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Oil and Gas Producing Activities
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Oil and Gas Producing Activities
9. Oil and Gas Producing Activities

Set forth below is certain information regarding the costs incurred for oil and gas property acquisition, development and exploration activities (in thousands):

 

     For the Years Ended December 31,  
     2012      2011      2010  

Property acquisition costs:

        

Unproved properties

   $ 2,335       $ 17,361       $ 8,931   

Proved properties

     5,407         5,063         86   

Working interest acquisitions

             70,827         21,179   

Exploration costs

     4,550         9,991         2,874   

Development costs(1)

     285,039         182,522         56,915   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total costs incurred

   $ 297,331       $ 285,764       $ 89,985   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, development costs include $409,000, $1.2 million and $604,000 in non-cash asset retirement obligations, respectively.

 

Set forth below is certain information regarding the results of operations for oil and gas producing activities (in thousands):

 

     For the Years Ended December 31,  
     2012     2011     2010  

Revenues

   $ 128,892      $ 108,387      $ 57,581   

Production costs

     (28,257     (19,134     (11,545

Exploration expense

     (4,550     (9,546     (2,589

Impairment

            (18,476     (2,622

Depletion

     (60,381     (31,858     (21,991

Income tax expense

     (12,139     (9,546     (6,527
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Results of operations

   $ 23,565      $ 19,827      $ 12,307