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Long-Term Debt | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Long-Term Debt | 5. Long-Term Debt Bank Debt: Effective July 30, 2010, the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement between Compass Bank as agent and a syndicated group of lenders (“Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement has a revolving line of credit and letter of credit facility of up to $250 million with a final maturity date of July 30, 2017. The credit facility is secured by substantially all of the Company’s oil and gas properties. The credit facility is subject to a borrowing base determined by the lenders taking into consideration the estimated value of PEC’s oil and gas properties in accordance with the lenders’ customary practices for oil and gas loans. This process involves reviewing PEC’s estimated proved reserves and their valuation. The borrowing base is redetermined semi-annually, and the available borrowing amount could be increased or decreased as a result of such redetermination. In addition, PEC and the lenders each have at their discretion the right to request the borrowing base be redetermined with a maximum of one such request each year. A revision to PEC’s reserves may prompt such a request on the part of the lenders, which could possibly result in a reduction in the borrowing base and availability under the credit facility. At any time if the sum of the outstanding borrowings and letter of credit exposures exceed the applicable portion of the borrowing base, PEC would be required to repay the excess amount within a prescribed period. The Credit Agreement has been amended from time to time to further define the limitations on loans or advances and investments made in the Company’s limited partnerships; modify the Company’s borrowing base and monthly reduction amounts; remove the floor rate component of LIBO rate loans; modify financial reporting requirements to the agent; increase hedging allowances; allow for a one-time advance to be made to the Company’s offshore subsidiary; and amend restrictions on the payments for dividends, distributions or repurchase of PEC’s stock. The Credit Agreement includes terms and covenants that require the Company to maintain a minimum current ratio, total indebtedness to EBITDAX (earnings before depreciation, depletion, amortization, taxes, interest expense and exploration costs) ratio and interest coverage ratio, as defined, and restrictions are placed on the payment of dividends, the amount of treasury stock the Company may purchase, commodity hedge agreements, and loans and investments in its consolidated subsidiaries and limited partnerships. Under the Credit Agreement, the maximum percentage of production available to enter into commodity hedge agreements is 90% of proved developed producing reserves for each of the next succeeding four calendar years for crude oil and natural gas computed separately. In addition, the Company’s restrictions on the payment of dividends, distributions or purchase of treasury stock is limited to an aggregate of $5.0 million in each calendar year. At December 31, 2014, the credit facility borrowing base was $130.0 million with no monthly reduction amount. The borrowings made within the credit facility may be placed in a base rate loan or LIBO rate loan. The Company’s borrowing rates in the credit facility provide for base rate loans at the prime rate (3.25% at December 31, 2014) plus applicable margin utilization rates that range from 1.50% to 2.00%, and LIBO rate loans at LIBO published rates plus applicable utilization rates that range from 2.50% to 3.00%. At December 31, 2014, the Company had in place one base rate loan and one LIBO rate loan with effective rates of 4.75% and 2.65%, respectively. At December 31, 2014, the Company had $88.9 million of borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility at a weighted-average interest rate of 3.42%, and $41.1 million available for future borrowings. The combined weighted average interest rate paid on outstanding bank borrowings subject to base rate and LIBO interest was 3.53% for the year ended December 31, 2014, as compared to 3.58% for the year ended December 31, 2013. The Company entered into interest rate hedge agreements to help manage interest rate exposure. These contracts include interest rate swaps. Interest rate swap transactions generally involve the exchange of fixed and floating rate interest payment obligations without the exchange of the underlying principal amounts. In July 2012, the Company entered into interest swap agreements for a period of two years, which commenced in January 2014, related to $75 million of the Company’s bank debt resulting in a LIBO fixed rate of 0.563%. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company recorded interest expense and paid $289,000 related to the settlement of interest rate swaps. Equipment Loans: On July 31, 2013, the Company entered into a $10.0 million Loan and Security Agreement with JP Morgan Chase Bank (“Equipment Loan”). The Equipment Loan is secured by a portion of the Company’s field service equipment, carries an interest rate of 3.95% per annum, requires monthly payments (principal and interest) of $184,000, and has a final maturity date of July 31, 2018. As of December 31, 2014, the Company had a total of $7.5 million outstanding on this Equipment Loan. On July 29, 2014, the Company entered into additional equipment financing facilities totaling $6.0 million with JP Morgan Chase Bank. In August 2014, the Company drew down $4.8 million of this facility that is secured by field service equipment, carries an interest rate of 3.40% per annum, requires monthly payments (principal and interest) of $87,800, and has a final maturity date of July 31, 2019. As of December 31, 2014, the Company had a total of $4.5 million outstanding on this facility. The remaining $1.2 million under this facility is available to finance the acquisition of any future field service equipment. In December 2014, the Company drew down an additional $0.5 million of this facility that is secured by recently purchased field service equipment. Interim draws on this facility carry a floating interest rate, payable monthly at the LIBO published rate plus 2.50% and in July 2015 will convert along with subsequent draws, if any, into a fixed term loan requiring monthly payments (principal and interest) and a final maturity date of June 30, 2020.

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