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Exhibit 99.1
January 31, 2011
Mr. David Clouatre
Resolute Energy Corporation
1675 Broadway, Suite 1950
Denver, Colorado 80202
Resolute Energy Corporation
1675 Broadway, Suite 1950
Denver, Colorado 80202
Dear Mr. Clouatre:
In accordance with your request, we have audited the estimates prepared by Resolute Energy
Corporation (Resolute), as of December 31, 2010, of the proved reserves and future revenue to the
Resolute interest in certain oil and gas properties located in North Dakota, Oklahoma, Utah, and
Wyoming. It is our understanding that the proved reserves estimates shown herein constitute all of
the proved reserves owned by Resolute. We have examined the estimates with respect to reserves
quantities, reserves categorization, future producing rates, future net revenue, and the present
value of such future net revenue, using the definitions set forth in
U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) Regulation S-X Rule 4-10(a). The estimates of reserves and future revenue have
been prepared in accordance with the definitions and guidelines of the SEC and conform to the FASB
Accounting Standards Codification Topic 932, Extractive ActivitiesOil and Gas, except that
per-well overhead expenses and future income taxes are excluded for all properties. We completed
our audit on January 31, 2011. This report has been prepared for Resolutes use in filing with the
SEC; in our opinion the assumptions, data, methods, and procedures used in the preparation of this
report are appropriate for such purpose.
The following table sets forth Resolutes estimates of the net reserves and future net revenue, as
of December 31, 2010, for the audited properties:
Net Reserves | Future Net Revenue (M$) | |||||||||||||||||||
Oil | NGL | Gas | Present Worth | |||||||||||||||||
Category | (MBBL) | (MBBL) | (MMCF) | Total | At 10% | |||||||||||||||
Proved Developed Producing |
22,278.7 | 0,930.7 | 10,913.0 | 0,705,843.0 | 425,608.3 | |||||||||||||||
Proved Developed Non-Producing |
08,540.1 | 0,234.0 | 03,055.0 | 0,373,977.2 | 181,412.8 | |||||||||||||||
Proved Undeveloped |
19,414.6 | 6,754.3 | 25,129.8 | 0,837,026.1 | 240,944.6 | |||||||||||||||
Total Proved |
50,233.4 | 7,918.9 | 39,097.9 | 1,916,846.1 | 847,965.7 |
Totals may not add because of rounding. |
The oil reserves shown include crude oil and condensate. Oil and natural gas liquids (NGL)
volumes are expressed in thousands of barrels (MBBL); a barrel is equivalent to 42 United States
gallons. Gas volumes are expressed in millions of cubic feet (MMCF) at standard temperature and
pressure bases.
When compared on a field-by-field basis, some of the estimates of Resolute are greater and some are
less than the estimates of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (NSAI). However, in our opinion
the estimates of Resolutes proved reserves and future revenue shown herein are, in the aggregate,
reasonable and have been prepared in accordance with the Standards Pertaining to the Estimating and
Auditing of Oil and Gas Reserves Information promulgated by the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE
Standards). Additionally, these estimates are within the recommended 10 percent tolerance threshold
set forth in the SPE Standards. We are satisfied with the methods and procedures used by Resolute
in preparing the December 31, 2010, estimates of reserves and
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future revenue, and we saw nothing of an unusual nature that would cause us to take exception with
the estimates, in the aggregate, as prepared by Resolute.
The estimates shown herein are for proved reserves. Resolutes estimates do not include probable or
possible reserves that may exist for these properties, nor do they include any value for
undeveloped acreage beyond those tracts for which undeveloped reserves have been estimated.
Reserves categorization conveys the relative degree of certainty; reserves subcategorization is
based on development and production status. The estimates of reserves and future revenue included
herein have not been adjusted for risk.
Prices used by Resolute are based on the 12-month unweighted arithmetic average of the
first-day-of-the-month price for the period January through December 2010. For the Utah properties,
the oil and NGL price used is the average NYMEX West Texas Intermediate price of $79.43 per barrel
and is adjusted by unit for quality, transportation fees, and regional price differentials. For the
North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wyoming properties, the oil and NGL price used is the average Plains
Marketing, L.P. West Texas Intermediate posted price of $75.96 per barrel and is adjusted by field
for quality, transportation fees, and regional price differentials. For the Utah properties, the
gas price used is the average Platts Gas Daily El Paso San Juan Basin spot price of $4.100 per
MMBTU and is adjusted by unit for energy content, transportation fees, and regional price
differentials. For the North Dakota, Oklahoma, and Wyoming properties, the gas price used is the
average Platts Gas Daily Henry Hub spot price of $4.376 per MMBTU and is adjusted by field for
energy content, transportation fees, and regional price differentials. All prices are held
constant throughout the lives of the properties. The average adjusted product prices weighted by
production over the remaining lives of the properties are $73.11 per barrel of oil, $40.33 per
barrel of NGL, and $3.366 per MCF of gas.
Lease and well operating costs used by Resolute are based on historical operating expense records
and include only direct lease- and field-level costs. These costs do not include the per-well
overhead expenses allowed under joint operating agreements, nor do they include the headquarters
general and administrative overhead expenses of Resolute. Lease and well operating costs are held
constant throughout the lives of the properties. Resolutes estimates of capital costs are included
as required for workovers, new development wells, and production equipment. The future capital
costs are held constant to the date of expenditure.
The reserves shown in this report are estimates only and should not be construed as exact
quantities. Proved reserves are those quantities of oil and gas which, by analysis of engineering
and geoscience data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible.
Estimates of reserves may increase or decrease as a result of market conditions, future operations,
changes in regulations, or actual reservoir performance. In addition to the primary economic
assumptions discussed herein, estimates of Resolute and NSAI are based on certain assumptions
including, but not limited to, that the properties will be developed consistent with current
development plans, that the properties will be operated in a prudent manner, that no governmental
regulations or controls will be put in place that would impact the ability of Resolute to recover
the reserves, and that projections of future production will prove consistent with actual
performance. If the reserves are recovered, the revenues therefrom and the costs related thereto
could be more or less than the estimated amounts. Because of governmental policies and
uncertainties of supply and demand, the sales rates, prices received for the reserves, and costs
incurred in recovering such reserves may vary from assumptions made while preparing these
estimates.
It should be understood that our audit does not constitute a complete reserves study of the audited
oil and gas properties. Our audit consisted primarily of substantive testing, wherein we conducted
a detailed review of all properties. In the conduct of our audit, we have not independently
verified the accuracy and completeness of information and data furnished by Resolute with respect
to ownership interests, oil and gas production, well test data, historical costs of operation and
development, product prices, or any agreements relating to current and future operations of the
properties and sales of production. However, if in the course of our examination something came to
our attention that brought into question the validity or sufficiency
of any such information or data, we did not rely on such information or data until we had
satisfactorily resolved our questions relating thereto
or had independently verified such information or data. Our audit did not include a review of
Resolutes overall reserves management processes and practices.
We used standard engineering and geoscience methods, or a combination of methods, including
performance analysis, volumetric analysis, analogy, and reservoir modeling, that we considered to
be appropriate and necessary to establish the conclusions set forth herein. As in all aspects of
oil and gas evaluation, there are uncertainties inherent in the interpretation of engineering and
geoscience data; therefore, our conclusions necessarily represent only informed professional
judgment.
Supporting data documenting this audit, along with data provided by Resolute, are on file in our
office. The technical persons responsible for conducting this audit meet the requirements
regarding qualifications, independence, objectivity, and confidentiality set forth in the SPE
Standards. We are independent petroleum engineers, geologists, geophysicists, and petrophysicists;
we do not own an interest in these properties nor are we employed on a contingent basis.
Sincerely, NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC. Texas Registered Engineering Firm F-002699 |
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By: | /s/ C.H. (Scott) Rees III | |||
C.H. (Scott) Rees III, P.E. | ||||
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
By: | /s/ David T. Miller | |||
David T. Miller, P.E. 96134 | ||||
Vice President | ||||
Date Signed: January 31, 2011 | ||||
DTM:LKT
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