(1) ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Nature of Operations
Southwestern Energy Company (including its subsidiaries, collectively, “Southwestern” or the “Company”) is an independent energy company engaged in natural gas and oil exploration, development and production. The Company engages in natural gas and oil exploration and production, natural gas gathering and natural gas marketing through its subsidiaries. Southwestern’s exploration, development and production (“E&P”) activities are principally focused within the United States on development of an unconventional natural gas reservoir located on the Arkansas side of the Arkoma Basin, which the Company refers to as the Fayetteville Shale play. The Company is also actively engaged in exploration and production activities in Pennsylvania, where we are targeting the unconventional natural gas reservoir known as the Marcellus Shale, and to a lesser extent in Texas and in Arkansas and Oklahoma in the Arkoma Basin. The Company has recently commenced exploration operations in southern Arkansas and northern Louisiana testing a new unconventional horizontal oil play targeting the Lower Smackover Brown Dense formation, as well as in Colorado, Montana and Canada. Southwestern’s natural gas gathering and marketing (Midstream Services) activities primarily support the Company’s E&P activities in Arkansas, Pennsylvania and Texas .
Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K present the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, if any, at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Company evaluates subsequent events through the date the financial statements are issued.
Certain reclassifications have been made to the prior years financial statements to conform to the 2012 presentation. The effects of the reclassifications were not material to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
Principles of Consolidation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Southwestern and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. In 2010, the Company purchased the non-controlling interest in Overton Partners, L.P.
Revenue Recognition
Natural gas and oil sales. Natural gas sales and oil sales are recognized when the products are sold to a purchaser at a fixed or determinable price, delivery has occurred, title has transferred and collectability of the revenue is reasonably assured. The Company uses the entitlement method that requires revenue recognition for the Company’s net revenue interest of sales from its properties. Accordingly, natural gas sales and oil sales are not recognized for deliveries in excess of the Company’s net revenue interest, while natural gas sales and oil sales are recognized for any under delivered volumes. Production imbalances are generally recorded at estimated sales prices of the anticipated future settlements of the imbalances. As of December 31, 2012, the Company had overproduction of 8.4 Bcf valued at $ 28.4 million and underproduction of 9.4 Bcf valued at $ 29.9 million. At December 31, 2011, the Company had overproduction of 6.1 Bcf valued at $ 22.5 million and underproduction of 6.4 Bcf valued at $ 22.9 million.
Gas marketing. The Company generally markets its natural gas, as well as some gas produced by third parties, to brokers, local distribution companies and end-users, pursuant to a variety
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