acquiring fee ownership and lease rights to the property’s coal reserves in July 2005, PVR made cumulative capital expenditures of $7.7 million related to the construction of the facility as of June 30, 2006. Total capital expenditures for the construction are expected to be approximately $15 million.

 

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Current Performance

Operating income for the six months ended June 30, 2006, was $98.6 million. The oil and gas segment, combined with the operating results of corporate, contributed $51.0 million to operating income, and PVR’s coal and natural gas midstream segments, in which we have a 41 percent interest in net income, including incentive distribution rights, contributed $47.5 million, before the deduction of the 59 percent interest in net income to which we do not own rights. The following table presents a summary of certain financial information relating to our segments (in thousands):

 

     Oil and
Gas
   PVR
Coal
   PVR
Midstream 
   Corporate
and Other
    Consolidated

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2006:

             

Revenues

   $ 121,377    $ 53,226    $ 205,401    $ 53     $ 380,057

Operating costs and expenses

     37,889      7,331      186,124      6,863       238,207

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     25,390      9,499      8,138      218       43,245
                                   

Operating income (loss)

   $ 58,098    $ 36,396    $ 11,139    $ (7,028 )   $ 98,605
                                   

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2005:

             

Revenues

   $ 89,875    $ 43,507    $ 112,292    $ 501     $ 246,175

Operating costs and expenses

     43,009      6,726      101,259      5,437       156,431

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     22,344      8,183      4,895      201       35,623
                                   

Operating income (loss)

   $ 24,522    $ 28,598    $ 6,138    $ (5,137 )   $ 54,121
                                   

Oil and Gas Segment

During the six months ended June 30, 2006, our oil and gas production increased by 11 percent to 14.8 Bcfe. High commodity prices also contributed significantly to our financial results. Natural gas prices have been volatile in the last few years, with the NYMEX futures market trading at record price levels for natural gas. Our realized natural gas price for the six months ended June 30, 2006, was $8.01 per thousand cubic feet (“Mcf”), an increase of 20 percent from $6.69 per Mcf for the six months ended June 30, 2005. As part of our risk management strategy, we use derivative financial instruments to hedge natural gas and, to a lesser extent, oil prices. The use of this risk management strategy has resulted in lower price realizations compared to physical sale prices in the last several years.

We drilled a total of 84 gross (63.7 net) wells during the six months ended June 30, 2006, including 75 gross (59.6 net) development wells and nine gross (4.1 net) exploratory wells. Three exploratory wells (0.8 net) were successful, three exploratory wells (1.5 net) were not successful and three gross (1.9 net) exploratory wells are currently being tested. Testing continues on three other exploratory wells that were under evaluation as of December 31, 2005.

Early in 2004, we entered into a joint venture with GMX Resources, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMXR) to drill development wells in the North Carthage Field in east Texas. Through June 30, 2006, 51 gross (35.0 net) wells were drilled on this acreage, and we estimate that a total of 80 to 100 wells could ultimately be drilled.

We continue to expand our coal bed methane (“CBM”) production and reserve base in central Appalachia through leasehold acquisitions and the use of a proprietary horizontal drilling technology. We drilled 13 gross (6.3 net) horizontal CBM development wells in the six months ended June 30, 2006, and all were successful.

Coal Segment

In the six months ended June 30, 2006, coal royalty revenues increased 22 percent, or $8.5 million, over the same period last year due to acquisitions, more coal being mined by PVR’s lessees and increasing coal prices. Tons produced by PVR’s lessees increased from 14.0 million tons in the six months ended June 30, 2005 to 15.7 million tons in the six months ended June 30, 2006, and average gross royalties per ton increased from $2.73 in the six months ended June 30, 2005 to $2.98 in the six months ended June 30, 2006. The Illinois Basin coal reserves that PVR acquired in July 2005 resulted in $2.6 million of coal royalty revenues in the six months ended June 30, 2006. Generally, as coal prices increase, average royalties per ton also increase because the vast majority of PVR’s lessees pay royalties based on the gross sales prices of the coal mined.

 

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In managing its properties, PVR actively works with its lessees to develop efficient methods to exploit reserves and to maximize production from its properties. PVR earns revenues from providing fee-based coal preparation and transportation services to its lessees, which enhance their production levels and generate additional coal royalty revenues, and from industrial third party coal end-users by owning and operating coal handling facilities through PVR’s joint venture with Massey Energy Company (“Massey”). Coal services revenues increased to $2.8 million in the six months ended June 30, 2006, from $2.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2005. PVR believes that these types of fee-based infrastructure assets provide good investment and cash flow opportunities, and it continues to look for additional investments of this type, as well as other primarily fee-based assets. PVR also earns revenues from oil and gas royalty interests, coal transportation (“wheelage”) rights and the sale of standing timber on its properties.

As of June 30, 2006, PVR’s primary coal reserves and coal infrastructure assets were located on the following properties:

 

    in central Appalachia, at properties in Buchanan, Lee and Wise Counties, Virginia; Floyd, Harlan, Knott and Letcher Counties, Kentucky; and Boone, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, Raleigh and Wyoming Counties, West Virginia;

 

    in northern Appalachia, at properties in Barbour, Harrison, Lewis, Monongalia and Upshur Counties, West Virginia;

 

    in the Illinois Basin, at properties in Henderson and Webster Counties, Kentucky; and

 

    in the San Juan Basin, at properties in McKinley County, New Mexico.

Natural Gas Midstream Segment

The gross processing margin for PVR’s natural gas midstream operations increased from $16.9 million in the six months ended June 30, 2005 to $30.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2006. This increase was due primarily to higher NGL prices. Inlet volumes at PVR’s gas processing plants and gathering systems were 137 million cubic feet (“MMcf”) per day in the six months ended June 30, 2006, an increase over 126 MMcf per day in the six months ended June 30, 2005, primarily due to additional well connections in the area. As part of its risk management strategy, PVR uses derivative financial instruments to hedge NGLs sold and natural gas purchased.

PVR continually seeks new supplies of natural gas to both offset the natural declines in production from the wells currently connected to its systems and to increase throughput volume. New natural gas supplies are obtained for all of PVR’s systems by contracting for production from new wells, connecting new wells drilled on dedicated acreage and by contracting for natural gas that has been released from competitors’ systems.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The process of preparing financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires our management to make estimates and judgments regarding certain items and transactions. It is possible that materially different amounts could be recorded if these estimates and judgments change or if the actual results differ from these estimates and judgments. We consider the following to be the most critical accounting policies which involve the judgment of our management.

Reserves

The estimates of oil and gas reserves are the single most critical estimate included in our financial statements. Reserve estimates become the basis for determining depletive write-off rates, recoverability of historical cost investments and the fair value of properties subject to potential impairments. There are many uncertainties inherent in estimating crude oil and natural gas reserve quantities, including projecting the total quantities in place, future production rates and the timing of future development expenditures. In addition, reserve estimates of new discoveries are less precise than those of producing properties due to the lack of a production history. Accordingly, these estimates are subject to change as additional information becomes available.

 

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Proved reserves are the estimated quantities of crude oil, condensate and natural gas that geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions at the end of the respective years. Proved developed reserves are those reserves expected to be recovered through existing wells with existing equipment and operating methods. Proved undeveloped reserves are those quantities that require additional capital investment through drilling or well recompletion techniques.

There are several factors which could change our estimates of oil and gas reserves. Significant rises or declines in product prices could lead to changes in the amount of reserves as production activities become more or less economical. An additional factor that could result in a change of recorded reserves is the reservoir decline rates differing from those assumed when the reserves were initially recorded. Estimation of future production and development costs is also subject to change partially due to factors beyond our control, such as energy costs and inflation or deflation of oil field service costs. Additionally, we perform impairment tests pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, when significant events occur, such as a market move to a lower price environment or a material revision to our reserve estimates.

Depreciation and depletion of oil and gas producing properties is determined by the units-of-production method and could change with revisions to estimated proved recoverable reserves.

Coal properties are depleted on an area-by-area basis at a rate based on the cost of the mineral properties and the number of tons of estimated proven and probable coal reserves contained therein. The Partnership’s estimates of coal reserves are updated periodically and may result in adjustments to coal reserves and depletion rates that are recognized prospectively.

Oil and Gas Revenues

Revenues associated with sales of natural gas, crude oil, condensate and NGLs are recorded when title passes to the customer. Natural gas sales revenues from properties in which we have an interest with other producers are recognized on the basis of our net working interest (“entitlement” method of accounting). Natural gas imbalances occur when we sell more or less than our entitled ownership percentage of total natural gas production. Any amount received in excess of our share is treated as deferred revenues. If we take less than we are entitled to take, the under-delivery is recorded as a receivable. As a result of the numerous requirements necessary to gather information from purchasers or various measurement locations, calculate volumes produced, perform field and wellhead allocations and distribute and disburse funds to various working interest partners and royalty owners, the collection of revenues from oil and gas production may take up to 60 days following the month of production. Therefore, accruals for revenues and accounts receivable are made based on estimates of our share of production, particularly from properties that are operated by our partners. Since the settlement process may take 30 to 60 days following the month of actual production, our financial results include estimates of production and revenues for the related time period. Any differences, which we do not expect to be significant, between the actual amounts ultimately received and the original estimates are recorded in the period they become finalized. Approximately 56 percent of natural gas and oil and condensate revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2006, related to three customers.

Natural Gas Midstream Revenues

Revenue from the sale of NGLs and residue gas is recognized when the NGLs and residue gas produced at the Partnership’s gas processing plants are sold. Gathering and transportation revenue is recognized based upon actual volumes delivered. Due to the time needed to gather information from various purchasers and measurement locations and then calculate volumes delivered, the collection of natural gas midstream revenues may take up to 30 days following the month of production. Therefore, accruals for revenues and accounts receivable and the related cost of midstream gas purchased and accounts payable are made based on estimates of natural gas purchased and NGLs and natural gas sold, and our financial results include estimates of production and revenues for the period of actual production. Any differences, which we do not expect to be significant, between the actual amounts ultimately received or paid and the original estimates are recorded in the period they become finalized. Approximately 39 percent of natural gas midstream revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2006, related to three customers.

 

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Coal Royalty Revenues

Coal royalty revenues are recognized on the basis of tons of coal sold by the Partnership’s lessees and the corresponding revenues from those sales. Since the Partnership does not operate any mines, it does not have access to actual production and revenue information until approximately 30 days following the month of production. Therefore, the financial results of the Partnership include estimated revenues and accounts receivable for this 30-day period. Any differences, which we do not expect to be significant, between the actual amounts ultimately received and the original estimates are recorded in the period they become finalized.

Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

We and the Partnership have historically entered into derivative financial instruments that would qualify for hedge accounting under SFAS No. 133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. Hedge accounting affects the timing of revenue recognition in our statements of income, as a majority of the gain or loss from a contract qualifying as a cash flow hedge is deferred until the related hedged transaction occurs. The results reflected in the statement of income are based on the actual settlements with the counterparty. We include this gain or loss in oil and gas revenues, natural gas midstream revenues or cost of midstream gas purchased, depending on the commodity. Effective January 1, 2006, some of our derivatives did not qualify for hedge accounting under SFAS No. 133, and changes in market value of these derivative instruments were recognized in earnings. When we do not use hedge accounting, we could experience significant changes in the estimate of derivative gain or loss recognized in revenue due to swings in the value of these contracts. These fluctuations could be significant in a volatile pricing environment.

Because a large portion of our natural gas derivatives and NGL derivatives no longer qualify for hedge accounting and to increase clarity in our financial statements, we elected to discontinue hedge accounting prospectively for our remaining commodity derivatives beginning May 1, 2006. Consequently, from that date forward, we recognize mark-to-market gains and losses in earnings currently, rather than deferring such amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income (shareholders’ equity). The net mark-to-market loss on our outstanding derivatives at April 30, 2006, which was included in accumulated other comprehensive income, will be reported in future earnings through 2008 as the original hedged transactions settle. This change in reporting will have no impact on our reported cash flows, although future results of operations will be affected by the potential volatility of mark-to-market gains and losses which fluctuate with changes in oil and gas prices.

Oil and Gas Properties

We use the successful efforts method to account for our oil and gas properties. Under this method, costs of acquiring properties, costs of drilling successful exploration wells and development costs are capitalized. Geological and geophysical costs, delay rentals and costs to drill exploratory wells that do not find proved reserves are expensed as oil and gas exploration. We will carry the costs of an exploratory well as an asset if the well found a sufficient quantity of reserves to justify its capitalization as a producing well and as long as we are making sufficient progress assessing the reserves and the economic and operating viability of the project. For certain projects, it may take us more than one year to evaluate the future potential of the exploratory well and make a determination of its economic viability. Our ability to move forward on a project may be dependent on gaining access to transportation or processing facilities or obtaining permits and government or partner approval, the timing of which is beyond our control. In such cases, exploratory well costs remain suspended as long as we are actively pursuing access to necessary facilities and access to such permits and approvals and believe they will be obtained. We assess the status of suspended exploratory well costs on a quarterly basis.

A portion of the carrying value of our oil and gas properties is attributable to unproved properties. At June 30, 2006, the costs attributable to unproved properties were approximately $99.1 million. We regularly assess on a property-by-property basis the impairment of individual unproved properties whose acquisition costs are relatively significant. Unproved properties whose acquisition costs are not relatively significant are amortized in the aggregate over the lesser of five years or the average remaining lease term. As exploration work progresses and the reserves on relatively significant properties are proven, capitalized costs of these properties will be subject to depreciation and depletion. If the exploration work is unsuccessful, the capitalized costs of the properties related to the unsuccessful work will be expensed. The timing of any writedowns of these unproven properties, if warranted, depends upon the nature, timing and extent of future exploration and development activities and their results.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

Although results are consolidated for financial reporting, the Company and PVR operate with independent capital structures. The Company and PVR have separate credit facilities, and neither entity guarantees the debt of the other. Since the Partnership’s inception in 2001, with the exception of cash distributions paid to us by PVR, the cash needs of each entity have been met independently with a combination of operating cash flows, credit facility borrowings and issuance of new Partnership units. We expect that our cash needs and the cash needs of PVR will continue to be met independently of each other with a combination of these funding sources. Summarized cash flow statements for six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, consolidating our combined segments are set forth below (in millions):

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2006

   Oil and Gas
& Corporate
    PVR Coal and
PVR Midstream (1)
    Consolidated  

Cash flows from operating activities:

      

Net income contribution

   $ 36.9     $ 5.4     $ 42.3  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities (summarized)

     38.3       50.8       89.1  

Net change in operating assets and liabilities

     24.2       (5.7 )     18.5  
                        

Net cash provided by operating activities

     99.4       50.5       149.9  

Net cash used in investing activities

     (171.0 )     (96.7 )     (267.7 )

Net cash provided by financing activities

     75.2       30.5       105.7  
                        

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

   $ 3.6     $ (15.7 )   $ (12.1 )
                        

For the six months ended June 30, 2005

   Oil and Gas
& Corporate
    PVR Coal and
PVR Midstream (1)
    Consolidated  

Cash flows from operating activities:

      

Net income contribution

   $ 11.2     $ 3.5     $ 14.7  

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities (summarized)

     46.7       35.3       82.0  

Net change in operating assets and liabilities

     (12.9 )     0.9       (12.0 )
                        

Net cash provided by operating activities

     45.0       39.7       84.7  

Net cash used in investing activities

     (61.5 )     (228.4 )     (289.9 )

Net cash provided by financing activities

     16.7       189.3       206.0  
                        

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

   $ 0.2     $ 0.6     $ 0.8  
                        

(1) Net income, adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities and net change in operating assets and liabilities for PVR segments have been adjusted for minority interest and income taxes.

 

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Cash Flows

Except where noted, the following discussion of cash flows relates to our consolidated results.

From the six months ended June 30, 2005, to the six months ended June 30, 2006, the oil and gas and corporate segments’ net cash provided by operating activities increased primarily due to increased natural gas production and increased prices received for natural gas and crude oil. Cash provided by operating activities of the coal and natural gas midstream segments increased primarily due to an increase in average royalties per ton resulting from higher coal sales prices and accretive cash flows from the natural gas midstream business, which PVR acquired in March 2005.

Capital expenditures totaled $306.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006, compared with $318.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2005. The following table sets forth capital expenditures by segment made during the periods indicated:

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2006    2005
     (in millions)

Oil and gas

     

Proved property acquisitions

   $ 72.5    $ —  

Development drilling

     66.0      48.4

Exploration drilling

     18.7      10.7

Seismic

     3.6      6.1

Lease acquisition and other (1)

     13.3      19.9

Pipeline, gathering, facilities

     7.1      4.7
             

Total

     181.2      89.8
             

Coal

     

Acquisitions

     66.4      24.7

Expansion capital expenditures

     7.6      0.2

Other property and equipment expenditures

     0.1      4.1
             

Total

     74.1      29.0
             

Natural gas midstream

     

Acquisitions, net of cash acquired

     14.6      198.0

Expansion capital expenditures

     3.4      1.5

Other property and equipment expenditures

     4.3      —  
             

Total

     22.3      199.5
             

Other

     1.1      0.1
             

Total capital expenditures

   $ 278.7    $ 318.4
             

(1) Lease acquisition excludes total non-cash expenditures of $32.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2006, related to deferred taxes in the Crow Creek Acquisition.

We are committed to expanding our oil and gas operations over the next several years through a combination of development, exploration and acquisition of new properties. We have a portfolio of assets which balances relatively low risk, moderate return development projects in Appalachia, Mississippi and the Cotton Valley in east Texas and north Louisiana with relatively moderate risk, potentially higher return development projects and exploration prospects in south Texas and south Louisiana.

 

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We expect oil and gas segment capital expenditures, before proved property acquisitions, to be between $242 million and $262 million in 2006. This represents an increase from our previously disclosed capital expenditures budget to drill wells in the Arkoma and Anadarko Basins of Oklahoma following the Crow Creek Acquisition and to drill additional wells in our Cotton Valley play in east Texas. We continually review drilling and other capital expenditure plans and may change the amount we spend in any area based on industry conditions and the availability of capital. We believe our cash flow from operations and sources of debt financing are sufficient to fund our 2006 planned oil and gas capital expenditures program.

During the six months ended June 30, 2006, PVR made aggregate capital expenditures of $96.4 million for coal reserve acquisitions, coal loadout facility construction and natural gas midstream gathering systems. PVR’s cash flows from operations and its revolving credit facility were used to fund coal and natural gas midstream capital expenditures, including two acquisitions, for the six months ended June 30, 2006. To finance its acquisitions in the six months ended June 30, 2005, PVR borrowed $86.0 million, net of repayments, received proceeds of $126.4 million from the sale of its common units in a public offering and received a $2.6 million contribution from its general partner, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

We borrowed $66.0 million under our revolving credit facility, net of repayments, in the six months ended June 30, 2006, compared to borrowings, net of repayments, of $13.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2005. We also received cash distributions from PVR of $12.7 million in the six months ended June 30, 2006, compared to $9.9 million in the same period last year. Funds from both of these sources were primarily used for capital expenditures.

In July 2006, PVR announced a $0.375 per unit quarterly distribution for the six months ended June 30, 2006, or $1.50 per unit on an annualized basis. The distribution will be paid on August 14, 2006, to unitholders of record at the close of business on August 4, 2006. As a result of the 15.6 million limited partner units and the incentive distribution rights we own as PVR’s general partner, cash distributions we receive from PVR are expected to be approximately $27 million in 2006 compared to $21 million in 2005.

Long-Term Debt

Revolving Credit Facility. We have a revolving credit facility (the “Revolver”) that is secured by a portion of our proved oil and gas reserves and matures in December 2010. We have a commitment of $200 million under the Revolver and a borrowing base of $300 million. We had $145 million outstanding under the Revolver as of June 30, 2006, giving us approximately $55 million of available borrowing capacity. The Revolver is governed by a borrowing base calculation and is redetermined semi-annually. We have the option to elect interest at (i) the London Interbank Offering Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a Eurodollar margin ranging from 1.00 to 1.75 percent, based on the percentage of the borrowing base outstanding or (ii) the greater of the prime rate or federal funds rate plus a margin up to 0.50 percent. The Revolver allows for the issuance of up to $20 million of letters of credit.

Effective August 2, 2006, we entered into interest rate swap agreements to swap $50 million of outstanding borrowings under our Revolver from a variable rate to a weighted average fixed rate of 5.34 percent plus the applicable margin. The interest rate swap agreement will be accounted for as a cash flow hedge in accordance with SFAS No. 133.

The financial covenants under the Revolver require us to maintain levels of debt-to-earnings and impose dividend limitation restrictions. The Revolver contains various other covenants that limit, among other things, our ability to incur indebtedness, grant liens, make certain loans, acquisitions and investments, make any material change to the nature of our business, acquire another company or enter into a merger or sale of assets, including the sale or transfer of interests in our subsidiaries. As of June 30, 2006, we were in compliance with all of our covenants under the Revolver.

Line of Credit. We have a $10.0 million line of credit with a financial institution, which had no borrowings against it as of June 30, 2006. The line of credit is effective through June 2007 and is renewable annually. We increased the line of credit from $5.0 million to $10.0 million in June 2006. We have an option to elect either a fixed rate LIBOR loan, a floating rate LIBOR loan or a base rate (as determined by the financial institution) loan.

 

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PVR Revolving Credit Facility. As of June 30, 2006, PVR had $236.8 million outstanding under its $300 million revolving credit facility (the “PVR Revolver”) that matures in March 2010. The PVR Revolver is available for general Partnership purposes, including working capital, capital expenditures and acquisitions, and includes a $10 million sublimit for the issuance of letters of credit. PVR has a one-time option to expand the PVR Revolver by $150 million upon receipt by the credit facility’s administrative agent of commitments from one or more lenders. The PVR Revolver’s interest rate fluctuates based on PVR’s ratio of total indebtedness to EBITDA. Interest is payable at a base rate plus an applicable margin of up to 1.00 percent if PVR selects the base rate borrowing option under the credit agreement or at a rate derived from LIBOR, plus an applicable margin ranging from 1.00 percent to 2.00 percent if PVR selects the LIBOR-based borrowing option.

The financial covenants under the PVR Revolver require PVR to maintain specified levels of debt to consolidated EBITDA and consolidated EBITDA to interest. The financial covenants restricted PVR’s additional borrowing capacity under the PVR Revolver to approximately $115.5 million as of June 30, 2006. Including the $15 million PVR borrowed in July 2006 to replenish cash used in the Transwestern Acquisition, PVR’s additional borrowing capacity is currently $100.5 million. At the current $300 million limit on the Revolver, and given the outstanding balance of $251.9 million including $15 million for the Transwestern Acquisition and net of letters of credit, PVR could borrow up to $46.5 million without exercising its one-time option to expand the Revolver. In order to utilize the full extent of the $100.5 million borrowing capacity, PVR would need to exercise its one-time option to expand the Revolver by $150 million. The PVR Revolver prohibits PVR from making certain distributions, including distributions to unitholders if any potential default or event of default occurs or would result from such unitholder distributions. In addition, the PVR Revolver contains various covenants that limit, among other things, PVR’s ability to incur indebtedness, grant liens, make certain loans, acquisitions and investments, make any material change to the nature of PVR’s business, acquire another company or enter into a merger or sale of assets, including the sale or transfer of interests in PVR’s subsidiaries. As of June 30, 2006, PVR was in compliance with all of its covenants under the PVR Revolver.

PVR Senior Unsecured Notes. As of June 30, 2006, PVR owed $79.7 million under its senior unsecured notes (the “PVR Notes”). The PVR Notes bear interest at a fixed rate of 6.02 percent and mature over a ten-year period ending in March 2013, with semi-annual principal and interest payments. The PVR Notes are equal in right of payment with all other unsecured indebtedness, including the PVR Revolver. The PVR Notes require PVR to obtain an annual confirmation of its credit rating, with a 1.00 percent increase in the interest rate payable on the PVR Notes in the event its credit rating falls below investment grade. In March 2006, PVR’s investment grade credit rating was confirmed by Dominion Bond Rating Services. The PVR Notes contain various covenants similar to those contained in the PVR Revolver. As of June 30, 2006, PVR was in compliance with all of its covenants under the PVR Notes.

Interest Rate Swaps. In September 2005, PVR entered into two interest rate swap agreements with notional amounts totaling $60 million to establish a fixed rate on the LIBOR-based portion of the outstanding balance of the PVR Revolver until March 2010 (the “PVR Revolver Swaps”). PVR pays a weighted average fixed rate of 4.22 percent on the notional amount plus the applicable margin, and the counterparties pay a variable rate equal to the three-month LIBOR. Settlements on the PVR Revolver Swaps are recorded as interest expense. The PVR Revolver Swaps were designated as cash flow hedges. Accordingly, the effective portion of the change in the fair value of the swap transactions is recorded each period in other comprehensive income. The ineffective portion of the change in fair value, if any, is recorded to current period earnings in interest expense. After considering the applicable margin of 1.25 percent in effect as of June 30, 2006, the total interest rate on the $60 million portion of PVR Revolver borrowings covered by the PVR Revolver Swaps was 5.47 percent at June 30, 2006.

Future Capital Needs and Commitments

In the oil and gas segment, we expect to continue to execute a program combining relatively low risk, moderate return development drilling in Appalachia, Mississippi, east Texas and north Louisiana with higher risk, higher return exploration and development drilling in the onshore Gulf Coast, supplemented periodically with acquisitions. In addition to our continuing conventional development program, we have continued to expand our presence in unconventional plays by developing CBM gas reserves in Appalachia. By employing horizontal drilling techniques, we expect to continue to increase the value from the CBM-prospective properties we own. We are committed to expanding our oil and gas reserves and production primarily by using our ability to generate exploratory prospects and development drilling programs internally.

 

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In 2006, we anticipate making oil and gas segment capital expenditures, before proved property acquisitions, of between $242 and $262 million. This represents an increase from our previously disclosed capital expenditures budget to drill wells in the Arkoma and Anadarko Basins of Oklahoma following the Crow Creek Acquisition and to drill additional wells in our Cotton Valley play in east Texas. These expenditures are expected to be funded primarily by operating cash flow. Additional funding will be provided as needed from the Revolver.

Part of PVR’s strategy is to make acquisitions which increase cash available for distribution to its unitholders. Long-term cash requirements for asset acquisitions are expected to be funded by several sources, including cash flows from operating activities, borrowings under credit facilities and the issuance of additional equity and debt securities. PVR’s ability to make these acquisitions in the future will depend in part on the availability of debt financing and on its ability to periodically use equity financing through the issuance of new common units, which will depend on various factors, including prevailing market conditions, interest rates and its financial condition and credit rating at the time. In July 2006, PVR borrowed an additional $15 million under the PVR Revolver to replenish cash used to fund the Transwestern Acquisition in June 2006.

In 2006, PVR anticipates making capital expenditures, excluding acquisitions, of $16 to $18 million for coal services projects and other property and equipment and $19 to $21 million for natural gas midstream system expansion projects. PVR intends to fund these capital expenditures with a combination of cash flows provided by operating activities, borrowings under the PVR Revolver under which it had $115.5 million of borrowing capacity as of June 30, 2006, and potentially with proceeds from the issuance of additional equity, as referred to in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements. PVR believes that it will continue to have adequate liquidity to fund future recurring operating and investing activities. Short-term cash requirements, such as operating expenses and quarterly distributions to its general partner and unitholders, are expected to be funded through PVR’s operating cash flows.

Results of Operations

Selected Financial Data—Consolidated

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2006    2005    2006    2005
     (in millions, except per share data)

Revenues

   $ 179.2    $ 158.0    $ 380.1    $ 246.2

Expenses

     129.2      131.5      281.5      192.1
                           

Operating income

   $ 50.0    $ 26.5    $ 98.6    $ 54.1

Net income

   $ 18.2    $ 7.6    $ 42.3    $ 14.7

Earnings per share, basic

   $ 0.98    $ 0.41    $ 2.27    $ 0.79

Earnings per share, diluted

   $ 0.96    $ 0.41    $ 2.24    $ 0.79

Cash flows provided by operating activities

   $ 84.2    $ 53.8    $ 149.9    $ 84.7

The increase in net income for the six months ended June 30, 2006, compared to the same period in 2005 was primarily attributable to a $44.4 million increase in operating income and a $10.1 million decrease in derivative losses, partially offset by increased interest expense and the related net increase in income tax expense. The increase in net income for the three months ended June 30, 2006, compared to the same period in 2005 was primarily attributable to a $23.6 million increase in operating income, partially offset by a $4.1 million increase in derivative losses and increases in interest expense and income tax expense. Operating income increased in the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006, primarily due to increased natural gas revenues as a result of higher commodity prices and record oil and gas production volumes, along with increased operating income contributions from our ownership interest in PVR, which is reported under the coal and natural gas midstream segments.

 

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The assets, liabilities and earnings of PVR are fully consolidated in our financial statements, with the public unitholders’ interest (59 percent, after effect of incentive distribution rights, as of June 30, 2006) reflected as a minority interest.

Oil and Gas Segment

In our oil and gas segment, we explore for, develop, produce and sell crude oil, condensate and natural gas primarily in the Appalachian, Mississippi, east Texas and Gulf Coast onshore regions of the United States. Our revenues, profitability and future rate of growth are highly dependent on the prevailing prices for oil and natural gas, which are affected by numerous factors that are generally beyond our control. Crude oil prices are generally determined by global supply and demand. Natural gas prices are influenced by national and regional supply and demand. A substantial or extended decline in the price of oil or natural gas could have a material adverse effect on our revenues, profitability and cash flow and could, under certain circumstances, result in an impairment of some of our oil and natural gas properties. Our future profitability and growth is also highly dependent on the results of our exploratory and development drilling programs.

Operations and Financial Summary – Oil and Gas Segment

Three Months Ended June 30, 2006, Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2005

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
  

%

Change

    Three Months Ended
June 30,
     2006    2005      2006    2005
     (in millions, except as noted)          (per Mcfe) (1)

Production

             

Natural gas (billion cubic feet (“Bcf”))

     6.9      6.4    8 %     

Oil and condensate (thousand barrels)

     95      76    25 %     

Total production (Bcfe)

     7.5      6.9    9 %     

Revenues

             

Natural gas

   $ 49.6    $ 44.7    11 %   $ 7.17    $ 6.94

Oil and condensate

     5.6      3.3    70 %     59.19      44.03

Other income

     0.4      0.1    300 %     
                             

Total revenues

     55.6      48.1    16 %     7.42      6.98
                             

Expenses

             

Operating

     6.6      4.0    65 %     0.88      0.57

Taxes other than income

     3.4      3.2    6 %     0.45      0.47

General and administrative

     3.0      2.5    20 %     0.40      0.36
                             

Production costs

     13.0      9.7    34 %     1.73      1.40

Exploration

     5.5      17.9    (69 )%     0.74      2.60

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     12.7      11.7    9 %     1.70      1.69
                             

Total expenses

     31.2      39.3    (21 )%     4.17      5.69
                             

Operating income

   $ 24.4    $ 8.8    177 %   $ 3.26    $ 1.29
                             

(1) Natural gas revenues are shown per Mcf, oil and condensate revenues are shown per barrel (“Bbl”), and all other amounts are shown per thousand cubic feet equivalent (“Mcfe”).

Production. The increase in production was primarily due to new production from increased drilling, including the horizontal CBM play in Appalachia, the Cotton Valley play in east Texas, the Selma Chalk development play in Mississippi and the success of our Fannett exploration prospect in south Texas drilled in the second quarter of 2005. Production increases were partially offset by normal field declines.

 

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Revenues. Approximately 92 percent and 93 percent of production in the three months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, was natural gas. Increased natural gas production accounted for approximately $3.4 million, or 68 percent, of the increase in natural gas revenues. Increased realized prices for natural gas accounted for approximately $1.6 million, or 32 percent, of the increase in natural gas revenues. Increased oil and condensate production accounted for approximately $0.8 million, or 37 percent, of the increase in oil and condensate revenues. Increased realized prices for oil and condensate accounted for approximately $1.4 million, or 63 percent, of the increase in oil and condensate revenues.

Natural gas, oil and condensate revenues are derived from the sale of our oil and gas production, which is net of the effects of the settlement of derivative contracts that follow hedge accounting. Settlement of our derivative contracts that do not follow hedge accounting has no effect on our reported revenues. Our revenues may vary significantly from period to period as a result of changes in commodity prices or production volumes.

Because a large portion of our natural gas derivatives and NGL derivatives no longer qualify for hedge accounting and to increase clarity in our financial statements, we elected to discontinue hedge accounting prospectively for our remaining commodity derivatives beginning May 1, 2006. Consequently, from that date forward, we recognize mark-to-market gains and losses in earnings currently, rather than deferring such amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income (shareholders’ equity). The net mark-to-market loss on our outstanding derivatives at April 30, 2006 included in accumulated other comprehensive income will be reported in future earnings through 2008 as the original hedged transactions occur. This change in reporting will have no impact on our reported cash flows, although future results of operations will be affected by mark-to-market gains and losses which fluctuate with volatile oil and gas prices.

The following table shows a summary of the effects of derivative activities on revenues and realized prices for the three months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005:

 

     Three Months Ended June 30,  
     2006     2005     2006     2005  
                 (per Mcf)  

Natural gas revenue, as reported

   $ 49,634     $ 44,680     $ 7.17     $ 6.94  

Derivatives (gains) losses included in natural gas revenues

     (676 )     575       (0.10 )     0.09  
                                

Natural gas revenue before impact of derivatives

     48,958       45,255       7.07       7.03  

Cash settlements on natural gas derivatives

     2,250       (575 )     0.32       (0.09 )
                                

Natural gas revenues, adjusted for derivatives

   $ 51,208     $ 44,680     $ 7.39     $ 6.94  
                                
                 (per Bbl)  

Crude oil revenue, as reported

   $ 5,623     $ 3,346     $ 59.19     $ 44.03  

Derivatives (gains) losses included in oil and condensate revenues

     40       98       0.42       1.29  
                                

Oil and condensate revenue before impact of derivatives

     5,663       3,444       59.61       45.32  

Cash settlements on crude oil derivatives

     —         (98 )     —         (1.29 )
                                

Oil and condensate revenues, adjusted for derivatives

   $ 5,663     $ 3,346     $ 59.61     $ 44.03  
                                

Expenses. The oil and gas segment’s aggregate operating costs and expenses in the three months ended June 30, 2006, decreased due to a decrease in exploration expense. This decrease was partially offset by increases primarily in operating expenses and general and administrative expenses.

Operating expenses increased primarily due to additional compressor rentals at fields with increased production, downhole maintenance charges associated with horizontal CBM wells in Appalachia and Selma Chalk wells in Mississippi, increased surface repair costs and increased gathering fees related to horizontal CBM and Cotton Valley wells.

Taxes other than income increased due to higher severance taxes as a result of increased production and higher oil and gas prices. This increase was offset by a severance tax refund related to production in Mississippi.

 

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General and administrative expenses increased primarily due to increased payroll costs as a result of wage increases and new personnel.

Exploration expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, consisted of the following (in millions):

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
   2006    2005
     (in millions)

Dry hole costs

   $ 3.6    $ 3.7

Seismic

     1.2      1.1

Unproved leasehold write-offs

     0.4      12.8

Other

     0.3      0.3
             

Total

   $ 5.5    $ 17.9
             

Exploration expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2006, decreased primarily due to unproved leasehold write-offs and dry hole costs related to an exploratory well in south Texas that was determined to be unsuccessful in the second quarter of 2005. There was an offsetting increase in dry hole costs due to the amortization of unproved property pools and increased delay rentals in the second quarter of 2006.

 

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Six Months Ended June 30, 2006, Compared with Six Months Ended June 30, 2005

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
  

%

Change

    Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2006    2005      2006    2005
     (in millions, except as noted)          (per Mcfe) (1)

Production

             

Natural gas (billion cubic feet (“Bcf”))

     13.7      12.4    10 %     

Oil and condensate (thousand barrels)

     186      161    16 %     

Total production (Bcfe)

     14.8      13.3    11 %     

Revenues

             

Natural gas

   $ 109.8    $ 83.0    32 %   $ 8.03    $ 6.71

Oil and condensate

     10.4      6.8    53 %     55.99      41.98

Other income

     1.1      0.2    450 %     
                             

Total revenues

     121.3      90.0    35 %     8.21      6.75
                             

Expenses

             

Operating

     11.6      7.1    63 %     0.78      0.53

Taxes other than income

     7.4      6.1    21 %     0.50      0.45

General and administrative

     5.5      4.3    28 %     0.37      0.32
                             

Production costs

     24.5      17.5    40 %     1.66      1.31

Exploration

     13.4      25.6    (48 )%     0.91      1.92

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     25.4      22.3    14 %     1.72      1.68
                             

Total expenses

     63.3      65.4    (3 )%     4.28      4.91
                             

Operating income

   $ 58.0    $ 24.6    136 %   $ 3.93    $ 1.84
                             

(1) Natural gas revenues are shown per Mcf, oil and condensate revenues are shown per Bbl, and all other amounts are shown per Mcfe.

Production. The increase in production was primarily due to new production from increased drilling, including the horizontal CBM play in Appalachia, the Cotton Valley play in east Texas, the Selma Chalk development play in Mississippi and the success of our Fannett exploration prospect in south Texas drilled in the second quarter of 2005. Production increases were partially offset by normal field declines.

Revenues. Approximately 92 percent and 94 percent of production in the six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, was natural gas. Increased natural gas production accounted for approximately $8.9 million, or 33 percent, of the increase in natural gas revenues. Increased realized prices for natural gas accounted for approximately $18.0 million, or 67 percent, of the increase in natural gas revenues. Increased oil and condensate production accounted for approximately $1.1 million, or 29 percent, of the increase in oil and condensate revenues. Increased realized prices for oil and condensate accounted for approximately $2.6 million, or 71 percent, of the increase in oil and condensate revenues.

Natural gas, oil and condensate revenues are derived from the sale of our oil and gas production, which is net of the effects of the settlement of derivative contracts that follow hedge accounting. Settlement of our derivative contracts that do not follow hedge accounting has no effect on our reported revenues. Our revenues may vary significantly from period to period as a result of changes in commodity prices or production volumes.

Because a large portion of our natural gas derivatives and NGL derivatives no longer qualify for hedge accounting and to increase clarity in our financial statements, we elected to discontinue hedge accounting prospectively for our remaining commodity derivatives beginning May 1, 2006. Consequently, from that date forward, we recognize mark-to-market gains and losses in earnings currently, rather than deferring such amounts in

 

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accumulated other comprehensive income (shareholders’ equity). The net mark-to-market loss on our outstanding derivatives at April 30, 2006, included in accumulated other comprehensive income will be reported in future earnings through 2008 as the original hedged transactions occur. This change in reporting will have no impact on our reported cash flows, although future results of operations will be affected by mark-to-market gains and losses which fluctuate with volatile oil and gas prices.

The following table shows a summary of the effects of derivative activities on revenues and realized prices for the six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005:

 

     Six Months Ended June 30,  
     2006     2005     2006     2005  
                 (per Mcf)  

Natural gas revenue, as reported

   $ 109,844     $ 82,940     $ 8.03     $ 6.71  

Derivatives (gains) losses included in natural gas revenues

     417       626       0.03       0.05  
                                

Natural gas revenue before impact of derivatives

     110,261       83,566       8.06       6.76  

Cash settlements on natural gas derivatives

     2,033       (626 )     0.15       (0.05 )
                                

Natural gas revenues, adjusted for derivatives

   $ 112,294     $ 82,940     $ 8.21     $ 6.71  
                                
                 (per Bbl)  

Crude oil revenue, as reported

   $ 10,414     $ 6,759     $ 55.99     $ 41.98  

Derivatives (gains) losses included in oil and condensate revenues

     230       348       1.24       2.16  
                                

Oil and condensate revenue before impact of derivatives

     10,644       7,107       57.23       44.14  

Cash settlements on crude oil derivatives

     (190 )     (348 )     (1.02 )     (2.16 )
                                

Oil and condensate revenues, adjusted for derivatives

   $ 10,454     $ 6,759     $ 56.20     $ 41.98  
                                

Expenses. The oil and gas segment’s aggregate operating costs and expenses in the six months ended June 30, 2006, decreased due to a decrease in exploration expense. This decrease was offset by increases in operating expenses, taxes other than income, general and administrative expenses and depreciation, depletion and amortization (“DD&A”).

Operating expenses increased primarily due to additional compressor rentals at fields with increased production, downhole maintenance charges associated with horizontal CBM wells in Appalachia and Selma Chalk wells in Mississippi, increased surface repair costs and increased gathering fees related to horizontal CBM and Cotton Valley wells.

Taxes other than income increased due to higher severance taxes as a result of increased production and higher oil and gas prices.

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Exploration expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, consisted of the following (in millions):

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
     2006    2005
     (in millions)

Dry hole costs

   $ 7.8    $ 5.9

Seismic

     3.6      6.0

Unproved leasehold write-offs

     0.6      13.1

Other

     1.4      0.6
             

Total

   $ 13.4    $ 25.6
             

Exploration expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2006, decreased primarily due to unproved leasehold write-offs and dry hole costs related to an exploratory well in south Texas that was determined to be unsuccessful in the second quarter of 2005. There was an offsetting increase in dry hole costs due to the amortization of unproved property pools and increased delay rentals in 2006. The timing of seismic data purchases in the six months ended June 30, 2006, caused seismic expenses to decrease compared to the six months ended June 30, 2005.

Oil and gas DD&A expenses increased due to the 11 percent increase in equivalent production and as a result of higher average depletion rates. The average depletion rate increased from $1.68 per Mcfe for the six months ended June 30, 2005, to $1.72 per Mcfe for the six months ended June 30, 2006, as a result of a greater percentage of production coming from relatively higher cost horizontal CBM and Cotton Valley wells and general price inflation for equipment, services and tubulars used for drilling and development.

Coal Segment

The coal segment includes coal reserves, coal services, timber assets and other land assets. PVR enters into leases with various third-party operators for the right to mine coal reserves on its properties in exchange for royalty payments. PVR does not operate any mines. In addition to coal royalty revenues, PVR generates coal services revenues from fees charged to lessees for the use of its coal preparation and loading facilities and from equity earnings from the Massey joint venture. PVR also generates revenues from the sale of standing timber on its properties, the collection of wheelage fees and oil and natural gas well royalties.

Coal royalties are impacted by several factors that PVR generally cannot control. The number of tons mined annually is determined by an operator’s mining efficiency, labor availability, geologic conditions, access to capital, ability to market coal and ability to arrange reliable transportation to the end-user. The possibility exists that new legislation or regulations have or may be adopted which may have a significant impact on the mining operations of PVR’s lessees or their customers’ ability to use coal and which may require PVR, its lessees or its lessees’ customers to change operations significantly or incur substantial costs. See Item 1A, “Risk Factors.”

 

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Operations and Financial Summary – Coal Segment

Three Months Ended June 30, 2006, Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2005

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
  

%

Change

 
     2006    2005   
     (in millions, except as noted)       

Financial Highlights

        

Revenues

        

Coal royalties

   $ 24.3    $ 20.1    21 %

Coal services

     1.4      1.3    8 %

Other

     2.2      2.2    0 %
                

Total revenues

     27.9      23.6    18 %
                

Expenses

        

Operating

     1.3      1.1    18 %

Taxes other than income

     0.1      0.2    (50 )%

General and administrative

     2.5      1.7    47 %

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     4.7      4.3    9 %
                

Total expenses

     8.6      7.3    18 %
                

Operating income

   $ 19.3    $ 16.3    18 %
                

Operating Statistics

        

Royalty coal tons produced by lessees (tons in millions)

     8.0      7.3    10 %

Average royalty per ton ($/ton)

   $ 3.04    $ 2.78    10 %

Revenues. Coal royalty revenues increased due to a higher average royalty per ton and increased production. The average royalty per ton increased to $3.04 in the second quarter of 2006 from $2.78 in the second quarter of 2005. The increase in the average royalty per ton was primarily due to a greater percentage of coal being produced from certain price-sensitive leases and stronger market conditions for coal resulting in higher prices. Coal production by PVR’s lessees increased primarily due to production on PVR’s Illinois Basin property, which PVR acquired in the third quarter of 2005, and on the central Appalachian property due to the Huff Creek Acquisition in May 2006.

Other revenues did not significantly change in the aggregate for the second quarter of 2006 compared to the second quarter of 2005. However, the components of other revenues did change. In the second quarter of 2006, PVR received approximately $0.5 million in revenues for the management of certain coal properties, approximately $0.5 million of forfeiture income from lessees with rolling recoupment periods, approximately $0.4 million in railcar rental income related to railcars purchased in June 2005 and approximately $0.2 million of additional wheelage fees, primarily as a result of an April 2005 acquisition. In the second quarter of 2005, PVR received $1.5 million from the sale of a bankruptcy claim filed against a former lessee in 2004 for lost future rents.

Expenses. General and administrative expenses increased due to absorbing operations related to 2005 and 2006 acquisitions, increased professional fees and payroll costs relating to evaluating acquisition opportunities and increased reimbursement to the general partner for shared corporate overhead costs. DD&A expense increased due to the increase in production and a higher depletion rate on recently acquired reserves.

 

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Six Months Ended June 30, 2006, Compared with Six Months Ended June 30, 2005

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
  

%

Change

 
     2006    2005   
     (in millions, except as noted)       

Financial Highlights

     

Revenues

        

Coal royalties

   $ 46.7    $ 38.2    22 %

Coal services

     2.8      2.6    8 %

Other

     3.7      2.7    37 %
                

Total revenues

     53.2      43.5    22 %
                

Expenses

        

Operating

     2.2      2.2    0 %

Taxes other than income

     0.4      0.5    (20 )%

General and administrative

     4.7      4.0    18 %

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     9.5      8.2    16 %
                

Total expenses

     16.8      14.9    13 %
                

Operating income

   $ 36.4    $ 28.6    27 %
                

Operating Statistics

        

Royalty coal tons produced by lessees (tons in millions)

     15.7      14.0    12 %

Average royalty per ton ($/ton)

   $ 2.98    $ 2.73    9 %

Revenues. Coal royalty revenues increased due to a higher average royalty per ton and increased production. The average royalty per ton increased to $2.98 for the six months ended June 30, 2006, from $2.73 for the six months ended June 30, 2005. The increase in the average royalty per ton was primarily due to a greater percentage of coal being produced from certain price-sensitive leases and stronger market conditions for coal resulting in higher prices. Coal production by PVR’s lessees increased primarily due to production on PVR’s Illinois Basin property, which PVR acquired in the third quarter of 2005.

Other revenues increased primarily due to the following factors. In the six months ended June 30, 2006, PVR received approximately $0.9 million in revenues for the management of certain coal properties, approximately $0.5 million of forfeiture income from lessees with rolling recoupment periods, approximately $0.4 million in railcar rental income related to railcars purchased in June 2005 and approximately $0.4 million of additional wheelage fees, primarily as a result of an April 2005 acquisition. In the six months ended June 30, 2005, PVR received $1.5 million from the sale of a bankruptcy claim filed against a former lessee in 2004 for lost future rents.

Expenses. Operating expenses did not increase despite the increase in production because production on PVR’s subleased properties decreased by 28 percent to 1.6 million tons for the six months ended June 30, 2006, due to the movement of longwall mining operations at one of these properties. This decrease in production on subleased properties resulted in dereased royalty expense. General and administrative expenses increased due to absorbing operations related to 2005 and 2006 acquisitions, increased professional fees and payroll costs relating to evaluating acquisition opportunities and increased reimbursement to the general partner for shared corporate overhead costs. DD&A expense increased due to the increase in production and a higher depletion rate on reserves acquired in 2005.

Natural Gas Midstream Segment

PVR purchased its natural gas midstream business on March 3, 2005. The results of operations of the PVR midstream segment since that date are included in the operations and financial summary table below.

 

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The PVR midstream segment derives revenues primarily from gas processing contracts with natural gas producers and from fees charged for gathering natural gas volumes and providing other related services. Revenues, profitability and the future rate of growth of the PVR midstream segment are highly dependent on market demand and prevailing NGL and natural gas prices. Historically, changes in the prices of most NGL products have generally correlated with changes in the price of crude oil. NGL and natural gas prices have been subject to significant volatility in recent years in response to changes in the supply and demand for NGL products and natural gas market uncertainty.

Operations and Financial Summary – Natural Gas Midstream Segment

Three Months Ended June 30, 2006, Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2005

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
  

%

Change

 
     2006    2005   
     (in millions, except as noted)       

Financial Highlights

     

Revenues

        

Residue gas

   $ 58.2    $ 44.8    30 %

Natural gas liquids

     34.2      36.7    (7 )%

Condensate

     2.6      3.4    (24 )%

Gathering and transportation fees

     0.4      0.2    100 %
                

Total natural gas midstream revenues

     95.4      85.1    12 %

Marketing revenue, net

     0.2      0.8    (75 )%
                

Total revenues

   $ 95.6    $ 85.9    11 %
                

Operating costs and expenses

        

Cost of gas purchased

     75.7      72.6    4 %

Operating

     2.8      3.2    (13 )%

Taxes other than income

     0.3      0.5    (40 )%

General and administrative

     2.7      1.8    50 %

Depreciation and amortization

     4.1      3.7    11 %
                

Total operating expenses

   $ 85.6    $ 81.8    5 %
                

Operating income

   $ 10.0    $ 4.1    144 %
                

Operating Statistics

        

Inlet volumes (Bcf)

     12.7      11.5    10 %

Midstream processing margin (1)

   $ 19.7    $ 12.5    58 %

(1) Midstream processing margin consists of total natural gas midstream revenues minus the cost of gas purchased.

Revenues. Revenues included residue gas sold from processing plants after NGLs were removed, NGLs sold after being removed from inlet volumes received, condensate collected and sold, gathering and other fees primarily from natural gas volumes connected to PVR’s gas processing plants and the purchase and resale of natural gas not connected to PVR’s gathering systems and processing plants. The increase in natural gas midstream revenues was primarily a result of overall market changes in NGL and natural gas prices. Average NGL prices increased from the second quarter of 2005 to the second quarter of 2006, which was offset by a decrease in average natural gas prices over the same period.

 

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Expenses. Operating costs and expenses primarily consisted of the cost of gas purchased and also included operating expenses, taxes other than income, general and administrative expenses and depreciation and amortization.

Cost of gas purchased consisted of amounts payable to third-party producers for gas purchased under percentage of proceeds and keep-whole contracts. The decrease in the average purchase price for natural gas was a direct result of overall market decreases in natural gas prices. The following table shows a summary of the effects of derivative activities on midstream processing margin:

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2006     2005  
     (in thousands)  

Midstream processing margin, as reported

   $ 19,658     $ 12,504  

Derivatives losses (gains) included in midstream processing margin

     711       (589 )
                

Midstream processing margin before impact of derivatives

     20,369       11,915  

Cash settlements on derivatives

     (5,139 )     (1,251 )
                

Midstream processing margin, adjusted for derivatives

   $ 15,230     $ 10,664  
                

General and administrative expenses increased primarily due to additional personnel added to support the business and increased reimbursement to PVR’s general partner for shared corporate overhead costs.

 

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Six Months Ended June 30, 2006, Compared with Six Months Ended June 30, 2005

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
  

%

Change

 
     2006    2005 (1)   
     (in millions, except as noted)       

Financial Highlights

        

Revenues

        

Residue gas

   $ 136.7    $ 61.8    121 %

Natural gas liquids

     62.2      45.0    38 %

Condensate

     4.8      3.4    41 %

Gathering and transportation fees

     0.8      1.2    (33 )%
                

Total natural gas midstream revenues

     204.5      111.4    84 %

Marketing revenue, net

     0.9      0.9    0 %
                

Total revenues

   $ 205.4    $ 112.3    83 %
                

Operating costs and expenses

        

Cost of gas purchased

     174.3      94.5    84 %

Operating

     5.4      4.0    35 %

Taxes other than income

     0.7      0.6    17 %

General and administrative

     5.7      2.2    159 %

Depreciation and amortization

     8.1      4.9    65 %
                

Total operating expenses

   $ 194.2    $ 106.2    83 %
                

Operating income

   $ 11.2    $ 6.1    84 %
                

Operating Statistics

        

Inlet volumes (Bcf)

     24.8      15.4    61 %

Midstream processing margin (2)

   $ 30.2    $ 16.9    79 %

(1) Represents the results of operations of the natural gas midstream segment since March 3, 2005, the closing date of the acquisition of Cantera Gas Resources, LLC (the “Cantera Acquisition”).
(2) Midstream processing margin consists of total natural gas midstream revenues minus the cost of gas purchased.

Revenues. Revenues included residue gas sold from processing plants after NGLs were removed, NGLs sold after being removed from inlet volumes received, condensate collected and sold, gathering and other fees primarily from natural gas volumes connected to PVR’s gas processing plants and the purchase and resale of natural gas not connected to our gathering systems and processing plants. The increase in natural gas midstream revenues was primarily a result of market changes in NGL and natural gas prices. Average pricing for both NGLs and natural gas increased for the comparative periods.

Expenses. Operating costs and expenses primarily consisted of the cost of gas purchased and also included operating expenses, taxes other than income, general and administrative expenses and depreciation and amortization.

Cost of gas purchased consisted of amounts payable to third-party producers for gas purchased under percentage of proceeds and keep-whole contracts. The increase in the average purchase price for natural gas was primarily due to overall market increases in natural gas prices. Included in cost of gas purchased for the six months ended June 30, 2006, was a $4.6 million non-cash charge to reserve for amounts related to balances assumed as part of the Cantera Acquisition. The following table shows a summary of the effects of derivative activities on midstream processing margin:

 

     Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2006     2005  
     (in thousands)  

Midstream processing margin, as reported

   $ 30,188     $ 16,945  

Derivatives losses (gains) included in midstream processing margin

     450       (589 )
                

Midstream processing margin before impact of derivatives

     30,638       16,356  

Cash settlements on derivatives

     (8,061 )     (1,251 )
                

Midstream processing margin, adjusted for derivatives

   $ 22,577     $ 15,105  
                

 

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General and administrative expenses increased primarily due to additional personnel added to support the business and increased reimbursement to the general partner for shared corporate overhead costs.

Corporate and Other

Corporate and other results primarily consist of oversight and administrative functions.

Expenses. Corporate operating expenses increased by $0.6 million from $3.2 million in the second quarter of 2005 to $3.8 million in the second quarter of 2006. Corporate operating expenses increased by $1.5 million from $5.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006, to $7.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2005. The increase was primarily related to increased general and administrative expenses which included higher payroll costs as a result of wage increases, new personnel and the recognition of stock option expense upon adoption of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123(R), Share-Based Payment.

Interest Expense. Interest expense increased by $1.9 million from $3.5 million in the second quarter of 2005 to $5.4 million in the second quarter of 2006. Interest expense increased by $3.3 million from $6.9 million in the six months ended June 30, 2005, to $10.2 million in the six months ended June 30, 2006. The increase in both periods was primarily due to interest incurred on additional borrowings under the Revolver and the PVR Revolver to finance 2005 and 2006 acquisitions. We capitalized interest costs amounting to $0.5 million and $0.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, and $0.9 million and $1.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2006 and 2005, because the borrowings funded the preparation of unproved properties for their intended use.

Derivatives. Because a large portion of our natural gas derivatives and NGL derivatives no longer qualify for hedge accounting and to increase clarity in our financial statements, we elected to discontinue hedge accounting prospectively for our remaining commodity derivatives beginning May 1, 2006. Consequently, from that date forward, we recognize mark-to-market gains and losses in earnings currently, rather than deferring such amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income (shareholders’ equity). The net mark-to-market loss on our outstanding derivatives at April 30, 2006, included in accumulated other comprehensive income will be reported in future earnings through 2008 as the original hedged transactions occur. This change in reporting will have no impact on our reported cash flows, although future results of operations will be affected by mark-to-market gains and losses which fluctuate with volatile oil and gas prices.

Hedge ineffectiveness is associated with hedging contracts that we accounted for using hedge accounting under SFAS No. 133. The unrealized loss due to changes in fair market value for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2006, is associated with derivative contracts that we no longer account for using hedge accounting and represents changes in the fair value of our open contracts during the period. The $13.9 million unrealized loss due to changes in fair market value for the six months ended June 30, 2005, represents the change in market value of derivative agreements between the time PVR entered into the agreements in January 2005 and the time they qualified for hedge accounting after closing the Cantera Acquisition in March 2005.

 

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Environmental

Extensive federal, state and local laws govern oil and natural gas operations, regulate the discharge of materials into the environment and otherwise relate to the protection of the environment. Numerous governmental departments issue rules and regulations to implement and enforce such laws that are often difficult and costly to comply with and which carry substantial administrative, civil and even criminal penalties for failure to comply. Some laws, rules and regulations relating to protection of the environment may, in certain circumstances, impose “strict liability” for environmental contamination, rendering a person liable for environmental and natural resource damages and cleanup costs without regard to negligence or fault on the part of such person. Other laws, rules and regulations may restrict the rate of oil and natural gas production below the rate that would otherwise exist or even prohibit exploration or production activities in sensitive areas. In addition, state laws often require some form of remedial action to prevent pollution from former operations, such as closure of inactive pits and plugging of abandoned wells. The regulatory burden on the oil and natural gas industry increases its cost of doing business and consequently affects its profitability. These laws, rules and regulations affect our operations, as well as the oil and gas exploration and production industry in general. We believe that we are in substantial compliance with current applicable environmental laws, rules and regulations and that continued compliance with existing requirements will not have a material adverse impact on us. Nevertheless, changes in existing environmental laws or the adoption of new environmental laws have the potential to adversely affect our operations.

The operations of the Partnership’s coal lessees and natural gas midstream segment are subject to environmental laws and regulations adopted by various governmental authorities in the jurisdictions in which these operations are conducted. The terms of the Partnership’s coal property leases impose liability for all environmental and reclamation liabilities arising under those laws and regulations on the relevant lessees. The lessees are bonded and have indemnified the Partnership against any and all future environmental liabilities. The Partnership regularly visits coal properties under lease to monitor lessee compliance with environmental laws and regulations and to review mining activities. Management believes that the operations of the Partnership’s coal lessees and natural gas midstream segment will comply with existing regulations and does not expect any material impact on its financial condition or results of operations.

As of June 30, 2006 and 2005, the Partnership’s environmental liabilities were $2.4 million and $1.7 million, which represents the Partnership’s best estimate of the liabilities as of those dates related to the coal and natural gas midstream businesses. The Partnership has reclamation bonding requirements with respect to certain unleased and inactive properties. Given the uncertainty of when a reclamation area will meet regulatory standards, a change in this estimate could occur in the future.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

No accounting pronouncements issued in the second quarter of 2006 are expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained herein that are not descriptions of historical facts are “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Because such statements include risks, uncertainties and contingencies, actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and contingencies include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

    the cost of finding and successfully developing oil and gas reserves;

 

    our ability to acquire new oil and gas reserves and the price for which such reserves can be acquired;

 

    energy prices generally and specifically, the price of crude oil, natural gas, NGLs and coal;

 

    the relationship between natural gas and NGL prices;

 

    the price of coal and its comparison to the price of natural gas and oil;

 

    the volatility of commodity prices for crude oil, natural gas, NGLs and coal;

 

    the projected demand for crude oil, natural gas, NGLs and coal;

 

    the projected supply of crude oil, natural gas, NGLs and coal;

 

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    our ability to obtain adequate pipeline transportation capacity for our oil and gas production;

 

    non-performance by third party operators in wells in which we own an interest;

 

    competition among producers in the oil and natural gas and coal industries generally and among natural gas midstream companies;

 

    the extent to which the amount and quality of actual production of our oil and natural gas or PVR’s coal differs from estimated recoverable proved oil and gas reserves and coal reserves;

 

    PVR’s ability to generate sufficient cash from its midstream and coal businesses to pay the minimum quarterly distribution to its general partner and its unitholders;

 

    hazards or operating risks incidental to our business and to PVR’s coal or midstream business;

 

    PVR’s ability to successfully manage its relatively new natural gas midstream business;

 

    PVR’s ability to acquire new coal reserves or midstream assets on satisfactory terms;

 

    the price for which coal reserves can be acquired;

 

    PVR’s ability to continually find and contract for new sources of natural gas supply for its midstream business;

 

    PVR’s ability to retain existing or acquire new midstream customers;

 

    PVR’s ability to lease new and existing coal reserves;

 

    the ability of PVR’s lessees to produce sufficient quantities of coal on an economic basis from PVR’s reserves;

 

    the ability of PVR’s lessees to obtain favorable contracts for coal produced from its reserves;

 

    PVR’s exposure to the credit risk of its coal lessees and midstream customers;

 

    hazards or operating risks incidental to midstream operations;

 

    unanticipated geological problems;

 

    the dependence of PVR’s midstream business on having connections to third party pipelines;

 

    the availability of required drilling rigs, materials and equipment;

 

    the occurrence of unusual weather or operating conditions including force majeure events;

 

    the failure of equipment or processes to operate in accordance with specifications or expectations;

 

    the failure of PVR’s infrastructure and its lessees’ mining equipment or processes to operate in accordance with specifications or expectations;

 

    delays in anticipated start-up dates of our oil and natural gas production and PVR’s lessees’ mining operations and related coal infrastructure projects;

 

    environmental risks affecting the drilling and producing of oil and gas wells, the mining of coal reserves or the production, gathering and processing of natural gas;

 

    the timing of receipt of necessary governmental permits by us and by PVR or PVR’s lessees;

 

    the risks associated with having or not having price risk management programs;

 

    labor relations and costs;

 

    accidents;

 

    changes in governmental regulation or enforcement practices, especially with respect to environmental, health and safety matters, including with respect to emissions levels applicable to coal-burning power generators;

 

    uncertainties relating to the outcome of current and future litigation regarding mine permitting;

 

    risks and uncertainties relating to general domestic and international economic (including inflation and interest rates) and political conditions (including the impact of potential terrorist attacks);

 

    the experience and financial condition of PVR’s coal lessees and midstream customers, including the lessees’ ability to satisfy their royalty, environmental, reclamation and other obligations to PVR and others;

 

    PVR’s ability to expand its midstream business by constructing new gathering systems, pipelines and processing facilities on an economic basis and in a timely manner;

 

    coal handling joint venture operations;

 

    changes in financial market conditions;

 

    the completion of GP Holdings’ initial public offering; and

 

    other risks set forth in Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

Additional information concerning these and other factors can be found in our press releases and public periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005. Many of the factors that will determine our future results are beyond the ability of management to control or predict. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s views only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements, or to make any other forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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Item 3 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Market risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices. The principal market risks to which we are exposed are NGL, crude oil, natural gas and coal price risks and interest rate risk.

We are also indirectly exposed to the credit risk of our customers and PVR’s lessees. If our customers or PVR’s lessees become financially insolvent, they may not be able to continue operating or meet their payment obligations to us or PVR.

Price Risk Management

Our price risk management program permits the utilization of derivative financial instruments (such as futures, forwards, option contracts and swaps) to seek to mitigate the price risks associated with fluctuations in natural gas, NGL and crude oil prices as they relate to our anticipated production and PVR’s natural gas midstream business. Prior to May 1, 2006, these financial instruments were historically designated as cash flow hedges and accounted for in accordance with SFAS No. 133, as amended by SFAS No. 137, SFAS No. 138 and SFAS No. 139. The derivative financial instruments are placed with major financial institutions that we believe are of minimum credit risk. The fair value of our price risk management assets is significantly affected by energy price fluctuations.

Because a large portion of our natural gas derivatives and NGL derivatives no longer qualify for hedge accounting and to increase clarity in our financial statements, we elected to discontinue hedge accounting prospectively for our remaining commodity derivatives beginning May 1, 2006. Consequently, from that date forward, we recognize mark-to-market gains and losses in earnings currently, rather than deferring such amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income (shareholders’ equity). The net mark-to-market loss on our outstanding derivatives at April 30, 2006, which was included in accumulated other comprehensive income will be reported in future earnings through 2008 as the original hedged transactions settle. This change in reporting will have no impact on our reported cash flows, although future results of operations will be affected by the potential volatility of mark-to-market gains and losses which fluctuate with changes in oil and gas prices.

See the discussion and tables in Note 4 in the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of our derivative program and a listing of open derivative agreements and their fair value as of June 30, 2006.

Interest Rate Risk

As of June 30, 2006, we had $145 million of long-term debt outstanding under the Revolver. The Revolver matures in December 2010 and is governed by a borrowing base calculation that is re-determined semi-annually. We have the option to elect interest at (i) LIBOR plus a Eurodollar margin ranging from 1.00 percent to 1.75 percent, based on the percentage of the borrowing base outstanding or (ii) the greater of the prime rate or federal funds rate plus a margin up to 0.50 percent. As a result, our interest costs will fluctuate based on short-term interest rates relating to the Revolver.

As of June 30, 2006, the Partnership’s $236.8 million of outstanding indebtedness under the PVR Revolver carried a variable interest rate throughout its term. The Partnership executed interest rate derivative transactions in September 2005 to effectively convert the interest rate on $60 million of the amount outstanding under the PVR Revolver from a LIBOR-based floating rate to a weighted average fixed rate of 4.22 percent plus the applicable margin. The interest rate swaps are accounted for as cash flow hedges in accordance with SFAS No. 133.

 

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Item 4 Controls and Procedures

(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, we performed an evaluation of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of June 30, 2006. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported accurately and on a timely basis. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of June 30, 2006, such disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

(b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

No changes were made in our internal control over financial reporting during our last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting, except that we evaluated the controls in our natural gas midstream business that PVR acquired in March 2005 and have integrated those controls into our existing internal control structure.

 

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Items 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Part II are not applicable and have been omitted.

Item 1A Risk Factors

Recent new mining laws and regulations could increase operating costs and limit PVR’s lessees’ ability to produce coal, which could have an adverse effect on PVR’s coal royalty revenues.

Recent mining accidents in West Virginia and Kentucky have received national attention and instigated responses at the state and national level that have resulted in increased scrutiny of current safety practices and procedures at all mining operations, particularly underground mining operations. In January 2006, West Virginia passed a law imposing stringent new mine safety and accident reporting requirements and increased civil and criminal penalties for violations of mine safety laws. On March 7, 2006, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson signed into law an expanded miner safety program including more stringent requirements for accident reporting and the installation of additional mine safety equipment at underground mines. Similarly, on April 27, 2006, Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher signed mine safety legislation that includes requirements for increased inspections of underground mines and additional mine safety equipment and authorizes the assessment of penalties of up to $5,000 per incident for violations of mine ventilation or roof control requirements.

On June 15, 2006, the President signed new mining safety legislation that mandates similar improvements in mine safety practices, increases civil and criminal penalties for non-compliance, requires the creation of additional mine rescue teams, and expands the scope of federal oversight, inspection and enforcement activities. Earlier, the federal Mine Safety Health Administration announced the promulgation of new emergency rules on mine safety that took effect immediately upon their publication in the Federal Register on March 9, 2006. These rules address mine safety equipment, training, and emergency reporting requirements. Implementing and complying with these new laws and regulations could adversely affect PVR’s lessees’ coal production and could therefore have an adverse affect on PVR’s coal royalty revenues and PVR’s ability to make distributions.

Item 6 Exhibits

 

12.1   Statement of Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges Calculation.
31.1   Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2   Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1   Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2   Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

  PENN VIRGINIA CORPORATION
Date: August 3, 2006   By:  

/s/ Frank A. Pici

    Frank A. Pici
    Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date: August 3, 2006   By:  

/s/ Forrest W. McNair

    Forrest W. McNair
    Vice President and Controller

 

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