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Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

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Description of Business and Basis of Presentation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation
Description of Business and Basis of Presentation

Description of business

Callon Petroleum Company is an independent crude oil and natural gas company established in 1950, which has been focused on building reserves and production both onshore and offshore through efficient operations and low finding and development costs. In 2009, we began to shift our operational focus from exploration in the Gulf of Mexico to building an onshore asset portfolio in order to provide a multi-year, low-risk drilling program in both crude oil and natural gas basins. A significant portion of this onshore transition has been funded by reinvesting the cash flows from the Company’s Gulf of Mexico properties. In the fourth quarter of 2012, we monetized our interest in the deepwater Habanero field in order to accelerate development of our onshore properties. In October 2013, we entered into an agreement to sell our interest in our remaining deepwater property, the Medusa field, the Company’s interest in the Medusa Spar facility and substantially all remaining offshore shelf properties. This transaction will complete our long-term goal of becoming an onshore operator upon closing with an asset base concentrated in the Permian Basin.

Basis of presentation

Unless otherwise indicated, all amounts included within the footnotes to the financial statements are presented in thousands, except for share, well, acreage and per-derivative instrument data.

The interim consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with (1) accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“US GAAP”), (2) the Securities and Exchange Commission’s instructions to Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and (3) Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X, and include the accounts of the Company, and its subsidiary, Callon Petroleum Operating Company (“CPOC”). CPOC also has subsidiaries, namely Callon Offshore Production, Inc., and Mississippi Marketing, Inc.

These interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. The balance sheet at December 31, 2012 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date.

Operating results for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2013.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, including normal recurring adjustments and all intercompany account and transaction eliminations, necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial position, the results of its operations and its cash flows for the periods indicated. When necessary to ensure consistent presentation, certain prior year amounts may be reclassified. To the extent the amounts reclassified are material, we have either footnoted them within the Company’s disclosures or have discussed the reclassifications within this footnote.

New accounting standard

In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) that clarified the reclassification requirements from accumulated other comprehensive income to net income. This ASU requires disclosure of amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component. In addition, an entity is required to present either on the face of the financial statements or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by the respective line items of net income, but only if the amount is reclassified in its entirety to net income in the same reporting period. For amounts not reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity is required to cross-reference to the related note on the face of the financial statements for additional information. Callon adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2013, which did not have a material impact on its financial statements.