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Exhibit 99.1

ATP’s 2010 Financial Results, Reserves and 2011 Operations Update

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2011--ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (NASDAQ:ATPG) today released its 2010 financial results, reserves and 2011 operations update.

  • Fourth quarter production of 24.9 MBoe per day represented an increase of 83% over the same quarter of the prior year;
  • Current production rate is approximately 29,000 Boe per day after adding production at Mississippi Canyon (“MC”) 711 (“Gomez”) and Tors during the first quarter of 2011;
  • Recorded year-end 2010 proved reserves totaling 126.4 MMBoe (59% oil);
  • Announced projected expansion into Offshore Israel;
  • Experienced a net loss attributable to common shareholders for 2010 of $348.8 million and $206.6 for the fourth quarter. The fourth quarter net loss attributable to common shareholders included costs associated with the moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, impairments at several Gulf of Mexico shelf properties, losses on derivatives and establishment of a valuation reserve on ATP’s U.S. net deferred tax assets; and
  • Added $110 million of additional liquidity since year-end 2010.

Production and Results of Operations

Production for 2010 was 4.5 MMBbls and 19.2 Bcf, or approximately 7.7 MMBoe (an average of 21.0 MBoe per day and 58% oil), compared to average production for 2009 of 16.1 MBoe per day (57% oil). Production for the fourth quarter of 2010 averaged 24.9 MBoe per day, compared to 21.1 MBoe per day for the third quarter of 2010 and 13.6 MBoe per day from the comparable quarter of 2009. ATP’s current production rate is approximately 29,000 Boe per day. The 2010 increase was due to two new wells at Telemark Hub placed on production during 2010, a recompletion at Gomez Hub, new wells at Canyon Express Hub and new wells at the Tors property in the U.K. North Sea. The MC 754 #3 well was completed and began producing at the Gomez Hub during late February 2011. Additional 2011 production volumes were added at Tors in the North Sea.


Revenues from oil and gas production were $141.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to $74.3 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. Oil continued to represent a majority of sales, accounting for 78.5% of revenues in the fourth quarter of 2010 and 75.3% in the comparable 2009 period.

Lease operating expense for the fourth quarter of 2010 of $43.1 million included $23.0 million recurring and $20.1 million nonrecurring, compared to $22.1 million recurring and $2.4 million nonrecurring for the fourth quarter of 2009. The increase in fourth quarter of 2010 recurring operating expense was primarily due to the new production from the Telemark Hub. Nonrecurring expenses consisted of pipeline hydrate remediation costs and inspection costs directly resulting from the new requirements imposed by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management since the Macondo incident.

General and administrative expense was $15.7 million for the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to $19.1 million for the fourth quarter of 2009. Fourth quarter 2010 includes $1.5 million of noncash stock-based compensation compared with $1.9 million in the comparable 2009 quarter. The overall decrease was primarily due to lower professional fees in 2010.

Interest expense increased to $222.1 million, net of $53.3 million of capitalized interest, during 2010 compared to $40.9 million, net of $110.1 million of capitalized interest, during 2009. Interest expense for the fourth quarter of 2010 was $76.0 million, net of $3.7 million capitalized, related to the Octabuoy construction. Interest expense for the fourth quarter of 2009 was $9.1 million, net of $35.4 million capitalized related to the development of the Telemark Hub and $3.1 million capitalized related to the Octabuoy construction. With installation of the ATP Titan at the Telemark Hub and commencement of production at this location on March 28, 2010, the Telemark Hub no longer qualified for interest capitalization. A summary of payments related to other long-term obligations, including principal and interest, is set forth at the end of this release.

For the year, ATP recorded a net loss attributable to common shareholders of $348.8 million, of which $206.6 million or $4.06 per basic and diluted share occurred in the fourth quarter. The net loss attributable to common shareholders for the fourth quarter of 2010 was impacted by several items research analysts typically exclude from their published estimates totaling $192.0 million. Those items include an impairment of $48.2 million, an expense of $14.9 million related to direct costs associated with the moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, an unrealized loss on derivatives of $34.1 million and the establishment of a valuation reserve for ATP’s deferred tax assets of $94.8 million.

Oil and Gas Reserves

Year-end proved reserves were 126.4 MMBoe with a pre-tax PV-10 value of $2.6 billion using SEC pricing as of December 31, 2010. ATP’s reserves are located 62% in the deep water Gulf of Mexico, 4% on the Gulf of Mexico shelf and 34% in the North Sea. All of ATP’s proved reserves were prepared by independent reservoir engineers whose certification letters will be available on ATP’s web site. The Telemark Hub continues as the largest property in ATP’s portfolio in terms of reserves with 46.4 MMBoe of proved reserves. The remaining top properties that contribute to proved reserves are the Gomez Hub (MC Block 711, MC Block 755 and MC Block 754) and Cheviot Hub.


2011 Additional Liquidity

Since year-end 2010, ATP has added $110 million of additional liquidity. Under the existing ATP Titan assets Term Loan facility, on March 11, 2011, we added $50 million of liquidity related to the third well at Telemark. With permits beginning to be released in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, this funding was made available by the lender. Under the facility, an additional $50 million may become available in the future when production commences from the fourth well at the Telemark Hub. On February 24, 2011, ATP amended its existing first lien facility to reduce its interest rate while improving the facility and extending the maturity date. Terms of the amended agreement provide for an increase in the facility from $150 million to $210 million. Upon the next draw, the interest rate on outstanding first lien borrowings will decrease from 11% to 9% per year and the maturity date will be extended from October 15, 2014 to January 15, 2015. The 104 call protection has been extended to the second year anniversary date of June 29, 2012. All other terms of the first lien facility remain unchanged.

Hedging Update

A detailed hedging contracts schedule is provided near the end of this press release. During the first quarter of 2011, ATP unwound 963.5 MBbls of 2011 swaps at an average price of $77.36 per Bbl and added 1,024.5 MBbls of 2011 swaps at an average price of $94.83 per Bbl and 1,281.0 MBbls of 2012 swaps at an average price of $90.24 per Bbl.


ATP's selected financial data schedule below contains additional information on the company’s activities for the fourth quarter 2010 and comparable 2009 period.

Selected Financial Data
(Unaudited)
  Three Months Ended
December 31,
  Year Ended
December 31,
2010   2009 2010   2009
   
Production
Natural gas (MMcf) 4,486 3,006 19,151 15,119
Gulf of Mexico 3,676 2,177 15,899 11,988
North Sea 810 829 3,252 3,131
 
Oil and condensate (MBbls) 1,538 748 4,471 3,353
Gulf of Mexico 1,537 746 4,464 3,344
North Sea 1 2 7 9
 
Natural gas, oil and condensate
MMcfe 13,716 7,497 45,978 35,237
MBoe 2,286 1,250 7,663 5,873
 
Average Prices
Natural gas (per Mcf) $ 4.84 $ 4.70 4.83 $ 4.40
Gulf of Mexico 4.11 4.50 4.53 4.16
North Sea 8.13 5.20 6.32 5.34
Oil and condensate (per Bbl) 78.04 70.47 72.94 57.28
 
Natural gas, oil and condensate
Per Mcfe $ 10.33 $ 8.91 $ 9.11 $ 7.34
Per Boe 61.98 53.46 54.66 44.03
 
Deferred Revenue Recognized ($000's)
Natural gas $ - $ 1,199 $ 1,517 $ 7,244
Oil and condensate - 6,299 17,819 32,649
Total - 7,498 19,336 39,893
 
Gain (Loss) on Oil and Gas Derivatives ($000's)
Natural gas contracts
Realized or settled during the period $ 2,807 $ 4,080 $ 9,238 $ 43,707
Unrealized (7,037 ) 2,047 (3,288 ) (15,162 )
Oil and condensate contracts
Realized or settled during the period (5,931 ) (4,402 ) (11,923 ) (6,146 )
Unrealized (27,056 ) (17,436 ) (16,446 ) (23,111 )
Total (37,217 ) (15,711 ) (22,419 ) (712 )
 

Fourth Quarter 2010 Conference Call

ATP Oil & Gas Corporation (NASDAQ: ATPG) will host a conference call on Tuesday, March 15th at 10:00 am CDT to discuss the company’s fourth quarter results followed by a Q&A session.

4th Quarter Results Conference Call
Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Time: 11:00 am EDT; 10:00 am CDT; 9:00 am MDT and 8:00 am PDT

ATP invites interested persons to listen to the live webcast on the company’s website at www.atpog.com. Phone participants should dial 888-503-8171. A digital replay of the conference call will be available at 888-203-1112, ID# 6212139, for a period of 24 hours beginning at 2:00 pm CDT.

About ATP Oil & Gas Corporation

ATP Oil & Gas is an international offshore oil and gas development and production company focused in the Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean Sea and North Sea. The company trades publicly as ATPG on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. For more information about ATP Oil & Gas Corporation, visit www.atpog.com.

Forward-looking Statements

Certain statements included in this news release are "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. ATP cautions that assumptions, expectations, projections, intentions, or beliefs about future events may, and often do, vary from actual results and the differences can be material. Some of the key factors which could cause actual results to vary from those ATP expects include changes in natural gas and oil prices, the timing of planned capital expenditures, availability of acquisitions, uncertainties in estimating proved reserves and forecasting production results, operational factors affecting the commencement or maintenance of producing wells, the condition of the capital markets generally, as well as the company’s ability to access them, and uncertainties regarding environmental regulations or litigation and other legal or regulatory developments affecting ATP’s business. While ATP does not file reports with the SEC containing probable and possible reserve quantities, it occasionally will include them in presentations and discuss such reserves publicly. ATP and its independent third party reservoir engineers use the term “probable” to describe volumes of reserves potentially recoverable through additional drilling or recovery techniques that, by their nature, are more speculative than estimates of proved reserves. All estimates of reserves in this news release have been prepared by ATP’s independent third party engineers. More information about the risks and uncertainties relating to ATP's forward-looking statements is found in the company’s SEC filings.


CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In Thousands)
(Unaudited)
  December 31,
2010   2009
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 154,695 $ 108,961
Restricted cash 30,270 10,504
Accounts receivable (net of allowance of $225 and $291, respectively) 92,737 52,551
Deferred tax asset 8,191 101,956
Derivative assets 1,688 1,321
Other current assets   26,408     10,615  
Total current assets 313,989 285,908
 
Oil and gas properties (using the successful efforts method of accounting):
Proved properties 4,291,440 3,609,131
Unproved properties   20,402     13,910  
4,311,842 3,623,041
Less accumulated depletion, depreciation, impairment and amortization   (1,407,206 )   (1,137,269 )
Oil and gas properties, net 2,904,636 2,485,772
 
Restricted cash 10,000 -
Deferred tax asset - -
Deferred financing costs, net 48,353 16,378
Other assets, net   13,124     15,089  
Total assets $ 3,290,102   $ 2,803,147  
 
Liabilities and Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accruals $ 230,703 $ 212,736
Current maturities of long-term debt 21,625 16,838
Asset retirement obligation 43,386 43,418
Derivative liability 37,893 16,216
Other current liabilities   86,521     23,094  
Total current liabilities 420,128 312,302
 
Long-term debt 1,857,784 1,199,847
Other long-term obligations 472,500 274,942
Asset retirement obligation 123,472 106,781
Deferred tax liability 16,956 146,764
Derivative liability 6,425 7,646
Deferred revenue   -     19,336  
Total liabilities 2,897,265 2,067,618
 
Temporary equity-redeemable noncontrolling interest   140,851     139,598  
 
Shareholders' equity:
Convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value 140,000 140,000
Common stock, $0.001 par value 51 51
Additional paid-in capital 570,739 571,595
Accumulated deficit (356,866 ) (19,317 )
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (101,027 ) (95,487 )
Treasury stock, at cost   (911 )   (911 )
Total shareholders' equity   251,986     595,931  
Total liabilities and equity $ 3,290,102   $ 2,803,147  
 

CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS
(In Thousands, Except Per Share Amounts)
(Unaudited)
       
Three Months Ended
December 31,
Year Ended
December 31,
2010 2009 2010 2009
Revenues:
Oil and gas production $ 141,748 $ 74,327 $ 437,997 $ 298,490
Other   -     -     -     13,664  
  141,748     74,327     437,997     312,154  
 
Costs, operating expenses and other:
Lease operating 43,121 24,493 132,544 84,956
Exploration (90 ) - 1,174 264
General and administrative 15,681 19,055 44,894 44,211
Depreciation, depletion and amortization 62,036 32,347 220,657 152,780
Impairment of oil and gas properties 48,189 37,051 63,267 45,799
Accretion of asset retirement obligation 3,408 2,736 13,827 11,676
Drilling interruption costs 14,933 - 23,647 -
Loss on abandonment 4,596 (77 ) 4,829 2,872
Gain on exchange/disposal of properties 300 (13,000 ) (26,720 ) (12,433 )
Other, net   (2 )   (871 )   (946 )   (742 )
  192,172     101,734     477,173     329,383  
Loss from operations   (50,424 )   (27,407 )   (39,176 )   (17,229 )
 
Other income (expense):
Interest income 105 155 696 710
Interest expense, net (75,991 ) (9,087 ) (222,104 ) (40,884 )
Derivative income (expense) (37,218 ) (15,711 ) (22,419 ) (712 )
Loss on debt extinguishment   2,855     -     (75,316 )   -  
  (110,249 )   (24,643 )   (319,143 )   (40,886 )
 
Loss before income taxes   (160,673 )   (52,050 )   (358,319 )   (58,115 )
 
Income tax (expense) benefit:
Current 789 (523 ) 859 (545 )
Deferred   (40,782 )   18,963     35,414     23,079  
  (39,993 )   18,440     36,273     22,534  
 
Net loss (200,666 ) (33,610 ) (322,046 ) (35,581 )
Less income attributable to the redeemable noncontrolling interest (3,148 ) (3,562 ) (15,503 ) (13,380 )
Less convertible preferred stock dividends   (2,828 )   (2,794 )   (11,248 )   (2,856 )
Net loss attributable to common shareholders $ (206,642 ) $ (39,966 ) $ (348,797 ) $ (51,817 )
 
Net loss per share attributable to common shareholders:
Basic $ (4.06 ) $ (0.80 ) $ (6.88 ) $ (1.24 )
Diluted $ (4.06 ) $ (0.80 ) $ (6.88 ) $ (1.24 )
 
Weighted average number of common shares:
Basic 50,838 50,208 50,715 41,853
Diluted 50,838 50,208 50,715 41,853
 

CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW DATA
(In Thousands)
  Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
2010   2009
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss $ (322,046 ) $ (35,581 )
Adjustments to operating activities 293,492 198,154
Changes in assets and liabilities   (8,726 )   (2,746 )
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities   (37,280 )   159,827  
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
Additions to oil and gas properties (598,108 ) (635,447 )
Proceeds from disposition of properties 17,053 13,000
Increase in restricted cash   (29,766 )   (10,504 )
Net cash used in investing activities   (610,821 )   (632,951 )
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from senior second lien notes 1,492,965 -
Proceeds from first lien term loans 147,000 -
Proceeds from term loan facility - Titan assets 238,750 -
Proceeds from revolving credit facility 46,000 -
Proceeds from term loans - 19,000
Payments of term loans (1,263,727 ) (176,512 )
Deferred financing costs (62,937 ) (6,490 )
Issuance of common stock, net of costs - 170,629

Issuance of preferred stock, net of costs

- 135,549
Proceeds from other long-term obligations 231,888 89,011
Payments of other long-term obligations (102,818 ) (2,298 )
Sale of redeemable noncontrolling interest, net of costs - 148,751
Distributions to noncontrolling interest (14,250 ) (18,970 )
Preferred stock dividends (11,276 ) -
Payments of short-term notes (11,180 ) -
Exercise of stock options   3,609     3  
Net cash provided by financing activities   694,024     358,673  
 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents   (189 )   8,419  
 
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 45,734 (106,032 )
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year   108,961     214,993  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year $ 154,695   $ 108,961  
 

Hedging Contracts

(Unaudited)

 
    2011   2012   2013
1Q   2Q   3Q   4Q   FY 1Q   2Q   3Q   4Q   FY 1Q   FY

Gulf of Mexico

                 
Fixed Forwards & Swaps
 
Natural Gas
Volumes (MMMBtu) 900 1,365 1,380 1,380 5,025

 

1,365 1,365
Price ($/MMBtu) $ 5.42 $ 4.64 $ 4.64 $ 4.64 $ 4.78

 

$ 4.64 $ 4.64
 
Crude Oil
Volumes (MBbls) 653 819 751 874 3,097 614 592 598 598 2,402 90 90
Price ($/Bbl) $ 81.97 $ 88.28 $ 87.53 $ 87.79 $ 86.63 $ 89.27 $ 90.03 $ 90.03 $ 90.03 $ 89.83 $ 90.40 $ 90.40
 
Crude Oil
Volumes (MBbls) 270 273 184 184 911
Reparticipation calls ($/Bbl) $ 111.67 $ 111.67 $ 110.00 $ 110.00 $ 110.99
 
Collars
Natural Gas
Volumes (MMMBtu) 1,350 1,350
Floor Price ($/MMBtu) $ 4.75 $ 4.75
Ceiling Price ($/MMBtu) $ 7.95 $ 7.95
 
North Sea
Fixed Forwards & Swaps
Natural Gas
Volumes (MMMBtu) 450 455 460 276 1,641 273 455 460 276 1,464
Price ($/MMBtu)(1) $ 5.81 $ 8.00 $ 8.00 $ 8.32 $ 7.45 $ 8.32 $ 8.26 $ 8.26 $ 9.36 $ 8.48
                                                   
The above are ATP's financial and physical commodity contracts outstanding as of March 10, 2011
Additional hedges, if any, will be announced during the year.

(1) Assumes currency translation rate of: 1.6 USD per GBP which approximates the rate as of March 10, 2011

 

Cash Payments Related to Other Long-term Obligations
(In Thousands)
   
Three Months
Ended
December 31,
2010
Year Ended
December 31,
2010
Net profits interests $ 12,501 $ 20,954
Dollar-denominated overriding royalties 30,519 95,970
Gomez pipeline financing 5,703 24,154
Vendor deferrals   4,851   11,486
Total payments (2) $ 53,574 $ 152,564
 
(2) Includes principal and interest components.

CONTACT:
ATP Oil & Gas Corporation, Houston
T. Paul Bulmahn, 713-622-3311
Chairman and CEO
or
Albert L. Reese Jr., 713-622-3311
Chief Financial Officer
www.atpog.com