Item 6 — Selected Financial Data

The following table sets forth certain financial information and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the historical financial statements and notes thereto included in Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. The Statements of Income and Balance Sheet data included in this table for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2007 were derived from the audited financial statements and the accompanying notes to those financial statements (in thousands, except per share, per BOE and % data).  

 

 

2007

 

 

2006

 

 

2005

 

 

2004

 

 

2003

 

Audited Financial Information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Sales of oil and gas

 

$

467,400

 

 

$

430,497

 

 

$

349,691

 

 

$

226,876

 

 

$

135,848

 

    Sales of electricity

 

 

55,619

 

 

 

52,932

 

 

 

55,230

 

 

 

47,644

 

 

 

44,200

 

    Gain on sale of assets

 

 

54,173

 

 

 

97

 

 

 

130

 

 

 

410

 

 

 

570

 

    Operating costs - oil and gas production

 

 

141,218

 

 

 

117,624

 

 

 

99,066

 

 

 

73,838

 

 

 

57,830

 

    Operating costs - electricity generation

 

 

45,980

 

 

 

48,281

 

 

 

55,086

 

 

 

46,191

 

 

 

42,351

 

    Production taxes

 

 

17,215

 

 

 

14,674

 

 

 

11,506

 

 

 

6,431

 

 

 

3,097

 

    General and administrative expenses (G&A)

 

 

40,210

 

 

 

36,841

 

 

 

21,396

 

 

 

22,504

 

 

 

14,495

 

    Depreciation, depletion & amortization (DD&A)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Oil and gas production

 

 

93,691

 

 

 

67,668

 

 

 

38,150

 

 

 

29,752

 

 

 

17,258

 

     Electricity generation

 

 

3,568

 

 

 

3,343

 

 

 

3,260

 

 

 

3,490

 

 

 

3,256

 

    Net income

 

 

129,928

 

 

 

107,943

 

 

 

112,356

 

 

 

69,187

 

 

 

32,363

 

    Basic net income per share

 

 

2.95

 

 

 

2.46

 

 

 

2.55

 

 

 

1.58

 

 

 

.74

 

    Diluted net income per share

 

2.89

 

 

2.41

 

 

2.50

 

 

1.54

 

 

.73

 

    Weighted average number of shares outstanding (basic)

 

 

44,075

 

 

 

43,948

 

 

 

44,082

 

 

 

43,788

 

 

 

43,544

 

    Weighted average number of shares outstanding (diluted)

 

 

44,906

 

 

 

44,774

 

 

 

44,980

 

 

 

44,940

 

 

 

44,062

 

    Working capital (deficit)

 

$

(110,350

)

 

$

(116,594

)

 

$

(54,757

)

 

$

(3,840

)

 

$

(3,540

)

    Total assets

 

 

1,452,106

 

 

 

1,198,997

 

 

 

635,051

 

 

 

412,104

 

 

 

340,377

 

    Long-term debt

 

 

445,000

 

 

 

390,000

 

 

 

75,000

 

 

 

28,000

 

 

 

50,000

 

    Shareholders' equity

 

 

459,974

 

 

 

427,700

 

 

 

334,210

 

 

 

263,086

 

 

 

197,338

 

    Cash dividends per share

 

 

.30

 

 

 

.30

 

 

 

.30

 

 

 

.26

 

 

 

.24

 

    Cash flow from operations

 

 

248,279

 

 

 

243,229

 

 

 

187,780

 

 

 

124,613

 

 

 

64,825

 

    Exploration and development of oil and gas properties

 

 

281,702

 

 

 

265,110

 

 

 

118,718

 

 

 

71,556

 

 

 

41,061

 

    Property/facility acquisitions

 

 

56,247

 

 

 

257,840

 

 

 

112,249

 

 

 

2,845

 

 

 

48,579

 

    Additions to vehicles, drilling rigs and other fixed assets

 

3,565

 

 

21,306

 

 

11,762

 

 

669

 

 

494

 

Unaudited Operating Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Oil and gas producing operations (per BOE):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    Average sales price before hedging

 

$

49.72

 

 

$

48.38

 

 

$

47.01

 

 

$

33.64

 

 

$

24.48

 

    Average sales price after hedging

 

 

47.50

 

 

 

46.67

 

 

 

41.62

 

 

 

30.32

 

 

 

22.52

 

    Average operating costs - oil and gas production

 

 

14.38

 

 

 

12.69

 

 

 

11.79

 

 

 

10.09

 

 

 

9.57

 

    Production taxes

 

 

1.75

 

 

 

1.58

 

 

 

1.37

 

 

 

.86

 

 

 

.51

 

    G&A

 

 

4.09

 

 

 

3.98

 

 

 

2.55

 

 

 

2.99

 

 

 

2.40

 

    DD&A - oil and gas production

 

9.54

 

 

7.30

 

 

4.54

 

 

3.96

 

 

2.86

 

 Production (MBOE)

 

 

9,819

 

 

 

9,270

 

 

 

8,401

 

 

 

7,517

 

 

 

6,040

 

 Production (MMWh)

 

 

779

 

 

 

757

 

 

 

741

 

 

 

776

 

 

 

767

 

    Total proved reserves (BOE)

 

 

169,179

 

 

 

150,262

 

 

 

126,285

 

 

 

109,836

 

 

 

109,920

 

    Standardized measure (1)

 

$

2,419,506

 

 

$

1,182,268

 

 

$

1,251,380

 

 

$

686,748

 

 

$

528,220

 

    Year end average BOE price for PV10 purposes

 

66.27

 

 

41.23

 

 

48.21

 

 

29.87

 

 

25.89

 

    Return on average shareholders' equity

 

 

29.18

%

 

 

28.33

%

 

 

37.63

%

 

 

31.06

%

 

 

17.50

%

    Return on average capital employed

 

 

16.01

%

 

 

18.21

%

 

 

32.74

%

 

 

26.29

%

 

 

15.44

%