UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549


FORM 10-Q

 


þxQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended March 31,September 30, 2007

OR

 

¨TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission file number: 001-7940


GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 


Delaware

76-0466193

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

76-0466193

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

808 Travis, Suite 1320

Houston, Texas 77002

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (713) 780-9494


Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  þx    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer  ¨    Accelerated filer  þx    Non-accelerated filer  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 12b-2).    Yes  ¨    No  þx

The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant’s common stock as of May 4,November 2, 2007 was 28,303,019.28,345,371.

 



GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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PART I

 FINANCIAL INFORMATION  3

ITEM 1.

 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS  
 Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31,September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006  3
 Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2007 and 2006  4
 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the threenine months ended March 31,September 30, 2007 and 2006  5
 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2007 and 2006

  6
 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements  7

ITEM 2.

 

MANAGEMENT'SMANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

  14

ITEM 3.

 QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK  21
20

ITEM 4.

 CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES  21

PART II

 OTHER INFORMATION  23
22

ITEM 1A.

 RISK FACTORS  2322

ITEM 4.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS22

ITEM 6.

 EXHIBITS  2322

PART 1 – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1 – Financial Statements

GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETSSHEET

(In Thousands, Except Share Amounts and Par Value)

 

  September 30,
2007
 December 31,
2006
 
  March 31,
2007
 December 31,
2006
   (unaudited)   
ASSETS  (unaudited)      

CURRENT ASSETS:

      

Cash and cash equivalents

  $7,572  $6,184   $2,064  $6,184 

Assets held for sale

   1,867   —      716   —   

Accounts receivable, trade and other, net of allowance

   9,996   9,665    7,061   9,665 

Accrued oil and gas revenue

   10,949   10,689    9,660   10,689 

Fair value of oil and gas derivatives

   2,228   13,419    3,684   13,419 

Fair value of interest rate derivatives

   54   219    —     219 

Prepaid expenses and other

   1,257   994    2,192   994 
              

Total current assets

   33,923   41,170    25,377   41,170 
              

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:

      

Oil and gas properties (successful efforts method)

   497,466   575,666    639,452   575,666 

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

   1,686   1,463    1,665   1,463 
              
   499,152   577,129    641,117   577,129 

Less: Accumulated depletion, depreciation and amortization

   (94,761)  (156,509)   (137,878)  (156,509)
              

Net property and equipment

   404,391   420,620    503,239   420,620 
              

OTHER ASSETS:

      

Restricted cash

   —     2,039 

Restricted cash and investments

   —     2,039 

Deferred tax asset

   9,041   9,705    —     9,705 

Other

   5,384   5,730    5,201   5,730 
              

Total other assets

   14,425   17,474    5,201   17,474 
              

TOTAL ASSETS

  $452,739  $479,264   $533,817  $479,264 
              
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY      

CURRENT LIABILITIES:

      

Accounts payable

  $29,860  $36,263   $36,992  $36,263 

Accrued liabilities

   37,579   26,811    35,205   26,811 

Fair value of interest derivatives

   102   —   

Accrued abandonment costs

   158   263    281   263 
              

Total current liabilities

   67,597   63,337    72,580   63,337 

Long-term debt

   175,000   201,500 

LONG-TERM DEBT

   275,000   201,500 

Accrued abandonment costs

   3,237   9,294    4,973   9,294 
              

Total liabilities

   245,834   274,131 

Total Liabilities

   352,553   274,131 
              

Commitments and contingencies (See Note 8)

   

Commitments and contingencies (See Note 9)

   

STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:

      

Preferred stock: 10,000,000 shares authorized:

      

Series B convertible preferred stock, $1.00 par value, 2,250,000 shares issued and outstanding

   2,250   2,250 

Common stock: $0.20 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized; issued and outstanding 28,321,464 and 28,218,422 shares, respectively

   5,066   5,049 

Series B convertible preferred stock, $1.00 par value, issued and outstanding 2,250,000 shares

   2,250   2,250 

Common stock: $0.20 par value, 100,000,000 and 50,000,000 shares authorized, respectively; issued and outstanding 28,344,872 and 28,218,422 shares, respectively

   5,044   5,049 

Additional paid in capital

   215,153   213,666    217,549   213,666 

Treasury stock

   (517)  —      (66)  —   

Accumulated deficit

   (15,047)  (14,571)   (43,513)  (14,571)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

   —     (1,261)   —     (1,261)
              

Total stockholders’ equity

   206,905   205,133    181,264   205,133 
              

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

  $452,739  $479,264   $533,817  $479,264 
              

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31,
   Three Months Ended
September 30,
 Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
    2007   2006   2007 2006 2007 2006 

Revenues:

           

Oil and gas revenues

    $23,317   $14,423   $27,160  $19,465   78,337  $53,864 

Other

     225    346    120   159   491   683 
                       
     23,542    14,769    27,280   19,624   78,828   54,547 
                       

Operating expenses:

           

Lease operating expense

     4,111    2,238    5,215   3,891   15,500   8,274 

Production taxes

     318    902 

Production and other taxes

   1,292   1,039   996   3,023 

Transportation

     1,075    —      1,715   1,229   4,230   2,717 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

     17,708    5,882    20,434   9,821   57,603   25,687 

Exploration

     2,326    1,399    1,754   1,528   5,847   4,435 

Impairment of oil and gas properties

   282   —     282   —   

General and administrative

     5,338    3,771    5,054   4,282   15,892   12,248 
                       
     30,876    14,192    35,746   21,790   100,350   56,384 
                       

Operating income (loss)

     (7,334)   577 

Operating loss

   (8,466)  (2,166)  (21,522)  (1,837)
                       

Other income (expense):

      

Other income expense:

     

Interest expense

     (2,624)   (695)   (3,086)  (2,509)  (7,932)  (4,706)

Gain (loss) on derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting

     (9,487)   13,542    2,378   15,188   (3,475)  34,611 
                       
     (12,111)   12,847    (708)  12,679   (11,407)  29,905 
                       

Income (loss) before income taxes

     (19,445)   13,424    (9,174)  10,513   (32,929)  28,068 

Income tax (expense) benefit

     6,743    (4,698)   (11,641)  (3,669)  (3,379)  (9,779)
                       

Income (loss) from continuing operations

     (12,702)   8,726    (20,815)  6,844   (36,308)  18,289 
                       

Discontinued operations (See Note 6):

           

Gain on disposal, net of tax

     10,913    —   

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

     2,825    2,866 

Gain (loss) on disposal, net of tax

   (928)  —     9,823   —   

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax

   (401)  1,337   2,078   5,782 
                       
     13,738    2,866    (1,329)  1,337   11,901   5,782 
                       

Net income

     1,036    11,592 

Net income (loss)

   (22,144)  8,181   (24,407)  24,071 

Preferred stock dividends

     1,512    1,481    1,511   1,511   4,535   4,504 

Preferred stock redemption premium

     —      1,536    —     —     —     1,545 
                       

Net income (loss) applicable to common stock

    $(476)  $8,575   $(23,655) $6,670  $(28,942) $18,022 
                       

Income (loss) from continuing operations per common share:

      

Income (loss) per common share from continuing operations

     

Basic

    $(0.51)  $0.35   $(0.83) $0.27  $(1.44) $0.73 
                       

Diluted

    $(0.51)  $0.34   $(0.83) $0.27  $(1.44) $0.72 
                       

Income from discontinued operations per common share:

      

Income (loss) per common share from discontinued operations

     

Basic

    $0.55   $0.12   $(0.05) $0.05  $0.47  $0.23 
                       

Diluted

    $0.54   $0.11   $(0.05) $0.05  $0.47  $0.23 
                       

Net income (loss) applicable to common stock per common share:

      

Net income (loss) per common share applicable to common stock

     

Basic

    $(0.02)  $0.34   $(0.94) $0.27  $(1.15) $0.72 
                       

Diluted

    $(0.02)  $0.34   $(0.94) $0.26  $(1.15) $0.71 
                       

Average common shares outstanding:

      

Weighted average common shares outstanding

     

Basic

     25,141    24,860    25,204   24,972   25,177   24,923 
                       

Diluted

     25,386    25,366    25,204   25,346   25,177   25,386 
                       

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In Thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

    Three Months Ended
March 31,
   Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
    2007   2006   2007 2006 

Cash flows from operating activities:

      

Net income

    $1,036   $11,592 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities -

      

Depletion, depreciation and amortization

     17,708    9,832 

Cash flows from operating activities:

   

Net income (loss)

  $(24,407) $24,071 

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities—

   

Depletion, depreciation, and amortization

   57,603   37,120 

Unrealized (gain) loss on derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting

     13,124    (16,121)   11,974   (36,370)

Deferred income taxes

     654    6,241    9,697   12,961 

Dry hole costs

     905    —      939   20 

Amortization of leasehold costs

     1,766    1,158    5,095   3,909 

Impairment of oil and gas properties

   1,397   —   

Stock based compensation (non-cash)

     1,350    932    4,250   3,694 

Gain on sale of assets

     (16,789)   —      (15,037)  —   

Other non cash items

     98    (193)

Changes in assets and liabilities -

      

Amortization of deferred financing cost

   910   186 

Change in assets and liabilities:

   

Accounts receivable, trade and other, net of allowance

     (331)   (3,601)   2,604   (3,825)

Accrued oil and gas revenue

     (260)   1,926    1,029   4,319 

Prepaid expenses and other

     (263)   7    (958)  (757)

Accounts payable

     (3,049)   8,524    4,375   2,620 

Accrued liabilities

     960    5,476 

Accrued liabilities and other

   2,117   4,505 
                 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     16,909    25,773    61,588   52,453 
                 

Cash flows from investing activities:

      

Cash flows from investing activities:

   

Capital expenditures

     (63,543)   (63,504)   (208,988)  (196,541)

Proceeds from sale of assets

     74,029    909    72,538   1,731 

Release of restricted cash funds

     2,039    —   

Release of restricted cash

   2,039   —   
                 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     12,525    (62,595)

Net cash used in investing activities

   (134,411)  (194,810)
                 

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

      

Cash flows from financing activities:

   

Principal payments of bank borrowings

     (65,000)   —      (65,000)  (21,000)

Proceeds from bank borrowings

     38,500    —      138,500   129,500 

Net proceeds from preferred stock offering

     —      29,037    —     28,973 

Redemption of preferred stock

     —      (9,310)   —     (9,319)

Exercise of stock options and warrants

   203   400 

Deferred financing costs

   (464)  (458)

Preferred stock dividends

     (1,511)   (1,229)   (4,535)  (4,252)

Deferred financing costs

     (35)   —   

Other

     —      (15)   (1)  (15)
                 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     (28,046)   18,483 

Net cash provided by financing activities

   68,703   123,829 
                 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     1,388    (18,339)

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

   (4,120)  (18,528)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     6,184    19,842    6,184   19,842 
                 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

     7,572    1,503   $2,064  $1,314 
                 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

      

Cash paid during the period for interest

    $1,000    674 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

   

Cash paid during period for interest

  $4,661  $3,427 
                 

Cash paid during the period for income taxes

    $—      —   

Cash paid during period for income taxes

  $—    $—   
                 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(In Thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2007    2006 

Net income

    $1,036    $11,592 
             

Other comprehensive income (loss):

        

Change in fair value of derivatives (1)

     —       (1,079)

Reclassification adjustment (2)

     1,261     412 
             

Other comprehensive income (loss)

     1,261     (667)
             

Comprehensive income

    $2,297    $10,925 
             

(1)   Net of income tax benefit of:

    $—      $581 

(2)   Net of income tax expense of:

    $679    $222 
   Three Months Ended
September 30,
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   2007  2006  2007  2006 

Net income (loss)

  $(22,144) $8,181  $(24,407) $24,071 
                 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

     

Change in fair value of derivatives (1)

   —     1,197   —     (978)

Reclassification adjustment (2)

   —     1,063   1,261   2,165 
                 

Other comprehensive income:

   —     2,260   1,261   1,187 
                 

Comprehensive income (loss)

  $(22,144) $10,441  $(23,146) $25,258 
                 

     

(1)    Net of income tax (expense) benefit of:

  $—    $(644) $—     527 

(2)    Net of income tax expense of:

   —     573  $679   1,166 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1—Description of Business and Significant Accounting Policies

The consolidated financial statements of Goodrich Petroleum Corporation (“Goodrich” or “the Company” or “we”) included in this Form 10-Q have been prepared, without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and, accordingly, certain information normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States has been condensed or omitted. The consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments that, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation. Significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior year statements to conform to the current year presentation.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.2006 and Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 7, 2007 which presents revised financial information to reflect discontinued operations. The results of operations for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2007, are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

Assets Held for Sale—Assets Held for Sale as of March 31,September 30, 2007, represent our remaining assets in South Louisiana. These assets include the St. Gabriel, Bayou Bouillon and Plumb Bob fields. These assets are expected to be sold within one year.

Presentation Change—The Consolidated Statement of Operations includes a category of expense titled “Production and other taxes” which is a change from “Production taxes” in prior period presentations. The changed category includes ad valorem taxes as well as production taxes for which all comparative periods presented have been adjusted.

Income TaxesTaxes—Uncertain Tax Positions—PositionsIn June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FINFASB Interpretation No. 48,Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes.Taxes(“FIN 48”). This interpretation addresses the determination of whether tax benefits claimed or expected to be claimed on a tax return should be recorded in the financial statements. Under FIN 48, the Company may recognize the tax benefit from an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not that the tax position will be sustained on examination by the taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefits recognized in the financial statements from such a position should be measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than fifty percent likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties on income taxes, accounting in interim periods and requires increased disclosures. The Company adopted the provisions of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007. There was no cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings, our financial condition or results of operations as a result of implementing FIN 48. See Note 7 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.8.

Recently Released Accounting Pronouncements—In February 2007, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) 159,The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—includingIncluding an amendmentAmendment of FASB Statement No. 115(“SFAS 159”), which allows measurement at fair value of eligible financial assets and liabilities that are not otherwise measured at fair value. If the fair value option for an eligible item is elected, unrealized gains and losses for that item must be reported in current earnings at each subsequent reporting date. SFAS 159 also establishes presentation and disclosure requirements designed to draw comparison between the different measurement attributes the Company elects for similar types of assets and liabilities. SFAS 159 is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently assessing the impact of SFAS 159 on our consolidated financial statements.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157,Fair Value Measurements (“SFAS 157”), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements, the FASB having previously concluded in those accounting pronouncements that fair value is the relevant measurement attribute. Accordingly, SFAS 157 does not require any new fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2007. We plan to adopt SFAS 157 beginning in the first quarter of fiscal 2008. We are currently evaluating the impact, if any, the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on our consolidated financial statements.

We do not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective accounting pronouncements, if adopted, would have a material effect on our financial statements.

GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

NOTE 2—Asset Retirement Obligations

Effective January 1, 2003, the Company adopted SFAS No. 143,Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations (“SFAS 143”). SFAS 143 provides accounting requirementsrequires entities to record the fair value of a liability for retirementlegal obligations associated with the retirement obligations of tangible long-lived assets and requires that an asset retirement cost should be capitalized as part ofin the costperiods in which it is incurred. When the liability is initially recorded, the entity increases the carrying amount of the related long-lived asset. The liability is accreted to the fair value at the time of settlement over the useful life of the asset, and subsequently allocated to expense using a systematic and rational method. We adopted SFAS 143 on January 1, 2003 and recorded an incremental liability for asset retirement obligationsthe capitalized cost is depreciated over the useful life of $1.4 million, additional oil and gas properties, net of accumulated depletion, depreciation and amortization, in the amount of $1.1 million and a net of tax cumulative effect of change in accounting principle of $0.2 million.related asset. The reconciliation of the beginning and ending asset retirement obligation for the period ending March 31,September 30, 2007 is as follows (in thousands):

 

Beginning balance

  $9,557 

Beginning balance, January 1, 2007

  $9,557 

Liabilities incurred

   —      1,832 

Liabilities settled or sold

   (6,207)   (6,307)

Accretion expense (reflected in depletion, depreciation and amortization expense)

   45    172 
        

Ending balance

   3,395 

Ending balance, September 30, 2007

   5,254 

Less current portion

   (158)   281 
        
  $3,237   $4,973 
        

The liabilities settled or sold in the first quarteramount of 2007$6.3 million represent the Asset Retirement Obligationasset retirement obligation for substantially all of our properties in South Louisiana sold to a private company. The ending balance at March 31,September 30, 2007, includes $0.3 million for Assets Heldassets held for Sale.sale. See Note 6.

NOTE 3—Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt consisted of the following balances (in thousands):

 

  March 31,
2007
  December 31,
2006
  September 30,
2007
  December 31,
2006

Senior Credit Facility

  $—    $26,500  $100,000  $26,500

3.25% convertible senior notes due 2026

   175,000   175,000   175,000   175,000
            

Total debt

   175,000   201,500

Less current maturities

   —     —  
      

Total long-term debt

  $175,000  $201,500  $275,000  $201,500
            

In December 2006, we sold $175 million of 3.25% convertible senior notes due in December 2026. With a portion of the proceeds of the note offering we fully repaid the outstanding balance of the second lien term loan. The notes mature on December 1, 2026, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. The notes will be our senior unsecured obligations and will rank equally in right of payment to all of our other existing and future indebtedness. The notes accrue interest at a rate of 3.25% annually and interest will be paid semi-annually on June 1 and December 1, beginningwhich began on June 1, 2007.

Prior to December 1, 2011, the notes will not be redeemable. On or after December 11, 2011, we may redeem for cash all or a portion of the notes, and the investors may require us to repay the notes on each of December 11, 2011, 2016 and 2021. The notes are convertible into shares of our common stock at a rate equal to the sum of:

 

 a)15.1653 shares per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equal to a “base conversion price” of approximately $65.94 per share) plus

 b)an additional amount of shares per $1,000 of principal amount of notes equal to the incremental share factor (2.6762), multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the applicable stock price less the “base conversion price” and the denominator of which is the applicable stock price.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

On November 17, 2005, we amended our existing credit agreement and entered into an amended and restated senior credit agreement (the “Senior Credit Facility”) and a second lien term loan (the “Term Loan “)Loan”) that expanded our borrowing capabilities and extended our credit facility for an additional two years. Total lender commitments under the Senior Credit Facility were $200.0$200 million which matures on February 25, 2010. Revolving borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility are limited to, and subject to periodic redeterminations of, the borrowing base which is currently established at$110.0 $170 million. As of March 31,September 30, 2007, we repaid allhave $100 million in outstanding amounts of the revolving borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility. Interest on revolving borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility accrues at a rate calculated, at our option, at the bank base rate plus 0.00% to 0.50%, or LIBOR plus 1.25% to 2.00%2.25%, depending on borrowing base utilization.

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The terms of the Senior Credit Facility require us to maintain certain covenants. Capitalized terms are defined in the credit agreement. The covenants include:include:

 

Current Ratio of 1.0/1.0:1.0,

Interest Coverage Ratio which is not less than 3.0/1.0 for the trailing four quarters;quarters, and

Total Debt no greater than 3.54.25 times EBITDAX for the trailing four quarters.

EBITDAX (EBITDAX is earnings before interest expense, income tax, DD&A, exploration expense and exploration expense.impairment of oil and gas properties. In calculating EBITDAX for this purpose, earnings includes realized gains (losses) from derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting, but excludes unrealized gains (losses) from derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting.)

On August 7, 2007, we amended the Senior Credit Facility (“Amended Senior Credit Facility”) to change the last of these financial covenants beginning with the quarter ending June 30, 2007 and ending with the quarter ending December 31, 2007. The financial covenant will return to a 3.5 times Debt to EBITDAX limitation for the trailing four quarters beginning with the quarter ending March 31, 2008. As a result of the sale of the Company’s South Louisiana assets in the first quarter of 2007 (see Note 6), a preliminary EBITDAX calculation for the trailing four quarters ending June 30, 2007 (which excluded all EBITDAX generated by the sold South Louisiana assets) indicated that the Company might not be in compliance with the ratio at the 3.5 times limitation. As a result, the Company requested and the bank group approved amending the ratio as discussed above for the purpose of clarifying the calculation of the covenant.

On September 24, 2007, we entered into the Seventh Amendment of the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Agreement. This Amendment increased the borrowing base from $110 million to $170 million and increased the upper limit of the LIBOR plus rate from 2.0% to 2.25%. All the other material terms remained the same.

As of March 31,September 30, 2007, we were in compliance with all of the financial covenants of the Amended Senior Credit Facility.

NOTE 4—Net Income (Loss) Per Share

Net income (loss) applicable to common stock was used as the numerator in computing basic and diluted income (loss) per common share for the three months and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2007 and 2006. The following table reconciles the weighted average shares outstanding used for these computations (in thousands):

 

  For the Three
Months Ended
March 31,
  For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
  For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
  2007  2006  2007  2006  2007  2006

Basic Method

  25,141  24,860  25,204  24,972  25,177  24,923

Dilutive Stock Warrants

  —    194  —    374  —    334

Dilutive Stock Options and Restricted Stock

  245  312  —    —    —    129
                  

Dilutive Method

  25,386  25,366  25,204  25,346  25,177  25,386
                  

Common shares on assumed conversion of restricted and employee option stock for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2007 in the amounts of 233,641 and 259,184 shares, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted loss per common share since they would be anti-dilutive.

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NOTE 5—Hedging Activities

Commodity Hedging Activity

We enter into swap contracts, costless collars or other hedging agreements from time to time to manage the commodity price risk for a portion of our production. Our strategy, which is administered by the Hedging Committee of our Board of Directors, and reviewed periodically by the entire Board of Directors, has been to generally hedge between 30% and 70% of our total production. As of March 31,September 30, 2007, the commodity hedges we utilized were in the form of: (a) swaps, where we receive a fixed price and pay a floating price, based on NYMEX quoted prices, (b) collars, where we receive the excess, if any, of the floor price over the reference price, based on NYMEX quoted prices, and pay the excess, if any, of the reference price over the ceiling price, and (c) fixed price physical contracts, whereby we agree in advance with the purchasers of our physical gas volumes as to specific quantities to be delivered and specific prices to be received for gas deliveries at specific transfer points in the future.

(a)swaps, where we receive a fixed price and pay a floating price, based on NYMEX or specific transfer point quoted prices,

(b)collars, where we receive the excess, if any, of the floor price over the reference price, based on NYMEX quoted prices, and pay the excess, if any, of the reference price over the ceiling price, and

(c)fixed price physical contracts, whereby we agree in advance with the purchasers of our physical gas volumes as to specific quantities to be delivered and specific prices to be received for gas deliveries at specific transfer points in the future.

Our natural gas swaps and collars (all financial contracts) were deemed ineffective beginning in the fourth quarter of 2004, and since that time we have been required to reflect the change in the fair value of our natural gas swaps and collars in earnings rather than in accumulated other comprehensive loss, a

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component of stockholders’ equity. Additionally, our oil swaps and collars (all financial contracts) were deemed ineffective during the fourth quarter of 2006, thus the change in the fair value of our oil hedges is reflected in earnings as well. To the extent that our financial hedge contracts do not qualify for hedge accounting in the future, we will likewise be exposed to volatility in earnings resulting from changes in the fair value of those hedge contracts. The fixed price physical contracts qualify for the normal purchase and normal sale exception. Contracts that qualify for this treatment do not require mark-to-market accounting, which recognizes changes in the derivative value each period through earnings.

As of March 31,September 30, 2007, our open forward positions on our outstanding commodity hedging contracts and fixed price physical contracts were as follows:

 

Swaps

  Volume    Average Price

Oil (Bbl/day)                    

      

2Q 2007

  400    $53.35

3Q 2007

  400    $53.35

4Q 2007

  400    $53.35

Fixed Price Physical Contracts

  

Volume

    

Price

Natural gas (MMBtu/day)

      

1Q 2008

  23,500    $8.03

2Q 2008

  23,500    $8.03

3Q 2008

  23,500    $8.03

4Q 2008

  23,500    $8.03

Swaps

  Volume  Average Price

Oil (Bbl/day)

    

4Q 2007

  400  $53.35

Fixed Price Physical Contracts

  Volume  Average Price (1)

Natural gas (MMBtu/day)

    

1Q 2008

  23,500  $8.03

2Q 2008

  23,500  $8.03

3Q 2008

  23,500  $8.03

4Q 2008

  23,500  $8.03

Collars

  Volume  Floor/Cap

Natural gas (MMBtu/day)

    

4Q 2007

  10,000  $9.00 – $10.65

4Q 2007

  15,000  $7.00 – $13.60

4Q 2007

  5,000  $7.00 – $13.90

1Q 2008

  10,000  $8.00 – $10.20

2Q 2008

  10,000  $8.00 – $10.20

3Q 2008

  10,000  $8.00 – $10.20

4Q 2008

  10,000  $8.00 – $10.20

Swaps

  Volume  Price(2)

Natural gas (MMBtu/day)

    

1Q 2009

  20,000  $7.87

2Q 2009

  20,000  $7.87

3Q 2009

  20,000  $7.87

4Q 2009

  20,000  $7.87

Collars(1)

VolumeFloor/Cap

Normal sale at a fixed delivery point.

Natural gas (MMBtu/day)(2)

2Q 2007The index price is based upon Natural Gas Pipeline of America, Texok zone as published in the Inside FERC. The comparable index price based on NYMEX at the time would have been $8.25/Mmbtu.

10,000$9.00 – $10.65

3Q 2007

10,000$9.00 – $10.65

4Q 2007

10,000$9.00 – $10.65

2Q 2007

15,000$7.00 – $13.60

3Q 2007

15,000$7.00 – $13.60

4Q 2007

15,000$7.00 – $13.60

2Q 2007

5,000$7.00 – $13.90

3Q 2007

5,000$7.00 – $13.90

4Q 2007

5,000$7.00 – $13.90

1Q 2008

10,000$8.00 – $10.20

2Q 2008

10,000$8.00 – $10.20

3Q 2008

10,000$8.00 – $10.20

4Q 2008

10,000$8.00 – $10.20

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The fair value of the oil and gas hedging contracts in place at March 31,September 30, 2007, resulted in a net asset of $2.2$3.7 million. For the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2007, we recognized a gain in earnings a loss from oil and natural gas derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting of $2.7 million, which was composed of a realized gain of $3.6 million offset by an unrealized loss of $0.9 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we recognized a loss in the amountearnings from oil and natural gas derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting of $9.5$3.4 million, (this amount includedmade up of an unrealized loss of $11.7 million offset by a realized gainsgain of $3.7 million, as well as unrealized losses of $13.2 million).$8.3 million. All of our natural gas and oil hedges were deemed ineffective for 2007; accordingly,2007. Accordingly, the changes in fair value of such hedges couldmay no longer be reflected in other comprehensive income. In the first quarter of 2007, we reclassified $1.3 million of previously deferred losses (net of $0.7 million in income taxes) from accumulated other comprehensive loss to loss on derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting as the underlying properties to which the hedge was originally designated were sold.

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During the first quarter we also unwound an oil collar for 400 barrels per day. As a result, we recognized a gain of $0.9 million in the first quarter of 2007. In the first quarter of 2007, we entered into a series of physical sales contracts which will result in us selling approximately 23,500 MMbtu of gas per day in calendar year 2008 for an average price of $8.03 per MMBtu at a commonly used delivery point. In April 2007, we entered into a collar with BNP Paribas for 10,000 MMbtu/day with a floor of $8.00 and a ceiling of $10.20 for calendar year 2008.

During the third quarter of 2007 we entered into natural gas swap contracts for 20,000 MMbtu/day with a price of $7.87 per MMbtu before transportation charges.for the entire calendar year of 2009. The price of $7.87 per MMbtu is for delivery at a commonly used pricing point in East Texas, and equates to a NYMEX price of $8.25 per MMbtu with a deduction of $0.38 for presumed differential from the NYMEX hub.

Despite the measures taken by us to attempt to control price risk, we remain subject to price fluctuations for natural gas and crude oil sold in the spot market. Prices received for natural gas sold on the spot market are volatile due primarily to seasonality of demand and other factors beyond our control. Domestic crude oil and gas prices could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and quantities of reserves recoverable on an economic basis.

Interest Rate Swaps

We have a variable-rate debt obligation that exposes us to the effects of changes in interest rates. To partially reduce our exposure to interest rate risk, from time to time we enter into interest rate swap agreements. At March 31,September 30, 2007, we had the following interest rate swaps in place with BNP (in millions)thousands):

 

Effective
Date
  Maturity
Date
  LIBOR
Swap
Rate
  Notional
Amount
02/27/07  02/26/09  4.86% $40.0

Effective Date

  Maturity
Date
  LIBOR
Swap
  Notional
Amount

2/27/2007

  2/26/2009  4.86% $40,000

The fair value of the interest rate swap contracts in place at March 31,September 30, 2007, resulted in an asseta liability of $54,000.$0.1 million. For the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2007, and 2006, ourwe recognized a $0.3 million loss in earnings that was mostly unrealized. Our earnings were not significantly affected by cash flow hedging ineffectivenessthe fair value changes of the interest rates swaps.rate swaps for the nine months ended September 30, 2007.

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NOTE 6—Discontinued Operations

On March 20, 2007, the Company and Malloy Energy Company, L.L.C. closed the sale of substantially all of their oil and gas properties in South Louisiana with the exception of the three properties discussed under Note 1 “Assets Held for Sale”.Sale.” The total sales price for the Company’s interest in the oil and gas properties was $77 million. The total sales price for Malloy Energy’s interests in these properties was approximately $22 million. The Chairman of our Board of Directors, Patrick E. Malloy, III, is the President and controlling shareholder of Malloy Energy Company, L.L.C.

In accordance with SFAS No. 144, “AccountingAccounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”Assets, the results of operations and gain relating to the sale have been reflected as discontinued operations. We recorded an after tax gain on sale of $10.9$9.8 million (pre-tax gain of $16.8$15.0 million and tax of $5.9$5.2 million) on net proceeds of approximately $74.0$72.5 million after normal closing adjustments.

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The following table summarizes the amounts included in incomeIncome (loss) from discontinued operations:operations net of tax (in thousands):

 

   For the Three Months
Ended March 31,
 
   2007  2006 
   (in thousands) 

Revenues

  $8,603  $10,482 

Income from discontinued operations

   4,346   4,409 

Income tax expense

   (1,521)  (1,543)

Income from discontinued operations net of tax

   2,825   2,866 
   

For the Three Months

Ended September 30,

  For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
   2007  2006  2007  2006 

Revenues

  $223  $9,811  $9,234  $30,765 

Income (loss) from discontinued operations

   (633)  2,073   3,181   8,964 

Income tax benefit (expense)

   232   (736)  (1,103)  (3,182)

Income (loss) from discontinued operations net of tax

   (401)  1,337   2,078   5,782 

The following presents the main classes of assets and liabilities associated with long-lived assets classified as held for sale:sale (in thousands):

 

  

March 31,

2007

  September 30,
2007

Assets held for sale

  $1,867  $716

Accrued liabilities

   105

Accrued abandonment costs

   276   270

NOTE 7—Share Based Compensation

In August 2007, an officer of the Company resigned and the Company accelerated the vesting of (1) options to purchase 16,667 shares granted at $23.39 per share in December 2005 and (2) 7,800 shares of previously unvested restricted stock. The affected options are required to be accounted for as a modification of an award with a service vesting condition under SFAS 123R. The fair market value was calculated immediately prior to the modification and immediately after the modification to determine the incremental fair market value. This incremental value and the unamortized balance of the restricted stock resulted in the immediate recognition of compensation expense of approximately $0.3 million.

NOTE 8—Income Taxes

Uncertain Tax Positions

The Company did not have any unrecognized tax benefits and there was no effect on our financial condition or results of operations as a result of implementing FIN 48. The amount of unrecognized tax benefits did not materially change as of March 31,September 30, 2007.

It is expected that theThe amount of unrecognized tax benefits may change in the next twelve months; however we do not expect the change to have a significant impact on the results of operations or the financial position of the Company.

The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return in the United States Federal jurisdiction and various combined and separate filings in several state and local jurisdictions. With limited exceptions, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. Federal, state and local, or non-U.S. income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before 1992.

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The Company’s continuing practice is to recognize estimated interest and penalties related to potential underpayment on any unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. As of the date of adoption of FIN 48, Goodrich did not have any accrued interest or penalties associated with any unrecognized tax benefits, nor was any interest expense recognized during the quarter. The Company does not anticipate that total unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change due to the settlement of audits and the expiration of statute of limitations prior to MarchSeptember 30, 2008.

The Company accounts for income taxes in accordance with SFAS No. 109,Provision Accounting for Income taxesTaxes

We recorded a net (“SFAS 109”). SFAS No. 109 requires the Company to recognize income tax benefit attributablebenefits for loss carry forwards which have not previously been recorded. The tax benefits recognized must be reduced by a valuation allowance when it is more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will not be realized. At September 30, 2007, the Company increased its valuation allowance by $14.8 million.

In determining the carrying value of a deferred tax asset, SFAS 109 provides for the weighing of evidence in estimating whether and how much of a deferred tax asset may be recoverable. As we have incurred net operating losses in 2006 and prior years, and current conditions appear to continuingindicate a loss in 2007, relevant accounting guidance suggests that cumulative losses in recent years constitute significant negative evidence, and that future expectations about income are insufficient to overcome a history of such losses. Therefore, with the before mentioned adjustment of $14.8 million, we have reduced the carrying value of our net deferred tax asset to zero. If we achieve profitable operations totaling $6.7 million, which isin the future, we may reverse a portion of the valuation allowance in an effectiveamount at least sufficient to eliminate any tax rate of 34.7%. Our effectiveprovision in that period. The valuation allowance has no impact on our net operating loss (“NOL”) position for tax rate differs from the 35% federal statutory rate primarilypurposes, and if we generate taxable income in future periods, we will be able to utilize our NOL’s to offset taxes due to state income taxes.at that time. The income tax benefit includes tax expense of $94 thousand ($63 thousand net of federal tax benefit) attributable to the Texas Margin Tax (“TMT”) which took effect for our Texas income tax reporting purposes on January 1, 2007.

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Company’s NOL position at year end 2006 stood at approximately $73.8 million.

NOTE 8—9—Commitments and Contingencies

In July 2005, we received a Notice of Proposed Tax Due from the State of Louisiana asserting that we underpaid our Louisiana franchise taxes for the years 1998 through 2004 in the amount of $0.6 million. The Notice of Proposed Tax Due includes additional assessments of penalties and interest in the amount of $0.4 million for a total asserted liability of $1.0 million. In order to avoid future penalties and interest, the Company paid, under protest, $1.0 million to the State of Louisiana in April 2007. We have accrued for this amount at March 31, 2007 which payment was expensed in general and recognized anadministrative expense equal to the full $1.0 million.in first quarter 2007. We plan to pursue the reimbursement of the full $1.0 million paid under protest in April 2007.protest. Should our efforts prevail, the taxes paid under protest would be refunded, at which time we would book a credit to general and administrative expense.

We are party to additional lawsuits arising in the normal course of business. We intend to defend these actions vigorously and believe, based on currently available information, that adverse results or judgments from such actions, if any, will not be material to our financial position or results of operations.

NOTE 9 – 10—Acquisitions and Divestitures

On February 7, 2007, we announced the acquisition of drilling and development rights to acreage located in the Angelina River play. We acquired a 60% working interest in the acreage and will operate the joint venture. The acquisition was completed in two separate transactions. In the initial transaction, we acquired a 40% working interest for $2.0 million from a private company. We also agreed to carry the private company for a 20% working interest in the drilling of five wells. In the second transaction, we purchased the remaining 20% working interest in the acreage in a like-kind exchange for our 30% interest in the Mary Blevins field.

On March 20, 2007, the companyCompany closed the sale of substantially all of its oil and gas properties in South Louisiana to a private company. See Note 6.

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ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Item 2 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this report, including statements of the future plans, objectives, and expected performance of the Company, are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that are dependent upon certain events, risks and uncertainties that may be outside the Company’s control, and which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Some of these include, but are not limited to:

 

planned capital expenditures;

 

future drilling activity;

 

our financial condition;

continued availability of debt and equity financing;

 

business strategy;

 

the market prices of oil and gas;

 

economic and competitive conditions;

 

legislative and regulatory changes; and

 

financial market conditions.

There are numerous uncertainties inherent in estimating quantities of proved oil and gas reserves and in projecting future rates of production and the timing of development expenditures. The total amount or timing of actual future production may vary significantly from reserve and production estimates. The drilling of exploratory wells can involve significant risks, including those related to timing, success rates and cost overruns. Lease and rig availability, complex geology and other factors can affect these risks. Although from time to time we make use of futures contracts, swaps, costless collars and fixed-price physical contracts to mitigate risk, fluctuations in oil and gas prices, or a prolonged continuation of low prices may substantially adversely affect the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

These factors, as well as additional factors that could affect our operating results and performance are described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, under the headings “Business—Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.Operations.” We urge you to carefully consider those factors.

All forward-looking statements attributable to us are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. We undertake no responsibility to update our forward-looking statements.

Overview

General

We are an independent oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, exploitation, development and production of oil and natural gas properties primarily in the Cotton Valley Trend of East Texas and Northwest Louisiana.

Our business strategy is to provide long term growth in net asset value per share, through the growth and expansion of our oil and gas reserves and production. We focus on adding reserve value through the development of our relatively low risk development drilling program in the Cotton Valley Trend. We continue to aggressively pursue the acquisition and evaluation of prospective acreage, oil and gas drilling opportunities and potential property acquisitions.

Source of Revenues

We derive our revenues from the sale of oil and natural gas that is produced from our properties. Revenues are a function of both the volume produced and the prevailing market price at the time of sale. Production volumes, while somewhat predictable after wells

have begun producing, can be impacted for various reasons. The price of oil and natural gas is a primary factor affecting our revenues. To achieve more predictable cash flows and to reduce our exposure to downward price fluctuations, we utilize derivative instruments to hedge future sales prices on a portion of our oil and natural gas production. While the derivative instruments may protect downward price fluctuation, the use of certain types of derivative instruments may prevent us from realizing the full benefit of upward price movements.

Cotton Valley Trend

Our relatively low risk development drilling program in the Cotton Valley Trend is primarily centered in and around Rusk, Panola, Angelina and Nacogdoches Counties,counties, Texas, and DeSoto, and Caddo and Bienville Parishes,parishes, Louisiana. In addition, we have recently expanded our acreage position in the Trend to include Harrison, Smith and Upshur Counties of Texas. We have steadily increased our acreage position in these areas over the last two years to approximately 185,000184,200 gross acres as of March 31,September 30, 2007. As of March 31,Through September 30, 2007, we have drilled and/or logged a cumulative totalparticipated in the drilling and logging of 173239 Cotton Valley Trend wells with a success rate in excess of 99%, of which drilling operations were conducted on 2336 gross wells during the firstthird quarter of 2007. Our net production volumes from our Cotton Valley Trend wells aggregated approximately 36,67745,444 Mcfe of gas per day in the firstthird quarter of 2007, or approximately 98.5%37% higher than the Cotton Valley Trend production of the comparable prior year period.

Sale of South Louisiana Assets

On March 20, 2007, we completed the sale of substantially all of our assets in South Louisiana to a private company. The sale resulted in total proceeds of $74.0$72.5 million, net to the Company, after normal closing adjustments. The effective date of the sale was July 1, 2006. We also expect to sell our remaining assets in South Louisiana within the next year. The remaining fields treated as held for sale are St. Gabriel, Bayou Bouillon and Plumb Bob.

FirstThird Quarter 2007 Highlights

Our development, financial and operating performance for the firstthird quarter 2007 included the following highlights:

We completed the sale of substantially all of our assets in South Louisiana to a private company for $77 million.

 

We increased our oil and gas production volumes on continuing operations to approximately 37,23346,539 Mcfe per day, representing an increase of 59%40% from the firstthird quarter of 2006.

 

We completedconducted drilling operations on 1436 gross wells in the firstthird quarter of 2007.

 

We funded our capital expenditures of $73.4$81.3 million in the firstthird quarter of 2007 through a combination of cash flow from operations, net proceeds fromborrowing on our sale of assetsrevolver and available cash.

 

Our after-taxborrowing base increased to $170 million, up 55% from $110 million.

We obtained a mid-year reserve report. Estimated proved reserves grew to 302.2 Bcfe (approximately 291.7 Bcf of natural gas and 1.7 MMBbls of oil and condensate), with a pre-tax present value of future net cash flows, discounted at 10%, of $241.3 million.

Our net loss from continuing operations reflected an incomea non-cash write down of our net deferred tax benefit rate of 35% in the first quarter of 2007; however, we did not incur any income taxes on a current basis dueasset to our substantial tax net operating loss carrryforwards and other factors.zero.

A more complete overview and discussion of our operations can be found in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 and a Current Report on Form 10-K.8-K filed August 7, 2007 to reflect discontinued operations.

Results of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2007 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2006

The financial statements include discontinued operations presentation for our assets located in southSouth Louisiana. See Note 6 to our consolidated financial statements.

For the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2007, we reported a net loss applicable to common stock of $0.5$23.7 million, or $0.02$0.94 per basic share on total revenue from continuing operations of $23.5$27.3 million as compared with a net income applicable to common stock of $8.6$6.7 million, or $0.34$0.27 per basic share, on total revenue from continuing operations of $14.8$19.6 million for the three months ended March 31,September 30, 2006. The non-cash income tax expense booked in the third quarter of 2007 of $11.6 million to reduce the value of the deferred tax asset to zero was a significant contributor to the size of the loss in the third quarter of 2007 and for the nine months ending September 30, 2007.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we reported a net loss applicable to common stock of $28.9 million, or $1.15 per basic share on total revenue from continuing operations of $78.8 million as compared with net income applicable to common stock of $18.0 million, or $0.72 per basic share, on total revenue from continuing operations of $54.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2006.

Higher depreciation, depletion and amortization expense impacted the results of operations in the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2007 compared to the same periods in 2006 as well as a loss on derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting in the nine months ended September 30, 2007 versus a gain for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. See our discussions below under the captions “Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization” and “Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Not Qualifying for Hedge Accounting.”

Oil and Natural Gas Revenues

Revenues presented in the table and the discussion below representrepresents revenue from sales of our oil and natural gas production volumes and include the realized gains and losses on the effective portion of our derivative instruments for 2006 as further described under Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements.volumes. All of our derivative instruments were ineffective in the first quarter of 2007 and did not qualify for hedge accounting.

 

   Three Months Ended
March 31,
  

% Change
from 2006
to 2007

 
   2007  2006  

Production – Continuing Operations:

      

Natural gas (MMcf)

   3,195   1,975  62%

Oil and condensate (MBbls)

   26   22  18%

Total (MMcfe)

   3,351   2,107  59%

Production – Discontinued Operations:

      

Natural gas (MMcf)

   521   645  (19%)

Oil and condensate (MBbls)

   82   89  (8%)

Total (MMcfe)

   1,013   1,179  (14%)

Revenues from production (in thousands):

      

Natural gas

  $21,861  $13,144  66%

Effects of cash flow hedges

   —     —    —   
          

Total

  $21,861  $13,144  66%
          

Oil and condensate

  $1,455  $1,280  14%

Effects of cash flow hedges

   —     —    —   
          

Total

  $1,455  $1,280  14%
          

Natural gas, oil and condensate

  $23,316  $14,424  62%

Effects of cash flow hedges

   —     —    —   
          

Total revenues from production

  $23,316  $14,424  62%
          

Average sales price per unit:

      

Natural gas (per Mcf)

  $6.84  $6.66  3%

Effects of cash flow hedges (per Mcf)

   —     —    —   
          

Total (per Mcf)

  $6.84  $6.66  3%
          

Oil and condensate (per Bbl)

  $56.68  $58.18  (3%)

Effects of cash flow hedges (per Bbl)

   —     —    —   
          

Total (per Bbl)

  $56.68  $58.18  (3%)
          

Natural gas, oil and condensate (per Mcfe)

  $6.96  $6.85  2%

Effects of cash flow hedges (per Mcfe)

   —     —    —   
          

Total (per Mcfe)

  $6.96  $6.85  2%
          

   

Three Months Ended

September 30,

  % Change
from 2006
to 2007
  Nine Months Ended
September 30,
  % Change
from 2006
to 2007
 
   2007  2006   2007  2006  

Production – Continuing Operations:

           

Natural gas (MMcf)

   4,101   2,910  41%  10,846   7,590  43%

Oil and condensate (MBbls)

   30   26  15%  84   81  4%

Total (MMcfe)

   4,282   3,066  40%  11,349   8,076  41%

Production – Discontinued Operations:

           

Natural gas (MMcf)

   8   600  (99)%  531   1,835  (71)%

Oil and condensate (MBbls)

   2   105  (98)%  86   274  (69)%

Total (MMcfe)

   20   1,230  (98)%  1,047   3,479  (70)%

Revenues from production (in thousands):

           

Natural gas

  $24,955  $17,670  41% $72,964  $48,622  50%

Oil and condensate

   2,205   1,795  23%  5,373   5,242  2%
                   

Total revenues from production

  $27,160  $19,465  40% $78,337  $53,864  45%
                   

Average sales price per unit:

           

Natural gas (per Mcf)

  $6.09  $6.07  0% $6.73  $6.41  5%

Oil and condensate (per Bbl)

  $73.32  $68.50  7% $64.12  $64.75  (1)%

Total (per Mcfe)

  $6.34  $6.35  0% $6.90  $6.67  3%

Revenues from production-continuing operations increased 62%40% in the firstthird quarter of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006 due primarily to a substantial increase in Cotton Valley Trend production. Production from continuing operations also increased 40% period to period. The average sales price per unit was flat period to period.

Revenues were also impacted favorably by a 2%from production-continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, increased 45% compared to the same period in 2006. An increase in production in the Cotton Valley Trend led to production gains of 41% for the period. We also realized a 3% increase in our average sales price per unit.

Operating Expenses

   Three Months
Ended
March 31,
  

Variance

 

Operating Expenses per Mcfe

  2007  2006  

Lease operating expense

  $1.23  $1.06  $0.17     16%

Production taxes

   0.09   0.43   (0.34) (79%)

Transportation

   0.32   —     —    —   

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   5.28   2.79   2.49  89%

Exploration

   0.69   0.66   0.03  5%

General and administrative

   1.59   1.79   (0.20) (11%)

The following table presents our comparative per unit produced operating expenses related to continuing operations:

   Three Months Ended
September 30,
  

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
    2007  2006  Variance  2007  2006  Variance 

Operating Expenses per Mcfe

           

Lease operating expenses

  $1.22  $1.27  $(0.05) (4)% $1.37  $1.02  $0.35  34%

Production and other taxes

   0.30   0.34   (0.04) (12)%  0.09   0.37   (0.28) (76)%

Transportation

   0.40   0.40   —    —     0.37   0.34   0.03  9%

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   4.77   3.20   1.57  49%  5.08   3.18   1.90  60%

Exploration

   0.41   0.50   (0.09) (18)%  0.52   0.55   (0.03) (5)%

Impairment of oil and gas properties

   0.07   —     —    —     0.02   —     —    —   

General and administrative

   1.18   1.40   (0.22) (16)%  1.40   1.52   (0.12) (8)%

Lease Operating. Lease operating expense (“LOE”) for the firstthird quarter of 2007 increased on an absolute basis ($4.15.2 million compared to $2.2$3.9 million). However, LOE on a per unit basis was lower for the third quarter of 2007 compared to prior year quarter ($1.22 per Mcfe compared to $1.27 per Mcfe). LOE for the first nine months of 2007 increased on an absolute basis ($15.5 million compared to $8.3 million) as well as on a per unit basis ($1.231.37 per Mcfe compared to $1.06$1.02 per Mcfe) from the firstcomparable 2006 period. The third quarter of 2006. This increase2007 and first nine months of 2007 include $0.5 million and $1.9 million, respectively, in unitworkover costs was primarily attributablewhich contributed $0.11 and $0.17, respectively, to anthe LOE per Mcfe rates.

An industry wide increase in operating costs as well as high salt water disposal (“SWD”) costs prevalentalso contributed to higher LOE per Mcfe rates. SWD costs contributed $1.4 million ($0.33 per Mcfe) in certainthe third quarter of 2007 and $4.6 million ($0.41 per Mcfe) in the first nine months of 2007 to our total LOE costs. During the third quarter of 2007, we began to experience the benefits of our Cotton Valley Trend fields. Once we are able to fully implement ournew low pressure gathering system (“LPGS”) in East Texas, which is nearing completion, we expect these expenseswith SWD costs falling from $1.8 million ($0.47 per Mcfe) in second quarter 2007 to be meaningfully reduced on a$1.4 million ($0.33 per unit basis.Mcfe) for third quarter 2007.

Production and Other Taxes.Production and other taxes decreased to $0.3of $1.3 million for the firstthird quarter of 2007 compared to $0.9consist of production tax of $0.6 million for the comparable period in 2006 due to a greater portionand ad valorem tax of our wells qualifying for$0.7 million. Production tax included $0.4 million of accrued Tight Gas Sands (“TGS”) credits for our wells in the State of Texas. Ad valorem tax included an adjustment of $0.6 million in the third quarter to true-up our estimates for full year 2007 taxes due. During the comparable period in 2006, production and ad valorem taxes were $0.8 million and $0.2 million, respectively. In the first nine months of 2007, production and other taxes of $1.0 million includes production taxes of $0.1 million (including the impact of accrued TGS credits) versus $2.5 million for the first nine months of 2006. Also included in the nine month period are $0.8 million of ad valorem tax versus $0.4 million for the comparable prior year period.

These TGS credits allow for reduced and in many cases the complete elimination of severance taxes in the State of Texas for qualifying wells for up to ten years of production. We only accrue for such credits once we have been notified of the State’s approval, and we anticipate that we will incur a gradually lower production tax rate in the future as we add additional Cotton Valley Trend wells to our production base and as reduced rates are approved.

Transportation. Transportation expense was $1.7 million ($0.40 per Mcfe) in the third quarter of 2007 compared to $1.2 million ($0.40 per Mcfe) in the third quarter of 2006. The increased expense is a function of our higher production volumes.

Transportation expense increased to $1.1$4.2 million ($0.320.37 per Mcfe) in the first quarternine months of 2007 as a result of increased volumesnatural gas production in the Cotton Valley Trend. As disclosed in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2006, prior to that quarter transportation expenses were shown as a deduction from oil and gas revenues. As such, for the first quarter of 2006, there were no transportation expenses booked. However, the Company did disclose in the aforementioned Form 10-Q that the amounts included as a reduction in revenuesTransportation expense was $2.7 million ($0.34 per Mcfe) in the first quarternine months of 2006 amounted to $0.5 million.2006.

Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization. Depreciation, depletion and amortization (“DD&A”) expense increased to $17.7$20.4 million in the third quarter of 2007 from $5.9$9.8 million for the same period in 2006 primarily due to a higher DD&A rate coupled with higher levels of production. Since we utilize the successful efforts method of accounting, our DD&A rate is primarily a function of our capitalized drilling and completion costs divided by our proved developed reserves. We embarked on an aggressive drilling program to fully develop our extensive East Texas / North Louisiana Cotton Valley acreage position during a period of record high costs for drilling and completion services. Additionally, in order to hold the majority of our acreage and thereby allow for the most prudent development plan going forward, we chose to drill many wells in the outlying areas of our acreage block, where per well results were less certain than in the initial established areas. Finally, many of our initial wells in certain fields required us to pay the costs of other industry partners in order to earn access to the full acreage position. As such, we feel our DD&A rate on a company-wide basis will decrease over time as we add more proved developed reserves to our asset base through the drilling of wells where we are more certain of the results and we pay only our proportionate share of the costs. For these reasons, the average DD&A rate for the third quarter of 2007 was $4.77 per Mcfe compared to $3.20 per Mcfe for the same quarter of 2006. Similarly, DD&A expense increased to $57.6 million for the nine months ended September 20, 2007 from $25.7 million for the same period in 2006 primarily due to the same reasons. The average DD&A rate increased to $5.28$5.08 per Mcfe infor the first quarternine months of 2007, compared to $2.79$3.18 per Mcfe in the same quarterperiod of 2006, due to a higher percentage of production coming from fields with higher average DD&A rates. 2006.

We calculated first and second quarter 2007 DD&A rates using the December 31, 2006 reserves, which were valued at 2006 year-end prices as required by the SEC. Given the significant pricing difference between December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, a numberdid not recognize any impact of our wells drilled during 2006 were credited with fewer proved developed reserves than originally anticipated, thus resulting in2007 Cotton Valley Trend drilling program reserve additions. During the higher DD&A rate. The Company is currently planning to engage itsthird quarter of 2007, we engaged an independent engineering firm to auditfully engineer our June 30, 2007 proved reserve estimates. The mid-year 2007 reserves, at which time we may recalculatereserve report was used to calculate the rate for the third quarter of 2007. As mentioned above, the DD&A ratesrate per Mcfe based on this report was $4.77 for the remainderthird quarter of 2007.2007, which was lower than the rate used for the first half of this year primarily due to the inclusion of more wells drilled in our core areas during the first half of this year relative to the mix of wells in the December 31, 2006 reserve report.

Exploration. Exploration expenses for the firstthird quarter of 2007 increased to $2.3$1.8 million ($0.41 per Mcfe) from $1.5 million ($0.50 per Mcfe) for the third quarter of 2006. Exploration expenses for the first nine months of 2007 increased to $5.8 million from $1.4$4.4 million during the first quarter ofsame period in 2006, due primarilyhowever, the per unit cost declined in both comparable periods. The increase in exploration expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 from the prior year period relates to higheran increase in leasehold amortization, costs and delay rental costs. As the Company has increased its undeveloped acreage position since last year, the amortization of leasehold costs, which is a non-cash expense hasand the largest component of exploration expense. We increased our undeveloped acreage position from last year which resulted in higher leasehold cost amortization of $5.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, compared to $1.8 million from $1.2$3.3 million in the prior year period.same period last year.

Impairment of oil and gas properties. We recorded an impairment expense of $0.3 million in the third quarter of 2007, all of it being determined in conjunction with the receipt of the independent engineer’s mid-year report on reserves. All of the expense relates to a single well in a non-core area of East Texas.

General and Administrative.General and administrative (“G&A”) expense increased to $5.3$5.1 million ($1.18 per Mcfe) for the firstthird quarter of 2007, compared to $3.8$4.3 million ($1.40 per Mcfe) for the same period of 2006, resulting from generally

higher payroll costs and stock based compensation costs. Stock based compensation expense, which is a non-cash item, for the third quarter amounted to $1.6 million in 2007 versus $1.4 million in 2006. This year’s quarter includes a $0.3 million charge for the acceleration of vesting of options and restricted stock associated with the resignation of an officer of the Company.

G&A expense increased to $15.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2007, compared to $12.2 million for the same period of 2006. We accrued a liability for $1.0 million in March 2007, representing $0.4 million in penalties and interest and $0.6 million owed to the State of Louisiana claims we owe for franchise taxes (see Note 89 to our consolidated financial statements). While we paid this amount under protest in April 2007, we plan to pursue the reimbursement of the full $1.0 million. Should our efforts prevail, the taxes paid under protest would be refunded. OfG&A expense includes stock based compensation of $4.3 million for the $5.3first nine months of 2007 versus $3.7 million incurred in the first quarternine months of 2007, stock based compensation expense, which is non-cash, amounted2006. See Note 7 “Share Based Compensation” to $1.4 million versus $0.9 million in 2006.our consolidated financial statements for additional information.

Other Income (Expense)

The following table presents our comparative Other income (expense) for the periods presented (in thousands):

 

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2007 2006   Three Months Ended
September 30,
 Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
  (in thousands)   2007 2006 2007 2006 

Other income (expense):

        

Interest Expense

  $(2,624) $(695)

Interest expense

  (3,086) (2,509) (7,932) (4,706)

Gain (loss) on derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting

   (9,487)  13,542   2,378  15,188  (3,475) 34,611 

Income tax (expense) benefit

   6,743   (4,698)  (11,641) (3,669) (3,379) (9,779)

Gain on disposal, net of tax

   10,913   —   

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

   2,825   2,866 

Gain (loss) on disposal, net of tax

  (928) —    9,823  —   

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax

  (401) 1,337  2,078  5,782 

Interest Expense.Interest expense increased to $2.6$3.1 million in the third quarter of 2007 from the firstthird quarter of 2006 amount of $0.7$2.5 million as a result of the higher average level of funded debt during the firstthird quarter of 2007. Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 due largelyincreased to our financing activities consummated$7.9 million from $4.7 million for the comparable period of 2006 as a result of the higher average level of funded debt during fiscal year 2006.2007.

Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Not Qualifying for Hedge Accounting. LossGain on derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting was $9.5$2.4 million for the firstthird quarter of 2007 compared to a $15.2 million gain of $13.5 million for the firstthird quarter of 2006. The lossgain in 2007 includes an unrealized loss of $13.2$0.9 million for the change in fair value of our ineffective oil and gas hedges, and a realized gain of $3.7$3.6 million for the effect of settled derivatives. The third quarter of 2007 also includes a $0.3 million loss on our interest rate swap.

Loss on derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting was $3.5 million for the first nine months of 2007 compared to a gain of $34.6 million for same period in 2006. The loss in 2007 includes an unrealized loss of $11.8 million for the change in fair value of our ineffective oil and gas hedges, and a realized gain of $8.3 million for the effect of settled derivatives. There was no impact from our interest rate swap on the period.

Our natural gas hedges were deemed ineffective beginning in the fourth quarter of 2004, andconsequently we have been required to reflect the change in the fair value of our natural gas hedges in earnings rather than in accumulated other comprehensive loss, a component of stockholders’ equity. Additionally, our oil hedges were deemed ineffective beginning in the fourth quarter of 2006. To the extent that our hedges do not qualify for hedge accounting in the future, we will likewise be exposed to volatility in earnings resulting from changes in the fair value of our hedges.

Income taxes. Income taxes were a benefitexpense of $6.7$11.6 million for the firstthird quarter of 2007 compared to an expense of $4.7$3.7 million for the third quarter of 2006. Income taxes expense of $3.4 million for the first nine months of 2007 compared to expense of $9.8 million for the first nine months of 2006. In the third quarter of 2006.2007, we increased our valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets by $14.8 million. See Note 8 “Income Taxes” to our consolidated financial statements. The amounts in boththe prior periods essentially representedrepresent approximately 35% of pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations. We did not however, incur any income taxes on a current basis due to our substantial tax net operating loss carryforwards.

Discontinued Operations. Income from discontinued operations for the three and nine months ended March 31,September 30, 2007 and 2006 related to the sale of our South Louisiana assets. We sold substantially all of our South Louisiana assets to a private company in a sale that closed March 20, 2007. In late September 2007, we paid the private company an additional $1.5 million for final closing adjustments. We also recorded aan after-tax loss of $0.9 million in the third quarter related to this final payment. Our total gain on disposal in the first nine months of 2007, net of tax, was $9.8 million. The loss on discontinued operations in the third quarter of $10.9 million.2007 primarily represents a pre-tax impairment of $1.1 million for our assets in the St. Gabriel field. Our remaining South Louisiana assets, the St. Gabriel, Bayou Bouillon and Plumb Bob fields, were considered held for sale at March 31,September 30, 2007.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Cash Flows

   Three Months Ended March 31, 
   2007  2006  Variance 
   (in thousands) 

Cash flow statement information:

    

Net cash:

    

Provided by operating activities

  $16,909  $25,773  $(8,864)

Provided by (used in) investing activities

   12,525   (62,595)  75,120 

Provided by (used in) financing activities

   (28,046)  18,483   (46,529)
             

Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

  $1,388  $(18,339) $19,727 
             
The following table presents our comparative cash flow summary for the periods reported (in thousands):

   Nine Months Ended September 30, 
   2007  2006  Variance 

Cash flow statement information:

    

Net cash:

    

Provided by operating activities

  $61,588  $52,453  $9,135 

Used in investing activities

   (134,411)  (194,810)  60,399 

Provided by financing activities

   68,703   123,829   (55,126)
             

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

  $(4,120) $(18,528) $14,408 
             

Operating activities. Net cash provided by operating activities decreasedincreased to $16.9$61.6 million for the first quarternine months of 2007, from $25.8$52.5 million in the first quarter of 2006. Virtually all of this decrease resulted from the impact of working capital changes on our operating cash flow. During the first quarter of 2007, these changes used $2.9 million of available cash flow, whereas in the first quarter ofcomparable 2006 these changes provided an additional $12.3 million of cash flow. Given the nature of our ongoing operations in the Cotton Valley Trend and the number of rigs we currently have under contract, these working capital changes will likely fluctuate from time to time between being a source of funds or a use of funds in any given quarter.period. Our cash flows before working capital changes were up from $13.5$45.6 million in the first quarternine months of 2006 to $19.8$52.4 million in the first quarternine months of 2007 based primarily on our increased production volumes.volumes from continuing operations.

Investing activities. Net cash used in investing activities was a source of $12.5$134.4 million for the first quarternine months of 2007 compared to a use of $62.6$194.8 million for the first quarternine months of 2006. We received net proceeds of $74.0$72.5 million resulting from the sale of substantially all of our South Louisiana assets, adjusted for final closing in the first quarter of 2007, which more than offsetthird quarter. Total capital expenditures of $63.5$209.0 million for the first nine months of 2007 were up 6% compared to the 2006 amount of $196.5 million. We also released $2.0 million from restricted cash held in escrow related to the sale properties. We conducted drilling operations on approximately 1987 gross wells, 15 gross wellsall of which are located in our Cotton Valley Trend, and 4 gross wells located in Angelina River, during the first quarternine months of 2007. As aIn comparison, we conducted drilling operations on approximately 3076 gross wells, of which 2869 were located in our Cotton Valley Trend, during the first quarternine months of 2006. We alsoIn 2006, we received proceeds of $0.9$1.7 million from the salesales of a salt water disposal facilitycertain interests in the first quarter of 2006.East Texas.

Financing activities. Net cash used inprovided by financing activities was $28.0$68.7 million for the first quarter of 2007. Netnine months ended September 30, 2007 versus net cash provided by financing activities was $18.5of $123.8 million for the first quarter ofsame period in 2006. We used proceeds from ourthe sale of properties in the first quarter of 2007 to pay the full outstanding balance on our Senior Credit Facility,existing bank credit facility, which had grown to $65.0 million by the time we received these proceeds.

In December 2006, our Board of Directors approved a preliminary 2007 capital expenditure budget of approximately $275 million, to be used to fund our development drilling program, lease acquisitions and installation of infrastructure in the Cotton Valley Trend of East Texas and Northwest Louisiana. Our Board of Directors may increase our capital expenditure budget for 2007, subject to future economic conditions and financial resources. We expect to finance the remainder of our 2007 capital expenditures through a combination of cash flow from operations proceeds from the aforementioned asset sales, and borrowings under our existing bank credit facility (see “Senior Credit Facility”).

In the future,third quarter, we may issueobtained a redetermination of the borrowing base of our Senior Credit Facility as discussed below. We intend to raise additional debt or equity securitieslong term capital to provide additional financial resources for our capital expenditures and other general corporate purposes. OurWe intend to use the proceeds of this financing to pay down amounts outstanding under our Senior Credit Facility, and will then utilize the borrowing base of our Senior Credit Facility and cash flow from operations to fund our ongoing drilling activity. Our existing bank credit facility includes certain financial covenants with which we were in compliance as of March 31,September 30, 2007. WeWhen considering the historical success of our capital raising activities and our bank relationships, we do not anticipate a lack of borrowing capacity under our senior credit facility or term loan in the foreseeable future due to an inability to meet any such financial covenants nor a reduction in our borrowing base.

Senior Credit Facility

On November 17, 2005, we amended our existing credit agreement and entered into an amended and restated senior credit agreement (the “Senior Credit Facility”) and a second lien term loan (the “Term Loan”) that expanded our borrowing capabilities and extended our credit facility for an additional two years. Total lender commitments under the Senior Credit Facility were $200.0$200 million which matures on February 25, 2010. Revolving borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility are limited to, and subject to periodic redeterminations of the borrowing base, which is currently established at $110.0 million, and is scheduled to be redetermined in the third quarter of 2007.$170 million. As of March 31,September 30, 2007, we repaid allhad $100 million in outstanding amounts of the revolving borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility. Interest on revolving borrowings under the Senior Credit Facility accrues at a rate calculated, at our option, at either the bank base rate plus 0.00% to 0.50%, or LIBOR plus 1.25% to 2.00%2.25%, depending on borrowing base utilization.

The terms of the Senior Credit Facility require us to maintain certain covenants. Capitalized terms are defined in the credit agreement. The covenants include:include:

 

Current Ratio of 1.0/1.0,

Interest Coverage Ratio which is not less than 3.0/1.0 for the trailing four quarters, and

 

Total Debt no greater than 3.54.25 times EBITDAX for the trailing four quarters.

EBITDAX (EBITDAX is earnings before interest expense, income tax, DD&A, exploration expense and exploration expense.impairment of oil and gas properties. In calculating EBITDAX for this purpose, earnings includes realized gains (losses) from derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting, but excludes unrealized gains (losses) from derivatives not qualifying for hedge accounting.)

On August 7, 2007, we amended the Senior Credit Facility (“Amended Senior Credit Facility”) to change the last of these financial covenants beginning with the quarter ending September 30, 2007 and ending with the quarter ending December 31, 2007. The financial covenant will return to a 3.5 times Debt to EBITDAX limitation for the trailing four quarters beginning with the quarter ending March 31, 2008. As a result of the sale of the Company’s South Louisiana assets in the first quarter of 2007 (see Note 6 “Discontinued Operations” to our consolidated financial statements), a preliminary EBITDAX calculation for the trailing four quarters ending June 30, 2007 (which excluded all EBITDAX generated by the sold South Louisiana assets) indicated that the Company might not be in compliance with the ratio at the 3.5 times limitation. As a result, the Company requested and the bank group approved amending the ratio as discussed above for the purpose of clarifying the calculation of the covenant.

On September 24, 2007, we entered into the Seventh Amendment of the Amended and Restated Senior Credit Agreement. This Amendment increased the borrowing base from $110 million to $170 million and increased the upper limit of the LIBOR plus rate from 2.0% to 2.25%. All the other material terms have remained the same.

As of March 31,September 30, 2007, we were in compliance with all of the financial covenants of the Amended Senior Credit Facility.

Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1 to our Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of recently issued accounting pronouncements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on consolidated financial statements which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts or assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. We believe that certain accounting policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements. Our 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006 and a Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 7, 2007, includes a discussion of our critical accounting policies.

Income Taxes — FASB Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”),Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, provides guidance on recognition and measurement of uncertainties in income taxes and is applicable for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006. The CompanyWe adopted FIN 48 in the first quarter of 2007. See Notes 1 and 78 to our consolidated financial statements.

Item 3.3 – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Commodity Price Risk

Despite the measures taken by us to attempt to control price risk, we remain subject to price fluctuations for natural gas and crude oil sold in the spot market. Prices received for natural gas sold on the spot market are volatile due primarily to seasonality of demand and other factors beyond our control. Domestic crude oil and gas prices could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and quantities of reserves recoverable on an economic basis.

We enter into futures contracts or other hedging agreements from time to time to manage the commodity price risk for a portion of our production. We consider these agreements to be hedging activities and, as such, monthly settlements on the contracts that qualify for hedge accounting are reflected in our crude oil and natural gas sales. Our strategy, which is

administered by the Hedging Committee of our Board of Directors, and reviewed periodically by the entire Board of Directors, has been to generally hedge between 30% and 70% of our production. As of March 31,September 30, 2007, the commodity hedges we utilized were in the form of: (a) swaps, where we receive a fixed price and pay a floating price, based on NYMEX quoted prices, (b) collars, where we receive the excess, if any, of the floor price over the reference price, based on NYMEX quoted prices, and pay the excess, if any, of the reference price over the ceiling price, and (c) fixed price physical contracts which qualify for normal purchase and normal sale treatment, whereby we agree in advance with the purchasers of our physical gas volumes as to specific quantities to be delivered and specific prices to be received for gas deliveries at specific transfer points in the future. See Note 5 “Hedging Activities” to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.

(a)swaps, where we receive a fixed price and pay a floating price, based on NYMEX or specific transfer point quoted prices,

(b)collars, where we receive the excess, if any, of the floor price over the reference price, based on NYMEX quoted prices, and pay the excess, if any, of the reference price over the ceiling price, and

(c)fixed price physical contracts which qualify for normal purchase and normal sale treatment, whereby we agree in advance with the purchasers of our physical gas volumes as to specific quantities to be delivered and specific prices to be received for gas deliveries at specific transfer points in the future.

Our hedging contracts fall within our targeted range of 30% to 70% of our estimated net oil and gas production volumes for the applicable periods of 2007. The fair value of the crude oil and natural gas hedging contracts in place at March 31,September 30, 2007, resulted in ana net asset of $2.2$3.7 million. Based on oil and gas pricing in effect at March 31,September 30, 2007, a hypothetical 10% increase in oil and gas prices would have decreased theresulted in a derivative asset to $1.6liability of $5.2 million while a hypothetical 10% decrease in oil and gas prices would have increased the derivative asset to $2.9$12.6 million. See Note 5 “Hedging Activities” to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.

Interest Rate Risk

We have a variable-rate debt obligation that exposes us to the effects of changes in interest rates. To partially reduce our exposure to interest rate risk, from time to time we enter into interest rate swap agreements. At March 31,September 30, 2007, we had the following interest rate swaps in place with BNP (in millions)thousands).

 

Effective
Date

  Maturity
Date
  LIBOR
Swap Rate
 Notional
Amount

02/27/07

  02/26/09  4.86% $40.0

Effective Date

  Maturity
Date
  LIBOR
Swap Rate
  Notional
Amount

2/27/2007

  2/26/2009  4.86% $40,000

The fair value of the interest rate swap contracts in place at March 31,September 30, 2007, resulted in an asseta liability of $54,000.$0.1 million. Based on interest rates at March 31,September 30, 2007, a hypothetical 10% increase or decrease in interest rates would not have a material effect on the asset.

Item 4.4 – Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We have established disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that material information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified by the Securities and Exchange Commission and that any material information relating to us is recorded, processed, summarized and reported to our management including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognizes that controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving desired control objectives. In reaching a reasonable level of assurance, our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

As required by SEC ruleRule 13a-15(b), under the Exchange Act, we have evaluated, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rules 13a-15(c) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, based upon their evaluation as of March 31,September 30, 2007, the end of the period covered in this report, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our system of internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the most recent fiscalour third quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1A – Risk Factors

There are no material changes from risk factors previously disclosed in the Company’sour Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.2006 and a Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 7, 2007.

Item 4 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

None.

Item 6 – Exhibits

 

*10.1†Amended and Restated Severance Agreement between the Company and Walter G. Goodrich, effective November 5, 2007.
*10.2†Amended and Restated Severance Agreement between the Company and Robert C. Turnham, effective November 5, 2007.
*10.3†Amended and Restated Severance Agreement between the Company and David R. Looney, effective November 5, 2007.
*10.4†Amended and Restated Severance Agreement between the Company and Mark E. Ferchau, effective November 5, 2007
*10.5†Goodrich Petroleum Corporation Annual Bonus Plan, effective November 5, 2007
*31.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 15 U.S.CU.S.C. Section 7241, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
*31.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
**32.1 Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
**32.2 Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

*Filed herewith

**Furnished herewith
Denotes management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned and thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPORATION

(Registrant)

Date: May 10,November 8, 2007 By: 

/s/ Walter G. Goodrich

  Walter G. Goodrich
  Vice Chairman & Chief Executive Officer
Date: May 10,November 8, 2007 By: 

/s/ David R. Looney

David R. Looney
  

David R. Looney

Executive Vice President &

Chief Financial Officer

GOODRICH PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIST OF EXHIBITS TO FORM 10-Q

FOR QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

EXHIBIT NO.

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

10.1Amended and Restated Severance Agreement between the Company and Walter G. Goodrich, effective November 5, 2007.
10.2Amended and Restated Severance Agreement between the Company and Robert C. Turnham, effective November 5, 2007.
10.3Amended and Restated Severance Agreement between the Company and David R. Looney, effective November 5, 2007.
10.4Amended and Restated Severance Agreement between the Company and Mark E. Ferchau, effective November 5, 2007
10.5Goodrich Petroleum Corporation Annual Bonus Plan, effective November 5, 2007
31.1Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 7241, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

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