2.2.0.7 false Commitments and contingencies 0211 - Disclosure - Commitments and contingencies true false false false 1 USD false false USD Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 0 USDEPS Divide http://www.xbrl.org/2003/iso4217 USD iso4217 http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 Shares Standard http://www.xbrl.org/2003/instance shares xbrli 0 $ 2 Commitments and contingencies [Abstract] 0 cxo_CommitmentsAndContingenciesAbstract cxo false na duration Commitments and contingencies. false false false false false true false false false false false false 1 false false false false 0 0 false false false xbrli:stringItemType string Commitments and contingencies. false 3 Commitments and contingencies 1 us-gaap_CommitmentsAndContingenciesDisclosureTextBlock us-gaap true na duration No definition available. false false false false false false false false false false false verboselabel false 1 false false false false 0 0   <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>Note K. </b><b><i>Commitments and contingencies</i></b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     <b><i>Severance agreements. </i></b>The Company has entered into severance and change in control agreements with all of its senior officers. The current annual salaries for the Company’s senior officers covered under such agreements total approximately $2.1 million. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     <b><i>Indemnification</i></b><b>. </b>The Company has agreed to indemnify its directors and officers for claims and damages arising from certain acts or omissions taken in such capacity. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     <b><i>Legal actions</i></b><b>. </b>The Company is a party to proceedings and claims incidental to its business. While many of these matters involve inherent uncertainty, the Company believes that the amount of the liability, if any, ultimately incurred with respect to any such proceedings or claims will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position as a whole or on its liquidity, capital resources or future results of operations. The Company will continue to evaluate proceedings and claims involving the Company on a quarter-by-quarter basis and will establish and adjust any reserves as appropriate to reflect its assessment of the then current status of the matters. </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     <b><i>Daywork commitments. </i></b>The Company periodically enters into contractual arrangements under which the Company is committed to expend funds to drill wells in the future, including agreements to secure drilling rig services, which require the Company to make future minimum payments to the rig operators. The Company records drilling commitments in the periods in which well capital is incurred or rig services are provided. The following table summarizes the Company’s future drilling commitments at September 30, 2010: </div> <div align="center"> <table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">  <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="40%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="19" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><b>Payments Due By Period</b></td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>Less than</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>1 - 3</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>3 - 5</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>More than</b></td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>(in thousands)</b></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 0px solid #000000"><b>Total</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>1 year</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>years</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>years</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="center" colspan="2"><b>5 years</b></td> <td> </td> </tr>   <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="21" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Daywork drilling contracts with related parties <sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(a)</sup> </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">1,000</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">1,000</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Other daywork drilling contracts </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">250</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">250</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Total contractual drilling commitments </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">1,250</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">1,250</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">—</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> <td> </td> </tr>  </table> </div> <div align="left"> <div style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">  </div> </div> <table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left"> <tr> <td width="3%"></td> <td width="1%"></td> <td width="96"></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><sup style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">(a)</sup></td> <td> </td> <td>Consists of daywork drilling contracts with Silver Oak Drilling, LLC, an affiliate of Chase Oil Corporation (“Chase Oil”), a stockholder of the Company.</td> </tr> </table>   </div>  <div style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif"> <div align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"> <b> </b> </div> <div align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">     <b><i>Operating leases. </i></b>The Company leases vehicles, equipment and office facilities under non-cancellable operating leases. Lease payments associated with these operating leases for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 were approximately $0.3 million and $0.7 million, respectively, and approximately $1.4 million and $1.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Future minimum lease commitments under non-cancellable operating leases at September 30, 2010 were as follows: </div> <div align="center"> <table style="font-size: 10pt; text-align: left" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">  <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="88%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> <td width="5%"> </td> <td width="1%"> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom"> <td nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><b>(in thousands)</b></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr>   <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td colspan="5" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Remaining 2010 </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">847</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">2011 </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">2,445</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">2012 </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">2,199</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">2013 </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">2,151</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">2014 and thereafter </div></td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td align="right">5,903</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td> <div style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">Total </div></td> <td> </td> <td align="left">$</td> <td align="right">13,545</td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-size: 1px"> <td> <div style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">  </div></td> <td> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2" align="right" style="border-top: 3px double #000000"> </td> <td> </td> </tr>  </table> </div> </div>  <!-- Begin Block Tagged Note false false false us-types:textBlockItemType textblock Includes disclosure of commitments and contingencies. 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