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Callon Petroleum Company Reports First Quarter 2006 Results of Operations

 

            Natchez, MS (May 8, 2006)—Callon Petroleum Company (NYSE: CPE) today reported

its results of operations for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006.

 

            First Quarter 2006 Net Income.  For the three-month period ended March 31, 2006, Callon reported record net income of $12.7 million, or $0.60 per diluted share.  For the first quarter of 2005, the company reported net income of $9.5 million, or $0.46 per diluted share.

 

First Quarter 2006 Operating Results.   Oil and gas sales totaled $45.6 million from average production of 56.0 million cubic feet of natural gas equivalent per day (MMcfe/d).  This corresponds to sales of $43.0 million from average production of 73.3 MMcfe/d during the same period in 2005.   During the first quarter of 2006, natural gas represented approximately 39 percent of the company’s total production. The average price realized per thousand cubic feet of natural gas in the first quarter of 2006 increased by 32 percent to $9.12 compared to $6.92 during the first quarter of 2005, while the average price realized per barrel of oil in the first quarter of 2006 increased by 44 percent to $53.95 compared to $37.46 during the same period in 2005.

 

First Quarter 2006 Discretionary Cash Flow.  For the quarter ended March 31, 2006, discretionary cash flow increased by 8 percent to $33.8 million compared to $31.4 million during the same period a year earlier.  Net cash flow provided by operating activities, as defined by GAAP, totaled $41.0 million and $21.3 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. (See “Non-GAAP Financial Measure” that follows and the accompanying financial information for a reconciliation of discretionary cash flow, a non-GAAP measure, to net cash flow provided by operating activities.)

 

Non-GAAP Financial Measure - This news release refers to a non-GAAP financial measure as “discretionary cash flow.”  Callon believes that the non-GAAP measure of discretionary cash flow is useful as an indicator of an oil and gas exploration and production company’s ability to internally fund exploration and development activities and to service or incur additional debt.  The company also has included this information because changes in operating assets and liabilities relate to the timing of cash receipts and disbursements which the company may not control and may not relate to the period in which the operating activities occurred.  Discretionary cash flow should not be considered an alternative to net cash provided by operating activities or net income as defined by GAAP.

                                                                                                                                     

                                                           

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measure:

     Three Months Ended

(In thousands)                                                                   

                March 31,

 

          2006                2005

Discretionary cash flow

     $33,780

 

$31,414

Net working capital changes and other changes

         7,236

 

 (10,083)

Net cash flow provided by operating activities

     $41,016

 

$21,331

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets:

March 31

December 31   

(In thousands)

2006

2005

 

(Unaudited)

 

Cash and cash equivalents

         $    5,139  

   $   2,565   

Oil and gas properties, net

           487,392   

    447,364

All other assets

             93,433

      83,847

      Total assets

         $585,964

  $533,776

 

 

 

Long-term debt excluding current maturities

         $194,218  

  $188,813

All other liabilities

           148,677 

    116,915

Stockholders’ equity

           243,069

    228,048

      Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

         $585,964

  $533,776

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Production and Price Information:

Three Months Ended

 

March 31, 

 

        2006

     2005

Production:

 

 

   Oil (MBbls)

          515

       641

   Gas (MMcf)

       1,950

    2,748

   Total Production (MMcfe)

       5,042

    6,593

   Average daily (MMcfe)

         56.0

      73.3

 

 

 

Average prices:

 

 

   Oil ($/Bbl)  (a)

     $53.95

  $37.46

   Gas ($/Mcf)

     $  9.12

  $  6.92

   Gas equivalent ($/Mcfe)

     $  9.04

  $  6.52

 

 

 

(a) Below is a reconciliation of the average NYMEX price to the

 

 

      average realized sales price per barrel of oil:

 

 

 

 

 

Average NYMEX oil price

     $63.48

   $49.85

     Basis differentials and quality adjustments

        (7.52)

      (6.33)

     Transportation

        (1.27)

      (1.31)

     Hedging

 

        (0.74)

      (4.75)

Average realized oil price

      $53.95

   $37.46

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 

Callon Petroleum Company

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except share amounts)

 

 


 

 

 

      Three Months Ended 

 

 

               March 31,

 

    2006

 

    2005

Operating revenues:

           

 

 

  Oil and gas sales

$   45,581 

 

 $   43,012

    

 

 

         

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

  Lease operating expenses

5,905

 

6,536

  Depreciation, depletion and amortization

13,836

 

15,408

  General and administrative

1,726

 

1,694

  Accretion expense

1,419

 

861

  Derivative expense

90

 

379

     Total operating expenses

22,976

 

24,878

 

 

 

 

  Income from operations

22,605

 

18,134

  Other (income) expenses:

 

 

 

    Interest expense

4,148

 

4,569