Part II

Item 6.

Selected Financial Data

The following table shows selected financial information for each of the years in the five-year period ended December 31, 2007. Significant producing property acquisitions in each of the years presented affect the comparability of year-to-year financial and operating data. See Items 1 and 2, Business and Properties, “Acquisitions.” All weighted average shares and per share data have been adjusted for the five-for-four stock split effected in December 2007, the four-for-three stock split effected in March 2005, the five-for-four stock split effected in March 2004 and the four-for-three stock split effected in March 2003. This information should be read in conjunction with Item 7, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the Consolidated Financial Statements at Item 15(a).

(in millions except production,
per share and per unit data)
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
Consolidated Income
Statement Data
 
Revenues:  
Gas and natural gas liquids $ 4,214 $ 3,490 $ 2,787 $ 1,613 $ 1,040
Oil and condensate 1,204 1,002 670 319 135
Gas gathering, processing and marketing 100 86 56 18 13
Other (5) (2) 6 (2) 1
Total Revenues $ 5,513 $ 4,576 $ 3,519 $ 1,948 $ 1,189
Net Income $ 1,691 (a) $ 1,860 (b) $ 1,152 (c) $ 508 (d) $ 288 (e)
Earnings per common share:  
Basic $ 3.58 $ 4.08 $ 2.57 $ 1.22 $ 0.77 (f)
Diluted $ 3.53 $ 4.02 $ 2.52 $ 1.21 $ 0.76 (f)
Weighted average common shares outstanding 471.9 456.1 448.1 416.1 374.6
Cash dividends declared per common share $ 0.408 $ 0.252 (g) $ 0.180 $ 0.072 $ 0.019 (h)
Consolidated Statement
of Cash Flows Data
 
Cash provided (used) by:  
Operating activities $ 3,639 $ 2,859 $ 2,094 $ 1,217 $ 794
Investing activities $ (7,345) $ (3,036) $ (2,908) $ (2,518) $ (1,135)
Financing activities $ 3,701 $ 180 $ 806 $ 1,304 $ 333
Consolidated Balance Sheet Data
 
Property and equipment, net $ 17,200 $ 10,824 $ 8,508 $ 5,624 $ 3,312
Total assets $ 18,922 $ 12,885 $ 9,857 $ 6,110 $ 3,611
Long-term debt $ 6,320 $ 3,451 $ 3,109 $ 2,043 $ 1,252
Stockholders’ equity $ 7,941 $ 5,865 $ 4,209 $ 2,599 $ 1,466
Operating Data
 
Average daily production:  
Gas (Mcf) 1,457,802 1,186,330 1,033,143 834,572 668,436
Natural gas liquids (Bbls) 13,545 11,854 10,445 7,484 6,463
Oil (Bbls) 47,047 45,041 39,051 22,696 12,943
Mcfe 1,821,353 1,527,705 1,330,121 1,015,654 784,877
Average sales price:  
Gas (per Mcf) $ 7.50 $ 7.69 $ 7.04 $ 5.04 $ 4.07
Natural gas liquids (per Bbl) $ 45.37 $ 37.03 $ 34.10 $ 26.44 $ 19.99
Oil (per Bbl) $ 70.08 $ 60.96 $ 47.03 $ 38.38 $ 28.59
Production expense (per Mcfe) $ 0.93 $ 0.88 $ 0.84 $ 0.66 $ 0.58
Taxes, transportation and other expense (per Mcfe) $ 0.67 $ 0.67 $ 0.63 $ 0.47 $ 0.37
Proved reserves:  
Gas (Mcf) 9,441.1 6,944.2 6,085.6 4,714.5 3,644.2
Natural gas liquids (Bbls) 66.8 53.0 47.4 38.5 34.7
Oil (Bbls) 241.2 214.4 208.7 152.5 55.4
Mcfe 11,289.0 8,548.6 7,622.2 5,860.3 4,184.9
Other Data
 
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges (i) 9.6 15.2 11.7 8.9 6.9

(a) Includes pre-tax effects of a $43 million non-cash derivative fair value loss.

(b) Includes pre-tax effects of a gain on the distribution of Hugoton Royalty Trust units of $469 million, income tax expense related to enactment of a new State of Texas margin tax of $34 million and a $39 million non-cash derivative fair value gain.

(c) Includes pre-tax effects of a $39 million non-cash derivative fair value gain, non-cash performance award compensation of $34 million, and a gain of $10 million on the exchange of producing properties.

(d) Includes pre-tax effects of a $6 million non-cash derivative fair value loss, stock-based incentive compensation of $89 million and special bonuses totaling $12 million related to the ChevronTexaco and ExxonMobil acquisitions. Stock-based incentive compensation includes cash compensation of $22 million related to cash-equivalent performance shares.

(e) Includes pre-tax effects of a $10 million non-cash derivative fair value loss, a non-cash contingency gain of $2 million, non-cash performance award compensation of $53 million, a $10 million loss on extinguishment of debt, a $16 million non-cash gain on the distribution of Cross Timbers Royalty Trust units, and a $2 million after-tax gain on adoption of the new accounting standard for asset retirement obligation.

(f) Before cumulative effect of accounting change, earnings per share were $0.76 basic and $0.75 diluted.

(g) Excludes the May 2006 distribution of all of the Hugoton Royalty Trust units owned by the Company to its stockholders as a dividend with a market value of approximately $1.35 per common share.

(h) Excludes the September 2003 distribution of all of the Cross Timbers Royalty Trust units owned by the Company to its stockholders as a dividend with a market value of approximately $0.07 per common share.

(i) For purposes of calculating this ratio, earnings are before income tax and fixed charges. Fixed charges include interest costs and the portion of rentals considered to be representative of the interest factor.