UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 14, 2017
 
DENBURY RESOURCES INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
 
1-12935
 
20-0467835
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
 
(Commission File Number)
 
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

5320 Legacy Drive
Plano, Texas
(Address of principal executive offices)

75024
(Zip code)

(972) 673-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Section 2 – Financial Information

Item 2.02 – Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On February 14, 2017, Denbury Resources Inc. issued a press release announcing its estimated 2017 capital budget and anticipated 2017 production; oil, natural gas and carbon dioxide reserves information as of December 31, 2016; and preliminary estimates of its 2016 fourth quarter and annual production and capital expenditures. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

The information furnished in this Item 2.02 and in Exhibit 99.1 hereto shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (unless otherwise specifically provided therein), whether or not filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the 1934 Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in any such document.


Section 9 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)
Exhibits.

The following exhibit is furnished in accordance with the provisions of Item 601 of Regulation S-K:
Exhibit Number
 
Description
99.1*
 
Denbury Press Release, dated February 14, 2017.

*
Included herewith.



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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
Denbury Resources Inc.
(Registrant)
 
Date: February 14, 2017
By:
/s/ James S. Matthews
 
 
James S. Matthews
 
 
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary



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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number
 
Description
99.1
 
Denbury Press Release, dated February 14, 2017.



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DENBURY ANNOUNCES 2017 CAPITAL BUDGET AND ESTIMATED PRODUCTION; REPORTS YEAR-END 2016 PROVED RESERVES
AND PRELIMINARY 2016 PRODUCTION AND CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

PLANO, TX – February 14, 2017 – Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE: DNR) (“Denbury” or the “Company”) today announced that its 2017 capital budget, excluding acquisitions and capitalized interest, is currently estimated at approximately $300 million, 44% over 2016 capital spending levels.  The budget provides for:

$175 million allocated for tertiary oil field expenditures;
$60 million allocated for other areas, primarily non-tertiary oil field expenditures;
$10 million to be spent on CO2 sources and pipelines; and
$55 million for other capital items such as capitalized internal acquisition, exploration and development costs and pre-production tertiary startup costs.

In addition, capitalized interest for 2017 is currently estimated at approximately $20 million. At this spending level, the Company anticipates 2017 production of between 58,000 and 62,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day (“BOE/d”), with the mid-point of such range roughly flat with the Company’s 2016 exit rate of just under 60,000 BOE/d.

MANAGEMENT COMMENT

Phil Rykhoek, Denbury’s CEO commented, “We are pleased with our progress over the past year, especially the improvements we made in reducing costs and enhancing the efficiency of our operations. We also completed a robust review of all of our fields and identified multiple areas that we can exploit in the coming years, including both tertiary expansions and other opportunities. We continue to be vigilant with our balance sheet and are limiting our capital spending to an amount near our expected cash flow. Our capital spending in the current price environment continues to be primarily focused on expanding our existing CO2 floods and other infill opportunities and, importantly, our planned 2017 capital projects have strong economics at $50 oil. With our improved efficiencies, this $300 million capital budget should hold full-year 2017 production essentially flat with our 2016 exit rate and should put us on a trajectory to resume slight production growth in 2018, based on current assumptions and expectations. We are encouraged by our future opportunities and are looking forward to 2017 as we continue to pursue ways to enhance our operating efficiency and de-lever our balance sheet.”


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PRELIMINARY 2016 FOURTH QUARTER AND ANNUAL PRODUCTION

Denbury’s continuing production averaged 60,685 BOE/d during the fourth quarter of 2016, in line with our expectations, and was 96% oil, with CO2 tertiary properties accounting for 62% of overall production. On a sequential-quarter basis, continuing production in the fourth quarter of 2016 was essentially flat with continuing production in the third quarter of 2016, with production from our CO2 tertiary properties increasing slightly.

Excluding sold properties, Denbury’s continuing production for full-year 2016 averaged 62,998 BOE/d, down 11% from the prior-year’s level. Approximately one-third of the production decline was attributable to production shut-in due to economics and weather-related shut-in production at Thompson and Conroe fields, with the remainder largely due to natural production declines. Further production information is provided on page 7 of this press release.

PRELIMINARY 2016 CAPITAL EXPENDITURES

Denbury’s 2016 development capital expenditures totaled $209 million, consisting of $206 million spent on oil and natural gas development, including $56 million related to capitalized internal acquisition, exploration and development costs and pre-production tertiary startup costs, with the remainder spent primarily on COsource wells and CO2 infrastructure and pipelines. These estimated capital expenditures exclude property acquisition costs of $11 million and capitalized interest of $26 million.

A breakdown of preliminary estimated 2016 capital expenditures is shown in the following table:
In millions
 
2016 Preliminary Capital Expenditures (1)
Capital expenditures by project
 
 
Tertiary oil fields
 
$
119

Non-tertiary fields
 
31

Capitalized internal costs (2)
 
56

Oil and natural gas capital expenditures
 
206

CO2 pipelines, sources and other
 
3

Capital expenditures, before acquisitions and capitalized interest
 
209

Acquisitions of oil and natural gas properties
 
11

Capital expenditures, before capitalized interest
 
220

Capitalized interest
 
26

Capital expenditures, total
 
$
246


(1)
Capital expenditure amounts include accrued capital.
(2)
Includes capitalized internal acquisition, exploration and development costs and pre-production tertiary startup costs.


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2016 PROVED RESERVES

The Company’s total estimated proved oil and natural gas reserves at December 31, 2016 were 254 million barrels of oil equivalent (“MMBOE”), consisting of 247 million barrels of crude oil, condensate and natural gas liquids (together, “liquids”), and 44 billion cubic feet (or 7 MMBOE) of natural gas. Reserves were 97% liquids and 82% proved developed, with 58% of those reserves attributable to Denbury’s CO2 tertiary operations.  Total proved reserves declined by a net 35 MMBOE during 2016 primarily due to 23 MMBOE of production, with 7 MMBOE of downward revisions of previous estimates associated with changes in commodity prices, operating costs and performance, and 5 MMBOE due to properties sold during the year.
 
 
Oil
(MMBbl)
 
Gas
(Bcf)
 
MMBOE
Balance at December 31, 2015
 
282

 
38

 
289

Revisions of previous estimates
 
(9
)
 
16

 
(7
)
2016 production
 
(22
)
 
(6
)
 
(23
)
Sales of minerals or other revisions
 
(4
)
 
(4
)
 
(5
)
Balance at December 31, 2016
 
247

 
44

 
254


Year-end 2016 estimated proved reserves and the discounted net present value of Denbury’s proved reserves, using a 10% per annum discount rate (“PV-10 Value”)(1) (a non-GAAP measure), were computed using first-day-of-the-month 12-month average prices of $42.75 per Bbl for oil (based on NYMEX prices) and $2.55 per million British thermal unit (“MMBtu”) for natural gas (based on Henry Hub cash prices), adjusted for prices received at the field.  Comparative prices for year-end 2015 were $50.28 per Bbl of oil and $2.63 per MMBtu for natural gas, adjusted for prices received at the field. The preliminary standardized measure of discounted estimated future net cash flows after income taxes of Denbury’s proved reserves at December 31, 2016 (“Standardized Measure”) was $1.4 billion compared to $1.9 billion at December 31, 2015. PV-10 Value(1) was $1.5 billion at December 31, 2016, compared to $2.3 billion at December 31, 2015. See the accompanying schedules for an explanation of the difference between PV-10 Value(1) and the preliminary Standardized Measure and the uses of this information.

Denbury’s estimated proved CO2 reserves at year-end 2016, on a gross or 8/8th’s basis for operated fields, together with its overriding royalty interest in LaBarge Field in Wyoming, totaled 6.5 trillion cubic feet (“Tcf”), slightly lower than CO2 reserves of 6.7 Tcf as of December 31, 2015. Of these total CO2 reserves, 5.3 Tcf are located in the Gulf Coast region and 1.2 Tcf in the Rocky Mountain region. In addition to these proved CO2 reserves, in the Gulf Coast region Denbury is currently purchasing CO2 from two industrial facilities and expects purchases to begin in the near future from Mississippi Power’s Kemper


(1)
A non-GAAP measure. See accompanying schedules that reconcile GAAP to non-GAAP measures along with a statement indicating why the Company believes the non-GAAP measures provide useful information for investors.

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County plant; and in the Rocky Mountain region Denbury has the ability to purchase CO2 from a gas processing facility, all under long-term contractual agreements. Although there are no proved CO2 reserves associated with these long-term agreements, they currently supply approximately 65 million cubic feet per day (“MMcf/d”) of the CO2 Denbury is using for its tertiary operations and could increase up to approximately 225 MMcf/d in a few years once the Kemper County plant is fully operational.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION

Phil Rykhoek, CEO, Chris Kendall, President and COO, and Mark Allen, Sr. VP and CFO, will be attending the 22nd Annual Credit Suisse Energy Summit and delivering a Company presentation on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at 10:20 A.M. Mountain Time. A link to the live webcast of the presentation and the presentation slides will be available the morning of Tuesday, February 14th in the investor relations section of the Company’s website at www.denbury.com.

FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL-YEAR 2016 RESULTS CONFERENCE CALL

Denbury management will host a conference call to review and discuss fourth quarter and full-year 2016 financial and operating results, together with its financial and operating outlook for 2017, on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at 10:00 A.M. (Central). Additionally, Denbury will publish presentation materials on its website which will be referenced during the conference call. Individuals who would like to participate should dial 800.230.1074 or 612.332.0226 ten minutes before the scheduled start time. To access a live audio webcast of the conference call and accompanying slide presentation, please visit the investor relations section of the Company’s website at www.denbury.com. The webcast will be archived on the website, and a telephonic replay will be accessible for at least one month after the call by dialing 800.475.6701 or 320.365.3844 and entering confirmation number 361971.

Denbury is an independent oil and natural gas company with operations focused in two key operating areas: the Gulf Coast and Rocky Mountain regions. The Company’s goal is to increase the value of its properties through a combination of exploitation, drilling and proven engineering extraction practices, with the most significant emphasis relating to CO2 enhanced oil recovery operations. For more information about Denbury, please visit www.denbury.com.

# # #

In this press release, Denbury provides estimated year-end 2016 proved reserves information and preliminary production and capital expenditures information for its fiscal year 2016. Denbury has prepared the summary preliminary data in this release based on the most current information available to management. Denbury’s normal closing and financial reporting processes with respect to the preliminary data herein have not been fully completed and, as a result, its actual results could be different from this summary preliminary information presented herein, and any such differences could be material.

This press release, other than historical financial information, contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties including the preliminary information referenced above, estimated 2017


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production and capital expenditures, estimated cash generated from operations in 2017, and other risks and uncertainties detailed in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Denbury’s most recent report on Form 10-K. These risks and uncertainties are incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth herein. These statements are based on engineering, geological, financial and operating assumptions that management believes are reasonable based on currently available information; however, management’s assumptions and the Company’s future performance are both subject to a wide range of business risks, and there is no assurance that these goals and projections can or will be met. Actual results may vary materially. In addition, any forward-looking statements represent the Company’s estimates only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing its estimates as of any future date. Denbury assumes no obligation to update its forward-looking statements.

DENBURY CONTACTS:
Mark C. Allen, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, 972.673.2000
John Mayer, Investor Relations, 972.673.2383


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DENBURY RESOURCES INC.
SUPPLEMENTAL NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURE (UNAUDITED)

Reconciliation of the preliminary standardized measure of discounted estimated future net cash flows after income taxes (GAAP measure) to PV-10 Value (non-GAAP measure)

PV-10 Value is a non-GAAP measure and is different from the preliminary Standardized Measure in that PV-10 Value is a pre-tax number and the Standardized Measure is an after-tax number.  Denbury’s 2016 and 2015 year-end estimated proved oil and natural gas reserves and proved CO2 reserves quantities were prepared by the independent reservoir engineering firm of DeGolyer and MacNaughton. The information used to calculate PV-10 Value is derived directly from data determined in accordance with FASC Topic 932.  Management believes PV-10 Value is a useful supplemental disclosure to the Standardized Measure because the Standardized Measure can be impacted by a company’s unique tax situation, and it is not practical to calculate the Standardized Measure on a property-by-property basis.  Because of this, PV-10 Value is a widely used measure within the industry and is commonly used by securities analysts, banks and credit rating agencies to evaluate the estimated future net cash flows from proved reserves on a comparative basis across companies or specific properties.  PV-10 Value is commonly used by management and others in the industry to evaluate properties that are bought and sold, to assess the potential return on investment in the Company’s oil and natural gas properties, and to perform impairment testing of oil and natural gas properties. PV-10 Value is not a measure of financial or operating performance under GAAP, nor should it be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the Standardized Measure.  PV-10 Value and the preliminary Standardized Measure do not purport to represent the fair value of the Company’s oil and natural gas reserves.
 
 
December 31,
In thousands
 
2016
 
2015
Preliminary Standardized Measure (GAAP measure)
 
$
1,399,217

 
$
1,890,124

Discounted estimated future income tax
 
142,467

 
428,431

PV-10 Value (non-GAAP measure)
 
$
1,541,684

 
$
2,318,555




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DENBURY RESOURCES INC.
PRODUCTION HIGHLIGHTS (UNAUDITED)
 
 
Quarter Ended
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31,
 
Sept. 30,
 
December 31,
Average Daily Volumes (BOE/d) (6:1)
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2016
 
2015
Tertiary oil production
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gulf Coast region
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mature properties (1)
 
8,440

 
10,403

 
8,653

 
9,040

 
10,830

Delhi
 
4,387

 
3,898

 
4,262

 
4,155

 
3,688

Hastings
 
4,552

 
5,082

 
4,729

 
4,829

 
5,061

Heidelberg
 
4,924

 
5,635

 
5,000

 
5,128

 
5,785

Oyster Bayou
 
4,988

 
5,831

 
4,767

 
5,083

 
5,898

Tinsley
 
6,786

 
7,522

 
6,756

 
7,192

 
8,119

Total Gulf Coast region
 
34,077

 
38,371

 
34,167

 
35,427

 
39,381

Rocky Mountain region
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bell Creek
 
3,269

 
2,806

 
3,032

 
3,121

 
2,221

Total Rocky Mountain region
 
3,269

 
2,806

 
3,032

 
3,121

 
2,221

Total tertiary oil production
 
37,346

 
41,177

 
37,199

 
38,548

 
41,602

Non-tertiary oil and gas production
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gulf Coast region
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mississippi
 
745

 
1,377

 
963

 
850

 
1,194

Texas
 
5,143

 
6,470

 
4,234

 
4,906

 
6,443

Other
 
569

 
800

 
538

 
528

 
889

Total Gulf Coast region
 
6,457

 
8,647

 
5,735

 
6,284

 
8,526

Rocky Mountain region
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cedar Creek Anticline
 
15,186

 
17,875

 
16,017

 
16,322

 
17,997

Other
 
1,696

 
2,407

 
1,763

 
1,844

 
2,743

Total Rocky Mountain region
 
16,882

 
20,282

 
17,780

 
18,166

 
20,740

Total non-tertiary production
 
23,339

 
28,929

 
23,515

 
24,450

 
29,266

Total continuing production
 
60,685

 
70,106

 
60,714

 
62,998

 
70,868

Property sales
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Williston Assets (2)
 

 
1,473

 
819

 
864

 
1,549

Other property divestitures
 

 
423

 

 
141

 
444

Total production
 
60,685

 
72,002

 
61,533

 
64,003

 
72,861


(1)
Mature properties include Brookhaven, Cranfield, Eucutta, Little Creek, Lockhart Crossing, Mallalieu, Martinville, McComb and Soso fields.
(2)
Includes non-tertiary production in the Rocky Mountain region related to the sale of remaining non-core assets in the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana, which closed in the third quarter of 2016.



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