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This excerpt taken from the COG 10-Q filed Apr 30, 2009.

Contractual Obligations

At March 31, 2009, we were obligated to make future payments under drilling rig commitments and firm gas transportation agreements. For further information, please refer to “Firm Gas Transportation Agreements” and “Drilling Rig Commitments” under Note 6 in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and in our Form 10-K.

This excerpt taken from the COG 10-K filed Feb 27, 2009.

Contractual Obligations

Our known material contractual obligations include long-term debt, interest on long-term debt, firm gas transportation agreements, drilling rig commitments and operating leases. We have no off-balance sheet debt or other similar unrecorded obligations.

A summary of our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2008 are set forth in the following table:

 

     Total    Payments Due by Year
        2009    2010 to
2011
   2012 to
2013
   2014 &
Beyond
     (In thousands)

Long-Term Debt(1)

   $ 867,000    $ 35,857    $ 244,143    $ 75,000    $ 512,000

Interest on Long-Term Debt(2)

     460,624      63,124      99,602      82,469      215,429

Firm Gas Transportation Agreements(3)

     94,670      13,218      23,935      13,374      44,143

Drilling Rig Commitments(3)

     44,271      42,021      2,250      —        —  

Operating Leases(3)

     28,686      6,335      9,028      7,397      5,926
                                  

Total Contractual Cash Obligations

   $ 1,495,251    $ 160,555    $ 378,958    $ 178,240    $ 777,498
                                  

 

(1)

Including current portion. At December 31, 2008, we had $185 million of debt outstanding under our revolving credit facility. See Note 4 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for details of long-term debt.

(2)

Interest payments have been calculated utilizing the fixed rates of our $682 million long-term debt outstanding at December 31, 2008. Interest payments on our revolving credit facility were calculated by assuming that the December 31, 2008 long-term outstanding balance of $169.1 million will be outstanding through the October 2010 maturity date and that the short-term outstanding balance of $15.9 million will be outstanding through December 2009. A constant interest rate of 4.8% was assumed, which was the 2008 weighted-average interest rate. Actual results will likely differ from these estimates and assumptions.

(3)

For further information on our obligations under firm gas transportation agreements, drilling rig commitments and operating leases, see Note 7 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Amounts related to our asset retirement obligations are not included in the above table given the uncertainty regarding the actual timing of such expenditures. The total amount of asset retirement obligations at December 31, 2008 was $28.0 million, up from $24.7 million at December 31, 2007, primarily due to $1.2 million of accretion expense during 2008 as well as $2.2 million of drilling additions.

This excerpt taken from the COG 10-Q filed Nov 3, 2008.

Contractual Obligations

At September 30, 2008, we were obligated to make future payments under drilling rig commitments and firm gas transportation agreements as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. For further information, please refer to “Firm Gas Transportation Agreements” and “Drilling Rig Commitments” under Note 6 in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

This excerpt taken from the COG 10-Q filed Jul 30, 2008.

Contractual Obligations

At June 30, 2008, we were obligated to make future payments under drilling rig commitments and firm gas transportation agreements as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. For further information, please refer to “Firm Gas Transportation Agreements” and “Drilling Rig Commitments” under Note 6 in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

This excerpt taken from the COG 10-Q filed May 5, 2008.

Contractual Obligations

At March 31, 2008, we were obligated to make future payments under drilling rig commitments and firm gas transportation agreements as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. For further information, please refer to “Firm Gas Transportation Agreements” and “Drilling Rig Commitments” under Note 6 in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

This excerpt taken from the COG 10-K filed Feb 27, 2008.

Contractual Obligations

Our known material contractual obligations include long-term debt, interest on long-term debt, firm gas transportation agreements, drilling rig commitments and operating leases. We have no off-balance sheet debt or other similar unrecorded obligations.

During 2006, we assisted certain non-executive employees in obtaining loans to purchase interests offered under our Mineral, Royalty and Overriding Royalty Interest Plan by providing a guarantee of repayment should the non-executive employee fail to repay the loan. The repayment term for all of these loans was five years. The outstanding loan balances were approximately $0.3 million in the aggregate as of December 31, 2006 and the fair value of these guarantees were immaterial to our financial statements. There were no outstanding loan balances as of December 31, 2007. All loans were collateralized by the interests transferred to the employees in the producing properties.

 

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Index to Financial Statements

A summary of our known contractual obligations as of December 31, 2007 are set forth in the following table:

 

          Payments Due by Year

(In thousands)

   Total    2008    2009
to 2010
   2011
to 2012
   2013 &
Beyond

Long-Term Debt (1)

   $ 350,000    $ 20,000    $ 160,000    $ 75,000    $ 95,000

Interest on Long-Term Debt (2)

     91,960      24,992      36,011      19,469      11,488

Firm Gas Transportation Agreements (3)

     82,165      9,937      16,859      7,876      47,493

Drilling Rig Commitments (3)

     71,332      41,180      30,152      —        —  

Operating Leases (3)

     11,512      5,414      5,387      711      —  
                                  

Total Contractual Cash Obligations

   $ 606,969    $ 101,523    $ 248,409    $ 103,056    $ 153,981
                                  

 

(1)

Including current portion. At December 31, 2007, we had $140 million of debt outstanding under our revolving credit facility. See Note 4 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for details of long-term debt.

(2)

Interest payments have been calculated utilizing the fixed rates of our $210 million long-term debt outstanding at December 31, 2007. Interest payments on our revolving credit facility were calculated by assuming that the December 31, 2007 outstanding balance of $140 million will be outstanding through the 2009 maturity date and by assuming a constant interest rate of 6.9%, which was the December 31, 2007 weighted-average interest rate. Actual results will likely differ from these estimates and assumptions.

(3)

For further information on our obligations under firm gas transportation agreements, drilling rig commitments and operating leases, see Note 7 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Amounts related to our asset retirement obligations are not included in the above table given the uncertainty regarding the actual timing of such expenditures. The total amount of asset retirement obligations at December 31, 2007 was $24.7 million, up from $22.7 million at December 31, 2006, primarily due to $1.0 million of accretion expense during 2007 as well as $1.6 million of drilling additions.

This excerpt taken from the COG 10-Q filed Oct 29, 2007.

Contractual Obligations

During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, certain events have occurred changing the amounts previously reported in our contractual obligations table for drilling rig commitments and firm gas transportation agreements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Our firm gas transportation agreements provide firm transportation capacity rights on pipeline systems in Canada, the West region and the East region. These amounts are payable over the next 20 years. The transportation demand charges under these agreements that we are estimated to pay, regardless of the amount of pipeline capacity we utilize, decreased in the first nine months of 2007 by approximately $1.8 million from the total $85.1 million figure previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. This is due to released volumes on one contract in the West region as well as a change in the start date of a contract in Canada due to facility construction delays. As of September 30, 2007, demand charges for 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011, respectively, are expected to be $7.9 million, $7.5 million, $4.2 million and $3.8 million, a decrease of $2.0 million and $0.7 million and an increase of $0.5 million and $0.4 million from the amounts previously disclosed. As of September 30, 2007, demand charges for 2009 and the 2012-2027 periods are expected to be $7.1 million and $52.8 million, respectively, which is consistent with the amounts previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Drilling rig commitments decreased by $0.2 million from the $120.3 million figure reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

For further information, please refer to “Firm Gas Transportation Agreements” and “Drilling Rig Commitments” under Note 6 in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

This excerpt taken from the COG 10-Q filed Jul 30, 2007.

Contractual Obligations

During the six months ended June 30, 2007, certain events have occurred changing the amounts previously reported in our contractual obligations table for drilling rig commitments and firm gas transportation agreements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Our firm gas transportation agreements provide firm transportation capacity rights on pipeline systems in Canada, the West region and the East region. These amounts are payable over the next 21 years. The transportation demand charges under these agreements that we are estimated to pay, regardless of the amount of pipeline capacity we utilize, decreased in the first half of 2007 by approximately $2.4 million from the total $85.1 million figure previously disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. This is due to released volumes on one contract in the West region. As of June 30, 2007, demand charges for 2007 and 2008, respectively, are expected to be $8.2 million and $7.5 million, a decrease of $1.7 million and $0.7 million from the amounts previously disclosed.

Drilling rig commitments increased by $0.9 million from the $120.3 million figure reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

For further information, please refer to “Firm Gas Transportation Agreements” and “Drilling Rig Commitments” under Note 6 in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

This excerpt taken from the COG 10-Q filed May 2, 2007.

Contractual Obligations

During the three months ended March 31, 2007, certain events have occurred changing the amounts previously reported in our contractual obligations table for drilling rig commitments and firm gas transportation agreements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.

Our firm gas transportation agreements provide firm transportation capacity rights on pipeline systems in Canada, the West region and the East region. The amount of transportation demand charges under these agreements that we are estimated to pay, regardless of the amount of pipeline capacity we utilize, has decreased by approximately $2.4 million from the total $85.1 million figure previously disclosed. This is due to released volumes on one contract in the West region.

Drilling rig commitments increased by $0.7 million from the $120.3 million figure reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. This increase was due to an increase in the daily rig rates on two rigs as a result of an increase of 5% in the U.S. Department of Labor Wholesale Price Index for Oilfield Machinery and Tools from the base index, as required in the commitment agreement.

For further information, please refer to “Firm Gas Transportation Agreements” and “Rig Commitments” under Note 6 in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

This excerpt taken from the COG 10-K filed Feb 28, 2007.

Contractual Obligations

Our known material contractual obligations include long-term debt, interest on long-term debt, firm gas transportation agreements, drilling rig commitments and operating leases. We have no off-balance sheet debt or other similar unrecorded obligations.

During 2006, we assisted certain non-executive employees in obtaining loans to purchase interests offered under our Mineral, Royalty and Overriding Royalty Interest Plan by providing a guarantee of repayment should the non-executive employee fail to repay the loan. The repayment term for all of these loans is five years. All loans are collateralized by the interests transferred to the employees in the producing properties. The outstanding loan balances are approximately $0.3 million in the aggregate, and the fair value of these guarantees are immaterial to our financial statements.

 

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Index to Financial Statements

A summary of our known contractual obligations as of December 31, 2006 are set forth in the following table:

 

     Total    Payments Due by Year

(In thousands)

      2007   

2008

to 2009

  

2010

to 2011

   2012 &
Beyond
              

Long-Term Debt (1)

   $ 240,000    $ 20,000    $ 50,000    $ 75,000    $ 95,000

Interest on Long-Term Debt (2)

     91,888      17,596      30,878      24,914      18,500

Firm Gas Transportation Agreements (3)

     85,118      9,864      15,356      7,140      52,758

Drilling Rig Commitments (3)

     120,261      54,382      63,629      2,250      —  

Operating Leases (3)

     14,076      5,014      8,254      808      —  
                                  

Total Contractual Cash Obligations

   $ 551,343    $ 106,856    $ 168,117    $ 110,112    $ 166,258
                                  

 

(1)

Including current portion. At December 31, 2006, we had $10 million of debt outstanding under our revolving credit facility. See Note 4 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for details of long-term debt.

 

(2)

Interest payments have been calculated utilizing the fixed rates of our $230 million long-term debt outstanding at December 31, 2006. Interest payments on the $10 million of outstanding borrowings on our revolving credit facility were calculated by assuming that the December 31, 2006 outstanding balance of $10 million will be outstanding through the 2009 maturity date and by assuming a constant interest rate of 8.25%, which was the December 31, 2006 interest rate. Actual results will likely differ from these estimates and assumptions.

 

(3)

For further information on our obligations under firm gas transportation agreements, drilling rig commitments and operating leases, see Note 7 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

Amounts related to our asset retirement obligations are not included in the above table given the uncertainty regarding the actual timing of such expenditures. The total amount of asset retirement obligations at December 31, 2006 was $22.7 million, down from $43.0 million at December 31, 2005, primarily due to the sale of the offshore and certain south Louisiana properties during the end of the third quarter of 2006.

This excerpt taken from the COG 10-Q filed Oct 27, 2006.

Contractual Obligations

During the nine months ended September 30, 2006, certain events have occurred changing the amounts previously reported in our contractual obligations table for drilling rig commitments and firm gas transportation agreements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005.

Our firm gas transportation agreements provide firm transportation capacity rights on pipeline systems in Canada, the West and the East regions. The amount of transportation demand charges under these agreements that we are estimated to pay, regardless of the amount of pipeline capacity we utilize, has decreased by approximately $3.8 million over the total remaining terms of these contracts, which range from less than one year to 21 years. This is due to rate changes and released volumes on certain contracts, partially offset by increased charges as a result of new contracts entered into in Canada. Demand charges for 2006 are expected to be $7.1 million, a decrease of $4.6 million from the $11.7 million figure previously disclosed. Future obligations that we expect to pay starting in 2007 under these firm gas transportation agreements in effect at September 30, 2006 have increased by $0.8 million to $82.9 million.

Drilling rig commitments reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 totaled $104.3 million. As a result of an additional contract entered into during 2006, renewals of existing contracts and increases in daily rates due to increased contractor expenses for certain rigs, our total commitments have increased by $11.3 million.

 

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For further information, please refer to “Firm Gas Transportation Agreements” and “Rig Commitments” under Note 6 in the Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

This excerpt taken from the COG 10-K filed Mar 6, 2006.

Contractual Obligations

Our known material contractual obligations include long-term debt, interest on long-term debt, firm gas transportation agreements, drilling rig commitments and operating leases. We have no off-balance sheet debt or other similar unrecorded obligations, and we have not guaranteed the debt of any other party.

A summary of our known contractual obligations as of December 31, 2005 are set forth in the following table:

 

           Payments Due by Year
               2007    2009    2011 &
(In thousands)    Total    2006    to 2008    to 2010    Beyond

Long-Term Debt (1)

   $ 340,000    $ 20,000    $ 40,000    $ 110,000    $ 170,000

Interest on Long-Term Debt (2)

     132,960      24,632      44,950      32,673      30,705

Firm Gas Transportation Agreements (3)

     93,766      11,661      19,839      6,762      55,504

Drilling Rig Commitments (3)

     104,315      26,055      68,585      9,675      —  

Operating Leases

     17,746      4,876      9,174      3,696      —  
                                  

Total Contractual Cash Obligations

   $ 688,787    $ 87,224    $ 182,548    $ 162,806    $ 256,209
                                  

(1) Including current portion. At December 31, 2005, we had $90 million of outstanding debt on our revolving credit facility. See Note 4 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for details of long-term debt.
(2) Interest payments have been calculated utilizing the fixed rates of our $250 million long-term debt outstanding at December 31, 2005. Interest payments on the $90 million of outstanding borrowings on our revolving credit facility were calculated by assuming that the December 31, 2005 outstanding balance of $90 million will be outstanding through the 2009 maturity date and by assuming a constant interest rate of 7.25% which was the December 31, 2005 interest rate. Actual results will likely differ from these estimates and assumptions.
(3) For further information on our obligations under firm gas transportation agreements and drilling rig commitments, see Note 7 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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Amounts related to our asset retirement obligations are not included in the above table given the uncertainty regarding the actual timing of such expenditures. The total amount of asset retirement obligations at December 31, 2005 is $43.0 million.

Subsequent to December 31, 2005, we entered into an agreement for one additional drilling rig in the Gulf Coast. The total commitment over the next four years is $27.4 million, of which $0.8 million, $9.1 million, $9.1 million and $8.4 million will be paid out during the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, respectively.

This excerpt taken from the COG 10-K filed Mar 3, 2005.

Contractual Obligations

 

Our known material contractual obligations include long-term debt, interest on long-term debt and operating leases. We have no off-balance sheet debt or other similar unrecorded obligations, and we have not guaranteed the debt of any other party.

 

A summary of our known contractual obligations as of December 31, 2004 are set forth in the following table:

 

          Payments Due by Year

(In thousands)


   Total

   2005

  

2006

to 2007


  

2008

to 2009


  

2010 &

Beyond


Long-Term Debt (1)

   $ 270,000    $ 20,000    $ 40,000    $ 40,000    $ 170,000

Interest on Long-Term Debt (2)

     126,405      19,545      34,776      29,024      43,060

Firm Gas Transportation Agreements

     87,888      8,117      13,321      7,565      58,885

Operating Leases

     17,000      4,889      8,882      2,847      382
    

  

  

  

  

Total Contractual Cash Obligations

   $ 501,293    $ 52,551    $ 96,979    $ 79,436    $ 272,327
    

  

  

  

  


(1) Including current portion.
(2) Interest payments have been calculated utilizing the fixed rate of our $270 million long-term debt outstanding at December 31, 2004. At December 31, 2004 we had no outstanding debt on our revolving credit facility. See Note 5 of the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements for details of long-term debt.

 

Amounts related to our asset retirement obligations are not included in the above table given the uncertainty regarding the actual timing of such expenditures. The total amount of asset retirement obligations at December 31, 2004 is $40.4 million.

 

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