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Variable Interest Entities (Tables)
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Variable Interest Entity  
Open Oil and Natural Gas Commodity Derivative Contracts
At June 30, 2014, the Company’s open commodity derivative contracts consisted of the following:

Oil Price Swaps 
 
Notional (MBbls)
 
Weighted Average
Fixed Price
July 2014 - December 2014
2,054

 
$
99.08

January 2015 - December 2015
5,588

 
$
92.44


Natural Gas Price Swaps 
 
Notional (MMcf)
 
Weighted Average
Fixed Price
July 2014 - December 2014
24,840

 
$
4.28

January 2015 - December 2015
15,400

 
$
4.50


Oil Collars - Three-way
 
Notional (MBbls)
 
Sold Put
Purchased Put
Sold Call
July 2014 - December 2014
4,140

 
$70.00
$90.20
$100.00
January 2015 - December 2015
3,656

 
$74.83
$90.35
$103.50

Natural Gas Collars
 
Notional (MMcf)
 
Collar Range
July 2014 - December 2014
472

 
$4.00
$7.78
January 2015 - December 2015
1,010

 
$4.00
$8.55
Royalty Trusts
 
Variable Interest Entity  
Royalty Trust Units
The following table summarizes information about each Royalty Trust:
 
 
Mississippian Trust I
 
Permian Trust
 
Mississippian Trust II
Total outstanding common units
 
21,000,000

 
39,375,000

 
37,293,750

Total outstanding subordinated units
 
7,000,000

 
13,125,000

 
12,431,250

Liquidation date(1)
 
12/31/2030

 
3/31/2031

 
12/31/2031

____________________
(1)
At the time each Royalty Trust terminates, 50% of the royalty interests conveyed to the Royalty Trust will automatically revert to the Company, and the remaining 50% will be sold with the proceeds distributed to the Royalty Trust unitholders.
Royalty Trusts Distributions
The Royalty Trusts declared and paid quarterly distributions during the three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 as follows (in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
2014(1)
 
2013
 
2014(2)
 
2013
Total distributions
 
$
59,672

 
$
68,449

 
$
127,985

 
$
144,810

Distributions to third-party unitholders
 
$
50,024

 
$
47,459

 
$
103,142

 
$
98,716


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(1)
Subordination thresholds were not met for the Mississippian Trust I’s and Mississippian Trust II’s distributions, resulting in reduced distributions to the Company on its subordinated units for this period.
(2)
Subordination thresholds were not met for the Mississippian Trust I’s distributions, resulting in reduced distributions to the Company on its subordinated units for this period.

Open Oil and Natural Gas Commodity Derivative Contracts
The tables below present the open oil and natural gas commodity derivative contracts at June 30, 2014 underlying the derivatives agreements. The combined volume in the tables below reflects the total volume of the Royalty Trusts’ open oil and natural gas commodity derivative contracts.

Oil Price Swaps Underlying the Royalty Trust Derivatives Agreements
 
Notional (MBbls)
 
Weighted Average
Fixed Price
July 2014 - December 2014
823

 
$
101.01

January 2015 - December 2015
904

 
$
97.78


Natural Gas Collars Underlying the Royalty Trust Derivatives Agreements
 
Notional (MMcf)
 
Collar Range
July 2014 - December 2014
472

 
$
4.00

$
7.78

January 2015 - December 2015
1,010

 
$
4.00

$
8.55


Oil Price Swaps Underlying the Derivatives Agreements and Novated to the Royalty Trusts
 
Notional (MBbls)
 
Weighted Average
Fixed Price
July 2014 - December 2014
473

 
$
100.76

January 2015 - March 2015
141

 
$
100.90

Assets and Liabilities Included in Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
The Royalty Trusts’ assets and liabilities, after considering the effects of intercompany eliminations, included in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
June 30,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Cash and cash equivalents(1)
$
6,722

 
$
7,912

Accounts receivable, net
18,887

 
22,540

Derivative contracts

 
4,983

Total current assets
25,609

 
35,435

Investment in royalty interests(2)
1,325,942

 
1,325,942

Less: accumulated depletion and impairment(3)
(258,186
)
 
(186,095
)
 
1,067,756

 
1,139,847

Derivative contracts

 
1,476

Total assets
$
1,093,365

 
$
1,176,758

Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$
2,318

 
$
3,393

Derivative contracts, current
968

 

Total liabilities
$
3,286

 
$
3,393

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(1)
Includes $3.0 million held by the trustee at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 as reserves for future general and administrative expenses.
(2)
Investment in royalty interests is included in oil and natural gas properties in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.
(3)
Accumulated depletion and impairment at June 30, 2014 includes full cost ceiling limitation impairment allocated to the Royalty Trusts of $42.3 million. There was no full cost ceiling limitation impairment allocated to the Royalty Trusts as of December 31, 2013.
Royalty Trusts Ownership Interest
The Company’s beneficial interests in the Royalty Trusts at June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 were as follows:
 
June 30,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Mississippian Trust I
26.9
%
 
26.9
%
Permian Trust
25.0
%
 
28.5
%
Mississippian Trust II
37.6
%
 
37.6
%
Grey Ranch Plant, L.P
 
Variable Interest Entity  
Assets and Liabilities Included in Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
GRLP’s assets and liabilities, after considering the effects of intercompany eliminations, included in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2013 consisted of the following (in thousands):
 
December 31,
2013
Cash and cash equivalents
$
132

Accounts receivable, net
16

Prepaid expenses
32

Other current assets
109

Total current assets
289

Other property, plant and equipment, net
1,163

Total assets
$
1,452

 
 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$
129

Total liabilities
$
129

Pinon Gathering Company LLC
 
Variable Interest Entity  
Schedule Of Amounts Due To/From Variable Interest Entities
Amounts due from and due to PGC as of June 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 included in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets are as follows (in thousands):
 
June 30,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Accounts receivable due from PGC
$
1,672

 
$
741

Accounts payable due to PGC
$
4,486

 
$
3,634