Financial Highlights

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
FINANCIAL DATA
(in millions, except share amounts)
Operating Revenues (sales of oil and gas) $698 $467 $430 $350 $227
Net Income $134 $130 $108 $112 $69
Per Share - Diluted $2.94 $2.89 $2.41 $2.50 $1.54
Net Cash Flows From Operations $410 $239 $258 $188 $125
Capital Expenditures (including acquisitions) $1,066 $341 $544 $243 $75
Dividends Per Share $.30 $.30 $.30 $.30 $.26
Average Common Shares
Outstanding - Diluted
45.4 44.9 44.8 45.0 44.9

CAPITALIZATION (in millions)
Long-Term Debt $1,132 $445 $390 $75 $28
Shareholders' Equity (successful efforts) $828 $460 $428 $334 $263

NET ANNUAL PRODUCTION VOLUME
(in millions, except %)
Oil Barrels 7.4 7.2 7.2 7.1 7.0
Natural Gas Mcf 25.6 15.7 12.5 7.9 2.8
Total BOE 11.7 9.8 9.3 8.4 7.5
% Production Growth (over prior year) 19% 6% 10% 12% 24%
% Of Production Which Is Natural Gas 36% 27% 22% 16% 6%

REALIZED AVERAGE SALES PRICE
(with hedging)
Oil (per barrel) $70.01 $53.24 $50.55 $40.85 $28.57
Natural Gas (per MMBTU) $7.01 $5.27 $5.57 $7.63 $5.49
BOE (per barrel of oil equivalent) $59.81 $47.50 $46.67 $41.62 $30.32

GROSS PRODUCTIVE WELLS DRILLED
Oil 248 230 258 113 121
Natural Gas 198 186 281 113 7
Total 446 416 539 226 128

Reserve Additions
Reserve Replacement Rate1 756% 293% 359% 296% 99%
Three-year Average Reserve
Replacement Rate
489% 316% 260% 212% 137%
FD&A2 Cost Per BOE $12.30 $10.07 $16.78 $9.34 $8.02
Three-year Average FD&A Cost Per BOE $12.75 $12.23 $12.77 $8.29 $7.39

PROVED RESERVES
(in millions, except %)
Oil Bbl 125 117 113 104 106
Natural Gas Mcf 724 315 226 135 26
Total BOE 246 169 150 126 110
% Natural Gas 49% 31% 25% 18% 4%
% Developed 55% 61% 68% 72% 74%
Reserve Life
(years, using annualized Q4 production rate)
19 17 15 15 14

Abbreviations in above table: Bbl — barrel; BOE — barrel of oil equivalent (with gas at 6:1 ratio); Mcf — thousand cubic feet; MMBTU — million British Thermal Units; F&D — finding and development; FD&A; finding, development and acquisition

1The reserve replacement rate is calculated by dividing net reserve additions for the year by total production for the year

2 Acquisition, exploration and development costs divided by reserve revisions, improved recoveries, extensions, discoveries and purchase of reserves in place