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Supplemental Oil and Gas Disclosures
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Oil And Gas Exploration And Production Industries Disclosure [Abstract]  
Oil And Gas Exploration And Production Industries Disclosure [Text Block]
Capitalized Costs Relating to Oil and Gas Producing Activities
     United Kingdom United States Total
December 31, 2011:      
 Proved$ 429,246$ 67,421$ 496,667
 Unproved  183,110  75,224  258,334
 Total capitalized costs  612,356  142,645  755,001
          
 Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization  (192,027)  (16,735)  (208,762)
          
 Net capitalized costs$ 420,329$ 125,910$ 546,239
          
December 31, 2010:      
 Proved$ 346,915$ 42,659$ 389,574
 Unproved  85,019  76,412  161,431
 Total capitalized costs  431,934  119,071  551,005
          
 Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization  (182,158)  (6,058)  (188,216)
          
 Net capitalized costs$ 249,776$ 113,013$ 362,789

Costs Incurred in Oil and Gas Property Acquisition, Exploration and Development Activities
    United Kingdom United States Other Total Continuing Operations Discontinued Operations Norway (1) Total
Year Ended December 31, 2011:          
 Acquisition costs:            
  Proved$ 2,595$ -$ -$ 2,595$ -$ 2,595
  Unproved  46,107  2,840  -  48,947  -  48,947
 Exploration costs  51,820  75,880  -  127,700  -  127,700
 Development costs  79,898  10,560  -  90,458  -  90,458
Total costs incurred$ 180,420$ 89,280$ -$ 269,700$ -$ 269,700
               
Year Ended December 31, 2010:          
 Acquisition costs:            
  Proved$ -$ 2,386$ -$ 2,386$ -$ 2,386
  Unproved  1,184  40,155  -  41,339  -  41,339
 Exploration costs  50,328  32,027  -  82,355  -  82,355
 Development costs  22,047  1,884  -  23,931  -  23,931
Total costs incurred$ 73,559$ 76,452$ -$ 150,011$ -$ 150,011
           
Year Ended December 31, 2009:          
 Acquisition costs:            
  Proved$ 7,589$ 8,999$ -$ 16,588$ -$ 16,588
  Unproved  1,450  14,091  23  15,564  -  15,564
 Exploration costs  49,937  17,757  (382)  67,312  4,776  72,088
 Development costs  11,443  -  -  11,443  5,067  16,510
Total costs incurred$ 70,419$ 40,847$ (359)$ 110,907$ 9,843$ 120,750

Results of Operations for Oil and Gas Producing Activities
    United Kingdom United States Total Continuing Operations Discontinued Operations - Norway (1) Total
Year Ended December 31, 2011:        
 Revenues$ 41,754$ 18,337$ 60,091$ -$ 60,091
 Production expenses  8,622  9,046  17,668  -  17,668
 DD&A  14,312  10,713  25,025  -  25,025
 Impairment of oil and          
  gas properties  -  65,706  65,706  -  65,706
 Income tax expense (benefit)  11,104  (23,495)  (12,391)  -  (12,391)
 Results of activities$ 7,716$ (43,633)$ (35,917)$ -$ (35,917)
         
Year Ended December 31, 2010:      
 Revenues$ 60,501$ 11,174$ 71,675$ -$ 71,675
 Production expenses  11,086  4,261  15,347  -  15,347
 DD&A  22,020  5,273  27,293  -  27,293
 Impairment of oil and          
  gas properties  -  7,692  7,692  -  7,692
 Income tax expense (benefit)  13,698  (2,118)  11,580  -  11,580
 Results of activities$ 13,697$ (3,934)$ 9,763$ -$ 9,763
             
Year Ended December 31, 2009:        
 Revenues$ 60,666$ 1,627$ 62,293$ 17,550$ 79,843
 Production expenses  16,911  865  17,776  5,536  23,312
 DD&A  31,915  817  32,732  4,595  37,327
 Impairment of oil and          
  gas properties  31,332  12,597  43,929  -  43,929
 Income tax expense (benefit)  (9,746)  (4,428)  (14,174)  5,787  (8,387)
 Results of activities$ (9,746)$ (8,224)$ (17,970)$ 1,632$ (16,338)

 

Note 1: We completed the divestiture of our Norwegian subsidiary on May 14, 2009. The results of operations and financial position of this subsidiary are classified as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

 

Oil and Gas Reserves

 

Proved reserves are estimated quantities of oil, gas and natural gas liquids that geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions. Proved developed reserves are proved reserves that can reasonably be expected to be recovered through existing wells with existing equipment and operating methods. The reserve volumes presented are estimates only and should not be construed as being exact quantities. These reserves may or may not be recovered and may increase or decrease as a result of our future operations and changes in economic conditions. Our oil and gas reserves were audited by independent reserve engineers at December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009.

 

In the fourth quarter of 2009, we adopted revised oil and gas reserve estimation and disclosure requirements. The primary impact of the new disclosures is to conform the definition of proved reserves to the SEC Modernization of Oil and Gas Reporting rules, which were issued by the SEC at the end of 2008. The accounting standards update revised the definition of proved oil and gas reserves to require that the average, first-day-of-the-month price during the 12-month period before the end of the year rather than the year-end price, must be used when estimating whether reserve quantities are economical to produce. This same 12-month average price is also used in calculating the aggregate amount of (and changes in) future cash inflows related to the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows. The rules also allow for the use of reliable technology to estimate proved oil and gas reserves if those technologies have been demonstrated to result in reliable conclusions about reserve volumes. The unaudited supplemental information on oil and gas exploration and production activities for 2011, 2010 and 2009 have been presented in accordance with the new reserve estimation and disclosure rules, which may not be applied retrospectively.

  United KingdomUnited StatesTotal Continuing OperationsDiscontinued Operations - Norway (1)Total
Proved Oil Reserves (MBbls):     
 Proved reserves at January 1, 2009 2,131 18 2,149 1,406 3,555
 Production (690) (4) (694) (310) (1,004)
 Purchases of reserves - 2 2 - 2
 Sales of reserves in place - - - (1,107) (1,107)
 Extensions and discoveries 1,209 3 1,212 - 1,212
 Revisions of previous estimates 698 (1) 697 11 708
 Proved reserves at December 31, 2009 3,348 18 3,366 - 3,366
 Production (545) (6) (551) - (551)
 Extensions and discoveries 457 34 491 - 491
 Revisions of previous estimates 404 13 417 - 417
 Proved reserves at December 31, 2010 3,664 59 3,723 - 3,723
 Production (373) (7) (380) - (380)
 Purchases of reserves 303 - 303 - 303
 Revisions of previous estimates 466 (11) 455 - 455
 Proved reserves at December 31, 2011 4,060 41 4,101 - 4,101
       
Proved Developed Oil Reserves (MBbls):     
 At December 31, 2009 1,381 8 1,389 - 1,389
 At December 31, 2010 1,240 14 1,254 - 1,254
 At December 31, 2011 1,270 41 1,311 - 1,311

  United KingdomUnited StatesTotal Continuing OperationsDiscontinued Operations - Norway (1)Total
Proved Gas Reserves (MMcf):     
 Proved reserves at January 1, 2009 27,130 690 27,820 4,977 32,797
 Production (3,743) (320) (4,063) (686) (4,749)
 Purchases of reserves - 10,037 10,037 - 10,037
 Sales of reserves in place - - - (4,241) (4,241)
 Extensions and discoveries 52,895 6 52,901 - 52,901
 Revisions of previous estimates 2,034 371 2,405 (50) 2,355
 Proved reserves at December 31, 2009 78,316 10,784 89,100 - 89,100
 Production (3,071) (2,636) (5,707) - (5,707)
 Purchases of reserves - 2,657 2,657 - 2,657
 Sales of reserves in place (51,522) - (51,522) - (51,522)
 Extensions and discoveries 26,692 24,181 50,873 - 50,873
 Revisions of previous estimates 5,762 (3,209) 2,553 - 2,553
 Proved reserves at December 31, 2010 56,177 31,777 87,954 - 87,954
 Production (94) (5,076) (5,170) - (5,170)
 Purchases of reserves 90 - 90 - 90
 Extensions and discoveries - 46,100 46,100 - 46,100
 Revisions of previous estimates (5,450) (11,823) (17,273) - (17,273)
 Proved reserves at December 31, 2011 50,723 60,978 111,701 - 111,701
       
Proved Developed Gas Reserves (MMcf):     
 At December 31, 2009 4,329 4,707 9,036 - 9,036
 At December 31, 2010 555 13,281 13,836 - 13,836
 At December 31, 2011 795 22,704 23,499 - 23,499

 United KingdomUnited StatesTotal Continuing OperationsDiscontinued Operations - NorwayTotal
      
Proved Reserves (MBOE):     
Proved reserves at December 31, 2008 6,653 133 6,786 2,236 9,022
Production (1,314) (57) (1,371) (424) (1,795)
Extensions and discoveries 10,025 4 10,029 - 10,029
Purchase of proved reserves, in place - 1,675 1,675 - 1,675
Sales of reserves - - - (1,815) (1,815)
Revisions of previous estimates 1,037 60 1,097 3 1,100
Proved reserves at December 31, 2009 16,401 1,815 18,216 - 18,216
Production (1,057) (445) (1,502) - (1,502)
Extensions and discoveries 4,906 4,064 8,970 - 8,970
Purchase of proved reserves, in place - 443 443 - 443
Sales of reserves (8,587) - (8,587) - (8,587)
Revisions of previous estimates 1,364 (522) 842 - 842
Proved reserves at December 31, 2010 13,027 5,355 18,382 - 18,382
Production (389) (853) (1,242) - (1,242)
Extensions and discoveries - 7,683 7,683 - 7,683
Purchase of proved reserves, in place 318 - 318 - 318
Revisions of previous estimates (442) (1,981) (2,423) - (2,423)
      
Proved reserves at December 31, 2011 12,514 10,204 22,718 - 22,718
      
Proved Developed Reserves (MBOE):     
At December 31, 2009 2,103 792 2,895 - 2,895
At December 31, 2010 1,333 2,227 3,560 - 3,560
At December 31, 2011 1,402 3,825 5,227 - 5,227

Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows

 

Future cash inflows and future production and development costs are determined by applying average 12-month pricing for 2011, 2010 and 2009. Oil, gas and condensate prices are escalated only for fixed and determinable amounts under provisions in some contracts. Estimated future income taxes are computed using current statutory income tax rates where production occurs. The resulting future net cash flows are reduced to present value amounts by applying a 10% annual discount factor.

 

At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the prices used to determine the estimates of future cash inflows were as follows:

 December 31,
 2011 2010
 OilGas OilGas
      
United Kingdom ($/Barrel) 110.77 8.75  79.37 6.58
United States ($/Mcf) 96.04 4.14  79.81 4.40

Estimated future cash inflows are reduced by estimated future development, production, abandonment and dismantlement costs based on year-end cost levels, assuming continuation of existing economic conditions, and by estimated future income tax expense. Income tax expense, both U.S. and foreign, is calculated by applying the existing statutory tax rates, including any known future changes, to the pretax net cash flows giving effect to any permanent differences and reduced by the applicable tax basis. The effect of tax credits is considered in determining the income tax expense.

 

The standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows is not intended to present the fair market value of our oil and gas reserves. An estimate of fair value would also take into account, among other things, the recovery of reserves in excess of proved reserves, anticipated future changes in prices and costs, an allowance for return on investment and the risks inherent in reserve estimates.

Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows
   United Kingdom United States Total
December 31, 2011:      
 Future cash inflows$ 941,208$ 218,295$ 1,159,503
 Future production costs  (144,106)  (47,344)  (191,450)
 Future development costs  (306,628)  (64,757)  (371,385)
 Future income tax expense  (238,111)  -  (238,111)
        
 Future net cash flows (undiscounted)  252,363  106,194  358,557
 Annual discount of 10% for estimated timing  37,250  56,435  93,685
        
 Standardized measure of future net cash flows$ 215,113$ 49,759$ 264,872
        
December 31, 2010:      
 Future cash inflows$ 704,073$ 129,007$ 833,080
 Future production costs  (101,660)  (26,110)  (127,770)
 Future development costs  (374,380)  (33,433)  (407,813)
 Future income tax expense  (72,870)  -  (72,870)
        
 Future net cash flows (undiscounted)  155,163  69,464  224,627
 Annual discount of 10% for estimated timing  81,613  31,717  113,330
        
 Standardized measure of future net cash flows$ 73,550$ 37,747$ 111,297

Principal Sources of Change in the Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows
  2011 2010 2009
       
Standardized measure, beginning of period$ 111,297$ 55,698$ 49,662
Net changes in prices and production costs  147,776  86,915  (30,155)
Future development costs incurred  76,721  21,112  16,511
Net changes in estimated futue development costs  (9,261)  (48,356)  (81,864)
Revisions of previous quantity estimates  (36,421)  16,375  22,318
Extensions and discoveries  68,452  110,059  128,090
Acretion of discount  18,801  2,630  8,139
Changes in income taxes, net  (136,157)  (35,306)  (1,054)
Sale of oil and gas produced, net of production costs  (44,556)  (56,327)  (56,531)
Purchased reserves  26,340  2,386  8,827
Sales of reserves in place  -  (48,310)  (11,514)
Change in production, timing and other  41,880  4,421  3,269
       
Standardized measure, end of period$ 264,872$ 111,297$ 55,698