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CAPITALIZED INTEREST
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
CAPITALIZED INTEREST

 

NOTE M —CAPITALIZED INTEREST

 

The Company capitalizes interest on qualifying assets, which include investments in undeveloped oil and natural gas properties and exploration and development projects for which depletion expense is not currently recognized, and for which exploration or development activities are in progress. The capitalized interest is determined by multiplying the Company’s interest rate on specific borrowing costs, adjusted to include of amortization of bond discount and issuance costs, related to the Senior Notes used to purchase the Marcellus Assets, by the qualifying costs incurred that are excluded from the full cost pool. However, the amount of capitalized interest cannot exceed the amount of gross interest expense incurred in any given period. The capitalized interest amounts are recorded as additions to unevaluated oil and natural gas properties on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. As the costs excluded are transferred to the full cost pool, the associated capitalized interest is also transferred to the full cost pool.  Interest of $3.2 million relating to the Senior Notes was capitalized during the three months ended March 31, 2015.