STATE
OF NEVADA
|
000-16741
|
94-1667468
|
(State
or other
jurisdiction
incorporation)
|
(Commission
File Number)
|
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
Number)
|
¨
¨
¨
¨
|
Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17
CFR
230.425)
Soliciting
material pursuant to Rule 14a-12
under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act
(17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
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Exhibit
99.1
|
Press
Release dated November 2, 2006.
|
COMSTOCK
RESOURCES, INC.
|
||
Dated:
November
2,
2006
|
By:
|
/s/
M. JAY ALLISON
|
M.
Jay Allison
|
||
President
and Chief Executive Officer
|
5300
Town and Country Blvd., Suite 500
|
|
|
Frisco,
Texas 75034
|
Telephone:
(972) 668-8800
|
|
Contact:
Roland O. Burns
|
|
Sr.
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer
|
|
Web
Site:
www.comstockresources.com
|
Three
Months Ended September 30,
|
Nine
Months Ended September 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005
|
2005
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006
|
As
Reported
|
Pro
Forma(1)
|
2006
|
As
Reported
|
Pro
Forma(1)
|
||||||||||||||||||||
Oil
and gas sales
|
$
|
129,251
|
$
|
71,619
|
$
|
115,053
|
$
|
385,153
|
$
|
209,970
|
$
|
307,035
|
|||||||||||||
Operating
expenses:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil
and gas operating
|
26,904
|
10,803
|
19,146
|
78,220
|
36,869
|
54,494
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Exploration
|
8,069
|
2,423
|
5,249
|
16,662
|
19,709
|
27,399
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation,
depletion and amortization
|
40,709
|
14,036
|
23,331
|
104,457
|
47,368
|
71,054
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Impairment
|
1,389
|
3,400
|
3,400
|
2,235
|
3,400
|
3,400
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Loss
on disposal of assets
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
7,934
|
$
|
—
|
89
|
||||||||||||||||||
General
and administrative, net
|
7,370
|
3,058
|
4,942
|
22,738
|
11,015
|
15,437
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
84,441
|
33,720
|
56,068
|
232,246
|
118,361
|
171,873
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
from operations
|
44,810
|
37,899
|
58,985
|
152,907
|
91,609
|
135,162
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Other
income (expenses):
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
income
|
187
|
37
|
(13
|
)
|
616
|
173
|
123
|
||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
258
|
242
|
221
|
724
|
1,449
|
407
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(6,733
|
)
|
(4,982
|
)
|
(5,220
|
)
|
(18,322
|
)
|
(15,499
|
)
|
(15,904
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Gain
on sale of stock by Bois d'Arc
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
28,797
|
28,797
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Gain
(loss) on derivatives
|
1,180
|
(17,814
|
)
|
(17,814
|
)
|
10,608
|
(21,045
|
)
|
(21,045
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
other income (expenses)
|
(5,108
|
)
|
(22,517
|
)
|
(22,826
|
)
|
(6,374
|
)
|
(6,125
|
)
|
(7,622
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
before income taxes, minority interest
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
and
equity in earnings of Bois d'Arc Energy
|
39,702
|
15,382
|
36,159
|
146,533
|
85,484
|
127,540
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Provision
for income taxes
|
(16,662
|
)
|
(7,602
|
)
|
(15,120
|
)
|
(61,847
|
)
|
(11,469
|
)
|
(131,112
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Equity
in earnings (loss) of Bois d'Arc
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy
|
—
|
6,358
|
—
|
—
|
(54,867
|
)
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
Minority
interest in earnings of Bois d'Arc
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy
|
(6,004
|
)
|
—
|
(6,901
|
)
|
(22,433
|
)
|
—
|
22,720
|
||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
17,036
|
$
|
14,138
|
$
|
14,138
|
$
|
62,253
|
$
|
19,148
|
$
|
19,148
|
|||||||||||||
Net
income per share:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
0.35
|
$
|
0.35
|
$
|
1.48
|
$
|
0.50
|
$
|
0.50
|
|||||||||||||
Diluted
|
$
|
0.39
|
$
|
0.33
|
$
|
0.33
|
$
|
1.42
|
$
|
0.47
|
$
|
0.47
|
|||||||||||||
Weighted
average common and common stock
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
equivalent
shares outstanding:
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic
|
42,243
|
40,432
|
40,432
|
42,128
|
38,417
|
38,417
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Diluted
|
43,553
|
42,380
|
42,380
|
43,505
|
40,516
|
40,516
|
|||||||||||||||||||
(1)
Pro forma amounts include Bois d'Arc Energy as a consolidated
subsidiary.
|
Three
Months Ended September 30,
|
Nine
Months Ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
2005
|
2005
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
2006
|
As
Reported
|
Pro
Forma(1)
|
2006
|
As
Reported
|
Pro
Forma(1)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Cash
flow from operations:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
$
|
98,236
|
$
|
55,657
|
$
|
92,243
|
$
|
274,300
|
$
|
155,254
|
$
|
228,997
|
||||||||||||
Excess
tax benefit from stock based compensation
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
922
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in accounts receivable
|
2,366
|
7,460
|
(5,990
|
)
|
(10,774
|
)
|
4,741
|
8,403
|
||||||||||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in other current assets
|
(10,560
|
)
|
(1,663
|
)
|
2,227
|
139
|
(1,659
|
)
|
4,422
|
|||||||||||||||
Decrease
(increase) in accounts payable and
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
accrued
expenses
|
(763
|
)
|
(8,076
|
)
|
(4,136
|
)
|
3,153
|
(11,085
|
)
|
(27,433
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Cash
flow from operations
|
$
|
89,279
|
$
|
53,378
|
$
|
84,344
|
$
|
267,740
|
$
|
147,251
|
$
|
214,389
|
||||||||||||
EBITDAX:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
17,036
|
$
|
14,138
|
$
|
14,138
|
$
|
62,253
|
$
|
19,148
|
$
|
19,148
|
||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
6,733
|
4,982
|
5,220
|
18,322
|
15,499
|
15,904
|
||||||||||||||||||
Income
tax expense
|
16,662
|
7,602
|
15,120
|
61,847
|
11,469
|
131,112
|
||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation,
depletion and amortization
|
40,709
|
14,036
|
23,331
|
104,457
|
47,368
|
71,054
|
||||||||||||||||||
Exploration
expense
|
8,069
|
2,423
|
5,249
|
16,662
|
19,709
|
27,399
|
||||||||||||||||||
Other
non-cash items:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment
|
1,389
|
3,400
|
3,400
|
2,235
|
3,400
|
3,400
|
||||||||||||||||||
Loss
on disposal of assets
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
7,934
|
—
|
89
|
||||||||||||||||||
Equity
in earnings (loss) of Bois d'Arc Energy
|
—
|
(6,358
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
54,867
|
—
|
|||||||||||||||||
Minority
interests in earnings of Bois d'Arc Energy
|
6,004
|
—
|
6,901
|
22,433
|
—
|
(22,720
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Gain
on sale of stock by Bois d'Arc Energy
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(28,797
|
)
|
(28,797
|
)
|
||||||||||||||||
Stock-based
compensation
|
3,342
|
1,017
|
2,438
|
8,912
|
4,195
|
7,192
|
||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized
(gain) loss on derivatives
|
(1,180
|
)
|
17,674
|
17,674
|
(11,311
|
)
|
20,905
|
20,905
|
||||||||||||||||
EBITDAX
|
$
|
98,764
|
$
|
58,914
|
$
|
93,471
|
$
|
293,744
|
$
|
167,763
|
$
|
244,686
|
||||||||||||
|
As
of September 30,
|
|||||||||||||
2005
|
|||||||||||||
2006
|
As
Reported
|
Pro
Forma(1)
|
|||||||||||
Balance
Sheet Data:
|
|||||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
$
|
27,084
|
$
|
1,847
|
$
|
4,905
|
|||||||
Other
current assets
|
78,089
|
38,911
|
64,828
|
||||||||||
Property
and equipment, net
|
1,676,234
|
695,430
|
1,300,664
|
||||||||||
Investment
in Bois d'Arc Energy
|
—
|
247,128
|
—
|
||||||||||
Other
|
11,477
|
5,071
|
5,955
|
||||||||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
1,792,884
|
$
|
988,387
|
$
|
1,376,352
|
|||||||
Current
liabilities
|
$
|
122,899
|
$
|
70,846
|
$
|
125,610
|
|||||||
Long-term
debt
|
455,000
|
282,000
|
306,000
|
||||||||||
Deferred
income taxes
|
305,062
|
95,265
|
213,157
|
||||||||||
Asset
retirement obligation
|
44,327
|
2,769
|
33,909
|
||||||||||
Other
|
—
|
4,245
|
4,245
|
||||||||||
Minority
interest in Bois d'Arc Energy
|
212,683
|
—
|
160,169
|
||||||||||
Stockholders'
equity
|
652,913
|
533,262
|
533,262
|
||||||||||
Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
|
$
|
1,792,884
|
$
|
988,387
|
$
|
1,376,352
|
(1)
Pro forma amounts include Bois d'Arc Energy as a consolidated
subsidiary.
|
For
the Three Months Ended September 30, 2006
|
For
the Three Months Ended September 30, 2005
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Bois
d'Arc
|
Bois
d'Arc
|
Pro
Forma
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Onshore(1)
|
Energy
|
Total
|
Onshore(1)
|
Energy
|
Total(2)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Oil
production (thousand barrels)
|
231
|
370
|
601
|
208
|
245
|
453
|
||||||||||||||||||
Gas
production (million cubic
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
feet
- Mmcf
|
7,409
|
6,106
|
13,515
|
7,328
|
3,306
|
10,634
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total
production (Mmcfe)
|
8,792
|
8,328
|
17,120
|
8,575
|
4,775
|
13,350
|
||||||||||||||||||
Oil
sales
|
$
|
13,696
|
$
|
25,935
|
$
|
39,631
|
$
|
10,960
|
$
|
14,683
|
$
|
25,643
|
||||||||||||
Gas
sales
|
48,559
|
41,061
|
89,620
|
60,659
|
28,751
|
89,410
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total
oil and gas sales
|
$
|
62,255
|
$
|
66,996
|
$
|
129,251
|
$
|
71,619
|
$
|
43,434
|
$
|
115,053
|
||||||||||||
Average
oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
59.42
|
$
|
70.01
|
$
|
65.95
|
$
|
52.71
|
$
|
59.96
|
$
|
56.63
|
||||||||||||
Average
gas price (per thousand
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
cubic
feet - Mcf)
|
$
|
6.55
|
$
|
6.72
|
$
|
6.63
|
$
|
8.28
|
$
|
8.70
|
$
|
8.41
|
||||||||||||
Average
price (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
7.08
|
$
|
8.04
|
$
|
7.75
|
$
|
8.35
|
$
|
9.10
|
$
|
8.62
|
||||||||||||
Lifting
cost
|
$
|
13,365
|
$
|
13,538
|
$
|
26,903
|
$
|
10,803
|
$
|
8,343
|
$
|
19,146
|
||||||||||||
Lifting
cost (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
1.52
|
$
|
1.63
|
$
|
1.57
|
$
|
1.26
|
$
|
1.75
|
$
|
1.43
|
||||||||||||
Oil
and Gas Capital Expenditures
|
$
|
120,656
|
$
|
77,500
|
$
|
198,156
|
$
|
47,714
|
$
|
53,364
|
$
|
101,078
|
For
the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2006
|
For
the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Bois
d'Arc
|
Bois
d'Arc
|
Pro
Forma
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Onshore(1)
|
Energy
|
Total
|
Onshore(1)
|
Energy
|
Total(2)
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Oil
production (thousand barrels)
|
696
|
1,033
|
1,729
|
501
|
956
|
1,457
|
||||||||||||||||||
Gas
production (million cubic
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
feet
- Mmcf
|
22,327
|
16,388
|
38,715
|
20,874
|
11,718
|
32,592
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total
production (Mmcfe)
|
26,501
|
22,587
|
49,088
|
23,881
|
17,457
|
41,338
|
||||||||||||||||||
Oil
sales
|
$
|
39,808
|
$
|
69,215
|
$
|
109,023
|
$
|
24,534
|
$
|
49,294
|
$
|
73,828
|
||||||||||||
Gas
sales
|
156,909
|
119,221
|
276,130
|
146,906
|
86,301
|
233,207
|
||||||||||||||||||
Total
oil and gas sales
|
$
|
196,717
|
$
|
188,436
|
$
|
385,153
|
$
|
171,440
|
$
|
135,595
|
$
|
307,035
|
||||||||||||
Average
oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
57.22
|
$
|
67.00
|
$
|
63.06
|
$
|
48.96
|
$
|
51.54
|
$
|
50.65
|
||||||||||||
Average
gas price (per thousand
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
cubic
feet - Mcf)
|
$
|
7.03
|
$
|
7.27
|
$
|
7.13
|
$
|
7.04
|
$
|
7.36
|
$
|
7.16
|
||||||||||||
Average
price (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
7.42
|
$
|
8.34
|
$
|
7.85
|
$
|
7.18
|
$
|
7.77
|
$
|
7.43
|
||||||||||||
Lifting
cost
|
$
|
40,420
|
$
|
37,799
|
$
|
78,219
|
$
|
30,170
|
$
|
24,324
|
$
|
54,494
|
||||||||||||
Lifting
cost (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
1.53
|
$
|
1.67
|
$
|
1.59
|
$
|
1.26
|
$
|
1.39
|
$
|
1.32
|
||||||||||||
Oil
and Gas Capital Expenditures
|
$
|
212,938
|
$
|
191,798
|
$
|
404,736
|
$
|
296,398
|
$
|
123,723
|
$
|
420,121
|
(1)
Includes the onshore results of operations of Comstock Resources,
Inc.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
(2)
Pro forma amounts include Bois d'Arc Energy as a consolidated
subsidiary.
|
For
the Three Months ended September 30, 2006
|
For
the Three Months Ended September 30, 2005
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East
Texas/
|
East
Texas/
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North
|
South
|
Total
|
North
|
South
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana
|
Texas
|
Other
|
Onshore
|
Louisiana
|
Texas
|
Other
|
Onshore
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil
production (thousand barrels)
|
29
|
51
|
151
|
231
|
23
|
50
|
135
|
208
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas
production (million cubic feet - Mmcf)
|
4,507
|
2,065
|
837
|
7,409
|
3,930
|
2,412
|
986
|
7,328
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
production (Mmcfe)
|
4,679
|
2,371
|
1,742
|
8,792
|
4,069
|
2,711
|
1,795
|
8,575
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil
sales
|
$
|
1,906
|
$
|
3,498
|
$
|
8,292
|
$
|
13,696
|
$
|
1,230
|
$
|
3,683
|
$
|
6,047
|
$
|
10,960
|
||||||||||||||||
Gas
sales
|
28,737
|
14,625
|
5,197
|
48,559
|
32,226
|
20,557
|
7,876
|
60,659
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
oil and gas sales
|
$
|
30,643
|
$
|
18,123
|
$
|
13,489
|
$
|
62,255
|
$
|
33,456
|
$
|
24,240
|
$
|
13,923
|
$
|
71,619
|
||||||||||||||||
Average
oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
65.72
|
$
|
68.59
|
$
|
54.91
|
$
|
59.42
|
$
|
53.48
|
$
|
73.66
|
$
|
44.79
|
$
|
52.71
|
||||||||||||||||
Average
gas price (per thousand
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
cubic
feet - Mcf)
|
$
|
6.38
|
$
|
7.08
|
$
|
6.21
|
$
|
6.55
|
$
|
8.20
|
$
|
8.52
|
$
|
7.99
|
$
|
8.28
|
||||||||||||||||
Average
price (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
6.55
|
$
|
7.64
|
$
|
7.74
|
$
|
7.08
|
$
|
8.22
|
$
|
8.94
|
$
|
7.76
|
$
|
8.35
|
||||||||||||||||
Lifting
cost(1)
|
$
|
5,568
|
$
|
3,437
|
$
|
4,360
|
$
|
13,365
|
$
|
3,061
|
$
|
2,919
|
$
|
4,822
|
$
|
10,803
|
||||||||||||||||
Lifting
cost (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
1.19
|
$
|
1.45
|
$
|
2.50
|
$
|
1.52
|
$
|
0.75
|
$
|
1.08
|
$
|
2.69
|
$
|
1.26
|
||||||||||||||||
Oil
and Gas Capital Expenditures:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisitions
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
67,263
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
67,263
|
$
|
10,157
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
10,157
|
||||||||||||||||
Leasehold
costs
|
259
|
882
|
689
|
1,830
|
347
|
399
|
295
|
1,041
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exploratory
drilling
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,832
|
43
|
1,875
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Development
drilling
|
39,066
|
6,296
|
732
|
46,094
|
24,735
|
1,615
|
4,364
|
30,714
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
development
|
3,149
|
353
|
1,967
|
5,469
|
1,806
|
162
|
1,959
|
3,927
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
42,474
|
$
|
74,794
|
$
|
3,388
|
$
|
120,656
|
$
|
37,045
|
$
|
4,008
|
$
|
6,661
|
$
|
47,714
|
(1)
Includes production taxes of $2,487 and $2,575 for the three months
ended
September 30, 2006 and 2005,
respectively.
|
For
the Nine Months ended September 30, 2006
|
For
the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2005
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East
Texas/
|
East
Texas/
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North
|
South
|
Total
|
North
|
South
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana
|
Texas
|
Other
|
Onshore
|
Louisiana
|
Texas
|
Other
|
Onshore
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil
production (thousand barrels)
|
89
|
164
|
443
|
696
|
63
|
178
|
260
|
501
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gas
production (million cubic feet - Mmcf)
|
13,075
|
6,728
|
2,524
|
22,327
|
9,854
|
8,147
|
2,873
|
20,874
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
production (Mmcfe)
|
13,609
|
7,715
|
5,177
|
26,501
|
10,232
|
9,215
|
4,434
|
23,881
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oil
sales
|
$
|
5,637
|
$
|
10,785
|
$
|
23,386
|
$
|
39,808
|
$
|
3,183
|
$
|
9,395
|
$
|
11,956
|
$
|
24,534
|
||||||||||||||||
Gas
sales
|
89,802
|
50,415
|
16,692
|
156,909
|
69,173
|
57,965
|
19,768
|
146,906
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
oil and gas sales
|
$
|
95,439
|
$
|
61,200
|
$
|
40,078
|
$
|
196,717
|
$
|
72,356
|
$
|
67,360
|
$
|
31,724
|
$
|
171,440
|
||||||||||||||||
Average
oil price (per barrel)
|
$
|
63.34
|
$
|
65.76
|
$
|
52.79
|
$
|
57.22
|
$
|
50.52
|
$
|
52.78
|
$
|
45.98
|
$
|
48.96
|
||||||||||||||||
Average
gas price (per thousand
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
cubic
feet - Mcf)
|
$
|
6.87
|
$
|
7.49
|
$
|
6.21
|
$
|
7.03
|
$
|
7.02
|
$
|
7.11
|
$
|
6.88
|
$
|
7.04
|
||||||||||||||||
Average
price (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
7.01
|
$
|
7.93
|
$
|
7.74
|
$
|
7.42
|
$
|
7.07
|
$
|
7.31
|
$
|
7.15
|
$
|
7.18
|
||||||||||||||||
Lifting
cost(2)
|
$
|
17,229
|
$
|
10,770
|
$
|
12,421
|
$
|
40,420
|
$
|
11,700
|
$
|
9,892
|
$
|
8,578
|
$
|
30,170
|
||||||||||||||||
Lifting
cost (per Mcf equivalent)
|
$
|
1.27
|
$
|
1.40
|
$
|
2.40
|
$
|
1.53
|
$
|
1.14
|
$
|
1.07
|
$
|
1.93
|
$
|
1.26
|
||||||||||||||||
Oil
and Gas Capital Expenditures:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisitions
|
$
|
912
|
$
|
67,263
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
68,175
|
$
|
128,397
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
73,334
|
$
|
201,731
|
||||||||||||||||
Leasehold
costs
|
493
|
1,067
|
1,823
|
3,383
|
612
|
969
|
1,107
|
2,688
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exploratory
drilling
|
—
|
75
|
—
|
75
|
—
|
14,913
|
276
|
15,189
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Development
drilling
|
91,525
|
11,903
|
20,488
|
123,916
|
52,056
|
6,814
|
7,234
|
66,104
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other
development
|
11,320
|
996
|
5,073
|
17,389
|
6,911
|
1,143
|
2,632
|
10,686
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
104,250
|
$
|
81,304
|
$
|
27,384
|
$
|
212,938
|
$
|
187,976
|
$
|
23,839
|
$
|
84,583
|
$
|
296,398
|
(2)
Includes production taxes of $8,793 and $7,448 for the nine months
ended
September 30, 2006 and 2005,
respectively.
|