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Exhibit 99.4

CAWLEY, GILLESPIE & ASSOCIATES, INC.

 

  PETROLEUM CONSULTANTS  
13640 BRIARWICK DRIVE, SUITE 100   306 WEST SEVENTH STREET, SUITE 302   1000 LOUISIANA STREET, SUITE 625
AUSTIN, TEXAS 78729-1707   FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76102-4987   HOUSTON, TEXAS 77002-5008
512-249-7000   817-336-2461   713-651-9944
  www.cgaus.com  

July 17, 2015

Mr. Hunt Pettit

Energy & Exploration Partners, LLC

Two City Place, Suite 1700

100 Throckmorton Street

Fort Worth, Texas 76102

 

  Re:       Evaluation Summary (SEC Prices)   
   

Energy & Exploration Partners, LLC Interests

Various Texas Counties

Proved, Probable and Possible Reserves

As of December 31, 2014

  

Dear Mr. Pettit:

As requested, we are submitting this report, completed January 6, 2015, of the estimates of the proved, probable and possible reserves, and the forecasts of the resulting economics effective as of December 31, 2014 attributable to the Energy & Exploration Partners, LLC (“ENXP”) interests in certain properties located in various Texas counties. We understand that this report may be used for IRS or SEC purposes. This report has been prepared for ENXP pursuant to the rules, regulations and guidelines of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Item 1202 (a) (8) of Regulation S-K, for reporting corporate reserves and future net revenue. We reviewed 100 percent of the total proved, probable and possible reserves of ENXP in connection with the preparation of this report. The reserves presented in this report constitute 100 percent of the total proved, probable and possible reserves owned by ENXP, all of which are located in the state of Texas in the United States of America. The results of these evaluations are summarized below:

 

     Total
Proved
     Proved
Developed
Producing
     Proved
Developed
Non-
Producing
     Proved
Undeveloped
     Probable      Possible  

Net Reserves

                 

Oil, Mbbl

     35,494.7         12,097.2         1,850.4         21,547.1         9,715.8         32,231.5   

Gas, MMcf

     30,487.3         11,440.1         1,552.7         17,494.6         42,322.8         23,479.2   

NGL, Mbbl

     5,004.5         1,884.4         262.2         2,857.8         4,714.7         4,026.2   

Net Revenue

                 

Oil, M$

     3,326,141.5         1,133,699.8         173,415.6         2,019,026.0         907,021.9         3,020,738.0   

Gas, M$

     123,168.8         46,217.9         6,272.7         70,678.1         170,984.0         94,855.9   

NGL, M$

     156,873.4         59,070.6         8,218.7         89,584.0         147,791.6         126,209.5   

Production Taxes, M$

     174,005.7         60,046.8         9,064.0         104,894.9         65,631.2         155,533.8   

Ad Valorem Taxes, M$

     85,804.1         29,473.2         4,471.1         51,859.8         29,004.2         77,156.7   

Operating Expenses, M$

     502,877.4         185,590.7         21,816.5         295,470.2         261,827.5         579,519.5   

Investments, M$

     375,840.5         168.9         12,256.9         363,414.7         275,284.2         833,581.9   

Future Net Cash Flow, M$

     2,467,656.5         963,708.8         140,298.6         1,363,649.0         594,050.6         1,596,010.4   

10% Discounted Cash Flow, M$

     1,483,140.5         650,348.6         91,909.5         740,882.4         237,929.2         519,607.3   


Mr. Hunt Pettit

Energy & Exploration Partners, LLC Interests

SEC Price Case

July 17, 2015

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The discounted cash flow value shown above should not be construed to represent an estimate of fair market value by Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc. In accordance with the Securities and Exchange Commission guidelines, the future net cash flow, operating income (BFIT), has been discounted at an annual rate of 10% to determine its “present worth”. The discounted value, “present worth”, is indicative of the time value of money.

The reserves estimates are based on oil and gas prices, pricing differentials, operating expense data, capital cost data, tax values, the subject wells and ownership interests supplied by ENXP.

Hydrocarbon Pricing

As specified by the SEC, the prices used in the preparation of this report are determined as an unweighted arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month benchmark price for each of the twelve months prior to the effective date December 31, 2014. The 12-month average benchmark Henry Hub spot gas price of $4.35 per MMBtu and the 12-month average benchmark WTI Cushing spot oil price of $94.99 per barrel were used. The oil and gas prices were held constant throughout the life of the properties. The prices were adjusted for gravity, quality, heating value, shrinkage, transportation and marketing. For the proved wells, the resulting oil and gas prices are $93.708 per barrel and $4.040 per MCF, respectively, and the resulting plant products price is $31.347 per barrel. For the probable wells, the resulting oil, gas and plant products prices after the described adjustments are $93.355 per barrel, $4.040 per MCF and $31.347 per barrel, respectively. For the possible wells, the resulting oil, gas and plant products prices after the described adjustments are $93.720 per barrel, $4.040 per MCF and $31.347 per barrel, respectively.

Operating Costs and Capital Costs

Operating costs used in this report are based on operating expense records of ENXP. For the non-operated 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 and ENXP’s estimate of the portion of its headquarters general and administrative overhead expenses necessary to manage the properties. As requested, operating costs for the operated properties are limited to direct lease- and field-level costs and ENXP’s estimate of the portion of its headquarters general and administrative overhead expenses necessary to operate the properties. Operating costs have been divided into field-level costs, per-well costs, per-unit-of-production costs, and per-unit-of-injection costs. The field-level costs are allocated by year among the proved reserves categories based on the proportionate share of total proved future net revenue. Estimates of proved undeveloped producing reserves and revenue are consequently dependent on ENXP completing the proved drilling and work-over programs scheduled in this report. Operating costs are not escalated for inflation.

Capital costs used in this report were provided by ENXP and are based on its internal planning budgets. Capital costs are included as required for recurring maintenance projects, facilities, work-overs, new development wells, and production equipment. Based on our understanding of future development plans, a review of the records provided to us, and our knowledge of similar properties, we regard these estimated capital costs to be reasonable. Abandonment costs used in this report are ENXP’s estimates of the costs to abandon the wells, platforms, and production facilities, net of any salvage value. Capital costs and abandonment costs are not escalated for inflation.


Mr. Hunt Pettit

Energy & Exploration Partners, LLC Interests

SEC Price Case

July 17, 2015

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Reserve Estimation Methods

Reserves are “estimated remaining quantities of oil and gas and related substances anticipated to be economically producible, as of a given date, by application of development projects to known accumulations.” All reserve estimates involve an assessment of the uncertainty relating the likelihood that the actual remaining quantities recovered will be greater or less than the estimated quantities determined as of the date the estimate is made. The uncertainty depends chiefly on the amount of reliable geologic and engineering data available at the time of the estimate and the interpretation of these data. The relative degree of uncertainty may be conveyed by placing reserves into one of two principal classifications, either proved or unproved. Unproved reserves are inherently less certain to be recovered than proved reserves and may be further sub-classified as probable and possible reserves to denote progressively increasing uncertainty in their recoverability. At ENXP’s request, this report addresses the proved, probable and possible reserves attributable to the properties evaluated herein.

Proved oil and gas reserves are “those quantities of oil and gas which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible from a given date forward.” The SEC has defined reasonable certainty for proved reserves, when based on deterministic methods, as a “high degree of confidence that the quantities will be recovered.” Probable reserves are “those additional reserves that are less certain to be recovered than proved reserves but which, together with proved reserves, are as likely as not to be recovered.” Possible reserves are “those additional reserves which are less certain to be recovered than probable reserves” and thus the probability of achieving or exceeding the proved plus probable plus possible reserves is low.

The methods employed in estimating reserves are described in pages 1 and 2 of the Appendix. For these properties, the proved producing reserves are forecast using the production performance and analogy methods. The proved developed non-producing reserves are forecast using the analogy method. The proved, probable and possible undeveloped reserves are forecast using the analogy method. All of the probable and possible reserves are undeveloped reserves for additional step out or infill locations. An on-site field inspection of the properties has not been performed. The mechanical operation or conditions of the wells and their related facilities have not been examined nor have the wells been tested by Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc.

SEC Conformance and Regulations

The reserve classifications conform to the definitions and criteria of the SEC as defined in pages 3 through 5 of the Appendix. The reserves and economics are predicated on the regulatory agency classifications, rules, policies, laws, taxes and royalties in effect on the effective date except as noted herein. Government policies and market conditions different from those employed in this report may cause (1) the total quantity of oil or gas to be recovered, (2) actual production rates, (3) prices received, or (4) operating and capital costs to vary from those presented in this report. However, we are not aware of any legislative changes or restrictive regulatory actions that may impact the recovery of reserves or economics as presented. Possible environmental liability related to the properties has not been investigated nor considered.


Mr. Hunt Pettit

Energy & Exploration Partners, LLC Interests

SEC Price Case

July 17, 2015

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General Discussion

The assumptions, data, methods and procedures as described are appropriate for the purpose of this report. All reserve estimates represent our best judgment based on data available at the time of preparation and assumptions as to future economic and regulatory conditions. Due to the inherent uncertainties of reserves estimates, future production rates, commodity prices, costs and expenses, it should be realized that the reserves actually recovered, the revenue received and the actual cost incurred could be more or less than the estimated amounts.

The reserves estimates were based on interpretations of factual data furnished by your office or ENXP. Oil and gas prices, pricing differentials, expense and cost data, tax values, the subject wells and ownership interests were supplied by you or ENXP and were accepted as furnished. To some extent, information from public records has been used to check or supplement these data. The basic engineering and geological data were subject to third party reservations and qualifications. Nothing has come to our attention, however, that would cause us to believe that we are not justified in relying on such data. We have used all methods and procedures that we consider necessary under the circumstances to prepare this report.

Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc. is independent with respect to ENXP as provided in the Standards Pertaining to the Estimating and Auditing of Oil and Gas Reserve Information promulgated by the Society of Petroleum Engineers. Neither Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc. nor any of its employees has any interest in the subject properties. Neither the employment to make this study nor the compensation is contingent on the results of our work or the future performance of the subject properties. Cawley, Gillespie and Associates, Inc. is a Texas registered engineering firm, F-693, of professional engineers and geologists serving the oil and gas industry for over fifty years.

This report was prepared for the use of ENXP. This letter should not be used, circulated or quoted for any other purpose without your express written consent and that of Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc. or except as required by law. Our work papers and related data are available for inspection and review by authorized, interested parties.

 

Respectively Submitted,
CAWLEY, GILLESPIE & ASSOCIATES, INC.
Texas Registered Engineering Firm F-693

 

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APPENDIX

Methods Employed in the Estimation of Reserves

The four methods customarily employed in the estimation of reserves are (1) production performance, (2) material balance, (3) volumetric and (4) analogy. Most estimates, although based primarily on one method, utilize other methods depending on the nature and extent of the data available and the characteristics of the reservoirs.

Basic information includes production, pressure, geological and laboratory data. However, a large variation exists in the quality, quantity and types of information available on individual properties. Operators are generally required by regulatory authorities to file monthly production reports and may be required to measure and report periodically such data as well pressures, gas-oil ratios, well tests, etc. As a general rule, an operator has complete discretion in obtaining and/or making available geological and engineering data. The resulting lack of uniformity in data renders impossible the application of identical methods to all properties, and may result in significant differences in the accuracy and reliability of estimates.

A brief discussion of each method, its basis, data requirements, applicability and generalization as to its relative degree of accuracy follows:

Production performance. This method employs graphical analyses of production data on the premise that all factors which have controlled the performance to date will continue to control and that historical trends can be extrapolated to predict future performance. The only information required is production history. Capacity production can usually be analyzed from graphs of rates versus time or cumulative production. This procedure is referred to as “decline curve” analysis. Both capacity and restricted production can, in some cases, be analyzed from graphs of producing rate relationships of the various production components. Reserve estimates obtained by this method are generally considered to have a relatively high degree of accuracy with the degree of accuracy increasing as production history accumulates.

Material balance. This method employs the analysis of the relationship of production and pressure performance on the premise that the reservoir volume and its initial hydrocarbon content are fixed and that this initial hydrocarbon volume and recoveries therefrom can be estimated by analyzing changes in pressure with respect to production relationships. This method requires reliable pressure and temperature data, production data, fluid analyses and knowledge of the nature of the reservoir. The material balance method is applicable to all reservoirs, but the time and expense required for its use is dependent on the nature of the reservoir and its fluids. Reserves for depletion type reservoirs can be estimated from graphs of pressures corrected for compressibility versus cumulative production, requiring only data that are usually available. Estimates for other reservoir types require extensive data and involve complex calculations most suited to computer models which makes this method generally applicable only to reservoirs where there is economic justification for its use. Reserve estimates obtained by this method are generally considered to have a degree of accuracy that is directly related to the complexity of the reservoir and the quality and quantity of data available.

Volumetric. This method employs analyses of physical measurements of rock and fluid properties to calculate the volume of hydrocarbons in-place. The data required are well information sufficient to determine reservoir subsurface datum, thickness, storage volume, fluid content and location. The volumetric method is most applicable to reservoirs which are not susceptible to analysis by production performance or material balance methods. These are most commonly newly developed and/or no-pressure depleting reservoirs. The amount of hydrocarbons in-place that can be recovered


is not an integral part of the volumetric calculations but is an estimate inferred by other methods and a knowledge of the nature of the reservoir. Reserve estimates obtained by this method are generally considered to have a low degree of accuracy; but the degree of accuracy can be relatively high where rock quality and subsurface control is good and the nature of the reservoir is uncomplicated.

Analogy. This method which employs experience and judgment to estimate reserves, is based on observations of similar situations and includes consideration of theoretical performance. The analogy method is applicable where the data are insufficient or so inconclusive that reliable reserve estimates cannot be made by other methods. Reserve estimates obtained by this method are generally considered to have a relatively low degree of accuracy.

Much of the information used in the estimation of reserves is itself arrived at by the use of estimates. These estimates are subject to continuing change as additional information becomes available. Reserve estimates which presently appear to be correct may be found to contain substantial errors as time passes and new information is obtained about well and reservoir performance.

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APPENDIX

Reserve Definitions and Classifications

The Securities and Exchange Commission, in SX Reg. 210.4-10 dated November 18, 1981, as amended on September 19, 1989 and January 1, 2010, requires adherence to the following definitions of oil and gas reserves:

“(22) Proved oil and gas reserves. Proved oil and gas reserves are those quantities of oil and gas, which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible—from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods, and government regulations— prior to the time at which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates that renewal is reasonably certain, regardless of whether deterministic or probabilistic methods are used for the estimation. The project to extract the hydrocarbons must have commenced or the operator must be reasonably certain that it will commence the project within a reasonable time.

“(i) The area of a reservoir considered as proved includes: (A) The area identified by drilling and limited by fluid contacts, if any, and (B) Adjacent undrilled portions of the reservoir that can, with reasonable certainty, be judged to be continuous with it and to contain economically producible oil or gas on the basis of available geoscience and engineering data.

“(ii) In the absence of data on fluid contacts, proved quantities in a reservoir are limited by the lowest known hydrocarbons (LKH) as seen in a well penetration unless geoscience, engineering, or performance data and reliable technology establishes a lower contact with reasonable certainty.

“(iii) Where direct observation from well penetrations has defined a highest known oil (HKO) elevation and the potential exists for an associated gas cap, proved oil reserves may be assigned in the structurally higher portions of the reservoir only if geoscience, engineering, or performance data and reliable technology establish the higher contact with reasonable certainty.

“(iv) Reserves which can be produced economically through application of improved recovery techniques (including, but not limited to, fluid injection) are included in the proved classification when: (A) Successful testing by a pilot project in an area of the reservoir with properties no more favorable than in the reservoir as a whole, the operation of an installed program in the reservoir or an analogous reservoir, or other evidence using reliable technology establishes the reasonable certainty of the engineering analysis on which the project or program was based; and (B) The project has been approved for development by all necessary parties and entities, including governmental entities.

“(v) Existing economic conditions include prices and costs at which economic producibility from a reservoir is to be determined. The price shall be the average price during the 12-month period prior to the ending date of the period covered by the report, determined as an unweighted arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month price for each month within such period, unless prices are defined by contractual arrangements, excluding escalations based upon future conditions.

“(6) Developed oil and gas reserves. Developed oil and gas reserves are reserves of any category that can be expected to be recovered:

“(i) Through existing wells with existing equipment and operating methods or in which the cost of the required equipment is relatively minor compared to the cost of a new well; and

 

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“(ii) Through installed extraction equipment and infrastructure operational at the time of the reserves estimate if the extraction is by means not involving a well.

“(31) Undeveloped oil and gas reserves. Undeveloped oil and gas reserves are reserves of any category that are expected to be recovered from new wells on undrilled acreage, or from existing wells where a relatively major expenditure is required for recompletion.

“(i) Reserves on undrilled acreage shall be limited to those directly offsetting development spacing areas that are reasonably certain of production when drilled, unless evidence using reliable technology exists that establishes reasonable certainty of economic producibility at greater distances.

“(ii) Undrilled locations can be classified as having undeveloped reserves only if a development plan has been adopted indicating that they are scheduled to be drilled within five years, unless the specific circumstances, justify a longer time.

“(iii) Under no circumstances shall estimates for undeveloped reserves be attributable to any acreage for which an application of fluid injection or other improved recovery technique is contemplated, unless such techniques have been proved effective by actual projects in the same reservoir or an analogous reservoir, as defined in paragraph (a)(2) of this section, or by other evidence using reliable technology establishing reasonable certainty.

“(18) Probable reserves. Probable reserves are those additional reserves that are less certain to be recovered than proved reserves but which, together with proved reserves, are as likely as not to be recovered.

“(i) When deterministic methods are used, it is as likely as not that actual remaining quantities recovered will exceed the sum of estimated proved plus probable reserves. When probabilistic methods are used, there should be at least a 50% probability that the actual quantities recovered will equal or exceed the proved plus probable reserves estimates.

“(ii) Probable reserves may be assigned to areas of a reservoir adjacent to proved reserves where data control or interpretations of available data are less certain, even if the interpreted reservoir continuity of structure or productivity does not meet the reasonable certainty criterion. Probable reserves may be assigned to areas that are structurally higher than the proved area if these areas are in communication with the proved reservoir.

“(iii) Probable reserves estimates also include potential incremental quantities associated with a greater percentage recovery of the hydrocarbons in place than assumed for proved reserves.

“(iv) See also guidelines in paragraphs (17)(iv) and (17)(vi) of this section (below).

“(17) Possible reserves. Possible reserves are those additional reserves that are less certain to be recovered than probable reserves.

“(i) When deterministic methods are used, the total quantities ultimately recovered from a project have a low probability of exceeding proved plus probable plus possible reserves. When probabilistic methods are used, there should be at least a 10% probability that the total quantities ultimately recovered will equal or exceed the proved plus probable plus possible reserves estimates.

“(ii) Possible reserves may be assigned to areas of a reservoir adjacent to probable reserves where data control and interpretations of available data are progressively less certain. Frequently, this will

 

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be in areas where geoscience and engineering data are unable to define clearly the area and vertical limits of commercial production from the reservoir by a defined project.

“(iii) Possible reserves also include incremental quantities associated with a greater percentage recovery of the hydrocarbons in place than the recovery quantities assumed for probable reserves.

“(iv) The proved plus probable and proved plus probable plus possible reserves estimates must be based on reasonable alternative technical and commercial interpretations within the reservoir or subject project that are clearly documented, including comparisons to results in successful similar projects.

“(v) Possible reserves may be assigned where geoscience and engineering data identify directly adjacent portions of a reservoir within the same accumulation that may be separated from proved areas by faults with displacement less than formation thickness or other geological discontinuities and that have not been penetrated by a wellbore, and the registrant believes that such adjacent portions are in communication with the known (proved) reservoir. Possible reserves may be assigned to areas that are structurally higher or lower than the proved area if these areas are in communication with the proved reservoir.

“(vi) Pursuant to paragraph (22)(iii) of this section (above), where direct observation has defined a highest known oil (HKO) elevation and the potential exists for an associated gas cap, proved oil reserves should be assigned in the structurally higher portions of the reservoir above the HKO only if the higher contact can be established with reasonable certainty through reliable technology. Portions of the reservoir that do not meet this reasonable certainty criterion may be assigned as probable and possible oil or gas based on reservoir fluid properties and pressure gradient interpretations.”

Instruction 4 of Item 2(b) of Securities and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K was revised January 1, 2010 to state that “a registrant engaged in oil and gas producing activities shall provide the information required by Subpart 1200 of Regulation S—K.” This is relevant in that Instruction 2 to paragraph (a)(2) states: “The registrant is permitted, but not required, to disclose probable or possible reserves pursuant to paragraphs (a)(2)(iv) through (a)(2)(vii) of this Item.”

“(26) Reserves. Reserves are estimated remaining quantities of oil and gas and related substances anticipated to be economically producible, as of a given date, by application of development projects to known accumulations. In addition, there must exist, or there must be a reasonable expectation that there will exist, the legal right to produce or a revenue interest in the production, installed means of delivering oil and gas or related substances to market, and all permits and financing required to implement the project.

“Note to paragraph (26): Reserves should not be assigned to adjacent reservoirs isolated by major, potentially sealing, faults until those reservoirs are penetrated and evaluated as economically producible. Reserves should not be assigned to areas that are clearly separated from a known accumulation by a non-productive reservoir (i.e., absence of reservoir, structurally low reservoir, or negative test results). Such areas may contain prospective resources (i.e., potentially recoverable resources from undiscovered accumulations).”

 

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