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16 Aug 2010material agreement● NeutralMajor
The partnership sold 3,000,000 common units at $33.97 each under an agreement dated Aug 11, 2010, closing Aug 16, with the 450,000-unit over-allotment option exercised in full. Expected net proceeds before the option were about $99.4 million, to fund part of the Petrohawk Mid-Continent purchase, with interim proceeds repaying the credit facility. This continues the pattern of funding acquisitions partly with new units, which adds to units outstanding.
On Aug 9, 2010 the partnership agreed to buy Petrohawk's interest in Mid-Continent oil and gas properties (Anadarko, Arkoma and East Texas) for $123 million, expected to close by end of September 2010. The release says the Appalachian acquisitions have been integrated (the Appalachian Basin deal closed March 30, 2010), and reports Q2 2010 net income of $16.3 million versus a $31.6 million loss in Q2 2009, with production of 6.83 Bcfe. Properties carry ~74.5 Bcfe proved reserves and ~15.5 MMcfe/d net production.
The partnership signed a Fourth Amendment to its credit agreement, effective April 26, 2010. Until the next scheduled redetermination (expected around Oct 1, 2010), it may issue up to $200 million of senior debt without the borrowing base being cut by 30% of that debt, and the borrowing base was reaffirmed at $465 million. The $465M level is unchanged from the April 2009 cut.
The partnership sold 3,000,000 new common units at $28.08 each in an offering that closed Feb 12, 2010, and the underwriters' option for 450,000 more units was exercised in full. Expected net proceeds before the option were about $82.2 million, meant to fund part of the Range Resources Appalachian purchase announced Feb 8, with any interim proceeds going to repay the credit facility. This is a continuation of the Range deal; it adds more units outstanding for existing holders (the 2009 offerings were similar).
The partnership agreed to buy a 46.15% interest in Appalachian Basin oil and gas properties from a subsidiary of Range Resources for $151.8 million, alongside EnerVest institutional partnerships. The effective date is January 1, 2010, with closing expected by the end of March 2010. The properties are mainly in Ohio, with about 78.8 Bcfe of proved reserves net to the partnership and current net production of about 11.3 MMcfe/d. The CEO called it the second Appalachian acquisition in six months. The related Sept 2009 Appalachian agreement's terms are not shown in the earlier filing. The release adds new 2010-2011 hedges.