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Supplemental Information on Oil and Gas Exploration and Productions Activities (Unaudited)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Extractive Industries [Abstract]  
Supplemental Information on Oil and Gas Exploration and Productions Activities (Unaudited)
The Partnership prepared the following oil and gas information in accordance with the authoritative guidance for oil and gas extractive activities.

Capitalized Costs (in thousands):
 
For the Years  Ended
December 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Proven properties
$
199,404

 
$
392,153

Unproven properties

 
46,400

Total property, plant, and equipment
199,404

 
438,553

Accumulated depreciation, depletion, and amortization
(60,542
)
 
(18,993
)
Net capitalized costs
$
138,862

 
$
419,560



Costs incurred for property acquisitions, exploration, and development (in thousands):
 
For the Years  Ended
December 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Property acquisitions
 
 
 
Proven properties
$

 
$
298,627

Unproven properties

 
40,800

Development
29,080

 
5,340

Total
$
29,080

 
$
344,767



Results of Operations for Producing Activities (in thousands):
 
For the Years  Ended
December 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Production revenue
$
49,201

 
$
48,834

Royalty and overriding royalty revenue (1)
4,364

 
10,732

Total oil and gas related revenue
53,565

 
59,566

Operating costs and expense:
 
 
 
Depreciation, depletion and amortization
40,772

 
23,936

Property, franchise and other taxes
5,210

 
5,529

Production costs
12,871

 
12,544

Impairment of oil and gas properties
367,576

 

Total operating costs and expense
426,429

 
42,009

Total income from operations
$
(372,864
)
 
$
17,557

 
(1)
Includes $0.4 million and $1.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively of nonproduction revenues including lease bonus payments

Estimated Proved Reserves

Proved reserves are those quantities of crude oil and natural gas, which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods, and government regulations prior to the time at which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates renewal is reasonably certain. In connection with the estimation of proved reserves, the term "reasonable certainty" implies a high degree of confidence that the quantities of crude oil, natural gas liquids and/or natural gas actually recovered will equal or exceed the estimate. The Partnership estimated proved reserves as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 were prepared by Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc., the Partnership’s independent reserve engineer. To achieve reasonable certainty, Netherland Sewell employed technologies that have been demonstrated to yield results with consistency and repeatability. The technologies and economic data used in the estimation of the Partnership’s proved reserves include, but are not limited to, well logs, geologic maps including isopach and structure maps, analogy and statistical analysis, and available downhole and production data and well test data. Netherland Sewell prepared its report covering properties representing 100% of the Partnership’s estimated proved reserves as of December 31 2015 and 2014. Prices were calculated using the unweighted average of the first-day-of-the-month pricing for the twelve months ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. These prices were then adjusted for transportation and other costs. There can be no assurance that the proved reserves will be produced as estimated or that the prices and costs will remain constant. There are numerous uncertainties inherent in estimating reserves and related information and different reserve engineers often arrive at different estimates for the same properties. A copy of Netherland Sewell’s summary report is included as Exhibit 99.2 to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

The following tables shows our estimated domestic proved reserves and reserve additions and revisions:
 
 
Crude
Oil
(MBbl)
 
NGLs
(MBbl)
 
Natural
Gas
(MMcf)(2)
 
Total
Proved
Reserves
(MBoe)(3)
December 31, 2014
 
9,983

 
1,229

 
14,370

 
13,607

Revisions of previous estimates
 
(1,451
)
 
89

 
701

 
(1,244
)
Extensions, discoveries and other additions
 
776

 
60

 
541

 
926

Sales of properties
 
(98
)
 

 
(62
)
 
(108
)
Production
 
(1,136
)
 
(156
)
 
(2,226
)
 
(1,663
)
December 31, 2015 (1)
 
8,074

 
1,222

 
13,324

 
11,518

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proved developed reserves as of December 31, 2015
 
7,862

 
1,196

 
13,157

 
11,251

Proved undeveloped reserves as of December 31, 2015
 
212

 
26

 
167

 
267

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proved developed reserves as of December 31, 2014
 
8,930

 
1,098

 
13,161

 
12,221

Proved undeveloped reserves as of December 31, 2014
 
1,053

 
131

 
1,209

 
1,386


(1)
Includes reserves attributable to the Partnership's 51% member interest in BRP LLC.
(2)
Natural gas is converted on the basis of six Mcf of gas per one Bbl of oil equivalent. This ratio reflects an energy content equivalency and not a price or revenue equivalency.
(3)
Includes 10,063MBoe of estimated proved reserves attributable to the Partnership’s non-operated working interests in oil and natural gas properties in the Williston Basin, approximately 3% of which were proved undeveloped reserves.

The standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows from our estimated proved oil and gas reserves is as follows (in thousands):
 
For the Years  Ended
December 31,
 
2015
 
2014
Future cash inflows
$
364,352

 
$
920,454

Less related future:
 
 


Production costs
(164,649
)
 
(312,666
)
Development and abandonment costs
(7,826
)
 
(20,072
)
Future net cash flows before 10% discount
191,877

 
587,716

Discount to present value at a 10% annual rate
(75,524
)
 
(282,519
)
Total standardized measure of discounted net cash flows
$
116,353

 
$
305,197



The table below is a summary of the changes in the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows for our proved oil and gas reserves during the year ended December 31, 2015 (in thousands):
Beginning of the period
$
305,197

Revisions to previous estimates:
 
Changes in prices and costs
(188,946
)
Changes in quantities
(11,750
)
Changes in future development costs
(12,202
)
Previously estimated development costs incurred during the period
29,080

Additions to proved reserves from extensions, discoveries and improved recovery, less related costs
11,928

Purchases and sales of reserves in place, net
(3,851
)
Accretion of discount
31,795

Sales of oil and gas, net of production costs
(35,112
)
Production timing and other
(9,786
)
Net increase (decrease)
(188,844
)
End of period
$
116,353