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NATURAL RESOURCES ASSETS
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industries Disclosures [Abstract]  
NATURAL RESOURCES ASSETS
NATURAL RESOURCES ASSETS
 
Natural Resources Properties
 
As described in Note 2 to these condensed consolidated financial statements, as a result of the Merger Transaction and new accounting basis established for assets and liabilities, oil and gas properties were adjusted to reflect estimated fair value as of the Effective Date, but will continue to be carried at cost net of depreciation, depletion and amortization ("DD&A"). The following table summarizes the Company’s oil and gas properties as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 (amounts in thousands):
 
 
As of
June 30, 2015
 
As of
December 31, 2014
Proved oil and natural gas properties (successful efforts method)
$
128,800

 
$
128,800

Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization
(11,531
)
 
(8,526
)
Oil and gas properties, net
$
117,269

 
$
120,274


 
On September 30, 2014, the Company closed a transaction whereby certain of the Company’s entities holding natural resources assets were merged with certain investment entities of funds advised by KKR and partnerships held by wholly owned subsidiaries of Legend Production Holdings, LLC, a majority owned subsidiary of Riverstone Holdings LLC and the Carlyle Group, to create a new oil and gas company called Trinity River Energy, LLC (“Trinity”). As of June 30, 2015, the Trinity asset, which was carried at estimated fair value, totaled $41.2 million and was classified as interests in joint ventures and partnerships, rather than oil and gas properties, net, on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets.
 
Development and Other Purchases
 
The Company accounted for certain of its initial oil and natural gas properties as business combinations under the acquisition method of accounting, whereby the Company (i) conducted assessments of net assets acquired and recognized amounts for identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their estimated acquisition date fair values and (ii) expensed as incurred transaction and integration costs associated with the acquisitions. Separate from these acquisitions, the Company deployed capital to develop and purchase other interests and assets in the natural resources sector.
 
During the third quarter of 2014, certain of the Company’s natural resources assets focused on development of oil and gas properties, with an approximate aggregate fair value of $179.2 million, were distributed to the Company’s Parent.

During the six months ended June 30, 2015 and two months ended June 30, 2014, the Successor Company capitalized zero and $30.9 million, respectively, of costs. In addition, during the four months ended April 30, 2014, the Predecessor Company capitalized $54.1 million of costs. These capitalized costs were as a result of purchasing natural resources assets or covering costs related to the development of oil and gas properties and were included in oil and gas properties, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.