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EX-3.5 - BYLAWS OF MATADOR RESOURCES COMPANY - Matador Resources Codex35.htm
EX-2.1 - AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER - Matador Resources Codex21.htm
EX-3.6 - AMENDMENT TO THE BYLAWS OF MATADOR RESOURCES COMPANY - Matador Resources Codex36.htm
EX-3.3 - CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION - Matador Resources Codex33.htm
EX-3.2 - CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION - Matador Resources Codex32.htm
EX-3.4 - CERTIFICATE OF MERGER - Matador Resources Codex34.htm
EX-99.1 - AUDIT REPORT OF NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC. - Matador Resources Codex991.htm
EX-23.3 - CONSENT OF NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES - Matador Resources Codex233.htm
EX-16.1 - LETTER OF GRANT THORNTON LLP - Matador Resources Codex161.htm
EX-23.1 - CONSENT OF GRANT THORNTON LLP - Matador Resources Codex231.htm
EX-21.1 - LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES OF MATADOR RESOURCES COMPANY - Matador Resources Codex211.htm
EX-99.3 - AUDIT REPORT OF NETHERLAND, SEWELL & ASSOCIATES, INC. - Matador Resources Codex993.htm
EX-23.2 - CONSENT OF LAROCHE PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS, LTD. - Matador Resources Codex232.htm
EX-99.4 - AUDIT REPORT OF LAROCHE PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS, LTD. - Matador Resources Codex994.htm
EX-16.2 - LETTER OF ERNST & YOUNG, LLP - Matador Resources Codex162.htm
S-1 - FORM S-1 - Matador Resources Cods1.htm
EX-3.1 - CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION OF MATADOR RESOURCES COMPANY - Matador Resources Codex31.htm

Exhibit 99.2

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May 6, 2011

Mr. Indranil (Neil) Barman, P.E.

Matador Resources Company

One Lincoln Centre

5400 LBJ Freeway, Suite 1500

Dallas, Texas 75240

Dear Mr. Barman:

In accordance with your request, we have audited the estimates prepared by Matador Resources Company (Matador), as of December 31, 2010, of the proved reserves and future revenue to the Matador interest in certain gas and oil properties located in Louisiana, New Mexico, and Texas. This is a revision of our report dated February 3, 2011. Matador’s estimates shown in this report have been revised to reflect 2010 updates to gas severance tax rates made by the state of Louisiana. With the exception of these changes, we completed our evaluation on February 3, 2011. It is our understanding that the proved reserves estimates shown herein constitute all of the proved reserves owned by Matador. 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, with the exception of the exclusion of future income taxes, conform to the FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 932, Extractive Activities—Oil and Gas. This report has been prepared for Matador’s 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 Matador’s estimates of the net reserves and future net revenue, as of December 31, 2010, for the audited properties:

 

     Net Reserves      Future Net Revenue (M$)  

Category

   Gas
(MMCF)
     Oil
(MBBL)
     Total      Present Worth
at 10%
 

Proved Developed Producing

     41,349         145         112,583         71,481   

Proved Developed Non-Producing

     1,794         7         3,943         1,910   

Proved Undeveloped

     84,269         0         139,399         46,478   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Proved

     127,412         152         255,926         119,869   

Totals may not add because of rounding.

Gas volumes are expressed in millions of cubic feet (MMCF) at standard temperature and pressure bases. The oil reserves shown include crude oil and condensate. Oil volumes are expressed in thousands of barrels (MBBL); a barrel is equivalent to 42 United States gallons.

When compared on a field-by-field basis, some of the estimates of Matador are greater and some are less than the estimates of Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (NSAI). However, in our opinion the estimates of Matador’s 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

 

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are within the recommended 10 percent tolerance threshold set forth in the SPE Standards. We are satisfied with the methods and procedures used by Matador in preparing the December 31, 2010, estimates of reserves and 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 Matador.

The estimates shown herein are for proved reserves. Matador’s 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 Matador are based on the 12-month unweighted arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month price for each month in the period January through December 2010. For gas volumes, the average Henry Hub spot price of $4.376 per MMBTU is adjusted by lease for energy content, transportation fees, and regional price differentials. For oil volumes, the average West Texas Intermediate posted price of $75.96 per barrel is adjusted by lease for quality, 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 $3.60 per MCF of gas and $76.69 per barrel of oil.

Lease and well operating costs used by Matador are based on historical operating expense records. For nonoperated properties, these costs include the per-well overhead expenses allowed under joint operating agreements along with estimates of costs to be incurred at and below the district and field levels. Lease and well operating costs for the operated properties include direct lease- and field-level costs and Matador’s estimate of the portion of its headquarters general and administrative overhead expenses necessary to operate the properties. Lease and well operating costs are held constant throughout the lives of the properties. Matador’s 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 Matador 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 the interest owner 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 Matador 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 Matador’s overall reserves management processes and practices.


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We used standard engineering and geoscience methods, or a combination of methods, including performance analysis, volumetric analysis, and analogy, 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 Matador, 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
  By:   /s/ C.H. (Scott) Rees III
    C.H. (Scott) Rees III, P.E.
    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
  By:   /s/ G. Lance Binder
    G. Lance Binder, P.E. 61794
    Executive Vice President
  Date Signed: May 6, 2011

GLB:KBM

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