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Supplemental Gas Data
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
SUPPLEMENTAL GAS DATA: [Abstract]  
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industries Disclosures [Text Block]
Supplemental Gas Data (unaudited):

The following information was prepared in accordance with the FASB's Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-03, “Extractive Activities-Oil and Gas (Topic 932).”

Capitalized Costs:
 
 
As of December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
Proven properties
 
$
1,768,007

 
$
1,670,404

Unproven properties
 
1,540,835

 
1,463,406

Intangible drilling costs
 
2,798,394

 
1,937,336

Wells and related equipment
 
716,748

 
688,548

Gathering assets
 
1,088,238

 
1,058,008

Gas well plugging
 
111,227

 
113,481

Total Property, Plant and Equipment
 
8,023,449

 
6,931,183

Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization
 
(1,515,983
)
 
(1,187,409
)
Net Capitalized Costs
 
$
6,507,466

 
$
5,743,774



Costs incurred for property acquisition, exploration and development (*):
 
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Property acquisitions
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proven properties
 
$

 
$

 
$
50,005

Unproven properties
 
119,597

 
260,477

 
28,634

Development
 
952,733

 
629,100

 
339,608

Exploration
 
45,006

 
95,413

 
130,312

Total
 
$
1,117,336

 
$
984,990

 
$
548,559

__________
(*)
Includes costs incurred whether capitalized or expensed.
























Results of Operations for Producing Activities:
 
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Production Revenue
 
$
1,030,574

 
$
740,869

 
$
660,442

Royalty Interest Gas Revenue
 
82,428

 
63,202

 
49,405

Purchased Gas Revenue
 
8,999

 
6,531

 
3,316

Total Revenue
 
1,122,001

 
810,602

 
713,163

Lifting Costs
 
118,391

 
96,601

 
90,837

Ad Valorem, Severance & Other Taxes
 
39,418

 
28,676

 
26,145

Gathering Costs
 
258,110

 
201,024

 
160,579

Royalty Interest Gas Costs
 
69,946

 
53,069

 
38,922

Direct Administrative, Selling & Other Costs
 
55,092

 
49,092

 
47,565

Other Costs
 
22,719

 
61,107

 
39,029

Purchased Gas Costs
 
7,251

 
4,837

 
2,711

DD&A
 
314,381

 
231,809

 
205,149

Total Costs
 
885,308

 
726,215

 
610,937

Pre-tax Operating Income
 
236,693

 
84,387

 
102,226

Income Taxes
 
82,894

 
32,067

 
38,989

Results of Operations for Producing Activities excluding Corporate and Interest Costs
 
$
153,799

 
$
52,320

 
$
63,237



The following is production, average sales price and average production costs, excluding ad valorem and severance taxes, per unit of production:
 
 
For the Years Ended December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Production (MMcfe)
 
235,714

 
172,380

 
156,325

Average gas sales price before effects of financial settlements (per Mcf)
 
$
4.26

 
$
3.85

 
$
3.00

Average effects of financial settlements (per Mcf)
 
$
0.11

 
$
0.45

 
$
1.22

Average gas sales price including effects of financial settlements (per Mcf)
 
$
4.37

 
$
4.30

 
$
4.22

Average lifting costs, excluding ad valorem and severance taxes (per Mcf)
 
$
0.50

 
$
0.56

 
$
0.58


During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, we drilled 180.3, 139.8, and 95.5 net development wells, respectively. There were no net dry development wells in 2014, 2013, or 2012.
During the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, we drilled 8.5, 5.5, and 22.0 net exploratory wells, respectively. There were no net dry exploratory wells in 2014 or 2013, and 9.5 net dry exploratory wells in 2012.
At December 31, 2014, there were 52.0 net development wells and 2.5 net exploratory wells in the process of being drilled.
We are committed to provide 153.5 Bcf of gas under existing sales contracts or agreements over the course of the next four years. We expect to produce sufficient quantities from existing proved developed reserves to satisfy these commitments.
Most of our development wells and proved acreage are located in Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Some leases are beyond their primary term, but these leases are extended in accordance with their terms as long as certain drilling commitments or other term commitments are satisfied. The following table sets forth, at December 31, 2014, the number of producing wells, developed acreage and undeveloped acreage:
 
 
Gross
 
Net(1)
Producing Gas Wells (including gob wells)
 
17,044

 
12,918

Producing Oil Wells
 
154

 
34

Proved Developed Acreage
 
537,935

 
515,439

Proved Undeveloped Acreage
 
112,617

 
63,801

Unproved Acreage
 
4,946,174

 
3,933,975

     Total Acreage
 
5,596,726

 
4,513,215

____________
(1)
Net acres include acreage attributable to our working interests of the properties. Additional adjustments (either increases or decreases) may be required as we further develop title to and further confirm our rights with respect to our various properties in anticipation of development. We believe that our assumptions and methodology in this regard are reasonable.

Proved Oil and Gas Reserves Quantities:

Annually, the preparation of gas reserves estimates are completed in accordance with CONSOL Energy's prescribed internal control procedures, which include verification of input data into a gas reserves forecasting and economic evaluation software, as well as multi-functional management review. The input data verification includes reviews of the price and cost assumptions used in the economic model to determine the reserves. Also, the production volumes are reconciled between the system used to calculate the reserves and other accounting/measurement systems. The technical employee responsible for overseeing the preparation of the reserve estimates is a petroleum engineer with over 10 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Our 2014 gas reserves results, which are reported in the Supplemental Gas Data year ended December 31, 2014 Form 10-K, were audited by Netherland Sewell. The technical person primarily responsible for overseeing the audit of our reserves is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas with over 15 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. The gas reserves estimates are as follows:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Condensate
 
Consolidated
 
 
Natural Gas
 
NGLs
 
& Crude Oil
 
Operations
 
 
(MMcfe)
 
(Mbbls)
 
(Mbbls)
 
(MMcfe)
Balance December 31, 2011 (c)
 
3,470,551

 
25

 
1,555

 
3,480,027

Revisions (a)
 
243,442

 
469

 
(710
)
 
241,989

Price Changes
 
(526,608
)
 

 
(1
)
 
(526,611
)
Extensions and Discoveries (b)
 
873,104

 
12,992

 
553

 
954,378

Production
 
(155,052
)
 
(111
)
 
(100
)
 
(156,325
)
Balance December 31, 2012 (c)
 
3,905,437

 
13,375

 
1,297

 
3,993,458

Revisions (a)
 
176,045

 
(1,017
)
 
336

 
171,953

Price Changes
 
104,728

 
4

 
1

 
104,757

Extensions and Discoveries (b)
 
1,567,634

 
9,623

 
1,343

 
1,633,426

Production
 
(168,737
)
 
(438
)
 
(170
)
 
(172,380
)
Balance December 31, 2013 (c)
 
5,585,107

 
21,547

 
2,807

 
5,731,214

Revisions (d)
 
(46,560
)
 
40,363

 
3,756

 
218,168

Price Changes
 
15,512

 

 

 
15,512

Extensions and Discoveries (e)
 
979,801

 
18,459

 
1,314

 
1,098,436

Production
 
(216,260
)
 
(2,578
)
 
(664
)
 
(235,714
)
Balance December 31, 2014 (c)
 
6,317,600

 
77,791

 
7,213

 
6,827,616

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proved developed reserves:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2012
 
2,149,912

 
1,717

 
878

 
2,165,483

December 31, 2013
 
2,470,412

 
5,939

 
1,375

 
2,514,294

December 31, 2014
 
2,979,906

 
32,406

 
4,062

 
3,198,706

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proved undeveloped reserves:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2012
 
1,755,525

 
12,075

 

 
1,827,975

December 31, 2013
 
3,114,695

 
15,607

 
1,431

 
3,216,920

December 31, 2014
 
3,337,694

 
45,385

 
3,151

 
3,628,910

__________
(a)
Revisions are primarily due to corporate planning changes that affect the number of wells (5-Years) forecasted to be drilled in our various areas and reservoirs. These changes along with upward revisions attributable to efficiencies in operations and well performance had the total affect of the positive revisions for 2013 and 2012.
(b)
Extensions and Discoveries in 2013 and 2012 are primarily due to the addition of wells on our Marcellus Shale acreage more than one offset location away with reliable technology.
(c)
Proved developed and proved undeveloped gas reserves are defined by SEC Rule 4.10(a) of Regulation S-X. Generally, these reserves would be commercially recovered under current economic conditions, operating methods and government regulations. CONSOL Energy cautions that there are many inherent uncertainties in estimating proved reserve quantities, projecting future production rates and timing of development expenditures. Proved oil and gas reserves are estimated quantities of natural gas which geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions and government regulations. Proved developed reserves are those reserves expected to be recovered through existing wells, with existing equipment and operating methods.
(d)
Revisions for 2014 are primarily due to efficiencies in operations and well optimization and had the total effect of positive revisions. Additionally, the 2014 revisions include a reclassification of ethane volumes from natural gas to NGLs.
(e)
Extensions and Discoveries in 2014 are primarily due to the addition of wells on our Marcellus and Utica Shale acreage. We also included Marcellus Shale wells which are more than one offset location away due to continued use of reliable technology.



 
 
For the Year
 
 
Ended
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2014
Proved Undeveloped Reserves (MMcfe)
 
 
Beginning proved undeveloped reserves
 
3,216,920

Undeveloped reserves transferred to developed(a)
 
(526,839
)
Price Changes
 
(1,293
)
Plan and other revisions (b)
 
(9,034
)
Extension and discoveries
 
949,156

Ending proved undeveloped reserves(c)(d)
 
3,628,910

_________
(a)
During 2014, various exploration and development drilling and evaluations were completed. Approximately, $389,838 of capital was spent in the year ended December 31, 2014 related to undeveloped reserves that were transferred to developed.
(b) Plan and other revisions are due to corporate planning changes that affect the number of wells forecasted to be drilled in our various areas and reservoirs. These changes along with upward revisions attributable to efficiencies in operations and well performance had the total affect of a positive revision.
(c)
Included in proved undeveloped reserves at December 31, 2014 are approximately 212,161 MMcfe of reserves that have been reported for more than five years. These reserves specifically relate to CONSOL Energy's Buchanan Mine, more specifically, to GOB (a rubble zone formed in the cavity created by the extraction of coal) production due to a complex fracture being generated in the overburden strata above the mined seam. Mining operations take a significant amount of time and our GOB forecasts are consistent with the future plans of the Buchanan Mine. Evidence also exists that supports the continual operation of the mine beyond the current plan, unless there was an extreme circumstance which resulted from an external factor. These reasons constitute that specific circumstances exist to continue recognizing these reserves for CONSOL Energy.
(d)
Included in proved undeveloped reserves at December 31, 2014 are 229 gross proved undeveloped locations that generate positive future net revenue but have negative present worth discounted at 10 percent as of December 31, 2014, representing 12.1% of our total proved undeveloped reserves. Additionally, the 438.8 Bcfe of natural gas and equivalents attributable to these locations represent approximately 6.4% of our total proved reserves. The Company includes these well sites in its current drilling plans and currently intends to drill these sites as our economic modeling of these well locations generate positive future cash flows.
The following table represents the capitalized exploratory well cost activity as indicated:
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2014
Costs pending the determination of proved reserves at December 31, 2014
 
 
For a period one year or less
 
$
22,851

For a period greater than one year but less than five years
 

For a period greater than five years
 

     Total
 
$
22,851


 
 
December 31,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2012
Costs reclassified to wells, equipment and facilities based on the determination of proved reserves
 
$
27,453

 
$
12,140

 
$
14,447

Costs expensed due to determination of dry hole or abandonment of project
 
$
2,041

 
$
8,596

 
$
3,320


CONSOL Energy's proved gas reserves are located in the United States.