10-Q

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

þ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file number 0-16203

DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	84-1060803
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
370 17th Street, Suite 4300
Denver, Colorado	80202
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

(303) 293-9133
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer þ Non-accelerated filer o Smaller reporting company o

Indicate by a check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act): Yes o No þ

28,870,167 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, were outstanding as of November 1, 2011.

INDEX

	Page No.
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets – September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 (unaudited)		1
Consolidated Statements of Operations – Three Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (unaudited)		2
Consolidated Statements of Operations – Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (unaudited)		3
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity – Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 (unaudited)		4
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows – Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (unaudited)		5
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)		6
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		30
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk		46
Item 4. Controls and Procedures		47
PART II OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings		47
Item 1A. Risk Factors		48
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		49
Item 5. Other Information		49
Item 6. Exhibits		50
EX-31.1
EX-31.2
EX-32.1
EX-32.2
EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT
EX-101 SCHEMA DOCUMENT
EX-101 CALCULATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
EX-101 LABELS LINKBASE DOCUMENT
EX-101 PRESENTATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
EX-101 DEFINITION LINKBASE DOCUMENT

The terms “Delta,” “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to Delta Petroleum Corporation and its consolidated entities unless the context suggests otherwise.

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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements

DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

	September 30,			December 31,
	2011			2010
	(In thousands, except share data)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	2,101		$	14,190
Short-term restricted deposits		100,000			100,000
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $175 and $100, respectively		7,598			7,373
Assets held for sale – DHS subsidiary		70,819			108,218
Deposits and prepaid assets		1,790			1,720
Inventories		153			3,446
Derivative instruments		1,463			—
Other current assets		1,344			4,821
Total current assets		185,268			239,768
Property and equipment:
Oil and gas properties, successful efforts method of accounting:
Unproved		72,190			229,943
Proved		684,539			671,041
Pipeline and gathering systems		63,842			93,558
Other		11,713			13,556
Total property and equipment		832,284			1,008,098
Less accumulated depreciation and depletion		(469,762	)		(232,493	)
Net property and equipment		362,522			775,605
Long-term assets:
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates		3,599			3,376
Deferred financing costs		1,299			1,832
Other long-term assets		1,583			3,531
Total long-term assets		6,481			8,739
Total assets	$	554,271		$	1,024,112
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Credit facility – Delta	$	21,000		$	—
Installment payable on property acquisition		99,785			97,874
33/4% Senior convertible notes – current		112,167			—
Accounts payable		18,152			27,616
Liabilities related to assets held for sale – DHS subsidiary		78,829			82,852
Other accrued liabilities		12,662			11,066
Derivative instruments		—			574
Total current liabilities		342,595			219,982
Long-term liabilities:
7% Senior notes		149,741			149,684
33/4% Senior convertible notes		—			108,593
Credit facility – Delta		—			29,130
Asset retirement obligations		3,354			2,709
Derivative instruments		319			2,419
Total long-term liabilities		153,414			292,535
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
Preferred stock, $.01 par value: authorized 3,000,000 shares, none issued		—			—
Common stock, $.01 par value: authorized 200,000,000 shares, issued 28,870,000 shares at September 30, 2011 and 28,513,800 shares at December 31, 2010 (1)		289			285
Additional paid-in capital		1,640,591			1,635,783
Treasury stock at cost; zero shares at September 30, 2011 and 3,300 shares at December 31, 2010 (1)		—			(279	)
Accumulated deficit		(1,579,578	)		(1,121,342	)
Total Delta stockholders’ equity		61,302			514,447
Non-controlling interest		(3,040	)		(2,852	)
Total equity		58,262			511,595
Total liabilities and equity	$	554,271		$	1,024,112

(1) All common share amounts (except par value and par value per share amounts) have been retroactively restated to reflect the Company’s one-for-ten reverse common stock split effective July 13, 2011, as described in Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity to these consolidated financial statements.

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,
	2011			2010
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenue:
Oil and gas sales	$	16,546		$	12,653
Loss on property sales		—			(1	)
Total revenue		16,546			12,652
Operating expenses:
Lease operating expense		3,577			4,555
Transportation expense		3,367			3,298
Production taxes		633			667
Exploration expense		53			368
Dry hole costs and impairments		420,447			(1,164	)
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion		10,701			11,522
General and administrative expense		6,065			7,872
Executive severance expense, net		—			(674	)
Total operating expenses		444,843			26,444
Operating loss		(428,297	)		(13,792	)
Other income and (expense):
Interest expense and financing costs, net		(6,727	)		(7,567	)
Other income (expense)		(1,857	)		508
Realized gain (loss) on derivative instruments, net		79			(418	)
Unrealized gain on derivative instruments, net		6,749			7,124
Income (loss) from unconsolidated affiliates		80			(90	)
Total other expense		(1,676	)		(443	)
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and discontinued operations		(429,973	)		(14,235	)
Income tax expense		64			86
Loss from continuing operations		(430,037	)		(14,321	)
Discontinued operations:
Gain from results of operations and sale of discontinued operations, net of tax		1,309			25,054
Net income (loss)		(428,728	)		10,733
Less net (gain) loss attributable to non-controlling interest included in discontinued operations		(702	)		3,209
Net income (loss) attributable to Delta common stockholders	$	(429,430	)	$	13,942
Amounts attributable to Delta common stockholders:
Loss from continuing operations	$	(430,037	)	$	(14,321	)
Gain from discontinued operations, net of tax		607			28,263
Net income (loss)	$	(429,430	)	$	13,942
Basic loss attributable to Delta common stockholders per common share: (1)
Loss from continuing operations	$	(15.42	)	$	(0.52	)
Discontinued operations		0.02			1.03
Net income (loss)	$	(15.40	)	$	0.51
Diluted loss attributable to Delta common stockholders per common share: (1)
Loss from continuing operations	$	(15.42	)	$	(0.51	)
Discontinued operations		0.02			1.00
Net income (loss)	$	(15.40	)	$	0.49

(1) All common share amounts (except par value and par value per share amounts) have been retroactively restated to reflect the Company’s one-for-ten reverse common stock split effective July 13, 2011, as described in Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity to these consolidated financial statements.

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2011			2010
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenue:
Oil and gas sales	$	51,143		$	47,138
Loss on property sales		—			(539	)
Total revenue		51,143			46,599
Operating expenses:
Lease operating expense		10,535			15,082
Transportation expense		10,935			10,940
Production taxes		2,094			2,358
Exploration expense		329			952
Dry hole costs and impairments		420,863			29,762
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion		33,180			35,410
General and administrative expense		19,165			28,770
Executive severance expense, net		—			(674	)
Total operating expenses		497,101			122,600
Operating loss		(445,958	)		(76,001	)
Other income and (expense):
Interest expense and financing costs, net		(21,530	)		(24,050	)
Other income (expense)		(1,693	)		686
Realized loss on derivative instruments, net		(5,371	)		(5,132	)
Unrealized gain on derivative instruments, net		4,137			28,072
Income from unconsolidated affiliates		294			893
Total other income and (expense)		(24,163	)		469
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and discontinued operations		(470,121	)		(75,532	)
Income tax expense (benefit)		(4,568	)		564
Loss from continuing operations		(465,553	)		(76,096	)
Discontinued operations:
Gain (loss) from results of operations and sale of discontinued operations, net of tax		7,092			(81,644	)
Net loss		(458,461	)		(157,740	)
Less net loss attributable to non-controlling interest included in discontinued operations		225			9,134
Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders	$	(458,236	)	$	(148,606	)
Amounts attributable to Delta common stockholders:
Loss from continuing operations	$	(465,553	)	$	(76,096	)
Gain (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax		7,317			(72,510	)
Net loss	$	(458,236	)	$	(148,606	)
Basic loss attributable to Delta common stockholders per common share: (1)
Loss from continuing operations	$	(16.59	)	$	(2.76	)
Discontinued operations		0.26			(2.64	)
Net loss	$	(16.33	)	$	(5.40	)
Diluted loss attributable to Delta common stockholders per common share: (1)
Loss from continuing operations	$	(16.59	)	$	(2.76	)
Discontinued operations		0.26			(2.64	)
Net loss	$	(16.33	)	$	(5.40	)

(1) All common share amounts (except par value and par value per share amounts) have been retroactively restated to reflect the Company’s one-for-ten reverse common stock split effective July 13, 2011, as described in Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity to these consolidated financial statements.

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY

(Unaudited)

							Additional									Accu-			Total Delta			Non-
	Common stock						paid-in			Treasury stock						mulated			stockholders’			controlling			Total
	Shares(1)			Amount			capital			Shares(1)			Amount			deficit			equity			interest			equity
	(In thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2010		28,514		$	285		$	1,635,783			3		$	(279	)	$	(1,121,342	)	$	514,447		$	(2,852	)	$	511,595
Net loss		—			—			—			—			—			(458,236	)		(458,236	)		(225	)		(458,461	)
Employee vesting of treasury stock held by subsidiary		—			—			(135	)		(3	)		279			—			144			(59	)		85
Issuance of vested stock		598			6			(6	)		—			—			—			—			—			—
Shares repurchased for withholding taxes		(216	)		(2	)		(1,016	)		—			—			—			(1,018	)		—			(1,018	)
Forfeitures		(26	)		—			—			—			—			—			—			—			—
Stock based compensation		—			—			5,965			—			—			—			5,965			96			6,061
Balance, September 30, 2011		28,870		$	289		$	1,640,591			—		$	—		$	(1,579,578	)	$	61,302		$	(3,040	)	$	58,262

(1) All common share amounts (except par value and par value per share amounts) have been retroactively restated to reflect the Company’s one-for-ten reverse common stock split effective July 13, 2011, as described in Note 10 – Stockholders’ Equity to these consolidated financial statements.

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2011			2010
	(In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$	(458,461	)	$	(157,740	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Loss on property sales		112			—
Depreciation, depletion, amortization – oil and gas		33,180			35,410
Depreciation, depletion, amortization – discontinued operations		5,464			39,565
(Gain) loss on sale of drilling assets – discontinued operations		(2,470	)		782
Gain on sale of oil and gas assets – discontinued operations		(8,946	)		(28,372	)
Impairments – discontinued operations		—			93,260
Dry hole costs and impairments		420,863			29,762
Stock based compensation		6,497			8,808
Executive severance – stock-based awards forfeited		—			(2,274	)
Amortization of deferred financing costs, bond discount, and installments payable discount		8,748			10,930
Increase in allowance for bad debt		—			1,437
Unrealized gain on derivative contracts		(4,137	)		(28,072	)
Income from unconsolidated affiliates		(294	)		(893	)
Deferred income tax expense		717			564
Other		1,144			47
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Increase in trade accounts receivable		(303	)		(318	)
Increase in deposits and prepaid assets		(108	)		(242	)
Increase in inventories		(68	)		—
(Increase) decrease in other current assets		(13	)		919
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable		969			(20,627	)
Increase (decrease) in other accrued liabilities		2,134			(8,904	)
Increase in assets held for sale working capital, net		1,492			—
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities		6,520			(25,958	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Additions to property and equipment		(50,752	)		(24,959	)
Additions to drilling and trucking equipment – assets held for sale		(1,529	)		(1,322	)
Proceeds from sale of oil and gas properties		42,085			115,180
Proceeds from sale of drilling assets – assets held for sale		3,429			547
Proceeds from sale of other fixed assets		61			54
Proceeds from sale of unconsolidated affiliates		1,517			3,879
Proceeds from escrow deposit		—			1,380
Increase (decrease) in other long-term assets		(7	)		81
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		(5,196	)		94,840
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from borrowings		55,202			86,500
Repayments of borrowings		(66,617	)		(200,716	)
Payment of deferred financing costs		(979	)		(1,641	)
Stock repurchased for withholding taxes		(1,019	)		(746	)
Net cash used in financing activities		(13,413	)		(116,603	)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(12,089	)		(47,721	)
Cash at beginning of period		14,190			61,918
Cash at end of period	$	2,101		$	14,197
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest and financing costs	$	10,448		$	17,177
DHS interest payable capitalized to principal balance (non-cash financing transaction)	$	5,573		$	—

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010

(Unaudited)

(1) Nature of Organization and Basis of Presentation

Delta Petroleum Corporation (“Delta”), a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) are principally engaged in acquiring, exploring, developing and producing oil and gas properties. The Company’s core area of operations is the Rocky Mountain Region in which the majority of its proved reserves, production and long-term growth prospects are concentrated.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and, in accordance with those rules, do not include all the information and notes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. As a result, these unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto previously filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position of the Company and the results of its operations have been included. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the complete fiscal year. Subsequent events were evaluated through the date of issuance of these consolidated financial statements at the time this quarterly report on Form 10-Q was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). For a more complete understanding of the Company’s operations and financial position, reference is made to the consolidated financial statements of the Company, and related notes thereto, filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, previously filed with the SEC.

(2) Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company experienced a net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders of $458.2 million, and at September 30, 2011 had a working capital deficiency, excluding discontinued operations, of $149.3 million, including $21.0 million outstanding under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “MBL Credit Agreement”) with Macquarie Bank Limited (“MBL”) as administrative agent and issuing lender (which is classified as a current liability in the accompanying balance sheet). On June 28, 2011, the Company closed on a transaction with Wapiti Oil & Gas, L.L.C. (“Wapiti”) to sell its remaining interests in various non-core assets primarily located in Texas and Wyoming (the “2011 Wapiti Transaction”) for gross cash proceeds of approximately $43.2 million. Proceeds from the 2011 Wapiti Transaction were used to further reduce amounts outstanding under the MBL Credit Agreement, as well as to fund capital expenditures. The MBL Credit Agreement, as amended, provides for a revolving loan and a term loan, each with a maturity date of January 31, 2012. At September 30, 2011, $6.0 million was outstanding under the revolving loan and $15.0 million was outstanding under the term loan. In addition to the amounts outstanding under the MBL Credit Agreement which are due on January 31, 2012, the holders of the Company’s $115.0 million 3³/₄% senior convertible notes have the option to require the Company to repurchase the notes at par on May 1, 2012 and thus, such amount is also classified as a current liability in the accompanying balance sheet.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(2) Going Concern, Continued

While the 2011 Wapiti Transaction and the MBL Credit Agreement provided capital to the Company that helped to improve its financial position at that time, the Company does not currently have adequate capital to repay its credit facility borrowings due on January 31, 2012 or fund the purchase of convertible notes if the holders of such notes elect to require the Company to repurchase such notes on May 1, 2012, as expected.

In July 2011, the Board of Directors of the Company announced that it had engaged Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and Evercore Group, L.L.C. to act as advisors to the Company in conducting a strategic alternatives process in order to maximize shareholder value and address the 2012 debt maturities. In the strategic alternatives process, the board of directors has considered a wide variety of possible transactions, including the sale of the company, issuances of equity or debt securities, sales of assets, joint ventures and volumetric production payment financing, as well as other potential corporate transactions. With respect to a potential sale of the company or its assets, the Company solicited offers from a significant number of potential purchasers, including domestic and foreign industry participants and private equity firms, and has engaged in substantive negotiations with several such potential purchasers. However, the Company has not received any definitive offer with respect to an acquisition of the company or its assets that implies a value of the assets that is greater than its aggregate indebtedness, and has not been able to identify any significant source of additional financing that is likely to be available on acceptable terms. Accordingly, based on the results of the process to date, the Company believes that a restructuring of the Company’s indebtedness is likely to be necessary. The Company is continuing to discuss potential transactions with potential purchasers and expects to engage in discussions with certain holders of its outstanding senior notes. There can be no assurance that these discussions will lead to a definitive agreement on acceptable terms, or at all, with any party. Any transaction that is agreed to could be highly dilutive to existing stockholders. If the Company is unsuccessful in consummating a transaction or transactions that address the Company’s liquidity issues, the Company will be required to seek protection under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

The timing, structure, terms, size, and pricing of any transaction consummated as a result of the strategic alternatives process will depend many factors beyond the Company’s control, and there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain any such financing or consummate any such transaction, and if so, that it will be on terms satisfactory to the Company. These factors along with the liquidity issues discussed above raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the uncertainty regarding the Company’s ability to raise additional capital, sell assets, or otherwise obtain sufficient funds to meet its obligations.

The Company believes that the amounts available under the MBL Credit Agreement, as amended, combined with projected net cash from operating activities, will provide sufficient liquidity to fund its operating expenses, the limited Vega Area capital development plan, and maintain current debt service obligations until the January 2012 maturity of the Company’s credit facility.

The DHS Drilling Company (“DHS”) credit facility debt of $71.9 million at September 30, 2011 is included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as a component of liabilities related to assets held for sale. The DHS facility is non-recourse to Delta. During the first quarter of 2011, the Board of Directors of DHS engaged transaction advisors to commence a strategic alternatives process, focused on a sale of DHS or substantially all of its assets. Subsequent to quarter end, Delta sold its stock in DHS to DHS’s lender, Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc. (“LCPI”), for $500,000. See Note 15, Subsequent Events.

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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(3) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Delta and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”). All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain of the Company’s oil and gas activities are conducted through partnerships and joint ventures, including CRB Partners, LLC (“CRBP”) and through the date of the divestiture in 2010 to Wapiti, PGR Partners, LLC (“PGR”). The Company includes its proportionate share of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses from these entities in its consolidated financial statements. The Company does not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements (other than operating leases) or any unconsolidated special purpose entities.

Investments in operating entities where the Company has the ability to exert significant influence, but does not control the operating and financial policies, are accounted for using the equity method. The Company’s share of net income of these entities is recorded as income (losses) from unconsolidated affiliates in the consolidated statements of operations.

Certain reclassifications have been made to amounts reported in the previous periods to conform to the current presentation. Among other items, revenues and expenses on certain properties that were sold or held for sale during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 have been reclassified from continuing operations to discontinued operations for all periods presented. In addition, the assets and liabilities of DHS, and oil and gas properties that were sold or held for sale, have been separately reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as assets held for sale and liabilities related to assets held for sale. Such reclassifications had no effect on net loss (See Note 4, “Discontinued Operations”).

Property and Equipment

The Company accounts for its natural gas and crude oil exploration and development activities under the successful efforts method of accounting. Under such method, costs of productive exploratory wells, development dry holes and productive wells and undeveloped leases are capitalized. Oil and gas lease acquisition costs are also capitalized. Exploration costs, including personnel costs, certain geological or geophysical expenses and delay rentals for gas and oil leases, are charged to expense as incurred. Exploratory drilling costs are initially capitalized, then evaluated quarterly and charged to expense if and when the well is determined not to have found reserves in commercial quantities. The sale of a partial interest in a proved property is accounted for as a cost recovery and no gain or loss is recognized as long as this treatment does not significantly affect the units-of-production amortization rate. A gain or loss is recognized for all other sales of producing properties.

Unproved properties with significant acquisition costs are assessed quarterly on a property-by-property basis and any impairment in value is charged to expense. If the unproved properties are determined to be productive, the related costs are transferred to proved gas and oil properties. Proceeds from sales of partial interests in unproved leases are accounted for as a recovery of cost without recognizing any gain or loss until all costs have been recovered.

Depreciation and depletion of capitalized acquisition, exploration and development costs are computed on the units-of-production method by individual fields as the related proved reserves are produced.

Gathering systems and other property and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives ranging from three to 40 years.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may not be recoverable.

Estimates of expected future cash flows represent management’s best estimate based on reasonable and supportable assumptions and projections. For proved properties, if the expected future cash flows exceed the carrying value of the

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(3) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

asset, no impairment is recognized. If the carrying value of the asset exceeds the expected future cash flows, an impairment exists and is measured by the excess of the carrying value over the estimated fair value of the asset. Any impairment provisions recognized are permanent and may not be restored in the future.

The Company assesses proved properties on an individual field basis for impairment on at least an annual basis. For proved properties, the review consists of a comparison of the carrying value of the asset with the asset’s expected future undiscounted cash flows without interest costs. For the three and nine months ended 2010, the expected future undiscounted cash flows of the assets exceeded the carrying value of the corresponding asset and as such no impairment provisions were recognized.

For unproved properties, the need for an impairment charge is based on the Company’s plans for future development and other activities impacting the life of the property and the ability of the Company to recover its investment. When the Company believes the costs of the unproved property are no longer recoverable, an impairment charge is recorded based on the estimated fair value of the property. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, zero and $25.7 million, respectively, of unproved property impairments were recorded.

During the three months ended September 30, 2011, the Company evaluated the fair value of its properties based on market indicators in conjunction with the progression of the strategic alternatives evaluation process. The Company has not received any definitive offer with respect to an acquisition of the Company or its assets that implies a value of the assets that is greater than the Company’s aggregate indebtedness. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment of $157.5 million to its Vega unproved leasehold, $239.8 million to its Vega area proved properties, $20.5 million to its Vega area gathering system and facilities, and $2.1 million to its Vega area surface acreage.

Exploratory Well Costs

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2011
	(in thousands)
Balance at beginning of year	$	6,200
Additions to capitalized exploratory well costs pending the determination of proved reserves		6,200
Exploratory well costs included in property divestitures		—
Reclassified to proved oil and gas properties based on the determination of proved reserves		(6,200	)
Capitalized exploratory well costs charged to dry hole expense		—
Balance at end of period	$	6,200
Exploratory well costs capitalized for one year or less after after completion of drilling		6,200
Exploratory well costs capitalized for greater than one year after completion of drilling		—
Balance at end of period	$	6,200

The table does not include amounts that were capitalized and either subsequently expensed or reclassified to producing well costs in the same period. During 2010, the Company spud a deep test well in the Vega Area to explore the Company’s Piceance leasehold below the currently productive Williams Fork zone. Completion activities on the well began in February 2011 and the well was completed as a producing well with proved reserves during the three months ended September 30, 2011. A second deep test well was spud and completed as a producing well with proved reserves during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and therefore is not included in the table above. A third deep test well was spud during the second quarter of 2011 and remains in progress.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(3) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued

Asset Retirement Obligations

The Company’s asset retirement obligations arise from the plugging and abandonment liabilities for its oil and gas wells.

The following is a reconciliation of the Company’s asset retirement obligations from January 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011 (in thousands):

Asset retirement obligation – January 1, 2011	$	5,146
Reclassification for assets held for sale		(1,215	)
Adjusted asset retirement obligation – January 1, 2011		3,931
Accretion expense		211
Change in estimate		(98	)
Obligations incurred (from new wells)		375
Obligations settled		(20	)
Obligations on sold properties		(359	)
Asset retirement obligation – September 30, 2011		4,040
Less: Current portion of asset retirement obligation		(686	)
Long-term asset retirement obligation	$	3,354

Notes Receivable from Disposition of Unconsolidated Affiliates

During the third quarter of 2011, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with a third party to mutually release all claims associated with several prior agreements. In consideration of this settlement, Delta assigned its interest in the note receivable related to the sale of Delta Oilfield Tank Company (“DOTC”) to the third party. A loss of $1.6 million is included as a component of other expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011.

During the third quarter of 2011, the Company accepted a prepayment of $500,000 as payment in full for the outstanding note receivable related to the sale of Ally Equipment (“Ally”), forgoing $11,000 of accrued interest.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) includes all changes in equity during a period except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners, if any. For the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Delta common stockholders was ($429.4) million and $13.9 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, comprehensive loss attributable to Delta common stockholders was ($458.2) million and ($148.6) million, respectively.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates include oil and gas reserves, bad debts, depletion and impairment of oil and gas properties, income taxes, derivatives, asset retirement obligations, contingencies and litigation accruals. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(4) Discontinued Operations

During the third quarter of 2010, the Company closed a transaction with Wapiti (the “2010 Wapiti Transaction”), selling all or a portion of the Company’s interest in various non-core assets primarily located in Colorado, Texas, and Wyoming for gross proceeds of $130.0 million. During the second quarter of 2011, the Company closed the 2011 Wapiti Transaction, selling the remaining portion of its interests in non-core assets primarily located in Texas and Wyoming for gross cash proceeds of approximately $43.2 million. In accordance with accounting standards, the results of operations relating to these properties have been reflected as discontinued operations for all periods presented. In addition, the assets and liabilities related to the oil and gas properties in the 2011 Wapiti Transaction have been separately reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 as assets held for sale and liabilities related to assets held for sale.

In separate transactions in 2010, the Company sold its interest in the Howard Ranch field and the Laurel Ridge field and has included these properties in discontinued operations as well.

During the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Board of Directors of DHS engaged transaction advisors to commence a strategic alternatives process, focused on a sale of DHS or substantially all of its assets. As such, in accordance with accounting standards, the results of operations relating to DHS have been reflected as discontinued operations. In addition, the assets and liabilities of DHS have been separately reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as assets held for sale and liabilities related to assets held for sale. See Note 15, Subsequent Events regarding the sale of DHS which occurred subsequent to quarter end.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(4) Discontinued Operations, Continued

The following table shows the oil and gas segment and drilling segment revenues and expenses included in discontinued operations as described above for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended									Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2011									September 30, 2010
	Oil & Gas			Drilling			Total			Oil & Gas		Drilling			Total
Revenues:
Oil and gas sales	$	197		$	—		$	197		$	8,924	$	—		$	8,924
Contract drilling and trucking fees		—			14,757			14,757			—		15,204			15,204
Total Revenues		197			14,757			14,954			8,924		15,204			24,128
Operating Expenses:
Lease operating expense		(212	)		—			(212	)		1,843		—			1,843
Transportation expense		(28	)		—			(28	)		270		—			270
Production taxes		(35	)		—			(35	)		446		—			446
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion – oil and gas		—			—			—			2,921		—			2,921
Impairment provision(1)		—			—			—			902		—			902
Drilling and trucking operating expenses		—			11,086			11,086			—		12,041			12,041
Depreciation and amortization – drilling and trucking(2)		—			—			—			—		4,801			4,801
General and administrative expense		—			722			722			—		2,473			2,473
Total operating expenses		(275	)		11,808			11,533			6,382		19,315			25,697
Operating income (loss)		472			2,949			3,421			2,542		(4,111	)		(1,569	)
Other income and (expense):
Interest expense and financing costs, net		—			(2,075	)		(2,075	)		—		(1,743	)		(1,743	)
Other income (expense)		—			137			137			—		(544	)		(544	)
Total other income and (expense)		—			(1,938	)		(1,938	)		—		(2,287	)		(2,287	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		472			1,011			1,483			2,542		(6,398	)		(3,856	)
Income tax expense(3)		(174	)		—			(174	)		—		—			—
Income (loss) from results of operations of discontinued operations, net of tax		298			1,011			1,309			2,542		(6,398	)		(3,856	)
Gain on sales of discontinued operations, net of tax(4)		—			—			—			28,910		—			28,910
Gain (loss) from results of operations and sale of discontinued operations, net of tax	$	298		$	1,011		$	1,309		$	31,452	$	(6,398	)	$	25,054

(1)	Impairment provision. In accordance with accounting standards, the impairment loss relating to certain properties held for sale at September 30, 2010 in conjunction with the 2010 and 2011 Wapiti Transactions were reflected as discontinued operations.
(2)	Depreciation and Amortization – Drilling and Trucking. Depreciation and amortization expense – drilling decreased to zero for the three months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to $4.8 million for the comparable year earlier period. The decrease is due to not recording depreciation expense beginning in March 2011 in accordance with accounting rules related to the asset held for sale treatment of DHS.
(3)	Income tax expense. For the three months ended September 30, 2011, the Company recorded a tax benefit of $174,000 due to a non-cash income tax benefit related to income from discontinued oil and gas operations. Generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, require all items be considered, including items recorded in discontinued operations, in determining the amount of tax benefit that results from a loss from continuing operations that should be allocated to continuing operations. In accordance with GAAP, the Company recorded a tax benefit on its loss from continuing operations, which was exactly offset by income tax expense on discontinued operations.
(4)	Gain on sales of discontinued operations – oil and gas. On July 30, 2010, the Company closed on a transaction with Wapiti Oil & Gas to sell all or a portion of the Company’s interests in various non-core assets primarily located in Texas and Wyoming for gross cash proceeds of approximately $130.0 million. In accordance with accounting standards, the Company recognized a $29.6 million gain on sale for the three months ended September 30, 2010 that is reflected in discontinued operations. On August 27, 2010, the Company closed on the Howard Ranch sale for cash proceeds of $550,000, recognizing a loss on sale of $687,000 in accordance with accounting standards.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(4) Discontinued Operations, Continued

The following table shows the oil and gas segment and drilling segment revenues and expenses included in discontinued operations as described above for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2011									September 30, 2010
	Oil & Gas			Drilling			Total			Oil & Gas			Drilling			Total
Revenues:
Oil and gas sales	$	10,131		$	—		$	10,131		$	37,219		$	—		$	37,219
Contract drilling and trucking fees		—			41,150			41,150			—			36,200			36,200
Total Revenues		10,131			41,150			51,281			37,219			36,200			73,419
Operating Expenses:
Lease operating expense		2,305			—			2,305			8,497			—			8,497
Transportation expense		(6	)		—			(6	)		1,714			—			1,714
Production taxes		367			—			367			2,013			—			2,013
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion – oil and gas		2,795			—			2,795			23,966			—			23,966
Impairment provision(1)		—			—			—			93,260			—			93,260
Drilling and trucking operating expenses		—			33,593			33,593			—			28,053			28,053
Depreciation and amortization – drilling and trucking(2)		—			2,669			2,669			—			15,599			15,599
General and administrative expense		—			2,806			2,806			—			4,602			4,602
Total operating expenses		5,461			39,068			44,529			129,450			48,254			177,704
Operating income (loss)		4,670			2,082			6,752			(92,231	)		(12,054	)		(104,285	)
Other income and (expense):
Interest expense and financing costs, net		—			(6,204	)		(6,204	)		—			(5,376	)		(5,376	)
Other income (expense)		—			2,625			2,625			—			(893	)		(893	)
Total other income and (expense)		—			(3,579	)		(3,579	)		—			(6,269	)		(6,269	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		4,670			(1,497	)		3,173			(92,231	)		(18,323	)		(110,554	)
Income tax expense(3)		(1,724	)		—			(1,724	)		—			—			—
Income (loss) from results of operations of discontinued operations, net of tax		2,946			(1,497	)		1,449			(92,231	)		(18,323	)		(110,554	)
Gain on sales of discontinued operations(4)		5,643			—			5,643			28,910			—			28,910
Gain (loss) from results of operations and sale of discontinued operations, net of tax	$	8,589		$	(1,497	)	$	7,092		$	(63,321	)	$	(18,323	)	$	(81,644	)

(1)	Impairment provision. In accordance with accounting standards, the impairment loss relating to certain properties held for sale at September 30, 2010 in conjunction with the 2010 and 2011 Wapiti Transactions were reflected as discontinued operations.
(2)	Depreciation and Amortization – Drilling and Trucking. Depreciation and amortization expense – drilling decreased to $2.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to $15.6 million for the comparable year earlier period. The decrease is due to not recording depreciation expense beginning in March 2011 in accordance with accounting rules related to the asset held for sale treatment of DHS.
(3)	Income tax expense. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company recorded a tax expense of $1.7 million due to a non-cash income tax benefit related to income from discontinued oil and gas operations. Generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, require all items be considered, including items recorded in discontinued operations, in determining the amount of tax benefit that results from a loss from continuing operations that should be allocated to continuing operations. In accordance with GAAP, the Company recorded a tax benefit on its loss from continuing operations, which was exactly offset by income tax expense on discontinued operations. The Company’s net deferred tax position at September 30, 2011 is not impacted by this tax allocation.
(4)	Gain on sales of discontinued operations – oil and gas. On June 28, 2011, the Company closed on a transaction with Wapiti Oil & Gas to sell its remaining interests in various non-core assets primarily located in Texas and Wyoming (the “2011 Wapiti Transaction”) for gross cash proceeds of approximately $43.2 million. In accordance with accounting standards, the Company recognized a $5.6 million gain on sale ($8.9 million gain, net of $3.3 million of tax) for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 that is reflected in discontinued operations. Gain on sales of discontinued operations – drilling. In June 2011, DHS sold substantially all of its Chapman Trucking assets for $3.3 million in proceeds and a gain of $2.9 million. Proceeds were used to reduce DHS bank debt.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(5) DHS Drilling

The carrying value of DHS’s drilling rigs and related equipment is assessed for impairment whenever circumstances indicate an impairment may exist. No such impairment provisions were recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. Subsequent to quarter end, Delta sold its stock in DHS to DHS’s lender, LCPI, for $500,000. See Note 15, Subsequent Events.

In January 2010, DHS entered into a daywork drilling contract with Desarrollos y Perforaciones De Mexico (“DPM”) to drill geothermal wells for the benefit of the Mexican national electric company (“CFE”) in the state of Puebla. The rig was released in July after drilling two wells. A total of $3.7 million has been invoiced to DPM for the project with $1.6 million being collected to date. The balance of $2.1 million has been reserved as a doubtful account due to concerns regarding collection, which is included as a component of assets held for sale – DHS subsidiary. Legal action is being taken to collect the amount owed to DHS and the rig is currently under contract.

(6) Long Term Debt

Installments Payable on Property Acquisition

On February 28, 2008, the Company closed a transaction with EnCana to jointly develop a portion of EnCana’s leasehold in the Vega Area of the Piceance Basin. The remaining installment payable that was due on November 1, 2011 is recorded in the accompanying consolidated financial statements as a current liability at a discounted value and was paid subsequent to quarter end. The discount is being accreted on the effective interest method over the term of the installments, including accretion of $600,000 and $1.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and accretion of $1.9 million and $3.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

7% Senior Unsecured Notes, due 2015

On March 15, 2005, the Company issued 7% senior unsecured notes for an aggregate principal amount of $150.0 million. The Company was in compliance with the covenants under the indenture as of September 30, 2011 (See Note 13, “Guarantor Financial Information”). The fair value of the Company’s senior unsecured notes at September 30, 2011 was approximately $111.0 million.

3³/4% Senior Convertible Notes, due 2037

On April 25, 2007, the Company issued $115.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3³/4% Senior Convertible Notes due 2037 for net proceeds of $111.6 million after underwriters’ discounts and commissions of approximately $3.4 million. The convertible notes will mature on May 1, 2037 unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased, but each holder of convertible notes has the option to require the Company to purchase any outstanding convertible notes on each of May 1, 2012, May 1, 2017, May 1, 2022, May 1, 2027 and May 1, 2032 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the convertible notes to be purchased, payable in cash. The convertible notes were recorded based on the estimated fair value of the liability component and the equity component. The debt discount on the liability component is accreted over the expected life of the convertible notes, including $1.2 million and $1.2 million of accretion for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $3.6 million and $3.4 million of accretion for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Combined with the amortization of debt discount, the convertible notes had an effective interest rate of approximately 8.0% and 7.8% with total interest costs of $2.3 million and $2.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and interest costs of $6.8 million and $6.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The fair value of the convertible notes at September 30, 2011 was approximately $101.2 million.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(6) Long Term Debt, Continued

Credit Facility – Delta

On December 29, 2010, the Company entered into the MBL Credit Agreement, which provides for a revolving loan and a term loan, each with a maturity date of January 31, 2012. As a combined result of amendments on March 14, 2011 to increase the amount available under the term loan and June 28, 2011 to reduce the borrowing base for the revolving loan and reduce the amount available under the term loan in conjunction with the divestiture of assets, the revolving loan currently has a borrowing base of $18.0 million and the term loan is limited to $15.0 million. The revolving loan bears interest at prime plus 6% per annum for prime rate advances and LIBOR plus 7% per annum for LIBOR advances, while the term loan bears interest at prime plus 9.5% through September 30, 2011 and prime plus 11.0% thereafter for prime rate advances and at LIBOR plus 10.5% for LIBOR advances through September 30, 2011 and LIBOR plus 12.0% thereafter for LIBOR advances. The March 14, 2011 amendment removed the requirement that advances under the term loan be subject to approval of a development plan. In addition, so long as Delta is not in default under the MBL Credit Agreement, Delta is not required to comply with certain cash management provisions, including the previous requirement to repay any term loan advances outstanding on a monthly basis with 100% of net operating cash flows.

At September 30, 2011, $6.0 million was outstanding under the revolving loan and $15.0 million was outstanding under the term loan. The revolving loan and the term loan are subject to quarterly financial covenants, in each case as defined in the MBL Credit Agreement and described in summary here, including maintenance of a minimum current ratio of 1:1, minimum quarterly net operating cash flow of $8.6 million, and maximum quarterly general and administrative expenses (excluding equity based compensation) of $5.0 million. In addition, the Company may not permit its trade payables to be outstanding more than 90 days following the receipt of applicable invoices. At September 30, 2011, the Company was not in compliance with the minimum current ratio covenant under the MBL Credit Agreement. However, a waiver of the covenant violation was obtained subsequent to quarter end from MBL at no cost to the Company.

Credit Facility – DHS

The DHS credit facility debt of $71.9 million at September 30, 2011 is included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as a component of liabilities related to assets held for sale. The DHS credit facility is non-recourse to Delta. Subsequent to quarter end, Delta sold its stock in DHS to DHS’s lender, LCPI, for $500,000. See Note 15, Subsequent Events.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(7) Fair Value Measurements

The Company follows accounting guidance which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. As required, the Company applied the following fair value hierarchy:

Level 1 – Assets or liabilities for which the item is valued based on quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

Level 2 – Assets or liabilities valued based on observable market data for similar instruments.

Level 3 – Assets or liabilities for which significant valuation assumptions are not readily observable in the market; instruments valued based on the best available data, some of which is internally-developed, and considers risk premiums that a market participant would require.

The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Derivative liabilities consist of future oil, gas, and natural gas liquids commodity swap contracts valued using both quoted prices for identically traded contracts and observable market data for similar contracts (NYMEX WTI oil, CIG gas, and Mont Belvieu natural gas liquids swaps – Level 2).

Proved property impairments — The fair values of the proved properties are estimated using internal discounted cash flow calculations based upon the Company’s estimates of reserves and are considered to be level 3 fair value measurements.

Asset retirement obligations — The initial fair values of the asset retirement obligations are estimated using internal discounted cash flow calculations based upon the Company’s asset retirement obligations, including revisions of the estimated fair values during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, and are considered to be Level 3 fair value measurements.

The following table lists the Company’s fair value measurements by hierarchy as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 (in thousands):

	Fair Value Measurements
	Quoted Prices		Significant			Significant
	in Active Markets		Other Observable			Unobservable
	for Identical Assets		Inputs			Inputs
Assets (Liabilities)	(Level 1)		(Level 2)			(Level 3)		Total
Recurring
Derivative assets – September 30, 2011	$	—	$	1,144		$	—	$	1,144
Derivative liabilities – December 31, 2010		—		(2,993	)		—		(2,993	)

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(8) Commodity Derivative Instruments

The Company periodically enters into commodity price risk transactions to manage its exposure to oil, gas, and natural gas liquids price volatility. These transactions may take the form of futures contracts, collar agreements, swaps or options. The purpose of the transactions is to provide a measure of stability to the Company’s cash flows in an environment of volatile oil and gas prices. The Company has not elected hedge accounting and recognizes mark-to-market gains and losses in earnings currently.

The Company is exposed to the fluctuations in natural gas, natural gas liquids, or crude oil prices due to the nature of business in which the Company is primarily involved. In order to mitigate the risks associated with uncertain cash flows from volatile commodity prices and to provide stability and predictability in the Company’s future revenues, the Company periodically enters into commodity price risk management transactions to manage its exposure to gas and oil price volatility.

On June 28, 2011, as required by the amendment to the MBL Credit Agreement completed in conjunction with the 2011 Wapiti Transaction, the Company paid $3.3 million cash to settle a portion of its oil derivative contracts outstanding from July 2011 to December 2013. The table below reflects the remaining open derivative contracts after consideration of this early termination.

At September 30, 2011, all of the Company’s outstanding derivative contracts were fixed price swaps. Under the swap agreements, the Company receives the fixed price and pays the floating index price. The Company’s swaps are settled in cash on a monthly basis. By entering into swaps, the Company effectively fixes the price that it will receive for a portion of its production.

The following table summarizes the Company’s open derivative contracts at September 30, 2011:

								Net Fair Value
						Remaining		Asset (Liability) at
Commodity	Volume			Fixed Price		Term	Index Price	September 30, 2011
								(In thousands)
Crude oil		203	Bbls / Day	$	57.70	Oct ’11 - Dec ’11	NYMEX – WTI	$	(425	)
Crude oil		62	Bbls / Day	$	91.05	Oct ’11 - Dec ’11	NYMEX – WTI		56
Crude oil		230	Bbls / Day	$	91.05	Jan ’12 - Dec ’12	NYMEX – WTI		843
Crude oil		162	Bbls / Day	$	91.05	Jan ’13 - Dec ’13	NYMEX – WTI		446
Natural gas		12,000	MMBtu / Day	$	5.150	Oct ’11 - Dec ’11	CIG		1,637
Natural gas		3,253	MMBtu / Day	$	5.040	Oct ’11 - Dec ’11	CIG		411
Natural gas		12,052	MMBtu / Day	$	4.440	Jan ’12 - Dec ’12	CIG		1,993
Natural gas		10,301	MMBtu / Day	$	4.440	Jan ’13 - Dec ’13	CIG		(208	)
Natural gas liquids(1)		34,367	Gallons / Day	$	0.913	Oct ’11 - Dec ’11	MT. BELVIEU		(921	)
Natural gas liquids(1)		30,617	Gallons / Day	$	0.832	Jan ’12 - Dec ’12	MT. BELVIEU		(2,114	)
Natural gas liquids(1)		12,286	Gallons / Day	$	0.767	Jan ’13 - Dec ’13	MT. BELVIEU		(574	)
								$	1,144

⁽¹⁾   Natural gas liquids includes purity ethane, propane, natural gasoline, normal butane and isobutene derivatives and the weighted average price is used.

The pre-credit risk adjusted fair value of the Company’s net derivative asset as of September 30, 2011 was $684,000. A credit risk adjustment of $460,000 to the fair value of the derivatives increased the reported amount of the net derivative assets on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet to $1.1 million.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(8) Commodity Derivative Instruments, Continued

The Company classifies the fair value amounts of derivative assets and liabilities executed under master netting arrangements as net derivative assets or net derivative liabilities, whichever the case may be, by commodity and master netting counterparty. The following table summarizes the fair values and location in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet of all derivatives held by the Company as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 (in thousands):

Derivatives Not Designated as			September 30, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010
Hedging Instruments	Balance Sheet Classification	Fair Value			Fair Value
Assets (Liabilities)
Commodity Swaps	Derivative Instruments – Current Assets (Liabilities), net	$	1,463		$	(574	)
Commodity Swaps	Derivative Instruments – Long-Term Liabilities, net		(319	)		(2,419	)
Total		$	1,144		$	(2,993	)

The following table summarizes the realized and unrealized gains and losses and the classification in the consolidated statement of operations of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

		September 30, 2011			September 30, 2010
		Amount of Gain			Amount of Gain
		(Loss) Recognized			(Loss) Recognized
Derivatives Not Designated as	Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in	in Income			in Income
Hedging Instruments	Income on Derivatives	on Derivatives			on Derivatives
Commodity Swaps	Realized Loss on Derivative Instruments, net – Other Income and (Expense)	$	(5,371	)	$	(5,132	)
Commodity Swaps	Unrealized Gain on Derivative Instruments, net – Other Income and (Expense)		4,137			28,072
		$	(1,234	)	$	22,940

(9) Commitments and Contingencies

Convertible Notes – Right of Repurchase

The $115.0 million in principal amount of 3³/4% Senior Convertible Notes due 2037 will mature on May 1, 2037 unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. The holders of the Notes have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of the Notes on May 1, 2012, May 1, 2017, May 1, 2022, May 1, 2027, and May 1, 2032 at a price which is required to be paid in cash, equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased.

Decommissioning of Offshore California Leases

The Company formerly owned a 2.41934% working interest in OCS Lease 320 in the Sword Unit, Offshore California, and its 91.68% owned subsidiary, Amber Resources Company of Colorado (“Amber”) formerly owned a 0.97953% working interest in the same lease.  Lease 320 was conveyed back to the United States at the conclusion of litigation with the government (Amber Resources Co., et al. vs. United States, Civ. Act. No. 2-30 filed in the United States Court of Federal Claims) when the courts determined that the government had breached that lease (among others) and was liable to the working interest owners for damages; however, the government now contends that the former working interest owners are still obligated to permanently plug and abandon an exploratory well that was drilled on the lease and to clear the well site.  The former operator of the lease commenced litigation against the government in United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Noble Energy Corp. vs. Kenneth L. Salazar, Secretary United States Department of the Interior, et al No. 1:09-cv-02013-EGS) seeking a declaratory judgment that the former working interest owners are not responsible for these costs as a result of the government’s breach of the lease.  On April 22, 2011, the Court entered a judgment in favor of the government, ruling that the working interest owners jointly and severally share the responsibility to permanently plug and abandon the subject well, and that this duty was not

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(9) Commitments and Contingencies, Continued

discharged by the government’s breach of contract.  On May 11, 2011, the former operator filed an appeal of this ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.  It is currently unknown whether or not the appeal will be successful. In September 2011, however, the Company received an estimate from the operator indicating that, based on available information of resources to mobilize and demobilize a rig to the well, the Company’s pro rata share of the estimated cost of decommissioning the well would be approximately $2.6 million.  The estimate that was provided does not contain any anticipated expenditures for the preparation of an environmental impact study, regulatory permitting matters at any level or any expenditure estimates for potentially required costs of containment equipment.  The operator has indicated the estimate is subject to material fluctuations in cost based upon rig mobilization costs and other factors.  The actual costs of decommissioning the well could be materially different from the estimate provided by the operator.  As a non-operator in this well the Company is unable to determine a reasonable estimate of the liability, if any, at this time. If the working interest owners are ultimately held liable, the Company would be responsible for the payment of its proportionate share of the actual cost of any decommissioning operation.

212 Resources

In the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011, the Company was engaged in an arbitration with 212 Resources Corporation (“212”) that was filed with the American Arbitration Association on October 27, 2009.  The matter was settled pursuant to a final Settlement Agreement executed by the parties on January 25, 2011. In accordance with the Settlement Agreement, the Company paid $1.5 million to 212 in consideration of mutual releases of claims and the termination of the underlying agreement.

(10) Stockholders’ Equity

Preferred Stock

The Company has 3.0 million shares of preferred stock authorized and issuable from time to time in one or more series. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, no shares of preferred stock were outstanding.

Common Stock

On July 12, 2011, the shareholders of the Company approved a one-for-ten reverse split of the common stock of the Company which became effective on July 13, 2011. All references in these financial statements to the number of common shares or options, price per share and weighted average number of common shares outstanding prior to the 1:10 reverse stock split have been adjusted to reflect this stock split on a retroactive basis, unless otherwise noted.

Also on July 12, 2011, the shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the number of authorized shares of common stock to 200,000,000 from 600,000,000 shares. Presentation of authorized shares of common stock has been adjusted on a retroactive basis.

During the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company issued 98,800 and 48,078 fully vested shares to the non-employee members of the Board of Directors in consideration for their service on the Board for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. On June 10, 2011, the Company granted 3,308 fully vested shares in conjunction with the resignation of a member of the Board of Directors in consideration for service in 2011 through the date of his resignation. On June 21, 2011, the Company granted 489,227 shares of non-vested common stock to certain employees. The shares vest in full on the earlier of a change in control or July 1, 2012. In conjunction with this grant, the Company agreed to establish a “floor” price for the value of the shares on the date of vesting equal to the value of the shares on the grant date ($5.50 per share). In the event that the market price of the shares on the date of vesting is lower than the floor price on the date of vesting, the difference will be paid to the employees in cash. The compensation expense for the shares consists of a fixed equity component ($5.50 per share) and a variable liability component (based on the difference between the market price of the shares, if lower, and the floor price of the shares),

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(10) Stockholders’ Equity, Continued

both of which are included as a component of general and administrative expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. On July 1, 2011, approximately 607,000 shares of common stock vested of which 215,000 shares of common stock were transferred to the Company for reimbursement of taxes paid by the Company on behalf of employees relating to the vesting of such shares. On July 19, 2011, 7,500 shares were issued to directors that did not stand for re-election in consideration for a partial year of service to the Company.

Stock Based Compensation

The Company recognized stock compensation included in general and administrative expense as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Non-vested stock(1)	$	1,713	$	1,716	$	6,324	$	8,187
Stock options		—		109		—		109
Performance shares		49		131		200		512
Total	$	1,762	$	1,956	$	6,524	$	8,808

⁽¹⁾   Non-vested stock includes $27,000 and $73,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $123,000 and $436,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, that relates to DHS which is included as a component of discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

The Company recognizes the cost of share based payments over the period during which the employee provides service. Exercise prices for options outstanding under the Company’s various plans as of September 30, 2011 ranged from $7.90 to $153.40 per share. At September 30, 2011, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options as all outstanding options are vested. At September 30, 2011, the Company had 150,300 options outstanding at a weighted average exercise price of $75.00 per share. At September 30, 2011, the Company had 587,399 non-vested shares outstanding and no performance shares outstanding. At September 30, 2011, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to the performance shares and the non-vested portion of restricted stock was $3.4 million which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.5 years.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(11) Income Taxes

Income tax expense (benefit) attributable to loss from continuing operations was approximately $64,000 and $86,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and ($4.6) million and $564,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Also included in the three months ended June 30, 2011 was a current tax benefit related to a tax refund received as a result of a tax law change that allowed us to carry-back operating losses to a period in which we previously paid tax.

In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future results of operations, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Based upon the level of historical taxable income, significant book losses during the current and prior periods, and projections for future results of operations over the periods in which the deferred tax assets are deductible, among other factors, management continues to conclude that the Company does not meet the “more likely than not” requirement of ASC 740 in order to recognize deferred tax assets and a valuation allowance has been recorded for the Company’s net deferred tax assets at September 30, 2011.

During the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, DHS recorded net operating losses and as of September 30, 2011 DHS’s deferred tax assets exceeded its deferred tax liabilities. Accordingly, based on significant recent operating losses and projections for future results, a valuation allowance was recorded for DHS’s net deferred tax assets.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company recorded a tax benefit of $174,000 and $5.0 million, respectively, due to a non-cash income tax benefit related to income from discontinued operations and gains from the sale of discontinued oil and gas operations. Generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, require all items be considered, including items recorded in discontinued operations, in determining the amount of tax benefit that results from a loss from continuing operations that should be allocated to continuing operations. In accordance with GAAP, the Company recorded a tax benefit on its loss from continuing operations, which was exactly offset by income tax expense on discontinued operations. The Company’s net deferred tax position at September 30, 2011 is not impacted by this tax allocation.

During the remainder of 2011 and thereafter, the Company will continue to assess the realizability of its deferred tax assets based on consideration of actual and projected operating results and tax planning strategies. Should actual operating results improve, the amount of the deferred tax asset considered more likely than not to be realizable could be increased. Such a change in the assessment of realizability could result in a decrease to the valuation allowance and corresponding income tax benefit, both of which could be significant.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, no adjustments were recognized for uncertain tax benefits.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(12) Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Net income (loss) attributable to Delta common stockholders	$	(429,430	)	$	13,942		$	(458,236	)	$	(148,606	)
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding		27,883			27,530			28,055			27,544
Add: dilutive effects of stock options and unvested stock grants		—			676			—			—
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding		27,883			28,206			28,055			27,544
Net loss per common share attributable to Delta common stockholders
Basic	$	(15.40	)	$	(0.51	)	$	(16.33	)	$	(5.40	)
Diluted	$	(15.40	)	$	(0.49	)	$	(16.33	)	$	(5.40	)

Potentially dilutive securities excluded from the calculation of diluted shares outstanding include the following (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Stock issuable upon conversion of convertible notes		379		379		379		379
Stock options		150		161		150		161
Performance share grants(1)		—		—		—		8
Non-vested restricted stock		587		—		587		777
Total potentially dilutive securities		1,116		540		1,116		1,325

⁽¹⁾   During the three months ended June 30, 2011, the two remaining holders of the performance shares returned to the Company for no additional consideration the 8,000 unvested performance shares remaining at the time.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(13) Guarantor Financial Information

On March 15, 2005, Delta issued $150.0 million of 7% senior notes that mature in 2015. In addition, on April 25, 2007, the Company issued $115.0 million of 3³/4% convertible senior notes due in 2037. Both the senior notes and the convertible notes are guaranteed by all of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries. Each of the guarantors, fully, jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees the performance and payment when due of all the obligations under the senior notes and the convertible notes. DHS, CRBP, and Amber are not guarantors of the indebtedness under the senior notes or the convertible notes.

The following financial information sets forth the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. For purposes of the condensed financial information presented below, the equity in the earnings or losses of subsidiaries is not recorded in the financial statements of the issuer.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
September 30, 2011

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor		Adjustments/
	Issuer			Entities			Entities		Eliminations		Consolidated
Current assets	$	113,237		$	307		$	71,724	$	—	$	185,268
Property and equipment:
Oil and gas properties		737,514			—			19,215		—		756,729
Other		72,988			2,567			—		—		75,555
Total property and equipment		810,502			2,567			19,215		—		832,284
Accumulated depletion and depreciation		(469,760	)		(2	)		—		—		(469,762	)
Net property and equipment		340,742			2,565			19,215		—		362,522
Investment in subsidiaries		(558	)		—			—		558		—
Other long-term assets		4,074			2,407			—		—		6,481
Total assets	$	457,495		$	5,279		$	90,939	$	558	$	554,271
Current liabilities	$	263,795		$	(28	)	$	78,828	$	—	$	342,595
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term debt, derivative instruments and deferred taxes		148,259			1,801			—		—		150,060
Asset retirement obligations		3,354			—			—		—		3,354
Total long-term liabilities		151,613			1,801			—		—		153,414
Total Delta stockholders’ equity		45,127			3,506			12,111		558		61,302
Non-controlling interest		(3,040	)		—			—		—		(3,040	)
Total equity		42,087			3,506			12,111		558		58,262
Total liabilities and equity	$	457,495		$	5,279		$	90,939	$	558	$	554,271

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(13) Guarantor Financial Information, Continued

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
December 31, 2010

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor		Adjustments/
	Issuer			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
Current assets	$	164,377		$	322		$	75,069	$	—		$	239,768
Property and equipment:
Oil and gas properties		881,886			—			19,215		(118	)		900,983
Other		74,438			32,677			—		—			107,115
Total property and equipment		956,324			32,677			19,215		(118	)		1,008,098
Accumulated depletion, depreciation and amortization		(203,731	)		(28,762	)		—		—			(232,493	)
Net property and equipment		752,593			3,915			19,215		(118	)		775,605
Investment in subsidiaries		1,156			—			—		(1,156	)		—
Other long-term assets		6,332			2,407			—		—			8,739
Total assets	$	924,458		$	6,644		$	94,284	$	(1,274	)	$	1,024,112
Current liabilities	$	138,375		$	(26	)	$	81,633	$	—		$	219,982
Long-term liabilities
Long-term debt, derivative instruments and deferred taxes		288,025			1,801			—		—			289,826
Asset retirement obligation and other liabilities		2,709			—			—		—			2,709
Total long-term liabilities		290,734			1,801			—		—			292,535
Total Delta stockholders’ equity		498,201			4,869			12,651		(1,274	)		514,447
Non-controlling interest		(2,852	)		—			—		—			(2,852	)
Total equity		495,349			4,869			12,651		(1,274	)		511,595
Total liabilities and equity	$	924,458		$	6,644		$	94,284	$	(1,274	)	$	1,024,112

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(13) Guarantor Financial Information, Continued

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
Three Months Ended September 30, 2011

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Adjustments/
	Issuer			Entities			Entities			Eliminations		Consolidated
Total revenue	$	16,546		$	—		$	—		$	—	$	16,546
Operating expenses:
Oil and gas expenses		7,560			17			—			—		7,577
Exploration expense		53			—			—			—		53
Dry hole costs and impairments		419,098			1,349			—			—		420,447
Depreciation and depletion		10,701			—			—			—		10,701
General and administrative		6,033			10			22			—		6,065
Total operating expenses		443,445			1,376			22			—		444,843
Operating (loss)		(426,899	)		(1,376	)		(22	)		—		(428,297	)
Other income and (expense)		(1,682	)		6			—			—		(1,676	)
Income tax benefit (expense)		(64	)		—			—			—		(64	)
Discontinued operations		298			—			1,011			—		1,309
Net income (loss)		(428,347	)		(1,370	)		989			—		(428,728	)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest		(702	)		—			—			—		(702	)
Net income (loss) attributable to Delta common stockholders	$	(429,049	)	$	(1,370	)	$	989		$	—	$	(429,430	)

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
Three Months Ended September 30, 2010

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Adjustments/
	Issuer			Entities			Entities			Eliminations		Consolidated
Total revenue	$	12,576		$	77		$	(1	)	$	—	$	12,652
Operating expenses:
Oil and gas expenses		8,520						—			—		8,520
Exploration expense		368			—			—			—		368
Dry hole costs and impairments		(1,193	)		29			—			—		(1,164	)
Depreciation and depletion		11,522			—			—			—		11,522
General and administrative		7,160			12			26			—		7,198
Total operating expenses		26,377			41			26			—		26,444
Operating loss		(13,801	)		36			(27	)		—		(13,792	)
Other income and (expense)		(374	)		(70	)		1			—		(443	)
Income tax expense		(86	)		—			—			—		(86	)
Discontinued operations		57,351			(381	)		(31,916	)		—		25,054
Net income (loss)		43,090			(415	)		(31,942	)		—		10,733
Less net loss attributable to non-controlling interest		3,209			—			—			—		3,209
Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders	$	46,299		$	(415	)	$	(31,942	)	$	—	$	13,942

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(13) Guarantor Financial Information, Continued

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Adjustments/
	Issuer			Entities			Entities			Eliminations		Consolidated
Total revenue	$	51,143		$	—		$	—		$	—	$	51,143
Operating expenses:
Oil and gas expenses		23,547			17			—			—		23,564
Exploration expense		329			—			—			—		329
Dry hole costs and impairments		419,553			1,310			—			—		420,863
Depreciation and depletion		33,180			—			—			—		33,180
General and administrative		19,061			31			73			—		19,165
Total operating expenses		495,670			1,358			73			—		497,101
Operating income (loss)		(444,527	)		(1,358	)		(73	)		—		(445,958	)
Other income and (expenses)		(24,182	)		17			2			—		(24,163	)
Income tax benefit		4,568			—			—			—		4,568
Discontinued operations		8,589			—			(1,497	)		—		7,092
Net income (loss)		(455,552	)		(1,341	)		(1,568	)		—		(458,461	)
Less net loss attributable to non-controlling interest		225			—			—			—		225
Net income (loss) attributable to Delta common stockholders	$	(455,327	)	$	(1,341	)	$	(1,568	)	$	—	$	(458,236	)

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Adjustments/
	Issuer			Entities			Entities			Eliminations		Consolidated
Total revenue	$	46,522		$	77		$	—		$	—	$	46,599
Operating expenses:
Oil and gas expenses		28,380			—			—			—		28,380
Exploration expense		952			—			—			—		952
Dry hole costs and impairments		24,342			4,834			586			—		29,762
Depreciation and depletion		35,408			2			—			—		35,410
General and administrative		27,961			41			94			—		28,096
Total operating expenses		117,043			4,877			680			—		122,600
Operating loss		(70,521	)		(4,800	)		(680	)		—		(76,001	)
Other income and (expenses)		464			1			4			—		469
Income tax expense		(564	)		—			—			—		(564	)
Discontinued operations		11,414			(201	)		(92,857	)		—		(81,644	)
Net loss		(59,207	)		(5,000	)		(93,533	)		—		(157,740	)
Less net loss attributable to non-controlling interest		9,134			—			—			—		9,134
Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders	$	(50,073	)	$	(5,000	)	$	(93,533	)	$	—	$	(148,606	)

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(13) Guarantor Financial Information, Continued

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor
	Issuer			Entities			Entities			Consolidated
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	5,313		$	27		$	1,180		$	6,520
Investing activities		(7,414	)		(23	)		2,241			(5,196	)
Financing activities		(9,923	)		—			(3,490	)		(13,413	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(12,024	)		4			(69	)		(12,089	)
Cash at beginning of the period		13,154			61			975			14,190
Cash at the end of the period	$	1,130		$	65		$	906		$	2,101

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor
	Issuer			Entities			Entities			Consolidated
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	(40,857	)	$	(665	)	$	15,564		$	(25,958	)
Investing activities		97,888			622			(3,670	)		94,840
Financing activities		(104,450	)		—			(12,153	)		(116,603	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(47,419	)		(43	)		(259	)		(47,721	)
Cash at beginning of the period		58,533			74			3,311			61,918
Cash at the end of the period	$	11,114		$	31		$	3,052		$	14,197

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(14) Business Segments

The Company has two reportable segments: oil and gas exploration and production (“Oil and Gas”) and drilling and trucking operations (“Drilling”) through its ownership in DHS. However, as DHS has been reported as discontinued operations (see Note 4, “Discontinued Operations”), drilling did not affect continuing operations and thus is excluded from the table below. Following is a summary of segment results impacting continuing operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010:

						Inter-segment
	Oil and Gas			Drilling		Eliminations			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2011
Revenues from external customers	$	16,546		$	—	$	—		$	16,546
Inter-segment revenues		—			—		—			—
Total revenues	$	16,546		$	—	$	—		$	16,546
Operating loss	$	(428,297	)	$	—	$	—		$	(428,297	)
Other expense (1)		(1,676	)		—		—			(1,676	)
Loss from continuing operations, before tax	$	(429,973	)	$	—	$	—		$	(429,973	)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2010
Revenues from external customers	$	12,652		$	—	$	—		$	12,652
Inter-segment revenues		—			—		—			—
Total revenues	$	12,652		$	—	$	—		$	12,652
Operating loss	$	(13,792	)	$	—	$	—		$	(13,792	)
Other expense (1)		(443	)		—		—			(443	)
Loss from continuing operations, before tax	$	(14,235	)	$	—	$	—		$	(14,235	)
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
Revenues from external customers	$	51,143		$	—	$	—		$	51,143
Inter-segment revenues		—			—		—			—
Total revenues	$	51,143		$	—	$	—		$	51,143
Operating loss	$	(445,958	)	$	—	$	—		$	(445,958	)
Other expense (1)		(24,163	)		—		—			(24,163	)
Loss from continuing operations, before tax	$	(470,121	)	$	—	$	—		$	(470,121	)
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
Revenues from external customers	$	46,599		$	—	$	—		$	46,599
Inter-segment revenues		—			—		—			—
Total revenues	$	46,599		$	—	$	—		$	46,599
Operating loss	$	(76,001	)	$	—	$	—		$	(76,001	)
Other income (1)		469			—		—			469
Loss from continuing operations, before tax	$	(75,532	)	$	—	$	—		$	(75,532	)
September 30, 2011
Total Assets	$	549,825		$	70,819	$	(66,373	)	$	554,271
December 31, 2010
Total Assets	$	1,016,635		$	74,093	$	(66,616	)	$	1,024,112

⁽¹⁾   Other income and expense includes interest and financing costs, realized losses on derivative instruments, unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments, interest income, income and loss from unconsolidated affiliates and other miscellaneous income. Non-controlling interests are included in inter-segment eliminations.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 and 2010
(Unaudited)

(15) Subsequent Events

On October 27, 2011, the Company paid the third of three installments payable related to its February 2008 acquisition of leasehold interests in the Piceance Basin from EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. The $100.0 million payment was funded with restricted cash on hand and the related letter of credit was released in conjunction with the final payment.

On October 31, 2011, Delta sold its stock in DHS to DHS’s lender, LCPI, for $500,000. Delta expects to recognize a gain of approximately $6.1 million in connection with the divestiture of DHS during the three months ended December 31, 2011.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Strategic Alternatives Update

As previously announced, in July 2011 we engaged Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and Evercore Group, L.L.C. to advise us in conducting a strategic alternatives process in order to maximize shareholder value and address debt maturities arising in 2012, specifically the January 2012 maturity of our credit facility and the expected mandatory redemption in May 2012 of our $115.0 million senior convertible notes. In the strategic alternatives process, our board of directors has considered a wide variety of possible transactions, including the sale of the company, issuances of equity or debt securities, sales of assets, joint ventures and volumetric production payment financing, as well as other potential corporate transactions. With respect to a potential sale of the company or its assets, we solicited offers from a significant number of potential purchasers, including domestic and foreign industry participants and private equity firms, and have engaged in substantive negotiations with several such potential purchasers. However, we have not received any definitive offer with respect to an acquisition of the company or its assets that implies a value of the assets that is greater than our aggregate indebtedness, and have not been able to identify any significant source of additional financing that is likely to be available on acceptable terms. Accordingly, based on the results of the process to date, we believe that a restructuring of our indebtedness is likely to be necessary. We are continuing to discuss potential transactions with potential purchasers and expect to engage in discussions with certain holders of our outstanding senior notes. There can be no assurance that these discussions will lead to a definitive agreement on acceptable terms, or at all, with any party. Any transaction that is agreed to could be highly dilutive to existing stockholders. If we are unsuccessful in consummating a transaction or transactions that address our liquidity issues, we will be required to seek protection under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

On November 2, 2011, Delta appointed John T. Young, Jr. as its Chief Restructuring Officer. Mr. Young is a Senior Managing Director at Conway MacKenzie, Inc., which Delta has retained to assist with its strategic alternatives process. Mr. Young has substantial knowledge and experience providing restructuring advisor services, including interim management and debtor advisory, bankruptcy preparation and management, litigation support, post-merger integration and debt restructuring and refinancing. Mr. Young’s experience also includes serving in a multitude of advisory capacities within the energy and oilfield services industries.

Other Recent Developments

• During the three months ended September 30, 2011, we evaluated the fair value of our properties based on market indicators in conjunction with the progression of the strategic alternatives evaluation process. We have not received any definitive offer with respect to an acquisition of the Company or its assets that implies a value of the assets that is greater than our aggregate indebtedness. As a result, we recorded an impairment of $157.5 million to our Vega unproved leasehold, $239.8 million to our Vega area proved properties, $20.5 million to our Vega area gathering system and facilities, and $2.1 million to our Vega area surface acreage.

• On October 31, 2011, we sold our stock in DHS, our 49.8% subsidiary, to DHS’s lender, Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc. (“LCPI”), for $500,000. We expect to recognize a gain of approximately $6.1 million in connection with the divestiture of DHS during the three months ending December 31, 2011.

• On July 25, 2011, we announced that our 2C well drilled to evaluate deep potential on our Vega leasehold was successfully completed and brought on sales on July 21, 2011.

• In May 2011, we retained Macquarie Tristone to provide advisory services relating to the potential sale of certain of our non-operated assets located in the Texas Gulf Coast and DJ Basin regions. On June 28, 2011, we closed on a transaction with Wapiti Oil & Gas, L.L.C. (“Wapiti”) to sell our remaining interests in various non-core assets primarily located in Texas and Wyoming (the “2011 Wapiti Transaction”) for gross cash proceeds of approximately $43.2 million. A portion of the proceeds from the 2011 Wapiti Transaction was used to further reduce amounts outstanding under the Company’s credit facility, and a portion was used to fund our planned capital development activities in the Vega Area.

• On June 28, 2011, the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “MBL Credit Agreement”) with Macquarie Bank Limited (“MBL”) as administrative agent and issuing lender was amended in conjunction with the 2011 Wapiti Transaction to reduce the amounts available under the revolving and term loan portions of the credit facility to $18.0 million and $15.0 million, respectively. In addition, as required by the MBL Credit Agreement amendment, we paid $3.3 million cash to settle a portion of our oil derivative contracts outstanding from July 2011 to December 2013.

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2011 Operations Overview

During the first nine months of 2011, we completed three previously drilled Williams Fork wells using Gen IV fracturing methods, concluded drilling operations on our exploratory test well that was in progress at year-end bringing it on sales during the quarter ended September 30, 2011, and spud, completed and began production on a second test well in an effort to continue to evaluate resource potential below the Williams Fork formation in the Vega Area. A third exploratory test well below the Williams Fork was spud in mid-May and remains in progress and will also serve as a lease preservation well. Drilling operations are expected to commence on a fourth exploratory test well during the three months ended December 31, 2011. The timing of completions of the remaining two previously drilled Williams Fork wells is currently unknown. Based on current commodity prices and our current sources of capital, we intend to continue to focus capital expenditures for the remainder of 2011 on the fourth exploratory test well which is also a lease preservation well. Although our available capital is limited we expect it will be sufficient to allow for the funding of these development plans. These plans may be adjusted from time to time depending on commodity prices, exploratory well test results, capital availability or other factors.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our sources of liquidity and capital resources historically have been provided through the issuance of debt and equity securities when market conditions permit, operating activities, sales of oil and gas properties, and through borrowings under our credit facility. The primary uses of our liquidity and capital resources have been in the development and exploration of oil and gas properties. To address our liquidity needs, we sold certain non-core assets to Wapiti for $130.0 million in 2010 (the “2010 Wapiti Transaction”). In 2011, we closed the 2011 Wapiti Transaction, pursuant to which we sold our remaining interests in various non-core assets primarily located in Texas and Wyoming for gross cash proceeds of approximately $43.2 million.

We believe that the amounts available under our credit facility, as amended, combined with our net cash from operating activities, will provide us with sufficient funds to fund our planned operating expenses and capital development activities described herein and maintain current debt service obligations through the end of 2011. Significant changes in operating cash flow, drilling and completion costs, or capital development decisions could impact remaining liquidity and cause violations under our credit facility. As discussed above, our 2011 capital expenditure program, and in particular our drilling and completion capital budget for the Vega Area, is dependent on capital availability as well as the results of our drilling and completion activities on the Vega Area exploratory test wells that are currently underway.

To support our future capital expenditure program, and in order to address the January 2012 maturity of our MBL credit facility and the redemption at the option of the holders in May 2012 of our $115.0 million convertible notes, we will need to seek sources of long-term capital (including the issuance of equity, debt instruments, sales of assets and joint venture financing), as well as consider other potential corporate transactions including, potentially, the sale of the Company. As discussed above, we have announced and are pursuing a strategic alternatives process in that regard, although at this time that process has not resulted in a definitive transaction agreement that would address the near-term maturity of the MBL Credit Agreement or the redemption of the convertible notes.

The timing, structure, terms, size, and pricing of any such financing or transaction will depend on investor interest and market conditions, as well as our drilling and completion results, and there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain any such financing or consummate any such transaction, and if so, that it will be on terms satisfactory to the Company. If we are unsuccessful in consummating a transaction or transactions that address our liquidity issues, we will be required to seek protection under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Our Credit Facility

On December 29, 2010, we entered into the MBL Credit Agreement pursuant to which our former credit facility lenders assigned their interests to MBL. As a combined result of amendments on March 14, 2011 to increase the amount available under the term loan and June 28, 2011 to reduce the borrowing base for the revolving loan and reduce the amount available under the term loan in conjunction with the divestiture of assets, the revolving loan currently has a borrowing base of $18.0 million and the term loan is limited to $15.0 million. At September 30, 2011, $6.0 million was outstanding under the revolving loan and $15.0 million was outstanding under the term loan. We were not in compliance with the minimum current ratio covenant under our credit facility at September 30, 2011. However, a waiver of the covenant violation was obtained subsequent to quarter end from MBL at no cost to us.

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DHS Credit Facility

At September 30, 2011, DHS remained out of compliance with certain financial covenants under its credit facility. The DHS credit facility matured on August 31, 2011 and, as such, all amounts outstanding under the DHS credit facility are classified as a current liability in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2011 as a component of liabilities related to assets held for sale. Subsequent to quarter end, we sold our stock in DHS to DHS’s lender, LCPI, for $500,000.

Capital Resources and Requirements

Our accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming we will continue as a going concern. The 2010 Wapiti Transaction and the 2011 Wapiti Transaction provided capital to reduce debt and fund our development program. However, the MBL Credit Agreement matures on January 31, 2012 and the holders of our $115.0 million convertible notes can require us to repurchase the notes at par on May 1, 2012. Thus, our ability to continue as a going concern will be dependent upon our lender’s willingness to amend the terms or extend the maturity of our credit facility, the convertible note holders’ willingness to amend or restructure the convertible notes, or our success in generating additional sources of capital in the near future.

As of September 30, 2011, our corporate rating and senior unsecured debt rating were Caa3 and Ca, respectively, as issued by Moody’s Investors Service. Moody’s outlook was “negative.” As of September 30, 2011, our corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings were CCC and CCC, respectively, as issued by Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”). S&P’s outlook on its rating was “negative.”

Our future cash requirements are also largely dependent upon the number and timing of projects included in our capital development plan, most of which are discretionary. The prices we receive for future oil and natural gas production and the level of production have a significant impact on our operating cash flows. Beyond the volumes for which we have entered into derivative contracts, we are unable to predict with any degree of certainty the prices we will receive for our future oil and gas production or the success of our exploration and development activities in generating additional production.

Cash Flows

During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we had an operating loss of $446.0 million, net cash provided by operating activities of $6.5 million, net cash used in investing activities of $5.2 million, and net cash used in financing activities of $13.4 million. During this period we spent $50.8 million on oil and gas development activities. At September 30, 2011, we had $2.1 million in cash and $12.0 million available under our credit facility, total assets of $554.3 million and a debt to capitalization ratio of 85.9%. Debt, excluding installments payable on property acquisition which are secured by restricted cash deposits and the DHS credit facility which is non-recourse to Delta, at September 30, 2011 totaled $282.9 million, comprised of $21.0 million of bank debt, $149.7 million of senior subordinated notes and $112.2 million of senior convertible notes. In accordance with applicable accounting rules, the senior convertible notes are recorded at a discount to their stated amount due of $115.0 million.

Results of Operations

The following discussion and analysis relates to items that have affected our results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. This analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes thereto included in this Form 10-Q.

Three Months Ended September 30, 2011 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2010

Net Loss Attributable to Delta Common Stockholders. Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders was $429.4 million, or $15.40 per diluted common share, for the three months ended September 30, 2011, compared to net income attributable to Delta common stockholders of $13.9 million, or $0.49 per diluted common share, for the three months ended September 30, 2010. There were a number of items affecting comparability between periods including dry hole costs and impairments, operating expenses, and discontinued operations, among others. Explanations of significant items affecting comparability between periods are discussed by financial statement caption below.

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Oil and Gas Sales. During the three months ended September 30, 2011, oil and gas sales increased 31% to $16.5 million, as compared to $12.7 million for the comparable period a year earlier. The increase was principally the result of a 33% increase in the natural gas price and a 22% increase in the oil price. The average natural gas price received during the three months ended September 30, 2011 increased to $5.91 per Mcf compared to $4.44 per Mcf for the year earlier period. The average oil price received during the three months ended September 30, 2011 increased to $71.45 per Bbl compared to $58.71 per Bbl for the prior year period.

Production and Cost Information

Production volumes, average prices received and cost per equivalent Mcf for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

	Three Months Ended
	September 30,
	2011		2010
Production – Continuing Operations:
Oil (Mbbl)		32		39
Gas (Mmcf)		2,418		2,327
Total Production (Mmcfe) – Continuing Operations		2,608		2,563
Average Price – Continuing Operations:
Oil (per barrel)	$	71.45	$	58.71
Gas (per Mcf)	$	5.91	$	4.44
Costs (per Mcfe) – Continuing Operations:
Lease operating expense	$	1.37	$	1.78
Transportation expense	$	1.29	$	1.29
Production taxes	$	0.24	$	0.26
Depletion expense	$	3.75	$	4.20
Realized derivative gain (loss) (per Mcfe)	$	0.03	$	(0.16	)

Lease Operating Expense. Lease operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2011 decreased to $3.6 million from $4.6 million in the prior year period primarily due to lower water handling costs in the Vega Area as a result of the resumption of development activities and improved water handling facilities. As a result, lease operating expenses per Mcfe in the Vega Area declined from $1.63 per Mcfe for the three months ended September 30, 2010 to $1.12 per Mcfe for the three months ended September 30, 2011. Overall, lease operating expense per Mcfe from continuing operations for the three months ended September 30, 2011 decreased to $1.37 per Mcfe from $1.78 per Mcfe.

Transportation Expense. Transportation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011 decreased to $3.4 million from $3.3 million in the prior year. Transportation expense per Mcfe held constant at $1.29 per Mcfe for the quarters ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.

Production Taxes. Production taxes for the three months ended September 30, 2011 were $633,000, as compared to prior year costs of $667,000. Production taxes as a percentage of oil and gas sales were 3.8% and 5.3% for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The decrease in the 2011 percentage was primarily due to a decrease in the effective Colorado severance tax rate.

Dry Hole Costs and Impairments. We incurred dry hole and impairment costs of $420.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $(1.2) million for the comparable period a year ago. During the three months ended September 30, 2011, proved and unproved property impairments to the Vega area of $420.1 million were recognized. During the three months ended September 30, 2010, dry hole and impairment costs were a result of minor cost true-ups.

Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Accretion. Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense decreased 7% to $10.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011, as compared to $11.5 million for the comparable year earlier period. Depletion expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011 decreased to $9.8 million from $10.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 primarily due to higher reserves as a result of our recent drilling and completion activity in the Vega Area. Accordingly, our depletion rate decreased from $4.20 per Mcfe for the three months ended September 30, 2010 to $3.75 per Mcfe for the current year period.

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General and Administrative Expense. General and administrative expense decreased 23% to $6.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011, as compared to $7.9 million for the comparable prior year period. The decrease in general and administrative expenses is attributed to a decrease in non-cash stock compensation expense and to reduced staffing as a result of attrition and a reduction in force in the third quarter of 2010 resulting in lower cash compensation expense.

Executive Severance Expense, Net. On July 6, 2010, John Wallace, the then President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director of the Company, resigned from all of his positions as director, officer and employee of the Company and any of its subsidiaries.  In conjunction with such resignation, the Company entered into a severance agreement with Mr. Wallace pursuant to which he agreed to (a) relinquish certain rights under his employment agreement, his change-in-control agreement, certain stock agreements, bonuses relating to past and pending transactions benefiting Delta, and certain other interests he might claim arising from his efforts in his previous capacities with the Company and its subsidiaries, and (b) make himself reasonably available to answer questions to facilitate an orderly transition.  Under the terms of his severance arrangement, the Company paid Mr. Wallace a lump sum of $1,600,000, paid him his salary for the full month in which his resignation occurred and for his accrued vacation days, reimbursed him for his reasonable business expenses incurred through the effective date of the agreement, and agreed to provide to him insurance benefits similar to his pre-resignation benefits for the period in which Mr. Wallace is entitled to receive COBRA coverage under applicable law. The severance agreement also contained mutual releases and non-disparagement provisions, as well as other customary terms. In addition, $2.3 million of equity compensation costs previously recorded in the consolidated financial statements related to performance shares forfeited prior to their derived service period being completed as a result of the severance agreement were reversed and reflected as a reduction of executive severance expense.

Interest Expense and Financing Costs, Net. Interest expense and financing costs, net decreased 11% to $6.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011, as compared to $7.6 million for the comparable year earlier period. The decrease is primarily related to a one-time write-down of deferred financing costs related to the borrowing base reduction in the third quarter 2010 and lower average debt balances.

Other Income (Expense). During the three months ended September 30, 2011, we entered into a settlement agreement with a third party to mutually release all claims associated with several prior agreements. In consideration of this settlement, we assigned our interest in the note receivable related to the sale of Delta Oilfield Tank Company (“DOTC”) to the third party. We recognized a loss of $1.6 million related to this settlement agreement.

Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivative Instruments, Net. During the three months ended September 30, 2011, we recognized a $79,000 gain associated with settlements on derivative contracts. During the three months ended September 30, 2010, we recognized a $418,000 loss associated with settlements on derivative contracts.

Unrealized Gain on Derivative Instruments, Net. We recognize mark-to-market gains or losses in current earnings instead of deferring those amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income. Accordingly, we recognized $6.7 million of unrealized gains on derivative instruments in other income and expense during the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $7.1 million of unrealized gains for the comparable prior year period.

Income Tax Expense. Due to our continued losses, we were required by the “more likely than not” threshold for assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets to record a valuation allowance for our deferred tax assets beginning with the second quarter of 2007. Our income tax expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 of $64,000 and $86,000, respectively, relates primarily to DHS, as no benefit was provided for our net operating losses.

Discontinued Operations. The results of operations relating to property interests sold in the 2011 Wapiti Transaction have been reflected as discontinued operations. During 2010, we sold our interests in the Howard Ranch and Laurel Ridge fields which are also included in discontinued operations.

During the three months ended March 31, 2011, DHS engaged transaction advisors to commence a strategic alternatives process focused on a sale of DHS or substantially all of its assets. As such, in accordance with accounting standards, the results of operations relating to DHS have been reflected as discontinued operations.

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The following table shows the oil and gas segment and drilling segment revenues and expenses included in discontinued operations for the above mentioned oil and gas properties for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended									Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2011									September 30, 2010
	Oil & Gas			Drilling			Total			Oil & Gas		Drilling			Total
Revenues:
Oil and gas sales	$	197		$	—		$	197		$	8,924	$	—		$	8,924
Contract drilling and trucking fees(1)		—			14,757			14,757			—		15,204			15,204
Total Revenues		197			14,757			14,954			8,924		15,204			24,128
Operating Expenses:
Lease operating expense		(212	)		—			(212	)		1,843		—			1,843
Transportation expense		(28	)		—			(28	)		270		—			270
Production taxes		(35	)		—			(35	)		446		—			446
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion – oil and gas		—			—			—			2,921		—			2,921
Impairment provision(2)		—			—			—			902		—			902
Drilling and trucking operating expenses(3)		—			11,086			11,086			—		12,041			12,041
Depreciation and amortization – drilling and trucking(4)		—			—			—			—		4,801			4,801
General and administrative expense		—			722			722			—		2,473			2,473
Total operating expenses		(275	)		11,808			11,533			6,382		19,315			25,697
Operating income (loss)		472			2,949			3,421			2,542		(4,111	)		(1,569	)
Other income and (expense):
Interest expense and financing costs, net		—			(2,075	)		(2,075	)		—		(1,743	)		(1,743	)
Other income (expense)		—			137			137			—		(544	)		(544	)
Total other income and (expense)		—			(1,938	)		(1,938	)		—		(2,287	)		(2,287	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		472			1,011			1,483			2,542		(6,398	)		(3,856	)
Income tax expense(5)		(174	)		—			(174	)		—		—			—
Income (loss) from results of operations of discontinued operations, net of tax		298			1,011			1,309			2,542		(6,398	)		(3,856	)
Gain on sales of discontinued operations, net of tax(6)		—			—			—			28,910		—			28,910
Gain (loss) from results of operations and sale of discontinued operations, net of tax	$	298		$	1,011		$	1,309		$	31,452	$	(6,398	)	$	25,054

(1)	Contract Drilling and Trucking Fees. Contract drilling and trucking fees for the three months ended September 30, 2011 decreased to $14.8 million compared to $15.2 million in the prior year. The decrease is the result of lower third party rig utilization in the three months ended September 30, 2011 resulting from a decreased industry demand attributable to lower commodity prices.
(2)	Impairment provision. In accordance with accounting standards, the impairment loss relating to certain properties held for sale at September 30, 2010 in conjunction with the 2010 Wapiti Transaction were reflected as discontinued operations.
(3)	Drilling and Trucking Operations. Drilling expense decreased to $11.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $12.0 million for the comparable prior year period. This decrease is due to lower third party rig utilization during the current year period.
(4)	Depreciation and Amortization – Drilling and Trucking. Depreciation and amortization expense – drilling decreased to zero for the three months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to $4.8 million for the comparable year earlier period. The decrease is due to not recording depreciation expense beginning in March 2011 in accordance with accounting rules related to the asset held for sale treatment of DHS.
(5)	Income tax benefit. For the three months ended September 30, 2011, we recorded a tax benefit of $174,000 due to a non-cash income tax benefit related to income from discontinued oil and gas operations. Generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, require all items be considered, including items recorded in discontinued operations, in determining the amount of tax benefit that results from a loss from continuing operations that should be allocated to continuing operations. In accordance with GAAP, we recorded a tax benefit on our loss from continuing operations, which was exactly offset by income tax expense on discontinued operations.
(6)	Gain on sales of discontinued operations – oil and gas. On July 30, 2010, the we closed on a transaction with Wapiti Oil & Gas to sell our remaining interests in various non-core assets primarily located in Texas and Wyoming for gross cash proceeds of approximately $130.0 million. In accordance with accounting standards, we recognized a $29.6 million gain on sale for the three months ended September 30, 2010 that is reflected in discontinued operations. On August 27, 2010, we closed on the Howard Ranch sale for cash proceeds of $550,000, recognizing a loss on sale of $687,000 in accordance with accounting standards.

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

Net Loss Attributable to Delta Common Stockholders. Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders was $458.2 million, or $16.33 per diluted common share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, compared to a net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders of $148.6 million, or $5.40 per diluted common share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. There were a number of items affecting comparability between periods including dry hole costs and impairments, operating expenses, unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments, and discontinued operations. Explanations of significant items affecting comparability between periods are discussed by financial statement caption below.

Oil and Gas Sales. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, oil and gas sales increased 8% to $51.1 million, as compared to $47.1 million for the comparable period a year earlier. The increase in oil and gas sales was the result of a 33% increase in oil prices and a 6% increase in gas prices. The average natural gas price received during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased to $5.50 per Mcf compared to $5.17 per Mcf for the year earlier period. The average oil price received during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased to $79.13 per Bbl compared to $59.32 per Bbl for the year earlier period.

Production and Cost Information

Production volumes, average prices received and cost per equivalent Mcf for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 are as follows:

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2011			2010
Production – Continuing Operations:
Oil (Mbbl)		108			125
Gas (Mmcf)		7,741			7,678
Total Production (Mmcfe) – Continuing Operations		8,392			8,428
Average Price – Continuing Operations:
Oil (per barrel)	$	79.13		$	59.32
Gas (per Mcf)	$	5.50		$	5.17
Costs (per Mcfe) – Continuing Operations:
Lease operating expense	$	1.26		$	1.79
Transportation expense	$	1.30		$	1.30
Production taxes	$	0.25		$	0.28
Depletion expense	$	3.69		$	3.93
Realized derivative losses (per Mcfe)	$	(0.64	)	$	(0.61	)

Lease Operating Expense. Lease operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 decreased 30% to $10.5 million as compared to $15.1 million in the year earlier period. The decrease is primarily due to lower water handling costs in the Vega Area as a result of the resumption of development activities and improved water handling facilities. As a result, lease operating expense per Mcfe in the Vega Area declined from $1.70 per Mcfe for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 to $0.95 per Mcfe for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. Overall, lease operating expense per Mcfe from continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 decreased to $1.26 per Mcfe from $1.79 per Mcfe for the comparable year earlier period.

Transportation Expense. Transportation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was $10.9 million. Transportation expense per Mcfe for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 held constant at $1.30 per Mcfe.

Production Taxes. Production taxes for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 were $2.1 million, or 11% lower than prior year costs of $2.4 million. Production taxes as a percentage of oil and gas sales were 4.1% and 5.0% for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The decrease in the 2011 percentage was primarily due to a decrease in the effective Colorado severance tax rate.

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Dry Hole Costs and Impairments. We incurred dry hole and impairment costs of $420.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $29.8 million for the comparable period a year ago. During the three months ended September 30, 2011, proved and unproved property impairments to the Vega area of $420.1 million were recognized. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, dry hole and impairment costs primarily related to unproved property impairments of $25.7 million for the Columbia River Basin, Hingeline, Howard Ranch, Bull Canyon, Garden Gulch, Delores River and Haynesville shale prospects and a $4.8 million impairment of our Paradox pipeline.

Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Accretion. Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense decreased 6% to $33.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, as compared to $35.4 million for the comparable year earlier period. Depletion expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was $31.0 million compared to $33.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Our depletion rate decreased from $3.93 per Mcfe for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 to $3.69 per Mcfe for the current year period primarily due to higher reserves as a result of our recent drilling and completion activity in the Vega Area.

General and Administrative Expense. General and administrative expense decreased 33% to $19.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, as compared to $28.8 million for the comparable prior year period. The decrease in general and administrative expenses is attributed to a decrease in non-cash stock compensation expense, lower corporate consulting fees and to reduced staffing as a result of attrition and a reduction in force during 2010 resulting in lower cash compensation expense.

Executive Severance Expense, Net. On July 6, 2010, John Wallace, the then President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director of the Company, resigned from all of his positions as director, officer and employee of the Company and any of its subsidiaries.  In conjunction with such resignation, the Company entered into a severance agreement with Mr. Wallace pursuant to which he agreed to (a) relinquish certain rights under his employment agreement, his change-in-control agreement, certain stock agreements, bonuses relating to past and pending transactions benefiting Delta, and certain other interests he might claim arising from his efforts in his previous capacities with the Company and its subsidiaries, and (b) make himself reasonably available to answer questions to facilitate an orderly transition.  Under the terms of his severance arrangement, the Company paid Mr. Wallace a lump sum of $1,600,000, paid him his salary for the full month in which his resignation occurred and for his accrued vacation days, reimbursed him for his reasonable business expenses incurred through the effective date of the agreement, and agreed to provide to him insurance benefits similar to his pre-resignation benefits for the period in which Mr. Wallace is entitled to receive COBRA coverage under applicable law. The severance agreement also contained mutual releases and non-disparagement provisions, as well as other customary terms. In addition, $2.3 million of equity compensation costs previously recorded in the consolidated financial statements related to performance shares forfeited prior to their derived service period being completed as a result of the severance agreement were reversed and reflected as a reduction of executive severance expense.

Interest Expense and Financing Costs, Net. Interest and financing costs, net decreased 10% to $21.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, as compared to $24.1 million for the comparable year earlier period. The decrease is primarily related to lower average outstanding credit facility balances during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and a write-off of deferred financing fees in 2010 related to the borrowing base reduction.

Other Income (Expense). During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we entered into a settlement agreement with a third party to mutually release all claims associated with several prior agreements. In consideration of this settlement, we assigned our interest in the note receivable related to the sale of Delta Oilfield Tank Company (“DOTC”) to the third party. We recognized a loss of $1.6 million related to this settlement agreement.

Realized Loss on Derivative Instruments, Net. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we recognized a $5.4 million loss associated with settlements on derivative contracts compared to a $5.1 million loss for the comparable prior year period. Included in the September 30, 2011 loss was $3.3 million paid to settle a portion of our oil derivative contracts outstanding from July 2011 to December 2013 as a requirement to the amended MBL Credit Agreement completed in conjunction with the 2011 Wapiti Transaction.

Unrealized Gain on Derivative Instruments, Net. We recognize mark-to-market gains or losses in current earnings instead of deferring those amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income. Accordingly, we recognized $4.1 million of unrealized gains on derivative instruments in other income and expense during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to a gain of $28.1 million for the comparable prior year period.

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Income Tax Expense (Benefit). Due to our continued losses, we were required by the “more likely than not” threshold for assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, to record a valuation allowance for our deferred tax assets beginning with the second quarter of 2007. Our income tax expense (benefit) for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 of $(4.6 million) and $564,000, respectively, relates primarily to DHS, as no benefit was provided for our net operating losses. Included in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was a current tax benefit related to a tax refund received as a result of a tax law change that allowed us to carry-back operating losses to a period in which we previously paid tax.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we recorded a tax benefit of $5.0 million due to a non-cash income tax benefit related to income from discontinued operations and gains from the sale of discontinued oil and gas operations. Generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, require all items be considered, including items recorded in discontinued operations, in determining the amount of tax benefit that results from a loss from continuing operations that should be allocated to continuing operations. In accordance with GAAP, we recorded a tax benefit on our loss from continuing operations, which was exactly offset by income tax expense on discontinued operations. Our net deferred tax position at September 30, 2011 is not impacted by this tax allocation.

Discontinued Operations. During the third quarter of 2010, we closed the 2010 Wapiti Transaction to sell all or a portion of our interest in various non-core assets primarily located in Colorado, Texas, and Wyoming for gross proceeds of $130.0 million. During the three months ended June 30, 2011, we closed the 2011 Wapiti Transaction, selling the remaining portion of our interests in non-core assets located in Texas and Wyoming for gross cash proceeds of approximately $43.2 million. In accordance with accounting standards, the results of operations relating to these properties have been reflected as discontinued operations for all periods presented.

In separate transactions, we sold our interests in the Howard Ranch and Laurel Ridge fields and have included these properties as discontinued operations as well.

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During the three months ended March 31, 2011, DHS engaged transaction advisors to commence a strategic alternatives process, focused on a sale of DHS or substantially all of its assets. As such, in accordance with accounting standards, the results of operations relating to DHS have been reflected as discontinued operations.

The following table shows the oil and gas segment and drilling segment revenues and expenses included in discontinued operations for the above mentioned oil and gas properties for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2011									September 30, 2010
	Oil & Gas			Drilling			Total			Oil & Gas			Drilling			Total
Revenues:
Oil and gas sales	$	10,131		$	—		$	10,131		$	37,219		$	—		$	37,219
Contract drilling and trucking fees(1)		—			41,150			41,150			—			36,200			36,200
Total Revenues		10,131			41,150			51,281			37,219			36,200			73,419
Operating Expenses:
Lease operating expense		2,305			—			2,305			8,497			—			8,497
Transportation expense		(6	)		—			(6	)		1,714			—			1,714
Production taxes		367			—			367			2,013			—			2,013
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion – oil and gas		2,795			—			2,795			23,966			—			23,966
Impairment provision(2)		—			—			—			93,260			—			93,260
Drilling and trucking operating expenses(3)		—			33,593			33,593			—			28,053			28,053
Depreciation and amortization – drilling and trucking(4)		—			2,669			2,669			—			15,599			15,599
General and administrative expense		—			2,806			2,806			—			4,602			4,602
Total operating expenses		5,461			39,068			44,529			129,450			48,254			177,704
Operating income (loss)		4,670			2,082			6,752			(92,231	)		(12,054	)		(104,285	)
Other income and (expense):
Interest expense and financing costs, net		—			(6,204	)		(6,204	)		—			(5,376	)		(5,376	)
Other income (expense)		—			2,625			2,625			—			(893	)		(893	)
Total other income and (expense)		—			(3,579	)		(3,579	)		—			(6,269	)		(6,269	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		4,670			(1,497	)		3,173			(92,231	)		(18,323	)		(110,554	)
Income tax expense(5)		(1,724	)		—			(1,724	)		—			—			—
Income (loss) from results of operations of discontinued operations, net of tax		2,946			(1,497	)		1,449			(92,231	)		(18,323	)		(110,554	)
Gain on sales of discontinued operations(6)		5,643			—			5,643			28,910			—			28,910
Gain (loss) from results of operations and sale of discontinued operations, net of tax	$	8,589		$	(1,497	)	$	7,092		$	(63,321	)	$	(18,323	)	$	(81,644	)

(1)	Contract Drilling and Trucking Fees. Contract drilling and trucking fees for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 increased to $41.2 million compared to $36.2 million in the prior year. The increase is the result of improved third party rig utilization in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 resulting from an increased industry demand attributable to improved commodity prices.
(2)	Impairment provision. In accordance with accounting standards, the impairment loss relating to certain properties held for sale at September 30, 2010 in conjunction with the 2010 Wapiti Transaction were reflected as discontinued operations.
(3)	Drilling and Trucking Operations. Drilling expense increased to $33.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to $28.1 million for the comparable prior year period. This increase is due to improved third party rig utilization during the current year period.
(4)	Depreciation and Amortization – Drilling and Trucking. Depreciation and amortization expense – drilling decreased to $2.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to $15.6 million for the comparable year earlier period. The decrease is due to not recording depreciation expense beginning in March 2011 in accordance with accounting rules related to the asset held for sale treatment of DHS.
(5)	Income tax benefit. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we recorded a tax expense of $1.7 million due to a non-cash income tax benefit related to income from discontinued oil and gas operations. Generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, require all items be considered, including items recorded in discontinued operations, in determining the amount of tax benefit that results from a loss from continuing operations that should be allocated to continuing operations. In accordance with GAAP, we recorded a tax benefit on our loss from continuing operations, which was exactly offset by income tax expense on discontinued operations. Our net deferred tax position at September 30, 2011 is not impacted by this tax allocation.
(6)	Gain on sales of discontinued operations – oil and gas. On June 28, 2011, we closed on a transaction with Wapiti Oil & Gas to sell our remaining interests in various non-core assets primarily located in Texas and Wyoming (the “2011 Wapiti Transaction”) for gross cash proceeds of approximately $43.2 million. In accordance with accounting standards, we recognized a $5.6 million gain on sale ($8.9 million gain, net of $3.3 million of tax) for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 that is reflected in discontinued operations. Gain on sales of discontinued operations – drilling. In June 2011, DHS sold substantially all of its Chapman Trucking assets for $3.3 million in proceeds and a gain of $2.9 million. Proceeds were used to reduce DHS bank debt.

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Historical Cash Flow

Our cash provided by (used in) operating activities increased to $6.5 million provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 from cash used in operating activities of $26.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The significant increase in operating cash flow is primarily the result of changes in working capital. Our net cash used in investing activities decreased to $5.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to net cash provided by investing activities of $94.8 million for the comparable prior year period primarily due to a significant decrease in proceeds received from the sale of oil and gas properties and an increase in drilling and completion cost. Cash used in financing activities decreased to $13.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 from cash used in financing activities of $116.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we made net bank debt payments of $11.4 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2010, we made net bank debt payments of $114.2 million.

Capital and Exploration Expenditures

Our capital and exploration expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 were as follows (in thousands):

	2011		2010
CAPITAL AND EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES:
Property acquisitions:
Unproved	$	519	$	388
Proved		—		—
Oil and gas properties		40,838		27,199
Drilling and trucking equipment		1,528		2,048
Pipeline and gathering systems		118		6,895
Total (1)	$	43,003	$	36,530

⁽¹⁾   Capital expenditures in the table above are presented on an accrual basis. Additions to property and equipment in the consolidated statement of cash flows reflect capital expenditures on a cash basis, when payments are made.

Contractual and Long-term Debt Obligations

7% Senior Unsecured Notes, due 2015

On March 15, 2005, we issued 7% senior unsecured notes for an aggregate amount of $150.0 million which pay interest semi-annually on April 1 and October 1 and mature in 2015. The notes were issued at 99.50% of par and the associated discount is being amortized to interest expense over the term of the notes. The indenture governing the notes contains various restrictive covenants that may limit our ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, make certain investments, sell assets, consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of our assets and the assets of our restricted subsidiaries. These covenants may limit management’s discretion in operating our business and in addressing our current liquidity issues, as discussed above.

3³/4% Senior Convertible Notes, due 2037

On April 25, 2007, we issued $115.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3³/4% Senior Convertible Notes due 2037 for net proceeds of $111.6 million after underwriters’ discounts and commissions of approximately $3.4 million. The remaining discount will be amortized through May 1, 2012 when the holders of the convertible notes can first require us to purchase all or a portion of the convertible notes. The convertible notes bear interest at a rate of 3³/4% per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears, on May 1 and November 1 of each year. Combined with the amortization of debt discount, the convertible notes have an effective interest rate of approximately 8.0% and 7.8% with total interest costs of $2.3 million and $2.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and interest costs of $6.8 million and $6.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The convertible notes will mature on May 1, 2037 unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. The holders of the convertible notes have the right to require us to purchase all or a portion of the convertible notes on May 1, 2012, May 1, 2017, May 1, 2022, May 1, 2027, and May 1, 2032. The convertible notes will be convertible at the holder’s option, in whole or in part, at an initial conversion rate of 3.296 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of convertible notes (equivalent to a

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conversion price of approximately $303.40 per share) at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the final maturity date of the convertible notes, subject to prior repurchase of the convertible notes. The conversion rate may be adjusted from time to time in certain instances. Upon conversion of a note, we will have the option to deliver shares of our common stock, cash or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock for the convertible notes surrendered. In addition, following certain fundamental changes that occur prior to maturity, we will increase the conversion rate for a holder who elects to convert its convertible notes in connection with such fundamental changes by a number of additional shares of common stock. Although the convertible notes do not contain any financial covenants, the convertible notes contain covenants that require us to properly make payments of principal and interest, provide certain reports, certificates and notices to the trustee under various circumstances, cause our wholly-owned subsidiaries to become guarantors of the debt, maintain an office or agency where the convertible notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, continue our corporate existence, pay taxes and other claims, and not seek protection from the debt under any applicable usury laws.

Credit Facility – Delta

The MBL Credit Agreement, as amended, provides for a revolving loan and a term loan, each with a maturity date of January 31, 2012, as described above. The MBL Credit Agreement includes terms and covenants that place limitations on certain types of activities, including restrictions or requirements with respect to additional debt, liens, asset sales, hedging activities, investments, dividends, mergers and acquisitions, and includes various financial covenants.

Under certain conditions, amounts outstanding under the credit facility may be accelerated. Bankruptcy and insolvency events with respect to us or certain of our subsidiaries (excluding DHS) would result in an automatic acceleration of the indebtedness under the credit facility. Subject to notice and cure periods in certain cases, other events of default under the credit facility would result in acceleration of the indebtedness at the option of the lending banks. Such other events of default include non-payment, breach of warranty, non-performance of obligations under the credit facility (including financial covenants), default on other indebtedness, certain pension plan events, certain adverse judgments, change of control, and a failure of the liens securing the credit facility.

This facility is secured by a first and prior lien to the lending bank on most of our oil and gas properties, certain related equipment, and oil and gas inventory.

Credit Facility – DHS

The DHS credit facility debt of $71.9 million at September 30, 2011 is included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as a component of liabilities related to assets held for sale. The DHS credit facility is non-recourse to Delta. Subsequent to quarter end, we sold our stock in DHS to DHS’s lender, LCPI, for $500,000.

Other Contractual Obligations

Our asset retirement obligation arises from the costs necessary to plug and abandon our oil and gas wells. The majority of the expenditures related to this obligation will not occur during the next five years.

We lease our corporate office in Denver, Colorado under an operating lease which will expire in 2014. Our average yearly payments approximate $952,000 over the term of the lease. We have additional operating lease commitments which represent office equipment leases and lease obligations primarily relating to field vehicles and equipment.

We had a net derivative asset of $1.1 million at September 30, 2011. The ultimate settlement amounts of these derivative instruments are unknown because they are subject to continuing market fluctuations. See Item 3. “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” for more information regarding our derivative instruments.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations were based on the consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 3 to our consolidated

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financial statements. We have identified certain of these policies as being of particular importance to the portrayal of our financial position and results of operations and which require the application of significant judgment by management. We analyze our estimates, including those related to oil and gas reserves, bad debts, oil and gas properties, income taxes, derivatives, contingencies and litigation, and base our estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our financial statements.

Successful Efforts Method of Accounting

We account for our natural gas and crude oil exploration and development activities utilizing the successful efforts method of accounting. Under this method, costs of productive exploratory wells, development dry holes and productive wells and undeveloped leases are capitalized. Oil and gas lease acquisition costs are also capitalized. Exploration costs, including personnel costs, certain geological and geophysical expenses and delay rentals for gas and oil leases, are charged to expense as incurred. Exploratory drilling costs are initially capitalized but charged to expense if and when the well is determined not to have found reserves in commercial quantities. The sale of a partial interest in a proved property is accounted for as a cost recovery and no gain or loss is recognized as long as this treatment does not significantly affect the unit-of-production amortization rate. A gain or loss is recognized for all other sales of producing properties.

The application of the successful efforts method of accounting requires managerial judgment to determine the proper classification of wells designated as developmental or exploratory which will ultimately determine the proper accounting treatment of the costs incurred. The results from a drilling operation can take considerable time to analyze, and the determination that commercial reserves have been discovered requires both judgment and industry experience. Wells may be completed that are assumed to be productive and actually deliver gas and oil in quantities insufficient to be economic, which may result in the abandonment of the wells at a later date. Wells are drilled that have targeted geologic structures that are both developmental and exploratory in nature, and an allocation of costs is required to properly account for the results. Delineation seismic costs incurred to select development locations within an oil and gas field are typically considered development costs and are capitalized, but often these seismic programs extend beyond the reserve area considered proved, and management must estimate the portion of the seismic costs to expense. The evaluation of gas and oil leasehold acquisition costs requires managerial judgment to estimate the fair value of these costs with reference to drilling activity in a given area. Drilling activities in an area by other companies may also effectively condemn leasehold positions.

The successful efforts method of accounting can have a significant impact on the operational results reported when we are entering a new exploratory area in hopes of finding a gas and oil field that will be the focus of future development drilling activity. The initial exploratory wells may be unsuccessful and will be expensed. Seismic costs can be substantial which will result in additional exploration expenses when incurred.

Reserve Estimates

Estimates of gas and oil reserves, by necessity, are projections based on geologic and engineering data, and there are uncertainties inherent in the interpretation of such data as well as the projection of future rates of production and the timing of development expenditures. Reserve engineering is a subjective process of estimating underground accumulations of gas and oil that are difficult to measure. The accuracy of any reserve estimate is a function of the quality of available data, engineering and geological interpretation and judgment. Estimates of economically recoverable gas and oil reserves and future net cash flows necessarily depend upon a number of variable factors and assumptions, such as historical production from the area compared with production from other producing areas, the assumed effects of regulations by governmental agencies and assumptions governing future gas and oil prices, the availability and cost of capital to develop the reserves, future operating costs, severance taxes, development costs and workover gas costs, all of which may in fact vary considerably from actual results. The future drilling costs associated with reserves assigned to proved undeveloped locations may ultimately increase to an extent that these reserves may be later determined to be uneconomic. For these reasons, estimates of the economically recoverable quantities of gas and oil attributable to any particular group of properties, classifications of such reserves based on risk of recovery, and estimates of the future net cash flows expected therefrom may vary substantially. Any significant variance in the assumptions could materially affect the estimated quantity and value of the reserves, which could affect the carrying value of our gas and oil properties and/or the rate of depletion of the gas and oil properties. Actual production, revenues and expenditures with respect to our reserves will likely vary from estimates, and such variances may be material.

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Impairment of Gas and Oil Properties

We review our oil and gas properties for impairment quarterly or whenever events and circumstances indicate a decline in the recoverability of their carrying value. We estimate the expected future cash flows of our developed proved properties and compare such future cash flows to the carrying amount of the proved properties to determine if the carrying amount is recoverable. If the carrying amount exceeds the estimated undiscounted future cash flows, we will adjust the carrying amount of the oil and gas properties to their fair value. The factors used to determine fair value include, but are not limited to, estimates of proved reserves, future commodity pricing, future production estimates, anticipated capital expenditures and production costs, and a discount rate commensurate with the risk associated with realizing the expected cash flows projected.

Given the complexities associated with gas and oil reserve estimates and the history of price volatility in the gas and oil markets, events may arise that would require us to record an impairment of the recorded book values associated with gas and oil properties. For proved properties, the review consists of a comparison of the carrying value of the asset with the asset’s expected future undiscounted cash flows without interest costs. For the nine months ended 2010, the expected future undiscounted cash flows of the assets exceeded the carrying value of the corresponding asset and as such no impairment provisions were recognized.

For unproved properties, the need for an impairment charge is based on our plans for future development and other activities impacting the life of the property and our ability to recover our investment. When we believe the costs of the unproved property are no longer recoverable, an impairment charge is recorded based on the estimated fair value of the property. For the nine months ended 2010, no significant impairments were recorded.

During the three months ended September 30, 2011, we evaluated the fair value of our properties based on market indicators in conjunction with the progression of the strategic alternatives evaluation process. We have not received any definitive offer with respect to an acquisition of the Company or its assets that implies a value of the assets that is greater than our aggregate indebtedness. As a result, we recorded an impairment of $157.5 million to our Vega unproved leasehold, $239.8 million to our Vega area proved properties, $20.5 million to our Vega area gathering system and facilities, and $2.1 million to our Vega area surface acreage.

Commodity Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

We may periodically enter into commodity derivative contracts or fixed-price physical contracts to manage our exposure to oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids price volatility. We primarily utilize futures contracts, swaps or options, which are generally placed with major financial institutions or with counterparties of high credit quality that we believe represent minimal credit risks.

All derivative instruments are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value which must be estimated using complex valuation models. We recognize mark-to-market gains and losses in current earnings instead of deferring those amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income. The fair value of our oil derivative instruments was an asset of $919,000, the fair value of our gas derivative instruments was an asset of $3.8 million, and the fair value of our natural gas liquids derivative instruments was a liability of $3.6 million at September 30, 2011. We classify the fair value amounts of derivative assets and liabilities executed under master netting arrangements as net derivative assets or net derivative liabilities, whichever the case may be, by commodity and master netting counterparty. The discount rates used to determine the fair value of these derivative instruments include a measure of non-performance risk by both Delta and the counterparty, and, accordingly, the liability reflected is less than the actual cash expected to be paid upon settlement based on forward prices as of September 30, 2011. The pre-credit risk adjusted fair value of our net derivative assets as of September 30, 2011 was $684,000. A credit risk adjustment of $460,000 to the fair value of the derivatives caused the reported amount of the net derivative assets on our consolidated balance sheet to be $1.1 million.

Asset Retirement Obligation

We account for our asset retirement obligations under applicable FASB guidance which requires entities to record the fair value of a liability for retirement obligations of acquired assets. Our asset retirement obligations arise from the plugging

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and abandonment liabilities for our oil and gas wells. The fair value is estimated based on a variety of assumptions including discount and inflation rates and estimated costs and timing to plug and abandon wells.

Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance

We use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax effects attributable to temporary differences and carryforwards. Ultimately, realization of a deferred tax benefit depends on the existence of sufficient taxable income within the carryback/carryforward period to absorb future deductible temporary differences or a carryforward. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management must consider whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Management considers all available evidence (both positive and negative) in determining whether a valuation allowance is required. Such evidence includes the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment, and judgment is required in considering the relative weight of negative and positive evidence. As a result of management’s current assessment, we maintain a significant valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets. We will continue to monitor facts and circumstances in our reassessment of the likelihood that operating loss carryforwards and other deferred tax attributes will be utilized prior to their expiration. As a result, we may determine that the deferred tax asset valuation allowance should be increased or decreased. Such changes would impact net income through offsetting changes in income tax expense or benefit.

Forward Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”).

We are including the following discussion to inform our existing and potential security holders generally of some of the risks and uncertainties that can affect us and to take advantage of the “safe harbor” protection for forward-looking statements afforded under federal securities laws. From time to time, our management or persons acting on our behalf make forward-looking statements to inform existing and potential security holders about us. Forward-looking statements are generally accompanied by words such as “estimate,” “project,” “propose,” “potential,” “predict,” “forecast,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “goal” or other words that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. Except for statements of historical or present facts, all other statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements may appear in a number of places and include statements with respect to, among other things: business objectives and strategies, including our focus on the Vega Area of the Piceance Basin, as well as statements regarding intended value creation; operating strategies; our strategic alternatives process; anticipated restructuring of our indebtedness, including the possibility of a Chapter 11 restructuring; our expectation that we will have adequate cash from operations, credit facility borrowings and other capital sources to maintain current debt service obligations, capital expenditure and working capital requirements through January 2012; anticipated operating costs; potential sources of long-term capital or potential corporate transactions such as a sale of the company; acquisition and divestiture strategies; completion and drilling activity and timing, expectations, processes and emphasis; expected future revenues and earnings, and results of operations; future capital, development and exploration expenditures (including the amount and nature thereof); estimated gain for the fourth quarter 2011 in connection with the divestiture of DHS; impact of the adoption of new accounting standards and our financial and accounting systems and analysis programs; anticipated compliance with and impact of laws and regulations; anticipated results and impact of litigation and other legal proceedings; and effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.

These statements by their nature are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions and will be influenced by various factors. Should any of the assumptions underlying a forward-looking statement prove incorrect, actual results could vary materially. In some cases, information regarding certain important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement appears together with such statement. In addition, the factors described under Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates and Risk Factors, as well as other possible factors not listed, could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the following:

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• uncertainty regarding the outcome of our strategic alternatives process and the impact of such process on our business;

• our short-term liquidity issues and the likelihood of a restructuring of our indebtedness;

• deviations in and volatility of the market prices of both crude oil and natural gas produced by us;

• the availability of capital on an economic basis, or at all, to fund our required payments under our senior credit facility, the expected mandatory redemption of our convertible notes, our working capital needs, and drilling and leasehold acquisition programs, including through potential joint ventures and asset monetization transactions;

• lower natural gas and oil prices negatively affecting our ability to borrow or raise capital, or enter into joint venture arrangements and potentially requiring accelerated repayment of amounts borrowed under our revolving credit facility;

• declines in the values of our natural gas and oil properties resulting in write-downs;

• the impact of current economic and financial conditions on our ability to raise capital;

• the results of exploratory drilling activities;

• expiration of oil and natural gas leases that are not held by production;

• uncertainties in the estimation of proved reserves and in the projection of future rates of production;

• timing, amount, and marketability of production;

• third party curtailment, or processing plant or pipeline capacity constraints beyond our control;

• our ability to find, acquire, develop, produce and market production from new properties;

• the availability of borrowings under our credit facility;

• effectiveness of management strategies and decisions;

• the strength and financial resources of our competitors;

• climatic conditions;

• changes in the legal and/or regulatory environment and/or changes in accounting standards policies and practices or related interpretations by auditors or regulatory entities;

• unanticipated recovery or production problems, including cratering, explosions, fires and uncontrollable flows of oil, gas or well fluids;

• the timing, effects and success of our acquisitions, dispositions and exploration and development activities;

• our ability to fully utilize income tax net operating loss and credit carry-forwards; and

• the ability and willingness of counterparties to our commodity derivative contracts, if any, to perform their obligations.

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Many of these factors are beyond our ability to control or predict. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the general or specific factors that may affect us.

All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which it is made or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances.

We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We urge you to carefully review and consider the disclosures made in this Form 10-Q and our reports filed with the SEC that attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Market Rate and Price Risk

We actively manage our exposure to commodity price fluctuations by hedging meaningful portions of our expected production through the use of derivatives, which may from time to time include costless collars, swaps, or puts. The level of our hedging activity and the duration of the instruments employed depend upon our view of market conditions, available hedge prices and our operating strategy. We use hedges to limit the risk of fluctuating cash flows that fund our capital expenditure program. We also may use hedges in conjunction with acquisitions to achieve expected economic returns during the payout period.

The following table summarizes our open derivative contracts at September 30, 2011:

								Net Fair Value
						Remaining		Asset (Liability) at
Commodity	Volume			Fixed Price		Term	Index Price	September 30, 2011
								(In thousands)
Crude oil		203	Bbls / Day	$	57.70	Oct ’11 - Dec ’11	NYMEX – WTI	$	(425	)
Crude oil		62	Bbls / Day	$	91.05	Oct ’11 - Dec ’11	NYMEX – WTI		56
Crude oil		230	Bbls / Day	$	91.05	Jan ’12 - Dec ’12	NYMEX – WTI		843
Crude oil		162	Bbls / Day	$	91.05	Jan ’13 - Dec ’13	NYMEX – WTI		446
Natural gas		12,000	MMBtu / Day	$	5.150	Oct ’11 - Dec ’11	CIG		1,637
Natural gas		3,253	MMBtu / Day	$	5.040	Oct ’11 - Dec ’11	CIG		411
Natural gas		12,052	MMBtu / Day	$	4.440	Jan ’12 - Dec ’12	CIG		1,993
Natural gas		10,301	MMBtu / Day	$	4.440	Jan ’13 - Dec ’13	CIG		(208	)
Natural gas liquids(1)		34,367	Gallons / Day	$	0.913	Oct ’11 - Dec ’11	MT. BELVIEU		(921	)
Natural gas liquids(1)		30,617	Gallons / Day	$	0.832	Jan ’12 - Dec ’12	MT. BELVIEU		(2,114	)
Natural gas liquids(1)		12,286	Gallons / Day	$	0.767	Jan ’13 - Dec ’13	MT. BELVIEU		(574	)
								$	1,144

⁽¹⁾   Natural gas liquids includes purity ethane, propane, natural gasoline, normal butane and isobutene derivatives and the weighted average price is used.

Assuming production and the percent of oil and gas sold remained unchanged for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, a hypothetical 10% decline in the average market price we realized during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 on unhedged production would reduce our oil and natural gas revenues by approximately $5.1 million.

Interest Rate Risk

We were subject to interest rate risk on $21.0 million of variable rate debt obligations at September 30, 2011. The annual effect of a 10% change in interest rates on the debt would be approximately $247,000.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2011, to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted by us under the Exchange Act (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in SEC rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow appropriate decisions on a timely basis regarding required disclosure.

Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of our operations in the normal course of our business.  As of the date of this report, no legal proceedings are pending against us that we believe individually or collectively could have a materially adverse effect upon our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows, except as follows:

We formerly owned a 2.41934% working interest in OCS Lease 320 in the Sword Unit, offshore California, and Amber Resources Company (“Amber”) formerly owned a 0.97953% working interest in the same lease.  Lease 320 was conveyed back to the United States at the conclusion of the previous litigation with the government (Amber Resources Co., et al. vs. United States, Civ. Act. No. 2-30 filed in the United States Court of Federal Claims) when the courts determined that the government had breached that lease (among others) and was liable to the working interest owners for damages; however, the government now contends that the former working interest owners are still obligated to permanently plug and abandon an exploratory well that was drilled on the lease and to clear the well site. The former operator of the lease commenced litigation against the government in United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Noble Energy Corp. vs. Kenneth L. Salazar, Secretary United States Department of the Interior, et al No. 1:09-cv-02013-EGS) seeking a declaratory judgment that the former working interest owners are not responsible for these costs as a result of the government’s breach of the lease. On April 22, 2011, the Court entered a judgment in favor of the government, ruling that the working interest owners jointly and severally share the responsibility to permanently plug and abandon the subject well, and that this duty was not discharged by the government’s breach of contract. On May 11, 2011, the former operator filed an appeal of this ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.  It is currently unknown whether or not the appeal will be successful. In September 2011, however, we received an estimate from the operator indicating that, based on available information of resources to mobilize and demobilize a rig to the well, our pro rata share of the estimated cost of decommissioning the well would be approximately $2.6 million.  The estimate that was provided does not contain any anticipated expenditures for the preparation of an environmental impact study, regulatory permitting matters at any level or any expenditure estimates for potentially required costs of containment equipment.  The operator has indicated the estimate is subject to material fluctuations in cost based upon rig mobilization costs and other factors.  The actual costs of decommissioning the well could be materially different from the estimate provided by the operator.  As a non-operator in this well, we are unable to determine a reasonable estimate of the liability, if any, at this time. If the working interest owners are ultimately held liable, we would be responsible for the payment of our proportionate share of the actual cost of any decommissioning operation.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors

Our business has many risks. Factors that could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results or liquidity and the trading price of our common stock, senior notes or convertible notes are described below and under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of our 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 filed with the SEC on March 16, 2011 and in Part II, Item 1A of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2011 filed with the SEC on August 4, 2011. This information should be considered carefully, together with other information in this report and other reports and materials we file with the SEC.

The Company has announced that our board of directors has authorized the exploration of strategic alternatives.

Our strategic alternatives process, including the possible sale of the Company, may have an adverse impact on our business.

In light of our significant near-term liquidity issues, on July 6, 2011, we announced the commencement of a formal process to pursue strategic alternatives, including the engagement of Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and Evercore Group LLC to act as our advisors, which could result in, among other things, a sale of the Company. In connection with our exploration of strategic alternatives, we expect to incur expenses associated with identifying and evaluating strategic alternatives. The process of exploring strategic alternatives may be disruptive to our business operations. The inability to effectively manage the process and any resulting agreement or transaction could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, perceived uncertainties as to our future may result in the loss of potential business opportunities and may make it more difficult to attract and retain qualified personnel and business partners.

The formal process initiated by our board of directors to pursue strategic alternatives may not result in a transaction, and may not solve our significant short-term liquidity issues.

While we commenced a formal process to pursue strategic alternatives, we emphasize that there can be no assurance that the process will result in any transaction, and that, if a transaction is consummated, there can be no assurance that it will solve our significant short-term liquidity issues. Additionally, if a sale transaction or other transaction is announced and does not occur, to the extent that the current market price reflects an assumption that such a transaction would occur, our stock price may be adversely affected. To date, we have not received any definitive offer with respect to an acquisition of the company or its assets that implies a value of the assets that is greater than our aggregate indebtedness, and have not been able to identify any significant source of additional financing that is likely to be available on acceptable terms. Accordingly, based on the results of the process to date, we believe that a restructuring of our indebtedness is likely to be necessary. We are continuing to discuss potential transactions with potential purchasers and expect to engage in discussions with certain holders of our outstanding senior notes. There can be no assurance that these discussions will lead to a definitive agreement on acceptable terms, or at all, with any party. Any transaction that is agreed to could be highly dilutive to existing stockholders. If we are unsuccessful in consummating a transaction or transactions that address our liquidity issues, we will be required to seek protection under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

The table below provides a summary of our purchases of our own common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2011 (shares and price adjusted to reflect the July 13, 2011 1-for-10 reverse stock split).

							Maximum Number
					Total Number of		(or Approximate Dollar
					Shares (or Units)		Value) of Shares
	Total Number of		Average Price		Purchased as Part of		(or Units) that May Yet
	Shares (or Units)		Paid Per Share		Publicly Announced		Be Purchased Under
Period	Purchased (1)		(or Unit) (2)		Plans or Programs (3)		the Plans or Programs (3)
July 1 – July 31, 2011		215,106	$	4.60		—		—
August 1 – August 31, 2011		—		—		—		—
September 1 – September 30, 2011		—		—		—		—
Total		215,106	$	4.60		—		—

(1)	Consists of shares delivered back to us by employees and/or directors to satisfy tax withholding obligations that arise upon the vesting of the stock awards. We, pursuant to our equity compensation plans, give participants the opportunity to turn back to us the number of shares from the award sufficient to satisfy the person’s tax withholding obligations that arise upon the termination of restrictions.
(2)	The stated price does not include any commission paid.
(3)	These sections are not applicable as we have no publicly announced stock repurchase plans.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

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Item 6. Exhibits.

Exhibits are as follows:

3.1	Certificate of Incorporation, as amended. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Form 8-K filed July 13, 2011.
31.1	Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith electronically.
31.2	Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith electronically.
32.1	Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. Filed herewith electronically.
32.2	Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. Filed herewith electronically.
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document.*
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Documents.*
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.*
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Dcoument.*
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.*
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.*

* These interactive data files are furnished and deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION (Registrant)
By:	/s/ Carl E. Lakey
	Carl E. Lakey, President and
	Chief Executive Officer
By:	/s/ Kevin K. Nanke
	Kevin K. Nanke, Treasurer and
	Chief Financial Officer

Date: November 9, 2011

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EXHIBIT INDEX:

3.1	Certificate of Incorporation, as amended. Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to our Form 8-K filed July 13, 2011.
31.1	Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith electronically.
31.2	Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith electronically.
32.1	Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. Filed herewith electronically.
32.2	Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. Filed herewith electronically.
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document.*
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Documents.*
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.*
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Dcoument.*
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.*
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.*

* These interactive data files are furnished and deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, are deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise are not subject to liability under those sections.

EX-31.1

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
OF DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Carl E. Lakey, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Delta Petroleum Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 9, 2011

/s/ Carl E. Lakey

Carl E. Lakey
President and Chief Executive Officer

EX-31.2

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
OF DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Kevin K. Nanke, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Delta Petroleum Corporation;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: November 9, 2011

/s/ Kevin K. Nanke

Kevin K. Nanke
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

EX-32.1

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER
OF DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

I certify that, to the best of my knowledge, the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Delta Petroleum Corporation for the period ended September 30, 2011:

(1) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material aspects, the financial condition and results of operations of Delta Petroleum Corporation.

/s/ Carl E. Lakey

Carl E. Lakey
President and Chief Executive Officer

November 9, 2011

This certification accompanies this Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and shall not, except to the extent required thereby, be deemed filed by Delta Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference. A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

EX-32.2

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER
OF DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

I certify that, to the best of my knowledge, the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of Delta Petroleum Corporation for the period ended September 30, 2011:

(1) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material aspects, the financial condition and results of operations of Delta Petroleum Corporation.

/s/ Kevin K. Nanke

Kevin K. Nanke
Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

November 9, 2011

This certification accompanies this Report pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and shall not, except to the extent required thereby, be deemed filed by Delta Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference. A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (Parenthetical) (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data, unless otherwise specified	Sep. 30, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Current assets:
Allowance for doubtful accounts, trade accounts receivable	$ 175	$ 100
Long-term liabilities:
Interest rate on long term debt	7.00%	7.00%
Equity:
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Preferred stock, shares authorized	3,000,000	3,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued
Common stock, par value	$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Common stock, shares authorized	200,000,000	200,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	28,870,000	28,513,800
Treasury stock, shares	0	3,300
Senior notes
Long-term liabilities:
Interest rate on long term debt	7.00%	7.00%
Senior convertible notes
Long-term liabilities:
Interest rate on long term debt	3.75%	3.75%

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Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended				9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011		Sep. 30, 2010		Sep. 30, 2011		Sep. 30, 2010
Revenue:
Oil and gas sales	$ 16,546		$ 12,653		$ 51,143		$ 47,138
Loss on property sales			(1)				(539)
Total revenue	16,546		12,652		51,143		46,599
Operating expenses:
Lease operating expense	3,577		4,555		10,535		15,082
Transportation expense	3,367		3,298		10,935		10,940
Production taxes	633		667		2,094		2,358
Exploration expense	53		368		329		952
Dry hole costs and impairments	420,447		(1,164)		420,863		29,762
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion	10,701		11,522		33,180		35,410
General and administrative expense	6,065		7,872		19,165		28,770
Executive severance expense, net			(674)				(674)
Total operating expenses	444,843		26,444		497,101		122,600
Operating loss	(428,297)		(13,792)		(445,958)		(76,001)
Other income and (expense):
Interest expense and financing costs, net	(6,727)		(7,567)		(21,530)		(24,050)
Other income (expense)	(1,857)		508		(1,693)		686
Realized gain (loss) on derivative instruments, net	79		(418)		(5,371)		(5,132)
Unrealized gain on derivative instruments, net	6,749		7,124		4,137		28,072
Income (loss) from unconsolidated affiliates	80		(90)		294		893
Total other income and (expense)	(1,676)		(443)		(24,163)		469
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and discontinued operations	(429,973)		(14,235)		(470,121)		(75,532)
Income tax expense (benefit)	64		86		(4,568)		564
Loss from continuing operations	(430,037)		(14,321)		(465,553)		(76,096)
Discontinued operations:
Gain (loss) from results of operations and sale of discontinued operations, net of tax	1,309		25,054		7,092		(81,644)
Net income (loss)	(428,728)		10,733		(458,461)		(157,740)
Less net (gain) loss attributable to non-controlling interest included in discontinued operations	(702)		3,209		225		9,134
Net income (loss) attributable to Delta common stockholders	(429,430)		13,942		(458,236)		(148,606)
Amounts attributable to Delta common stockholders:
Loss from continuing operations	(430,037)		(14,321)		(465,553)		(76,096)
Gain from discontinued operations, net of tax	607		28,263		7,317		(72,510)
Net income (loss)	$ (429,430)		$ 13,942		$ (458,236)		$ (148,606)
Basic loss attributable to Delta common stockholders per common share:
Loss from continuing operations	$ (15.42)	[1]	$ (0.52)	[1]	$ (16.59)	[1]	$ (2.76)	[1]
Discontinued operations	$ 0.02	[1]	$ 1.03	[1]	$ 0.26	[1]	$ (2.64)	[1]
Net income (loss)	$ (15.40)	[1]	$ 0.51	[1]	$ (16.33)	[1]	$ (5.40)	[1]
Diluted loss attributable to Delta common stockholders per common share:
Loss from continuing operations	$ (15.42)	[1]	$ (0.51)	[1]	$ (16.59)	[1]	$ (2.76)	[1]
Discontinued operations	$ 0.02	[1]	$ 1.00	[1]	$ 0.26	[1]	$ (2.64)	[1]
Net income (loss)	$ (15.40)	[1]	$ 0.49	[1]	$ (16.33)	[1]	$ (5.40)	[1]

[1] All common share amounts (except par value and par value per share amounts) have been retroactively restated to reflect the Company's one-for-ten reverse common stock split effective July 13, 2011, as described in Note 10 -- Stockholders' Equity to these consolidated financial statements.

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Document and Entity Information (USD $) In Millions, except Share data	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Nov. 01, 2011	Jun. 30, 2010
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	DELTA PETROLEUM CORP/CO
Entity Central Index Key	0000821483
Document Type	10-Q
Document Period End Date	Sep. 30, 2011
Amendment Flag	false
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2011
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Filer Category	Accelerated Filer
Entity Public Float			$ 159.7
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		28,870,167

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Long Term Debt

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Long Term Debt [Abstract]

Long Term Debt

(6) Long Term Debt

Installments Payable on Property Acquisition

On February 28, 2008, the Company closed a transaction with EnCana to jointly develop a portion of EnCana’s leasehold in the Vega Area of the Piceance Basin. The remaining installment payable that was due on November 1, 2011 is recorded in the accompanying consolidated financial statements as a current liability at a discounted value and was paid subsequent to quarter end. The discount is being accreted on the effective interest method over the term of the installments, including accretion of $600,000 and $1.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and accretion of $1.9 million and $3.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

7% Senior Unsecured Notes, due 2015

On March 15, 2005, the Company issued 7% senior unsecured notes for an aggregate principal amount of $150.0 million. The Company was in compliance with the covenants under the indenture as of September 30, 2011 (See Note 13, “Guarantor Financial Information”). The fair value of the Company’s senior unsecured notes at September 30, 2011 was approximately $111.0 million.

3³/4% Senior Convertible Notes, due 2037

On April 25, 2007, the Company issued $115.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3³/4% Senior Convertible Notes due 2037 for net proceeds of $111.6 million after underwriters’ discounts and commissions of approximately $3.4 million. The convertible notes will mature on May 1, 2037 unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased, but each holder of convertible notes has the option to require the Company to purchase any outstanding convertible notes on each of May 1, 2012, May 1, 2017, May 1, 2022, May 1, 2027 and May 1, 2032 at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the convertible notes to be purchased, payable in cash. The convertible notes were recorded based on the estimated fair value of the liability component and the equity component. The debt discount on the liability component is accreted over the expected life of the convertible notes, including $1.2 million and $1.2 million of accretion for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $3.6 million and $3.4 million of accretion for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Combined with the amortization of debt discount, the convertible notes had an effective interest rate of approximately 8.0% and 7.8% with total interest costs of $2.3 million and $2.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and interest costs of $6.8 million and $6.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The fair value of the convertible notes at September 30, 2011 was approximately $101.2 million.

Credit Facility – Delta

On December 29, 2010, the Company entered into the MBL Credit Agreement, which provides for a revolving loan and a term loan, each with a maturity date of January 31, 2012. As a combined result of amendments on March 14, 2011 to increase the amount available under the term loan and June 28, 2011 to reduce the borrowing base for the revolving loan and reduce the amount available under the term loan in conjunction with the divestiture of assets, the revolving loan currently has a borrowing base of $18.0 million and the term loan is limited to $15.0 million. The revolving loan bears interest at prime plus 6% per annum for prime rate advances and LIBOR plus 7% per annum for LIBOR advances, while the term loan bears interest at prime plus 9.5% through September 30, 2011 and prime plus 11.0% thereafter for prime rate advances and at LIBOR plus 10.5% for LIBOR advances through September 30, 2011 and LIBOR plus 12.0% thereafter for LIBOR advances. The March 14, 2011 amendment removed the requirement that advances under the term loan be subject to approval of a development plan. In addition, so long as Delta is not in default under the MBL Credit Agreement, Delta is not required to comply with certain cash management provisions, including the previous requirement to repay any term loan advances outstanding on a monthly basis with 100% of net operating cash flows.

At September 30, 2011, $6.0 million was outstanding under the revolving loan and $15.0 million was outstanding under the term loan. The revolving loan and the term loan are subject to quarterly financial covenants, in each case as defined in the MBL Credit Agreement and described in summary here, including maintenance of a minimum current ratio of 1:1, minimum quarterly net operating cash flow of $8.6 million, and maximum quarterly general and administrative expenses (excluding equity based compensation) of $5.0 million. In addition, the Company may not permit its trade payables to be outstanding more than 90 days following the receipt of applicable invoices. At September 30, 2011, the Company was not in compliance with the minimum current ratio covenant under the MBL Credit Agreement. However, a waiver of the covenant violation was obtained subsequent to quarter end from MBL at no cost to the Company.

Credit Facility – DHS

The DHS credit facility debt of $71.9 million at September 30, 2011 is included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as a component of liabilities related to assets held for sale. The DHS credit facility is non-recourse to Delta. Subsequent to quarter end, Delta sold its stock in DHS to DHS’s lender, LCPI, for $500,000. See Note 15, Subsequent Events.

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Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Income Taxes [Abstract]

Income Taxes

(11) Income Taxes

Income tax expense (benefit) attributable to loss from continuing operations was approximately $64,000 and $86,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and ($4.6) million and $564,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Also included in the three months ended June 30, 2011 was a current tax benefit related to a tax refund received as a result of a tax law change that allowed us to carry-back operating losses to a period in which we previously paid tax.

In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future results of operations, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Based upon the level of historical taxable income, significant book losses during the current and prior periods, and projections for future results of operations over the periods in which the deferred tax assets are deductible, among other factors, management continues to conclude that the Company does not meet the “more likely than not” requirement of ASC 740 in order to recognize deferred tax assets and a valuation allowance has been recorded for the Company’s net deferred tax assets at September 30, 2011.

During the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, DHS recorded net operating losses and as of September 30, 2011 DHS’s deferred tax assets exceeded its deferred tax liabilities. Accordingly, based on significant recent operating losses and projections for future results, a valuation allowance was recorded for DHS’s net deferred tax assets.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company recorded a tax benefit of $174,000 and $5.0 million, respectively, due to a non-cash income tax benefit related to income from discontinued operations and gains from the sale of discontinued oil and gas operations. Generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, require all items be considered, including items recorded in discontinued operations, in determining the amount of tax benefit that results from a loss from continuing operations that should be allocated to continuing operations. In accordance with GAAP, the Company recorded a tax benefit on its loss from continuing operations, which was exactly offset by income tax expense on discontinued operations. The Company’s net deferred tax position at September 30, 2011 is not impacted by this tax allocation.

During the remainder of 2011 and thereafter, the Company will continue to assess the realizability of its deferred tax assets based on consideration of actual and projected operating results and tax planning strategies. Should actual operating results improve, the amount of the deferred tax asset considered more likely than not to be realizable could be increased. Such a change in the assessment of realizability could result in a decrease to the valuation allowance and corresponding income tax benefit, both of which could be significant.

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, no adjustments were recognized for uncertain tax benefits.

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Going Concern

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Going Concern [Abstract]

Going Concern

(2) Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company experienced a net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders of $458.2 million, and at September 30, 2011 had a working capital deficiency, excluding discontinued operations, of $149.3 million, including $21.0 million outstanding under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “MBL Credit Agreement”) with Macquarie Bank Limited (“MBL”) as administrative agent and issuing lender (which is classified as a current liability in the accompanying balance sheet). On June 28, 2011, the Company closed on a transaction with Wapiti Oil & Gas, L.L.C. (“Wapiti”) to sell its remaining interests in various non-core assets primarily located in Texas and Wyoming (the “2011 Wapiti Transaction”) for gross cash proceeds of approximately $43.2 million. Proceeds from the 2011 Wapiti Transaction were used to further reduce amounts outstanding under the MBL Credit Agreement, as well as to fund capital expenditures. The MBL Credit Agreement, as amended, provides for a revolving loan and a term loan, each with a maturity date of January 31, 2012. At September 30, 2011, $6.0 million was outstanding under the revolving loan and $15.0 million was outstanding under the term loan. In addition to the amounts outstanding under the MBL Credit Agreement which are due on January 31, 2012, the holders of the Company’s $115.0 million 3³/₄% senior convertible notes have the option to require the Company to repurchase the notes at par on May 1, 2012 and thus, such amount is also classified as a current liability in the accompanying balance sheet.

While the 2011 Wapiti Transaction and the MBL Credit Agreement provided capital to the Company that helped to improve its financial position at that time, the Company does not currently have adequate capital to repay its credit facility borrowings due on January 31, 2012 or fund the purchase of convertible notes if the holders of such notes elect to require the Company to repurchase such notes on May 1, 2012, as expected.

In July 2011, the Board of Directors of the Company announced that it had engaged Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and Evercore Group, L.L.C. to act as advisors to the Company in conducting a strategic alternatives process in order to maximize shareholder value and address the 2012 debt maturities. In the strategic alternatives process, the board of directors has considered a wide variety of possible transactions, including the sale of the company, issuances of equity or debt securities, sales of assets, joint ventures and volumetric production payment financing, as well as other potential corporate transactions. With respect to a potential sale of the company or its assets, the Company solicited offers from a significant number of potential purchasers, including domestic and foreign industry participants and private equity firms, and has engaged in substantive negotiations with several such potential purchasers. However, the Company has not received any definitive offer with respect to an acquisition of the company or its assets that implies a value of the assets that is greater than its aggregate indebtedness, and has not been able to identify any significant source of additional financing that is likely to be available on acceptable terms. Accordingly, based on the results of the process to date, the Company believes that a restructuring of the Company’s indebtedness is likely to be necessary. The Company is continuing to discuss potential transactions with potential purchasers and expects to engage in discussions with certain holders of its outstanding senior notes. There can be no assurance that these discussions will lead to a definitive agreement on acceptable terms, or at all, with any party. Any transaction that is agreed to could be highly dilutive to existing stockholders. If the Company is unsuccessful in consummating a transaction or transactions that address the Company’s liquidity issues, the Company will be required to seek protection under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

The timing, structure, terms, size, and pricing of any transaction consummated as a result of the strategic alternatives process will depend many factors beyond the Company’s control, and there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain any such financing or consummate any such transaction, and if so, that it will be on terms satisfactory to the Company. These factors along with the liquidity issues discussed above raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the uncertainty regarding the Company’s ability to raise additional capital, sell assets, or otherwise obtain sufficient funds to meet its obligations.

The Company believes that the amounts available under the MBL Credit Agreement, as amended, combined with projected net cash from operating activities, will provide sufficient liquidity to fund its operating expenses, the limited Vega Area capital development plan, and maintain current debt service obligations until the January 2012 maturity of the Company’s credit facility.

The DHS Drilling Company (“DHS”) credit facility debt of $71.9 million at September 30, 2011 is included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as a component of liabilities related to assets held for sale. The DHS facility is non-recourse to Delta. During the first quarter of 2011, the Board of Directors of DHS engaged transaction advisors to commence a strategic alternatives process, focused on a sale of DHS or substantially all of its assets. Subsequent to quarter end, Delta sold its stock in DHS to DHS’s lender, Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc. (“LCPI”), for $500,000. See Note 15, Subsequent Events.

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Commodity Derivative Instruments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Commodity Derivative Instruments [Abstract]

Commodity Derivative Instruments

(8) Commodity Derivative Instruments

The Company periodically enters into commodity price risk transactions to manage its exposure to oil, gas, and natural gas liquids price volatility. These transactions may take the form of futures contracts, collar agreements, swaps or options. The purpose of the transactions is to provide a measure of stability to the Company’s cash flows in an environment of volatile oil and gas prices. The Company has not elected hedge accounting and recognizes mark-to-market gains and losses in earnings currently.

The Company is exposed to the fluctuations in natural gas, natural gas liquids, or crude oil prices due to the nature of business in which the Company is primarily involved. In order to mitigate the risks associated with uncertain cash flows from volatile commodity prices and to provide stability and predictability in the Company’s future revenues, the Company periodically enters into commodity price risk management transactions to manage its exposure to gas and oil price volatility.

On June 28, 2011, as required by the amendment to the MBL Credit Agreement completed in conjunction with the 2011 Wapiti Transaction, the Company paid $3.3 million cash to settle a portion of its oil derivative contracts outstanding from July 2011 to December 2013. The table below reflects the remaining open derivative contracts after consideration of this early termination.

At September 30, 2011, all of the Company’s outstanding derivative contracts were fixed price swaps. Under the swap agreements, the Company receives the fixed price and pays the floating index price. The Company’s swaps are settled in cash on a monthly basis. By entering into swaps, the Company effectively fixes the price that it will receive for a portion of its production.

The following table summarizes the Company’s open derivative contracts at September 30, 2011:

								Net Fair Value
						Remaining		Asset (Liability) at
Commodity	Volume			Fixed Price		Term	Index Price	September 30, 2011
								(In thousands)
Crude oil		203	Bbls / Day	$	57.70	Oct ’11 - Dec ’11	NYMEX – WTI	$	(425	)
Crude oil		62	Bbls / Day	$	91.05	Oct ’11 - Dec ’11	NYMEX – WTI		56
Crude oil		230	Bbls / Day	$	91.05	Jan ’12 - Dec ’12	NYMEX – WTI		843
Crude oil		162	Bbls / Day	$	91.05	Jan ’13 - Dec ’13	NYMEX – WTI		446
Natural gas		12,000	MMBtu / Day	$	5.150	Oct ’11 - Dec ’11	CIG		1,637
Natural gas		3,253	MMBtu / Day	$	5.040	Oct ’11 - Dec ’11	CIG		411
Natural gas		12,052	MMBtu / Day	$	4.440	Jan ’12 - Dec ’12	CIG		1,993
Natural gas		10,301	MMBtu / Day	$	4.440	Jan ’13 - Dec ’13	CIG		(208	)
Natural gas liquids(1)		34,367	Gallons / Day	$	0.913	Oct ’11 - Dec ’11	MT. BELVIEU		(921	)
Natural gas liquids(1)		30,617	Gallons / Day	$	0.832	Jan ’12 - Dec ’12	MT. BELVIEU		(2,114	)
Natural gas liquids(1)		12,286	Gallons / Day	$	0.767	Jan ’13 - Dec ’13	MT. BELVIEU		(574	)
								$	1,144

⁽¹⁾   Natural gas liquids includes purity ethane, propane, natural gasoline, normal butane and isobutene derivatives and the weighted average price is used.

The pre-credit risk adjusted fair value of the Company’s net derivative asset as of September 30, 2011 was $684,000. A credit risk adjustment of $460,000 to the fair value of the derivatives increased the reported amount of the net derivative assets on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet to $1.1 million.

The Company classifies the fair value amounts of derivative assets and liabilities executed under master netting arrangements as net derivative assets or net derivative liabilities, whichever the case may be, by commodity and master netting counterparty. The following table summarizes the fair values and location in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet of all derivatives held by the Company as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 (in thousands):

Derivatives Not Designated as			September 30, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010
Hedging Instruments	Balance Sheet Classification	Fair Value			Fair Value
Assets (Liabilities)
Commodity Swaps	Derivative Instruments – Current Assets (Liabilities), net	$	1,463		$	(574	)
Commodity Swaps	Derivative Instruments – Long-Term Liabilities, net		(319	)		(2,419	)
Total		$	1,144		$	(2,993	)

The following table summarizes the realized and unrealized gains and losses and the classification in the consolidated statement of operations of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

		September 30, 2011			September 30, 2010
		Amount of Gain			Amount of Gain
		(Loss) Recognized			(Loss) Recognized
Derivatives Not Designated as	Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in	in Income			in Income
Hedging Instruments	Income on Derivatives	on Derivatives			on Derivatives
Commodity Swaps	Realized Loss on Derivative Instruments, net – Other Income and (Expense)	$	(5,371	)	$	(5,132	)
Commodity Swaps	Unrealized Gain on Derivative Instruments, net – Other Income and (Expense)		4,137			28,072
		$	(1,234	)	$	22,940

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Guarantor Financial Information

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Guarantor Financial Information [Abstract]

Guarantor Financial Information

(13) Guarantor Financial Information

On March 15, 2005, Delta issued $150.0 million of 7% senior notes that mature in 2015. In addition, on April 25, 2007, the Company issued $115.0 million of 3³/4% convertible senior notes due in 2037. Both the senior notes and the convertible notes are guaranteed by all of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries. Each of the guarantors, fully, jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees the performance and payment when due of all the obligations under the senior notes and the convertible notes. DHS, CRBP, and Amber are not guarantors of the indebtedness under the senior notes or the convertible notes.

The following financial information sets forth the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. For purposes of the condensed financial information presented below, the equity in the earnings or losses of subsidiaries is not recorded in the financial statements of the issuer.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
September 30, 2011

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor		Adjustments/
	Issuer			Entities			Entities		Eliminations		Consolidated
Current assets	$	113,237		$	307		$	71,724	$	—	$	185,268
Property and equipment:
Oil and gas properties		737,514			—			19,215		—		756,729
Other		72,988			2,567			—		—		75,555
Total property and equipment		810,502			2,567			19,215		—		832,284
Accumulated depletion and depreciation		(469,760	)		(2	)		—		—		(469,762	)
Net property and equipment		340,742			2,565			19,215		—		362,522
Investment in subsidiaries		(558	)		—			—		558		—
Other long-term assets		4,074			2,407			—		—		6,481
Total assets	$	457,495		$	5,279		$	90,939	$	558	$	554,271
Current liabilities	$	263,795		$	(28	)	$	78,828	$	—	$	342,595
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term debt, derivative instruments and deferred taxes		148,259			1,801			—		—		150,060
Asset retirement obligations		3,354			—			—		—		3,354
Total long-term liabilities		151,613			1,801			—		—		153,414
Total Delta stockholders’ equity		45,127			3,506			12,111		558		61,302
Non-controlling interest		(3,040	)		—			—		—		(3,040	)
Total equity		42,087			3,506			12,111		558		58,262
Total liabilities and equity	$	457,495		$	5,279		$	90,939	$	558	$	554,271

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
December 31, 2010

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor		Adjustments/
	Issuer			Subsidiaries			Subsidiaries		Eliminations			Consolidated
Current assets	$	164,377		$	322		$	75,069	$	—		$	239,768
Property and equipment:
Oil and gas properties		881,886			—			19,215		(118	)		900,983
Other		74,438			32,677			—		—			107,115
Total property and equipment		956,324			32,677			19,215		(118	)		1,008,098
Accumulated depletion, depreciation and amortization		(203,731	)		(28,762	)		—		—			(232,493	)
Net property and equipment		752,593			3,915			19,215		(118	)		775,605
Investment in subsidiaries		1,156			—			—		(1,156	)		—
Other long-term assets		6,332			2,407			—		—			8,739
Total assets	$	924,458		$	6,644		$	94,284	$	(1,274	)	$	1,024,112
Current liabilities	$	138,375		$	(26	)	$	81,633	$	—		$	219,982
Long-term liabilities
Long-term debt, derivative instruments and deferred taxes		288,025			1,801			—		—			289,826
Asset retirement obligation and other liabilities		2,709			—			—		—			2,709
Total long-term liabilities		290,734			1,801			—		—			292,535
Total Delta stockholders’ equity		498,201			4,869			12,651		(1,274	)		514,447
Non-controlling interest		(2,852	)		—			—		—			(2,852	)
Total equity		495,349			4,869			12,651		(1,274	)		511,595
Total liabilities and equity	$	924,458		$	6,644		$	94,284	$	(1,274	)	$	1,024,112

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
Three Months Ended September 30, 2011

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Adjustments/
	Issuer			Entities			Entities			Eliminations		Consolidated
Total revenue	$	16,546		$	—		$	—		$	—	$	16,546
Operating expenses:
Oil and gas expenses		7,560			17			—			—		7,577
Exploration expense		53			—			—			—		53
Dry hole costs and impairments		419,098			1,349			—			—		420,447
Depreciation and depletion		10,701			—			—			—		10,701
General and administrative		6,033			10			22			—		6,065
Total operating expenses		443,445			1,376			22			—		444,843
Operating (loss)		(426,899	)		(1,376	)		(22	)		—		(428,297	)
Other income and (expense)		(1,682	)		6			—			—		(1,676	)
Income tax benefit (expense)		(64	)		—			—			—		(64	)
Discontinued operations		298			—			1,011			—		1,309
Net income (loss)		(428,347	)		(1,370	)		989			—		(428,728	)
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest		(702	)		—			—			—		(702	)
Net income (loss) attributable to Delta common stockholders	$	(429,049	)	$	(1,370	)	$	989		$	—	$	(429,430	)

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
Three Months Ended September 30, 2010

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Adjustments/
	Issuer			Entities			Entities			Eliminations		Consolidated
Total revenue	$	12,576		$	77		$	(1	)	$	—	$	12,652
Operating expenses:
Oil and gas expenses		8,520						—			—		8,520
Exploration expense		368			—			—			—		368
Dry hole costs and impairments		(1,193	)		29			—			—		(1,164	)
Depreciation and depletion		11,522			—			—			—		11,522
General and administrative		7,160			12			26			—		7,198
Total operating expenses		26,377			41			26			—		26,444
Operating loss		(13,801	)		36			(27	)		—		(13,792	)
Other income and (expense)		(374	)		(70	)		1			—		(443	)
Income tax expense		(86	)		—			—			—		(86	)
Discontinued operations		57,351			(381	)		(31,916	)		—		25,054
Net income (loss)		43,090			(415	)		(31,942	)		—		10,733
Less net loss attributable to non-controlling interest		3,209			—			—			—		3,209
Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders	$	46,299		$	(415	)	$	(31,942	)	$	—	$	13,942

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Adjustments/
	Issuer			Entities			Entities			Eliminations		Consolidated
Total revenue	$	51,143		$	—		$	—		$	—	$	51,143
Operating expenses:
Oil and gas expenses		23,547			17			—			—		23,564
Exploration expense		329			—			—			—		329
Dry hole costs and impairments		419,553			1,310			—			—		420,863
Depreciation and depletion		33,180			—			—			—		33,180
General and administrative		19,061			31			73			—		19,165
Total operating expenses		495,670			1,358			73			—		497,101
Operating income (loss)		(444,527	)		(1,358	)		(73	)		—		(445,958	)
Other income and (expenses)		(24,182	)		17			2			—		(24,163	)
Income tax benefit		4,568			—			—			—		4,568
Discontinued operations		8,589			—			(1,497	)		—		7,092
Net income (loss)		(455,552	)		(1,341	)		(1,568	)		—		(458,461	)
Less net loss attributable to non-controlling interest		225			—			—			—		225
Net income (loss) attributable to Delta common stockholders	$	(455,327	)	$	(1,341	)	$	(1,568	)	$	—	$	(458,236	)

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor			Adjustments/
	Issuer			Entities			Entities			Eliminations		Consolidated
Total revenue	$	46,522		$	77		$	—		$	—	$	46,599
Operating expenses:
Oil and gas expenses		28,380			—			—			—		28,380
Exploration expense		952			—			—			—		952
Dry hole costs and impairments		24,342			4,834			586			—		29,762
Depreciation and depletion		35,408			2			—			—		35,410
General and administrative		27,961			41			94			—		28,096
Total operating expenses		117,043			4,877			680			—		122,600
Operating loss		(70,521	)		(4,800	)		(680	)		—		(76,001	)
Other income and (expenses)		464			1			4			—		469
Income tax expense		(564	)		—			—			—		(564	)
Discontinued operations		11,414			(201	)		(92,857	)		—		(81,644	)
Net loss		(59,207	)		(5,000	)		(93,533	)		—		(157,740	)
Less net loss attributable to non-controlling interest		9,134			—			—			—		9,134
Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders	$	(50,073	)	$	(5,000	)	$	(93,533	)	$	—	$	(148,606	)

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor
	Issuer			Entities			Entities			Consolidated
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	5,313		$	27		$	1,180		$	6,520
Investing activities		(7,414	)		(23	)		2,241			(5,196	)
Financing activities		(9,923	)		—			(3,490	)		(13,413	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(12,024	)		4			(69	)		(12,089	)
Cash at beginning of the period		13,154			61			975			14,190
Cash at the end of the period	$	1,130		$	65		$	906		$	2,101

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010

				Guarantor			Non-Guarantor
	Issuer			Entities			Entities			Consolidated
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	(40,857	)	$	(665	)	$	15,564		$	(25,958	)
Investing activities		97,888			622			(3,670	)		94,840
Financing activities		(104,450	)		—			(12,153	)		(116,603	)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents		(47,419	)		(43	)		(259	)		(47,721	)
Cash at beginning of the period		58,533			74			3,311			61,918
Cash at the end of the period	$	11,114		$	31		$	3,052		$	14,197

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Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Commitments and Contingencies [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

(9) Commitments and Contingencies

Convertible Notes – Right of Repurchase

The $115.0 million in principal amount of 3³/4% Senior Convertible Notes due 2037 will mature on May 1, 2037 unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. The holders of the Notes have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of the Notes on May 1, 2012, May 1, 2017, May 1, 2022, May 1, 2027, and May 1, 2032 at a price which is required to be paid in cash, equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased.

Decommissioning of Offshore California Leases

The Company formerly owned a 2.41934% working interest in OCS Lease 320 in the Sword Unit, Offshore California, and its 91.68% owned subsidiary, Amber Resources Company of Colorado (“Amber”) formerly owned a 0.97953% working interest in the same lease.  Lease 320 was conveyed back to the United States at the conclusion of litigation with the government (Amber Resources Co., et al. vs. United States, Civ. Act. No. 2-30 filed in the United States Court of Federal Claims) when the courts determined that the government had breached that lease (among others) and was liable to the working interest owners for damages; however, the government now contends that the former working interest owners are still obligated to permanently plug and abandon an exploratory well that was drilled on the lease and to clear the well site.  The former operator of the lease commenced litigation against the government in United States District Court for the District of Columbia (Noble Energy Corp. vs. Kenneth L. Salazar, Secretary United States Department of the Interior, et al No. 1:09-cv-02013-EGS) seeking a declaratory judgment that the former working interest owners are not responsible for these costs as a result of the government’s breach of the lease.  On April 22, 2011, the Court entered a judgment in favor of the government, ruling that the working interest owners jointly and severally share the responsibility to permanently plug and abandon the subject well, and that this duty was not discharged by the government’s breach of contract.  On May 11, 2011, the former operator filed an appeal of this ruling to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.  It is currently unknown whether or not the appeal will be successful. In September 2011, however, the Company received an estimate from the operator indicating that, based on available information of resources to mobilize and demobilize a rig to the well, the Company’s pro rata share of the estimated cost of decommissioning the well would be approximately $2.6 million.  The estimate that was provided does not contain any anticipated expenditures for the preparation of an environmental impact study, regulatory permitting matters at any level or any expenditure estimates for potentially required costs of containment equipment.  The operator has indicated the estimate is subject to material fluctuations in cost based upon rig mobilization costs and other factors.  The actual costs of decommissioning the well could be materially different from the estimate provided by the operator.  As a non-operator in this well the Company is unable to determine a reasonable estimate of the liability, if any, at this time. If the working interest owners are ultimately held liable, the Company would be responsible for the payment of its proportionate share of the actual cost of any decommissioning operation.

212 Resources

In the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2011, the Company was engaged in an arbitration with 212 Resources Corporation (“212”) that was filed with the American Arbitration Association on October 27, 2009.  The matter was settled pursuant to a final Settlement Agreement executed by the parties on January 25, 2011. In accordance with the Settlement Agreement, the Company paid $1.5 million to 212 in consideration of mutual releases of claims and the termination of the underlying agreement.

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Fair Value Measurements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Fair Value Measurements [Abstract]

Fair Value Measurements

(7) Fair Value Measurements

The Company follows accounting guidance which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. As required, the Company applied the following fair value hierarchy:

Level 1 – Assets or liabilities for which the item is valued based on quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.

Level 2 – Assets or liabilities valued based on observable market data for similar instruments.

Level 3 – Assets or liabilities for which significant valuation assumptions are not readily observable in the market; instruments valued based on the best available data, some of which is internally-developed, and considers risk premiums that a market participant would require.

The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Derivative liabilities consist of future oil, gas, and natural gas liquids commodity swap contracts valued using both quoted prices for identically traded contracts and observable market data for similar contracts (NYMEX WTI oil, CIG gas, and Mont Belvieu natural gas liquids swaps – Level 2).

Proved property impairments — The fair values of the proved properties are estimated using internal discounted cash flow calculations based upon the Company’s estimates of reserves and are considered to be level 3 fair value measurements.

Asset retirement obligations — The initial fair values of the asset retirement obligations are estimated using internal discounted cash flow calculations based upon the Company’s asset retirement obligations, including revisions of the estimated fair values during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, and are considered to be Level 3 fair value measurements.

The following table lists the Company’s fair value measurements by hierarchy as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 (in thousands):

	Fair Value Measurements
	Quoted Prices		Significant			Significant
	in Active Markets		Other Observable			Unobservable
	for Identical Assets		Inputs			Inputs
Assets (Liabilities)	(Level 1)		(Level 2)			(Level 3)		Total
Recurring
Derivative assets – September 30, 2011	$	—	$	1,144		$	—	$	1,144
Derivative liabilities – December 31, 2010		—		(2,993	)		—		(2,993	)

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$ (458,461)	$ (157,740)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Loss on property sales	112
Depreciation, depletion, amortization - oil and gas	33,180	35,410
Depreciation, depletion, amortization - discontinued operations	5,464	39,565
(Gain) loss on sale of drilling assets - discontinued operations	(2,470)	782
Gain on sale of oil and gas assets - discontinued operations	(8,946)	(28,372)
Impairments - discontinued operations		93,260
Dry hole costs and impairments	420,863	29,762
Stock based compensation	6,497	8,808
Executive severance - stock-based awards forfeited		(2,274)
Amortization of deferred financing costs, bond discount, and installments payable discount	8,748	10,930
Increase in allowance for bad debt		1,437
Unrealized gain on derivative contracts	(4,137)	(28,072)
Income from unconsolidated affiliates	(294)	(893)
Deferred income tax expense	717	564
Other	1,144	47
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Increase in trade accounts receivable	(303)	(318)
Increase in deposits and prepaid assets	(108)	(242)
Increase in inventories	(68)
(Increase) decrease in other current assets	(13)	919
Increase (decrease) in accounts payable	969	(20,627)
Increase (decrease) in other accrued liabilities	2,134	(8,904)
Increase in assets held for sale working capital, net	1,492
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	6,520	(25,958)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Additions to property and equipment	(50,752)	(24,959)
Additions to drilling and trucking equipment - assets held for sale	(1,529)	(1,322)
Proceeds from sale of oil and gas properties	42,085	115,180
Proceeds from sale of drilling assets - assets held for sale	3,429	547
Proceeds from sale of other fixed assets	61	54
Proceeds from sale of unconsolidated affiliates	1,517	3,879
Proceeds from escrow deposit		1,380
Increase (decrease) in other long-term assets	(7)	81
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities	(5,196)	94,840
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from borrowings	55,202	86,500
Repayments of borrowings	(66,617)	(200,716)
Payment of deferred financing costs	(979)	(1,641)
Stock repurchased for withholding taxes	(1,019)	(746)
Net cash used in financing activities	(13,413)	(116,603)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(12,089)	(47,721)
Cash at beginning of period	14,190	61,918
Cash at end of period	2,101	14,197
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest and financing costs	10,448	17,177
DHS interest payable capitalized to principal balance (non-cash financing transaction)	$ 5,573

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

(3) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Delta and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”). All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain of the Company’s oil and gas activities are conducted through partnerships and joint ventures, including CRB Partners, LLC (“CRBP”) and through the date of the divestiture in 2010 to Wapiti, PGR Partners, LLC (“PGR”). The Company includes its proportionate share of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses from these entities in its consolidated financial statements. The Company does not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements (other than operating leases) or any unconsolidated special purpose entities.

Investments in operating entities where the Company has the ability to exert significant influence, but does not control the operating and financial policies, are accounted for using the equity method. The Company’s share of net income of these entities is recorded as income (losses) from unconsolidated affiliates in the consolidated statements of operations.

Certain reclassifications have been made to amounts reported in the previous periods to conform to the current presentation. Among other items, revenues and expenses on certain properties that were sold or held for sale during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 have been reclassified from continuing operations to discontinued operations for all periods presented. In addition, the assets and liabilities of DHS, and oil and gas properties that were sold or held for sale, have been separately reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as assets held for sale and liabilities related to assets held for sale. Such reclassifications had no effect on net loss (See Note 4, “Discontinued Operations”).

Property and Equipment

The Company accounts for its natural gas and crude oil exploration and development activities under the successful efforts method of accounting. Under such method, costs of productive exploratory wells, development dry holes and productive wells and undeveloped leases are capitalized. Oil and gas lease acquisition costs are also capitalized. Exploration costs, including personnel costs, certain geological or geophysical expenses and delay rentals for gas and oil leases, are charged to expense as incurred. Exploratory drilling costs are initially capitalized, then evaluated quarterly and charged to expense if and when the well is determined not to have found reserves in commercial quantities. The sale of a partial interest in a proved property is accounted for as a cost recovery and no gain or loss is recognized as long as this treatment does not significantly affect the units-of-production amortization rate. A gain or loss is recognized for all other sales of producing properties.

Unproved properties with significant acquisition costs are assessed quarterly on a property-by-property basis and any impairment in value is charged to expense. If the unproved properties are determined to be productive, the related costs are transferred to proved gas and oil properties. Proceeds from sales of partial interests in unproved leases are accounted for as a recovery of cost without recognizing any gain or loss until all costs have been recovered.

Depreciation and depletion of capitalized acquisition, exploration and development costs are computed on the units-of-production method by individual fields as the related proved reserves are produced.

Gathering systems and other property and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives ranging from three to 40 years.

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may not be recoverable.

Estimates of expected future cash flows represent management’s best estimate based on reasonable and supportable assumptions and projections. For proved properties, if the expected future cash flows exceed the carrying value of the asset, no impairment is recognized. If the carrying value of the asset exceeds the expected future cash flows, an impairment exists and is measured by the excess of the carrying value over the estimated fair value of the asset. Any impairment provisions recognized are permanent and may not be restored in the future.

The Company assesses proved properties on an individual field basis for impairment on at least an annual basis. For proved properties, the review consists of a comparison of the carrying value of the asset with the asset’s expected future undiscounted cash flows without interest costs. For the three and nine months ended 2010, the expected future undiscounted cash flows of the assets exceeded the carrying value of the corresponding asset and as such no impairment provisions were recognized.

For unproved properties, the need for an impairment charge is based on the Company’s plans for future development and other activities impacting the life of the property and the ability of the Company to recover its investment. When the Company believes the costs of the unproved property are no longer recoverable, an impairment charge is recorded based on the estimated fair value of the property. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, zero and $25.7 million, respectively, of unproved property impairments were recorded.

During the three months ended September 30, 2011, the Company evaluated the fair value of its properties based on market indicators in conjunction with the progression of the strategic alternatives evaluation process. The Company has not received any definitive offer with respect to an acquisition of the Company or its assets that implies a value of the assets that is greater than the Company’s aggregate indebtedness. As a result, the Company recorded an impairment of $157.5 million to its Vega unproved leasehold, $239.8 million to its Vega area proved properties, $20.5 million to its Vega area gathering system and facilities, and $2.1 million to its Vega area surface acreage.

Exploratory Well Costs

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2011
	(in thousands)
Balance at beginning of year	$	6,200
Additions to capitalized exploratory well costs pending the determination of proved reserves		6,200
Exploratory well costs included in property divestitures		—
Reclassified to proved oil and gas properties based on the determination of proved reserves		(6,200	)
Capitalized exploratory well costs charged to dry hole expense		—
Balance at end of period	$	6,200
Exploratory well costs capitalized for one year or less after after completion of drilling		6,200
Exploratory well costs capitalized for greater than one year after completion of drilling		—
Balance at end of period	$	6,200

The table does not include amounts that were capitalized and either subsequently expensed or reclassified to producing well costs in the same period. During 2010, the Company spud a deep test well in the Vega Area to explore the Company’s Piceance leasehold below the currently productive Williams Fork zone. Completion activities on the well began in February 2011 and the well was completed as a producing well with proved reserves during the three months ended September 30, 2011. A second deep test well was spud and completed as a producing well with proved reserves during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and therefore is not included in the table above. A third deep test well was spud during the second quarter of 2011 and remains in progress.

Asset Retirement Obligations

The Company’s asset retirement obligations arise from the plugging and abandonment liabilities for its oil and gas wells.

The following is a reconciliation of the Company’s asset retirement obligations from January 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011 (in thousands):

Asset retirement obligation – January 1, 2011	$	5,146
Reclassification for assets held for sale		(1,215	)
Adjusted asset retirement obligation – January 1, 2011		3,931
Accretion expense		211
Change in estimate		(98	)
Obligations incurred (from new wells)		375
Obligations settled		(20	)
Obligations on sold properties		(359	)
Asset retirement obligation – September 30, 2011		4,040
Less: Current portion of asset retirement obligation		(686	)
Long-term asset retirement obligation	$	3,354

Notes Receivable from Disposition of Unconsolidated Affiliates

During the third quarter of 2011, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with a third party to mutually release all claims associated with several prior agreements. In consideration of this settlement, Delta assigned its interest in the note receivable related to the sale of Delta Oilfield Tank Company (“DOTC”) to the third party. A loss of $1.6 million is included as a component of other expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011.

During the third quarter of 2011, the Company accepted a prepayment of $500,000 as payment in full for the outstanding note receivable related to the sale of Ally Equipment (“Ally”), forgoing $11,000 of accrued interest.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) includes all changes in equity during a period except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners, if any. For the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Delta common stockholders was ($429.4) million and $13.9 million, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, comprehensive loss attributable to Delta common stockholders was ($458.2) million and ($148.6) million, respectively.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates include oil and gas reserves, bad debts, depletion and impairment of oil and gas properties, income taxes, derivatives, asset retirement obligations, contingencies and litigation accruals. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

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Discontinued Operations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Discontinued Operations [Abstract]

Discontinued Operations

(4) Discontinued Operations

During the third quarter of 2010, the Company closed a transaction with Wapiti (the “2010 Wapiti Transaction”), selling all or a portion of the Company’s interest in various non-core assets primarily located in Colorado, Texas, and Wyoming for gross proceeds of $130.0 million. During the second quarter of 2011, the Company closed the 2011 Wapiti Transaction, selling the remaining portion of its interests in non-core assets primarily located in Texas and Wyoming for gross cash proceeds of approximately $43.2 million. In accordance with accounting standards, the results of operations relating to these properties have been reflected as discontinued operations for all periods presented. In addition, the assets and liabilities related to the oil and gas properties in the 2011 Wapiti Transaction have been separately reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2010 as assets held for sale and liabilities related to assets held for sale.

In separate transactions in 2010, the Company sold its interest in the Howard Ranch field and the Laurel Ridge field and has included these properties in discontinued operations as well.

During the three months ended March 31, 2011, the Board of Directors of DHS engaged transaction advisors to commence a strategic alternatives process, focused on a sale of DHS or substantially all of its assets. As such, in accordance with accounting standards, the results of operations relating to DHS have been reflected as discontinued operations. In addition, the assets and liabilities of DHS have been separately reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as assets held for sale and liabilities related to assets held for sale. See Note 15, Subsequent Events regarding the sale of DHS which occurred subsequent to quarter end.

The following table shows the oil and gas segment and drilling segment revenues and expenses included in discontinued operations as described above for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended									Three Months Ended
	September 30, 2011									September 30, 2010
	Oil & Gas			Drilling			Total			Oil & Gas		Drilling			Total
Revenues:
Oil and gas sales	$	197		$	—		$	197		$	8,924	$	—		$	8,924
Contract drilling and trucking fees		—			14,757			14,757			—		15,204			15,204
Total Revenues		197			14,757			14,954			8,924		15,204			24,128
Operating Expenses:
Lease operating expense		(212	)		—			(212	)		1,843		—			1,843
Transportation expense		(28	)		—			(28	)		270		—			270
Production taxes		(35	)		—			(35	)		446		—			446
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion – oil and gas		—			—			—			2,921		—			2,921
Impairment provision(1)		—			—			—			902		—			902
Drilling and trucking operating expenses		—			11,086			11,086			—		12,041			12,041
Depreciation and amortization – drilling and trucking(2)		—			—			—			—		4,801			4,801
General and administrative expense		—			722			722			—		2,473			2,473
Total operating expenses		(275	)		11,808			11,533			6,382		19,315			25,697
Operating income (loss)		472			2,949			3,421			2,542		(4,111	)		(1,569	)
Other income and (expense):
Interest expense and financing costs, net		—			(2,075	)		(2,075	)		—		(1,743	)		(1,743	)
Other income (expense)		—			137			137			—		(544	)		(544	)
Total other income and (expense)		—			(1,938	)		(1,938	)		—		(2,287	)		(2,287	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		472			1,011			1,483			2,542		(6,398	)		(3,856	)
Income tax expense(3)		(174	)		—			(174	)		—		—			—
Income (loss) from results of operations of discontinued operations, net of tax		298			1,011			1,309			2,542		(6,398	)		(3,856	)
Gain on sales of discontinued operations, net of tax(4)		—			—			—			28,910		—			28,910
Gain (loss) from results of operations and sale of discontinued operations, net of tax	$	298		$	1,011		$	1,309		$	31,452	$	(6,398	)	$	25,054

(1)	Impairment provision. In accordance with accounting standards, the impairment loss relating to certain properties held for sale at September 30, 2010 in conjunction with the 2010 and 2011 Wapiti Transactions were reflected as discontinued operations.
(2)	Depreciation and Amortization – Drilling and Trucking. Depreciation and amortization expense – drilling decreased to zero for the three months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to $4.8 million for the comparable year earlier period. The decrease is due to not recording depreciation expense beginning in March 2011 in accordance with accounting rules related to the asset held for sale treatment of DHS.
(3)	Income tax expense. For the three months ended September 30, 2011, the Company recorded a tax benefit of $174,000 due to a non-cash income tax benefit related to income from discontinued oil and gas operations. Generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, require all items be considered, including items recorded in discontinued operations, in determining the amount of tax benefit that results from a loss from continuing operations that should be allocated to continuing operations. In accordance with GAAP, the Company recorded a tax benefit on its loss from continuing operations, which was exactly offset by income tax expense on discontinued operations.
(4)	Gain on sales of discontinued operations – oil and gas. On July 30, 2010, the Company closed on a transaction with Wapiti Oil & Gas to sell all or a portion of the Company’s interests in various non-core assets primarily located in Texas and Wyoming for gross cash proceeds of approximately $130.0 million. In accordance with accounting standards, the Company recognized a $29.6 million gain on sale for the three months ended September 30, 2010 that is reflected in discontinued operations. On August 27, 2010, the Company closed on the Howard Ranch sale for cash proceeds of $550,000, recognizing a loss on sale of $687,000 in accordance with accounting standards.

The following table shows the oil and gas segment and drilling segment revenues and expenses included in discontinued operations as described above for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

	Nine Months Ended									Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2011									September 30, 2010
	Oil & Gas			Drilling			Total			Oil & Gas			Drilling			Total
Revenues:
Oil and gas sales	$	10,131		$	—		$	10,131		$	37,219		$	—		$	37,219
Contract drilling and trucking fees		—			41,150			41,150			—			36,200			36,200
Total Revenues		10,131			41,150			51,281			37,219			36,200			73,419
Operating Expenses:
Lease operating expense		2,305			—			2,305			8,497			—			8,497
Transportation expense		(6	)		—			(6	)		1,714			—			1,714
Production taxes		367			—			367			2,013			—			2,013
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion – oil and gas		2,795			—			2,795			23,966			—			23,966
Impairment provision(1)		—			—			—			93,260			—			93,260
Drilling and trucking operating expenses		—			33,593			33,593			—			28,053			28,053
Depreciation and amortization – drilling and trucking(2)		—			2,669			2,669			—			15,599			15,599
General and administrative expense		—			2,806			2,806			—			4,602			4,602
Total operating expenses		5,461			39,068			44,529			129,450			48,254			177,704
Operating income (loss)		4,670			2,082			6,752			(92,231	)		(12,054	)		(104,285	)
Other income and (expense):
Interest expense and financing costs, net		—			(6,204	)		(6,204	)		—			(5,376	)		(5,376	)
Other income (expense)		—			2,625			2,625			—			(893	)		(893	)
Total other income and (expense)		—			(3,579	)		(3,579	)		—			(6,269	)		(6,269	)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations		4,670			(1,497	)		3,173			(92,231	)		(18,323	)		(110,554	)
Income tax expense(3)		(1,724	)		—			(1,724	)		—			—			—
Income (loss) from results of operations of discontinued operations, net of tax		2,946			(1,497	)		1,449			(92,231	)		(18,323	)		(110,554	)
Gain on sales of discontinued operations(4)		5,643			—			5,643			28,910			—			28,910
Gain (loss) from results of operations and sale of discontinued operations, net of tax	$	8,589		$	(1,497	)	$	7,092		$	(63,321	)	$	(18,323	)	$	(81,644	)

(1)	Impairment provision. In accordance with accounting standards, the impairment loss relating to certain properties held for sale at September 30, 2010 in conjunction with the 2010 and 2011 Wapiti Transactions were reflected as discontinued operations.
(2)	Depreciation and Amortization – Drilling and Trucking. Depreciation and amortization expense – drilling decreased to $2.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to $15.6 million for the comparable year earlier period. The decrease is due to not recording depreciation expense beginning in March 2011 in accordance with accounting rules related to the asset held for sale treatment of DHS.
(3)	Income tax expense. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company recorded a tax expense of $1.7 million due to a non-cash income tax benefit related to income from discontinued oil and gas operations. Generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, require all items be considered, including items recorded in discontinued operations, in determining the amount of tax benefit that results from a loss from continuing operations that should be allocated to continuing operations. In accordance with GAAP, the Company recorded a tax benefit on its loss from continuing operations, which was exactly offset by income tax expense on discontinued operations. The Company’s net deferred tax position at September 30, 2011 is not impacted by this tax allocation.
(4)	Gain on sales of discontinued operations – oil and gas. On June 28, 2011, the Company closed on a transaction with Wapiti Oil & Gas to sell its remaining interests in various non-core assets primarily located in Texas and Wyoming (the “2011 Wapiti Transaction”) for gross cash proceeds of approximately $43.2 million. In accordance with accounting standards, the Company recognized a $5.6 million gain on sale ($8.9 million gain, net of $3.3 million of tax) for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 that is reflected in discontinued operations. Gain on sales of discontinued operations – drilling. In June 2011, DHS sold substantially all of its Chapman Trucking assets for $3.3 million in proceeds and a gain of $2.9 million. Proceeds were used to reduce DHS bank debt.

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Earnings Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

(12) Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2011			2010			2011			2010
Net income (loss) attributable to Delta common stockholders	$	(429,430	)	$	13,942		$	(458,236	)	$	(148,606	)
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding		27,883			27,530			28,055			27,544
Add: dilutive effects of stock options and unvested stock grants		—			676			—			—
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding		27,883			28,206			28,055			27,544
Net loss per common share attributable to Delta common stockholders
Basic	$	(15.40	)	$	(0.51	)	$	(16.33	)	$	(5.40	)
Diluted	$	(15.40	)	$	(0.49	)	$	(16.33	)	$	(5.40	)

Potentially dilutive securities excluded from the calculation of diluted shares outstanding include the following (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Stock issuable upon conversion of convertible notes		379		379		379		379
Stock options		150		161		150		161
Performance share grants(1)		—		—		—		8
Non-vested restricted stock		587		—		587		777
Total potentially dilutive securities		1,116		540		1,116		1,325

⁽¹⁾   During the three months ended June 30, 2011, the two remaining holders of the performance shares returned to the Company for no additional consideration the 8,000 unvested performance shares remaining at the time.

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DHS Drilling

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

DHS Drilling [Abstract]

DHS Drilling

(5) DHS Drilling

The carrying value of DHS’s drilling rigs and related equipment is assessed for impairment whenever circumstances indicate an impairment may exist. No such impairment provisions were recorded during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010. Subsequent to quarter end, Delta sold its stock in DHS to DHS’s lender, LCPI, for $500,000. See Note 15, Subsequent Events.

In January 2010, DHS entered into a daywork drilling contract with Desarrollos y Perforaciones De Mexico (“DPM”) to drill geothermal wells for the benefit of the Mexican national electric company (“CFE”) in the state of Puebla. The rig was released in July after drilling two wells. A total of $3.7 million has been invoiced to DPM for the project with $1.6 million being collected to date. The balance of $2.1 million has been reserved as a doubtful account due to concerns regarding collection, which is included as a component of assets held for sale – DHS subsidiary. Legal action is being taken to collect the amount owed to DHS and the rig is currently under contract.

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Subsequent Events

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Subsequent Events [Abstract]

Subsequent Events

(15) Subsequent Events

On October 27, 2011, the Company paid the third of three installments payable related to its February 2008 acquisition of leasehold interests in the Piceance Basin from EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. The $100.0 million payment was funded with restricted cash on hand and the related letter of credit was released in conjunction with the final payment.

On October 31, 2011, Delta sold its stock in DHS to DHS’s lender, LCPI, for $500,000. Delta expects to recognize a gain of approximately $6.1 million in connection with the divestiture of DHS during the three months ended December 31, 2011.

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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands		Total	Common stock	Additional paid-in capital	Treasury stock	Accumulated deficit	Total Delta stockholders' equity	Non-controlling interest
Balance at Dec. 31, 2010		$ 511,595	$ 285	$ 1,635,783	$ (279)	$ (1,121,342)	$ 514,447	$ (2,852)
Balance, shares at Dec. 31, 2010	[1]		28,514		3
Net loss		(458,461)				(458,236)	(458,236)	(225)
Employee vesting of treasury stock held by subsidiary		85		(135)	279		144	(59)
Employee vesting of treasury stock held by subsidiary, shares	[1]				(3)
Issuance of vested stock			6	(6)
Issuance of vested stock, shares	[1]		598
Shares repurchased for withholding taxes		(1,018)	(2)	(1,016)			(1,018)
Shares repurchased for withholding taxes, shares	[1]		(216)
Forfeitures, shares	[1]		(26)
Stock based compensation		6,061		5,965			5,965	96
Balance at Sep. 30, 2011		$ 58,262	$ 289	$ 1,640,591	$ 0	$ (1,579,578)	$ 61,302	$ (3,040)
Balance, shares at Sep. 30, 2011	[1]		28,870		0

[1] All common share amounts (except par value and par value per share amounts) have been retroactively restated to reflect the Company's one-for-ten reverse common stock split effective July 13, 2011, as described in Note 10 - Stockholders' Equity to these consolidated financial statements.

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Nature of Organization and Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Nature of Organization and Basis of Presentation [Abstract]

Nature of Organization and Basis of Presentation

(1) Nature of Organization and Basis of Presentation

Delta Petroleum Corporation (“Delta”), a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) are principally engaged in acquiring, exploring, developing and producing oil and gas properties. The Company’s core area of operations is the Rocky Mountain Region in which the majority of its proved reserves, production and long-term growth prospects are concentrated.

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and, in accordance with those rules, do not include all the information and notes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. As a result, these unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto previously filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position of the Company and the results of its operations have been included. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the complete fiscal year. Subsequent events were evaluated through the date of issuance of these consolidated financial statements at the time this quarterly report on Form 10-Q was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). For a more complete understanding of the Company’s operations and financial position, reference is made to the consolidated financial statements of the Company, and related notes thereto, filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, previously filed with the SEC.

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Stockholders' Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Stockholders' Equity [Abstract]

Stockholders' Equity

(10) Stockholders’ Equity

Preferred Stock

The Company has 3.0 million shares of preferred stock authorized and issuable from time to time in one or more series. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, no shares of preferred stock were outstanding.

Common Stock

On July 12, 2011, the shareholders of the Company approved a one-for-ten reverse split of the common stock of the Company which became effective on July 13, 2011. All references in these financial statements to the number of common shares or options, price per share and weighted average number of common shares outstanding prior to the 1:10 reverse stock split have been adjusted to reflect this stock split on a retroactive basis, unless otherwise noted.

Also on July 12, 2011, the shareholders of the Company approved an amendment to the Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the number of authorized shares of common stock to 200,000,000 from 600,000,000 shares. Presentation of authorized shares of common stock has been adjusted on a retroactive basis.

During the three months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company issued 98,800 and 48,078 fully vested shares to the non-employee members of the Board of Directors in consideration for their service on the Board for the years ended December 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. On June 10, 2011, the Company granted 3,308 fully vested shares in conjunction with the resignation of a member of the Board of Directors in consideration for service in 2011 through the date of his resignation. On June 21, 2011, the Company granted 489,227 shares of non-vested common stock to certain employees. The shares vest in full on the earlier of a change in control or July 1, 2012. In conjunction with this grant, the Company agreed to establish a “floor” price for the value of the shares on the date of vesting equal to the value of the shares on the grant date ($5.50 per share). In the event that the market price of the shares on the date of vesting is lower than the floor price on the date of vesting, the difference will be paid to the employees in cash. The compensation expense for the shares consists of a fixed equity component ($5.50 per share) and a variable liability component (based on the difference between the market price of the shares, if lower, and the floor price of the shares), both of which are included as a component of general and administrative expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. On July 1, 2011, approximately 607,000 shares of common stock vested of which 215,000 shares of common stock were transferred to the Company for reimbursement of taxes paid by the Company on behalf of employees relating to the vesting of such shares. On July 19, 2011, 7,500 shares were issued to directors that did not stand for re-election in consideration for a partial year of service to the Company.

Stock Based Compensation

The Company recognized stock compensation included in general and administrative expense as follows (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2011		2010		2011		2010
Non-vested stock(1)	$	1,713	$	1,716	$	6,324	$	8,187
Stock options		—		109		—		109
Performance shares		49		131		200		512
Total	$	1,762	$	1,956	$	6,524	$	8,808

⁽¹⁾   Non-vested stock includes $27,000 and $73,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, and $123,000 and $436,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively, that relates to DHS which is included as a component of discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

The Company recognizes the cost of share based payments over the period during which the employee provides service. Exercise prices for options outstanding under the Company’s various plans as of September 30, 2011 ranged from $7.90 to $153.40 per share. At September 30, 2011, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options as all outstanding options are vested. At September 30, 2011, the Company had 150,300 options outstanding at a weighted average exercise price of $75.00 per share. At September 30, 2011, the Company had 587,399 non-vested shares outstanding and no performance shares outstanding. At September 30, 2011, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to the performance shares and the non-vested portion of restricted stock was $3.4 million which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.5 years.

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Business Segments

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2011

Business Segments [Abstract]

Business Segments

(14) Business Segments

The Company has two reportable segments: oil and gas exploration and production (“Oil and Gas”) and drilling and trucking operations (“Drilling”) through its ownership in DHS. However, as DHS has been reported as discontinued operations (see Note 4, “Discontinued Operations”), drilling did not affect continuing operations and thus is excluded from the table below. Following is a summary of segment results impacting continuing operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010:

						Inter-segment
	Oil and Gas			Drilling		Eliminations			Consolidated
	(In thousands)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2011
Revenues from external customers	$	16,546		$	—	$	—		$	16,546
Inter-segment revenues		—			—		—			—
Total revenues	$	16,546		$	—	$	—		$	16,546
Operating loss	$	(428,297	)	$	—	$	—		$	(428,297	)
Other expense (1)		(1,676	)		—		—			(1,676	)
Loss from continuing operations, before tax	$	(429,973	)	$	—	$	—		$	(429,973	)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2010
Revenues from external customers	$	12,652		$	—	$	—		$	12,652
Inter-segment revenues		—			—		—			—
Total revenues	$	12,652		$	—	$	—		$	12,652
Operating loss	$	(13,792	)	$	—	$	—		$	(13,792	)
Other expense (1)		(443	)		—		—			(443	)
Loss from continuing operations, before tax	$	(14,235	)	$	—	$	—		$	(14,235	)
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011
Revenues from external customers	$	51,143		$	—	$	—		$	51,143
Inter-segment revenues		—			—		—			—
Total revenues	$	51,143		$	—	$	—		$	51,143
Operating loss	$	(445,958	)	$	—	$	—		$	(445,958	)
Other expense (1)		(24,163	)		—		—			(24,163	)
Loss from continuing operations, before tax	$	(470,121	)	$	—	$	—		$	(470,121	)
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010
Revenues from external customers	$	46,599		$	—	$	—		$	46,599
Inter-segment revenues		—			—		—			—
Total revenues	$	46,599		$	—	$	—		$	46,599
Operating loss	$	(76,001	)	$	—	$	—		$	(76,001	)
Other income (1)		469			—		—			469
Loss from continuing operations, before tax	$	(75,532	)	$	—	$	—		$	(75,532	)
September 30, 2011
Total Assets	$	549,825		$	70,819	$	(66,373	)	$	554,271
December 31, 2010
Total Assets	$	1,016,635		$	74,093	$	(66,616	)	$	1,024,112

⁽¹⁾   Other income and expense includes interest and financing costs, realized losses on derivative instruments, unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments, interest income, income and loss from unconsolidated affiliates and other miscellaneous income. Non-controlling interests are included in inter-segment eliminations.

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Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited) (USD $) In Thousands	Sep. 30, 2011		Dec. 31, 2010
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 2,101		$ 14,190
Short-term restricted deposits	100,000		100,000
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $175 and $100, respectively	7,598		7,373
Assets held for sale - DHS subsidiary	70,819		108,218
Deposits and prepaid assets	1,790		1,720
Inventories	153		3,446
Derivative instruments	1,463		0
Other current assets	1,344		4,821
Total current assets	185,268		239,768
Oil and gas properties, successful efforts method of accounting:
Unproved	72,190		229,943
Proved	684,539		671,041
Pipeline and gathering systems	63,842		93,558
Other	11,713		13,556
Total property and equipment	832,284		1,008,098
Less accumulated depreciation and depletion	(469,762)		(232,493)
Net property and equipment	362,522		775,605
Long-term assets:
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates	3,599		3,376
Deferred financing costs	1,299		1,832
Other long-term assets	1,583		3,531
Total long-term assets	6,481		8,739
Total assets	554,271		1,024,112
Current liabilities:
Credit facility - Delta	21,000		0
Installment payable on property acquisition	99,785		97,874
3 3/4% Senior convertible notes - current	112,167		0
Accounts payable	18,152		27,616
Liabilities related to assets held for sale - DHS subsidiary	78,829		82,852
Other accrued liabilities	12,662		11,066
Derivative instruments	0		574
Total current liabilities	342,595		219,982
Long-term liabilities:
7% Senior notes	149,741		149,684
3 3/4% Senior convertible notes	0		108,593
Credit facility - Delta	0		29,130
Asset retirement obligations	3,354		2,709
Derivative instruments	319		2,419
Total long-term liabilities	153,414		292,535
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
Preferred stock, $.01 par value: authorized 3,000,000 shares, none issued
Common stock, $.01 par value: authorized 200,000,000 shares, issued 28,870,000 shares at September 30, 2011 and 28,513,800 shares at December 31, 2010	289	[1]	285	[1]
Additional paid-in capital	1,640,591		1,635,783
Treasury stock at cost; zero shares at September 30, 2011 and 3,300 shares at December 31, 2010	0	[1]	(279)	[1]
Accumulated deficit	(1,579,578)		(1,121,342)
Total Delta stockholders' equity	61,302		514,447
Non-controlling interest	(3,040)		(2,852)
Total equity	58,262		511,595
Total liabilities and equity	$ 554,271		$ 1,024,112

[1] All common share amounts (except par value and par value per share amounts) have been retroactively restated to reflect the Company's one-for-ten reverse common stock split effective July 13, 2011, as described in Note 10 - Stockholders' Equity to these consolidated financial statements.