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OIL AND GAS INFORMATION
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
OIL AND GAS INFORMATION  
OIL AND GAS INFORMATION

NOTE J—OIL AND GAS INFORMATION

        Costs related to the oil and gas activities of the Company were incurred as follows for the years ended December 31:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Property acquisition—unproved

 

$

 

$

184,410 

 

Property acquisition—proved

 

 

18,626 

 

 

172,264 

 

Exploration costs

 

 

 

 

32 

 

Development costs

 

 

17,359 

 

 

108,676 

 

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$

35,988 

 

$

465,382 

 

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        Asset retirement cost included in oil and gas property costs increased by approximately $8,700 in 2015 and $2.1 million in 2014.

        The Company had the following aggregate capitalized costs relating to the Company's oil and gas activities at December 31:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Unproved oil and gas properties

 

$

14,658 

 

$

204,627 

 

Proved oil and gas properties

 

 

1,125,297 

 

 

1,091,063 

 

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1,139,955 

 

 

1,295,690 

 

Less accumulated depreciation, depletion, amortization and impairment expense

 

 

977,270 

 

 

542,194 

 

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$

162,685 

 

$

753,496 

 

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        The following table sets forth the Company's results of operations from oil and natural gas producing activities for the years ended December 31:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

2015

 

2014

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Revenues

 

$

83,734

 

$

145,385

 

Production costs

 

 

(49,557

)

 

(48,357

)

Accretion of asset retirement obligation

 

 

(2,857

)

 

(2,521

)

Impairment

 

 

(562,151

)

 

 

Depreciation, depletion, amortization

 

 

(59,729

)

 

(50,686

)

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Income (loss) from oil and gas producing activities

 

$

(590,560

)

$

43,821

 

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        In the presentation above, no deduction has been made for indirect costs such as corporate overhead or interest expense. No income taxes are reflected above due to the Company's tax loss carryforwards.

        The following is a summary of Warren's oil and gas properties not subject to amortization as of December 31, 2015:

                                                                                                                                                                                    

 

 

Costs incurred in

 

 

 

Fiscal year
2015

 

Fiscal year
2014

 

Fiscal year
2013

 

Prior to
2013

 

Total

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Acquisition costs

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

$

 

Exploration costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development costs(1)

 

 

365 

 

 

1,127 

 

 

126 

 

 

13,040 

 

 

14,658 

 

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Total oil and gas properties not subject to amortization

 

$

365 

 

$

1,127 

 

$

126 

 

$

13,040 

 

$

14,658 

 

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(1)          

The Company's development costs primarily reflect investment in well cellars and facilities in its Wilmington oil field to facilitate the development of future oil wells. These costs will be allocated to future wells drilled, the majority of these wells are expected to be drilling during the next five to eight years.