UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

      

FORM 10-Q

      

   

(Mark One)

x

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013

OR

   

OR

¨

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period fromto

Commission file number: 1-32953

      

ATLAS ENERGY, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

      

   

Delaware

Delaware

43-2094238

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

Park Place Corporate Center One

1000 Commerce Drive, Suite 400

Pittsburgh, PA

15275

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (412) 489-0006

   

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

   

Large accelerated filerx

x

Accelerated filer

¨

Non-accelerated filer

¨  (Do

(Do not check if smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company

¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes  ¨    No  x

The number of outstanding common units of the registrant on August 5,November 4, 2013 was 51,389,574.51,410,826.

   

         

      


ATLAS ENERGY, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX TO QUARTERLY REPORT

ON FORM10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS

   

PAGE

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

3

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012

3

Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three and SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012

4

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Three and SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012

5

Consolidated Statement of Partners’ Capital for the SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013

6

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012

7

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

8

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

61

65

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

93

 99

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

98

 103

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

99

 104

Item 6.

Exhibits

100

 105

SIGNATURES

108

 111

   

 2 


PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

ATLAS ENERGY, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

   

   June 30,
2013
   December 31,
2012
 
ASSETS    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

  $70,430    $36,780  

Accounts receivable

   250,755     196,249  

Current portion of derivative asset

   64,402     35,351  

Subscriptions receivable

   11,036     55,357  

Prepaid expenses and other

   72,595     45,255  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

   469,218     368,992  

Property, plant and equipment, net

   4,036,187     3,502,609  

Intangible assets, net

   570,999     200,680  

Investment in joint ventures

   232,090     86,002  

Goodwill, net

   534,105     351,069  

Long-term derivative asset

   26,759     16,840  

Other assets, net

   92,721     71,002  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $5,962,079    $4,597,194  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL    

Current liabilities:

    

Current portion of long-term debt

  $522    $10,835  

Accounts payable

   94,270     119,028  

Liabilities associated with drilling contracts

   —       67,293  

Accrued producer liabilities

   140,505     109,725  

Current portion of derivative liability

   167     —    

Current portion of derivative payable to Drilling Partnerships

   5,969     11,293  

Accrued interest

   35,281     11,556  

Accrued well drilling and completion costs

   52,425     47,637  

Accrued liabilities

   118,006     103,291  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

   447,145     480,658  

Long-term debt, less current portion

   1,944,297     1,529,508  

Long-term derivative liability

   130     888  

Long-term derivative payable to Drilling Partnerships

   38     2,429  

Deferred income taxes, net

   35,513     30,258  

Asset retirement obligations and other

   77,890     73,605  

Commitments and contingencies

    

Partners’ Capital:

    

Common limited partners’ interests

   448,808     456,171  

Accumulated other comprehensive income

   13,927     9,699  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   462,735     465,870  

Non-controlling interests

   2,994,331     2,013,978  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total partners’ capital

   3,457,066     2,479,848  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $5,962,079    $4,597,194  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

ASSETS

September 30,
2013

   

      

December 31,
2012

   

Current assets:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Cash and cash equivalents

$

29,498

      

      

$

36,780

      

Accounts receivable

   

289,817

      

      

   

196,249

      

Current portion of derivative asset

   

25,733

      

      

   

35,351

      

Subscriptions receivable

   

13,900

      

      

   

55,357

      

Prepaid expenses and other

   

85,421

      

      

   

45,255

      

Total current assets

   

444,369

      

      

   

368,992

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Property, plant and equipment, net

   

4,958,551

      

      

   

3,502,609

      

Intangible assets, net

   

547,014

      

      

   

200,680

      

Investment in joint ventures

   

238,221

      

      

   

86,002

      

Goodwill, net

   

535,721

      

      

   

351,069

      

Long-term derivative asset

   

37,504

      

      

   

16,840

      

Long-term derivative receivable from Drilling Partnerships

   

182

   

   

   

—  

   

Other assets, net

   

123,529

      

      

   

71,002

      

   

$

6,885,091

      

      

$

4,597,194

      

LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Current liabilities:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Current portion of long-term debt

$

3,010

      

      

$

10,835

      

Accounts payable

   

147,114

      

      

   

119,028

      

Liabilities associated with drilling contracts

   

—  

      

      

   

67,293

      

Accrued producer liabilities

   

161,808

      

      

   

109,725

      

Current portion of derivative liability

   

1,461

      

      

   

—  

      

Current portion of derivative payable to Drilling Partnerships

   

4,932

      

      

   

11,293

      

Accrued interest

   

39,472

      

      

   

11,556

      

Accrued well drilling and completion costs

   

47,149

      

      

   

47,637

      

Accrued liabilities

   

126,124

      

      

   

103,291

      

Total current liabilities

   

531,070

      

      

   

480,658

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Long-term debt, less current portion

   

2,840,921

      

      

   

1,529,508

      

Long-term derivative liability

   

—  

      

      

   

888

      

Long-term derivative payable to Drilling Partnerships

   

—  

      

      

   

2,429

      

Deferred income taxes, net

   

34,696

      

      

   

30,258

      

Asset retirement obligations and other

   

97,650

      

      

   

73,605

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Commitments and contingencies

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Partners’ Capital:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Common limited partners’ interests

   

405,285

      

      

   

456,171

      

Accumulated other comprehensive income

   

19,941

      

      

   

9,699

      

   

   

425,226

      

      

   

465,870

      

Non-controlling interests

   

2,955,528

      

      

   

2,013,978

      

Total partners’ capital

   

3,380,754

      

      

   

2,479,848

      

   

$

6,885,091

      

      

$

4,597,194

      

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 3 


ATLAS ENERGY, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per unit data)

(Unaudited)

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013  2012  2013  2012 

Revenues:

     

Gas and oil production

  $47,094   $19,460   $93,158   $36,624  

Well construction and completion

   24,851    12,241    81,329    55,960  

Gathering and processing

   535,922    256,420    956,009    561,561  

Administration and oversight

   3,391    1,315    4,476    4,146  

Well services

   4,864    5,252    9,680    10,258  

Gain on mark-to-market derivatives

   27,107    67,847    15,024    55,812  

Other, net

   566    504    6,221    3,305  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total revenues

   643,795    363,039    1,165,897    727,666  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Costs and expenses:

     

Gas and oil production

   19,035    4,447    34,251    8,952  

Well construction and completion

   21,609    10,606    70,721    48,301  

Gathering and processing

   453,868    213,551    805,609    465,396  

Well services

   2,305    2,414    4,623    4,844  

General and administrative

   53,874    37,607    94,532    74,855  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   68,580    32,534    120,246    62,484  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total costs and expenses

   619,271    301,159    1,129,982    664,832  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Operating income

   24,524    61,880    35,915    62,834  

Loss on asset sales and disposal

   (2,191  (16  (2,893  (7,021

Interest expense

   (27,531  (10,294  (53,341  (19,385

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

   (19  —      (26,601  —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income (loss) before tax

   (5,217  51,570    (46,920  36,428  

Income tax benefit

   28    —      37    —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

   (5,189  51,570    (46,883  36,428  

Loss (income) attributable to non-controlling interests

   (3,058  (59,191  26,040    (62,556
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to common limited partners

  $(8,247 $(7,621 $(20,843 $(26,128
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to common limited partners per unit:

     

Basic and Diluted

  $(0.16 $(0.15 $(0.41 $(0.51
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Weighted average common limited partner units outstanding:

     

Basic and Diluted

   51,380    51,318    51,375    51,306  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

Revenues:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Gas and oil production

$

83,032

      

   

$

24,699

      

   

$

176,190

      

   

$

61,323

      

Well construction and completion

   

10,964

      

   

   

36,317

      

   

   

92,293

      

   

   

92,277

      

Gathering and processing

   

582,961

      

   

   

297,868

      

   

   

1,538,970

      

   

   

859,429

      

Administration and oversight

   

4,447

      

   

   

4,440

      

   

   

8,923

      

   

   

8,586

      

Well services

   

5,023

      

   

   

5,086

      

   

   

14,703

      

   

   

15,344

      

Gain (loss) on mark-to-market derivatives

   

(24,517

)  

   

   

(18,907

   

   

(9,493

)  

   

   

36,905

      

Other, net

   

(11,921

)  

   

   

5,270

      

   

   

(5,700

)  

   

   

8,575

      

Total revenues

   

649,989

      

   

   

354,773

      

   

   

1,815,886

      

   

   

1,082,439

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Costs and expenses:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Gas and oil production

   

30,586

      

   

   

7,295

      

   

   

64,837

      

   

   

16,247

      

Well construction and completion

   

9,534

      

   

   

31,581

      

   

   

80,255

      

   

   

79,882

      

Gathering and processing

   

492,691

      

   

   

245,074

      

   

   

1,298,300

      

   

   

710,470

      

Well services

   

2,386

      

   

   

2,232

      

   

   

7,009

      

   

   

7,076

      

General and administrative

   

61,914

      

   

   

33,991

      

   

   

156,446

      

   

   

108,846

      

Chevron transaction expense

   

—  

   

   

   

7,670

      

   

   

—  

   

   

   

7,670

      

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   

94,067

      

   

   

37,079

      

   

   

214,313

      

   

   

99,563

      

Total costs and expenses

   

691,178

      

   

   

364,922

      

   

   

1,821,160

      

   

   

1,029,754

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Operating income (loss)

   

(41,189

)  

   

   

(10,149

   

   

(5,274

)  

   

   

52,685

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Gain (loss) on asset sales and disposal

   

(661

   

   

2

      

   

   

(3,554

   

   

(7,019

Interest expense

   

(38,513

   

   

(11,245

   

   

(91,854

   

   

(30,630

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

   

—  

   

   

   

—  

      

   

   

(26,601

   

   

—  

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Net income (loss) before tax

   

(80,363

   

   

(21,392

   

   

(127,283

   

   

15,036

      

Income tax benefit

   

817

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

854

      

   

   

—  

      

Net income (loss)

   

(79,546

   

   

(21,392

   

   

(126,429

   

   

15,036

      

Loss (income) attributable to non-controlling interests

   

52,022

   

   

   

9,982

      

   

   

78,062

      

   

   

(52,574

Net loss attributable to common limited partners

$

(27,524

   

$

(11,410

   

$

(48,367

   

$

(37,538

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Net loss attributable to common limited partners per unit:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Basic and Diluted

$

(0.54

   

$

(0.22

   

$

(0.94

   

$

(0.73

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Weighted average common limited partner units outstanding:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Basic and Diluted

   

51,390

      

   

   

51,335

      

   

   

51,380

      

   

   

51,316

      

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 4 


ATLAS ENERGY, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013  2012  2013  2012 

Net income (loss)

  $(5,189 $51,570   $(46,883 $36,428  

Other comprehensive income (loss):

     

Changes in fair value of derivative instruments accounted for as cash flow hedges

   44,381    (514  19,437    13,655  

Less: reclassification adjustment for realized gains of cash flow hedges in net income (loss)

   (2,286  (5,631  (3,279  (7,085
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss):

   42,095    (6,145  16,158    6,570  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss):

   36,906    45,425    (30,725  42,998  

Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests

   (29,262  (63,760  14,110    (76,255
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to common limited partners

  $7,644   $(18,335 $(16,615 $(33,257
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

   

As Restated

2012

   

   

2013

   

   

As Restated

2012

   

Net income (loss)

$

(79,546

   

$

(21,392

   

$

(126,429

   

$

15,036

      

Other comprehensive income (loss):

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Changes in fair value of derivative instruments accounted for as cash flow hedges

   

16,438

      

   

   

(19,487

   

   

35,875

      

   

   

(5,832

Less: reclassification adjustment for realized gains of cash flow hedges in net income (loss)

   

(1,300

   

   

(5,035

   

   

(4,579

   

   

(12,120

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

   

15,138

      

   

   

(24,522

   

   

31,296

      

   

   

(17,952

Comprehensive loss

   

(64,408

)  

   

   

(45,914

   

   

(95,133

   

   

(2,916

Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests

   

42,898

   

   

   

16,747

      

   

   

57,008

   

   

   

(59,508

Comprehensive loss attributable to common limited partners

$

(21,510

)  

   

$

(29,167

   

$

(38,125

   

$

(62,424

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 5 


ATLAS ENERGY, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF PARTNERS’ CAPITAL

(in thousands, except unit data)

(Unaudited)

   

   Common Limited
Partners’ Capital
  Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
   Non-Controlling
Interest
  Total
Partners’
Capital
 
   Units   Amount     

Balance at January 1, 2013

   51,365,582    $456,171   $9,699    $2,013,978   $2,479,848  

Distributions to non-controlling interests

   —       —      —       (102,673  (102,673

Contributions from non-controlling interests

   —       —      —       4,676    4,676  

Unissued common units under incentive plan

   —       11,085    —       14,843    25,928  

Issuance of units under incentive plans

   19,234     —      —       84    84  

Distributions paid to common limited partners

   —       (31,338  —       —      (31,338

Distribution equivalent rights paid on unissued units under incentive plans

   —       (1,387  —       (2,196  (3,583

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. purchase price allocation

   —       —      —       (30,607  (30,607

Gain on issuance of Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s common units

   —       25,221    —       (25,221  —    

Gain on issuance of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s common units

   —       9,899    —       (9,899  —    

Non-controlling interests’ capital contribution

   —       —      —       1,145,456    1,145,456  

Other comprehensive income

   —       —      4,228     11,930    16,158  

Net loss

   —       (20,843  —       (26,040  (46,883
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2013

   51,384,816    $448,808   $13,927    $2,994,331   $3,457,066  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

Common Limited
Partners’ Capital

   

   

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive

   

   

Non-Controlling

   

   

Total
Partners’

   

   

Units

   

      

Amount

   

   

Income

   

      

Interest

   

   

Capital

   

Balance at January 1, 2013

   

51,365,582

      

      

$

456,171

      

   

$

9,699

      

      

$

2,013,978

      

   

$

2,479,848

      

Distributions to non-controlling interests

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

(171,551

   

   

(171,551

Contributions from Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s non-controlling interests

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

8,277

      

   

   

8,277

      

Unissued common units under incentive plan

   

—  

      

      

   

17,122

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

23,698

      

   

   

40,820

      

Issuance of units under incentive plans

   

33,282

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

119

      

   

   

119

      

Distributions paid to common limited partners

   

—  

      

      

   

(53,949

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

(53,949

Distribution equivalent rights paid on unissued units under incentive plans

   

—  

      

      

   

(2,418

   

   

—  

      

      

   

(3,631

   

   

(6,049

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. purchase price allocation

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

(30,607

   

   

(30,607

Gain on issuance of Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s common units

   

—  

      

      

   

25,221

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

(25,221

   

   

—  

      

Gain on issuance of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s common units

   

—  

      

      

   

11,505

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

(11,505

   

   

—  

      

Non-controlling interests’ capital contributions

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

1,208,979

      

   

   

1,208,979

      

Other comprehensive income

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

10,242

      

      

   

21,054

      

   

   

31,296

      

Net loss

   

—  

      

      

   

(48,367

   

   

—  

      

      

   

(78,062

   

   

(126,429

Balance at September 30, 2013

   

51,398,864

      

      

$

405,285

      

   

$

19,941

      

      

$

2,955,528

      

   

$

3,380,754

      

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ATLAS ENERGY, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)

   

   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013  2012 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

   

Net income (loss)

  $(46,883 $36,428  

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:

   

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   120,246    62,484  

Amortization of deferred financing costs

   9,228    2,954  

Non-cash gain on derivative value, net

   (31,118  (61,401

Non-cash compensation expense

   26,154    15,835  

Loss on asset sales and disposal

   2,893    7,021  

Deferred income tax benefit

   (37  —    

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

   26,601    —    

Distributions paid to non-controlling interests

   (104,869  (54,407

Equity income in unconsolidated companies

   (1,856  (3,330

Distributions received from unconsolidated companies

   4,329    3,992  

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

   

Accounts receivable and prepaid expenses and other

   (18,694  59,656  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   (70,201  (93,917
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

   (84,207  (24,685
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

   

Capital expenditures

   (345,761  (192,040

Net cash paid for acquisitions

   (1,000,785  (241,925

Other

   (5,190  1,049  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

   (1,351,736  (432,916
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

   

Borrowings under credit facilities

   1,139,000    648,500  

Repayments under credit facilities

   (1,678,425  (316,000

Net proceeds from issuance of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s long-term debt

   1,028,449    —    

Net proceeds from issuance of Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s long-term debt

   267,811    —    

Repayments of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. long-term debt

   (365,822  —    

Net proceeds from subsidiary equity offerings

   1,145,456    119,389  

Distributions paid to unitholders

   (31,338  (25,140

APL contributions received from non-controlling interests

   4,676    —    

Premium paid on retirement of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. long-term debt

   (25,581  —    

Deferred financing costs and other

   (14,633  (13,827
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

   1,469,593    412,922  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

   33,650    (44,679

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

   36,780    77,376  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

  $70,430   $32,697  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

2013

   

   

2012

   

Net income (loss)

$

(126,429

   

$

15,036

      

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

   

214,313

      

   

   

99,563

      

Amortization of deferred financing costs

   

14,392

      

   

   

4,562

      

Non-cash (gain) loss on derivative value, net

   

11,851

   

   

   

(40,636

Non-cash compensation expense

   

41,700

      

   

   

28,487

      

Loss on asset sales and disposal

   

3,554

      

   

   

7,019

      

Deferred income tax benefit

   

(854

   

   

—  

      

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

   

26,601

      

   

   

—  

      

Distributions paid to non-controlling interests

   

(175,182

   

   

(86,589

Equity income in unconsolidated companies

   

(2,103

   

   

(5,582

Distributions received from unconsolidated companies

   

6,129

      

   

   

6,331

      

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Accounts receivable and prepaid expenses and other

   

(71,493

   

   

30,357

      

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   

(1,869

   

   

(30,640

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

   

(59,390

   

   

27,908

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Capital expenditures

   

(533,688

   

   

(315,791

Net cash paid for acquisitions

   

(1,777,881

   

   

(301,247

Investment in joint ventures

   

(9,813

)

   

   

—  

   

Other

   

(6,154

   

   

546

      

Net cash used in investing activities

   

(2,327,536

   

   

(616,492

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Borrowings under credit facilities

   

1,996,000

      

   

   

940,500

      

Repayments under credit facilities

   

(1,884,425

   

   

(780,500

Net proceeds from issuance of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s long-term debt

   

1,028,369

      

   

   

—  

      

Net proceeds from issuance of Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s long-term debt

   

510,518

      

   

   

319,100

      

Repayments of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. long-term debt

   

(365,822

   

   

—  

      

Net proceeds from subsidiary equity offerings

   

1,208,979

      

   

   

119,389

      

Distributions paid to unitholders

   

(53,949

   

   

(37,971

APL contributions received from non-controlling interests

   

8,277

      

   

   

—  

      

Premium paid on retirement of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. long-term debt

   

(25,581

   

   

—  

      

Deferred financing costs and other

   

(42,722

   

   

(16,055

Net cash provided by financing activities

   

2,379,644

      

   

   

544,463

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

   

(7,282

)  

   

   

(44,121

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year

   

36,780

      

   

   

77,376

      

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

$

29,498

      

   

$

33,255

      

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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ATLAS ENERGY, L.P. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

JuneSeptember 30, 2013

(Unaudited)

NOTE 1  BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Atlas Energy, L.P., (the “Partnership” or “Atlas Energy”) is a publicly-traded Delaware master limited partnership (NYSE: ATLS).

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership’s operations primarily consisted of its ownership interests in the following entities:following:

   

Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. (“ARP”), a publicly-traded Delaware master limited partnership (NYSE: ARP) and an independent developer and producer of natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids (“NGL”), with operations in basins across the United States. ARP sponsors and manages tax-advantaged investment partnerships, in which it coinvests, to finance a portion of its natural gas, crude oil and NGL production activities. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership owned 100% of the general partner Class A units, all of the incentive distribution rights, and an approximate 33.1%36.9% limited partner interest (20,962,485 common and 3,749,986 Class C preferred limited partner units) in ARP (see Note 18);ARP;

   

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (“APL”), a publicly-traded Delaware master limited partnership (NYSE: APL) and midstream energy service provider engaged in the gathering, processing and treating of natural gas in the mid-continent and southwestern regions of the United States; natural gas gathering services in the Appalachian Basin in the northeastern region of the United States; and NGL transportation services throughout the southwestern region of the United States. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership owned a 2.0% general partner interest, all of the incentive distribution rights, and an approximate 6.3%6.2% common limited partner interest in APL; and

   

Lightfoot Capital Partners, LP (“Lightfoot LP”) and Lightfoot Capital Partners GP, LLC (“Lightfoot GP”), the general partner of Lightfoot L.P. (collectively, “Lightfoot”), entities which incubate new master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) and invest in existing MLPs. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership had an approximate 16% general partner interest and 12% limited partner interest in Lightfoot (see Note 6); and

Certain natural gas and oil producing assets located inthe Arkoma Basin of eastern Oklahoma (see Note 3).

In February 2012, the board of directors (“the Board”) of the Partnership’s General Partner (“the General Partner”) approved the formation of ARP as a newly created exploration and production master limited partnership and the related transfer of substantially all of the Partnership’s exploration and production assets to ARP on March 5, 2012. The Board also approved the distribution of approximately 5.24 million ARP common units to the Partnership’s unitholders, which were distributed on March 13, 2012 using a ratio of 0.1021 ARP limited partner units for each of the Partnership’s common units owned on the record date of February 28, 2012.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements, which are unaudited except that the balance sheet at December 31, 2012 is derived from audited financial statements, are presented in accordance with the requirements of Form 10-Q and accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim reporting. They do not include all disclosures normally made in financial statements contained in Form 10-K. In management’s opinion, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the Partnership’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods disclosed have been made. These interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto presented in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. Certain amounts in the prior year’s consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. Due to changes in business as a result of the formation of ARP during the yearthree months ended December 31, 2012, management of the Partnership modified its reportable operating segments. As a result, management of the Partnership reclassified the operating segment data for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012 to be consistent with the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013. The results of operations for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 may not necessarily be indicative of the results of operations for the full year ending December 31, 2013.

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NOTE 2  SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation and Combination

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries, all of which are wholly-owned at JuneSeptember 30, 2013, except for ARP and APL, which are controlled by the Partnership. Due to the structure of the Partnership’s ownership interests in ARP and APL, the Partnership consolidates the financial statements of

ARP and APL into its consolidated financial statements rather than present its ownership interest as equity investments. As such, the non-controlling interests in ARP and APL are reflected as (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests in its consolidated statements of operations and as a component of partners’ capital on its consolidated balance sheets. All material intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

In accordance with established practice in the oil and gas industry, the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements include its pro-rata share of assets, liabilities, income and lease operating and general and administrative costs and expenses of the energy partnerships in which ARP has an interest (“the Drilling Partnerships”). Such interests typically range from 20% to 41%. The Partnership’s financial statements do not include proportional consolidation of the depletion or impairment expenses of ARP’s Drilling Partnerships. Rather, ARP calculates these items specific to its own economics as further explained under the heading “Property, Plant and Equipment” elsewhere within this note.

The Partnership’s consolidated financial statements also include APL’s 95% ownership interest in joint ventures which individually own a 100% ownership interest in the West OK natural gas gathering system and processing plants and a 72.8% undivided interest in the West TX natural gas gathering system and processing plants. APL consolidates 100% of these joint ventures. The Partnership reflects the non-controlling 5% ownership interest in the joint ventures as non-controlling interests on its consolidated statements of operations. The Partnership also reflects the 5% ownership interest in the net assets of the joint ventures as non-controlling interests within partners’ capital on its consolidated balance sheets. The joint ventures have a $1.9 billion note receivable from the holder of the 5% ownership interest in the joint ventures, which was reflected within non-controlling interests on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets.

The West TX joint venture has a 72.8% undivided joint venture interest in the West TX system, of which the remaining 27.2% interest is owned by Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE: PXD). Due to the West TX system’s status as an undivided joint venture, the West TX joint venture proportionally consolidates its 72.8% ownership interest in the assets and liabilities and operating results of the West TX system.

The Partnership’s consolidated financial statements also include APL’s 60% interest in Centrahoma Processing LLC (“Centrahoma”), which was acquired on December 20, 2012 as part of the acquisition of assets from Cardinal Midstream, LLC (the “Cardinal Acquisition”) (see Note 3). The remaining 40% ownership interest is held by MarkWest Oklahoma Gas Company LLC (“MarkWest”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MWE). APL consolidates 100% of this joint venture and the non-controlling interest in the joint venture is reflected on the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations. The Partnership also reflects the non-controlling interest in the net assets of the joint ventures within partners’ capital on its consolidated balance sheets (see Note 3).

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities that exist at the date of the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenue and costs and expenses during the reporting periods. The Partnership’s consolidated financial statements are based on a number of significant estimates, including revenue and expense accruals, depletion, depreciation and amortization, asset impairments, fair value of derivative instruments, the probability of forecasted transactions and the allocation of purchase price to the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The natural gas industry principally conducts its business by processing actual transactions as many as 60 days after the month of delivery. Consequently, the most recent two months’ financial results were recorded using estimated volumes and contract market prices. Differences between estimated and actual amounts are recorded in the following month’s financial results. Management believes that the operating results presented for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 represent actual results in all material respects (see“Revenue Recognition”).

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Receivables

Accounts receivable on the consolidated balance sheets consist solelyprimarily of the trade accounts receivable associated with ARP’sthe Partnership and APL’s operations.its subsidiaries. In evaluating the realizability of its accounts receivable, management of ARP and APL performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and adjusts credit limits based upon payment history and the customer’s current creditworthiness, as determined by management’s review of ARP’s and APL’s customers’ credit information. ARPThe Partnership and APLits subsidiaries extend credit on sales on an unsecured basis to many of its customers. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, ARP and APLthe Partnership had recorded no allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable on the Partnership’sits consolidated balance sheets.

Inventory

ARP and APL

The Partnership had $15.4$25.8 million and $13.5 million of inventory at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, which were included within prepaid expenses and other current assets on the Partnership’sits consolidated balance sheets. ARP valuesThe Partnership and its subsidiaries value inventories at the lower of cost or market. ARP’s inventories, which consist of materials, pipes, supplies and other inventories, were principally determined using the average cost method. APL’s crude oil and refined product inventory costs consist of APL’s natural gas liquids line fill, which represents amounts receivable for NGLs delivered to counterparties for which the counterparty will pay at a designated later period at a price determined by the then current market price.

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment are stated at cost or, upon acquisition of a business, at the fair value of the assets acquired. Maintenance and repairs which generally do not extend the useful life of an asset for two years or more through the replacement of critical components are expensed as incurred. Major renewals and improvements which generally extend the useful life of an asset for two years or more through the replacement of critical components are capitalized. Depreciation and amortization expense is based on cost less the estimated salvage value primarily using the straight-line method over the asset’s estimated useful life. When entire pipeline systems, gas plants or other property and equipment are retired or sold, any gain or loss is included in the Partnership’s results of operations. APL follows the composite method of depreciation and has determined the composite groups to be the major asset classes of its gathering, processing and treating systems. Under the composite depreciation method, any gain or loss upon disposition or retirement of pipeline, gas gathering, processing and treating components, is recorded to accumulated depreciation.

The Partnership and ARP followsfollow the successful efforts method of accounting for oil and gas producing activities. Exploratory drilling costs are capitalized pending determination of whether a well is successful. Exploratory wells subsequently determined to be dry holes are charged to expense. Costs resulting in exploratory discoveries and all development costs, whether successful or not, are capitalized. Geological and geophysical costs to enhance or evaluate development of proved fields or areas are capitalized. All other geological and geophysical costs, delay rentals and unsuccessful exploratory wells are expensed. Oil and natural gas liquids are converted to gas equivalent basis (“Mcfe”) at the rate of one barrel to 6 Mcf of natural gas. Mcf is defined as one thousand cubic feet.

The Partnership and ARP’s depletion expense is determined on a field-by-field basis using the units-of-production method. Depletion rates for leasehold acquisition costs are based on estimated proved reserves, and depletion rates for well and related equipment costs are based on proved developed reserves associated with each field. Depletion rates are determined based on reserve quantity estimates and the capitalized costs of undeveloped and developed producing properties. Capitalized costs of developed producing properties in each field are aggregated to include ARP’s costs of property interests in proportionately consolidated Drilling Partnerships, joint venture wells, wells drilled solely by ARP for its interests, properties purchased and working interests with other outside operators.

Upon the sale or retirement of an ARPa complete field of a proved property, the cost is eliminated from the property accounts, and the resultant gain or loss is reclassified to the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations. Upon the sale of an individual ARP well, ARP credits the proceeds are credited to accumulated depreciation and depletion within the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets. Upon ARP’s sale of an entire interest in an unproved property where the property had been assessed for impairment individually, a gain or loss is recognized in the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations. If a partial interest in an unproved property is sold, any funds received are accounted for as a reduction of the cost in the interest retained.

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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The Partnership and its subsidiaries review their long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. If it is determined that an asset’s estimated future cash flows will not be sufficient to recover its carrying amount, an impairment charge will be recorded to reduce the carrying amount for that asset to its estimated fair value if such carrying amount exceeds the fair value.

The review of ARP’s oil and gas properties is done on a field-by-field basis by determining if the historical cost of proved properties less the applicable accumulated depletion, depreciation and amortization and abandonment is less than the estimated expected undiscounted future cash flows. The expected future cash flows are estimated based on the Partnership’s and ARP’s plans to

continue to produce and develop proved reserves. Expected future cash flow from the sale of production of reserves is calculated based on estimated future prices. The Partnership and ARP estimatesestimate prices based upon current contracts in place, adjusted for basis differentials and market related information including published futures prices. The estimated future level of production is based on assumptions surrounding future prices and costs, field decline rates, market demand and supply and the economic and regulatory climates. If the carrying value exceeds the expected future cash flows, an impairment loss is recognized for the difference between the estimated fair market value (as determined by discounted future cash flows) and the carrying value of the assets.

The determination of oil and natural gas reserve estimates is a subjective process, and the accuracy of any reserve estimate depends on the quality of available data and the application of engineering and geological interpretation and judgment. Estimates of economically recoverable reserves and future net cash flows depend on a number of variable factors and assumptions that are difficult to predict and may vary considerably from actual results. In particular, ARP’s reserve estimates for its investment in the Drilling Partnerships are based on its own assumptions rather than its proportionate share of the limited partnerships’ reserves. These assumptions include ARP’s actual capital contributions, an additional carried interest (generally 5% to 10%), a disproportionate share of salvage value upon plugging of the wells and lower operating and administrative costs.

ARP’s lower operating and administrative costs result from the limited partners in the Drilling Partnerships paying to ARP their proportionate share of these expenses plus a profit margin. These assumptions could result in ARP’s calculation of depletion and impairment being different than its proportionate share of the Drilling Partnerships’ calculations for these items. In addition, reserve estimates for wells with limited or no production history are less reliable than those based on actual production. Estimated reserves are often subject to future revisions, which could be substantial, based on the availability of additional information which could cause the assumptions to be modified. The Partnership and ARP cannot predict what reserve revisions may be required in future periods.

ARP’s method of calculating its reserves may result in reserve quantities and values which are greater than those which would be calculated by the Drilling Partnerships, which ARP sponsors and owns an interest in but does not control. ARP’s reserve quantities include reserves in excess of its proportionate share of reserves in Drilling Partnerships, which ARP may be unable to recover due to the Drilling Partnerships’ legal structure. ARP may have to pay additional consideration in the future as a well or Drilling Partnership becomes uneconomic under the terms of the Drilling Partnership’s agreement in order to recover these excess reserves and to acquire any additional residual interests in the wells held by other partnership investors. The acquisition of any such uneconomic well interest from the Drilling Partnership by ARP is governed under the Drilling Partnership’s agreement, and inagreement.  In general, must be atARP will seek consent from the Drilling Partnership’s limited partners to acquire the well interests from the drilling Partnership based upon ARP’s determination of fair market value supported by an appraisal of an independent expert selected by ARP.value.

Unproved properties are reviewed annually for impairment or whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Impairment charges are recorded if conditions indicate that ARPthe Partnership and ARP will not explore the acreage prior to expiration of the applicable leases or if it is determined that the carrying value of the properties is above their fair value. There were no impairments of unproved gas and oil properties recorded by ARPon the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012.

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Proved properties are reviewed annually for impairment or whenever events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. During the year ended December 31, 2012, the Partnership recognized $9.5 million of asset impairments related to ARP’s gas and oil properties within property, plant and equipment on its consolidated balance sheet for its shallow natural gas wells in the Antrim and Niobrara Shales. These impairments related to the carrying amounts of these gas and oil properties being in excess of ARP’s estimate of their fair values at December 31, 2012. The estimate of the fair values of these gas and oil properties was impacted by, among other factors, the deterioration of natural gas prices at the date of measurement. There were no impairments of proved gas and oil properties recorded by ARPon the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012.

Capitalized Interest

ARP and APL capitalize interest on borrowed funds related to capital projects only for periods that activities are in progress to bring these projects to their intended use. The weighted average interest rates used to capitalize interest on combined borrowed funds by ARP and APL in the aggregate were 5.8%6.1% and 5.8%5.1% for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and 6.0% and 6.2%5.9% for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The aggregate amounts of interest capitalized by ARP and APL were $4.8$5.1 million and $2.3$2.8 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $10.7$15.8 million and $4.6$7.3 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Intangible Assets

Customer contracts and relationships.APL amortizes intangible assets with finite lives in connection with natural gas gathering contracts and customer relationships assumed in certain consummated acquisitions, which it amortizes over their estimated useful lives. If an intangible asset has a finite useful life, but the precise length of that life is not known, that intangible asset must be amortized over the best estimate of its useful life. At a minimum, APL will assess the useful lives of all intangible assets on an annual basis to determine if adjustments are required. The estimated useful life for APL’s customer relationship intangible assets is based upon the estimated average length of non-contracted customer relationships in existence at the date of acquisition, adjusted for APL’s management’s estimate of whether the individual relationships will continue in excess or less than the average length.

Partnership management and operating contracts.ARP has recorded intangible assets with finite lives in connection with partnership management and operating contracts acquired through prior consummated acquisitions. ARP amortizes contracts acquired on a declining balance method over their respective estimated useful lives.

The following table reflects the components of intangible assets being amortized at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

   

   June 30,
2013
  December 31,
2012
  Estimated
Useful Lives
In Years

Gross Carrying Amount:

    

Customer contracts and relationships

  $726,072   $325,246   7 – 10

Partnership management and operating contracts

   14,344    14,344   13
  

 

 

  

 

 

  
  $740,416   $339,590   
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Accumulated Amortization:

    

Customer contracts and relationships

  $(156,229 $(125,886 

Partnership management and operating contracts

   (13,188  (13,024 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  
  $(169,417 $(138,910 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Net Carrying Amount:

    

Customer contracts and relationships

  $569,843   $199,360   

Partnership management and operating contracts

   1,156    1,320   
  

 

 

  

 

 

  
  $570,999   $200,680   
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

   

September 30,
2013

   

   

December 31,
2012

   

   

Estimated
Useful Lives
In Years

   

Gross Carrying Amount:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Customer contracts and relationships

$

726,072

      

   

$

325,246

      

   

   

7–10

      

Partnership management and operating contracts

   

14,344

      

   

   

14,344

      

   

   

13

      

   

$

740,416

      

   

$

339,590

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Accumulated Amortization:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Customer contracts and relationships

$

(180,117

   

$

(125,886

   

   

   

   

Partnership management and operating contracts

   

(13,285

   

   

(13,024

   

   

   

   

   

$

(193,402

   

$

(138,910

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Net Carrying Amount:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Customer contracts and relationships

$

545,955

      

   

$

199,360

      

   

   

   

   

Partnership management and operating contracts

   

1,059

      

   

   

1,320

      

   

   

   

   

   

$

547,014

   

   

$

200,680

      

   

   

   

   

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Amortization expense on intangible assets was $22.3$24.0 million and $6.0$6.3 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $30.5$54.5 million and $11.9$18.1 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Aggregate estimated annual amortization expense for all of the contracts described above for the next five years ending December 31 is as follows: 2013 – $78.5- $78.4 million; 2014 - $92.3 million; 2015 - $87.0 million; 2016 – $86.7- $86.9 million; and 2017 - $80.9 million.

Goodwill

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership had $534.1$535.7 million of goodwill, which consisted of $31.8 million related to prior ARP consummated acquisitions and $502.3$503.9 million related to APL’s Cardinal and TEAK acquisitions (see Note 3). At December 31, 2012, the Partnership had $351.1 million of goodwill, which consisted of $31.8 million related to prior ARP consummated acquisitions and $319.3 million related to APL’s acquisitions during the year ended December 31, 2012, of which $310.9 million related to the Cardinal acquisition (see Note 3). The change in goodwill is primarily related to an addition of $279.3$280.3 million of goodwill from the TEAK acquisition offset by a $97.2$96.4 million reduction in goodwill related to an adjustment of the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed from the Cardinal acquisition (see Note 3). The goodwill related to APL’s Cardinal acquisition is a result of the strategic industry position of the assets and potential future synergies. The goodwill related to the TEAK acquisition is a result of the strategic industry position. The valuation assessments for the TEAK and Cardinal acquisitions have not been completed as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013. The estimated goodwill allocation as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013 is subject to change and may be material. There were no changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for ARP for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013.

2013 and 2012.

ARP and APL test their goodwill for impairment at each year end by comparing its reporting unit estimated fair values to carrying values. Because quoted market prices for the reporting units are not available, management must apply judgment in determining the estimated fair value of these reporting units. ARP’s and APL’s management uses all available information to make these fair value determinations, including the present values of expected future cash flows using discount rates commensurate with the risks involved in the assets and the available market data of the respective industry group. A key component of these fair value determinations is a reconciliation of the sum of the fair value calculations to market capitalization. The observed market prices of individual trades of an entity’s equity securities (and thus its computed market capitalization) may not be representative of the fair value of the entity as a whole. Substantial value may arise from the ability to take advantage of synergies and other benefits that flow from control over another entity. Consequently, measuring the fair value of a collection of assets and liabilities that operate together in a controlled entity is different from measuring the fair value of that entity on a stand-alone basis. In most industries, including ARP’s and APL’s, an acquiring entity typically is willing to pay more for equity securities that give it a controlling interest than an investor would pay for a number of equity securities representing less than a controlling interest. Therefore, once the above fair value calculations have been determined, ARP and APL also consider the inclusion of a control premium within the calculations. This control premium is judgmental and is based on, among other items, observed acquisitions in ARP’s and APL’s industry. The resultant fair values calculated for the reporting units are compared to observable metrics on large mergers and acquisitions in ARP’s and APL’s industry to determine whether those valuations appear reasonable in management’s judgment. ARP’s and APL’s management will continue to evaluate goodwill at least annually or when impairment indicators arise. During the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, no impairment indicators arose and no goodwill impairments were recognized for ARP or APL by the Partnership.

Capital Leases

Leased property and equipment meeting capital lease criteria are capitalized based on the minimum payments required under the lease and are included within property, plant and equipment on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets. Obligations under capital leases are accounted for as current and noncurrent liabilities and are included within debt on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets. Amortization is calculated on a straight-line method based upon the estimated useful lives of the assets (see Note 8).

Derivative Instruments

ARP

The Partnership and APLits subsidiaries enter into certain financial contracts to manage their exposure to movement in commodity prices and interest rates (see Note 9). The derivative instruments recorded in the consolidated balance sheets were measured as either an asset or liability at fair value. Changes in ARP’s and APL’sthe fair value of derivative instrument’s fair valueinstruments are recognized currently in the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations unless specific hedge accounting criteria are met.

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Asset Retirement Obligations

The Partnership and ARP recognizesrecognize an estimated liability for the plugging and abandonment of itstheir respective gas and oil wells and related facilities (see Note 7). The Partnership and ARP also recognizesrecognize a liability for itstheir respective future asset retirement obligations in the current period if a reasonable estimate of the fair value of that liability can be made. The associated asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. The Partnership and its subsidiaries also consider the estimated salvage value in the calculation of depreciation, depletion and amortization.

Income Taxes

The Partnership is not subject to U.S. federal and most state income taxes. The partners of the Partnership are liable for income tax in regard to their distributive share of the Partnership’s taxable income. Such taxable income may vary substantially from net income (loss) reported in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.

The Partnership evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Partnership’s tax returns and disallows the recognition of tax positions not deemed to meet a “more-likely-than-not” threshold of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. The Partnership’s management does not believe it has any tax positions taken within its consolidated financial statements that would not meet this threshold. The Partnership’s policy is to reflect interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions, when and if they become applicable. The Partnership has not recognized any potential interest or penalties in its consolidated financial statements for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012.

The Partnership files Partnership Returns of Income in the U.S. and various state jurisdictions. With few exceptions, the Partnership is no longer subject to income tax examinations by major tax authorities for years prior to 2009.2010. The Partnership is not currently being examined by any jurisdiction and is not aware of any potential examinations as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013, except for: 1)for an ongoing examination by the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts related to APL’s Texas Franchise Tax for franchise report years 2008 through 2011; and 2) an examination by the IRS related to one of ARP’s subsidiaries’ Federal Partnership Return for the period ended December 31, 2011.

Certain corporate subsidiaries of the Partnership are subject to federal and state income tax. With the exception of a corporate subsidiary acquired by APL through the Cardinal Acquisition (see Note 3), the federal and state income taxes related to the Partnership and these corporate subsidiaries were immaterial to the consolidated financial statements as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and are recorded in pre-tax income on a current basis only. Accordingly, no federal or state deferred income tax has been provided for these corporate subsidiaries in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. APL’s corporate subsidiary accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method. Deferred income taxes are recognized for future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis and net operating loss and credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect of any tax rate change on deferred taxes is recognized in the period that includes the enactment date of the tax rate change. Realization of deferred tax assets is assessed and, if not more likely than not, a valuation allowance is recorded to write down the deferred tax assets to their net realizable value. The effective tax rate differs from the statutory rate due primarily to APL earnings that are generally not subject to federal and state income taxes at the APL level (see Note 11).

Stock-Based Compensation

The Partnership recognizes all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, in the consolidated financial statements based on their fair values (see Note 16).

Net Income (Loss) Per Common Unit

Basic net income (loss) attributable to common limited partners per unit is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common limited partners, which is determined after the deduction of net income attributable to participating securities, if applicable, by the weighted average number of common limited partner units outstanding during the period.

Unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating securities and are included in the computation of earnings per unit pursuant to the two-class method. The Partnership’s phantom unit awards, which consist of common units issuable under the terms of its long-term incentive plans and incentive compensation agreements (see Note 16), contain non-forfeitable rights to distribution equivalents of the Partnership. The participation rights result in a non-contingent transfer of value each time the Partnership

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declares a distribution or distribution equivalent right during the award’s vesting period. However, unless the contractual terms of the participating securities require the holders to share in the losses of the entity, net loss is not allocated to the participating securities. As such, the net income utilized in the calculation of net income (loss) per unit must be after the allocation of only net income to the phantom units on a pro-rata basis.

The following is a reconciliation of net income (loss) allocated to the common limited partners for purposes of calculating net income (loss) attributable to common limited partners per unit (in thousands, except unit data):

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013  2012  2013  2012 

Net income (loss)

  $(5,189 $51,570   $(46,883 $36,428  

Loss (income) attributable to non-controlling interests

   (3,058  (59,191  26,040    (62,556
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to common limited partners

   (8,247  (7,621  (20,843  (26,128

Less: Net income attributable to participating securities – phantom units(1)

   —      —      —      —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net loss utilized in the calculation of net loss attributable to common limited partners per unit

  $(8,247 $(7,621 $(20,843 $(26,128
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

Net income (loss)

$

(79,546

)

   

$

(21,392

)

   

$

(126,429

)

   

$

15,036

      

Loss (income) attributable to non-controlling interests

   

52,022

   

   

   

9,982

      

   

   

78,062

      

   

   

(52,574

)

Net loss attributable to common limited partners

   

(27,524

)

   

   

(11,410

)

   

   

(48,367

)

   

   

(37,538

)

Less: Net income attributable to participating securities – phantom units(1)

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

Net loss utilized in the calculation of net loss attributable to common limited partners per unit

$

(27,524

)

   

$

(11,410

)

   

$

(48,367

)

   

$

(37,538

)

(1)

Net income attributable to common limited partners’ ownership interests is allocated to the phantom units on a pro-rata basis (weighted average phantom units outstanding as a percentage of the sum of the weighted average phantom units and common limited partner units outstanding). For the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, net loss attributable to common limited partners’ ownership interest is not allocated to approximately 2,274,0002,322,000 and 2,101,0002,106,000 phantom units, respectively, because the contractual terms of the phantom units as participating securities do not require the holders to share in the losses of the entity. For the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, net loss attributable to common limited partners’ ownership interest is not allocated to approximately 2,245,0002,271,000 and 2,015,0002,046,000 phantom units, respectively, because the contractual terms of the phantom units as participating securities do not require the holders to share in the losses of the entity.

Diluted net income (loss) attributable to common limited partners per unit is calculated by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common limited partners, less income allocable to participating securities, by the sum of the weighted average number of common limited partner units outstanding and the dilutive effect of unit option awards, as calculated by the treasury stock method. Unit options consist of common units issuable upon payment of an exercise price by the participant under the terms of the Partnership’s long-term incentive plans (see Note 16).

The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the Partnership’s weighted average number of common limited partner units used to compute basic net income (loss) attributable to common limited partners per unit with those used to compute diluted net income (loss) attributable to common limited partners per unit (in thousands):

   

   Three Months Ended
June  30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013   2012   2013   2012 

Weighted average number of common limited partners per unit – basic

   51,380     51,318     51,375     51,306  

Add effect of dilutive incentive awards(1)

   —       —       —       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average number of common limited partners per unit – diluted

   51,380     51,318     51,375     51,306  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

Weighted average number of common limited partners per unit—basic

   

51,390

      

   

   

51,335

      

   

   

51,380

      

   

   

51,316

      

Add effect of dilutive incentive awards(1)

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

Weighted average number of common limited partners per unit—diluted

   

51,390

      

   

   

51,335

      

   

   

51,380

      

   

   

51,316

      

(1)

For the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, approximately 4,092,0004,196,000 units and 3,084,0003,011,000 units, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings attributable to common limited partners per unit because the inclusion of such units would have been anti-dilutive. For the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, approximately 3,845,0003,963,000 units and 2,673,0002,786,000 units, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings attributable to common limited partners per unit because the inclusion of such units would have been anti-dilutive.

Accrued Producer Liabilities

Accrued producer liabilities on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets represent APL’s accrued purchase commitments payable to producers related to the natural gas gathered and processed through its system under its POPPercentage of Proceeds (“POP”) and Keep-Whole contracts (see “Revenue Recognition”).

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Revenue Recognition

Natural gas and oil production.  The Partnership and ARP generally sell natural gas, crude oil and NGLs at prevailing market prices. Typically, sales contracts are based on pricing provisions that are tied to a market index, with certain fixed adjustments based on proximity to gathering and transmission lines and the quality of its natural gas. Generally, the market index is fixed two business days prior to the commencement of the production month. Revenue and the related accounts receivable are recognized when produced quantities are delivered to a custody transfer point, persuasive evidence of a sales arrangement exists, the rights and responsibility of ownership pass to the purchaser upon delivery, collection of revenue from the sale is reasonably assured and the sales price is fixed or determinable. Revenues from the production of natural gas, crude oil and NGLs, in which the Partnership or ARP has an interest with other producers, are recognized on the basis of the entity’s percentage ownership of the working interest and/or overriding royalty.

Atlas Resource.ARP’s Drilling Partnerships.Certain energy activities are conducted by ARP through, and a portion of its revenues are attributable to, the Drilling Partnerships. ARP contracts with the Drilling Partnerships to drill partnership wells. The contracts require that the Drilling Partnerships pay ARP the full contract price upon execution. The income from a drilling contract is recognized as the services are performed using the percentage of completion method. The contracts are typically completed between 60 and 270 days. On an uncompleted contract, ARP classifies the difference between the contract payments it has received and the revenue earned as a current liability titled “Liabilities Associated with Drilling Contracts” on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets. ARP recognizes well services revenues at the time the services are performed. ARP is also entitled to receive management fees according to the respective partnership agreements and recognizes such fees as income when earned, which are included in administration and oversight revenues within the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations.

ARP generally sells natural gas, crude oil and NGLs at prevailing market prices. Typically, ARP’s sales contracts are based on pricing provisions that are tied to a market index, with certain fixed adjustments based on proximity to gathering and transmission lines and the quality of its natural gas. Generally, the market index is fixed two business days prior to the commencement of the production month. Revenue and the related accounts receivable are recognized when produced quantities are delivered to a custody transfer point, persuasive evidence of a sales arrangement exists, the rights and responsibility of ownership pass to the purchaser upon delivery, collection of revenue from the sale is reasonably assured and the sales price is fixed or determinable. Revenues from the production of natural gas, crude oil and NGLs, in which ARP has an interest with other producers, are recognized on the basis of its percentage ownership of the working interest and/or overriding royalty.

Atlas Pipeline.APL’s revenue primarily consists of the sale of natural gas and NGLs, along with the fees earned from its gathering, processing, treating and transportation operations. Under certain agreements, APL purchases natural gas from producers, moves it into receipt points on its pipeline systems and then sells the natural gas, or produced NGLs, if any, at delivery points on its systems. Under other agreements, APL gathers natural gas across its systems, from receipt to delivery point, without taking title to the natural gas. Revenue associated with the physical sale of natural gas and NGLs is recognized upon physical delivery. In connection with its gathering, processing and transportation operations, APL enters into the following types of contractual relationships with its producers and shippers:

   

Fee-Based Contracts. These contracts provide a set fee for gathering and/or processing raw natural gas and for transporting NGLs. APL’s revenue is a function of the volume of natural gas that it gathers and processes or the volume of NGLs transported and is not directly dependent on the value of the natural gas or NGLs. APL is also paid a separate compression fee on many of its gathering systems. The fee is dependent upon the volume of gas flowing through its compressors and the quantity of compression stages utilized to gather the gas.

Fee-Based Contracts. These contracts provide a set fee for gathering and/or processing raw natural gas and for transporting NGLs. APL’s revenue is a function of the volume of natural gas that it gathers and processes or the volume of NGLs transported and is not directly dependent on the value of the natural gas or NGLs. APL is also paid a separate compression fee on many of its gathering systems. The fee is dependent upon the volume of gas flowing through its compressors and the quantity of compression stages utilized to gather the gas.

   

Percentage of Proceeds (“POP”) Contracts. These contracts provide for APL to retain a negotiated percentage of the sale proceeds from residue gas and NGLs it gathers and processes, with the remainder being remitted to the producer. In this contract-type, APL and the producer are directly dependent on the volume of the commodity and its value; APL effectively owns a percentage of the commodity and revenues are directly correlated to its market value. POP contracts may include a fee component which is charged to the producer.

POP Contracts. These contracts provide for APL to retain a negotiated percentage of the sale proceeds from residue gas and NGLs it gathers and processes, with the remainder being remitted to the producer. In this contract-type, APL and the producer are directly dependent on the volume of the commodity and its value; APL effectively owns a percentage of the commodity and revenues are directly correlated to its market value. POP contracts may include a fee component which is charged to the producer.

   

Keep-Whole Contracts. These contracts require APL, as the processor and gatherer, to gather or purchase raw natural gas at current market rates per MMBtu. The volume and energy content of gas gathered or purchased is based on the measurement at an agreed upon location (generally at the wellhead). The Btu quantity of gas redelivered or sold at the tailgate of APL’s processing facility may be lower than the Btu quantity purchased at the wellhead primarily due to the NGLs extracted from the natural gas when processed through a plant. APL must make up or “keep the producer whole” for this loss in Btu quantity. To offset the make-up obligation, APL retains the NGL which are extracted and sells them for its own account. Therefore, APL bears the economic risk (the “processing margin risk”) that (i) the Btu quantity of residue gas available for redelivery to the producer may be less than APL received from the producer; and/or (ii) aggregate proceeds from the sale of the processed natural gas and NGLs could be less than the amount that it paid for the unprocessed natural gas. In order to help mitigate the risk associated with Keep-Whole contracts, APL generally imposes a fee to gather the gas that is settled under this arrangement. Also, because the natural gas volumes contracted under some Keep-Whole agreements are lower in Btu content and thus can meet downstream pipeline specifications without being processed, the natural gas can be bypassed around the processing plants on these systems and delivered directly into downstream pipelines during periods when the processing margin is uneconomic.

ARPKeep-Whole Contracts. These contracts require APL, as the processor and gatherer, to gather or purchase raw natural gas at current market rates per MMBtu. The volume and energy content of gas gathered or purchased is based on the measurement at an agreed upon location (generally at the wellhead). The Btu quantity of gas redelivered or sold at the tailgate of APL’s processing facility may be lower than the Btu quantity purchased at the wellhead primarily due to the NGLs extracted from the natural gas when processed through a plant. APL must make up or “keep the producer whole” for this loss in Btu quantity. To offset the make-up obligation, APL retains the NGLs which are extracted and sells them for its own account. Therefore, APL bears the economic risk (the “processing margin risk”) that (i) the Btu quantity of residue gas available for redelivery to the producer may be less than APL received from the producer; and/or (ii) aggregate proceeds from the sale of the processed natural gas and NGLs could be less than the amount that it paid for the unprocessed natural gas. In order to help mitigate the risk associated with Keep-Whole contracts, APL generally imposes a fee to gather the gas that is settled under this arrangement. Also, because the natural gas volumes contracted under some Keep-Whole agreements are lower in Btu content and thus can meet downstream pipeline specifications without being processed, the natural gas can be bypassed around the processing plants on these systems and delivered directly into downstream pipelines during periods when the processing margin is uneconomic.

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The Partnership and its subsidiaries accrue unbilled revenue and APL accrues the related purchase costs due to timing differences between the delivery of natural gas, NGLs, crude oil and condensate and the receipt of a delivery statement. These revenues are recorded based upon volumetric data from ARP’s and APL’s records and management estimates of the related commodity sales and transportation and compression fees which are, in turn, based upon applicable product prices (see “Use of Estimates” for further description). ARPThe Partnership and APLits subsidiaries had unbilled revenues at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 of $155.6$192.1 million and $134.2 million, respectively, which were included in accounts receivable within the Partnership’sits consolidated balance sheets. APL’s accrued purchase costs at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 are included within accrued producer liabilities within the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Comprehensive income (loss) includes net income (loss) and all other changes in the equity of a business during a period from transactions and other events and circumstances from non-owner sources that, under U.S. GAAP, have not been recognized in the calculation of net income (loss). These changes, other than net income (loss), are referred to as “other comprehensive income (loss)” on the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements, and at June 30, 2013,for all periods presented, only include changes in the fair value of unsettled derivative contracts accounted for as cash flow hedges (see Note 9). The Partnership does not have any other type of transaction which would be included within other comprehensive income (loss).

In

On October 23, 2013, the Partnership revisedfiled a Form 10-K/A (“Form 10-K/A”) to amend its previously filed Annual Report on Form 10-K for the presentation of itsyear ended December 31, 2012.  In the Form 10-K/A, the Partnership restated the consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) in orderof the Partnership and subsidiaries for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 to more clearly distinguishreorder certain line items and subtotals presented, separately disclose the amounts of total other comprehensive income (loss), consolidated comprehensive income (loss), including amounts attributable to the common limited partners and attributable to non-controlling interests, and revise certain headings in such consolidated financial statements.  The accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2012 have been restated to conform with the presentation included within the Form 10-K/A.  The previously reported amounts of comprehensive income (loss) attributable to each of the Partnership and the non-controlling interest. This change in presentation has been applied to all periods presented. The previously reported amounts of other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to the Partnershipcommon limited partners did not change for any period.

of the previously reported periods.

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

In FebruaryJuly 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2013-10,Inclusion of the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (or Overnight Index Swap Rate) as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes(“Update 2013-10”), which amends Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815. Topic 815 provides guidance on the risks that are permitted to be hedged in a fair value or cash flow hedge. In addition, only the interest rates on direct Treasury obligations of the U.S. Government (“UST”) and the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) swap rate are considered benchmark interest rates. Update 2013-10 amends Topic 815 to include the Overnight Index Swap Rate (“OIS”), also referred to as the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate, as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes. Including the OIS as an acceptable U.S. benchmark interest rate in addition to UST and LIBOR will provide risk managers with a more comprehensive spectrum of interest rate resets to utilize as the designated benchmark interest rate risk component under the hedge accounting guidance in Topic 815. Update 2013-10 is effective for qualifying new or redesignated hedging relationships entered into on or after July 17, 2013. The Partnership adopted the requirements of Update 2013-10 upon its effective date of July 17, 2013, and it had no material impact on its financial position, results of operations or related disclosures.

In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-02,Comprehensive Income (Topic 220)(“Update 2013-02”).Update 2013-02 requires an entity to provide information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component. In addition, an entity is required to present significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income if the amount reclassified to net income in its entirety is in the same reporting period as incurred. For other amounts that are not required to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity is required to reference to other disclosures that provide additional detail about those amounts. Entities are required to implement the amendments prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012, with early adoption being permitted. The Partnership adopted the requirements of Update 2013-02 upon its effective date of January 1, 2013, and it had no material impact on its financial position, results of operations or related disclosures.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-11,Income Taxes (Topic 740) – Presentation–Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists(“Update 2013-11”),

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which, among other changes, requires an entity to present an unrecognized tax benefit as a liability and not net with deferred tax assets when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward is not available at the reporting date to settle any additional income taxes under the tax law of the applicable jurisdiction that would result from the disallowance of a tax position or when the tax law of the applicable tax jurisdiction does not require, and the entity does not intend to, use the deferred tax asset for such purpose. These requirements are effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013. Early adoption is permitted. These amendments should be applied prospectively to all unrecognized tax benefits that exist at the effective date. Retrospective application is permitted. The Partnership will apply the requirements of Update 2013-11 upon its effective date of January 1, 2014, and it does not anticipate it having a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or related disclosures.

In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-10,Inclusion of the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate (or Overnight Index Swap Rate) as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes(“Update 2013-10”). Currently, Topic 815 provides guidance on the risks that are permitted to be hedged in a fair value or cash flow hedge. In addition, only the interest rates on direct Treasury obligations of the U.S. Government (UST) and the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) swap rate are considered benchmark interest rates. Update 2013-10 amends Topic 815 to include the Overnight Index Swap Rate (OIS), also referred to as the Fed Funds Effective Swap Rate, as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes. Including the OIS as an acceptable U.S. benchmark interest rate in addition to UST and LIBOR will provide risk managers with a more comprehensive spectrum of interest rate resets to utilize as the designated benchmark interest rate risk component under the hedge accounting guidance in Topic 815. Update 2013-10 is effective for qualifying new or redesignated hedging relationships entered into on or after July 17, 2013. The Partnership will apply the requirements of Update 2013-10 upon its effective date of July 17, 2013, and it does not anticipate it having a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or related disclosures.

In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-04,Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements for Which the Total Amount of the Obligation is Fixed at the Reporting Date(“Update 2013-04”). Update 2013-04 provides guidance for the recognition, measurement, and disclosure, of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation within the scope of this guidance is fixed at the reporting date, except for obligations addressed within existing guidance in U.S. GAAP. Examples of obligations within the scope of this update include debt arrangements, other contractual obligations and settled litigation and judicial rulings. Update 2013-04 requires an entity to measure joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation is fixed at the reporting date as the sum of the amount the reporting entity agreed to pay on the basis of its arrangement among its co-obligors and any additional amount the reporting entity expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors. In addition, Update 2013-04 provides disclosure guidance on the nature and amount of the obligation as well as other information. Update 2013-04 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2013. The Partnership will apply the requirements of Update 2013-04 upon its effective date of January 1, 2014, and it does not anticipate it having a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or related disclosures.

NOTE 3 �� ACQUISITIONS

ARP EP Energy Acquisition

On July 31, 2013, ARP completed an acquisition of assets from EP Energy E&P Company, L.P (“EP Energy”). Pursuant to the purchase and sale agreement, ARP acquired certain assets from EP Energy for approximately $705.9 million in cash, net of purchase price adjustments (the “EP Energy Acquisition”). ARP funded the purchase price through borrowings under its revolving credit facility, the issuance of its 9.25% ARP Senior Notes due August 15, 2021 (see Note 8), and the issuance of 14,950,000 common limited partner units and 3,749,986 newly created Class C convertible preferred units (see Note 14).  The ARP assets acquired included coal-bed methane producing natural gas assets in the Raton Basin in northern New Mexico, the Black Warrior Basin in central Alabama and the County Line area of Wyoming. The EP Energy Acquisition had an effective date of May 1, 2013. The accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the operating results of the acquired business commencing July 31, 2013.

ARP accounted for this transaction under the acquisition method of accounting. Accordingly, ARP evaluated the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their respective acquisition date fair values (see Note 10). All costs associated with the acquisition of assets were expensed as incurred. Due to the recent date of the acquisition, the accounting for the business combination is based upon preliminary data that remains subject to adjustment and could further change as ARP continues to evaluate the facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date

The following table presents the preliminary values assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the acquisition, based on their estimated fair values at the date of the acquisition (in thousands):

Assets:

Property, plant and equipment

720,118

Liabilities:

   

   

   

Asset retirement obligation

   

14,142

      

Net assets acquired

$

705,976

      

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Revenues and net loss of $25.8 million and $4.8 million, respectively, have been included in the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations related to the EP Energy Acquisition for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013.

ARP’s DTE Acquisition

On December 20, 2012, ARP completed the acquisition of DTE Gas Resources, LLC from DTE Energy Company (NYSE: DTE; “DTE”) for $257.4 million, subject to certain post-closing adjustments (the “DTE Acquisition”). In connection with entering into a purchase agreement related to the DTE Acquisition, ARP issued approximately 7.9 million of its common limited partner units through a public offering in November 2012 for $174.5 million, which was used to partially repay amounts outstanding under its revolving credit facility prior to closing (see Note 14). The cash paid at closing was funded through $179.8 million of borrowings under ARP’s revolving credit facility and $77.6 million through borrowings under ARP’s term loan credit facility (see Note 8).

ARP accounted for this transaction under the acquisition method of accounting. Accordingly, ARP evaluated the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their respective acquisition date fair values (see Note 10). Due to the recent date of the acquisition, the accounting for the business combination is based upon preliminary data that remains subject to adjustment and could further change as ARP continues to evaluate the facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date.

The following table presents the preliminary values assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the acquisition, based on their estimated fair values at the date of the acquisition (in thousands):

   

Assets:

   

   

   

Accounts receivable

$

10,721

      

Prepaid expenses and other

   

2,100

      

Total current assets

   

12,821

      

   

   

   

   

Property, plant and equipment

   

263,194

      

Other assets, net

   

273

      

Total assets acquired

$

276,288

      

   

   

   

   

Liabilities:

   

   

   

Accounts payable

$

7,760

      

Accrued liabilities

   

2,910

      

Total current liabilities

   

10,670

      

   

   

   

   

Asset retirement obligation and other

   

8,169

      

Total liabilities assumed

   

18,839

      

Net assets acquired

$

257,449

      

ARP’s Titan Acquisition

On July 25, 2012, ARP completed the acquisition of Titan Operating, L.L.C. (“Titan”) in exchange for 3.8 million common units and 3.8 million newly-created convertible Class B preferred units (which had an estimated collective value of $193.2 million, based upon the closing price of ARP’s publicly traded units as of the acquisition closing date), as well as $15.4 million in cash for closing adjustments (see Note 14). The cash paid at closing was funded through borrowings under ARP’s credit facility. The common units and preferred units were issued and sold in a private transaction exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) (see Note 14).

ARP accounted for this transaction under the acquisition method of accounting. Accordingly, ARP evaluated the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their respective acquisition date fair values (see Note 10).

The following table presents the values assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the acquisition, based on their estimated fair values at the date of the acquisition (in thousands):

   

Assets:

  

Cash and cash equivalents

  $372  

Accounts receivable

   5,253  

Prepaid expenses and other

   131  
  

 

 

 

Total current assets

   5,756  

Natural gas and oil properties

   208,491  

Other assets, net

   2,344  
  

 

 

 

Total assets acquired

  $216,591  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Accounts payable

  $676  

Revenue distribution payable

   3,091  

Accrued liabilities

   1,816  
  

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

   5,583  

Asset retirement obligation and other

   2,418  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities assumed

   8,001  
  

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

  $208,590  
  

 

 

 

Assets:

   

   

   

Cash and cash equivalents

$

372

      

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Accounts receivable

   

5,253

      

Prepaid expenses and other

   

131

      

Total current assets

   

5,756

      

   

   

   

   

Property, plant and equipment

   

208,491

      

Other assets, net

   

2,344

      

Total assets acquired

$

216,591

      

   

   

   

   

Liabilities:

   

   

   

Accounts payable

$

676

      

Revenue distribution payable

   

3,091

      

Accrued liabilities

   

1,816

      

Total current liabilities

   

5,583

      

   

   

   

   

Asset retirement obligation and other

   

2,418

      

Total liabilities assumed

   

8,001

      

Net assets acquired

$

208,590

      

ARP’s Carrizo Acquisition

On April 30, 2012, ARP completed the acquisition of certain oil and natural gas assets from Carrizo Oil and Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRZO; “Carrizo”) for approximately $187.0 million in cash. The purchase price was funded through borrowings under ARP’s credit facility and $119.5 million of net proceeds from the sale of 6.0 million of its common units at a negotiated purchase price per unit of $20.00, of which $5.0 million was purchased by certain executives of the Partnership. The common units were issued in a private transaction exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act (see Note 14).

ARP accounted for this transaction under the acquisition method of accounting. Accordingly, ARP evaluated the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their respective acquisition date fair values (see Note 10).

The following table presents the values assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the acquisition, based on their estimated fair values at the date of the acquisition (in thousands):

   

Assets:

  

Natural gas and oil properties

  $190,946  

Liabilities:

  

Asset retirement obligation

   3,903  
  

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

  $187,043  
  

 

 

 

Assets:

   

   

   

Property, plant and equipment

$

190,946

      

Liabilities:

   

   

   

Asset retirement obligation

   

3,903

      

Net assets acquired

$

187,043

      

APL’s TEAK Acquisition.

On May 7, 2013, APL completed the acquisition of 100% of the equity interests held by TEAK Midstream, LLC (“TEAK”) for $1.0 billion in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments, less cash received (the “TEAK Acquisition”), including $50.0 million placed into escrow pending final settlement of working capital adjustments and to cover potential indemnity claims. The funds placed into escrow were recognized within prepaid expenses and other on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013. Through the TEAK Acquisition, APL acquired natural gas gathering and processing facilities in southern Texas, including two cryogenic processing facilities, related gathering pipelines, a 75% interest in T2 LaSalle Gathering Company (“T2 LaSalle”), a 50% interest in T2 Eagle Ford Gathering Company (“T2 Eagle Ford”), and a 50% interest in T2 EF Cogeneration Holdings, LLC (“T2 Co-Gen”) (collectively, the “T2 Joint Ventures”).

APL funded the purchase price for the TEAK Acquisition through:

   

the private placement of $400.0 million of its Class D convertible preferred units (“Class D Preferred UnitsUnits”) for net proceeds of $397.7 million, including the Partnership’s general partner contribution of $8.2 million to maintain its 2.0% general partner interest in APL (see Note 14);

   

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the sale of 11,845,000of11,845,000 APL common limited partner units in a public offering at a negotiated purchase price of $34.00 per unit, generating net proceeds of approximately $388.4 million, plus the Partnership’s general partner contribution of $8.3 million to maintain its 2.0% general partner interest in APL (see Note 14); and

   

borrowings under its senior secured revolving credit facility.

Subsequent to the closing of the TEAK Acquisition, APL issued $400.0 million of its 4.75% unsecured senior notes due November 15, 2021 (“4.75% APL Senior Notes”) on May 10, 2013 for net proceeds of $391.5 million to reduce the level of borrowings under its revolving credit facility, including amounts borrowed in connection with the TEAK Acquisition (see Note 8).

APL accounted for this transaction under the acquisition method of accounting. Accordingly, APL evaluated the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their respective acquisition date fair values (see Note 10). In conjunction with the issuance of APL’s common and preferred limited partner units associated with the acquisition, $16.6 million of transaction fees were included in the net proceeds recorded within non-controlling interests on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet. In conjunction with APL’s issuance of the 4.75% APL Senior Notes and an amendment to its revolving credit facility (see Note 8), APL recorded $9.5 million of transaction fees as deferred financing costs, which are included in other assets, net on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2013. All other costs associated with the acquisition were expensed as incurred.

Due to the recent date of the acquisition, the accounting for the business combination is based upon preliminary data that remains subject to adjustment and could further change as APL continues to evaluate the facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date.

The following table presents the preliminary values assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the TEAK Acquisition, based on their estimated fair values at the date of the acquisition (in thousands):

   

Assets:

  

Cash

  $8,157  

Accounts receivable

   11,837  

Prepaid expenses and other

   567  
  

 

 

 

Total current assets

   20,561  

Property, plant and equipment

   290,118  

Intangible assets

   285,000  

Goodwill

   279,286  

Equity method investment in joint ventures

   148,120  
  

 

 

 

Total assets acquired

  $1,023,085  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   15,405  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities assumed

   15,405  
  

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

   1,007,680  

Less cash received

   (8,157
  

 

 

 

Net cash paid for acquisition

  $999,523  
  

 

 

 

Assets:

   

   

   

Cash

$

8,157

      

Accounts receivable

   

11,837

      

Prepaid expenses and other

   

1,871

      

Total current assets

   

21,865

      

Property, plant and equipment

   

290,118

      

Intangible assets

   

285,000

      

Goodwill

   

280,331

      

Equity method investment in joint ventures

   

148,120

      

Total assets acquired

$

1,025,434

      

   

   

   

   

Liabilities:

   

   

   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   

17,754

      

Total liabilities assumed

   

17,754

      

Net assets acquired

   

1,007,680

      

Less cash received

   

(8,157

Net cash paid for acquisition

$

999,523

      

Revenues and net loss of $20.2$39.2 million and $2.5$8.8 million, respectively, for the three months ended September 30, 2013, and $59.2 million and $11.3 million, respectively, for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from the acquisition date of May 7, 2013 have been included in the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements related to the TEAK Acquisition for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013, respectively.Acquisition. Net income of $1.1$1.0 million which was contributed from the TEAK Acquisition from April 1, 2013 (the effective date) to May 7, 2013 (the closing date) was included as a reduction to the purchase price adjustment.

APL’s Cardinal Acquisition

On December 20, 2012, APL completed the Cardinal Acquisition for $599.1 million in cash, including final purchase price adjustments. The assets from this acquisition, which are referred to as the APL Arkoma assets, include gas gathering, processing and treating facilities in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas and a 60% interest in Centrahoma. The remaining 40% ownership interest in Centrahoma is held by Mark-West Energy Partners, L.P. (NYSE: MWE)

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(“MarkWest”). APL funded the purchase price for the Cardinal Acquisition in part from the private placement of $175.0 million of its 6.625% senior unsecured notes due 2020 (“6.625% APL Senior Notes”) at a premium of 3.0%, for net proceeds of $176.5 million (see Note 8); and from the sale of 10,507,033 APL common limited partner units in a public offering at a negotiated purchase price of $31.00 per unit, generating net proceeds of approximately $319.3 million, including the Partnership’s contribution of $6.7 million to maintain its 2.0% general partner interest in APL (see Note 14). APL funded the remaining purchase price from its senior secured revolving credit facility (see Note 8). As part of the Cardinal Acquisition, APL placed $25.0 million into escrow to cover potential indemnity claims and was recognized within prepaid expenses and other on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2012. The $25.0 million was released to the sellers during the three and six months endedin June 30, 2013.

APL accounted for this transaction under the acquisition method of accounting. Accordingly, APL evaluated the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their respective acquisition date fair values (see Note 10). Due to the recent date of the acquisition, the accounting for the business combination is based upon preliminary data that remains subject to adjustment and could further change as APL continues to evaluate the facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date.

The following table presents the preliminary values assigned to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed in the Cardinal Acquisition, based on their estimated fair values at the date of the acquisition, including the 40% non-controlling interest of Centrahoma held by MarkWest (in thousands):

   

Assets:

  

Cash

  $1,184  

Accounts receivable

   13,783  

Prepaid expenses and other

   1,289  

Property, plant and equipment

   246,787  

Intangible assets

   232,740  

Goodwill

   213,677  
  

 

 

 

Total assets acquired

   709,460  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

  

Current portion of long-term debt

   341  

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   14,128  

Deferred tax liability, net

   35,353  

Long-term debt, less current portion

   604  
  

 

 

 

Total liabilities acquired

   50,426  
  

 

 

 

Non-controlling interest

   58,703  
  

 

 

 

Net assets acquired

   600,331  

Less cash received

   (1,184
  

 

 

 

Net cash paid for acquisition

  $599,147  
  

 

 

 

Assets:

   

   

   

Cash

$

1,184

      

Accounts receivable

   

13,783

      

Prepaid expenses and other

   

1,289

      

Property, plant and equipment

   

246,787

      

Intangible assets

   

232,740

      

Goodwill

   

214,532

      

Total assets acquired

   

710,315

      

   

   

   

   

Liabilities:

   

   

   

Current portion of long-term debt

   

341

      

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   

14,854

      

Deferred tax liability, net

   

35,353

      

Long-term debt, less current portion

   

604

      

Total liabilities acquired

   

51,152

      

   

   

   

   

Non-controlling interest

   

58,832

      

   

   

   

   

Net assets acquired

   

600,331

      

Less cash received

   

(1,184

Net cash paid for acquisition

$

599,147

      

The fair value of MarkWest’s 40% non-controlling interest in Centrahoma was based upon the purchase price allocated to the 60% controlling interest APL acquired using an income approach. This measurement uses significant inputs that are not observable in the market and thus represents a fair value measurement categorized within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. The 40% non-controlling interest in Centrahoma was reduced by a 5.0% adjustment for lack of control that market participants would consider when measuring its fair value.

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Pro Forma Financial Information

The following data presents pro forma revenues, net income (loss) and basic and diluted net income (loss) per unit for the Partnership as if the EP Energy and TEAK acquisition,acquisitions, including the related borrowings, net proceeds from the issuance of debt and issuances of common and preferred units had occurred on January 1, 2012. The Partnership prepared these pro forma unaudited financial results for comparative purposes only; they may not be indicative of the results that would have occurred if the EP Energy and TEAK acquisitionacquisitions and related offerings and borrowings had occurred on January 1, 2012 or the results that will be attained in future periods (in thousands, except per share data; unaudited):

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013  2012  2013  2012 

Total revenues and other

  $653,846   $369,603   $1,197,892   $735,624  

Net income (loss)

   (8,717  38,631    (61,457  12,081  

Net loss attributable to common limited partners

   (9,409  (10,764  (25,031  (32,080

Net loss attributable to common limited partners per unit:

     

Basic and Diluted

  $(0.18 $(0.21 $(0.49 $(0.63

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

NineMonthsEnded
September30,

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

Total revenues and other

$

662,914

   

   

$

391,511

   

   

$

1,925,582

   

   

$

1,185,573

   

Net loss

   

(57,948

)

   

   

(36,221

)

   

   

(89,270

)

   

   

(73,624

)

Net loss attributable to common limited partners

   

(19,351

)

   

   

(14,183

)

   

   

(38,589

)

   

   

(62,103

)

Net loss attributable to common limited partners per unit:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Basic and Diluted

$

(0.38

)

   

$

(0.28

)

   

$

(0.75

)

   

$

(1.21

)

Other Acquisitions

On July 31, 2013, the Partnership completed the acquisition of certain natural gas and oil producing assets in the Arkoma Basin from EP Energy for approximately $64.5 million, net of purchase price adjustments (the “Arkoma Acquisition”).  The Arkoma Acquisition was funded with a portion of the proceeds from the issuance of the Partnership’s term loan facility (see Note 8).  The Arkoma Acquisition had an effective date of May 1, 2013.

On September 20, 2013, ARP completed the acquisition of certain assets from Norwood Natural Resources (“Norwood”) for $5.4 million (the “Norwood Acquisition”). The assets acquired included Norwood’s non-operating working interest in certain producing wells in the Barnett Shale. The Norwood Acquisition had an effective date of June 1, 2013.

NOTE 4  APL EQUITY METHOD INVESTMENTS

The Partnership’s consolidated financial statements include APL’s 20% interest in West Texas LPG Pipeline Limited Partnership (“WTLPG”), 75% interest in T2 LaSalle, 50% interest in T2 Eagle Ford and 50% interest in T2 EF Co-Gen. APL acquired its interests in T2 LaSalle, T2 Eagle Ford, and T2 EF Co-Gen (“T2 Joint Ventures”) as part of the TEAK Acquisition. The T2 Joint Ventures do meet the qualifications of a Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”), but APL does not meet the qualifications as the primary beneficiary. Under the terms of the respective joint venture agreements, APL is not the operator, does not have a controlling financial interest and shares equal management rights with TexStar Midstream Services, L.P. (“TexStar”). APL’s maximum exposure to loss as a result of its involvement with the joint ventures is limited to its equity investment, additional capital contribution commitments and APL’s share of any operating expenses incurred by the joint venture. Therefore, APL accounts for its investments in the joint ventures under the equity method of accounting. APL’s proportionate share of the net income of the joint ventures is included within other, net on the Partnership’s consolidated statement of operations for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012.

Investments in excess of the underlying net assets of equity method investees identifiable to property, plant and equipment or finite lived intangible assets are amortized over the useful life of the related assets and recorded as a reduction to equity investment on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet with an offsetting reduction to equity income on the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations.

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The following table presentstables present the Partnership’s equity method investments and equity income (loss) in joint ventures as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

   

   Investment in Joint Venture 
   June 30,
2013
   December 31,
2012
 

WTLPG

  $86,129    $86,002  

T2 LaSalle

   50,591     —    

T2 Eagle Ford

   85,925     —    

T2 EF Co-Gen

   9,445     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Equity method investment in joint ventures

  $232,090    $86,002  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013  2012   2013  2012 

Equity income in WTLPG

  $1,687   $1,917    $3,727   $2,813  

Equity loss in T2 LaSalle

   (898  —       (898  —    

Equity loss in T2 Eagle Ford

   (1,078  —       (1,078  —    

Equity loss in T2 EF Co-Gen

   (183  —       (183  —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Equity income (loss) in joint ventures

  $(472 $1,917    $1,568   $2,813  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

Investment in Joint Venture

   

   

September 30,
2013

   

      

December 31,
2012

   

WTLPG

$

85,718

      

      

$

86,002

      

T2 LaSalle

   

49,337

      

      

   

—  

      

T2 Eagle Ford

   

88,693

      

      

   

—  

      

T2 EF Co-Gen

   

14,473

      

      

   

—  

      

Equity method investment in joint ventures

$

238,221

      

      

$

86,002

      

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

      

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

      

2013

   

   

2012

   

Equity income in WTLPG

$

1,389

      

   

$

1,422

      

      

$

5,116

      

   

$

4,235

      

Equity loss in T2 LaSalle

   

(1,263

   

   

—  

      

      

   

(2,162

   

   

—  

      

Equity loss in T2 Eagle Ford

   

(1,120

   

   

—  

      

      

   

(2,198

   

   

—  

      

Equity loss in T2 EF Co-Gen

   

(888

   

   

—  

      

      

   

(1,070

   

   

—  

      

Equity income (loss) in joint ventures

$

(1,882

   

$

1,422

      

      

$

(314

)  

   

$

4,235

      

NOTE 5  PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

The following is a summary of property, plant and equipment at the dates indicated (in thousands):

   

   June 30,
2013
  December 31,
2012
  Estimated
Useful Lives
in Years

Natural gas and oil properties:

    

Proved properties:

    

Leasehold interests

  $257,863   $244,476   

Pre-development costs

   3,750    1,935   

Wells and related equipment

   1,350,304    1,222,475   
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Total proved properties

   1,611,917    1,468,886   

Unproved properties

   293,631    292,053   

Support equipment

   14,300    13,110   
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

Total natural gas and oil properties

   1,919,848    1,774,049   

Pipelines, processing and compression facilities

   2,804,533    2,326,186   2 – 40

Rights of way

   186,863    179,018   20 – 40

Land, buildings and improvements

   28,956    25,609   3 – 40

Other

   31,698    26,656   3 – 10
  

 

 

  

 

 

  
   4,971,898    4,331,518   

Less – accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization

   (935,711  (828,909 
  

 

 

  

 

 

  
  $4,036,187   $3,502,609   
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

   

September 30,
2013

   

   

December 31,
2012

   

   

Estimated
Useful Lives
in Years

   

Natural gas and oil properties:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Proved properties:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Leasehold interests

$

293,397

      

   

$

244,476

      

   

   

   

   

Pre-development costs

   

4,328

      

   

   

1,935

      

   

   

   

   

Wells and related equipment

   

2,202,330

      

   

   

1,222,475

      

   

   

   

   

Total proved properties

   

2,500,055

      

   

   

1,468,886

      

   

   

   

   

Unproved properties

   

266,827

      

   

   

292,053

      

   

   

   

   

Support equipment

   

17,447

      

   

   

13,110

      

   

   

   

   

Total natural gas and oil properties

   

2,784,329

      

   

   

1,774,049

      

   

   

   

   

Pipelines, processing and compression facilities

   

2,924,666

      

   

   

2,326,186

      

   

   

2–40

      

Rights of way

   

191,034

      

   

   

179,018

      

   

   

20–40

      

Land, buildings and improvements

   

29,542

      

   

   

25,609

      

   

   

3–40

      

Other

   

33,097

      

   

   

26,656

      

   

   

3–10

      

   

   

5,962,668

      

   

   

4,331,518

      

   

   

   

   

Less – accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization

   

(1,004,117

   

   

(828,909

   

   

   

   

   

$

4,958,551

      

   

$

3,502,609

      

   

   

   

   

During the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP recognized $0.7 million and $1.4$2.0 million, respectively, of loss on asset sales and disposal, pertaining to its decision not to drill wells on leasehold property that expired during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 in Indiana and Tennessee. During the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL recognized $1.5 million of loss on asset sales and disposal primarily related to its decision to not pursue a project to construct pipelines in an area where acquired rights of way had expired. No gain or loss was recognized by APL during the three months ended September 30, 2013.

During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012, ARP recognized a $7.0 million loss on asset sales and disposal pertaining to its decision to terminate a farm-out agreement with a third party for well drilling in the South Knox area of the New Albany Shale that was originally entered into in 2010. The farm-out agreement contained certain well drilling targets for ARP to maintain ownership of the South Knox processing plant, which ARP’s management decided in 2012 to not achieve

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due to the then current natural gas price environment. As a result, ARP forfeited its interest in the processing plant and related properties and recorded a loss related to the net book values of those assets during the year ended December 31, 2012.

During the year ended December 31, 2012, ARP recognized $9.5 million of asset impairments related to its gas and oil properties within property, plant and equipment, net on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet for ARP’s shallow natural gas wells in the Antrim and Niobrara Shales. These impairments related to the carrying amounts of gas and oil properties being in excess of ARP’s estimate of their fair values at December 31, 2012. The estimate of fair values of these gas and oil properties was impacted by, among other factors, the deterioration of natural gas prices at the date of measurement.

NOTE 6  OTHER ASSETS

The following is a summary of other assets at the dates indicated (in thousands):

   

   June 30,
2013
   December 31,
2012
 

Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $35,281 and $26,053 at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively

  $62,090    $45,629  

Investment in Lightfoot

   19,440     19,882  

ARP’s notes receivable

   4,312     —    

Security deposits

   2,159     2,390  

Other

   4,720     3,101  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $92,721    $71,002  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

   

September 30,
2013

   

      

December 31,
2012

   

Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization of $40,445 and $26,053 at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively

$

88,572

      

      

$

45,629

      

Investment in Lightfoot

   

21,570

      

      

   

19,882

      

ARP’s notes receivable

   

4,127

      

      

   

—  

      

Security deposits

   

3,552

      

      

   

2,390

      

Other

   

5,708

      

      

   

3,101

      

   

$

123,529

      

      

$

71,002

      

Deferred financefinancing costs.Deferred financing costs are recorded at cost and amortized over the term of the respective debt agreements (see Note 8). Amortization expense of deferred financefinancing costs was $3.0$5.2 million and $1.6 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $6.0$11.1 million and $3.0$4.6 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, which was recorded within interest expense on the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations.

During the sixthree and nine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership capitalized $10.2 million and $10.6 million, respectively, of deferred financing costs related to its revolving and term loan credit facilities (see Note 8).  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, ARP capitalized $21.3 million of deferred financing costs related to its amended revolving credit facility and the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes due August 15, 2021 (see Note 8). During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, ARP also recognized $3.2 million for accelerated amortization of deferred financing costs associated with the retirement of a portion of its term loan facility and a portion of the outstanding indebtedness under its revolving credit facility with a portion of the proceeds from its issuance of senior unsecured notes due 2021 (“7.75% ARP Senior Notes”) (see Note 8).

APL capitalized $0.1 million and $6.0 million of deferred financing costs during the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $22.5 million and $9.4 million of deferred financing costs during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL recorded $5.3 million of accelerated amortization of deferred financing costs related to the retirement of its 8.75% unsecured senior notes due 2018 (“8.75% APL Senior Notes”) to loss on early extinguishment of debt on the Partnership’s consolidated statement of operations (see Note 8). There was no accelerated amortization of deferred financing costs during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 and during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.

Notes Receivable.At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP had notes receivable with certain investors of its Drilling Partnerships, which waswere included within other assets on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet. The notes have a maturity date of March 31, 2022, and a 2.25% per annum interest rate. The maturity date of the notes can be extended to March 31, 2027, subject to certain closing conditions, including an extension fee of 1.0% of the outstanding principal balance. For the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, approximately $25,000 and $50,000, respectively, of interest income was recognized within other, net on the Partnership’s consolidated statementstatements of operations. There was no interest income recognized for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP recorded no allowance for credit losses within the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet based upon payment history and ongoing credit evaluations.

Investment in Lightfoot.At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership ownsowned an approximate 12% interest in Lightfoot LP and an approximate 16% interest in Lightfoot GP, the general partner of Lightfoot LP, an entity for which Jonathan Cohen,

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Executive Chairman of the General Partner’s board of directors, is the Chairman of the Board. Lightfoot LP focuses its investments primarily on incubating new master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) and providing capital to existing MLPs in need of additional equity or structured debt. The Partnership accounts for its investment in Lightfoot under the equity method of accounting. During the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership recognized equity income of approximately $0.3$2.1 million and $2.4 million, respectively, within other, net on the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations. During the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012, the Partnership recognized equity income of $0.2$0.8 million and $0.5$1.3 million, respectively. During the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, no cash distribution was received by the Partnership. During the three months ended September 30, 2012, the Partnership received net cash distributions of approximately $0.5 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Partnership received net cash distributions of approximately $0.7 million and $0.2 million, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, the Partnership received net cash distributions of approximately $0.7 million and $0.4$0.9 million, respectively.

NOTE 7  ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

The Partnership and ARP recognized an estimated liability for the plugging and abandonment of itstheir respective gas and oil wells and related facilities. The Partnership and ARP also recognized a liability for itstheir respective future asset retirement obligations if a reasonable estimate of the fair value of that liability can be made. The associated asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. The Partnership and its subsidiaries also consider the estimated salvage value in the calculation of depreciation, depletion and amortization.

The estimated liability was based on ARP’s historical experience in plugging and abandoning wells, estimated remaining lives of those wells based on reserve estimates, external estimates as to the cost to plug and abandon the wells in the future and federal and state regulatory requirements. The liability was discounted using an assumed credit-adjusted risk-free interest rate. Revisions to the liability could occur due to changes in estimates of plugging and abandonment costs or remaining lives of the wells, or if federal or state regulators enact new plugging and abandonment requirements. The Partnership and ARP hashave no assets legally restricted for purposes of settling asset retirement obligations. Except for the Partnership and ARP’s gas and oil properties, the Partnership and its subsidiaries determined that there were no other material retirement obligations associated with tangible long-lived assets.

ARP proportionately consolidates its ownership interest of the asset retirement obligations of its Drilling Partnerships. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Drilling Partnerships had $58.4$62.3 million of aggregate asset retirement obligation liabilities recognized on their combined balance sheets allocable to the limited partners, exclusive of ARP’s proportional interest in such liabilities. Under the terms of the respective partnership agreements, ARP maintains the right to retain a portion or all of the distributions to the limited partners of its Drilling Partnerships to cover the limited partners’ share of the plugging and abandonment costs up to a specified amount per month. During both the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP withheld approximately $40,000$0.1 and $0.2 million of limited partner distributions related to the asset retirement obligations of certain Drilling Partnerships. No amounts were withheld during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. ARP’s historical practice and continued intention is to retain distributions from the limited partners as the wells within each Drilling Partnership near the end of thetheir useful life. On a partnership-by-partnership basis, ARP assesses its right to withhold amounts related to plugging and abandonment costs based on several factors including commodity prices,price trends, the natural decline in the production of the wells, and current and future costs.

 Generally, ARP’s intention is to retain distributions from the limited partners as the fair value of the future cash flows of the limited partners’ interest approaches the fair value of the future plugging and abandonment cost.  Upon ARP’s decision to retain all future distributions to the limited partners of its Drilling Partnerships, ARP will assume the related asset retirement obligations of the limited partners.

A reconciliation of the Partnership and ARP’s liability for well plugging and abandonment costs for the periods indicated is as follows (in thousands):

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013  2012  2013  2012 

Asset retirement obligations, beginning of period

  $66,386   $46,538   $64,794   $45,779  

Liabilities incurred

   599    3,911    1,244    4,092  

Liabilities settled

   (216  (132  (223  (250

Accretion expense

   963    729    1,917    1,425  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Asset retirement obligations, end of period

  $67,732   $51,046   $67,732   $51,046  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

Asset retirement obligations, beginning of period

$

67,732

      

   

$

51,046

      

   

$

64,794

      

   

$

45,779

      

Liabilities incurred

   

17,306

      

   

   

2,424

      

   

   

18,550

      

   

   

6,516

      

Liabilities settled

   

(158

   

   

(198

   

   

(381

   

   

(448

Accretion expense

   

1,353

      

   

   

768

      

   

   

3,270

      

   

   

2,193

      

Asset retirement obligations, end of period

$

86,233

      

   

$

54,040

      

   

$

86,233

      

   

$

54,040

      

The above accretion expense was included in depreciation, depletion and amortization in the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations and the asset retirement obligation liabilities were included within asset retirement obligations and other in the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the

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Partnership incurred $2.6 million of future plugging and abandonment costs related to the Arkoma Acquisition it consummated during the period. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, ARP incurred $14.1 million of future plugging and abandonment costs related to the EP Energy Acquisition it consummated during the period. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, ARP incurred $2.0 million and $5.9 million, respectively, of future plugging and abandonment costs related to other acquisitions it consummated during those respective periods.

NOTE 8  DEBT

Total debt consists of the following at the dates indicated (in thousands):

   

   June 30,
2013
  December 31,
2012
 

Revolving credit facility

  $34,000   $9,000  

ARP revolving credit facility

   —      276,000  

ARP term loan credit facility

   —      75,425  

ARP 7.75 % Senior Notes – due 2021

   275,000    —    

APL revolving credit facility

   80,000    293,000  

APL 8.75 % Senior Notes – due 2018

   —      370,184  

APL 6.625 % Senior Notes – due 2020

   504,894    505,231  

APL 5.875 % Senior Notes – due 2023

   650,000    —    

APL 4.750 % Senior Notes – due 2021

   400,000    —    

APL capital leases

   925    11,503  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total debt

   1,944,819    1,540,343  

Less current maturities

   (522  (10,835
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total long-term debt

  $1,944,297   $1,529,508  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

September 30,
2013

   

   

December 31,
2012

   

Term loan facility

$

240,000

   

   

$

—  

   

Revolving credit facility

   

—  

      

   

   

9,000

   

ARP revolving credit facility

   

425,000

      

   

   

276,000

      

ARP term loan credit facility

   

—  

      

   

   

75,425

      

ARP 7.75 % Senior Notes – due 2021

   

275,000

      

   

   

—  

      

ARP 9.25 % Senior Notes – due 2021

   

248,279

   

   

   

—  

   

APL revolving credit facility

   

100,000

      

   

   

293,000

      

APL 8.75 % Senior Notes – due 2018

   

—  

      

   

   

370,184

      

APL 6.625 % Senior Notes – due 2020

   

504,725

      

   

   

505,231

      

APL 5.875 % Senior Notes – due 2023

   

650,000

      

   

   

—  

      

APL 4.750 % Senior Notes – due 2021

   

400,000

      

   

   

—  

      

APL capital leases

   

927

      

   

   

11,503

      

Total debt

   

2,843,931

      

   

   

1,540,343

      

Less current maturities

   

(3,010

   

   

(10,835

Total long-term debt

$

2,840,921

      

   

$

1,529,508

      

Partnership’s Credit FacilityTerm Loan Facility.

In May 2012,

On July 31, 2013, in connection with the Arkoma Acquisition, the Partnership entered intoreceived net proceeds of $230.2 million under a credit$240.0 million secured term facility with a syndicategroup of banks that matures in May 2016 (see Note 18)outside investors (the “Term Facility”). On March 1, 2013, the Partnership amended its credit facility to increase its maximum lender commitments to $100.0 million, of which up to $5.0 million of the credit facility may be in the form of standby letters of credit. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, $34.0$240.0 million was outstanding under the credit facility.Term Facility. The Partnership’s obligationsTerm Facility has a maturity date of July 31, 2019. Borrowings under the credit facility are secured by substantially all of its assets, including its ownership interests in APL and ARP. Additionally, the Partnership’s obligations under the credit facility may be guaranteed by future subsidiaries. AtTerm Facility bear interest, at the Partnership’s election interest on borrowings under the credit facility is determined byat either LIBOR plus an applicable margin of between 3.50% and 4.50%5.50% per annum or the alternate base rate (“ABR”) plus an applicable margin of between 2.50% and 3.50%4.50% per annum. The applicable margin will fluctuate based onInterest is generally payable quarterly for ABR loans and, for LIBOR loans at the utilization ofinterest periods selected by the facility.Partnership. The Partnership is required to pay a fee between 0.5%repay principal at the rate of $0.6 million per quarter commencing December 31, 2013 and 0.625% per annum oncontinuing until the unused portion ofmaturity date when the borrowing base, whichremaining balance is included within interest expense on the Partnership’s consolidated statement of operations.due. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the weighted average interest rate on its outstanding credit facilityTerm Facility borrowings was 4.2%6.5%.

The credit agreementTerm Facility contains customary covenants, similar to those in the Partnership’s credit facility, that limit the Partnership’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, make loans or investments, make distributions if a commitment deficiency exists or a default under the credit agreement exists or would result from the distribution, merge into or consolidate with other persons, enter into commodity or interest rate swap agreements that do not conform to specified terms or that exceed specified amounts, or engage in certain asset dispositions including a sale of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets. The Term Facility also contains a covenant that requires the Partnership to maintain a ratio of Total Funded Debt (as defined in the Term Facility) to EBITDA (as defined in the Term Facility) the same as those in the Partnership’s credit facility. At September 30, 2013, the Partnership was in compliance with these covenants. The events which constitute events of default are also customary for credit facilities of this nature, including payment defaults, breaches of representations, warranties or covenants, asdefaults in the payment of Juneother indebtedness over a specified threshold, insolvency and change of control.

The Partnership’s obligations under the Term Facility are secured by first priority security interests in substantially all of its assets, including all of its ownership interests in its material subsidiaries and its ownership interests in APL and ARP. Additionally, the Partnership’s obligations under its Term Facility are guaranteed by its wholly-owned subsidiaries (excluding Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC) and may be guaranteed by future subsidiaries. The Term Facility is subject to an intercreditor agreement, which provides for certain rights and procedures, between the lenders under the Term Facility and the Partnership’s credit facility, with respect to enforcement of rights, collateral and application of payment proceeds.

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Partnership’s Revolving Credit Facility

On July 31, 2013, in connection with the Arkoma Acquisition, the Partnership entered into an amended and restated credit agreement with a syndicate of banks that matures on July 31, 2018. The credit facility has a maximum credit amount of $50.0 million, of which up to $5.0 million may be in the form of standby letters of credit. At September 30, 2013.2013, no amounts were outstanding under the credit facility.  The Partnership’s obligations under the credit facility are secured by first priority security interests in substantially all of its assets, including all of its ownership interests in its material subsidiaries and its ownership interests in APL and ARP. Additionally, the Partnership’s obligations under the credit facility are guaranteed by its material wholly-owned subsidiaries, (excluding Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC), and may be guaranteed by future subsidiaries. At the Partnership’s election, interest on borrowings under the credit agreement is determined by reference to either LIBOR plus an applicable margin of 5.50% per year or the ABR plus an applicable margin of 4.50% per year. Interest is generally payable quarterly for ABR loans and at the interest payment periods selected by the Partnership for LIBOR loans. The Partnership is required to pay a fee between 0.5% and 0.625% per annum on the unused portion of the commitments under the credit facility.  

The credit agreementfacility contains customary covenants that limit the Partnership’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, make loans or investments, make distributions if a default exists or would result from the distribution, merge into or consolidate with other persons, enter into commodity or interest rate swap agreements that do not conform to specified terms or that exceed specified amounts, or engage in certain asset dispositions including a sale of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets. The credit facility also contains covenants that (i) require the Partnership to maintain a ratio of Total Funded Debt (as defined in the credit agreement)facility) to EBITDA (as defined in the credit agreement)facility) not greater than 3.254.5 to 1.0 as of the last day of any fiscalthe quarter and a ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense (as defined in the credit agreement) not less than 2.75ending September 30, 2013; 4.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter.each of the quarters ending on or before September 30, 2015; and 3.5 to 1.0 for the last day of each of the quarters thereafter, and (ii) require the Partnership to enter into swaps agreements with respect to the assets acquired in the Arkoma Acquisition. Based on the definitions containeddefinition in the Partnership’s credit agreement, itsfacility, the Partnership’s ratio of Total Funded Debt to EBITDA was 0.52.8 to 1.0 and its ratio of EBITDA1.0.  During the three months ended September 30, 2013, the Partnership entered into swap agreements with respect to Consolidated Interest Expense was 97.0the assets acquired in the Arkoma Acquisition.

The credit facility is subject to 1.0 at June 30, 2013.

an intercreditor agreement as described above under the “Partnership’s Term Loan Facility”.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership has not guaranteed any of ARP’s or APL’s debt obligations.

ARP’s Credit Facility

At June 30,

On July 31, 2013, in connection with the acquisition of assets from EP Energy (see Note 3), ARP hadentered into a second amended and restated credit agreement (“ARP Credit Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, which amended and restated ARP’s existing revolving credit facility. The Credit Agreement provides for a senior secured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks with a current borrowing base of $430.0$835.0 million and a maximum facility amount of $1.5 billion, which is scheduled to mature in March 2016 (see Note 18).July 2018. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, no amounts were$425.0 million was outstanding under the credit facility. In January 2013, ARP repaid in full its $75.4 million term loan credit facility, which was scheduled to mature in May 2014, with proceeds from its issuance of 7.75% ARP Senior Notes. Up to $20.0 million of the revolving credit facility may be in the form of standby letters of credit, of which $0.6$2.1 million was outstanding at JuneSeptember 30, 2013. ARP’s obligations under the facility are secured by mortgages on its oil and gas properties and first priority security interests in substantially all of its assets. Additionally, obligations under the facility are guaranteed by substantially allcertain of ARP’s subsidiaries.material subsidiaries, and any subsidiaries of ARP, other than subsidiary guarantors, are minor. Borrowings under the credit facility bear interest, at ARP’s election, at either LIBOR plus an applicable margin between 1.75% and 3.00%2.75% per annum or the base rate (which is the higher of the bank’s prime rate, the Federal Funds rate plus 0.5% or one-month LIBOR plus 1.00%) plus an applicable margin between 0.75% and 2.00%1.75% per annum. ARP is also required to pay a fee of 0.5% per annum on the unused portion of the borrowing base at a rate of 0.5% per annum if 50% or more of the borrowing base is utilized and 0.375% per annum if less than 50% of the borrowing base is utilized, which is included within interest expense on the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations. At September 30, 2013, the weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings under the credit facility was 2.2%.

The revolving credit agreementARP Credit Agreement contains customary covenants that limit ARP’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, make loans or investments, make distributions if a borrowing base deficiency or default exists or would result from the distribution, merger or consolidation with other persons, or engage in certain asset dispositions including a sale of all or substantially all of its assets. ARP was in compliance with these covenants as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013. The credit agreementARP Credit Agreement also requires ARP to maintain a ratio of Total Funded Debt (as defined in the credit agreement) to four quarters (actual or annualized, as applicable) of EBITDA (as defined in the credit agreement) not greater than 4.50 to 1.0 as of the last

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day of the quarter ended September 30, 2013, 4.25 to 1.0 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter ending on or beforethe quarters ended December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014 and 4.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of fiscal quarters ending thereafter and a ratio of current assets (as defined in the credit agreement) to current liabilities (as defined in the credit agreement) of not less than 1.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter. Based on the definitions contained in ARP’s credit agreement, itsat September 30, 2013, ARP’s ratio of current assets to current liabilities was 3.92.7 to 1.0 and its ratio of Total Funded Debt to EBITDA was 2.34.2 to 1.0 at June 30, 2013.1.0.

ARP Senior Notes

On September 30, 2013, ARP had $275.0 million principal outstanding of 7.75% senior notes due 2021 (“7.75% ARP Senior Notes”) and $248.3 million principal outstanding of 9.25% Senior Notes due 2021 (“9.25% ARP Senior Notes”). On July 30, 2013, ARP issued $250.0 million of its 9.25% ARP Senior Notes in a private placement transaction at an offering price of 99.297% of par value, yielding net proceeds of approximately $242.8 million, net of underwriting fees and other offering costs, of $5.5 million.  The net proceeds were used to partially fund the EP Energy Acquisition (see Note 3). The 9.25% ARP Senior Notes were presented net of a $1.7 million unamortized discount as of September 30, 2013. Interest on the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes accrued from July 30, 2013, and is payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15, with the first interest payment date being February 15, 2014. At any time on or after August 15, 2017, ARP may redeem some or all of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes at a redemption price of 104.625%. On or after August 15, 2018, ARP may redeem some or all of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes at the redemption price of 102.313% and on or after August 15, 2019, ARP may redeem some or all of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes at the redemption price of 100.0%. In addition, at any time prior to August 15, 2016, ARP may redeem up to 35% of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes with the proceeds received from certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 109.25%. Under certain conditions, including if ARP sells certain assets and does not reinvest the proceeds or repay senior indebtedness or if it experiences specific kinds of changes of control, ARP must offer to repurchase the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes.

In connection with the issuance of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes, ARP entered into a registration rights agreement, whereby it agreed to (a) file an exchange offer registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to exchange the privately issued notes for registered notes, and (b) cause the exchange offer to be consummated by July 30, 2014. Under certain circumstances, in lieu of, or in addition to, a registered exchange offer, ARP has agreed to file a shelf registration statement with respect to the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes. If ARP fails to comply with its obligations to register the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes within the specified time periods, the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes will be subject to additional interest, up to 1% per annum, until such time that the exchange offer is consummated or the shelf registration statement is declared effective, as applicable.

On January 23, 2013, ARP issued $275.0 million of its 7.75% ARP Senior Notes due 2021 in a private placement transaction at par. ARP used the net proceeds of approximately $267.8$267.7 million, net of underwriting fees and other offering costs of $7.2$7.3 million, to repay all of the indebtedness and accrued interest outstanding under its then-existing term loan credit facility and a portion of the amounts outstanding under its revolving credit facility. UnderIn connection with the termsretirement of ARP’s term loan credit facility and the reduction in its revolving credit facility the borrowing base, was reduced by 15%ARP accelerated $3.2 million of amortization expense related to deferred financing costs during the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes to $368.8 million.nine months ended September 30, 2013 (see Note 6).  Interest on the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes is payable semi-annually on January 15 and July 15. At any time prior to January 15, 2016, the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes are redeemable up to 35% of the outstanding principal amount with the net cash proceeds of equity offerings at the redemption price of 107.75%. The 7.75% ARP Senior Notes are also subject to repurchase at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, upon a change of control. At any time prior to January 15, 2017, the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes are redeemable, in whole or in part, at a redemption price as defined in the governing indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any. On and after January 15, 2017, the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes are redeemable, in whole or in part, at a redemption price of 103.875%, decreasing to 101.938% on January 15, 2018 and 100% on January 15, 2019. The indenture governing

In connection with the issuance of the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes, containsARP entered into registration rights agreements, whereby it agreed to (a) file an exchange offer registration statement with the SEC to exchange the privately issued notes for registered notes, and (b) cause the exchange offer to be consummated by January 23, 2014. Under certain circumstances, in lieu of, or in addition to, a registered exchange offer, ARP has agreed to file a shelf registration statement with respect to the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes. If ARP fails to comply with its obligations to register the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes within the specified time period, the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes will be subject to additional interest, up to 1% per annum, until such time that the exchange offer is consummated or the shelf registration statement is declared effective, as applicable. On July 1, 2013, ARP filed a registration statement relating to the exchange offer for the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes.

The 9.25% ARP Senior Notes and 7.75% ARP Senior Notes are guaranteed by certain of ARP’s material subsidiaries. As of September 30, 2013, ARP was a holding company and had no independent assets or operations of its own. The

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guarantees under the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes and 7.75% ARP Senior Notes are full and unconditional and joint and several, and any subsidiaries of ARP, other than the subsidiary guarantors, are minor. There are no restrictions on ARP’s ability to obtain cash or any other distributions of funds from the guarantor subsidiaries.

The indentures governing the 7.75% and 9.25% ARP Senior Notes contain covenants, including limitations of ARP’s ability to incur certain liens, incur additional indebtedness; declare or pay distributions if an event of default has occurred; redeem, repurchase, or retire equity interests or subordinated indebtedness; make certain investments; or merge, consolidate or sell substantially all of ARP’s assets. ARP was in compliance with these covenants as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013.

In connection with the issuance of the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes, ARP entered into registration rights agreements, whereby it agreed to (a) file an exchange offer registration statement with the SEC to exchange the privately issued notes for registered notes, and (b) cause the exchange offer to be consummated by January 23, 2014. If ARP does not meet the aforementioned deadline, the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes will be subject to additional interest, up to 1% per annum, until such time that ARP causes the exchange offer to be consummated. On July 1, 2013, ARP filed its registration statement with the SEC in satisfaction of certain requirements of the registration rights agreement.

APL Credit Facility

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL had a $600.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks, which matures in May 2017, of which $80.0$100.0 million was outstanding. Borrowings under APL’s credit facility bear interest, at APL’s option, at either (i) the higher of (a) the prime rate, (b) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% and (c) three-month LIBOR plus 1.00%1.0%, or (ii) the LIBOR rate for the applicable period (each plus the applicable margin). The weighted average interest rate on APL’s outstanding revolving credit facility borrowings at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 was 3.2%. Up to $50.0 million of the credit facility may be utilized for letters of credit, of which $0.4 million was outstanding at JuneSeptember 30, 2013. These outstanding letter of credit amounts were not reflected as borrowings on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet at JuneSeptember 30, 2013. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL had $519.6$499.6 million of remaining committed capacity under its credit facility, subject to covenant limitations. The Partnership has not guaranteed any of the obligations under APL’s senior secured revolving credit facility.

Borrowings under APL’s credit facility are secured by (i) a lien on and security interest in all of APL’s property and that of its subsidiaries, except for the assets owned by the West OK and West TX entities in which APL has 95% interests, and Centrahoma, in which APL has a 60% interest; and their respective subsidiaries; and (ii) the guarantee of each of APL’s consolidated subsidiaries other than the joint venture companies.

The revolving credit facility contains customary covenants, including requirements that APL maintain certain financial thresholds and restrictions on its ability to (i) incur additional indebtedness, (ii) make certain acquisitions, loans or investments, (iii) make distribution payments to its unitholders if an event of default exists, or (iv) enter into a merger or sale of assets, including the sale or transfer of interests in its subsidiaries. APL is also unable to borrow under its credit facility to pay distributions of available cash to unitholders because such borrowings would not constitute “working capital borrowings” pursuant to its partnership agreement.

The events which constitute an event of default under the revolving credit facility are also customary for loans of this size, including payment defaults, breaches of representations or covenants contained in the credit agreement, adverse judgments against APL in excess of a specified amount and a change of control of APL’s general partner. On April 19, 2013, APL entered into an amendment to the credit agreement which, among other changes, adjusted certain covenant ratio limits and adjusted the method of calculation in connection with the TEAK acquisition. APL was in compliance with these covenants as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013.

APL Senior Notes Issuances

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL had $500.0 million principal outstanding of 6.625% APL Senior Notes due 2020, $650.0 million principal outstanding of 5.875% unsecured senior notes due August 1, 2023 (“5.875% APL Senior Notes”) and $400.0 million of 4.75% Senior Notes due 2021 (with the 6.625% APL Senior Notes and 5.875% APL Senior Notes, the “APL Senior Notes”).

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On May 10, 2013, APL issued $400.0 million of the 4.75% APL Senior Notes in a private placement transaction. The 4.75% APL Senior Notes were issued at par. APL received net proceeds of $391.5 million after underwriting commissions and other transactions costs and utilized the proceeds to repay a portion of the outstanding indebtedness under the revolving credit agreement as part of the TEAK Acquisition (see Note 3). Interest on the 4.75% APL Senior Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15. The 4.75% APL Senior Notes are due on November 15, 2021 and are redeemable any time after March 15, 2016, at certain redemption prices, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. In connection with the issuance of the 4.75% APL Senior Notes, APL entered into a registration rights agreements,agreement, whereby it agreed to (a) file an exchange offer registration statement with the SEC to exchange the privately issued notes for registered notes, and (b) cause the exchange offer to be consummated by May 5, 2014. If APL does not meet the aforementioned deadline, the 4.75% APL Senior Notes will be subject to additional interest, up to 1% per annum, until such time that APL causes the exchange offer to be consummated. On October 4, 2013, APL filed a registration statement with the SEC for an exchange offer for the 4.75% Senior Notes.

On February 11, 2013, APL issued $650.0 million of 5.875% senior notesSenior Notes in a private placement transaction. The 5.875%APLSenior Notes were issued at par. APL received net proceeds of $637.3 million after underwriting commissions and other transaction costs and utilized the proceeds to redeem the 8.75% APL Senior Notes and repay a portion of its outstanding indebtedness under its revolving credit facility. Interest on the 5.875% APL Senior Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1. The 5.875% APL Senior Notes are redeemable any time after February 1, 2018, at certain redemption prices, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. In connection with the issuance of the 5.875% APL Senior Notes, APL entered into a registration rights agreements,agreement, whereby it agreed to (a) file an exchange offer registration statement with the SEC to exchange the privately issued 5.875% APL Senior Notes for registered notes, and (b) cause the exchange offer to be consummated by February 6, 2014. If APL does not meet the aforementioned deadline, the 5.875% APL Senior Notes will be subject to additional interest, up to 1% per annum, until such time that APL causes the exchange offer to be consummated.

On October 4, 2013, APL filed a registration statement with the SEC for an exchange offer for the 5.875% Senior Notes.

On September 28, 2012 and December 20, 2012, APL issued an aggregate of $500.0 million of its 6.625% senior notesAPL Senior Notes in a private placement transaction. The 6.625% APL Senior Notes were presented combined with a net $4.9$4.7 million unamortized premium as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013. Interest on the 6.625% APL Senior Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1. The 6.625% APL Senior Notes are redeemable at any time after October 1, 2016, at certain redemption prices, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. On July 22, 2013,The registration statement APL filed its registration statement with the SEC in satisfaction offor the registration requirementsexchange offer for the 6.625% APL Senior Notes became effective on September 17, 2013.  APL commenced an exchange offering for the 6.625% APL Senior Notes on September 18, 2013 and the exchange offer was completed on October 16, 2013.  Pursuant to the terms of the registration rights agreement.agreement, because the exchange offer was not consummated within the required timeframe, APL incurred a 0.25% interest penalty from September 23, 2013 through consummation of the exchange offer on October 16, 2013.

The APL Senior Notes are subject to repurchase by APL at a price equal to 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, upon a change of control or upon certain asset sales if APL does not reinvest the net proceeds within 360 days. The APL Senior Notes are junior in right of payment to APL’s secured debt, including its obligations under its revolving credit facility.

Indentures governing the APL Senior Notes contain covenants, including limitations on APL’s ability to: incur certain liens; engage in sale/leaseback transactions; incur additional indebtedness; declare or pay distributions if an event of default has occurred; redeem, repurchase or retire equity interests or subordinated indebtedness; make certain investments; or merge, consolidate or sell substantially all its assets. APL was in compliance with these covenants as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013.

APL Senior Notes Redemptions

On March 12, 2013, APL paid $105.6 million to redeem the remaining $97.3 million outstanding 8.75% APL Senior Notes due 2018 plus a $6.3 million premium and $2.0 million in accrued interest. APL funded the redemption with a portion of the net proceeds from the issuance of the 5.875% APL Senior Notes due 2023. During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL recognized a loss of $26.6 million within loss on early extinguishment of debt on the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations, related to the redemption of the 8.75% APL Senior Notes. The loss includes $17.5 million premiums paid, $8.0 million consent payment and a $5.3 million write-off of deferred financing costs (see Note 6), partially offset by $4.2 million of unamortized premium recognized.

On January 28, 2013, APL commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of its outstanding $365.8 million 8.75% APL Senior Notes, excluding unamortized premium, and a solicitation of consents to eliminate most of the restrictive covenants

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and certain of the events of default contained in the indenture governing the 8.75% APL Senior Notes (“8.75% APL Senior Notes Indenture”). Approximately $268.4 million aggregate principal amount of the 8.75% APL Senior Notes were validly tendered as of the expiration date of the consent solicitation. In February 2013, APL accepted for purchase all 8.75% APL Senior Notes validly tendered as of the expiration of the consent solicitation and paid $291.4 million to redeem the $268.4 million principal plus $11.2 million premium, $3.7 million accrued interest and $8.0 million consent payment. APL entered into a supplemental indenture amending and supplementing the 8.75% APL Senior Notes Indenture. APL also issued a notice to redeemredeemed all the 8.75% APL Senior Notes not purchased in connection with the tender offer.

APL Capital Leases

The following is a summary of the leased property under capital leases as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, which are included within property, plant and equipment, net (see Note 5) (in thousands):

   

   June 30,
2013
  December 31,
2012
 

Pipelines, processing and compression facilities

  $2,085   $15,457  

Less – accumulated depreciation

   (240  (1,066
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
  $1,845   $14,391  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

September 30,
2013

   

   

December 31,
2012

   

Pipelines, processing and compression facilities

$

2,281

      

   

$

15,457

      

Less – accumulated depreciation

   

(284

   

   

(1,066

   

$

1,997

      

   

$

14,391

      

On May 30, 2013, APL accelerated payment on certain leases and purchased the leased property by paying approximately $7.5 million in accordance with the lease agreements. These leases were to mature in August 2013.

Depreciation expense for leased properties was approximately $39,000$44,000 and $0.2 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $0.3 million and $0.4$0.5 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Depreciation expense for leased properties is included within depreciation, depletion and amortization expense on the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations.

Cash payments for interest by the Partnership and its subsidiaries were $29.3$62.3 million and $19.5$23.8 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

NOTE 9  DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

The Partnership ARP and APLits subsidiaries use a number of different derivative instruments, principally swaps, collars, and options, in connection with their commodity and interest rate price risk management activities. The Partnership ARP and APLits subsidiaries enter into financial instruments to hedge forecasted commodity sales against the variability in expected future cash flows attributable to changes in market prices. Swap instruments are contractual agreements between counterparties to exchange obligations of money as the underlying commodities are sold or interest payments on the underlying debt instrument are due. Under commodity-based swap agreements, the Partnership ARP and APLits subsidiaries receive or pay a fixed price and receive or remit a floating price based on certain indices for the relevant contract period. Commodity-based put option instruments are contractual agreements that require the payment of a premium and grant the purchaser of the put option the right, but not the obligation, to receive the difference between a fixed, or strike, price and a floating price based on certain indices for the relevant contract period, if the floating price is lower than the fixed price. The put option instrument sets a floor price for commodity sales being hedged. Costless collars are a combination of a purchased put option and a sold call option, in which the premiums net to zero. The costless collar eliminates the initial cost of the purchased put, but places a ceiling price for commodity sales being hedged.

The Partnership ARP and APLits subsidiaries formally document all relationships between hedging instruments and the items being hedged, including their risk management objective and strategy for undertaking the hedging transactions. This includes matching the commodity and interest derivative contracts to the forecasted transactions. The Partnership ARP and APLits subsidiaries assess, both at the inception of the derivative and on an ongoing basis, whether the derivative is effective in offsetting changes in the forecasted cash flow of the hedged item. If it is determined that a derivative is not effective as a hedge or that it has ceased to be an effective hedge due to the loss of adequate correlation between the hedging instrument and the underlying item being hedged, the Partnership ARP and APLits subsidiaries will discontinue hedge accounting for the derivative and subsequent changes in the derivative fair value, which are determined by management of the Partnership, ARP and APL through the utilization of market data, will be recognized immediately within gain (loss) on mark-to-market derivatives in the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations. For derivatives qualifying as hedges, the Partnership ARP and APLits subsidiaries recognize the effective portion of changes in fair value of derivative instruments in partners’ capital as accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and reclassify the portion relating to the Partnership and ARP’s commodity derivatives to gas and oil production revenues and gathering and processing revenues for APL’s commodity derivatives and the portion relating to interest rate derivatives to

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interest expense within the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations as the underlying transactions are settled. For non-qualifying derivatives and for the ineffective portion of qualifying derivatives, the Partnership, ARP and APL recognize changes in fair value are recognized within fair value within gain (loss) on mark-to-market derivatives in the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations as they occur.

The Partnership ARP and APLits subsidiaries enter into derivative contracts with various financial institutions, utilizing master contracts based upon the standards set by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. These contracts allow for rights of offset at the time of settlement of the derivatives. Due to the right of offset, derivatives are recorded on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets as assets or liabilities at fair value on the basis of the net exposure to each counterparty. Potential credit risk adjustments are also analyzed based upon the net exposure to each counterparty. Premiums paid for purchased options are recorded on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets as the initial value of the options.

The Partnership ARP and APLits subsidiaries enter into commodity future option and collar contracts to achieve more predictable cash flows by hedging their exposure to changes in commodity prices. At any point in time, such contracts may include regulated New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) futures and options contracts and non-regulated over-the-counter futures contracts with qualified counterparties. NYMEX contracts are generally settled with offsetting positions, but may be settled by the physical delivery of the commodity. Crude oil contracts are based on a West Texas Intermediate (“WTI”) index. Natural gas liquids contracts are based on an OPIS Mt. Belvieu index.

Derivatives are recorded on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets as assets or liabilities at fair value. The Partnership reflected net derivative assets on its consolidated balance sheets of $90.9$61.8 million and $51.3 million at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively. Of the $13.9$19.9 million of net gain in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) within partners’ capital on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet related to derivatives at JuneSeptember 30, 2013, if the fair values of the instruments remain at current market values, the Partnership will reclassify $8.7$7.5 million of gains to gas and oil production revenue on its consolidated statement of operations over the next twelve month period as these contracts expire. Aggregate gains of $5.2$12.4 million of gas and oil production revenues will be reclassified to the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations in later periods as the remaining contracts expire. Actual amounts that will be reclassified will vary as a result of future commodity price changes. Approximately $0.5$1.4 million and $0.9 million of derivative loss wasgains were reclassified from other comprehensive income related to derivative instruments entered into during the three and sixnine months ended June 30, 2013.

In June 2013, the Partnership entered into contracts which provided the option to enter into swap contracts for future production periods (“swaptions”) up through September 30, 2013, for production volumes related to assets acquired from EP Energy E&P Company L.P. (“EP Energy”) (see Note 18). In connection with the swaption contracts, the Partnership paid premiums of $2.0 million which represented their fair value on the date the transactions were initiated and was initially recorded as a derivative asset on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet. Swaption contract premiums paid are amortized over the period from initiation on the contract through their termination date. For the three months ended June 30, 2013, the Partnership recognized approximately $0.2 million of amortization expense in other, net on the Partnership’s consolidated statement of operations related to the swaption contracts.respectively.

The following table summarizes the Partnership’s, ARP’s and APL’s gaingains or losslosses recognized in the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations for effective derivative instruments, excluding the effect of non-controlling interest, for the periods indicated (in thousands):

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013  2012  2013  2012 

(Gain) loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):

     

Gas and oil production revenue

  $(2,286 $(6,739 $(3,279 $(9,339

Gathering and processing revenue

   —      1,108    —      2,254  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total

  $(2,286 $(5,631 $(3,279 $(7,085
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

(Gain) loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Gas and oil production revenue

$

(1,300

   

$

(6,114

   

$

(4,579

   

$

(15,453

Gathering and processing revenue

   

—  

      

   

   

1,079

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

3,333

      

Total

$

(1,300

   

$

(5,035

   

$

(4,579

   

$

(12,120

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The Partnership

The following table summarizes the gross fair values of the Partnership’s derivative instruments, presenting the impact of offsetting the derivative assets and liabilities on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets foras of the periodsdates indicated (in thousands):

   

   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
   Net Amount of
Assets Presented
in the Consolidated

Balance Sheets
 

Offsetting Derivative Assets

            

As of June 30, 2013

      

Current portion of derivative assets

  $3,592    $—      $3,592  

Long-term portion of derivative assets

   —       —       —    

Current portion of derivative liabilities

   —       —       —    

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

   —       —       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total derivative assets

  $3,592    $—      $3,592  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2012

      

Current portion of derivative assets

  $—      $—      $—    

Long-term portion of derivative assets

   —       —       —    

Current portion of derivative liabilities

   —       —       —    

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

   —       —       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total derivative assets

  $—      $—      $—    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

   

   

Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets

   

      

Gross Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets

   

      

Net Amount of Assets
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets

   

Offsetting Derivative Assets

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

As of September 30, 2013

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Current portion of derivative assets

   

$

1,082

      

      

$

—  

      

      

$

1,082

      

Long-term portion of derivative assets

   

   

1,549

      

      

   

(3

)  

      

   

1,546

      

Current portion of derivative liabilities

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

Total derivative assets

   

$

2,631

      

      

$

(3

)  

      

$

2,628

      

As of December 31, 2012

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Current portion of derivative assets

   

$

—  

      

      

$

—  

      

      

$

—  

      

Long-term portion of derivative assets

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

Current portion of derivative liabilities

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

Total derivative assets

   

$

—  

      

      

$

—  

      

      

$

—  

      

Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
Net Amount of
Liabilities Presented
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheets

Offsetting Derivative Liabilities

As of June 30, 2013

Current portion of derivative assets

$—  $—  $—  

Long-term portion of derivative assets

—  —  —  

Current portion of derivative liabilities

—  —  —  

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

—  —  —  

   

   

Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities

   

      

Gross Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets

   

      

Net Amount of Liabilities
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets

   

Offsetting Derivative Liabilities

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

As of September 30, 2013

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Current portion of derivative assets

   

$

—  

      

      

$

—  

      

      

$

—  

      

Long-term portion of derivative assets

   

   

(3

)  

      

   

3

      

      

   

—  

      

Current portion of derivative liabilities

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

Total derivative liabilities

   

$

(3

)  

      

$

3

      

      

$

—  

      

As of December 31, 2012

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Current portion of derivative assets

   

$

—  

      

      

$

—  

      

      

$

—  

      

Long-term portion of derivative assets

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

Current portion of derivative liabilities

   

   

—  

   

   

   

—  

   

   

   

—  

   

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

Total derivative liabilities

   

$

—  

      

      

$

—  

      

      

$

—  

      

   

Total derivative liabilities

$—  $—  $—  

As of December 31, 2012

Current portion of derivative assets

$—  $—  $—  

Long-term portion of derivative assets

—  —  —  

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

—  —  —  

Total derivative liabilities

$—  $—  $—  

During the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, and 2012, the Partnership had norecorded gains or lossesof $0.2 million on settled derivative contracts within its consolidated statements of operations. These gains were included within gas and oil production revenue in the Partnership’s consolidated statement of operations.  No gains or losses were recorded on settled derivative contracts within the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations.  As the underlying prices and terms in the Partnership’s derivative contracts were consistent with the indices used to sell its natural gas and oil, there were no gains or losses recognized during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 for hedge ineffectiveness or as a result of the discontinuance of any cash flow hedges.

In connection with the Arkoma Acquisition, the Partnership entered into contracts which provided the option to enter into swap contracts for future production periods (“swaptions”) up through September 30, 2013 for production volumes related to the Arkoma assets acquired from EP Energy (see Note 3). In connection with the swaption contacts, the Partnership paid premiums of $2.3 million which represented their fair value on the date the transactions were initiated and were initially recorded as a derivative asset on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet. Swaption contract premiums paid are amortized over the period from initiation of the contract through termination date. For the three and nine months ended

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September 30, 2013, the Partnership recognized approximately $2.1 million and $2.3 million, respectively, of amortization expense in other, net on the Partnership’s consolidated statement of operations related to the swaption contracts.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership had the following commodity derivatives:

Natural Gas Fixed Price SwaptionsSwaps

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
   Fair Value
Asset
 
   (MMBtu)(1)   (per MMBtu)(1)   (in thousands)(2) 

2014

   2,760,000    $4.156    $1,343  

2015

   2,280,000    $4.295     850  

2016

   1,440,000    $4.423     416  

2017

   1,200,000    $4.590     272  

2018

   420,000    $4.797     84  
      

 

 

 
      $2,965  
      

 

 

 

Natural Gas Put Options

Production

Period Ending

December 31,

   

   

   

   

Volumes

   

   

Average

Fixed Price

   

   

Fair Value

Asset

   

   

   

   

   

   

(MMBtu)(1)

   

   

(per MMBtu)(1)

   

   

(in thousands)(2)

   

2013

   

   

   

   

      

750,000

   

   

$

4.058

   

   

$

347

   

2014

   

   

   

   

   

2,760,000

   

   

$

4.177

   

   

   

875

   

2015

   

   

   

   

   

2,280,000

   

   

$

4.302

   

   

   

555

   

2016

   

   

   

   

   

1,440,000

   

   

$

4.433

   

   

   

377

   

2017

   

   

   

      

   

1,200,000

   

   

$

4.590

   

   

   

333

   

2018

   

   

   

   

   

420,000

   

   

$

4.797

   

   

   

141

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  The Partnership’s net asset

   

   

$

2,628

   

 

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Option Type  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
   Fair Value
Asset
 
      (MMBtu)(1)   (per MMBtu)(1)   (in thousands)(2) 

2013

  Puts purchased   1,500,000    $3.958    $627  
        

 

 

 
        $627  
        

 

 

 

Total Partnership net assets

        $3,592  
        

 

 

 

   

(1)

“MMBtu” represents million British Thermal Units.

(2)

Fair value based on forward NYMEX natural gas prices, as applicable.

Atlas Resource Partners

The following table summarizes the gross fair values of ARP’s derivative instruments, presenting the impact of offsetting the derivative assets and liabilities on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets foras of the periodsdates indicated (in thousands):

   

   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
   Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
  Net Amount of
Assets Presented

in the Consolidated
Balance Sheets
 

Offsetting Derivative Assets

           

As of June 30, 2013

     

Current portion of derivative assets

  $37,766    $(2,191 $35,575  

Long-term portion of derivative assets

   18,377     (6,209  12,168  

Current portion of derivative liabilities

   20     (20 

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

   622     (622  —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total derivative assets

  $56,785    $(9,042 $47,743  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2012

     

Current portion of derivative assets

  $14,248    $(1,974 $12,274  

Long-term portion of derivative assets

   14,724     (5,826  8,898  

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

   800     (800  —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total derivative assets

  $29,772    $(8,600 $21,172  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

      

Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets

   

      

Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets

   

   

Net Amount of Assets
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets

   

  Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
 Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
   Net Amount of
Liabilities Presented

in the Consolidated
Balance Sheets
 

Offsetting Derivative Liabilities

          

As of June 30, 2013

     

Offsetting Derivative Assets

      

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

As of September 30, 2013

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

      

   

   

   

Current portion of derivative assets

  $(2,191 $2,191    $—    

      

$

23,643

      

      

$

(4,169

)

   

$

19,474

      

Long-term portion of derivative assets

   (6,209  6,209     —    

      

   

32,060

      

      

   

(3,560

)

   

   

28,500

      

Current portion of derivative liabilities

   (92  20     (72

      

   

254

      

      

   

(254

)

   

—  

   

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

   (752  622     (130

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

   

   

   

—  

      

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

  $(9,244 $9,042    $(202
  

 

  

 

   

 

 

Total derivative assets

      

$

55,957

      

      

$

(7,983

)

   

$

47,974

      

As of December 31, 2012

     

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

      

   

   

   

Current portion of derivative assets

  $(1,974 $1,974    $—    

      

$

14,248

      

      

$

(1,974

)

   

$

12,274

      

Long-term portion of derivative assets

   (5,826  5,826     —    

      

   

14,724

      

      

   

(5,826

)

   

   

8,898

      

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

   (1,688  800     (888

      

   

800

      

      

   

(800

)

   

   

—  

      

  

 

  

 

   

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

  $(9,488 $8,600    $(888
  

 

  

 

   

 

 

Total derivative assets

      

$

29,772

      

      

$

(8,600

)

   

$

21,172

      

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Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities

   

   

Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets

   

      

Net Amount of
Liabilities Presented
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheets

   

Offsetting Derivative Liabilities

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

As of September 30, 2013

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Current portion of derivative assets

      

$

(4,169

)

   

$

4,169

      

      

$

—  

      

Long-term portion of derivative assets

      

   

(3,560

)

   

   

3,560

      

      

   

—  

      

Current portion of derivative liabilities

      

   

(572

)

   

   

254

      

      

   

(318

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

      

   

—  

   

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

   

Total derivative liabilities

      

$

(8,301

)

   

$

7,983

      

      

$

(318

As of December 31, 2012

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Current portion of derivative assets

      

$

(1,974

)

   

$

1,974

      

      

$

—  

      

Long-term portion of derivative assets

      

   

(5,826

)

   

   

5,826

      

      

   

—  

      

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

      

   

(1,688

)

   

   

800

      

  ��   

   

(888

Total derivative liabilities

      

$

(9,488

)

   

$

8,600

      

      

$

(888

In June 2012, ARP received approximately $3.9 million in net proceeds from the early termination of natural gas and oil derivative positions for production periods from 2015 through 2016. In conjunction with the early termination of these derivatives, ARP entered into new derivative positions at prevailing prices at the time of the transaction. The net proceeds from the early termination of these derivatives were used to reduce indebtedness under ARP’s credit facility (see Note 8). The gain recognized upon the early termination of these derivative positions will continue to be reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) and will be reclassified into the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations in the same periods in which the hedged production revenues would have been recognized in earnings.

In June 2013,connection with the EP Energy Acquisition, ARP entered into swaption contracts which provided the option to enter into swaptions up through September 30, 2013 for production volumes related to assets ARP acquired from EP Energy (see Note 18)3). In connection with the swaption contracts, ARP paid premiums of $11.3$14.5 million which represented their fair value on the date the transactions were initiated and waswere initially recorded as a derivative assetassets on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet.sheet and was fully amortized as of September 30, 2013. Swaption contract premiums paid are amortized over the period from initiation of the contract through their termination date. For the three and nine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP recognized approximately $1.3$13.2 million and $14.5 million, respectively, of amortization expense in other, net on the Partnership’s consolidated statement of operations related to the swaption contracts.

In March 2012,connection with the Carrizo Acquisition, ARP entered into swaption contracts which provided the option to enter into swaptions up through May 31, 2012 for production volumes related to wells acquired from Carrizo (see Note 3). In connection with the swaption contracts, ARP paid premiums of $4.6 million, which represented their fair value on the date the transactions were initiated and was initially recorded as a derivative asset on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet and was fully amortized as of JuneSeptember 30, 2012. For the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012, ARP recorded $3.6 million and $4.6 million of amortization expense in other, net on the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations related to the swaption contracts.

 No amortization expense was recorded on the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2012.

ARP recognized gains of $2.3approximately $1.1 million and $6.7$6.1 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and gains of $3.3$4.4 million and $9.3$15.5 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, on settled contracts covering commodity production. These gains were included within gas and oil production revenue in the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations. As the underlying prices and terms in ARP’s derivative contracts were consistent with the indices used to sell its natural gas and oil, there were no gains or losses recognized during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 for hedge ineffectiveness or as a result of the discontinuance of any cash flow hedges.

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At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP had the following commodity derivatives:

Natural Gas Fixed Price Swaps

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  

 

  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
   Fair Value
Asset/(Liability)
 
      (MMBtu)(1)   (per MMBtu)(1)   (in thousands)(2) 

2013

     14,694,800    $3.821    $2,599  

2014

     31,353,000    $4.139     7,160  

2015

     27,234,500    $4.237     2,580  

2016

     33,746,300    $4.359     990  

2017

     24,120,000    $4.538     (720

2018

     3,960,000    $4.716     (472
        

 

 

 
        $12,137  
        

 

 

 

Production

Period Ending

December 31,

   

   

   

   

Volumes

   

   

Average
Fixed Price

   

   

Fair Value
Asset

   

   

   

   

   

   

(MMBtu)(1)

   

   

(per MMBtu)(1)

   

   

(in thousands)(2)

   

2013

   

   

   

   

   

15,597,400

      

   

$

3.909

      

   

$

4,881

   

2014

   

   

   

   

   

60,153,000

      

   

$

4.152

      

   

   

17,536

   

2015

   

   

   

   

   

50,274,500

      

   

$

4.240

      

   

   

9,113

   

2016

   

   

   

   

   

43,946,300

      

   

$

4.318

      

   

   

6,556

      

2017

   

   

   

   

   

24,840,000

      

   

$

4.532

      

   

   

5,501

   

2018

   

   

   

   

   

3,960,000

      

   

$

4.716

      

   

   

1,030

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

$

44,617

   

Natural Gas Costless Collars

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Option Type  Volumes   Average
Floor and  Cap
   Fair Value
Asset/(Liability)
 
      (MMBtu)(1)   (per MMBtu)(1)   (in thousands)(2) 

2013

  Puts purchased   2,760,000    $4.395    $2,252  

2013

  Calls sold   2,760,000    $5.443     (32

2014

  Puts purchased   3,840,000    $4.221     2,287  

2014

  Calls sold   3,840,000    $5.120     (418

2015

  Puts purchased   3,480,000    $4.234     1,903  

2015

  Calls sold   3,480,000    $5.129     (731
        

 

 

 
        $5,261  
        

 

 

 

Natural Gas Put Options

 

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Option Type  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
   Fair Value
Asset
 

      

Option Type

   

      

Volumes

   

      

Average Floor
and Cap

   

      

Fair Value
Asset/(Liability)

   

     (MMBtu)(1)   (per MMBtu)(1)   (in thousands)(2) 

      

   

   

      

(MMBtu)(1)

   

      

(per MMBtu)(1)

   

      

(in thousands)(2)

   

2013

  Puts purchased   14,280,000    $3.957    $5,965  

      

Puts purchased

      

      

   

1,380,000

      

      

$

4.395

      

      

$

1,134

   

2013

      

Calls sold

      

      

   

1,380,000

      

      

$

5.443

      

      

   

(2

)

2014

      

Puts purchased

      

      

   

3,840,000

      

      

$

4.221

      

      

   

2,257

   

2014

      

Calls sold

      

      

   

3,840,000

      

      

$

5.120

      

      

   

(284

)

2015

      

Puts purchased

      

      

   

3,480,000

      

      

$

4.234

      

      

   

2,059

   

2015

      

Calls sold

      

      

   

3,480,000

      

      

$

5.129

      

      

   

(655

)

        

 

 

      

         

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

$

4,509

      

        $5,965  
        

 

 

Natural Gas Put Options – Drilling PartnershipPartnerships

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Option Type  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
   Fair Value
Asset
 
      (MMBtu)(1)   (per MMBtu)(1)   (in thousands)(2) 

2013

  Puts purchased   1,080,000    $3.450    $124  

2014

  Puts purchased   1,800,000    $3.800     574  

2015

  Puts purchased   1,440,000    $4.000     546  

2016

  Puts purchased   1,440,000    $4.150     584  
        

 

 

 
        $1,828  
        

 

 

 

Natural Gas Fixed Price Swaptions

 

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
   Fair Value
Asset
 

      

Option Type

   

      

Volumes

   

      

Average Fixed
Price

   

      

Fair Value
Asset

   

  (MMBtu)(1)   (per MMBtu)(1)   (in thousands)(2) 

      

   

   

      

(MMBtu)(1)

   

      

(per MMBtu)(1)

   

      

(in thousands)(2)

   

2013

      

Puts purchased

      

      

   

540,000

      

      

$

3.450

      

      

$

25

      

2014

   26,880,000    $4.159     12,816  

      

Puts purchased

      

      

   

1,800,000

      

      

$

3.800

      

      

   

541

      

2015

   17,760,000    $4.297     6,649  

      

Puts purchased

      

      

   

1,440,000

      

      

$

4.000

      

      

   

608

      

2016

      

Puts purchased

      

      

   

1,440,000

      

      

$

4.150

      

      

   

762

      

      

 

 

      

         

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

$

1,936

      

      $19,465  
      

 

 

Natural Gas Liquids Fixed Price Swaps

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
   Fair Value
Asset/(Liability)
 
   (Bbl)(1)   (per Bbl)(1)   (in thousands)(3) 

2013

   63,000    $93.656    $(99

2014

   105,000    $91.571     169  

2015

   96,000    $88.550     282  

2016

   84,000    $85.651     233  

2017

   60,000    $83.780     157  
      

 

 

 
      $742  
      

 

 

 

Production

Period Ending

December 31,

      

   

   

   

Volumes

   

      

Average Fixed
Price

   

      

Fair Value
Asset/(Liability)

   

   

      

   

   

   

(Bbl)(1)

   

      

(per Bbl)(1)

   

      

(in thousands)(3)

   

2013

      

   

   

      

   

36,000

      

      

$

93.656

      

      

$

(327

)

2014

      

   

   

   

   

105,000

      

      

$

91.571

      

      

   

(389

)  

2015

      

   

   

   

   

96,000

      

      

$

88.550

      

      

   

—  

      

2016

      

   

   

   

   

84,000

      

      

$

85.651

      

      

   

68

      

2017

      

   

   

   

   

60,000

      

      

$

83.780

      

      

   

45

      

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

$

(603

)  

 37 


Natural Gas Liquids Ethane Fixed Price Swaps

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
   Fair Value
Asset
 
   (Gal)(1)   (per Gal)(1)   (in thousands)(4) 

2014

   2,520,000    $0.303    $98  
      

 

 

 
      $98  
      

 

 

 

Production

Period Ending

December 31,

      

   

   

   

Volumes

   

      

Average
Fixed Price

   

      

Fair Value
Asset

   

   

      

   

   

   

(Gal)(1)

   

      

(per Gal)(1)

   

      

(in thousands)(4)

   

2014

      

   

   

      

   

2,520,000

      

      

$

0.303

      

      

$

100

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

$

100

   

Natural Gas Liquids Propane Fixed Price Swaps

Production
Period Ending
December 31,

   

   

   

      

Volumes

   

      

Average
Fixed Price

   

      

Fair Value
Asset/(Liability)

   

   

   

   

   

      

(Gal)(1)

   

      

(per Gal)(1)

   

      

(in thousands)(5)

      

2013

   

   

   

   

   

3,864,000

   

   

$

1.084

   

   

$

4

   

2014

   

   

   

      

   

11,592,000

      

      

$

0.996

      

      

   

(11

)  

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

$

(7

)  

Crude Oil Fixed Price Swaps

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
   Fair Value
Asset/(Liability)
 
   (Bbl)(1)   (per Bbl)(1)   (in thousands)(3) 

2013

   262,850    $92.307    $(766

2014

   414,000    $91.727     692  

2015

   411,000    $88.030     1,009  

2016

   165,000    $85.931     503  

2017

   72,000    $84.175     215  
      

 

 

 
      $1,653  
      

 

 

 

Production

Period Ending

December 31,

      

   

   

   

Volumes

   

      

Average
Fixed Price

   

      

Fair Value
Asset/(Liability)

   

   

      

   

   

   

(Bbl)(1)

   

      

(per Bbl)(1)

   

      

(in thousands)(3)

   

2013

      

   

   

      

   

170,200

      

      

$

93.738

      

      

$

(1,530

)

2014

      

   

   

   

   

552,000

      

      

$

92.668

      

      

   

(1,515

2015

      

   

   

   

   

567,000

      

      

$

88.144

      

      

   

(211

)  

2016

      

   

   

   

   

225,000

      

      

$

85.523

      

      

   

155

   

2017

      

   

   

   

   

132,000

      

      

$

83.305

      

      

   

39

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

$

(3,062

Crude Oil Costless Collars

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Option Type  Volumes   Average
Floor and  Cap
   Fair Value
Asset/(Liability)
 
      (Bbl)(1)   (per Bbl)(1)   (in thousands)(3) 

2013

  Puts purchased   35,000    $90.000    $75  

2013

  Calls sold   35,000    $116.396     (10

2014

  Puts purchased   41,160    $84.169     227  

2014

  Calls sold   41,160    $113.308     (63

2015

  Puts purchased   29,250    $83.846     240  

2015

  Calls sold   29,250    $110.654     (77
        

 

 

 
        $392  
        

 

 

 

Total ARP net assets

        $47,541  
        

 

 

 

 

Production

Period Ending

December 31,

      

Option Type

   

   

Volumes

   

      

Average
Floor and Cap

   

      

Fair Value
Asset/(Liability)

   

   

      

   

   

   

(Bbl)(1)

   

      

(per Bbl)(1)

   

      

(in thousands)(3)

   

2013

      

Puts purchased

   

      

   

20,000

      

      

$

90.000

      

      

$

12

   

2013

      

Calls sold

   

   

   

20,000

      

      

$

116.396

      

      

   

(5

)

2014

      

Puts purchased

   

   

   

41,160

      

      

$

84.169

      

      

   

132

      

2014

      

Calls sold

   

   

   

41,160

      

      

$

113.308

      

      

   

(76

)

2015

      

Puts purchased

   

   

   

29,250

      

      

$

83.846

      

      

   

181

   

2015

      

Calls sold

   

   

   

29,250

      

      

$

110.654

      

      

   

(78

)

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

$

166

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

ARP’s net asset

      

      

$

47,656

   

(1)

“MMBtu” represents million British Thermal Units; “Bbl” represents barrels; “Gal” represents gallons.

(2)

Fair value based on forward NYMEX natural gas prices, as applicable.

(3)

Fair value based on forward WTI crude oil prices, as applicable.

(4)

Fair value based on forward Mt. Belvieu ethane prices, as applicable.

(5)

Fair value based on forward Mt. Belvieu propane prices, as applicable.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP had net cash proceeds of $4.2$5.9 million related to ARP’s hedging positions monetized on behalf of the Drilling Partnerships’ limited partners, which were included within cash and cash equivalents on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet. ARP will allocate the monetization net proceeds to the Drilling Partnerships’ limited partners based on their natural gas and oil production generated over the period of the original derivative contracts.

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The Partnership reflected the remaining hedge monetization proceeds within current and long-term portion of derivative payable to Drilling Partnerships on its consolidated balance sheets as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012.

In June 2012, ARP entered into natural gas put option contracts which related to future natural gas production of the Drilling Partnerships. Therefore, a portion of any unrealized derivative gain or loss is allocable to the limited partners of the Drilling Partnerships based on their share of estimated gas production related to the derivatives not yet settled. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, net unrealized derivative assets of $1.8$1.9 million were payable to the limited partners in the Drilling Partnerships related to these natural gas put option contracts.

The derivatives payable to the Drilling Partnerships related to both the hedge monetization proceeds and future natural gas production of the Drilling Partnerships at June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were included in the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets as follows (in thousands):

   June 30,
2013
  December 31,
2012
 

Current portion of derivative payable to Drilling Partnerships:

   

Hedge monetization proceeds

  $(5,560 $(10,748

Hedge contracts covering future natural gas production

   (409  (545

Long-term portion of derivative payable to Drilling Partnerships:

   

Hedge monetization proceeds

   1,381    (205

Hedge contracts covering future natural gas production

   (1,419  (2,224
  

 

 

  

 

 

 
  $(6,007 $(13,722
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP had a secured hedge facility agreement with a syndicate of banks under which certain Drilling Partnerships will have the ability to enter into derivative contracts to manage their exposure to commodity price movements. Under its revolving credit facility (see Note 8), ARP is required to utilize this secured hedge facility for future commodity risk management activity for its equity production volumes within the participating Drilling Partnerships. Each participating Drilling Partnership’s obligations under the facility are secured by mortgages on its oil and gas properties and first priority security interests in substantially all of its assets and by a guarantee of the general partner of the Drilling Partnership. ARP, as general partner of the Drilling Partnerships, administers the commodity price risk management activity for the Drilling Partnerships under the secured hedge facility. The secured hedge facility agreement contains covenants that limit each of the participating Drilling Partnerships’ ability to incur indebtedness, grant liens, make loans or investments, make distributions if a default under the secured hedge facility agreement exists or would result from the distribution, merge into or consolidate with other persons, enter into commodity or interest rate swap agreements that do not conform to specified terms or that exceed specified amounts, or engage in certain asset dispositions including a sale of all or substantially all of its assets.

Atlas Pipeline Partners

APL has elected not to apply hedge accounting for derivative contracts entered into in July 2008 and after. Changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognized immediately within gain (loss) on mark-to-market derivatives on the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations. The change in fair value of commodity-based derivative instruments entered into prior to the discontinuation of hedge accounting was reclassified from within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets to gathering and processing revenue on the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations at the time the originally hedged physical transactions affected earnings. During the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012, APL reclassified losses of $1.1 million and $2.3$3.3 million, respectively, out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) related to derivative contracts entered into prior to July 2008. As of December 31, 2012, all amounts had been reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income, (loss), and APL had no amounts outstanding within accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).income.

The following table summarizes APL’s gross fair values of its derivative instruments, presenting the impact of offsetting the derivative assets and liabilities on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets foras of the periodsdates indicated (in thousands):

   

   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
  Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
  Net Amounts of
Assets Presented in
the Consolidated
Balance Sheets
 

Offsetting Derivative Assets

          

As of June 30, 2013

    

Current portion of derivative assets

  $25,877   $(642 $25,235  

Long-term portion of derivative assets

   15,630    (1,039  14,591  

Current portion of derivative liabilities

   5    (5  —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total derivative assets

  $41,512   $(1,686 $39,826  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2012

    

Current portion of derivative assets

  $23,534   $(457 $23,077  

Long-term portion of derivative assets

   9,637    (1,695  7,942  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total derivative assets

  $33,171   $(2,152 $31,019  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 
   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
  Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
  Net Amounts of
Liabilities Presented
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheets
 

Offsetting Derivative Liabilities

          

As of June 30, 2013

    

Current portion of derivative assets

  $(642 $642   $—    

Long-term portion of derivative assets

   (1,039  1,039    —    

Current portion of derivative liabilities

   (100  5    (95
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

  $(1,781 $1,686   $(95
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2012

    

Current portion of derivative liabilities

  $(457 $457   $—    

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

   (1,695  1,695    —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities

  $(2,152 $2,152   $—    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

      

Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets

   

      

Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets

   

   

Net Amounts of Assets
Presented in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets

   

Offsetting Derivative Assets

      

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

As of September 30, 2013

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

Current portion of derivative assets

      

$

7,981

      

      

$

(2,804

)

   

$

5,177

      

Long-term portion of derivative assets

      

   

9,186

      

      

   

(1,728

)

   

   

7,458

      

Current portion of derivative liabilities

      

   

1,171

      

      

   

(1,171

)

   

   

—  

   

Total derivative assets

      

$

18,338

      

      

$

(5,703

)

   

$

12,635

      

As of December 31, 2012

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Current portion of derivative assets

      

$

23,534

      

      

$

(457

)

   

$

23,077

      

Long-term portion of derivative assets

      

   

9,637

      

      

   

(1,695

)

   

   

7,942

      

Total derivative assets

      

$

33,171

      

      

$

(2,152

)

   

$

31,019

      

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Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities

   

   

Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
Consolidated
Balance Sheets

   

      

Net Amounts of
Liabilities Presented
in the Consolidated
Balance Sheets

   

Offsetting Derivative Liabilities

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

As of September 30, 2013

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Current portion of derivative assets

      

$

(2,804

)

   

$

2,804

      

      

$

—  

      

Long-term portion of derivative assets

      

   

(1,728

)

   

   

1,728

      

      

   

—  

      

Current portion of derivative liabilities

      

   

(2,314

)

   

   

1,171

      

      

   

(1,143

Total derivative liabilities

      

$

(6,846

)

   

$

5,703

      

      

$

(1,143

As of December 31, 2012

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Current portion of derivative liabilities

      

   

(457

)

   

   

457

      

      

   

—  

      

Long-term portion of derivative liabilities

      

   

(1,695

)

   

   

1,695

      

      

   

—  

      

Total derivative liabilities

      

$

(2,152

)

   

$

2,152

      

      

$

—  

      

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL had the following commodity derivatives:

Fixed Price Swaps

   

Production Period

  Purchased/
Sold
  Commodity  Volumes(2)   Average
Fixed Price
   Fair  Value(1)
Asset/(Liability)
(in thousands)
 

Natural Gas

          

2013

  Sold  Natural Gas   3,100,000    $3.689    $85  

2014

  Sold  Natural Gas   12,600,000    $3.983     454  

2015

  Sold  Natural Gas   15,160,000    $4.235     1,342  

2016

  Sold  Natural Gas   3,750,000    $4.399     193  

Natural Gas Liquids

          

2013

  Sold  Natural Gas Liquids   27,468,000    $1.247     10,880  

2014

  Sold  Natural Gas Liquids   55,566,000    $1.248     8,278  

2015

  Sold  Natural Gas Liquids   23,688,000    $1.110     2,213  

Crude Oil

          

2013

  Sold  Crude Oil   153,000    $96.873     159  

2014

  Sold  Crude Oil   312,000    $92.368     412  

2015

  Sold  Crude Oil   60,000    $85.130     (65
          

 

 

 

Total Fixed Price Swaps

          $23,951  
          

 

 

 

Production Period

   

Purchased/
Sold

   

Commodity

   

Volumes(2)

   

Average
Fixed
Price

   

Fair Value(1)
Asset/(Liability)
(in thousands)

Natural Gas

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

2013

   

Sold

   

Natural Gas

   

1,570,000

   

$

3.752

   

$

245

2014

   

Sold

   

Natural Gas

   

12,600,000

   

$

3.983

   

   

1,344

2015

   

Sold

   

Natural Gas

   

15,160,000

   

$

4.235

   

   

2,745

2016

   

Sold

   

Natural Gas

   

3,750,000

   

$

4.399

   

   

769

Natural Gas Liquids

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

2013

   

Sold

   

Natural Gas Liquids

   

18,774,000

   

$

1.200

   

   

2,234

2014

   

Sold

   

Natural Gas Liquids

   

75,978,000

   

$

1.185

   

   

(2,007)

2015

   

Sold

   

Natural Gas Liquids

   

27,216,000

   

$

1.097

   

   

191

Crude Oil

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

2013

   

Sold

   

Crude Oil

   

75,000

   

$

96.660

   

   

(385)

2014

   

Sold

   

Crude Oil

   

312,000

   

$

92.368

   

   

(1,181)

2015

   

Sold

   

Crude Oil

   

60,000

   

$

85.130

   

   

(213)

Total Fixed Price Swaps

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

$

3,742

Options

   

Production Period

  Purchased/
Sold
  Type Commodity  Volumes(2)   Average
Strike Price
   Fair Value(1)
Asset
(in thousands)
 

Natural Gas

            

2014

  Purchased  Put  Natural Gas   600,000    $4.125    $319  

Natural Gas Liquids

            

2013

  Purchased  Put  Natural Gas Liquids   23,184,000    $1.897     6,646  

2014

  Purchased  Put  Natural Gas Liquids   3,150,000    $1.030     377  

2015

  Purchased  Put  Natural Gas Liquids   1,260,000    $0.883     183  

Crude Oil

            

2013

  Purchased  Put  Crude Oil   147,000    $100.100     989  

2014

  Purchased  Put  Crude Oil   448,500    $94.685     4,313  

2015

  Purchased  Put  Crude Oil   270,000    $89.175     2,953  
            

 

 

 

Total Options

            $15,780  
            

 

 

 

Total APL net assets

            $39,731  
            

 

 

 

 

Production Period

   

Purchased/

Sold

   

Type

   

Commodity

   

Volumes(2)

   

Average

Strike

Price

   

Fair Value(1)

Asset

(in thousands)

Natural Gas

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

2014

   

Purchased

   

Put

   

Natural Gas

   

600,000

   

$

4.125

   

$

312

Natural Gas Liquids

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

2013

   

Purchased

   

Put

   

Natural Gas Liquids

   

11,844,000

   

$

1.900

   

   

1,893

2014

   

Purchased

   

Put

   

Natural Gas Liquids

   

4,410,000

   

$

1.001

   

   

261

2015

   

Purchased

   

Put

   

Natural Gas Liquids

   

1,890,000

   

$

0.901

   

   

173

Crude Oil

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

2013

   

Purchased

   

Put

   

Crude Oil

   

75,000

   

$

100.100

   

   

164

2014

   

Purchased

   

Put

   

Crude Oil

   

448,500

   

$

94.685

   

   

2,591

2015

   

Purchased

   

Put

   

Crude Oil

   

270,000

   

$

89.175

   

   

2,356

Total Options

   

   

   

   

$

7,750

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

APL’s net asset

   

$

11,492

(1)

See Note 10 for discussion on fair value methodology.

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(2)

Volumes for natural gas are stated in MMBtu’s. Volumes for NGLs are stated in gallons. Volumes for crude oil are stated in barrels.

The following tables summarize APL’s derivatives not designated as hedges, which are included within gain on mark-to market derivatives on the Partnerships consolidated statementstatements of operations:

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013   2012   2013   2012 

Gain recognized in gain on mark-to-market derivatives:

        

Commodity contract – realized(1)

  $2,844    $3,685    $4,480    $2,922  

Commodity contract – unrealized(2)

   24,263     64,162     10,544     52,890  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gain on mark-to-market derivatives

  $27,107    $67,847    $15,024    $55,812  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

Gain (loss) recognized in gain (loss) on mark-to-market derivatives:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Commodity contract—realized(1)

$

(907

)  

      

$

4,157

      

   

$

3,573

      

      

$

7,079

      

Commodity contract – unrealized(2)

   

(23,610

)  

      

   

(23,064

   

   

(13,066

)  

      

   

29,826

      

Gain (loss) on mark-to-market derivatives

$

(24,517

)  

      

$

(18,907

   

$

(9,493

)  

      

$

36,905

      

(1)

Realized gain represents the gain incurred when the derivative contract expires and/or is cash settled.

(2)

Unrealized gain represents the mark-to-market gain recognized on open derivative contracts, which have not yet been settled.

The fair value of the derivatives included in the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets for the periods indicated was as follows (in thousands):

   

   June 30,
2013
  December 31,
2012
 

Current portion of derivative asset

  $64,402   $35,351  

Long-term derivative asset

   26,759    16,840  

Current portion of derivative liability

   (167  —    

Long-term derivative liability

   (130  (888
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total Partnership net asset

  $90,864   $51,303  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

September 30,
2013

   

   

December 31,
2012

   

Current portion of derivative asset

$

25,733

      

   

$

35,351

      

Long-term derivative asset

   

37,504

      

   

   

16,840

      

Current portion of derivative liability

   

(1,461

   

   

—  

      

Long-term derivative liability

   

—  

   

   

   

(888

Total Partnership net asset

$

61,776

      

   

$

51,303

      

NOTE 10 – FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The Partnership and its subsidiaries have established a hierarchy to measure their financial instruments at fair value which requires them to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. Observable inputs represent market data obtained from independent sources; whereas, unobservable inputs reflect the Partnership and its subsidiaries own market assumptions, which are used if observable inputs are not reasonably available without undue cost and effort. The hierarchy defines three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1 –1–Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets and liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 –Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset and liability or can be corroborated with observable market data for substantially the entire contractual term of the asset or liability.

Level 3 –Unobservable inputs that reflect the entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in the pricing of the asset or liability and are consequently not based on market activity but rather through particular valuation techniques.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

The Partnership ARP and APLits subsidiaries use a market approach fair value methodology to value the assets and liabilities for their outstanding derivative contracts (see Note 9). The Partnership ARP and APLits subsidiaries manage and report derivative assets and liabilities on the basis of their exposure to market risks and credit risks by counterparty. The Partnership ARP’s and APL’sits subsidiaries’ commodity derivative contracts, with the exception of APL’s NGL fixed price swaps and NGL options, are valued based on observable market data related to the change in price of the underlying commodity and are therefore defined as Level 2 assets and liabilities within the same class of nature and risk. These derivative instruments are calculated by utilizing commodity indices quoted prices for futures and options contracts traded on open markets that coincide with the underlying commodity, expiration period, strike price (if applicable) and pricing formula utilized in the derivative instrument.

Valuations for APL’s NGL fixed price swaps are based on forward price curves provided by a third party, which isare considered to be Level 3 inputs. The prices for propane, isobutene, normal butane and natural gasoline are adjusted based upon the relationship between the prices for the product/locations quoted by the third party and the underlying

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product/locations utilized for the swap contracts, as determined by a regression model of the historical settlement prices for the different product/locations. The regression model is recalculated on a quarterly basis. This adjustment is an unobservable Level 3 input. The NGL fixed price swaps are over the counter instruments which are not actively traded in an open market. However, the prices for the underlying products and locations do have a direct correlation to the prices for the products and locations provided by the third party, which are based upon trading activity for the products and locations quoted. A change in the relationship between these prices would have a direct impact upon the unobservable adjustment utilized to calculate the fair value of the NGL fixed price swaps. Valuations for APL’s NGL options are based on forward price curves developed by financial institutions, and therefore are defined as Level 3. The NGL options are over the counter instruments that are not actively traded in an open market, thus APL utilizes the valuations provided by the financial institutions that provide the NGL options for trade. These valuations are tested for reasonableness through the use of an internal valuation model.

Information for the Partnership’s ARP’s and APL’sits subsidiaries’ assets and liabilities measured at fair value at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 was as follows (in thousands):

   

   Level 1   Level 2  Level 3  Total 

As of June 30, 2013

              

Derivative assets, gross

      

Commodity puts

  $—      $627   $—     $627  

Commodity swaptions

   —       2,965    —      2,965  

ARP Commodity swaps

   —       22,544    —      22,544  

ARP Commodity puts

   —       7,793    —      7,793  

ARP Commodity options

   —       6,983    —      6,983  

ARP Commodity swaptions

   —       19,465    —      19,465  

APL Commodity swaps

   —       4,041    21,691    25,732  

APL Commodity options

   —       8,574    7,206    15,780  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total derivative assets, gross

   —       72,992    28,897    101,889  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Derivative liabilities, gross

      

Commodity puts

   —       —      —      —    

Commodity swaptions

   —       —      —      —    

ARP Commodity swaps

   —       (7,914  —      (7,914

ARP Commodity puts

   —       —      —      —    

ARP Commodity options

   —       (1,330  —      (1,330

ARP Commodity swaptions

   —       —      —      —    

APL Commodity swaps

   —       (1,462  (319  (1,781
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities, gross

   —       (10,706  (319  (11,025
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total derivatives, fair value, net

  $—      $62,286   $28,578   $90,864  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2012

              

Derivative assets, gross

      

ARP Commodity swaps

  $—      $15,859   $—     $15,859  

ARP Commodity puts

   —       2,991    —      2,991  

ARP Commodity options

   —       10,923    —      10,923  

APL Commodity swaps

   —       2,007    17,573    19,580  

APL Commodity options

   —       7,322    6,269    13,591  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total derivative assets, gross

   —       39,102    23,842    62,944  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Derivative liabilities, gross

      

ARP Commodity swaps

   —       (6,813  —      (6,813

ARP Commodity puts

   —       —      —      —    

ARP Commodity options

   —       (2,676  —      (2,676

APL Commodity swaps

   —       (1,393  (759  (2,152
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total derivative liabilities, gross

   —       (10,882  (759  (11,641
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total derivatives, fair value, net

  $—      $28,220   $23,083   $51,303  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

      

Level 1

   

      

Level 2

   

   

Level 3

   

   

Total

   

As of September 30, 2013

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Derivative assets, gross

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Commodity swaps

      

$

—  

      

      

$

2,631

      

   

$

—  

      

   

$

2,631

      

ARP Commodity swaps

      

   

—  

      

      

   

48,248

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

48,248

      

ARP Commodity puts

      

   

—  

      

      

   

1,936

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

1,936

      

ARP Commodity options

      

   

—  

      

      

   

5,773

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

5,773

      

APL Commodity swaps

      

   

—  

      

      

   

5,362

      

   

   

5,226

      

   

   

10,588

      

APL Commodity options

      

   

—  

      

      

   

5,423

      

   

   

2,327

      

   

   

7,750

      

Total derivative assets, gross

      

   

—  

      

      

   

69,373

      

   

   

7,553

      

   

   

76,926

      

Derivative liabilities, gross

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Commodity swaps

      

   

—  

      

      

   

(3

)  

   

   

—  

      

   

   

(3

)  

ARP Commodity swaps

      

   

—  

      

      

   

(7,202

   

   

—  

      

   

   

(7,202

ARP Commodity options

      

   

—  

      

      

   

(1,099

   

   

—  

      

   

   

(1,099

APL Commodity swaps

      

   

—  

      

      

   

(2,038

   

   

(4,808

   

   

(6,846

Total derivative liabilities, gross

      

   

—  

      

      

   

(10,342

   

   

(4,808

   

   

(15,150

Total derivatives, fair value, net

      

$

—  

      

      

$

59,031

      

   

$

2,745

      

   

$

61,776

      

As of December 31, 2012

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Derivative assets, gross

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

ARP Commodity swaps

      

$

—  

      

      

$

15,859

      

   

$

—  

      

   

$

15,859

      

ARP Commodity puts

      

   

—  

      

      

   

2,991

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

2,991

      

ARP Commodity options

      

   

—  

      

      

   

10,923

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

10,923

      

APL Commodity swaps

      

   

—  

      

      

   

2,007

      

   

   

17,573

      

   

   

19,580

      

APL Commodity options

      

   

—  

      

      

   

7,322

      

   

   

6,269

      

   

   

13,591

      

Total derivative assets, gross

      

   

—  

      

      

   

39,102

      

   

   

23,842

      

   

   

62,944

      

Derivative liabilities, gross

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

ARP Commodity swaps

      

   

—  

      

      

   

(6,813

   

   

—  

      

   

   

(6,813

ARP Commodity puts

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

ARP Commodity options

      

   

—  

      

      

   

(2,676

   

   

—  

      

   

   

(2,676

APL Commodity swaps

      

   

—  

      

      

   

(1,393

   

   

(759

   

   

(2,152

Total derivative liabilities, gross

      

   

—  

      

      

   

(10,882

   

   

(759

   

   

(11,641

Total derivatives, fair value, net

      

$

—  

      

      

$

28,220

      

   

$

23,083

      

   

$

51,303

      

 42 


APL’s Level 3 fair value amounts relatesrelate to its derivative contracts on NGL fixed price swaps and NGL options. The following table provides a summary of changes in fair value of APL’s Level 3 derivative instruments for the periods indicated (in thousands):

   

   NGL Fixed Price Swaps  NGL Put Options  Total 
   Gallons  Amount  Gallons  Amount  Amount 

Balance – January 1, 2013

   87,066   $16,814    38,556   $6,269   $23,083  

New contracts(1)

   48,132    —      5,670    619    619  

Cash settlements from unrealized gain (loss)(2)(3)

   (28,476  (8,831  (16,632  3,497    (5,334

Net change in unrealized loss(2)

   —      13,389    —      2,002    15,391  

Option premium recognition(3)

   —      —      —      (5,181  (5,181
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Balance – June 30, 2013

   106,722   $21,372    27,594   $7,206   $28,578  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

   

NGL Fixed Price Swaps

   

   

NGL Put Options

   

   

Total

   

   

Gallons

   

   

Amount

   

   

Gallons

   

   

Amount

   

   

Amount

   

Balance – January 1, 2013

   

87,066

      

   

$

16,814

      

   

   

38,556

      

   

$

6,269

      

   

$

23,083

      

New contracts(1)

   

77,364

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

7,560

      

   

   

816

      

   

   

816

      

Cash settlements from unrealized gain (loss)(2)(3)

   

(42,462

   

   

(11,769

   

   

(27,972

   

   

5,680

      

   

   

(6,089

Net change in unrealized loss(2)

   

—  

      

   

   

(4,627

   

   

—  

      

   

   

(1,482

)  

   

   

(6,109

)  

Option premium recognition(3)

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

(8,956

   

   

(8,956

Balance – September 30, 2013

   

121,968

      

   

$

418

      

   

   

18,144

      

   

$

2,327

      

   

$

2,745

      

(1)

Swaps are entered into with no value on the date of trade. Options include premiums paid, which are included in the value of the derivatives on the date of trade.

(2)

Included within gaingain(loss) on mark-to-market derivatives on the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations.

(3)

Includes option premium cost reclassified from unrealized gain (loss) to realized gain (loss) at time of option expiration.

The following table provides a summary of the unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of APL’s NGL fixed price swaps at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (in thousands):

   

   Gallons   Third  Party
Quotes(1)
  Adjustments(2)  Total
Amount
 

As of June 30, 2013

              

Propane swaps

   81,900    $16,565   $(180 $16,385  

Isobutane swaps

   5,040     (1,072  752    (320

Normal butane swaps

   3,780     952    169    1,121  

Natural gasoline swaps

   16,002     6,460    (2,274  4,186  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total NGL swaps – June 30, 2013

   106,722    $22,905   $(1,533 $21,372  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2012

              

Propane swaps

   69,678    $16,302   $(552 $15,750  

Isobutane swaps

   1,134     (219  187    (32

Normal butane swaps

   6,174     (909  242    (667

Natural gasoline swaps

   10,080     3,247    (1,484  1,763  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total NGL swaps – December 31, 2012

   87,066    $18,421   $(1,607 $16,814  
  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

   

Gallons

   

      

Third Party
Quotes
(1)

   

   

Adjustments(2)

   

   

Total
Amount

   

As of September 30, 2013

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Propane swaps

   

92,106

      

      

$

645

      

   

$

(88

   

$

557

      

Isobutane swaps

   

6,300

      

      

   

(2,208

   

   

1,006

      

   

   

(1,202

Normal butane swaps

   

7,560

      

      

   

1

      

   

   

335

      

   

   

336

      

Natural gasoline swaps

   

16,002

      

      

   

1,533

      

   

   

(806

   

   

727

      

Total NGL swaps — September 30, 2013

   

121,968

      

      

$

(29

)  

   

$

447

   

   

$

418

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

As of December 31, 2012

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Propane swaps

   

69,678

      

      

$

16,302

      

   

$

(552

   

$

15,750

      

Isobutane swaps

   

1,134

      

      

   

(219

   

   

187

      

   

   

(32

Normal butane swaps

   

6,174

      

      

   

(909

   

   

242

      

   

   

(667

Natural gasoline swaps

   

10,080

      

      

   

3,247

      

   

   

(1,484

   

   

1,763

      

Total NGL swaps – December 31, 2012

   

87,066

      

      

$

18,421

      

   

$

(1,607

   

$

16,814

      

(1)

Based upon the difference between the quoted market price provided by the third party and the fixed price of the swap.

(2)

Product and location basis differentials calculated through the use of a regression model, which compares the difference between the settlement prices for the products and locations quoted by the third party and the settlement prices for the actual products and locations underlying the derivatives, using a three year historical period.

The following table provides a summary of the regression coefficient utilized in the calculation of the unobservable inputs for the Level 3 fair value measurements for APL’s NGL fixed price swaps for the periods indicated (in thousands):

   

      Adjustment Based upon Regression
Coefficient
 
   Level 3
Fair Value
Adjustments
  Lower
95%
   Upper
95%
   Average
Coefficient
 

As of June 30, 2013

               

Propane swaps

  $(180  0.8951     0.9050     0.9001  

Isobutane swaps

   752    1.1225     1.1319     1.1272  

Normal butane swaps

   169    1.0361     1.0405     1.0383  

Natural gasoline swaps

   (2,274  0.9116     0.9321     0.9219  
  

 

 

      

Total NGL swaps – June 30, 2013

  $(1,533     
  

 

 

      

As of December 31, 2012

               

Propane swaps

  $(552  0.9019     0.9122     0.9071  

Isobutane swaps

   187    1.1285     1.1376     1.1331  

Normal butane swaps

   242    1.0370     1.0416     1.0393  

Natural gasoline swaps

   (1,484  0.8988     0.9169     0.9078  
  

 

 

      

Total NGL swaps – December 31, 2012

  $(1,607     
  

 

 

      

   

      

   

   

   

Adjustment Based upon
Regression Coefficient

   

   

      

Level 3 Fair
Value
Adjustments

   

   

Lower
95%

   

      

Upper
95%

   

      

Average
Coefficient

   

As of September 30, 2013

      

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

      

   

   

Propane swaps

      

$

(88

)

   

   

0.8959

      

      

   

0.9060

      

      

   

0.9009

      

Isobutane swaps

      

   

1,006

      

   

   

1.1194

      

      

   

1.1291

      

      

   

1.1242

      

Normal butane swaps

      

   

335

      

   

   

1.0345

      

      

   

1.0389

      

      

   

1.0367

      

Natural gasoline swaps

      

   

(806

)

   

   

0.9729

      

      

   

0.9754

      

      

   

0.9741

      

Total NGL swaps – September 30, 2013

      

$

447

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

 43 


 

      

   

   

   

Adjustment Based upon
Regression Coefficient

   

   

      

Level 3 Fair
Value
Adjustments

   

   

Lower
95%

   

      

Upper
95%

   

      

Average
Coefficient

   

As of December 31, 2012

      

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

      

   

   

Propane swaps

      

$

(552

)

   

   

0.9019

      

      

   

0.9122

      

      

   

0.9071

      

Isobutane swaps

      

   

187

      

   

   

1.1285

      

      

   

1.1376

      

      

   

1.1331

      

Normal butane swaps

      

   

242

      

   

   

1.0370

      

      

   

1.0416

      

      

   

1.0393

      

Natural gasoline swaps

      

   

(1,484

)

   

   

0.8988

      

      

   

0.9169

      

      

   

0.9078

      

Total NGL swaps – December 31, 2012

      

$

(1,607

)

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

APL had $9.1$20.0 million and $7.8 million of NGL linefill at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, which were included within prepaid expenses and other on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets. The NGL linefill represents amounts receivable for NGLs delivered to counterparties for which the counterparty will pay at a designated later period at a price determined by the then market price. APL’s NGL linefill is defined as a Level 3 asset and is valued using the same forward price curve utilized to value APL’s NGL fixed price swaps. The product/location adjustment based upon the multiple regression analysis, which was included in the value of the linefill, was a reduction of $0.3$0.4 million and $0.4 million as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

The following table provides a summary of changes in fair value of APL’s NGL linefill for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 (in thousands):

   

   NGL Linefill 
   Gallons   Amount 

Balance – January 1, 2013

   9,148    $7,783  

NGL linefill additions(1)

   2,862     2,659  

Net change in NGL linefill valuation(2)

   —       (1,366
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance – June 30, 2013

   12,010    $9,076  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   

NGL Linefill

   

   

Gallons

   

      

Amount

   

Balance – January 1, 2013

   

9,148

      

      

$

7,783

      

Deliveries into NGL linefill

   

52,334

      

      

   

41,950

      

NGL linefill sales

   

(39,787

)

   

   

(30,769

)

Net change in NGL linefill valuation(1)

   

—  

      

      

   

(332

Acquired NGL linefill (2)

   

2,213

   

   

   

1,368

   

Balance – September 30, 2013

   

23,908

      

      

$

20,000

      

(1)

NGL linefill resulting from the addition of new transportation contracts.

(2)

(1)Included within gathering and processing revenues on the Partnership’sPartnership’s consolidated statements of operations.operations..

(2)NGL linefill acquired as part of the TEAK Acquisition (see Note 3).

Other Financial Instruments

The estimated fair value of the Partnership and its subsidiaries’ other financial instruments has been determined based upon its assessment of available market information and valuation methodologies. However, these estimates may not necessarily be indicative of the amounts that the Partnership and its subsidiaries could realize upon the sale or refinancing of such financial instruments.

The Partnership and its subsidiaries’ other current assets and liabilities on its consolidated balance sheets are considered to be financial instruments. The estimated fair values of these instruments approximate their carrying amounts due to their short-term nature and thus are categorized as Level 1. The estimated fair values of the Partnership and its subsidiaries’ debt at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, which consist principally of ARP’s and APL’s senior notes and borrowings under the Partnership’s, ARP’s and APL’s revolving and term loan credit facilities, were $1,838.2$2,754.4 million and $1,576.9 million, respectively, compared with the carrying amounts of $1,944.8$2,843.9 million and $1,540.3 million, respectively. The carrying values of outstanding borrowings under the respective revolving and term loan credit facilities, which bear interest at variable interest rates, approximated their estimated fair values. The estimated fair values of the ARP and APL senior notes were based upon the market approach and calculated using the yields of the ARP and APL senior notes as provided by financial institutions and thus were categorized as a Level 3 value.

 44 


Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis

The Partnership and ARP estimatesestimate the fair value of itstheir respective asset retirement obligations based on discounted cash flow projections using numerous estimates, assumptions and judgments regarding such factors at the date of establishment of an asset retirement obligation such as: amounts and timing of settlements, the credit-adjusted risk-free rate of the Partnership and ARP and estimated inflation rates (see Note 7).

Information for assets and liabilities that were measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 was as follows (in thousands):

   

   Three Months Ended June 30, 
   2013   2012 
   Level 3   Total   Level 3   Total 

Asset retirement obligations

  $599    $599    $3,911    $3,911  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $599    $599    $3,911    $3,911  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   Six Months Ended June 30, 
   2013   2012 
   Level 3   Total   Level 3   Total 

Asset retirement obligations

  $1,244    $1,244    $4,092    $4,092  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $1,244    $1,244    $4,092    $4,092  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

On May 7,

   

Three Months Ended September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

Level 3

   

      

Total

   

      

Level 3

   

      

Total

   

Asset retirement obligations

$

17,306

      

      

$

17,306

      

      

$

2,424

      

      

$

2,424

      

Total

$

17,306

      

      

$

17,306

      

      

$

2,424

      

      

$

2,424

      

   

Nine Months Ended September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

Level 3

   

      

Total

   

      

Level 3

   

      

Total

   

Asset retirement obligations

$

18,550

      

      

$

18,550

      

      

$

6,516

      

      

$

6,516

      

Total

$

18,550

      

      

$

18,550

      

      

$

6,516

      

      

$

6,516

      

During the three months ended September 2013, the Partnership completed the Arkoma Acquisition and ARP completed the EP Energy Acquisition. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, APL completed the TEAK Acquisition.  During the year ended December 31, 2012, ARP completed the acquisitions of certain oil and gas assets from Carrizo, certain proved reserves and associated assets from Titan and the DTE Acquisition, while APL completed the Cardinal Acquisition (see Note 3). The fair value measurements of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are based on inputs that are not observable in the market and therefore represent Level 3 inputs. AsThe fair values of June 30, 2013,natural gas and oil properties were measured using a discounted cash flow model, which considered the accountingestimated remaining lives of the wells based on reserve estimates, future operating and development costs of the assets, as well as the respective natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids forward price curves. The fair values of the asset retirement obligations were measured under the Partnership’s and ARP’s existing methodology for recognizing an estimated liability for the TEAK Acquisition has not been completed.plugging and abandonment of its gas and oil wells (see Note 7). These inputs require significant judgments and estimates by APL’sthe Partnership’s and ARP’s management at the time of the valuation and are subject to change.

In February 2012, APL acquired a gas gathering system and related assets for an initial net purchase price of $19.0 million. APL agreed to pay up to an additional $12.0 million, payable in two equal amounts, if certain volumes are achieved on the acquired gathering system within a specified time period (“Trigger Payments”). Sufficient volumes were achieved in December 2012, and APL paid the first Trigger Payment of $6.0 million in January 2013. As of JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the fair value

of the remaining Trigger Payment resulted in a $6.0 million long-term liability, which was recorded within other long-term liabilities on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets. The range of the undiscounted amounts APL could pay related to the remaining Trigger Payment is up to $6.0 million.

NOTE 11 – INCOME TAXES

In connection with the Cardinal Acquisition (see Note 3), APL acquired a taxable subsidiary in December 2012.  The components of the federal and state income tax benefit for APL’s taxable subsidiary at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 are as follows (in thousands):

   

   Three Months Ended
June  30,
2013
  Six Months Ended
June  30,

2013
 

Deferred benefit:

   

Federal

  $(25 $(33

State

   (3  (4
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total income tax benefit

  $(28 $(37
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30, 2013

   

   

Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2013

   

Deferred benefit:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Federal

$

(732

   

$

(765

State

   

(85

   

   

(89

Total income tax benefit

$

(817

   

$

(854

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As of JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, APL had non-current net deferred income tax liabilities of $35.5$34.7 million and $30.3 million, respectively.  The components of net deferred tax liabilities as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 consist of the following (in thousands):

   

   June 30,
2013
  December 31,
2012
 

Deferred tax assets:

   

Net operating loss tax carryforwards and alternative minimum tax credits

  $11,536   $10,277  

Deferred tax liabilities:

   

Excess of asset carrying value over tax basis

   (47,049  (40,535
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net deferred tax liabilities

  $(35,513 $(30,258
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

September 30, 2013

   

   

December 31, 2012

   

Deferred tax assets:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Net operating loss tax carryforwards and alternative minimum tax credits

$

12,732

      

   

$

10,277

      

Deferred tax liabilities:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Excess of asset carrying value over tax basis

   

(47,428

   

   

(40,535

Net deferred tax liabilities

$

(34,696

   

$

(30,258

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL had net operating loss carry forwards for federal income tax purposes of approximately $29.6$32.8 million, which expire at various dates from 2029 to 2032.2033. APL believes it more likely than not that the deferred tax asset will be fully utilized.  APL estimates approximately $280.3 million of goodwill recorded as a result of the TEAK Acquisition to be deductible for tax purposes.

NOTE 12  CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Relationship with Drilling Partnerships.ARP conducts certain activities through, and a portion of its revenues are attributable to, the Drilling Partnerships. ARP serves as general partner and operator of the Drilling Partnerships and assumes customary rights and obligations for the Drilling Partnerships. As the general partner, ARP is liable for the Drilling Partnerships’ liabilities and can be liable to limited partners of the Drilling Partnerships if it breaches its responsibilities with respect to the operations of the Drilling Partnerships. ARP is entitled to receive management fees, reimbursement for administrative costs incurred, and to share in the Drilling Partnership’s revenue and costs and expenses according to the respective partnership agreements.

Relationship between ARP and APL. In the Chattanooga Shale, a portion of the natural gas produced by ARP is gathered and processed by APL. For boththe three month periodsmonths ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, of gathering fees paid by ARP to APL were eliminated in consolidation. For the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, $0.2 million and $0.2$0.4 million, respectively, of gathering fees paid by ARP to APL respectively, were eliminated in consolidation.

In addition, in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, APL has agreed to provide assistance in the design and construction management services for ARP with respect to a pipeline. The total estimated price for the project is under $2.5 million.million, of which $1.6 million had been reimbursed to APL as of September 30, 2013.

Relationship with Resource America, Inc.In connection with the issuance of the Term Facility, CVC Credit Partners, LLC (“CVC”), which is a joint-venture between Resource America, Inc. and an unrelated third party private equity firm, was allocated an aggregate of $12.5 million of the Term Facility.  The Partnership’s Chief Executive Officer and President is Chairman of the board of directors of Resource America, Inc., and the Partnership’s Executive Chairman of the General Partner’s board of directors is Chief Executive Officer and President and Resource America, Inc.

NOTE 13  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

General Commitments

General Commitments

ARP is the managing general partner of the Drilling Partnerships and has agreed to indemnify each investor partner from any liability that exceeds such partner’s share of Drilling Partnership assets. Subject to certain conditions, investor partners in certain Drilling Partnerships have the right to present their interests for purchase by ARP, as managing general

partner. ARP is not obligated to purchase more than 5% to 10% of the units in any calendar year. Based on its historical experience, as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the management of ARP believes that any such liability incurred would not be material. Also, ARP has agreed to subordinate a portion of its share of net partnership revenues from the Drilling Partnerships to the benefit of the investor partners until they have received specified returns, typically 10% per year determined on a cumulative basis, over a specific period, typically the first five to seven years, in accordance with the terms of the partnership agreements. For the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, $2.1$2.2 million and $1.4$1.8 million, respectively, of ARP’s revenues, net of corresponding production costs, were subordinated, which reduced its cash distributions received from the Drilling Partnerships. For the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, $4.3 million and $1.8$6.5 millionand $3.6 million, respectively, of ARP’s revenues, net of corresponding production costs, were subordinated, which reduced its cash distributions received from the Drilling Partnerships.

The Partnership and its subsidiaries are party to employment agreements with certain executives that provide compensation and certain other benefits. The agreements also provide for severance payments under certain circumstances.

APL has certain long-term unconditional purchase obligations and commitments, primarily transportation contracts. These agreements provide for transportation services to be used in the ordinary course of APL’s operations. Transportation fees paid related to these contracts were $3.1$7.2 million and $2.5$2.6 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $6.1$24.8 million and $5.0$7.6 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The future fixed and determinable portions of APL’s obligations as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013 were as follows: 2013 – $4.92013—$2.8 million; 2014 – $9.52014—$9.5 million; and 2015-2017 – $3.52015-2017—$3.5 million per year.

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARPthe Partnership and APLits subsidiaries are committed to expend approximately $219.7$263.5 million on drilling and completion expenditures, pipeline extensions, compressor station upgrades and processing facility upgrades.

Legal Proceedings

On August 3, 2011, CNX Gas Company LLC (“CNX”) filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville styledCNX Gas Company LLC vs. Miller Energy Resources, Inc., Chevron Appalachia, LLC as successor in interest to Atlas America, LLC, Cresta Capital Strategies, LLC, and Scott Boruff, No. 3:11-cv-00362. On April 16, 2012, Atlas Energy Tennessee, LLC, a subsidiary of the Partnership, was brought in to the lawsuit by way of Amended Complaint. On April 23, 2012, the Court dismissed Chevron Appalachia, LLC as a party on the grounds of lack of subject matter jurisdiction over that entity.

The lawsuit allegesalleged that CNX entered into a Letter of Intent with Miller Energy Resources, Inc. (“Miller Energy”) for the purchase by CNX of certain leasehold interests containing oil and natural gas rights, representing around 30,000 acres in East Tennessee. The lawsuit also allegesalleged that Miller Energy breached the Letter of Intent by refusing to close by the date provided and by allegedly entertaining offers from third parties for the same leasehold interests. Allegations of inducement of breach of contract and related claims arewere made by CNX against the remaining defendants, on the theory that these parties knew of the terms of the Letter of Intent and induced Miller Energy to breach the Letter of Intent. CNX iswas seeking $15.5 million in damages. The Partnership assertsasserted that it acted in good faith and believes that the outcome of the litigation willwould be resolved in its favor.

In early September 2013, Atlas Energy Tennessee, LLC, was dismissed as a party on jurisdictional grounds.

The Partnership and its subsidiaries are also parties to various routine legal proceedings arising out of the ordinary course of its business. Management of the Partnership and its subsidiaries believe that none of these actions, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on the Partnership’s financial condition or results of operations.

NOTE 14 – ISSUANCES–ISSUANCES OF UNITS

The Partnership recognizes gains on ARP’s and APL’s equity transactions as credits to partners’ capital on its consolidated balance sheets rather than as income on its consolidated statements of operations. These gains represent the Partnership’s portion of the excess net offering price per unit of each of ARP’s and APL’s common units over the book carrying amount per unit.

The Partnership

Purchase of ARP Preferred Units.

In July 2013, in connection with ARP’s EP Energy Acquisition (see Note 3), the Partnership purchased 3,746,986 of ARP’s newly created Class C convertible preferred units, at a negotiated price per unit of $23.10, for proceeds of $86.6 million.  The Class C preferred units were offered and sold in a private transaction exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. The Class C preferred units pay cash distributions in an amount equal to the greater of (i) $0.51 per unit and (ii) the distributions payable on each common unit at each declared quarterly distribution date. The initial Class C preferred distribution was paid for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. The Class C preferred units have no voting rights, except as set forth in the certificate of designation for the Class C preferred units, which provides, among other things, that the affirmative vote of 75% of the Class C Preferred Units is required to repeal such certificate of designation. Holders of the

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Class C preferred units have the right to convert the Class C preferred units on a one-for-one basis, in whole or in part, into common units at any time before July 31, 2016. Unless previously converted, all Class C preferred units will convert into common units on July 31, 2016. Upon issuance of the Class C preferred units, the Partnership, as purchaser of the Class C preferred units, also received 562,497 warrants to purchase ARP’s common units at an exercise price equal to the face value of the Class C preferred units. The warrants were exercisable beginning October 29, 2013 into an equal number of ARP common units at an exercise price of $23.10 per unit, subject to adjustments provided therein. The warrants will expire on July 31, 2016.  

Atlas Resource Partners

Equity Offerings

Issuance of Preferred Units. In July 2013, in connection with the closing of the EP Energy Acquisition, ARP issued 3,749,986 newly created Class C convertible preferred units to the Partnership at a negotiated price per unit of $23.10, for proceeds of $86.6 million. The Class C preferred units were issued with 562,497 warrants to purchase ARP common units at an exercise price of $23.10 at the Partnership’s option beginning on October 29, 2013.  The warrants will expire on July 31, 2016. The Class C preferred units were offered and sold in a private transaction exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act (see “Purchase of ARP Preferred Units”).

Equity Offerings

Upon issuance of the Class C preferred units and warrants on July 31, 2013, ARP entered into a registration rights agreement pursuant to which it agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC to register the resale of the common units issuable upon conversion of the Class C preferred units and upon exercise of the warrants. ARP agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to file such registration statement within 90 days of the conversion of the Class C preferred units into common units or the exercise of the warrants.

In June 2013, in connection with entering into a purchase agreement to acquire certain producing wells and net acreage fromthe EP Energy Acquisition (see Note 18)3), ARP sold an aggregate of 14,950,000 of its common limited partner units (including a 1,950,000 over-allotment) of its

common limited partner units in a public offering at a price of $21.75 per unit, yielding net proceeds of approximately $313.1 million. ARP utilized the net proceeds from the sale to repay the outstanding balance under its revolving credit facility (see Note 8).

In May 2013, ARP entered into an equity distribution program with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representative of several banks. Pursuant to the equity distribution program, ARP may sell, from time to time through the agents, common units having an aggregate offering price of up to $25.0 million. Sales of common limited partner units, if any, may be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be “at-the-market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including sales made directly on the New York Stock Exchange, the existing trading market for the common limited partner units, or sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange or through an electronic communications network. ARP will pay each of the agents a commission, which in each case shall not be more than 2.0% of the gross sales price of common limited partner units sold through such agent. During the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP issued 309,174 common limited partner units under the equity distribution program for net proceeds of $7.1$7.0 million, net of $0.3$0.4 million in commissions paid. No common limited partner units were issued under the equity distribution program during the three months ended September, 30, 2013. ARP utilized the net proceeds from the sale to repay borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility.

In November and December 2012, in connection with entering into a purchase agreement to acquire certain producing wells and net acreage from DTE, ARP sold an aggregate of 7,898,210 of its common limited partner units in a public offering at a price of $23.01 per unit, yielding net proceeds of approximately $174.5 million. ARP utilized the net proceeds from the sale to repay a portion of the outstanding balance under its revolving credit facility and $2.2 million under its term loan credit facility.

In July 2012, ARP completed the acquisition of certain proved reserves and associated assets in the Barnett Shale from Titan in exchange for 3.8 million ARP common units and 3.8 million newly-created convertible ARP Class B preferred units (which have an estimated collective value of $193.2 million, based upon the closing price of ARP’s publicly traded common units as of the acquisition closing date), as well as $15.4 million in cash for closing adjustments (see Note 3). The Class B preferred units are voluntarily convertible to common units on a one-for-one basis within three years of the acquisition closing date at a strike price of $26.03 plus all unpaid preferred distributions per unit, and will be mandatorily converted to common units on the third anniversary of the issuance. While outstanding, the preferred units will receive regular quarterly cash distributions equal to the greater of (i) $0.40 and (ii) the quarterly common unit distribution.

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ARP entered into a registration rights agreement pursuant to which it agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC by January 25, 2013 to register the resale of the ARP common units issued on the acquisition closing date and those issuable upon conversion of the Class B preferred units. ARP agreed to use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration statement declared effective by March 31, 2013, and to cause the registration statement to be continuously effective until the earlier of (i) the date as of which all such common units registered thereunder are sold by the holders and (ii) one year after the date of effectiveness. On September 19, 2012, ARP filed a registration statement with the SEC in satisfaction of the registration requirements of the registration rights agreement, and the registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on October 2, 2012.

In April 2012, ARP completed the acquisition of certain oil and gas assets from Carrizo (see Note 3). To partially fund the acquisition, ARP sold 6.0 million of its common units in a private placement at a negotiated purchase price per unit of $20.00, for net proceeds of $119.5 million, of which $5.0 million was purchased by certain executives of the Partnership. The common units issued by ARP are subject to a registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the transaction. The registration rights agreement stipulated that ARP would (a) file a registration statement with the SEC by October 30, 2012 and (b) cause the registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC by December 31, 2012. On July 11, 2012, ARP filed a registration statement with the SEC for the common units subject to the registration rights agreement in satisfaction of one of the requirements of the registration rights agreement noted previously. On August 28, 2012, the registration statement was declared effective by the SEC.

In connection with the issuance of ARP’s common and preferred units, the Partnership recorded gains of $25.2 million and $48.4 million within partners’ capital and a corresponding decrease in non-controlling interests on its consolidated statements of partners’ capital during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.2013.

ARP Common Unit Distribution

In February 2012, the board of directors of the Partnership’s general partner approved the distribution of approximately 5.24 million ARP common units which were distributed on March 13, 2012 to the Partnership’s unitholders using a ratio of 0.1021 ARP limited partner units for each of the Partnership’s common units owned on the record date of February 28, 2012. The distribution of these limited partner units represented approximately 20.0% of the common limited partner units outstanding (see Note 1).

Atlas Pipeline Partners

Equity Offerings

In April 2013, APL sold 11,845,000 of its common units at a price to the public of $34.00 per unit, yielding net proceeds of $388.4 million after underwriting commissions and expenses. APL also received a capital contribution from the Partnership of $8.3 million to maintain its 2.0% general partnership interest in APL. APL used the proceeds from this offering to fund a portion of the purchase price of the TEAK Acquisition (see Note 3).

In May 2013, APL issued $400.0 million of its Class D Preferred Units in a private placement transaction, at a negotiated price per unit of $29.75, resulting in net proceeds of $397.7 million pursuant to the Class D preferred unit purchase agreement dated April 16, 2013 (the “Commitment Date”). The Partnership, as general partner, contributed $8.2 million to maintain its 2.0% general partnership interest in APL, upon the issuance of the Class D Preferred Units. APL used the proceeds to fund a portion of the purchase price of the TEAK Acquisition (see Note 3).

The Class D Preferred Units were offered and sold in a private transaction exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. APL has the right to convert the Class D Preferred Units, in whole but not in part, beginning one year following their issuance, into common units, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. Unless previously converted, all Class D Preferred Units will convert into common units at the end of eight full quarterly periods following their issuance. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of APL or the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of APL, the holders of the Class D Preferred Units are entitled to receive, out of the assets of APL available for distribution to unit holders, prior and in preference to any distribution of any assets of APL to the holders of any other existing or subsequently issued units, an amount equal to $29.75 per Class D Preferred Unit plus any unpaid preferred distributions.

The fair value of APL’s common units on the Commitment Date of the Class D Preferred Units was $36.52 per unit, resulting in an embedded beneficial conversion discount on the Class D Preferred Units of $91.0 million. The Partnership recognized the intrinsicfair value of the Class D Preferred Units with the offsetting intrinsic discount within non-controlling interests oninterestson the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013. The discount will be accreted and recognized by APL as imputed dividends over the term of the Class D Preferred Units as a reduction to APL’s net income attributable to the common limited partners and the Partnership, as general partner. For the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL recorded $6.7$11.4 million and $18.1 million, respectively, within income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests for the preferred unit imputed dividend effect on the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations to recognize the accretion of the beneficial conversion discount. APL’s Class D Preferred Units are presented combined with a net $84.3$72.9 million unaccreted beneficial conversion discount within non-controlling interests on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet at JuneSeptember 30, 2013.

The Class D Preferred Units will receive distributions of additional Class D Preferred Units for the first four full quarterly periods following their issuance, and thereafter will receive distributions in Class D Preferred Units, or cash, or a combination of Class D Preferred Units and cash, at the discretion of the Partnership, as general partner. Cash distributions will be paid to the Class D Preferred Unit holders prior to any other distributions of available cash. Distributions will be determined based upon the cash distribution declared each quarter on APL’s common limited partner units plus a preferred yield premium. Class D Preferred Unit distributions, whether in kind units or in cash, will be accounted for as a reduction to APL’s net income attributable to the common limited partners and the Partnership, as general partner. For the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL recorded costs related to preferred unit distributions of $5.3$9.1 million and $14.4 million, respectively, within income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests on the Partnership’s consolidated statements of operations. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, APL distributed 138,598 Class D Preferred Units to the holders of the Class D Preferred Units as a distribution for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.

Upon the issuance of the Class D Preferred Units, APL entered into a registration rights agreement pursuant to which it agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC to register the resale of the common units issuable upon conversion of the Class D Preferred Units. APL agreed to use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration statement declared effective within 180 days of the date of conversion.

APL has an equity distribution program with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (“Citigroup”). Pursuant to this program, APL may offer and sell from time to time through Citigroup, as its sales agent, common units having an aggregate value of up to $150.0 million. Sales of common limited partner units, if any, may be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be “at-the-market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including sales made directly on the New York Stock Exchange, the existing trading market for the common limited partner units, or sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange or through an electronic communications network. APL

will pay Citigroup a commission, which in each case shall not be more than 2.0% of the gross sales price of common limited partner units sold. During the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL issued 642,4951,722,800 and 1,090,2802,863,080 common units, respectively, under the equity distribution program for net proceeds of $24.5$63.7 million and $38.9$102.7 million, net of $0.5$1.3 million and $0.8$2.1 million, respectively, in commission incurred from Citigroup. APL also received capital contributions from the Partnership of $0.5$1.3 million and $0.8$2.1 million during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, respectively, to maintain its 2.0% general partner interest in APL. APL utilized the net proceeds from the sale to repay borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility.common unit offering for general partnership purposes.

In connection with the issuance of APL’s common units during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership recorded a $9.9an $11.5 million gain within partner’s capital and a corresponding decrease in non-controlling interests on its consolidated statement of partners’ capital during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013. No gain was recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2012.

In December 2012, APL completed the sale of 10,507,033 APL common units in a public offering at an offering price of $31.00 per unit and received net proceeds of $319.3 million, including $6.7 million contributed by the Partnership to maintain its 2.0% general partner interest in APL. APL used the net proceeds from this offering to fund a portion of the Cardinal Acquisition. In connection with the issuance of APL common units, the Partnership recorded a $7.9 million gain within partners’ capital and a corresponding decrease in non-controlling interests on its consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2012. In November 2012, APL entered into an agreement to issue $200.0 million of newly created Class D convertible preferred units in a private placement in order to finance a portion of the Cardinal Acquisition. Under the terms of the agreement, the private placement of the Class D convertible preferred units was nullified upon APL’s issuance of common units in excess of $150.0 million prior to the closing date of the Cardinal Acquisition. As a result of APL’s December 2012 issuance of $319.3 million common units, the private placement agreement terminated without the issuance of the Class D preferred units, and APL paid a commitment fee equal to 2.0%, or $4.0 million.

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NOTE 15 – CASH DISTRIBUTIONS

The Partnership has a cash distribution policy under which it distributes, within 50 days after the end of each quarter, all of its available cash (as defined in the partnership agreement) for that quarter to its common unitholders. Distributions declared by the Partnership for the period from January 1, 2012 through JuneSeptember 30, 2013 were as follows (in thousands, except per unit amounts):

   

Date Cash Distribution Paid

  For Quarter
Ended
  Cash Distribution per
Common Limited
Partner Unit
   Total Cash Distributions
Paid to Common
Limited Partners
 

May 18, 2012

  March 31, 2012  $0.25    $12,830  

August 17, 2012

  June 30, 2012  $0.25    $12,831  

November 19, 2012

  September 30, 2012  $0.27    $13,866  

February 19, 2013

  December 31, 2012  $0.30    $15,410  

May 20, 2013

  March 31, 2013  $0.31    $15,928  

Date Cash

Distribution Paid

      

For Quarter
Ended

      

Cash Distribution per
Common Limited
Partner Unit

      

Total Cash Distributions
Paid to Common
Limited Partners

   

May 18, 2012

      

March 31, 2012

      

$

0.25

      

$

12,830

      

August 17, 2012

      

June 30, 2012

      

$

0.25

      

$

12,831

      

November 19, 2012

      

September 30, 2012

      

$

0.27

      

$

13,866

      

February 19, 2013

      

December 31, 2012

      

$

0.30

      

$

15,410

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

May 20, 2013

      

March 31, 2013

      

$

0.31

      

$

15,928

      

August 19, 2013

      

June 30, 2013

      

$

0.44

      

$

22,611

      

On JulyOctober 24, 2013, the Partnership declared a cash distribution of $0.44$0.46 per unit on its outstanding common limited partner units, representing the cash distribution for the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013. The $22.6$23.6 million distribution will be paid on AugustNovember 19, 2013 to unitholders of record at the close of business on AugustNovember 6, 2013.

ARP Cash Distributions.ARP has a cash distribution policy under which it distributes, within 45 days following the end of each calendar quarter, all of its available cash (as defined in the partnership agreement) for that quarter to its common unitholders and general partner. If ARP’s common unit distributions in any quarter exceed specified target levels, the Partnership will receive between 13% and 48% of such distributions in excess of the specified target levels.

Distributions declared by ARP from its formation through JuneSeptember 30, 2013 were as follows (in thousands, except per unit amounts):

   

Date Cash Distribution Paid

  For Quarter Ended  Cash
Distribution
per Common
Limited
Partner Unit
  Total Cash
Distribution
to Common
Limited
Partners
   Total Cash
Distribution
To Preferred
Limited
Partners
   Total Cash
Distribution to the
General Partner
 

May 15, 2012

  March 31, 2012  $0.12(1)  $3,144    $—      $64  

August 14, 2012

  June 30, 2012  $0.40   $12,891    $—      $263  

November 14, 2012

  September 30, 2012  $0.43   $15,510    $1,652    $350  

February 14, 2013

  December 31, 2012  $0.48   $21,107    $1,841    $618  

May 15, 2013

  March 31, 2013  $0.51   $22,428    $1,957    $946  

 

Date Cash
Distribution
Paid

      

For Quarter
Ended

      

Cash
Distribution
per Common
Limited
Partner Unit

   

   

Total Cash
Distribution
to Common
Limited
Partners

   

      

Total Cash
Distribution
To Preferred
Limited
Partners

   

      

Total Cash
Distribution to the
General Partner

   

May 15, 2012

      

March 31, 2012

      

$

0.12

(1) 

   

$

3,144

      

      

$

—  

      

      

$

64

      

August 14, 2012

      

June 30, 2012

      

$

0.40

      

   

$

12,891

      

      

$

—  

      

      

$

263

      

November 14, 2012

      

September 30, 2012

      

$

0.43

      

   

$

15,510

      

      

$

1,652

      

      

$

350

      

February 14, 2013

      

December 31, 2012

      

$

0.48

      

   

$

21,107

      

      

$

1,841

      

      

$

618

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

May 15, 2013

      

March 31, 2013

      

$

0.51

      

   

$

22,428

      

      

$

1,957

      

      

$

946

      

August 14, 2013

      

June 30, 2013

      

$

0.54

      

   

$

32,097

      

      

$

2,072

      

      

$

1,884

      

(1)

Represents a pro-rated cash distribution of $0.40 per common limited partner unit for the period from March 5, 2012, the date the Partnership’s exploration and production assets were transferred to ARP, to March 31, 2012.

On JulyOctober 24, 2013, ARP declared a cash distribution of $0.54$0.56 per unit on its outstanding common limited partner units, representing the cash distribution for the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013. The $36.1$40.0 million distribution, including $1.9$2.4 million and $4.2 million to the Partnership, as general partner, and $2.1 million to its preferred limited partners, respectively, will be paid on AugustNovember 14, 2013 to unitholders of record at the close of business on AugustNovember 6, 2013.

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APL Cash Distributions.APL is required to distribute, within 45 days after the end of each quarter, all of its available cash (as defined in its partnership agreement) for that quarter to its common unitholders and the Partnership, as general partner. If APL’s common unit distributions in any quarter exceed specified target levels, the Partnership will receive between 13% and 48% of such distributions in excess of the specified target levels.

Common unit and general partner distributions declared by APL for the period from January 1, 2012 through JuneSeptember 30, 2013 were as follows (in thousands, except per unit amounts):

   

Date Cash Distribution Paid

  For Quarter Ended  APL Cash
Distribution
per Common
Limited
Partner Unit
   Total APL Cash
Distribution to
Common
Limited
Partners
   Total APL Cash
Distribution to the
General Partner
 

May 15, 2012

  March 31, 2012  $0.56    $30,030    $2,217  

August 14, 2012

  June 30, 2012  $0.56    $30,085    $2,221  

November 14, 2012

  September 30, 2012  $0.57    $30,641    $2,409  

February 14, 2013

  December 31, 2012  $0.58    $37,442    $3,117  

May 15, 2013

  March 31, 2013  $0.59    $45,382    $3,980  

Date Cash
Distribution
Paid

      

For Quarter Ended

      

APL Cash
Distribution
per Common
Limited
Partner Unit

   

      

Total APL Cash
Distribution
to Common
Limited
Partners

   

      

Total APL Cash
Distribution
to the
General
Partner

   

May 15, 2012

      

March 31, 2012

      

$

0.56

      

      

$

30,030

      

      

$

2,217

      

August 14, 2012

      

June 30, 2012

      

$

0.56

      

      

$

30,085

      

      

$

2,221

      

November 14, 2012

      

September 30, 2012

      

$

0.57

      

      

$

30,641

      

      

$

2,409

      

February 14, 2013

      

December 31, 2012

      

$

0.58

      

      

$

37,442

      

      

$

3,117

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

May 15, 2013

      

March 31, 2013

      

$

0.59

      

      

$

45,382

      

      

$

3,980

      

August 14, 2013

      

June 30, 2013

      

$

0.62

      

      

$

48,165

      

      

$

5,875

      

On July 23,October 24, 2013, APL declared a cash distribution of $0.62 per unit on its outstanding common limited partner units, representing the cash distribution for the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013. The $54.0$55.3 million distribution, including $5.9$6.0 million to the Partnership as general partner, will be paid on AugustNovember 14, 2013 to unitholders of record at the close of business on AugustNovember 7, 2013. Based on this declaration, APL estimates that approximately 234,000 Class D Preferred Units will be distributed to the holders of the Class D Preferred Units as a preferred unit distribution in kind for the quarter ended September 30, 2013 (see Note 18).

NOTE 16 – BENEFIT PLANS

2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan

The Board of Directors of the General Partner approved and adopted the Partnership’s 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2010 LTIP”) effective February 2011. The 2010 LTIP provides equity incentive awards to officers, employees and board members and employees of its affiliates, consultants and joint-venture partners (collectively, the “Participants”) who perform services for the Partnership. The 2010 LTIP is administered by a committee consisting of the Board or committee of the Board or board of an affiliate appointed by the Board (the “LTIP Committee”), which is the Compensation Committee of the General Partner’s board of directors. Under the 2010 LTIP, the LTIP Committee may grant awards of phantom units, restricted units or unit options for an aggregate of 5,763,781 common limited partner units. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership had 4,472,6524,554,036 phantom units and unit options outstanding under the 2010 LTIP, with 1,263,0781,167,646 phantom units and unit options available for grant.

Upon a change in control, as defined in the 2010 LTIP, all unvested awards held by directors will immediately vest in full. In the case of awards held by eligible employees, following a change in control, upon the eligible employee’s termination of employment without “cause”, as defined in the 2010 LTIP, or upon any other type of termination specified in the eligible employee’s applicable

award agreement(s), in any case following a change in control, any unvested award will immediately vest in full and, in the case of options, become exercisable for the one-year period following the date of termination of employment, but in any case not later than the end of the original term of the option.

In connection with a change in control, the committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without obtaining the approval or consent of the unitholders or any participant, but subject to the terms of any award agreements and employment agreements to which the Partnership’s general partner (or any affiliate) and any participant are party, may take one or more of the following actions (with discretion to differentiate between individual participants and awards for any reason):

   

cause awards to be assumed or substituted by the surviving entity (or affiliate of such surviving entity);

   

accelerate the vesting of awards as of immediately prior to the consummation of the transaction that constitutes the change in control so that awards will vest (and, with respect to options, become exercisable) as to the Partnership’s common units that otherwise would have been unvested so that participants (as holders of awards granted under the new equity plan) may participate in the transaction;

accelerate the vesting of awards as of immediately prior to the consummation of the transaction that constitutes the change in control so that awards will vest (and, with respect to options, become exercisable) as to the Partnership’s

 

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common units that otherwise would have been unvested so that participants (as holders of awards granted under the new equity plan) may participate in the transaction;

provide for the payment of cash or other consideration to participants in exchange for the cancellation of outstanding awards (in an amount equal to the fair market value of such cancelled awards);

   

terminate all or some awards upon the consummation of the change-in-control transaction, but only if the committee provides for full vesting of awards immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction; and

   

make such other modifications, adjustments or amendments to outstanding awards or the new equity plan as the committee deems necessary or appropriate.

2010 Phantom Units.A phantom unit entitles a Participant to receive a Partnership common unit upon vesting of the phantom unit. In tandem with phantom unit grants, the LTIP Committee may grant Participant Distribution Equivalent Rights (“DERs”), which are the right to receive cash per phantom unit in an amount equal to, and at the same time as, the cash distributions the Partnership makes on a common unit during the period such phantom unit is outstanding. Generally, phantom units granted under the 2010 LTIP will vest over a three or four year period from the date of grant. Of the phantom units outstanding under the 2010 LTIP at JuneSeptember 30, 2013, there are 443,367485,201 units that will vest within the following twelve months. All phantom units outstanding under the 2010 LTIP at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 include DERs. During the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, the Partnership paid $0.6$0.9 million and $0.5 million, respectively, with respect to the 2010 LTIP DERs. During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, the Partnership paid $1.2$2.2 million and $1.0$1.5 million, respectively, with respect to the 2010 LTIP DERs.

The following table sets forth the 2010 LTIP phantom unit activity for the periods indicated:

   

   Three Months Ended June 30, 
   2013   2012 
   Number of
Units
  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
   Number of
Units
  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 

Outstanding, beginning of period

   2,041,291   $20.91     2,051,706   $20.46  

Granted

   10,000    48.99     17,650    34.23  

Vested(1)

   —      —       —      —    

Forfeited

   (41,423  20.88     (3,997  17.47  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Outstanding, end of period(2)

   2,009,868   $21.10     2,065,359   $20.58  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   $2,615     $2,884  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

   Six Months Ended June 30, 
   2013   2012 
   Number of
Units
  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
   Number of
Units
  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 

Outstanding, beginning of year

   2,044,227   $20.90     1,838,164   $22.11  

Granted

   10,000    48.99     72,950    28.49  

Vested(1)

   (2,936  17.47     (7,226  20.67  

Forfeited

   (41,423  20.88     (3,997  17.47  

ARP anti-dilution adjustment(3)

   —      —       165,468    —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Outstanding, end of period(2)

   2,009,868   $21.10     2,065,359   $20.58  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   $5,723     $5,886  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value

   

      

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value

   

Outstanding, beginning of period

   

2,009,868

      

   

$

21.10

      

      

   

2,065,359

      

   

$

20.58

      

Granted

   

102,000

      

   

   

50.38

      

      

   

60,130

      

   

   

31.71

      

Vested(1)

   

(14,048

)  

   

   

19.86

      

      

   

(1,693

   

   

27.28

      

Forfeited

   

—  

   

   

   

—  

      

      

   

(59,058

   

   

20.28

      

Outstanding, end of period(2)

   

2,097,820

      

   

$

22.54

      

      

   

2,064,738

      

   

$

20.92

      

Vested and not yet issued(4)

   

—  

   

   

   

—  

   

   

   

9,290

   

   

$

18.37

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   

   

$

3,467

   

      

   

   

   

   

$

2,796

   

   

Nine Months Ended September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value

   

      

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value

   

Outstanding, beginning of year

   

2,044,227

      

   

$

20.90

      

      

   

1,838,164

      

   

$

22.11

      

Granted

   

112,000

      

   

   

50.26

      

      

   

133,080

      

   

   

29.95

      

Vested(1)

   

(16,984

   

   

19.45

      

      

   

(8,919

   

   

21.93

      

Forfeited

   

(41,423

   

   

20.88

      

      

   

(63,055

   

   

20.10

      

ARP anti-dilution adjustment(3)

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

165,468

      

   

   

—  

      

Outstanding, end of period(2)

   

2,097,820

      

   

$

22.54

      

      

   

2,064,738

      

   

$

20.92

      

Vested and not yet issued(4)

   

—  

   

   

   

—  

   

   

   

9,290

   

   

$

18.37

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   

   

$

9,190

   

      

   

   

   

   

$

8,682

   

(1)

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(1)During the sixnine months ended June September 30, 2013 and 2012, the aggregate intrinsic values of phantom unit awards vested were $0.7 million and $0.3 million, respectively, and $0.8 million and $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively. No phantom unit awards vested duringfor the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012.2012, respectively.  

(2)

The aggregate intrinsic value of phantom unit awards outstanding at June September 30, 2013 was $98.5$114.6 million.

(3)

The number of 2010 phantom units was adjusted concurrently with the distribution of ARP common units.

(4)The intrinsic value of phantom unit awards vested, but not yet issued at September 30, 2012 was $0.3 million.  No phantom unit awards had vested but had not yet been issued.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership had approximately $18.4$20.3 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested phantom units outstanding under the 2010 LTIP based upon the fair value of the awards.

2010 Unit Options.A unit option entitles a Participant to receive a common unit of the Partnership upon payment of the exercise price for the option after completion of vesting of the unit option. The exercise price of the unit option is equal to the fair market value of the Partnership’s common unit on the date of grant of the option. The LTIP Committee also determines how the exercise price may be paid by the Participant. The LTIP Committee will determine the vesting and exercise period for unit options. Unit option awards expire 10 years from the date of grant. Generally, unit options granted under the 2010 LTIP generally will vest over a three or four year period from the date of grant. There are 572,372595,253 unit options outstanding under the 2010 LTIP at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 that will vest within the following twelve months. No cash was received from the exercise of options for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012. No cash was received from the exercise of options for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012.

The following table sets forth the 2010 LTIP unit option activity for the periods indicated:

   

   Three Months Ended June 30, 
   2013   2012 
   Number of
Unit
Options
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Number of
Unit
Options
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 

Outstanding, beginning of period

   2,502,099   $20.52     2,581,322   $20.45  

Granted

   —      —       —      —    

Exercised(1)

   —      —       —      —    

Forfeited

   (39,315  20.92     (542  17.47  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   2,462,784   $20.51     2,580,780   $20.45  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Options exercisable, end of period (4)

   3,398   $20.85     —     $—    
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   $1,296     $1,573  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

   Six Months Ended June 30, 
   2013   2012 
   Number of
Unit
Options
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Number of
Unit
Options
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 

Outstanding, beginning of year

   2,504,703   $20.51     2,304,300   $22.12  

Granted

   —      —       69,229    26.27  

Exercised(1)

   —      —       —      —    

Forfeited

   (41,919  20.88     (542  17.47  

ARP anti-dilution adjustment(5)

   —      —       207,793    —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   2,462,784   $20.51     2,580,780   $20.45  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Options exercisable, end of period (4)

   3,398   $20.85     —     $—    
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   $2,811     $3,134  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

Number
of Unit
Options

   

   

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

   

      

Number
of Unit
Options

   

   

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

   

Outstanding, beginning of period

   

2,462,784

      

   

$

20.51

      

      

   

2,580,780

      

   

$

20.45

      

Granted

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

8,480

      

   

   

37.26

      

Exercised(1)

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

Forfeited

   

(6,568

   

   

17.39

      

      

   

(78,306

   

   

20.30

      

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   

2,456,216

      

   

$

20.52

      

      

   

2,510,954

      

   

$

20.51

      

Options exercisable, end of period(4)

   

7,068

      

   

$

21.62

      

      

   

8,836

      

   

$

19.37

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   

   

$

1,466

   

      

   

   

   

   

$

1,317

   

   

Nine Months Ended September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

Number
of Unit
Options

   

   

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

   

      

Number
of Unit
Options

   

   

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

   

Outstanding, beginning of year

   

2,504,703

      

   

$

20.51

      

      

   

2,304,300

      

   

$

22.12

      

Granted

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

77,438

      

   

   

27.52

      

Exercised(1)

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

Forfeited

   

(48,487

   

   

20.32

      

      

   

(78,577

   

   

20.35

      

ARP anti-dilution adjustment(5)

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

207,793

      

   

   

—  

      

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   

2,456,216

      

   

$

20.52

      

      

   

2,510,954

      

   

$

20.51

      

Options exercisable, end of period(4)

   

7,068

      

   

$

21.62

      

      

   

8,836

      

   

$

19.37

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   

   

$

4,278

   

      

   

   

   

   

$

4,451

   

(1)

(1)No options were exercised during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012.

(2)

The weighted average remaining contractual life for outstanding options at June September 30, 2013 was 7.77.5 years.

(3)

The options outstanding at June September 30, 2013 had an aggregate intrinsic value of $70.1$83.8 million.

(4)

The weighted average remaining contractual life for exercisable options at June September 30, 2013 was 8.17.8 years. The intrinsic valuevalues of exercisable options at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 wasand 2012 were $0.2 million and $0.1 million.  No options were exercisable at June 30, 2012.

(5)

The number of 2010 unit options and exercise price was adjusted concurrently with the distribution of ARP common units.

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At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership had approximately $8.7$7.2 million in unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested unit options outstanding under the 2010 LTIP based upon the fair value of the awards. The Partnership used the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which is based on Level 3 inputs, to estimate the weighted average fair value of options granted.

The following weighted average assumptions were used for the periods indicated:

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013   2012   2013   2012 

Expected dividend yield

   —       —       —       3.7

Expected unit price volatility

   —       —       —       47.0

Risk-free interest rate

   —       —       —       1.4

Expected term (in years)

   —       —       —       6.88  

Fair value of unit options granted

   —       —       —      $8.50  

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

Expected dividend yield

   

—  

      

      

   

3.7

   

   

—  

      

      

   

3.7

Expected unit price volatility

   

—  

      

      

   

32.0

   

   

—  

      

      

   

45.0

Risk-free interest rate

   

—  

      

      

   

1.2

   

   

—  

      

      

   

1.4

Expected term (in years)

   

—  

      

      

   

6.63

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

6.84

      

Fair value of unit options granted

   

—  

      

      

$

5.18

      

   

   

—  

      

      

$

8.08

      

2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan

The Board of Directors approved and adopted the Partnership’s 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“2006 LTIP”), which provides equity incentive awards to Participants who perform services for the Partnership. The 2006 LTIP is administered by the LTIP Committee. The LTIP Committee may grant such awards of either phantom units or unit options for an aggregate of 2,261,516 common limited partner units. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership had 1,177,031 phantom units and unit options outstanding under the 2006 LTIP, with 764,062 phantom units and unit options available for grant. Share based payments to non-employees, which have a cash settlement option, are recognized within liabilities in the financial statements based upon their current fair market value.

2006 Phantom Units.Generally, phantom units granted to employees under the 2006 LTIP will vest over a three or four year period from the date of grant. Awards will automatically vest upon a change of control of the Partnership, as defined in the 2006 LTIP. Of the phantom units outstanding under the 2006 LTIP at JuneSeptember 30, 2013, 80,71985,798 units will vest within the following twelve months. All phantom units outstanding under the 2006 LTIP at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 include DERs. During the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, the Partnership paid approximately $75,000$104,000 and $9,000$12,000 with respect to 2006 LTIP’s DERs. During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, the Partnership paid approximately $148,000$252,000 and $17,000$29,000 with respect to 2006 LTIP’s DERs. These amounts were recorded as reductions of partners’ capital on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet.

The following table sets forth the 2006 LTIP phantom unit activity for the periods indicated:

   

   Three Months Ended June 30, 
   2013   2012 
   Number of
Units
  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
   Number of
Units
   Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 

Outstanding, beginning of period

   250,036   $34.92     37,053    $15.42  

Granted

   —      —       9,996     30.01  

Vested(1)(2)

   (11,944  22.90     —       —    

Forfeited

   (1,000  36.45     —       —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding, end of period(3)(4)

   237,092   $35.52     47,049    $18.52  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   $1,659      $111  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

   

  Six Months Ended June 30, 

2013

   

      

2012

   

  2013   2012 

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value

   

      

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value

   

  Number of
Units
 Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
   Number of
Units
 Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 

Outstanding, beginning of year

   50,759   $21.02     32,641   $15.99  

Outstanding, beginning of period

   

237,092

      

   

$

35.52

      

      

   

47,049

      

   

$

18.52

      

Granted

   204,777    37.92     17,684    28.27  

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

Vested(1)(2)

   (17,444  21.40     (6,253  24.06  

Vested(1)(2)

   

—  

   

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

Forfeited

   (1,000  36.45     —      —    

   

—  

   

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

ARP anti-dilution adjustment(5)

   —      —       2,977    —    
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Outstanding, end of period(3)(4)

   237,092   $35.52     47,049   $18.52  
  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Outstanding, end of period(3)(4)

   

237,092

      

   

$

35.52

      

      

   

47,049

      

   

$

18.52

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   $2,806     $278  

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   

   

$

1,424

   

      

   

   

   

   

$

215

   

   

 

    

 

 

 

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Nine Months Ended September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value

   

      

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value

   

Outstanding, beginning of year

   

50,759

      

   

$

21.02

      

      

   

32,641

      

   

$

15.99

      

Granted

   

204,777

      

   

   

37.92

      

      

   

17,684

      

   

   

28.27

      

Vested(1)(2)

   

(17,444

   

   

21.40

      

      

   

(6,253

   

   

24.06

      

Forfeited

   

(1,000

   

   

36.45

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

ARP anti-dilution adjustment(5)

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

2,977

      

   

   

—  

      

Outstanding, end of period(3)(4)

   

237,092

      

   

$

35.52

      

      

   

47,049

      

   

$

18.52

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   

   

$

4,230

   

      

   

   

   

   

$

493

   

(1)

The intrinsic value for phantom unit awards vested during the three months ended June 30, 2013 was $0.6 million.

(1)

The intrinsic values for phantom unit awards vested during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 were $0.8 million and $0.2 million, respectively. No phantom unit awards vested during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012.

(2)

There were 624 and 1,146 vested units during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 respectively, that were settled for approximately $33,000 and $52,000 cash, respectively.cash. No units were settled in cash during the three and six months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, and the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

(3)

The aggregate intrinsic value for phantom unit awards outstanding at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 was $11.6$13.0 million.

(4)

There was $0.9 million, $0.7$1.2 million and $0.4$0.7 million recognized as liabilities on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and June 30, 2012, respectively, representing 41,677 44,234 and 40,52444,234 units, respectively, due to the option of the participants to settle in cash instead of units. The respective weighted average grant date fair values for these units are $27.93 $23.25 and $20.55$23.25 as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, and June 30, 2012, respectively.

(5)

The number of 2006 phantom units was adjusted concurrently with the distribution of ARP common units.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership had approximately $6.0$4.8 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested phantom units outstanding under the 2006 LTIP based upon the fair value of the awards.

2006 Unit Options.The exercise price of the unit option may be equal to or more than the fair market value of the Partnership’s common unit on the date of grant of the option. Unit option awards expire 10 years from the date of grant. Generally, unit options granted under the 2006 LTIP will vest over a three or four year period from the date of grant. Awards will automatically vest upon a change of control of the Partnership, as defined in the 2006 LTIP. There are 2,500 unit options outstanding under the 2006 LTIP at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 that will vest within the following twelve months. For both the three and sixnine month periods ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012, the Partnership received cash of $0.1 million and $0.2 million, respectively, from the exercise of options. No cash was received from the exercise of options during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013.

The following table sets forth the 2006 LTIP unit option activity for the periods indicated:

   

   Three Months Ended June 30, 
   2013   2012 
   Number of
Unit
Options
   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Number of
Unit
Options
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 

Outstanding, beginning of period

   939,939    $20.94     966,499   $20.08  

Granted

   —       —       —      —    

Exercised(1)

   —       —       (16,315  2.98  

Forfeited

   —       —       —      —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   939,939    $20.94     950,184   $20.37  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Options exercisable, end of period(4)

   929,939    $20.75     950,184   $20.37  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

    $9     $—    
    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

   

  Six Months Ended June 30, 

2013

   

      

2012

   

  2013   2012 

Number
of Unit
Options

   

   

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

   

      

Number
of Unit
Options

   

   

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

   

  Number of
Unit
Options
   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Number of
Unit
Options
 Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 

Outstanding, beginning of year

   929,939    $20.75     903,614   $21.52  

Outstanding, beginning of period

   

939,939

      

   

$

20.94

      

      

   

950,184

      

   

$

20.37

      

Granted

   10,000     38.51     —      —    

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

Exercised(1)

   —       —       (31,753  2.98  

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

(20,245

   

   

2.98

      

Forfeited

   —       —       —      —    

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

ARP anti-dilution adjustment(5)

   —       —       78,323    —    
  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   939,939    $20.94     950,184   $20.37  

   

939,939

      

   

$

20.94

      

      

   

929,939

      

   

$

20.75

      

  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

Options exercisable, end of period(4)

   929,939    $20.75     950,184   $20.37  

   

929,939

      

   

$

20.75

      

      

   

929,939

      

   

$

20.75

      

  

 

   

 

   

 

  

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

    $16     $—    

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   

   

$

10

   

      

   

   

   

   

$

—  

   

    

 

    

 

 

 

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Nine Months Ended September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

Number
of Unit
Options

   

   

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

   

      

Number
of Unit
Options

   

   

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

   

Outstanding, beginning of year

   

929,939

      

   

$

20.75

      

      

   

903,614

      

   

$

21.52

      

Granted

   

10,000

      

   

   

38.51

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

Exercised(1)

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

(51,998

   

   

2.98

      

Forfeited

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

ARP anti-dilution adjustment(5)

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

78,323

      

   

   

—  

      

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   

939,939

      

   

$

20.94

      

      

   

929,939

      

   

$

20.75

      

Options exercisable, end of period(4)

   

929,939

      

   

$

20.75

      

      

   

929,939

      

   

$

20.75

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   

   

$

26

   

      

   

   

   

   

$

—  

   

(1)

(1)

The intrinsic value of options exercised during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012 was $0.5$0.6 million and $0.9$1.5 million, respectively. No options were exercised during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013.

(2)

The weighted average remaining contractual life for outstanding options at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 was 3.43.2 years.

(3)

The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 was approximately $26.4$31.7 million.

(4)

The weighted average remaining contractual lives for exercisable options at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 were 3.43.1 years and 4.44.1 years, respectively. The aggregate intrinsic values of options exercisable at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 were $26.3$31.5 million and $9.6$12.8 million, respectively.

(5)

The number of 2006 unit options and exercise price was adjusted concurrently with the distribution of ARP common units.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the Partnership had $0.1 millionapproximately $49,000 of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested unit options outstanding under the 2006 LTIP based upon the fair value of the awards. The Partnership uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which is based on Level 3 inputs, to estimate the weighted average fair value of options granted.

The following weighted average assumptions were used for the periods indicated:

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013   2012   2013  2012 

Expected dividend yield

   —       —       3.2  —    

Expected unit price volatility

   —       —       30.0  —    

Risk-free interest rate

   —       —       0.7  —    

Expected term (in years)

   —       —       6.25    —    

Fair value of unit options granted

   —       —      $7.54    —    

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

      

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

      

2013

   

   

2012

   

Expected dividend yield

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

3.2

   

   

—  

      

Expected unit price volatility

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

30.0

   

   

—  

      

Risk-free interest rate

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

0.7

   

   

—  

      

Expected term (in years)

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

6.25

      

   

   

—  

      

Fair value of unit options granted

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

$

7.54

      

   

   

—  

      

The transfer of assets to ARP on March 5, 2012 and the subsequent distribution of ARP common units on March 13, 2012 resulted in an adjustment to the Partnership’s 2010 and 2006 long-term incentive plans. Concurrent with the distribution of ARP common units, the number of phantom units, restricted units and options in the plans were increased in an amount equivalent to the percentage change in the Partnership’s publicly traded unit price from the closing price on March 13, 2012 to the opening price on March 14, 2012. In addition, the strike price of unit option awards was decreased by the same percentage change.

ARP Long-Term Incentive Plan

ARP has a 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan effective March 2012 (the “ARP LTIP”). Awards of options to purchase units, restricted units and phantom units may be granted to officers, employees and directors of ARP’s general partner under the ARP LTIP, and such awards may be subject to vesting terms and conditions in the discretion of the administrator of the ARP LTIP. Up to 2,900,000 common units of ARP, subject to adjustment as provided for under the ARP LTIP, may be issued pursuant to awards granted under the ARP LTIP. The ARP LTIP is administered by the Compensation Committee of the board (the “ARP LTIP Committee”). At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP had 2,340,6822,338,500 phantom units, restricted units and unit options outstanding under the ARP LTIP, with 355,109350,668 phantom units, restricted units and unit options available for grant.

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Upon a change in control, as defined in the ARP LTIP, all unvested awards held by directors will immediately vest in full. In the case of awards held by eligible employees, following a change in control, upon the eligible employee’s termination of employment without “cause”, as defined in the ARP LTIP, or upon any other type of termination specified in the eligible employee’s applicable award agreement(s), in any case following a change in control, any unvested award will immediately vest in full and, in the case of options, become exercisable for the one-year period following the date of termination of employment, but in any case not later than the end of the original term of the option.

In connection with a change in control, the ARP LTIP Committee, in its sole and absolute discretion and without obtaining the approval or consent of the unitholders or any participant, but subject to the terms of any award agreements and employment agreements to which the Partnership, as general partner, (or any affiliate) and any participant are party, may take one or more of the following actions (with discretion to differentiate between individual participants and awards for any reason):

   

cause awards to be assumed or substituted by the surviving entity (or affiliate of such surviving entity);

   

accelerate the vesting of awards as of immediately prior to the consummation of the transaction that constitutes the change in control so that awards will vest (and, with respect to options, become exercisable) as to ARP’s common units that otherwise would have been unvested so that participants (as holders of awards granted under the new equity plan) may participate in the transaction;

   

provide for the payment of cash or other consideration to participants in exchange for the cancellation of outstanding awards (in an amount equal to the fair market value of such cancelled awards);

   

terminate all or some awards upon the consummation of the change-in-control transaction, but only if the ARP LTIP Committee provides for full vesting of awards immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction; and

   

make such other modifications, adjustments or amendments to outstanding awards or the new equity plan as the ARP LTIP Committee deems necessary or appropriate.

ARP Phantom Units.Phantom units granted under the ARP LTIP generally will vest 25% of the original granted amount on each of the next four anniversaries of the date of grant. Of the phantom units outstanding under the ARP LTIP at JuneSeptember 30, 2013, 235,565279,387 units will vest within the following twelve months. All phantom units outstanding under the ARP LTIP at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 include DERs. During the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP paid $0.5 million and $1.0$1.5 million, respectively, with respect to the 2012 ARP LTIP’s DERs. During the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012, ARP paid approximately $400$0.3 million with respect to DERs. These amounts were recorded as reductions of partners’ capital on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet.

The following table sets forth the ARP LTIP phantom unit activity for the periods indicated:

   

   Three Months Ended June 30, 
   2013   2012 
   Number of
Units
  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
   Number of
Units
   Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 

Outstanding, beginning of period

   1,025,261   $24.53     —       —    

Granted

   8,540    24.09     810,476     24.69  

Vested and issued(1)

   (168,994  24.69     —       —    

Forfeited

   (18,875  24.03     —       —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   845,932   $24.51     810,476    $24.69  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Vested and not yet issued(4)

   32,750   $24.67     —      $—    
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   $2,231      $1,740  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

   Six Months Ended June 30, 
   2013   2012 
   Number of
Units
  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
   Number of
Units
   Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 

Outstanding, beginning of year

   948,476   $24.76     —      $—    

Granted

   91,790    22.15     810,476     24.69  

Vested and issued (1)

   (171,459  24.69     —       —    

Forfeited

   (22,875  24.23     —       —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   845,932   $24.51     810,476    $24.69  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Vested and not yet issued(4)

   32,750   $24.67     —      $—    
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   $5,284      $1,740  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value

   

      

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value

   

Outstanding, beginning of period

   

845,932

      

   

$

24.51

      

      

   

810,476

      

   

$

24.69

      

Granted

   

37,191

      

   

   

21.86

      

      

   

129,500

      

   

   

25.23

      

Vested and issued(1)

   

(33,123

   

   

24.72

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

Forfeited

   

—  

   

   

   

—  

      

      

   

(1,000

   

   

24.67

      

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   

850,000

      

   

$

24.38

      

      

   

938,976

      

   

$

24.76

      

Vested and not yet issued(4)

   

7,749

      

   

$

25.51

      

      

   

—  

      

   

$

—  

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   

   

$

2,045

   

      

   

   

   

   

$

2,915

   

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Nine Months Ended September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value

   

      

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value

   

Outstanding, beginning of year

   

948,476

      

   

$

24.76

      

      

   

—  

      

   

$

—  

      

Granted

   

128,981

      

   

   

22.07

      

      

   

939,976

      

   

   

24.76

      

Vested and issued(1)

   

(204,582

   

   

24.70

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

Forfeited

   

(22,875

   

   

24.23

      

      

   

(1,000

   

   

24.67

      

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   

850,000

      

   

$

24.38

      

      

   

938,976

      

   

$

24.76

      

Vested and not yet issued(4)

   

7,749

   

   

$

25.51

   

   

   

—  

   

   

   

—  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   

   

$

7,329

   

      

   

   

   

   

$

4,655

   

(1)

(1)

The intrinsic value of phantom unit awards vested and issued during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 was $4.1$0.7 million and $4.2$4.9 million, respectively. No phantom unit awards vested and were issued during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.

(2)

The aggregate intrinsic value for phantom unit awards outstanding at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 was $18.5$17.8 million.

(3)

There was approximately $38,000,$40,000 and $31,000 and $12,000 recognized as liabilities on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, and June 30, 2012, respectively, representing 6,748, 3,4767,939 and 3,476 units, respectively, due to the option of the participants to settle in cash instead of units. The respective weighted average grant date fair values for these units were $25.93, $28.75$25.19 and $28.75 at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, and June 30, 2012, respectively.

(4)

The intrinsic value of phantom unit awards vested, but not yet issued at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 was $0.8$0.2 million. No phantom unit awards had vested, but had not yet been issued at JuneSeptember 30, 2012.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP had approximately $12.0$10.8 million in unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested phantom units outstanding under the ARP LTIP based upon the fair value of the awards.

ARP Unit Options.The exercise price of the unit option may be equal to or more than the fair market value of ARP’s common unit on the date of grant of the option. Unit option awards expire 10 years from the date of grant. Unit options granted under the ARP LTIP generally will vest 25% on each of the next four anniversaries of the date of grant. There were 372,000 unit options outstanding under the ARP LTIP at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 that will vest within the following twelve months. No cash was received from the exercise of options for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012.

The following table sets forth the ARP LTIP unit option activity for the periods indicated:

   

   Three Months Ended June 30, 
   2013   2012 
   Number of
Unit
Options
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Number of
Unit
Options
   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 

Outstanding, beginning of period

   1,513,500   $24.67     —      $—    

Granted

   500    25.35     1,499,500     24.67  

Exercised(1)

   —      —       —       —    

Forfeited

   (19,250  24.68     —       —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   1,494,750   $24.67     1,499,500    $24.67  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Options exercisable, end of period(4)

   374,375   $24.67     —      $—    
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   $771      $1,274  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

   Six Months Ended June 30, 
   2013   2012 
   Number of
Unit
Options
  Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
   Number of
Unit
Options
   Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 

Outstanding, beginning of year

   1,515,500   $24.68     —      $—    

Granted

   2,500    22.88     1,499,500     24.67  

Exercised(1)

   —      —       —       —    

Forfeited

   (23,250  24.76     —       —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   1,494,750   $24.67     1,499,500    $24.67  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Options exercisable, end of period(4)

   374,375   $24.67     —      $—    
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   $1,965      $1,274  
   

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

Number
of Unit
Options

   

   

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

   

      

Number
of Unit
Options

   

   

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

   

Outstanding, beginning of period

   

1,494,750

      

   

$

24.67

      

      

   

1,499,500

      

   

$

24.67

      

Granted

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

18,000

      

   

   

25.18

      

Exercised(1)

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

Forfeited

   

(6,250

   

   

24.67

      

      

   

(2,000

   

   

24.67

      

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   

1,488,500

      

   

$

24.67

      

      

   

1,515,500

      

   

$

24.68

      

Options exercisable, end of period(4)

   

371,375

      

   

$

24.67

      

      

   

—  

      

   

$

—  

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   

   

$

915

   

      

   

   

   

   

$

1,927

   

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Nine Months Ended September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

Number
of Unit
Options

   

   

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

   

      

Number
of Unit
Options

   

   

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

   

Outstanding, beginning of year

   

1,515,500

      

   

$

24.68

      

      

   

—  

      

   

$

—  

      

Granted

   

2,500

      

   

   

22.88

      

      

   

1,517,500

      

   

   

24.68

      

Exercised(1)

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

   

—  

      

Forfeited

   

(29,500

   

   

24.74

      

      

   

(2,000

   

   

24.67

      

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   

1,488,500

      

   

$

24.67

      

      

   

1,515,500

      

   

$

24.68

      

Options exercisable, end of period(4)

   

371,375

      

   

$

24.67

      

      

   

—  

      

   

$

—  

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   

   

$

2,880

   

      

   

   

   

   

$

3,201

   

(1)

No options were exercised during the three and sixnine months ended June September 30, 2013 and 2012.

(2)

The weighted average remaining contractual life for outstanding options at June September 30, 2013 was 8.98.6 years.

(3)

There was no aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding at June September 30, 2013.

(4)

The weighted average remaining contractual life for exercisable options at June September 30, 2013 was 8.98.6 years. There were no aggregate intrinsic values of options exercisable at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012. No options were exercisable at JuneSeptember 30, 2012.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP had approximately $3.9$3.5 million in unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested unit options outstanding under the ARP LTIP based upon the fair value of the awards. ARP used the Black-Scholes option pricing model, which is based on Level 3 inputs, to estimate the weighted average fair value of options granted.

The following weighted average assumptions were used for the periods indicated:

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013  2012  2013  2012 

Expected dividend yield

   7.3  1.5  6.7  1.5

Expected unit price volatility

   44.0  47.0  44.0  47.0

Risk-free interest rate

   1.1  1.0  1.1  1.0

Expected term (in years)

   6.88    6.25    6.35    6.25  

Fair value of unit options granted

  $4.91   $9.79   $4.86   $9.79  

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

Expected dividend yield

   

—  

   

   

   

2.5

   

   

6.7

   

   

1.5

Expected unit price volatility

   

—  

   

   

   

46.0

   

   

35.8

   

   

47.0

Risk-free interest rate

   

—  

   

   

   

0.8

   

   

1.1

   

   

1.0

Expected term (in years)

   

—  

      

   

   

6.25

      

   

   

6.35

      

   

   

6.25

      

Fair value of unit options granted

   

—  

      

   

$

8.72

      

   

$

3.63

      

   

$

9.78

      

APL Long-Term Incentive Plans

APL has a 2004 Long-Term Incentive Plan (“APL 2004 LTIP”), and a 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, which was modified on April 26, 2011 (“APL 2010 LTIP” and collectively with the APL 2004 LTIP, the “APL LTIPs”), in which officers, employees and non-employee managing board members of APL’s general partner and employees of APL’s general partner’s affiliates and consultants are eligible to participate. The APL LTIPs are administered by APL’s compensation committee (the “APL LTIP Committee”). Under the APL LTIPs, the APL LTIP Committee may make awards of either phantom units or unit options for an aggregate of 3,435,000 common units. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL had 909,0121,522,822 phantom units outstanding under the APL LTIPs, with 1,482,642809,720 phantom units and unit options available for grant. APL generally issues new common units for phantom units and unit options, which have vested and have been exercised. Share based payments to non-employees, which have a cash settlement option, are recognized within liabilities in the consolidated financial statements based upon their current fair market value. There were no unit options outstanding as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013.

APL Phantom Units.Through JuneSeptember 30, 2013, phantom units granted under the APL LTIPs generally had vesting periods of four years. Phantom units awarded to non-employee managing board members will vest over a four year period. Awards to non-employee members of APL’s board automatically vest upon a change of control, as defined in the APL LTIPs. Of the units outstanding under the APL LTIPs at JuneSeptember 30, 2013, 301,226468,544 units will vest within the following twelve months.

All phantom units outstanding under the APL LTIPs at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 include DERs. The amounts paid with respect to APL LTIP DERs were $0.6$1.0 million and $0.6 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012,

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respectively, and $1.2$2.2 million and $0.8$1.4 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. These amounts were recorded as reductions of non-controlling interest on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet.

The following table sets forth the APL LTIP phantom unit activity for the periods indicated:

   

   Three Months Ended June 30, 
   2013   2012 
   Number of
Units
  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
   Number of
Units
  Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 

Outstanding, beginning of period

   1,057,083   $33.22     390,567   $21.41  

Granted

   36,971    38.10     693,952    34.97  

Vested and issued(1)

   (182,942  32.65     (108,167  11.35  

Forfeited

   (2,100  32.95     (3,950  24.66  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   909,012   $33.54     972,402   $32.19  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Vested and not issued(4)

   39,347   $24.91     48,647   $24.12  
  

 

 

  

 

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

 

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   $3,436     $2,940  
   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

   

  Six Months Ended June 30, 

2013

   

      

2012

   

  2013   2012 

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value

   

      

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value

   

  Number of
Units
 Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
   Number of
Units
 Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
 

Outstanding, beginning of year

   1,053,242   $33.21     394,489   $21.63  

Outstanding, beginning of period

   

909,012

      

   

$

33.54

      

      

   

972,402

      

   

$

32.19

      

Granted

   43,775    37.32     698,084    34.98  

   

697,122

      

   

   

39.07

      

      

   

85,103

      

   

   

33.61

      

Vested and issued(1)

   (185,905  32.59     (116,221  13.32  

   

(59,112

   

   

27.81

      

      

   

(45,587

   

   

23.75

      

Forfeited

   (2,100  32.95     (3,950  24.66  

   

(24,200

   

   

36.74

      

      

   

(51,000

   

   

29.83

      

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   909,012   $33.54     972,402   $32.19  

   

1,522,822

      

   

$

36.24

      

      

   

960,918

      

   

$

32.84

      

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

Vested and not issued(4)

   39,347   $24.91     48,647   $24.12  

   

2,450

      

   

$

32.95

      

      

   

6,800

      

   

$

27.46

      

  

 

  

 

   

 

  

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   $7,820     $3,918  

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   

   

$

5,998

   

      

   

   

   

   

$

3,619

   

   

 

    

 

 

   

   

Nine Months Ended September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value

   

      

Number
of Units

   

   

Weighted
Average
Grant
Date Fair
Value

   

Outstanding, beginning of year

   

1,053,242

      

   

$

33.21

      

      

   

394,489

      

   

$

21.63

      

Granted

   

740,897

      

   

   

38.97

      

      

   

783,187

      

   

   

34.83

      

Vested and issued(1)

   

(245,017

   

   

31.44

      

      

   

(161,808

   

   

16.26

      

Forfeited

   

(26,300

   

   

36.44

      

      

   

(54,950

   

   

29.46

      

Outstanding, end of period(2)(3)

   

1,522,822

      

   

$

36.24

      

      

   

960,918

      

   

$

32.84

      

Vested and not issued(4)

   

2,450

      

   

$

32.95

      

      

   

6,800

      

   

$

27.46

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Non-cash compensation expense recognized (in thousands)

   

   

$

13,818

   

      

   

   

   

   

$

7,538

   

(1)

(1)The intrinsic values for phantom unit awards vested and issued were $6.6$2.2 million and $3.2$1.4 million, respectively, during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 and $6.7$8.9 million and $3.5$4.9 million, respectively, during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012.

(2)

There were 22,546,23,565 and 17,926 and 17,852 outstanding phantom unit awards at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and June 30, 2012, respectively, which were classified as liabilities due to a cash option available on the related phantom unit awards.

(3)

The aggregate intrinsic values for phantom unit awards outstanding at June September 30, 2013 and 2012 were $34.7$59.1 million and $30.3$32.8 million, respectively.

(4)

The aggregate intrinsic values for phantom unit awards vested but not issued at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012 was $1.5were $0.1 million and $1.5$0.2 million, respectively.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL had approximately $17.2$37.5 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested phantom units outstanding under the APL LTIPs based upon the fair value of the awards, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.02.2 years.

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NOTE 17  OPERATING SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Partnership’s operations include three reportable operating segments (see Note 1). These operating segments reflect the way the Partnership manages its operations and makes business decisions. Operating segment data for the periods indicated were as follows (in thousands):

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013  2012  2013  2012 

Atlas Resource:

     

Revenues

  $83,326   $37,045   $195,374   $108,146  

Operating costs and expenses

   (62,125  (41,958  (150,751  (103,004

Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense

   (22,197  (10,822  (43,405  (19,930

Loss on asset sales and disposal

   (672  (16  (1,374  (7,021

Interest expense

   (4,508  (956  (11,397  (1,106
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Segment loss

  $(6,176 $(16,707 $(11,553 $(22,915
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Atlas Pipeline:

     

Revenues

  $560,467   $325,998   $970,419   $619,213  

Operating costs and expenses

   (479,874  (220,165  (841,592  (477,360

Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense

   (46,383  (21,712  (76,841  (42,554

Loss on asset sales and disposal

   (1,519  —      (1,519  —    

Interest expense

   (22,581  (9,269  (41,267  (17,977

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

   (19  —      (26,601  —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Segment income (loss)

  $10,091   $74,852   $(17,401 $81,322  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Corporate and other:

     

Revenues

  $2   $—     $104   $307  

Operating costs and expenses

   (8,664  (6,506  (17,356  (21,984

Interest expense

   (442  (69  (677  (302
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Segment loss

  $(9,104 $(6,575 $(17,929 $(21,979
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Reconciliation of segment income (loss) to net loss:

     

Segment income (loss):

     

Atlas Resource

  $(6,176 $(16,707 $(11,553 $(22,915

Atlas Pipeline

   10,091    74,852    (17,401  81,322  

Corporate and other

   (9,104  (6,575  (17,929  (21,979
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

  $(5,189 $51,570   $(46,883 $36,428  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Capital expenditures:

     

Atlas Resource

  $71,565   $26,694   $130,052   $45,652  

Atlas Pipeline

   107,193    65,221    215,709    146,388  

Corporate and other

   —      —      —      —    
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total capital expenditures

  $178,758   $91,915   $345,761   $192,040  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

  June 30,
2013
   December 31,
2012
 

2013

   

   

2012

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

Atlas Resources:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Revenues

$

91,085

      

   

$

74,743

      

   

$

286,459

      

   

$

182,889

      

Operating costs and expenses

   

(77,717

   

   

(69,483

   

   

(228,468

   

   

(172,487

Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense

   

(41,656

   

   

(13,918

   

   

(85,061

   

   

(33,848

Gain (loss) on asset sales and disposal

   

(661

   

   

2

   

   

   

(2,035

   

   

(7,019

Interest expense

   

(10,748

   

   

(1,423

   

   

(22,145

   

   

(2,529

Segment loss

$

(39,697

   

$

(10,079

   

$

(51,250

   

$

(32,994

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Balance sheet:

    

Goodwill:

    

Atlas Pipeline:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Revenues

$

555,988

      

   

$

279,292

      

   

$

1,526,407

      

   

$

898,505

      

Operating costs and expenses

   

(506,125

   

   

(252,795

   

   

(1,347,717

   

   

(730,155

Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense

   

(51,080

   

   

(23,161

   

   

(127,921

   

   

(65,715

Loss on asset sales and disposal

   

—  

   

   

   

—  

      

   

   

(1,519

   

   

—  

      

Interest expense

   

(24,347

   

   

(9,692

   

   

(65,614

   

   

(27,669

Loss on early extinguishment of debt

   

—  

   

   

   

—  

      

   

   

(26,601

   

   

—  

      

Segment income (loss)

$

(25,564

)  

   

$

(6,356

)  

   

$

(42,965

   

$

74,966

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Corporate and other:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Revenues

$

2,916

      

   

$

738

      

   

$

3,020

      

   

$

1,045

      

Operating costs and expenses

   

(12,452

   

   

(5,565

   

   

(29,808

   

   

(27,549

Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense

   

(1,331

)

   

   

—  

   

   

   

(1,331

)

   

   

—  

   

Interest expense

   

(3,418

   

   

(130

   

   

(4,095

   

   

(432

Segment loss

$

(14,285

   

$

(4,957

   

$

(32,214

   

$

(26,936

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Reconciliation of segment income (loss) to net loss:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Segment income (loss):

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Atlas Resource

  $31,784    $31,784  

$

(39,697

   

$

(10,079

   

$

(51,250

   

$

(32,994

Atlas Pipeline

   502,321     319,285  

   

(25,564

)  

   

   

(6,356

)  

   

   

(42,965

   

   

74,966

      

Corporate and other

   —       —    

   

(14,285

   

   

(4,957

   

   

(32,214

   

   

(26,936

Net income (loss)

$

(79,546

   

$

(21,392

)  

   

$

(126,429

   

$

15,036

      

  

 

   

 

 

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  $534,105    $351,069  
  

 

   

 

 

Total assets:

    

Capital expenditures:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Atlas Resource

  $1,624,895    $1,498,952  

$

73,944

      

   

$

27,727

      

   

$

203,996

      

   

$

73,379

      

Atlas Pipeline

   4,304,174     3,065,638  

   

112,152

      

   

   

96,024

      

   

   

327,861

      

   

   

242,412

      

Corporate and other

   33,010     32,604  

   

1,831

      

   

   

—  

      

   

   

1,831

      

   

   

—  

      

  

 

   

 

 
  $5,962,079    $4,597,194  
  

 

   

 

 

Total capital expenditures

$

187,927

      

   

$

123,751

      

   

$

533,688

      

   

$

315,791

      

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September 30,
2013

   

      

December 31,
2012

   

Balance sheet:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Goodwill:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Atlas Resource

$

31,784

      

      

$

31,784

      

Atlas Pipeline

   

503,937

      

      

   

319,285

      

Corporate and other

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

   

$

535,721

      

      

$

351,069

      

Total assets:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Atlas Resource

$

2,386,852

      

      

$

1,498,952

      

Atlas Pipeline

   

4,373,595

      

      

   

3,065,638

      

Corporate and other

   

124,644

      

      

   

32,604

      

   

$

6,885,091

      

      

$

4,597,194

      

NOTE 18 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Arkoma Acquisition.Arc Logistics Partners IPO. On July 31,November 6, 2013, the Partnership completed the acquisition of the Arkoma assets from EP Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EP Energy, LLC, and EPE Nominee Corp. Pursuant to the purchase and sale agreement with EP Energy, the Partnership acquired the Arkoma basin assets for approximately $64.5 million in cash, net of purchase price adjustments (the “Arkoma Acquisition”Arc Logistics Partners, LP (“ARCX”), while ARP acquired certain assets from EP Energy for approximately $705.9 milliona master limited partnership owned and controlled by Lightfoot, which is involved in cash, netterminalling, storage, throughput and transloading of purchase price adjustments (collectivelycrude oil and petroleum products, began trading publicly on the “EP Energy Acquisition”). The EP Energy Acquisition had an effective date of May 1, 2013.

Secured Term Facility.On July 31, 2013, in connection with the Arkoma Acquisition, the Partnership received net proceeds of $237.6 million under a $240.0 million secured term facility with a group of outside investors (the “Term Facility”). The Term Facility has a maturity date of July 31, 2019. BorrowingsNew York Stock Exchange under the Term Facility bear interest, at the Partnership’s election at either LIBOR plus an applicable margin of 5.50% per annum or the alternate base rate, as defined (“ABR”) plus an applicable margin of 4.50% per annum. Interest is generally payable quarterly for ABR loans and, for LIBOR loans at the interest periods selected by the Partnership. The Partnership is required to repay principal at the rate of $0.6 million per quarter until the maturity date when the balance is due.

The Term Facility contains customary covenants, similar to those in the Partnership’s credit facility, that limit the Partnership’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, make loans or investments, make distributions if a default exists or would result from the distribution, merge into or consolidate with other persons, enter into commodity or interest rate swap agreements that do not conform to specified terms or that exceed specified amounts, or engage in certain asset dispositions including a sale of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets. The Term Facility also contains a covenant that requires the Partnership to maintain a ratio of Total Funded Debt (as defined in the Term Facility) to EBITDA (as defined in the Term Facility) the same as those in the Partnership’s credit facility. The events which constitute events of default are also customary for credit facilities of this nature, including payment defaults, breaches of representations, warranties or covenants, defaults in the payment of other indebtedness over a specified threshold, insolvency and change of control.

The Partnership’s obligations under the Term Facility are secured by first priority security interests in substantially all of its assets, including all of its ownership interests in its material subsidiaries and its ownership interests in APL and ARP. Additionally, the Partnership’s obligations under its credit facility are guaranteed by its wholly-owned subsidiaries (excluding Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC) and may be guaranteed by future subsidiaries. The Term Facility is subject to an intercreditor agreement, which provides for certain rights and procedures, between the lenders under the Term Facility and the Partnership’s amended credit facility, with respect to enforcement of rights, collateral and application of payment proceeds.

Credit Facility.On July 31, 2013, in connection with the Arkoma Acquisition, the Partnership entered into an amended and restated credit agreement with a syndicate of banks that matures in July 2018. The credit facility has a maximum credit amount of $50.0 million, of which up to $5.0 million may be in the form of standby letters of credit. The Partnership’s obligations under the amended credit facility are secured by first priority security interests in substantially all of its assets, including all of its ownership interests in its material subsidiaries and its ownership interests in APL and ARP. Additionally, the Partnership’s obligations under the credit facility are guaranteed by its material wholly-owned subsidiaries, (excluding Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC), and may be guaranteed by future subsidiaries. At the Partnership’s election, interest on borrowings under the credit agreement is determined by reference to either LIBOR plus an applicable margin of 5.50% per year or the ABR plus an applicable margin of 4.50% per year. Interest is generally payable quarterly for ABR loans and at the interest payment periods selected by the Partnership for LIBOR loans. The Partnership is required to pay a fee between 0.5% and 0.625% per annum on the unused portion of the commitments under the credit agreement.

The credit agreement contains customary covenants that limit the Partnership’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, make loans or investments, make distributions if a default exists or would result from the distribution, merge into or consolidate with other persons, enter into commodity or interest rate swap agreements that do not conform to specified terms or that exceed specified amounts, or engage in certain asset dispositions including a sale of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets. The credit agreement also contains covenants that (i) require the Partnership to maintain a ratio of Total Funded Debt (as defined in the credit agreement) to EBITDA (as defined in the credit agreement) not greater than 4.50 to 1.0 as of the last day of the quarter ending September 30, 2013; 4:00 to 1:00 as of the last day of each of the quarters ending on or before September 30, 2015; and 3:50 to 1:00 for the last day of each of the quarters thereafter, and (ii) require the Partnership to enter into swaps agreements with respect to the assets being acquired in Arkoma Acquisition.

Purchase of ARP Preferred Units.In connection with the closing of the EP Energy Acquisition on July 31, 2013, the Partnership purchased $86.6 million of ARP’s newly created Class C convertible preferred units, at a negotiated price per unit of $23.10, which was the face value of the units. The Class C preferred units pay cash distributions in an amount equal to the greater of (i) $0.51 per unit and (ii) the distributions payable on each common unit at each declared quarterly distribution date. The initial Class C preferred distribution will be paid for the quarter ending September 30, 2013. The Class C preferred units have no voting rights, except as set forth in the certificate of designation for the Class C preferred units, which provides, among other things, that the affirmative vote of 75% of the Class C Preferred Units is required to repeal such certificate of designation. Holders of the Class C preferred units have the right to convert the Class C preferred units on a one-for-one basis, in whole or in part, into common units at any time prior to the date that is three years following the date of the issuance of the Class C preferred units. Unless previously converted, all Class C preferred units will convert into common units on the date that is three years following the date of the issuance of the Class C preferred units. Upon issuance of the Class C preferred units, the Partnership, as purchaser of the Class C preferred units, received 562,497 warrants to purchase ARP’s common units at an exercise price equal to the face value of the Class C preferred units. The Partnership was granted certain registration rights with respect to the common units underlying the Class C preferred units and the common units issuable upon exercise of the warrants (see “Issuance of Preferred Units”)ticker symbol “ARCX”.

Cash Distribution.On JulyOctober 24, 2013, the Partnership declared a cash distribution of $0.44$0.46 per unit on its outstanding common units, representing the cash distribution for the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013. The $22.6$23.6 million distribution will be paid on AugustNovember 19, 2013 to unitholders of record at the close of business on AugustNovember 6, 2013.

Atlas Resource

EP Energy Acquisition.On July 31, 2013, ARP completed the acquisition of assets from EP Energy for approximately $705.9 million in cash, net of purchase price adjustments. The assets acquired included coal-bed methane producing natural gas assets in the Raton Basin in northern New Mexico and the Black Warrior Basin in central Alabama. The EP Energy acquisition had an effective date of May 1, 2013.

Issuance of Preferred Units. In connection with the closing of the EP Energy Acquisition on July 31, 2013, ARP issued $86.6 million of its newly created Class C convertible preferred units to the Partnership, at a negotiated price per unit of $23.10, which was the face value of the units. The Class C preferred units were offered and sold in a private transaction exempt from registration under Section 4 (2) of the Securities Act.

Upon issuance of the Class C preferred units and warrants on July 31, 2013, ARP entered into a registration rights agreement pursuant to which it agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC to register the resale of the common units issuable upon conversion of the Class C preferred units and upon exercise of the warrants. ARP agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to file such registration statement within 90 days of the conversion of the Class C preferred units into common units or the exercise of the warrants.

Credit Facility Amendment.On July 31, 2013, in connection with the acquisition of assets from EP Energy, ARP entered into a second amended and restated credit agreement (“ARP Credit Agreement”), which included the following changes:Resources

   

extended the maturity date of the facility to July 31, 2018;

increased the borrowing base to $835.0 million and the maximum facility amount to $1.5 billion;

decreased the applicable margin on Eurodollar loans to between 1.75% and 2.75%, and the applicable margin on alternative base rate loans to between 0.75% and 1.75%, in each case depending upon the utilization of the borrowing base;

revised the ratio of Total Funded Debt (as defined in the ARP Credit Agreement) to EBITDA (as defined in the ARP Credit Agreement) (or, in the case of quarters ending on or before December 31, 2013, Annualized EBITDA) to be 4.50 to 1.0 as of the last day of the quarter ended September 13, 2013, 4.25 to 1.0 as of the last day of the quarters ended December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014, and 4.00 to 1.0 as of the last day of each quarter thereafter;

removed the interest coverage covenant; and

added covenants requiring ARP to enter into natural gas derivative swaps agreements with respect to the assets acquired in the EP Energy acquisition.

Senior Notes.Distribution. On July 30, 2013, ARP issued $250.0 million of 9.25% Senior Notes due August 15, 2021 (“9.25% ARP Senior Notes”) in a private placement transaction at a discount of 99.297%, resulting in net proceeds of approximately $242.8 million, net of underwriting fees and other offering costs. Interest will accrue from July 30, 2013, and is payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15, with the first interest payment date being February 15, 2014. At any time prior to August 15, 2017, ARP may redeem some or all of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes at a redemption price of 104.624%. On or after August 15, 2018, ARP may redeem some or all of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes at the redemption price of 102.313% and on or after August 15, 2019, ARP may redeem some or all of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes at the redemption price of 100.0%. In addition, at any time prior to August 15, 2019, ARP may redeem up to 35% of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes with the proceeds received from certain equity offerings at 100.0%. Under certain conditions, including if ARP sells certain assets and does not reinvest the proceeds or repay senior indebtedness or if it experiences specific kinds of changes of control, ARP must offer to repurchase the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes.

Cash Distribution. On JulyOctober 24, 2013, ARP declared a cash distribution of $0.54$0.56 per unit on its outstanding common limited partner units, representing the cash distribution for the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013. The $36.1$40.0 million distribution, including $1.9$2.4 million and $4.2 million to the Partnership, as general partner, and $2.1 million to its preferred limited partners, respectively, will be paid on AugustNovember 14, 2013 to unitholders of record at the close of business on AugustNovember 6, 2013.

Atlas Pipeline

Cash Distribution. On July 23,October 24, 2013, APL declared a cash distribution of $0.62 per unit on its outstanding common limited partner units, representing the cash distribution for the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013. The $54.0$55.3 million distribution, including $5.9$6.0 million to the Partnership as general partner, will be paid on AugustNovember 14, 2013 to unitholders of record at the close of business on AugustNovember 7, 2013. Based on this declaration, APL estimates that approximately 234,000 Class D Preferred Units will be distributed to the holders of the Class D Preferred Units as a preferred unit distribution for the quarter ended September 30, 2013.  The in kind distribution will be issued on November 14, 2013 to the preferred unitholders of record at the close of business on November 7, 2013 (see Note 14).

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ITEM 2:

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Forward-Looking Statements

When used in this Form 10-Q, the words “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties more particularly described in “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. These risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from the results stated or implied in this document. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly release the results of any revisions to forward-looking statements which we may make to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Form 10-Q or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

We are a publicly-traded Delaware master limited partnership, whose common units are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “ATLS”.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, our operations primarily consisted of our ownership interests in the following entities:following:

   

Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. (“ARP”Atlas Resources” or “ARP”), a publicly-traded Delaware master limited partnership (NYSE: ARP) and an independent developer and producer of natural gas, crude oil and natural gas liquids (“NGL”), with operations in basins across the United States. ARP sponsors and manages tax-advantaged investment partnerships, in which it coinvests, to finance a portion of its natural gas and oil production activities. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, we owned 100% of the general partner Class A units, all of the incentive distribution rights, and an approximate 33.1%36.9% limited partner interest (20,962,485 common and 3,749,986 Class C preferred limited partner units) in ARP;

   

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (“APL”), a publicly traded Delaware master limited partnership (NYSE: APL) and midstream energy service provider engaged in the natural gas gathering, processing and treating services in the Anadarko, Arkoma and Permian Basins located in the southwestern and mid-continent regions of the United States; natural gas gathering services in the Appalachian Basin in the northeastern region of the United States; and NGL transportation services throughout the southwestern region of the United States. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, we owned a 2.0% general partner interest, all of the incentive distribution rights, and an approximate 6.3%6.2% common limited partner interest in APL; and

   

Lightfoot Capital Partners, LP (“Lightfoot LP”) and Lightfoot Capital Partners GP, LLC (“Lightfoot GP”), the general partner of Lightfoot L.P. (collectively, “Lightfoot”), entities which incubate new master limited partnerships (“MLPs”) and invest in existing MLPs. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, we had an approximate 16% general partner interest and 12% limited partner interest in Lightfoot.Lightfoot; and

Certain natural gas and oil producing assets located in the Arkoma Basin of eastern Oklahoma (see“Recent Developments”).

In February 2012, the board of directors (“the Board”) of our General Partner (“the General Partner”) approved the formation of ARP as a newly created exploration and production master limited partnership and the related transfer of substantially all of our natural gas and oil development and production assets and the partnership management business to ARP on March 5, 2012. The Board also approved the distribution of approximately 5.24 million ARP common units to our unitholders, which were distributed on March 13, 2012 using a ratio of 0.1021 ARP limited partner units for each of our common units owned on the record date of February 28, 2012.

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FINANCIAL PRESENTATION

Our consolidated financial statements contain our accounts and those of our consolidated subsidiaries, all of which are wholly-owned at JuneSeptember 30, 2013, except for ARP and APL, which we control. Due to the structure of our ownership interests in ARP and APL, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, we consolidate the financial statements of ARP and APL into our financial statements rather than present our ownership interests as equity investments. As such, the non-controlling interests in ARP and APL are reflected as income attributable to non-controlling interests in our consolidated statements of operations and as a component of partners’ capital on our consolidated balance sheets. Throughout this section, when we refer to “our” consolidated financial statements, we are referring to the consolidated results for us, our wholly-owned subsidiaries and the consolidated results of ARP and APL, adjusted for non-controlling interests in ARP and APL. All significant intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in the consolidation of our financial statements.

SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Arc Logistics Partners IPO. Lightfoot Capital Partners, LP (“Lightfoot”), a privately managed partnership, in which we own an approximate 12% interest as well as an approximate 16% interest in its general partner (an entity for which Jonathan Cohen, Executive Chairman of the General Partner’s board of directors, is the Chairman of the Board) owns and controls the general partner of Arc Logistics Partners, LP. On November 6, 2013, Arc Logistics Partners, LP (ARCX), a master limited partnership which is involved in terminalling, storage, throughput and transloading of crude oil and petroleum products, began trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “ARCX”. ARCX’s cash flows are primarily fee-based under multi-year contracts, and their assets are located on the East Coast, Gulf Coast and Midwest regions of the U.S.

Distribution.On October 24, 2013, we declared a cash distribution of $0.46 per unit on our outstanding common units, representing the cash distribution for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. The $23.6 million distribution will be paid on November 19, 2013 to unitholders of record at the close of business on November 6, 2013.

Atlas Resources

Distribution.On October 24, 2013, ARP declared a cash distribution of $0.56 per unit on its outstanding common limited partner units, representing the cash distribution for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. The $40.0 million distribution, including $2.4 million and $4.2 million to us, as general partner, and preferred limited partners, respectively, will be paid on November 14, 2013 to unitholders of record at the close of business on November 6, 2013.

Atlas Pipeline

Distribution. On October 24, 2013, APL declared a cash distribution of $0.62 per unit on its outstanding common limited partner units, representing the cash distribution for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. The $55.3 million distribution, including $6.0 million to us as general partner, will be paid on November 14, 2013 to unitholders of record at the close of business on November 7, 2013. Based on this declaration, APL estimates that approximately 234,000 Class D Preferred Units will be distributed to the holders of the Class D Preferred Units as a preferred unit distribution for the quarter ended September 30, 2013.  The in kind distribution will be issued on November 14, 2013 to the preferred unitholders of record at the close of business on November 7, 2013 (see “Issuances of Units”).

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

Arkoma Acquisition.On July 31, 2013, we completed the acquisition of certain natural gas and oil producing assets in the Arkoma assetsbasin from EP Energy a wholly-owned subsidiary of E&P Company, L.P. (“EP Energy, LLC, and EPE Nominee Corp.Energy”). Pursuant to the purchase and sale agreement with EP Energy, we acquired the Arkoma basin assets for approximately $64.5 million in cash, net of purchase price adjustments (the “Arkoma Acquisition”), while ARP acquired certain assets. The Arkoma Acquisition was funded with a portion of the proceeds from EP Energy for approximately $705.9 million in cash, netthe issuance of purchase price adjustments (collectively the “EP Energy Acquisition”our term loan facility (see “Term Loan Facility”). The EP EnergyArkoma Acquisition had an effective date of May 1, 2013.

Secured Term Loan Facility.On July 31, 2013, in connection with the Arkoma Acquisition, we received net proceeds of $237.6$230.2 million under a $240.0 million secured term facility with a group of outside investors (the “Term Facility”). The Term Facility has a maturity date of July 31, 2019. Borrowings under the Term Facility bear interest, at our election at either LIBOR plus an applicable margin of 5.50% per annum or the alternate base rate, as defined (“ABR”) plus an applicable margin of 4.50% per annum. Interest is generally payable quarterly for ABR loans and, for LIBOR loans at the interest

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periods selected by us. We are required to repay principal at the rate of $0.6 million per quarter until the maturity date when the balance is due.

The Term Facility contains customary covenants, similar to those in our credit facility, that limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, make loans or investments, make distributions if a default exists or would result from the distribution, merge into or consolidate with other persons, enter into commodity or interest rate swap agreements that do not conform to specified terms or that exceed specified amounts, or engage in certain asset dispositions including a sale of all or substantially all of our assets. The Term Facility also contains a covenant that requires us to maintain a ratio of Total Funded Debt (as defined in the Term Facility) to EBITDA (as defined in the Term Facility) the same as those in our credit facility. The events which constitute events of default are also customary for credit facilities of this nature, including payment defaults, breaches of representations, warranties or covenants, defaults in the payment of other indebtedness over a specified threshold, insolvency and change of control.

Our obligations under the Term Facility are secured by first priority security interests in substantially all of our assets, including all of our ownership interests in our material subsidiaries and our ownership interests in APL and ARP. Additionally, our obligations under our credit facility are guaranteed by our wholly-owned subsidiaries (excluding Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC) and may be guaranteed by future subsidiaries. The Term Facility is subject to an intercreditor agreement, which provides for certain rights and procedures, between the lenders under the Term Facility and our amended credit facility, with respect to enforcement of rights, collateral and application of payment proceeds.

Credit Facility.On July 31, 2013, in connection with the Arkoma Acquisition, we entered into an amended and restated credit agreement with a syndicate of banks that matures in July 2018. The credit facility has a maximum credit amount of $50.0 million, of which up to $5.0 million may be in the form of standby letters of credit. Our obligations under the amended credit facility are secured by first priority security interests in substantially all of our assets, including all of our ownership interests in our material subsidiaries and our ownership interests in APL and ARP. Additionally, our obligations under the credit facility are guaranteed by our material wholly-owned subsidiaries, (excluding Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC), and may be guaranteed by future subsidiaries. At our election, interest on borrowings under the credit agreement is determined by reference to either LIBOR plus an applicable margin of 5.50% per year or the ABR plus an applicable margin of 4.50% per year. Interest is generally payable quarterly for ABR loans and at the interest payment periods selected by us for LIBOR loans. We are required to pay a fee between 0.5% and 0.625% per annum on the unused portion of the commitments under the credit agreement.facility.

The credit agreement contains customary covenants that limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, make loans or investments, make distributions if a default exists or would result from the distribution, merge into or consolidate with other persons, enter into commodity or interest rate swap agreements that do not conform to specified terms or that exceed specified amounts, or engage in certain asset dispositions including a sale of all or substantially all of our assets. The credit agreement also contains covenants that (i) require us to maintain a ratio of Total Funded Debt (as defined in the credit agreement) to EBITDA (as defined in the credit agreement) not greater than 4.504.5 to 1.0 as of the last day of the quarter ending September 30, 2013; 4:004.0 to 1:001.0 as of the last day of each of the quarters ending on or before September 30, 2015; and 3:503.5 to 1:001.0 for the last day of each of the quarters thereafter, and (ii) require us to enter into swaps agreements with respect to the assets being acquired in the Arkoma Acquisition.

Purchase of ARP Preferred Units.In July 2013, in connection with the closingARP’s acquisition of theassets from EP Energy, Acquisition on July 31, 2013, we purchased $86.6 million3,749,986 of ARP’s newly created Class C convertible preferred units, at a negotiated price per unit of $23.10,

which was the face value for proceeds of $86.6 million. The Class C preferred units were offered and sold in a private transaction exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the units.Securities Act. The Class C preferred units pay cash distributions in an amount equal to the greater of (i) $0.51 per unit and (ii) the distributions payable on each common unit at each declared quarterly distribution date. The initial Class C preferred distribution will bewas paid for the quarter endingended September 30, 2013. The Class C preferred units have no voting rights, except as set forth in the certificate of designation for the Class C preferred units, which provides, among other things, that the affirmative vote of 75% of the Class C Preferred Units is required to repeal such certificate of designation. Holders of the Class C preferred units have the right to convert the Class C preferred units on a one-for-one basis, in whole or in part, into common units at any time prior to the date that is three years following the date of the issuance of the Class C preferred units.before July 31, 2016. Unless previously converted, all Class C preferred units will convert into common units on the date that is three years following the date of the issuance of the Class C preferred units.July 31, 2016. Upon issuance of the Class C preferred units, we, as purchaser of the Class C preferred units, also received 562,497 warrants to purchase ARP’s common units at an exercise price equal to the face value of the Class C preferred units. WeThe warrants were granted certain registration rights with respect to theexercisable beginning October 29, 2013 into an equal number of ARP common units underlying the Class C preferred units and the common units issuable uponat an exercise price of the$23.10 per unit subject to adjustments provided therein. The warrants will expire on July 31, 2016 (see “Issuance of Preferred Units”).

Cash Distribution.On July 24, 2013, we declared a cash distribution of $0.44 per unit on our outstanding common units, representing the cash distribution for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. The $22.6 million distribution will be paid on August 19, 2013 to unitholders of record at the close of business on August 6, 2013.

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Atlas Pipeline

Atlas ResourceSenior Note Exchange Offer.

EP Energy Acquisition.On July 31, 2013, ARP completed the acquisition of assets from EP Energy for approximately $705.9 million in cash, net of purchase price adjustments. The assets acquired included coal-bed methane producing natural gas assets in the Raton Basin in northern New Mexico and the Black Warrior Basin in central Alabama. The EP Energy acquisition had an effective date of May 1, 2013.

Issuance of Preferred Units. In connection with the closing of the EP Energy Acquisition on July 31, 2013, ARP issued $86.6 million of its newly created Class C convertible preferred units to the Partnership, at a negotiated price per unit of $23.10, which was the face value of the units. The Class C preferred units were offered and sold in a private transaction exempt from registration under Section 4 (2) of the Securities Act.

Upon issuance of the Class C preferred units and warrants on July 31, 2013, ARP entered into a registration rights agreement pursuant to which it agreed to file a registration statement APL filed with the SEC to registerfor the resaleexchange offer for $500.0 million of the common units issuable upon conversion of the Class C preferred units and upon exercise of the warrants. ARP agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to file such registration statement within 90 days of the conversion of the Class C preferred units into common units or the exercise of the warrants.

Credit Facility Amendment.On July 31, 2013, in connection with the acquisition of assets from EP Energy, ARP entered into a second amended and restated credit agreement6.625% unsecured senior notes due October 2020 (“ARP Credit Agreement”), which included the following changes:

extended the maturity date of the facility to July 31, 2018;

increased the borrowing base to $835.0 million and the maximum facility amount to $1.5 billion;

decreased the applicable margin on Eurodollar loans to between 1.75% and 2.75%, and the applicable margin on alternative base rate loans to between 0.75% and 1.75%, in each case depending upon the utilization of the borrowing base;

revised the ratio of Total Funded Debt (as defined in the ARP Credit Agreement) to EBITDA (as defined in the ARP Credit Agreement) (or, in the case of quarters ending on or before December 31, 2013, Annualized EBITDA) to be 4.50 to 1.0 as of the last day of the quarter ended September 13, 2013, 4.25 to 1.0 as of the last day of the quarters ended December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014, and 4.00 to 1.0 as of the last day of each quarter thereafter;

removed the interest coverage covenant; and

added covenants requiring ARP to enter into natural gas derivative swaps agreements with respect to the assets acquired in the EP Energy acquisition.

Senior Notes. On July 30, 2013, ARP issued $250.0 million of 9.25% Senior Notes due August 15, 2021 (“9.25% ARP6.625 APL Senior Notes”) in a private placement transaction at a discountsatisfaction of 99.297%, resulting in net proceedsthe registration requirements of approximately $242.8 million, net of underwriting fees and other offering costs. Interest will accrue from July 30,the registration rights agreements was declared effective on September 17, 2013.  APL commenced an exchange offer for the 6.625% APL Senior Notes on September 18, 2013 and is payable semi-annuallythe exchange offer was consummated on February 15 and August 15, withOctober 16, 2013.  Pursuant to the first interest payment date being February 15, 2014. At any time prior to August 15, 2017, ARP may redeem some or allterms of the 9.25% ARPregistration rights agreement relating to the 6.625% APL Senior Notes, atbecause the exchange offer was not completed by the September 23, 2013 deadline for the 6.625% APL Senior Notes issued in September 2012, APL incurred a redemption price of 104.624%. On or after August 15, 2018, ARP may redeem some or all0.25% additional interest penalty from September 23, 2013 through consummation of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes at the redemption priceexchange offer on October 16, 2013 (see “Issuance of 102.313% and on or after August 15, 2019, ARP may redeem some or all of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes at the redemption price of 100.0%Units”). In addition, at any time prior to August 15, 2019, ARP may redeem up to 35% of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes with the proceeds received from certain equity offerings at 100.0%. Under certain conditions, including if ARP sells certain assets and does not reinvest the proceeds or repay senior indebtedness or if it experiences specific kinds of changes of control, ARP must offer to repurchase the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes.

Cash Distribution. On July 24, 2013, ARP declared a cash distribution of $0.54 per unit on its outstanding common limited partner units, representing the cash distribution for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. The $36.1 million distribution, including $1.9 million to the Partnership as general partner and $2.1 million to its preferred limited partners, will be paid on August 14, 2013 to unitholders of record at the close of business on August 6, 2013.

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Cash Distribution. On July 23, 2013, APL declared a cash distribution of $0.62 per unit on its outstanding common limited partner units, representing the cash distribution for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. The $54.0 million distribution, including $5.9 million to the Partnership as general partner, will be paid on August 14, 2013 to unitholders of record at the close of business on August 7, 2013.

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS

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Senior Note Offering.On May 10, 2013, APL issued $400.0 million of 4.75% unsecured senior notes due November 15, 2021 (“4.75% APL Senior Notes”) in a private placement transaction. The 4.75% APL Senior Notes were issued at par.APL received net proceeds of $391.5 million after underwriting commissions and other transactionstransaction costs. APL utilized the proceeds repay a portion of its outstanding indebtedness under its revolving credit agreement (see “Issuance of Units”).

TEAK Acquisition. On May 7, 2013, APL completed the acquisition of 100% of the equity interests held by TEAK Midstream, LLC (“TEAK”) for $1.0 billion in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments, less cash received (the “TEAK Acquisition”). The assets of these companies, which are referred to as the South TX assets, include the following gas gathering and processing facilities in Texas:

   

the Silver Oak I plant, which is a 200 MMCFD cryogenic processing facility;

   

a second 200 MMCFD cryogenic processing facility, the Silver Oak II plant, to be in service the firstthesecond quarter of 2014;

   

265 miles of primarily 20-24 inch gathering and residue lines;

   

approximately 275 miles of low pressure gathering lines;

   

a 75% interest in T2 LaSalle Gathering Company L.L.C., which owns a 62 mile 24 inch gathering line;

   

a 50% interest in T2 Eagle Ford Gathering Company L.L.C., which owns a 45 mile 16 inch gathering pipeline and is currently building a 71 mile 24 inch gathering line; and

   

a 50% interest in T2 EF Cogeneration Holdings L.L.C., which is building a cogeneration facility.

Amendment to Credit Facility. On April 19, 2013, APL entered into an amendment to its revolving credit agreement, which among other changes,

   

allowed the TEAK Acquisition to be a Permitted Investment, as defined in the credit agreement;

did not require the joint venture interests acquired in the TEAK Acquisition to be guarantors;

   

permitted the payment of cash distributions, if any, on the Class Dconvertible preferred units (“Class D Preferred UnitsUnits”) so long as we have a pro forma Minimum Liquidity, as defined in the credit agreement, of greater than or equal to $50 million; and

   

modified the definition of Consolidated Funded Debt Ratio, Interest Coverage Ratio and Consolidated EBITDA to allow for an Acquisition Period whereby the terms for calculating each of these ratios have been adjusted; andadjusted.

Common Unit Offering. On April 18, 2013, APL sold 11,845,000 common units of APL in a registered public offering at a price to the public of $34.00 per unit, yielding net proceeds of $388.4 million after underwriting commissions and expenses. APL also received a capital contribution from us, as general partner, of $8.3 million to maintain our 2.0% general partnership interest in APL. APL used the proceeds from this offering to fund a portion of the purchase price of the TEAK Acquisition (see “Issuance of Units”).

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Preferred Unit Offering. On May 7, 2013, APL issued $400.0 million of its Class D Preferred Units in a private placement transaction, at a negotiated price per unit of $29.75, for net proceeds of $397.7 million. APL also received a capital contribution from us, as general partner, of $8.2 million to maintain our 2% general partnership interest in APL, upon the issuance of the Class D Preferred Units. APL used the proceeds to fund a portion of the purchase price of the TEAK Acquisition (see “Issuance of Units”).

Cryogenic Processing Plant.On April 12, 2013, APL placed in service a new 200 MMcfd cryogenic processing plant, known as the Driver Plant in its WestTX system in the Permian Basin of Texas, increasing the WestTX system capacity to 455 MMcfd.

Senior Notes Redemptions. On March 12, 2013, APL paid $105.6 million to redeem the remaining $97.3 million outstanding 8.75% APL Senior Notes including a $6.3 million premium and $2.0 million in accrued interest. APL funded the redemption with a portion of the net proceeds from the issuance of the 5.875% unsecured senior notes due August 1, 2023 (“5.875% APL Senior Notes”) (see “Senior Notes”). On January 28, 2013, APL commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of its outstanding $365.8 million 8.75% APL Senior Notes, excluding unamortized premium, and a solicitation of consents to eliminate most of the restrictive covenants and certain of the events of default contained in the indenture governing the 8.75% APL Senior Notes (“8.75% APL Senior Notes Indenture”) (see “Senior Notes”). In February 2013, APL accepted for purchase all 8.75% APL Senior Notes validly tendered as of the expiration of the consent solicitation and entered into a supplemental indenture amending and supplementing the 8.75% APL Senior Notes Indenture. APL also issued a notice to redeemredeemed all the 8.75% APL Senior Notes not purchased in connection with the tender offer (see “Senior Notes”).

Senior Notes Issuance. On February 11, 2013, APL issued $650.0 million of 5.875% APL Senior Notes in a private placement transaction. The 5.875% APL Senior Notes were issued at par. APL received net proceeds of $637.3 million and utilized the proceeds to redeem its outstanding 8.75% senior unsecured notes due on June 15, 2018 (“8.75% APL Senior Notes”) and repay a portion of its outstanding indebtedness under its revolving credit facility (see “Senior Notes”).

Acquisition of Gas Gathering Systems and Related Assets.On January 7, 2013, APL paid $6.0 million for the first of two contingent payments related to the acquisition of a gas gathering system and related assets in February 2012. APL agreed to pay up to an additional $12.0 million, payable in two equal amounts, if certain volumes were achieved on the acquired gathering system within specified periods of time. Sufficient volumes were achieved in December 2012 to meet the required volumes for the first contingent payment.

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EP Energy Acquisition.On July 31, 2013, ARP completed its acquisition of assets from EP Energy for approximately $705.9 million in cash, net of purchase price adjustments (the “EP Energy Acquisition”). The purchase price was funded through borrowings under its revolving credit facility, the issuance of its 9.25% senior notes due August 15, 2021 (“9.25% ARP Senior Notes”), the issuance of 14,950,000 ARP common limited partner units, and the issuance of its newly created Class C convertible preferred units. The assets acquired included coal-bed methane producing natural gas assets in the Raton Basin in northern New Mexico, the Black Warrior Basin in central Alabama and the County Line area of Wyoming. The EP Energy Acquisition had an effective date of May 1, 2013.

Issuance of Preferred Units.On July 31, 2013, in connection with ARP’s EP Energy Acquisition, ARP issued 3,749,986 newly created Class C convertible preferred units to us, at a negotiated price per unit of $23.10, for proceeds of $86.6 million. The Class C preferred units were issued with 562,497 warrants to purchase ARP common units at an exercise price of $23.10 at our option beginning on October 29, 2013.  The warrants will expire on July 31, 2016.  The Class C preferred units were offered and sold in a private transaction exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

Upon issuance of the Class C preferred units and 562,497 warrants on July 31, 2013, ARP entered into a registration rights agreement pursuant to which it agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC to register the resale of the common units issuable upon conversion of the Class C preferred units and upon exercise of the warrants. ARP agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to file such registration statement within 90 days of the conversion of the Class C preferred units into common units or the exercise of the warrants.

Credit Facility Amendment.On July 31, 2013, in connection with the acquisition of assets from EP Energy, ARP entered into a second amended and restated credit agreement (“see “Credit Facility”).

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Senior Notes. On July 30, 2013, ARP issued $250.0 million of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes in a private placement transaction at an offering price of 99.297% of par value, yielding net proceeds of approximately $242.8 million, net of underwriting fees and other offering costs of $5.5 million. The net proceeds were used to partially fund the EP Acquisition.  The 9.25% ARP Senior Notes were presented net of a $1.7 million unamortized discount as of September 30, 2013. Interest on the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes accrued from July 30, 2013, and is payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15, with the first interest payment date being February 15, 2014. At any time prior to August 15, 2017, ARP may redeem some or all of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes at a redemption price of 104.624%. On or after August 15, 2018, ARP may redeem some or all of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes at the redemption price of 102.313% and on or after August 15, 2019, ARP may redeem some or all of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes at the redemption price of 100.0%. In addition, at any time prior to August 15, 2016, ARP may redeem up to 35% of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes with the proceeds received from certain equity offerings at 109.250%. Under certain conditions, including if ARP sells certain assets and does not reinvest the proceeds or repay senior indebtedness or if it experiences specific kinds of changes of control, ARP must offer to repurchase the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes (see “Senior Notes”).

Inconnection with the issuance of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes, ARP entered into a registration rights agreement, whereby it agreed to (a) file an exchange offer registration statement with the SEC to exchange the privately issued notes for registered notes, and (b) cause the exchange offer to be consummated by July 30, 2014. Under certain circumstances, in lieu of, or in addition to, a registered exchange offer, ARP has agreed to file a shelf registration statement with respect to the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes. If ARP fails to comply with its obligations to register the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes within the specified time periods, the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes will be subject to additional interest, up to 1% per annum, until such time that the exchange offer is consummated or the shelf registration statement is declared effective, as applicable.

Common Unit Offering.In June 2013, in connection with entering into a purchase agreement to acquire certain producing wells and net acreage fromthe EP Energy (see “Subsequent Events”),Acquisition, ARP sold an aggregate of 14,950,000 (including a 1,950,000 over-allotment) of its common limited partner units (including a 1,950,000 over-allotment) in a public offering at a price of $21.75 per unit, yielding net proceeds of approximately $313.1 million. ARP utilized the net proceeds from the sale to repay the outstanding balance under its revolving credit facility (see “Credit Facilities”).

Equity Distribution Program. In May 2013, ARP entered into an equity distribution program with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representative of several banks. Pursuant to the equity distribution program, ARP may sell, from time to time through the agents, common units having an aggregate offering price of up to $25.0 million. Sales of common limited partner units, if any, may be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be “at-the-market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including sales made directly on the New York Stock

Exchange, the existing trading market for the common limited partner units, or sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange or through an electronic communications network. ARP will pay each of the agents a commission, which in each case shall not be more than 2.0% of the gross sales price of common limited partner units sold through such agent. During the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP issued 309,174 common limited partner units under the equity distribution program for net proceeds of $7.1$7.0 million, net of $0.3$0.4 million in commissions paid. No common limited partner units were issued under the equity distribution program during the three months ended September 30, 2013. ARP utilized the net proceeds from the sale to repay borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility.facility (see “Issuance of Units”).

Senior Notes.On January 23, 2013, ARP issued $275.0 million of 7.75% senior unsecured notes due January 15, 2021 (“7.75% ARP Senior Notes”) in a private placement transaction at par. ARP used the net proceeds of approximately $267.8$267.7 million, net of underwriting fees and other offering costs of $7.2$7.3 million, to repay all of the indebtedness and accrued interest outstanding under its then-existing term loan credit facility and a portion of the amounts outstanding under its revolving credit facility (see “Credit Facilities”). Under the terms of ARP’s revolving credit facility, the borrowing base was reduced by 15% of the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes to $368.8 million. In connection with the retirement of ARP’s term loan credit facility and the reduction in its revolving credit facility borrowing base, ARP accelerated $3.2 million of amortization expense related to deferred financing costs in Januaryduring the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The indenture governingInterest on the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes contains covenants, including limitationsis payable semi-annually on January 15 and July 15. At any time prior to January 15, 2016, the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes are redeemable up to 35% of ARP’s abilitythe outstanding principal amount with the net cash proceeds of equity offerings at the redemption price of 107.75%. The 7.75% ARP Senior Notes are also subject to incur certain liens, incurrepurchase at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, upon a change of control. At any time prior to January 15, 2017, the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes are redeemable, in whole or in part, at a redemption price as defined in the governing indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional indebtedness; declareinterest, if any. On and after January 15, 2017, the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes are redeemable, in whole or pay distributions if an eventin part, at a redemption price of default has occurred; redeem, repurchase, or retire equity interests or subordinated indebtedness; make certain investments; or merge, consolidate or sell substantially all of ARP’s assets.103.875%, decreasing to 101.938% on January 15, 2018 and 100% on January 15, 2019.

In connection with the issuance of the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes, ARP entered into registration rights agreements, whereby it agreed to (a) file an exchange offer registration statement with the SEC to exchange the privately issued notes for registered notes, and (b) cause the exchange offer to be consummated by January 23, 2014. Under certain circumstances, in

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lieu of, or in addition to, a registered exchange offer, ARP has agreed to file a shelf registration statement with respect to the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes.  If ARP does not meetfails to comply with its obligations to register the aforementioned deadline,7.75% ARP Senior Notes within the specified time periods, the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes will be subject to additional interest, up to 1% per annum, until such time that ARP causes the exchange offer to be consummated.consummated or the shelf registration id declared effective, as applicable. On July 1, 2013, ARP filed itsa registration statement with the SEC in satisfactionrelating to the exchange offer for the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes.

The indentures governing the 7.75% and 9.25% ARP Senior Notes contains covenants, including limitations of ARP’s ability to incur certain requirementsliens, incur additional indebtedness; declare or pay distributions if an event of the registration rights agreement.default has occurred; redeem, repurchase, or retire equity interests or subordinated indebtedness; make certain investments; or merge, consolidate or sell substantially all of ARP’s assets.

CONTRACTUAL REVENUE ARRANGEMENTS

Natural Gas and Oil Production

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Natural Gas. We and ARP marketsmarket the majority of itsour natural gas production to gas utility companies, gas marketers, local distribution companies and industrial or other end-users. The sales price of natural gas produced is a function of the market in the area and typically tied to a regional index. The production area and pricing indexes are as follows: Appalachian Basin andBasin—Dominion South Point, Tennessee Gas Pipeline, Transco Leidy Line; Mississippi Lime, primarily the New York Mercantile Exchange (“NYMEX”) spot market price;Lime—Southern Star; Barnett Shale and Marble Falls,Falls- primarily the Waha spot market price;but with smaller amounts sold into a variety of north Texas outlets; Raton – ANR, Panhandle, and NGPL; Black Warrior Basin – Southern Natural; Arkoma – Enable; New Albany Shale and Antrim Shale,Shale- primarily the Texas Gas Zone SL and Chicago Hub spot market prices;markets; and Niobrara formation, formation—primarily the Cheyenne Hub spot market price.market. We and ARP attempt to sell the majority of natural gas produced at monthly, fixed index prices and a smaller portion at index daily prices.

We and ARP doesdo not hold firm transportation obligations on any pipeline that requires payment of transportation fees regardless of natural gas production volumes. As is customary in certain of its other operating areas, ARP occasionally commits a predictable portion of monthly production to the purchaser in order to maintain a gathering agreement.

Crude Oil. Crude oil produced from our and ARP’s wells flows directly into leasehold storage tanks where it is picked up by an oil company or a common carrier acting for an oil company. The crude oil is typically sold at the prevailing spot market price for each region, less appropriate trucking charges. We and ARP doesdo not have delivery commitments for fixed and determinable quantities of crude oil in any future periods under existing contracts or agreements.

Natural Gas Liquids. NGLs are extracted from the natural gas stream by processing and fractionation plants enabling the remaining “dry” gas (low Btu content) to meet pipeline specifications for transport to end users or marketers operating on the receiving pipeline. The resulting dry natural gas is sold as mentioned above and ARP’s NGLs areis generally priced using the Mont Belvieu (TX) regional processing hub. The cost to process and fractionate the NGLs from the gas stream is typically either a volumetric fee for the gas and liquids processed or a volumetric retention by the processing and fractionation facility. We and ARP doesdo not have delivery commitments for fixed and determinable quantities of NGLs in any future periods under existing contracts or agreements.

Atlas Resources’ Investment Partnerships.

ARP generally funds a portion of its drilling activities through sponsorship of tax-advantaged investment drilling partnerships (“Drilling Partnerships”). In addition to providing capital for its drilling activities, ARP’s Drilling Partnerships are a source of fee-based revenues, which are not directly dependent on commodity prices. As managing general partner of the Drilling Partnerships, ARP receives the following fees:

   

Well construction and completion.For each well that is drilled by a Drilling Partnership, ARP receives a 15% to 18% mark-up on those costs incurred to drill and complete the well;

Well construction and completion.For each well that is drilled by a Drilling Partnership, ARP receives a 15% to 18% mark-up on those costs incurred to drill and complete the well;

   

Administration and oversight.For each well drilled by a Drilling Partnership, ARP receives a fixed fee between $15,000 and $400,000, depending on the type of well drilled. Additionally, the Drilling Partnership pays ARP a monthly per well administrative fee of $75 for the life of the well. Because ARP coinvests in the Drilling Partnerships, the net fee that it receives is reduced by ARP’s proportionate interest in the well;

Administration and oversight.For each well drilled by a Drilling Partnership, ARP receives a fixed fee between $15,000 and $400,000, depending on the type of well drilled. Additionally, the Drilling Partnership pays ARP a monthly per well administrative fee of $75 for the life of the well. Because ARP coinvests in the Drilling Partnerships, the net fee that it receives is reduced by ARP’s proportionate interest in the well;

   

Well services. Each Drilling Partnership pays ARP a monthly per well operating fee, currently $100 to $2,000, for the life of the well. Because ARP coinvests in the Drilling Partnerships, the net fee that it receives is reduced by ARP’s proportionate interest in the wells; and

 

Gathering. Each royalty owner, Drilling Partnership and certain other working interest owners pay ARP a gathering fee, which in general is equivalent to the fees ARP remits. In Appalachia, a majority of ARP’s Drilling Partnership wells are subject to a gathering agreement, whereby ARP remits a gathering fee of 16%. However, based on the respective Drilling Partnership agreements, ARP charges its Drilling Partnership wells a 13% gathering fee. As a result, some of ARP’s gathering expenses within its partnership management segment, specifically those in the Appalachian Basin, will generally exceed the revenues collected from in Drilling Partnerships by approximately 3%.

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Well services. Each Drilling Partnership pays ARP a monthly per well operating fee, currently $100 to $2,000, for the life of the well. Because ARP coinvests in the Drilling Partnerships, the net fee that it receives is reduced by its proportionate interest in the wells; and

Gathering. Each royalty owner, Drilling Partnership and certain other working interest owners pay ARP a gathering fee, which in general is equivalent to the fees ARP remits. In Appalachia, a majority of ARP’s Drilling Partnership wells are subject to a gathering agreement, whereby ARP remits a gathering fee of 16%. However, based on the respective Drilling Partnership agreements, ARP charges its Drilling Partnership wells a 13% gathering fee. As a result, some of ARP’s gathering expenses within its partnership management segment, specifically those in the Appalachian Basin, will generally exceed the revenues collected from in Drilling Partnerships by approximately 3%.

Atlas PipelinePipeline’s Gathering and Processing

APL’s principal revenue is generated from the gathering and sale of natural gas, NGLs and condensate. Variables that affect its revenue are:

   

the volumes of natural gas APL gathers and processes, which in turn, depend upon the number of wells connected to its gathering systems, the amount of natural gas they produce, and the demand for natural gas, NGLs and condensate;

   

the price of the natural gas APL gathers, processes and treats, and the NGLs and condensate it recovers and sells, which is a function of the relevant supply and demand in the mid-continent and northeastern areas of the United States;

   

the NGL and Btu content of the gas that is gathered and processed;

   

the contract terms with each producer; and

   

the efficiency of APL’s gathering systems and processing and treating plants.

Under certain agreements, APL purchases natural gas from producers and moves it into receipt points on its pipeline systems and then sells the natural gas and NGLs off of delivery points on its systems. Under other agreements, APL gathers natural gas across its systems, from receipt to delivery point, without taking title to the natural gas. Revenue associated with the physical sale of natural gas is recognized upon physical delivery of the natural gas.

GENERAL TRENDS AND OUTLOOK

We expect our and our subsidiaries’ businesses to be affected by the following key trends. Our expectations are based on assumptions made by us and our subsidiaries and information currently available to us. To the extent our underlying assumptions about or interpretations of available information prove to be incorrect, our and our subsidiaries’ actual results may vary materially from our expected results.

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Natural Gas and Oil Production

The areas in which we and ARP operatesoperate are experiencing a significant increase in natural gas, oil and NGL production related to new and increased drilling for deeper natural gas formations and the implementation of new exploration and production techniques, including horizontal and multiple fracturing techniques. The increase in the supply of natural gas has put a downward pressure on domestic natural gas prices. While we and ARP anticipatesanticipate continued high levels of exploration and production activities over the long-term in the areas in which it operates,we operate, fluctuations in energy prices can greatly affect production rates and investments by third parties in the development of new natural gas, oil and NGL reserves.

Our and ARP’s future gas and oil reserves, production, cash flow, itsthe ability to make payments on its debt and itsthe ability to make distributions to its unitholders, including ARP’s ability to make distributions to us, depend on our and ARP’s success in producing its current reserves efficiently, developing its existing acreage and acquiring additional proved reserves economically. We and ARP facesface the challenge of natural production declines and volatile natural gas, oil and NGL prices. As initial reservoir pressures are depleted, natural gas production from particular wells decreases. We and ARP attemptsattempt to overcome this natural decline by drilling to find additional reserves and acquiring more reserves than it produces.produced.

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Gathering and Processing

APL faces competition in obtaining natural gas supplies for its processing and related services operations. Competition for natural gas supplies is based primarily on the location of gas gathering facilities and gas processing plants, operating efficiency and reliability, and the ability to obtain a satisfactory price for products recovered. Competition for customers is based primarily on price, delivery capabilities, quality of assets, flexibility, service history and maintenance of high-quality customer relationships. Many of APL’s competitors operate as master limited partnerships and enjoy a cost of capital comparable to, and in some cases lower than, its own. Other competitors, such as major oil and gas and pipeline companies, have capital resources and control supplies of natural gas substantially greater than APL’s. Smaller local distributors may enjoy a marketing advantage in their immediate service areas. APL management believes the primary difference between APL and some of its competitors is that APL provides an integrated and responsive package of midstream services, while some of its competitors provide only certain services. APL management believes offering an integrated package of services, while remaining flexible in the types of contractual arrangements that APL offers producers, allows it to compete more effectively for new natural gas supplies in its regions of operations.

As a result of APL’s Percentage of Proceeds (“POP”) and Keep-Whole contracts, its results of operations and financial condition substantially depend upon the price of natural gas, NGL and crude oil. APL management believes future natural gas prices will be influenced by supply deliverability, the severity of winter and summer weather and the level of United States economic growth. Based on historical trends, APL management generally expects NGL prices to follow changes in crude oil prices over the long term, which management believes will in large part be determined by the level of production from major crude oil exporting countries and the demand generated by growth in the world economy. However, energy market uncertainty has negatively impacted North American drilling activity in the past. Lower drilling levels and shut-in wells over a sustained period would have a negative effect on natural gas volumes gathered, processed and treated.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Gas and Oil Production

Production Profile.At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, our consolidated gas and oil production revenues and expenses consist solelyconsists of our and ARP’s gas and oil production activities. Currently, our natural gas production entails the production generated by our assets acquired in the Arkoma Acquisition, while ARP has focused its natural gas, crude oil and NGL production operations in various shale plays throughout the United States. ARP has certain agreements which restrict its ability to drill additional wells in certain areas of Pennsylvania, New York and West Virginia, including portions of the Marcellus Shale, which will expire on February 17, 2014. Through JuneSeptember 30, 2013, we and ARP hashave established production positions in the following operating areas:

   

ourcoal-bed methane producing natural gas assets in the Arkoma Basin in eastern Oklahoma, where we established a position following our acquisition of certain assets from EP Energy during the three months ended September 30, 2013 (see “Recent Developments”);

ARP’s Barnett Shale and Marble Falls play in the Fort Worth Basin in northern Texas, a hydro-carbon producing shale in which ARP established a position following its acquisitions of assets from Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ: CRZO; “Carrizo”), Titan Operating, LLC (“Titan”) and DTE Energy Company (NYSE: DTE; “DTE”) during 2012;

   

ARP’s coal-bed methane producing natural gas assets in the Raton Basin in northern New Mexico, the Black Warrior Basin in central Alabama and the County Line area of Wyoming, where ARP established a position following its acquisition of certain assets from EP Energy during the three months ended September 30, 2013 (see “Recent Developments”);

ARP’s Appalachia basin, including the Marcellus Shale, a rich, organic shale that generally contains dry, pipeline-quality natural gas, and the Utica Shale, which lies several thousand feet below the Marcellus Shale, is much thicker than the Marcellus Shale and trends primarily towards wet natural gas in the central region and dry gas in the eastern region;

 

theARP’s Mississippi Lime and Hunton plays in northwestern Oklahoma, an oil and NGL-rich area; and

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ARP’s other operating areas, including the Chattanooga Shale in northeastern Tennessee, which enables ARP to access other formations in that region such as the Monteagle and Ft. Payne Limestone; the New Albany Shale in southwestern Indiana, a biogenic shale play with a long-lived and shallow decline profile; the Antrim Shale in Michigan, where ARP produces out of the biogenic region of the shale similar to the New Albany Shale; and the Niobrara Shale in northeastern Colorado, a predominantly biogenic shale play that produces dry gas.

The following table presents the number of wells ARP drilled, both gross and for its interest, and the number of gross wells it turned in line during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012:

   

   Three Months Ended
June  30,
   Six Months Ended
June  30,
 
   2013   2012   2013   2012 

Gross wells drilled:

        

Appalachia

   —       5     —       14  

Barnett/Marble Falls

   17     —       31     —    

Mississippi Lime/Hunton

   8     2     13     2  

Niobrara

   —       —       —       51  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   25     7     44     67  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Our share of gross wells drilled(1):

        

Appalachia

   —       2     —       4  

Barnett/Marble Falls

   13     —       26     —    

Mississippi Lime/Hunton

   2     1     6     1  

Niobrara

   —       —       —       15  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   15     3     32     20  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross wells turned in line:

        

Appalachia

   —       10     1     28  

Barnett/Marble Falls

   10     —       37     —    

Mississippi Lime/Hunton

   9     —       10     —    

Chattanooga

   —       2     —       5  

Niobrara

   —       23     —       72  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   19     35     48     105  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

      

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

      

2013

   

      

2012

   

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

ARP gross wells drilled:

   

31

      

      

   

19

      

      

   

75

      

      

   

86

      

ARP’s share of gross wells drilled(1):

   

17

      

      

   

10

      

      

   

49

      

      

   

30

      

ARP gross wells turned in line:

   

35

      

      

   

44

      

      

   

83

      

      

   

149

      

(1)

Includes (i) ARP’s percentage interest in the wells in which it has a direct ownership interest and (ii) ARP’s percentage interest in the wells based on its percentage ownership in its Drilling Partnerships.

Production Volumes. The following table presents ARP’s total net natural gas, crude oil, and NGL production volumes and production per day for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012:

   

   Three Months Ended
June  30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013   2012   2013   2012 

Production:(1)(2)

        

Appalachia:(3)

        

Natural gas (MMcf)

   2,795     3,029     5,636     5,756  

Oil (000’s Bbls)

   26     25     51     51  

Natural gas liquids (000’s Bbls)

   —       1     —       4  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (MMcfe)

   2,950     3,185     5,942     6,084  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Barnett/Marble Falls:

        

Natural gas (MMcf)

   6,043     1,775     11,989     1,775  

Oil (000’s Bbls)

   78     —       149     —    

Natural gas liquids (000’s Bbls)

   250     3     480     3  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (MMcfe)

   8,014     1,793     15,763     1,793  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mississippi Lime/Hunton:

        

Natural gas (MMcf)

   362     —       790     —    

Oil (000’s Bbls)

   10     —       13     —    

Natural gas liquids (000’s Bbls)

   22     —       44     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (MMcfe)

   559     —       1,134     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Operating Areas:(3)

        

Natural gas (MMcf)

   413     476     850     940  

Oil (000’s Bbls)

   2     1     3     3  

Natural gas liquids (000’s Bbls)

   36     38     71     74  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (MMcfe)

   638     714     1,296     1,402  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total:

        

Natural gas (MMcf)

   9,613     5,280     19,266     8,470  

Oil (000’s Bbls)

   117     26     216     54  

Natural gas liquids (000’s Bbls)

   308     42     596     81  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (MMcfe)

   12,161     5,691     24,135     9,278  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Production per day:(1)(2)

        

Appalachia:(3)

        

Natural gas (Mcfd)

   30,715     33,290     31,139     31,625  

Oil (Bpd)

   283     274     280     281  

Natural gas liquids (Bpd)

   2     10     2     20  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (Mcfed)

   32,421     34,995     32,830     33,429  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Barnett/Marble Falls:

        

Natural gas (Mcfd)

   66,407     19,506     66,239     9,753  

Oil (Bpd)

   863     —       821     —    

Natural gas liquids (Bpd)

   2,748     32     2,653     16  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (Mcfed)

   88,070     19,699     87,086     9,849  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mississippi Lime/Hunton:

        

Natural gas (Mcfd)

   3,978     —       4,365     —    

Oil (Bpd)

   115     —       72     —    

Natural gas liquids (Bpd)

   245     —       244     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (Mcfed)

   6,138     —       6,265     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Operating Areas:(3)

        

Natural gas (Mcfd)

   4,538     5,226     4,699     5,163  

Oil (Bpd)

   20     16     17     17  

Natural gas liquids (Bpd)

   392     421     393     407  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (Mcfed)

   7,012     7,847     7,161     7,703  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total:

        

Natural gas (Mcfd)

   105,638     58,022     106,442     46,541  

Oil (Bpd)

   1,281     290     1,191     297  

Natural gas liquids (Bpd)

   3,386     463     3,292     443  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (Mcfed)

   133,641     62,541     133,341     50,981  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

      

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

      

2013

   

      

2012

   

Production:(1)(2)

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Atlas Energy:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Natural gas (MMcf)

   

759

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

759

      

      

   

—  

      

Oil (000’s Bbls)

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

Natural gas liquids (000’s Bbls)

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

Total (MMcfe)

   

759

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

759

      

      

   

—  

      

Atlas Resources:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Natural gas (MMcf)

   

17,574

      

      

   

8,115

      

      

   

36,840

      

      

   

16,586

      

Oil (000’s Bbls)

   

140

      

      

   

25

      

      

   

355

      

      

   

80

      

Natural gas liquids (000’s Bbls)

   

344

      

      

   

98

      

      

   

939

      

      

   

179

      

Total (MMcfe)

   

20,473

      

      

   

8,857

      

      

   

44,607

      

      

   

18,136

      

Total production:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Natural gas (MMcf)

   

18,333

      

      

   

8,115

      

      

   

37,599

      

      

   

16,586

      

Oil (000’s Bbls)

   

140

      

      

   

25

      

      

   

355

      

      

   

80

      

Natural gas liquids (000’s Bbls)

   

344

      

      

   

98

      

      

   

939

      

      

   

179

      

Total (MMcfe)

   

21,232

      

      

   

8,857

      

      

   

45,366

      

      

   

18,136

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Production per day:(1)(2)

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Atlas Energy:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Natural gas (Mcfd)

   

8,250

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

2,780

      

      

   

—  

      

Oil (Bpd)

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

Natural gas liquids (Bpd)

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

Total (Mcfed)

   

8,250

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

2,780

      

      

   

—  

      

Atlas Resources:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Natural gas (Mcfd)

   

191,020

      

      

   

88,208

      

      

   

134,945

      

      

   

60,531

      

Oil (Bpd)

   

1,517

      

      

   

277

      

      

   

1,301

      

      

   

291

      

Natural gas liquids (Bpd)

   

3,734

      

      

   

1,067

      

      

   

3,441

      

      

   

652

      

Total (Mcfed)

   

222,529

      

      

   

96,275

      

      

   

163,397

      

      

   

66,189

      

Total production per day:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Natural gas (Mcfd)

   

199,270

      

      

   

88,208

      

      

   

137,725

      

      

   

60,531

      

Oil (Bpd)

   

1,517

      

      

   

277

      

      

   

1,301

      

      

   

291

      

Natural gas liquids (Bpd)

   

3,734

      

      

   

1,067

      

      

   

3,441

      

      

   

652

      

 71 


   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

      

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

      

2013

   

      

2012

   

Total (Mcfed)

   

230,779

      

      

   

96,275

      

      

   

166,178

      

      

   

66,189

      

(1)

Production quantities consist of the sum of (i) ARP’sthe proportionate share of production from wells in which ARP’s haswe and ARP have a direct interest, based on itsthe proportionate net revenue interest in such wells, and (ii) ARP’s proportionate share of production from wells owned by the Drilling Partnerships in which it has an interest, based on ARP’s equity interest in each such Drilling Partnership and based on each Drilling Partnership’s proportionate net revenue interest in these wells.

(2)

“MMcf” represents million cubic feet; “MMcfe” represent million cubic feet equivalents; “Mcfd” represents thousand cubic feet per day; “Mcfed” represents thousand cubic feet equivalents per day; and “Bbls” and “Bpd” represent barrels and barrels per day. Barrels are converted to Mcfe using the ratio of approximately 6 Mcf to one barrel.

(3)

Appalachia includes ARP’s production located in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and West Virginia. Other operating areas include ARP’s production located in the Chattanooga, New Albany/Antrim and Niobrara Shales.

Production Revenues, Prices and Costs. ARP’s productionProduction revenues and estimated gas and oil reserves are substantially dependent on prevailing market prices for natural gas, which comprised 79% of ARP’s proved reserves on an energy equivalent basis at December 31, 2012. The following table presents ARP’s production revenues and average sales prices for itsour and ARP’s natural gas, oil, and natural gas liquids production for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, along with ARP’s average production costs, taxes, and transportation and compression costs in each of the reported periods:

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013   2012   2013   2012 

Production revenues (in thousands):

        

Appalachia:(1)

        

Natural gas revenue

  $8,039    $9,133    $16,313    $20,102  

Oil revenue

   2,293     2,460     4,471     5,092  

Natural gas liquids revenue

   6     64     13     216  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

  $10,338    $11,657    $20,797    $25,410  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Barnett/Marble Falls:

        

Natural gas revenue

  $17,228    $3,940    $34,680    $3,940  

Oil revenue

   7,178     2     13,457     2  

Natural gas liquids revenue

   6,354     147     12,615     147  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

  $30,760    $4,089    $60,752    $4,089  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mississippi Lime/Hunton:

        

Natural gas revenue

  $1,357    $—      $3,097    $—    

Oil revenue

   966     —       1,206     —    

Natural gas liquids revenue

   816     —       1,695     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

  $3,139    $—      $5,998    $—    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Operating Areas:(2)

        

Natural gas revenue

  $1,759    $2,072    $3,349    $3,802  

Oil revenue

   158     131     267     286  

Natural gas liquids revenue

   940     1,511     1,995     3,037  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

  $2,857    $3,714    $5,611    $7,125  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total:

        

Natural gas revenue

  $28,383    $15,145    $57,439    $27,844  

Oil revenue

   10,595     2,593     19,401     5,380  

Natural gas liquids revenue

   8,116     1,722     16,318     3,400  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

  $47,094    $19,460    $93,158    $36,624  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Average sales price:

        

Natural gas (per Mcf):(3)

        

Total realized price, after hedge(4)

  $3.31    $3.49    $3.32    $3.81  

Total realized price, before hedge(4)

  $3.47    $2.03    $3.18    $2.76  

Oil (per Bbl):(3)

        

Total realized price, after hedge

  $90.90    $98.31    $89.97    $99.89  

Total realized price, before hedge

  $92.33    $94.39    $91.63    $97.60  

Natural gas liquids (per Bbl) total realized price:(3)

  $26.34    $40.85    $27.39    $42.22  

Production costs (per Mcfe):(3)

        

Appalachia:(1)

        

Lease operating expenses(5)

  $1.29    $0.89    $1.22    $1.01  

Production taxes

   0.06     0.07     0.07     0.09  

Transportation and compression

   0.53     0.31     0.49     0.32  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $1.88    $1.27    $1.78    $1.42  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Barnett/Marble Falls:

        

Lease operating expenses

  $1.17    $0.41    $1.04    $0.41  

Production taxes

   0.30     0.19     0.29     0.19  

Transportation and compression

   0.15     0.30     0.10     0.30  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $1.62    $0.90    $1.43    $0.90  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Mississippi Lime/Hunton:

        

Lease operating expenses

  $1.75    $—      $1.52    $—    

Production taxes

   0.24     —       0.26     —    

Transportation and compression

   —       —       —       —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $1.99    $—      $1.78    $—    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Operating Areas:(2)

        

Lease operating expenses

  $0.83    $0.63    $0.71    $0.67  

Production taxes

   0.13     0.09     0.12     0.07  

Transportation and compression

   0.18     0.16     0.18     0.16  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $1.14    $0.88    $1.01    $0.91  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total:

        

Lease operating expenses(5)

  $1.21    $0.71    $1.09    $0.84  

Production taxes

   0.23     0.11     0.23     0.11  

Transportation and compression

   0.24     0.29     0.20     0.29  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
  $1.68    $1.11    $1.51    $1.24  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

      

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

      

2013

   

      

2012

   

Production revenues (in thousands):

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Atlas Energy:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Natural gas revenue

$

2,700

      

      

$

—  

      

      

$

2,700

      

      

$

—  

      

Oil revenue

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

Natural gas liquids revenue

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

Total revenues

$

2,700

      

      

$

—  

      

      

$

2,700

      

      

$

—  

      

Atlas Resources:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Natural gas revenue

$

57,350

      

      

$

19,945

      

      

$

114,789

      

      

$

47,789

      

Oil revenue

   

12,993

      

      

   

2,239

      

      

   

32,394

      

      

   

7,619

      

Natural gas liquids revenue

   

9,989

      

      

   

2,515

      

      

   

26,307

      

      

   

5,915

      

Total revenues

$

80,332

      

      

$

24,699

      

      

$

173,490

      

      

$

61,323

      

Total production revenues:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Natural gas revenue

$

60,050

      

      

$

19,945

      

      

$

117,489

      

      

$

47,789

      

Oil revenue

   

12,993

      

      

   

2,239

      

      

   

32,394

      

      

   

7,619

      

Natural gas liquids revenue

   

9,989

      

      

   

2,515

      

      

   

26,307

      

      

   

5,915

      

Total revenues

$

83,032

      

      

$

24,699

      

      

$

176,190

      

      

$

61,323

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Average sales price:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Natural gas (per Mcf):(1)

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Total realized price, after hedge(2)

$

3.46

      

      

$

3.01

      

      

$

3.39

      

      

$

3.42

      

Total realized price, before hedge(2)

$

3.21

      

      

$

2.46

      

      

$

3.20

      

      

$

2.60

      

Oil (per Bbl):(1)

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Total realized price, after hedge

$

93.07

      

      

$

87.86

      

      

$

91.19

      

      

$

95.70

      

Total realized price, before hedge

$

104.03

      

      

$

84.30

      

      

$

96.50

      

      

$

93.38

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Natural gas liquids (per Bbl) total realized price:(1)

$

29.08

      

      

$

25.61

      

      

$

28.01

      

      

$

33.09

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Production costs (per Mcfe):(1)

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Atlas Energy:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Lease operating expenses

$

0.77

      

      

$

—  

      

      

$

0.77

      

      

$

—  

      

Production taxes

   

0.21

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

0.21

      

      

   

—  

      

Transportation and compression

   

0.56

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

0.56

      

      

   

—  

      

   

$

1.54

      

      

$

—  

      

      

$

1.54

      

      

$

—  

      

Atlas Resources:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Lease operating expenses

$

1.15

      

      

$

0.75

      

      

$

1.12

      

      

$

0.80

      

Production taxes

   

0.11

      

      

   

0.13

      

      

   

0.17

      

      

   

0.12

      

Transportation and compression

   

0.24

      

      

   

0.25

      

      

   

0.22

      

      

   

0.27

      

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Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

      

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

      

2013

   

      

2012

   

 

$

1.50

      

      

$

1.13

      

      

$

1.51

      

      

$

1.19

      

Total production costs:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Lease operating expenses(3)

$

1.13

      

      

$

0.75

      

      

$

1.11

      

      

$

0.80

      

Production taxes

   

0.11

      

      

   

0.13

      

      

   

0.17

      

      

   

0.12

      

Transportation and compression

   

0.25

      

      

   

0.25

      

      

   

0.22

      

      

   

0.27

      

   

$

1.50

      

      

$

1.13

      

      

$

1.51

      

      

$

1.19

      

(1)

Appalachia includes ARP’s operations located in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York and West Virginia.

(2)(1) 

Other operating areas include ARP’s production located in the Chattanooga, New Albany/Antrim and Niobrara Shales.

(3)

“Mcf” represents thousand cubic feet; “Mcfe” represents thousand cubic feet equivalents; and “Bbl” represents barrels.

(4)(2) 

Excludes the impact of subordination of ARP’s production revenue to investor partners within its Drilling Partnerships for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012. Including the effect of this subordination, the average realized gas sales price was $2.95$3.28 per Mcf ($3.103.02 per Mcf before the effects of financial hedging) and $2.87$2.46 per Mcf ($1.401.91 per Mcf before the effects of financial hedging) for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $2.98$3.12 per Mcf ($2.852.93 per Mcf before the effects of financial hedging) and $3.29$2.88 per Mcf ($2.242.07 per Mcf before the effects of financial hedging) for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

(5)(3) 

Excludes the effects of ARP’s proportionate share of lease operating expenses associated with subordination of its production revenue to investor partners within its Drilling Partnerships for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012. Including the effects of these costs, Appalachia lease operating expenses per Mcfe were $0.83 per Mcfe ($1.43 per Mcfe for total production costs) and $0.31 per Mcfe ($0.69 per Mcfe for total production costs) for the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $0.84 per Mcfe ($1.40 per Mcfe for total production costs) and $0.58 per Mcfe ($1.00 per Mcfe for total production costs) for the six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Including the effects of these costs, total lease operating expenses per Mcfe were $1.10$1.08 per Mcfe ($1.571.44 per Mcfe for total production costs) and $0.38$0.44 per Mcfe ($0.780.82 per Mcfe for total production costs) for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $1.00$1.03 per Mcfe ($1.421.43 per Mcfe for total production costs) and $0.56$0.50 per Mcfe ($0.960.90 per Mcfe for total production costs) for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.Total natural gas revenues were $28.4$60.1 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, an increase of $13.3$40.2 million from $15.1$19.9 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. This increase consisted primarily of a $13.3$28.5 million increase attributable to natural gas revenue associated with our and ARP’s newly acquired coal-bed methane assets, an $8.5 million increase attributable to natural gas revenue associated with the newly acquiredARP’s Barnett Shale/Marble Falls assets, and a $1.4$2.0 million increase attributable to the newly acquiredARP’s Mississippi Lime/Hunton assets, partially offset by a $1.2$1.1 million decrease in ARP’s gas revenues subordinated to the investor partners within its Drilling Partnerships, and a $0.1 million increase attributable to lowerhigher production volume on ARP’s legacy systems. Total oil revenues were $10.6$13.0 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, an increase of $8.0$10.8 million from $2.6$2.2 million for the comparable prior year period due principally to a $7.2$7.4 million increase attributable to oil revenue associated with the newly acquiredARP’s Barnett Shale/Marble Falls assets and a $1.0$3.1 million increase attributable to oil revenue associated with the newly acquiredARP’s Mississippi Lime/Hunton assets. Total natural gas liquids revenues were $8.1$10.0 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, an increase of $6.4$7.5 million from $1.7$2.5 million for the comparable prior year period. This increase was primarily attributable to $6.2$5.7 million of NGL revenue associated with the newly acquiredARP’s Barnett Shale/Marble Falls assets, and $1.6 million of NGL revenue attributable to ARP’s Mississippi Lime/Hunton assets.

Appalachia

Total production costs were $4.2$30.6 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, an increase of $2.0$23.3 million from $2.2$7.3 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. This increase was due to a $1.5an $11.9 million increase in water hauling, transportationassociated with our and other costs andARP’s current quarter acquisition of coal-bed methane assets, a $0.5$9.3 million decrease in ARP’s credit received against lease operating expenses pertaining to the subordination of ARP’s revenue within its Drilling Partnerships. Production costsincrease associated with ARP’s 2012 acquisitions in the Barnett Shale/Marble Falls and Mississippi Lime/Hunton plays, were $14.1a $1.5 million fordecrease in ARP’s credit received against its lease operating expenses pertaining to the subordination of its revenue within its Drilling Partnerships, and a $0.6 million increase in ARP’s Appalachia area transportation, labor and other production costs in comparison with the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 as compared to $1.6Compared with the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012.Total natural gas revenues were $117.5 million for the comparable prior year period. Production costs associated with ARP’s other operating areas were $0.7 million for the threenine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, an increase of $0.1$69.7 million from $0.6$47.8 million for the threenine months ended June 30, 2012.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2013 Compared with the Six Months Ended June 30, 2012.Total natural gas revenues were $57.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013, an increase of $29.6 million from $27.8 million for the six months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. This increase consisted of a $30.7$39.3 million increase attributable to natural gas revenue associated with the newly acquiredARP’s Barnett Shale/Marble Falls assets, and a $3.1$28.5 million increase attributable to thenatural gas revenue associated with our and ARP’s newly acquired coal-bed methane assets, and a $5.1 million increase attributable to ARP’s Mississippi Lime/Hunton assets, partially offset by a $2.1 million increase in gas revenues subordinated to the investor partners within ARP’s Drilling Partnerships and a $2.1 million decrease primarily attributable to lower realized natural gas prices for production volume on ARP’s legacy systems.systems, and a $1.1 million increase in gas revenues subordinated to the investor partners within ARP’s Drilling Partnerships. Total oil revenues were $19.4$32.4 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, an increase of $14.0$24.8 million from $5.4$7.6 million for the comparable prior year period due to a $13.5$20.8 million increase attributable to oil revenue associated with the newly acquiredARP’s Barnett Shale/Marble Falls assets and a $1.2$4.3 million increase attributable to the newly acquiredARP’s Mississippi Lime/Hunton assets, partially offset by a $0.7$0.3 million decrease primarily attributable to lower realized prices on ARP’s legacy systems during the current year period. Total natural gas liquids revenues were $16.3$26.3 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, an increase of $12.9$20.4 million from $3.4$5.9 million for the comparable prior year period. This increase was primarily attributable to $12.5$18.1 million of NGL revenue associated with the newly acquiredARP’s Barnett Shale/Marble Falls assets, and $3.3 million of NGL revenue attributable to the ARP’s Mississippi Lime/Hunton assets.

Appalachia

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Total production costs were $8.3$64.8 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, an increase of $2.2$48.6 million from $6.1$16.2 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. This increase was due to a $1.9$32.3 million increase in water hauling, transportation and other costs, and a $0.3 million decrease in ARP’s credit received against lease operating expenses pertaining to the subordination of its revenue within its Drilling Partnerships. Production costs associated with ARP’s 2012 acquisitions in the Barnett Shale/Marble Falls and Mississippi Lime/Hunton plays, were $24.6an $11.9 million forincrease associated with our and ARP’s current quarter acquisition of coal-bed methane assets, a $2.5 million increase in ARP’s Appalachia area transportation, labor and other production costs, and a $1.8 million decrease in ARP’s credit received against its lease operating expenses pertaining to the sixsubordination of its revenue within its Drilling Partnerships in comparison with the nine months ended June 30, 2013 as compared to $1.6 million for the comparable prior year period. Production costs associated with ARP’s other operating areas were $1.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013, comparable with the six months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.

Well Construction and Completion

Drilling Program Results. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, our consolidated well construction and completion revenues and expenses consist solely of ARP’s activities. The number of wells ARP drills will vary within ARP’s partnership management segment depending on the amount of capital it raises through its Drilling Partnerships, the cost of each well, the depth or type of each well, the estimated recoverable reserves attributable to each well and accessibility to the well site. The following table presents the amounts of Drilling Partnership investor capital raised and deployed (in thousands), as well as the number of gross and net development wells ARP drilled for its Drilling Partnerships during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012. There were no exploratory wells drilled during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012:

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013   2012   2013   2012 

Drilling partnership investor capital:

        

Raised

  $14,036    $3,000    $14,036    $3,000  

Deployed

  $24,851    $12,241    $81,329    $55,960  

Gross partnership wells drilled:

        

Appalachia

   —       5     —       14  

Barnett/Marble Falls

   7     —       7     —    

Mississippi Lime/Hunton

   8     2     9     2  

Niobrara

   —       —       —       51  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   15     7     16     67  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net partnership wells drilled:

        

Appalachia

   —       5     —       14  

Barnett/Marble Falls

   3     —       3     —    

Mississippi Lime/Hunton

   8     1     9     1  

Niobrara

   —       —       —       51  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   11     6     12     66  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

      

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

      

2013

   

      

2012

   

Drilling partnership investor capital:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Raised

$

10,964

      

      

$

23,110

      

      

$

25,000

      

      

$

26,110

      

Deployed

$

10,964

      

      

$

36,317

      

      

$

92,293

      

      

$

92,277

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Gross partnership wells drilled:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Appalachia

   

3

      

      

   

8

      

      

   

3

      

      

   

22

      

Barnett/Marble Falls

   

22

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

29

      

      

   

—  

      

Mississippi Lime/Hunton

   

6

      

      

   

2

      

      

   

15

      

      

   

4

      

Niobrara

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

51

      

Total

   

31

      

      

   

10

      

      

   

47

      

      

   

77

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Net partnership wells drilled:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Appalachia

   

3

      

      

   

8

      

      

   

3

      

      

   

22

      

Barnett/Marble Falls

   

11

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

14

      

      

   

—  

      

Mississippi Lime/Hunton

   

6

      

      

   

2

      

      

   

15

      

      

   

3

      

Niobrara

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

51

      

Total

   

20

      

      

   

10

      

      

   

32

      

      

   

76

      

Well construction and completion revenues and costs and expenses incurred represent the billings and costs associated with the completion of wells for Drilling Partnerships ARP sponsors. The following table sets forth information relating to these revenues and the related costs and number of net wells associated with these revenues during the periods indicated (dollars in thousands):

   

   Three Months Ended
June  30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013   2012   2013   2012 

Average construction and completion:

        

Revenue per well

  $2,681    $817    $4,595    $712  

Cost per well

   2,331     708     3,996     615  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit per well

  $350    $109    $599    $97  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit margin

  $3,242    $1,635    $10,608    $7,659  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Partnership net wells associated with revenue recognized(1):

        

Appalachia

   3     6     8     14  

Barnett/Marble Falls

   2     —       2     —    

Mississippi Lime/Hunton

   5     1     8     1  

Chattanooga

   —       —       —       1  

Niobrara

   —       8     —       63  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   10     15     18     79  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

      

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

      

2013

   

      

2012

   

Average construction and completion:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Revenue per well

$

1,786

      

      

$

6,701

      

      

$

3,871

      

      

$

1,099

      

Cost per well

   

1,553

      

      

   

5,827

      

      

   

3,366

      

      

   

951

      

Gross profit per well

$

233

      

      

$

874

      

      

$

505

      

      

$

148

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Gross profit margin

$

1,430

      

      

$

4,736

      

      

$

12,038

      

      

$

12,395

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Partnership net wells associated with revenue recognized(1):

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Appalachia

   

—  

      

      

   

3

      

      

   

8

      

      

   

17

      

Barnett/Marble Falls

   

5

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

7

      

      

   

—  

      

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Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

      

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

      

2013

   

      

2012

   

Mississippi Lime/Hunton

   

1

      

      

   

2

      

      

   

9

      

      

   

3

      

Chattanooga

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

1

      

Niobrara

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

63

      

Total

   

6

      

      

   

5

      

      

   

24

      

      

   

84

      

(1)

Consists of drilling partnershipofARP’s Drilling Partnership net wells for which well construction and completion revenue was recognized on a percentage of completion basis.

Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. Well construction and completion segment margin was $3.2$1.4 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, an increasea decrease of $1.6$3.3 million from $1.6$4.7 million for three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. This increasedecrease consisted of a $2.2$3.5 million increasedecrease associated with higherlower gross profit margin per well, partially offset by a $0.6$0.2 million decreaseincrease related to a lowerhigher number of wells recognized for revenue within ARP’s Drilling Partnerships. Average revenue and cost per well increaseddecreased between periods due primarily to higher capital deployed for Marble Falls and Mississippi Lime wells within theARP’s Drilling Partnerships during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, compared with higher capital deployed for NiobraraMarcellus Shale and Utica Shale wells, which typically have a much lowerhigher cost per well as compared with ARP’s Marble Falls and Mississippi Lime wells, during the prior year period. Capital deployed during the three months ended September 30, 2013 decreased compared with the comparable prior year period due to the timing of funds raised during the period. As ARP’s drilling contracts with theits Drilling Partnerships are on a “cost-plus” basis, an increase or decrease in ARP’s average cost per well also results in a proportionate increase or decrease in its average revenue per well, which directly affects the number of wells ARP drills.

SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. Well construction and completion segment margin was $10.6$12.0 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, an increasea decrease of $2.9$0.4 million from $7.7$12.4 million for sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. This increasedecrease consisted of an $8.8 million increase associated with higher gross profit margin per well, partially offset by a $5.9$8.9 million decrease related to a lower number of wells recognized for revenue within ARP’s Drilling Partnerships.Partnerships, partially offset by an $8.5 million increase associated with higher gross profit margin per well. Average revenue and cost per well increased between periods due primarily to higher capital deployed for Marcellus Shale, Utica Shale, and Mississippi Lime play wells within theARP’s Drilling Partnerships during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, compared with higher capital deployed for lower cost Niobrara Shale wells during the prior year period.

Administration and Oversight

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, our consolidated administration and oversight revenues and expenses consist solely of ARP’s activities. Administration and oversight fee revenues represent supervision and administrative fees earned for the drilling and subsequent ongoing management of wells for ARP’s Drilling Partnerships. Typically, ARP receives a lower administration and oversight fee related to shallow, vertical wells it drills within the Drilling Partnerships, such as those in the Marble Falls and Niobrara Shale, as compared to deep, horizontal wells, such as those drilled in the Marcellus and Utica Shales.

Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. Administration and oversight fee revenues were $3.4$4.4 million for both of the three month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 Compared with the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012. Administration and oversight fee revenues were $8.9 million for the threenine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, an increase of $2.1$0.3 million from $1.3$8.6 million for the threenine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. This increase was due to ana current year period increase in the number of Mississippi Lime wells drilled, for which ARP received higher administration fees, and to wells drilled within the Marble Falls play during the current year period in comparison to the prior year period.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2013 Compared with the Six Months Ended June 30, 2012. Administration and oversight fee revenues were $4.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013, an increase of $0.4 million from $4.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012. This increase was due to an increase in the number of Mississippi Lime wells drilled, for which ARP received higher administration fees, during the current year period in comparison to the prior year period.

Well Services

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, our consolidated well services revenues and expenses consist solely of ARP’s activities. Well services revenue and expenses represent the monthly operating fees ARP charges and the work ARP’s service company performs, including work performed for ARP’s Drilling Partnership wells during the drilling and completing phase as well as ongoing maintenance of these wells and other wells for which ARP serves as operator.

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Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. Well services revenues were $4.9$5.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2013, a decrease of $0.4 million from $5.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2012. Well services expenses were $2.3 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, a decrease of $0.1 million from $5.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012. Well services expenses were $2.4 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, an increase of $0.2 million from $2.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The decrease in well services revenue is primarily related to lower equipment rental revenue during the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 as compared with the comparable prior year period. The increase in well services expense is primarily related to higher well labor costs.

SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. Well services revenues were $9.7$14.7 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, a decrease of $0.6 million from $10.3$15.3 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. Well services expenses were $4.6$7.0 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, a decrease of $0.2$0.1 million from $4.8$7.1 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. The decrease in well services revenue is primarily related to lower equipment rental revenue during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 as compared with the comparable prior year period. The decrease in well services expense is primarily related to lower well labor costs.

Gathering and Processing

Gathering and processing margin includes the gathering and processing fees and related expenses for APL and ARP. The following table presents ARP’s and APL’s gathering and processing revenues and expenses for each of the respective periods:

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 

Gathering and Processing:

  2013  2012  2013  2012 

Atlas Resource:

     

Revenue

  $4,463   $2,863   $8,048   $6,177  

Expense

   (4,882  (3,831  (9,224  (8,426
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Gross Margin

  $(419 $(968 $(1,176 $(2,249
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Atlas Pipeline:

     

Revenue

  $531,459   $253,557   $947,961   $555,384  

Expense

   (448,986  (209,720  (796,385  (456,970
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Gross Margin

  $82,473   $43,837   $151,576   $98,414  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Total:

     

Revenue

  $535,922   $256,420   $956,009   $561,561  

Expense

   (453,868  (213,551  (805,609  (465,396
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

Gross Margin

  $82,054   $42,869   $150,400   $96,165  
  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

Gathering and Processing:

2013

   

   

2012

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

Atlas Resources:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Revenue

$

3,591

      

   

$

4,134

      

   

$

11,639

      

   

$

10,311

      

Expense

   

(4,321

   

   

(4,402

   

   

(13,545

   

   

(12,828

Gross Margin

$

(730

   

$

(268

   

$

(1,906

   

$

(2,517

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Atlas Pipeline:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Revenue

$

579,370

      

   

$

293,734

      

   

$

1,527,331

      

   

$

849,118

      

Expense

   

(488,370

   

   

(240,672

   

   

(1,284,755

   

   

(697,642

Gross Margin

$

91,000

      

   

$

53,062

      

   

$

242,576

      

   

$

151,476

      

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Total:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Revenue

$

582,961

      

   

$

297,868

      

   

$

1,538,970

      

   

$

859,429

      

Expense

   

(492,691

   

   

(245,074

   

   

(1,298,300

   

   

(710,470

Gross Margin

$

90,270

      

   

$

52,794

      

   

$

240,670

      

   

$

148,959

      

The following table presents APL’s production volumes per day and average sales prices for its natural gas, oil, and natural gas liquids production for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012:

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013   2012   2013   2012 

Pricing:(1)

        

Average sales price:

        

Natural gas sales ($/Mcf)

  $3.82    $2.01    $3.59    $2.26  

NGL sales ($/gallon)

  $0.84    $0.80    $0.84    $0.92  

Condensate sales ($/barrel)

  $89.15    $87.00    $88.09    $91.95  

Volumes:(1)

        

Gathered gas volume (Mcfd)

   1,432,818     772,661     1,371,537     737,816  

Processed gas volume (Mcfd)

   1,253,158     681,036     1,203,953     656,875  

Residue gas volume (Mcfd)

   1,090,703     562,242     1,052,202     537,270  

NGL volume (Bpd)

   118,966     61,354     108,731     61,079  

Condensate volume (Bpd)

   4,543     3,584     4,090     3,246  

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

      

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

      

2013

   

      

2012

   

Pricing: (1)

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Average sales price:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Natural gas sales ($/Mcf)

$

3.34

      

      

$

2.60

      

      

$

3.46

      

      

$

2.39

      

NGL sales ($/gallon)

$

0.92

      

      

$

0.87

      

      

$

0.87

      

      

$

0.90

      

Condensate sales ($/barrel)

$

101.48

      

      

$

86.65

      

      

$

92.82

      

      

$

90.07

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Volumes: (1)

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Gathered gas volume (Mcfd)

   

1,484,071

      

      

   

860,026

      

      

   

1,412,616

      

      

   

780,426

      

Processed gas volume (Mcfd)

   

1,372,388

      

      

   

768,988

      

      

   

1,296,546

      

      

   

696,445

      

Residue gas volume (Mcfd)

   

1,160,608

      

      

   

658,846

      

      

   

1,091,665

      

      

   

579,771

      

NGL volume (Bpd)

   

120,126

      

      

   

56,363

      

      

   

113,292

      

      

   

59,557

      

Condensate volume (Bpd)

   

4,906

      

      

   

3,756

      

      

   

4,371

      

      

   

3,417

      

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(1)

“Mcf” represents thousand cubic feet; “Mcfd” represents thousand cubic feet per day; “Bpd” represents barrels per day.

Generally, ARP charges a gathering fee to its Drilling Partnership wells equivalent to the fees it remits. In Appalachia, a majority of ARP’s Drilling Partnership wells are subject to a gathering agreement, whereby ARP remits a gathering fee of 16%. However, based on the respective Drilling Partnership agreements, ARP charges its Drilling Partnership wells a 13% gathering fee. As a result, some of ARP’s gathering expenses within its partnership management segment, specifically those in the Appalachian Basin, will generally exceed the revenues collected from the Drilling Partnerships by approximately 3%.

Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. ARP’s net gathering and processing expense for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 was $0.5$0.7 million, a decreasean increase of $0.6$0.4 million compared with $1.1$0.3 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. This favorable decreaseunfavorable increase was principally due to lower gross margin recognized within ARP’s New Albany Shale-based processing plants and decreases in ARP’s production volume and average realized natural gas price on production volumenet revenues within the Appalachian Basin between the periods.

Gathering and processing margin for APL was $82.4$91.0 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 compared with $43.8$53.1 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. This increase was due principally to higher production volumes, including the new volumes from the Arkoma system due to the acquisition of assets from Cardinal Midstream, LLC (the “Cardinal Acquisition”) and new volumes from the SouthTX system due to the TEAK Acquisition, partially offset by lower commodity prices.Acquisition.

SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. ARP’s net gathering and processing expense for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 was $1.3$1.9 million, a decrease of $1.1$0.6 million compared with $2.4net expense of $2.5 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. This favorable decreasechange was principally due to decreases in ARP’s production volume and average realized natural gas price on production volume within the Appalachian Basin between the periods.periods, as well as lower gross margin recognized within our New Albany Shale-based processing plants.

Gathering and processing margin for APL was $151.6$242.6 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 compared with $98.4$151.5 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. This increase was due principally to higher production volumes, including the new volumes from the Arkoma system due to the Cardinal Acquisition and new volumes from the SouthTX system due to the TEAK Acquisition, partially offset by lower commodity prices.Acquisition.

Gain (Loss) on Mark-to-Market Derivatives

Gain (loss) on mark-to-market derivatives principally reflects the change in fair value of APL’s commodity derivatives that will settle in future periods, as APL does not apply hedge accounting to its derivatives. While APL utilizes either quoted market prices or observable market data to calculate the fair value of its natural gas and crude oil derivatives, valuations of APL’s NGL fixed price swaps are based on a forward price curve modeled on a regression analysis of quoted price curves for NGLs for similar geographic locations, and valuations of its NGL options are based on forward price curves developed by third-party financial institutions. The use of unobservable market data for APL’s fixed price swaps and NGL options has no impact on the settlement of these derivatives. However, a change in management’s estimated fair values for these derivatives could impact our net income, though it would have no impact on our liquidity or capital resources. We recognized gainslosses of $17.8$21.5 million and $51.5$11.2 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and a loss of $6.1 million and a gain of $33.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively for APL’s mark-to-market gain (loss) on derivatives valued upon unobservable inputs. APL enters into derivative instruments solely to hedge its forecasted natural gas, NGLs and condensate sales against the variability in expected future cash flows attributable to changes in market prices. See further discussion of derivatives under “Item 3: Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk”.

Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.Gain (loss) on mark-to-market derivatives was $27.1a loss of $24.5 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 as compared with $67.8a loss of $18.9 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. This unfavorable movement was primarily due to a $39.9$3.4 million unfavorable variance in derivative cash settlements and a $0.5 million unfavorable variance on the fair value revaluation of commodity derivative contracts in the current period compared to the prior year period.

SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.Gain (loss) on mark-to-market derivatives was $15.0a loss of $9.5 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 as compared with $55.8a gain of $36.9 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. This unfavorable movement was primarily due to a $42.3$42.9 million unfavorable variance on the fair value revaluation of commodity derivative contracts in the current period compared to the prior year period, due to the NGL forward curve prices falling more during the prior year period.

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Other, Net

Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.Other, net for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 was expense of $11.9 million compared with revenue of $0.6$5.3 million whichfor the three months ended September 31, 2012. This decrease was comparableprimarily due to the prior$13.2 million of premium amortization associated with swaption derivative contracts for production volumes related to wells ARP acquired from EP Energy in the current year period.period, a $3.3 million decrease in APL’s income from equity investments due to losses in the current period from the SouthTX equity method investments and $2.0 million of our swaption amortization related to production volumes on wells acquired from EP Energy in the current year period, partially offset by a $1.3 million increase in income from the equity investment in Lightfoot.  

SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. 2012.Other, net for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 was revenueexpense of $6.2$5.7 million as compared with $3.3revenue of $8.6 million for the comparable prior year period. This increasedecrease was primarily due to the $14.5 million of premium amortization associated with swaption derivative contracts for production volumes related to wells ARP acquired from EP Energy in the current year period, $5.4 million increase in APL’s loss from equity investments due to a $3.4loss in the current period from the SouthTX equity method investments and $2.3 million of our swaption amortization related to production volumes on wells acquired from EP Energy in the current year period, partially offset by a $5.0 million premium amortization associated with ARP’s swaption derivative contracts for production volumes related to wells acquired from Carrizo in the prior year period, a $1.1 million increase in income from the equity investment in Lightfoot and a $1.0 million settlement of APL’s business interruption insurance, offset by a $1.2 million decrease in APL’s income from equity investments due to a loss in the current period from the SouthTX equity method investments.insurance.

OTHER COSTS AND EXPENSES

General and Administrative Expenses

The following table presents our general and administrative expenses and those attributable to ARP and APL for each of the respective periods (in thousands):

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013   2012   2013   2012 

General and Administrative expenses:

        

Atlas Energy

  $8,741    $6,624    $17,504    $22,185  

Atlas Resource

   14,217     20,538     31,784     32,280  

Atlas Pipeline

   30,916     10,445     45,244     20,390  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $53,874    $37,607    $94,532    $74,855  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

      

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

      

2013

   

      

2012

   

General and Administrative expenses:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Atlas Energy

$

11,359

      

      

$

5,721

      

      

$

28,863

      

      

$

27,906

      

Atlas Resource

   

31,983

      

      

   

16,147

      

      

   

63,767

      

      

   

48,427

      

Atlas Pipeline

   

18,572

      

      

   

12,123

      

      

   

63,816

      

      

   

32,513

      

Total

$

61,914

      

      

$

33,991

      

      

$

156,446

      

      

$

108,846

      

Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 20122012. Total general and administrative expenses increased to $53.9$61.9 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 compared with $37.6$34.0 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. Our $8.7$11.4 million of general and administrative expenses for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 represents a $2.1$5.6 million increase from the comparable prior year period, which was primarily related to a $1.2$4.5 million increase in non-recurring transaction costs and a $1.0$2.0 million increase in non-cash compensation expense, partially offset by a $0.1$0.9 million decrease in other corporate activities. ARP’s $14.2$32.0 million of general and administrative expenses for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 represents a $6.3$15.8 million decreaseincrease from the comparable period primarily due to a $6.0$17.1 million decreaseincrease in non-recurring transaction costs related to ARP’s acquisitions of assets in the current and prior year period andperiods, partially offset by a $0.3 million decrease in salaries, wages and other corporate activities.non-cash compensation expense. APL’s $30.9$18.6 million of general and administrative expense for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 represents an increase of $20.5$6.5 million from the comparable prior year period, which was principally due to an $18.9a $4.2 million increase in costs related to APL’s acquisitions of Cardinal and TEAK and a $0.5$2.3 million increase ofin non-cash compensation expense.

SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.Total general and administrative expenses increased to $94.5$156.4 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 compared with $74.9$108.8 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. Our $17.5$28.9 million of general and administrative expenses for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 represents a $4.7$1.0 million decreaseincrease from the comparable prior year period, which was primarily related to a $5.2$4.1 million increase in non-cash compensation expense, partially offset by a $1.9 million decrease in non-recurring transaction costs and a $1.6$1.2 million decrease in salaries, wages and other corporate activities, partially offset by a $2.1 million increase in non-cash compensation expense.activities. ARP’s $31.8$63.8 million of general and administrative expenses for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 represents a $0.5$15.3 million decrease

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increase from the comparable period primarily due to a $4.7$12.4 million decreaseincrease in non-recurring transaction costs related to ARP’s acquisitions, of assets in the prior year period and a $0.4 million decrease in salaries, wages and other corporate activities, partially offset by a $4.2$2.3 million increase in non-cash compensation expense, and a $0.4 million unfavorable movement related to a decrease in net reimbursements received under ARP’s transition services agreement with Chevron Corporation, which expired during the first quarter of 2012.2012, and a $0.3 million decrease in salaries, wages and other corporate activities. APL’s $45.2$63.8 million of general and administrative expense for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 represents an increase of $24.9$31.3 million from the comparable prior year period, which was principally due to an $18.9a $21.7 million increase in costs related to APL’s acquisitions of Cardinal and TEAK, a $6.3 million increase in non-cash compensation expense and a $3.9$3.3 million increase in salaries and wages partially due to the increase in the number of non-cash compensation expense.employees as a result of the Cardinal and TEAK Acquisitions.

Chevron Transaction Expense

During the three months ended September 30, 2012, we recognized a $7.7 million charge regarding ARP’s reconciliation process with Chevron related to certain amounts included within the contractual cash transaction adjustment, which was settled in October 2012 (see “Item 1: Financial Statements”).

Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization

The following table presents depreciation, depletion and amortization expense that was attributable to us, ARP and APL for each of the respective periods (in thousands):

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013   2012   2013   2012 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization:

        

Atlas Resource

  $22,197    $10,822    $43,405    $19,930  

Atlas Pipeline

   46,383     21,712     76,841     42,554  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $68,580    $32,534    $120,246    $62,484  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

      

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

      

2013

   

      

2012

   

Depreciation, depletion and amortization:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Atlas Energy

$

1,331

   

   

$

—  

   

   

$

1,331

   

   

$

—  

   

Atlas Resource

   

41,656

      

      

   

13,918

      

      

   

85,061

      

      

   

33,848

      

Atlas Pipeline

   

51,080

      

      

   

23,161

      

      

   

127,921

      

      

   

65,715

      

Total

$

94,067

      

      

$

37,079

      

      

$

214,313

      

      

$

99,563

      

Total depreciation, depletion and amortization increased to $68.6$94.1 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 compared with $32.5$37.1 million for the comparable prior year period, which was due to a $11.1$28.6 million increase in our and ARP’s depletion expense resulting from the acquisitions itwe and ARP consummated during 2013 and 2012 and a $25.0$27.9 million increase in depreciation expenses, primarily due to $13.0 million in additional expense related assets acquired in the TEAK Acquisition, $10.6 million in additional expense related to assets acquired in the Cardinal Acquisition and APL’s expansion capital expenditures incurred subsequent to JuneSeptember 30, 2012.

Total depreciation, depletion and amortization increased to $120.2$214.3 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 compared with $62.5$99.6 million for the comparable prior year period, which was due to a $23.2$51.8 million increase in our and ARP’s depletion expense resulting from the acquisitions it consummated during 2013 and 2012 and a $34.5$62.2 million increase in depreciation expenses, primarily due to $32.0 million in additional expense related to assets acquired in the Cardinal Acquisition, $17.4 million in additional expense related assets acquired in the TEAK Acquisition and APL’s expansion capital expenditures incurred subsequent to JuneSeptember 30, 2012.

The following table presents our and ARP’s depletion expense per Mcfe for itsour and ARP’s operations for the respective periods (in thousands, except per Mcfe data):

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
  Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013  2012  2013  2012 

Depletion expense:

     

Total

  $20,580   $9,520   $40,276   $17,087  

Depletion expense as a percentage of gas and oil production revenue

   44  49  43  47

Depletion per Mcfe

  $1.69   $1.67   $1.67   $1.84  

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

   

2013

   

   

2012

   

Depletion expense:

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Total

$

41,224

      

   

$

12,576

      

   

$

81,500

      

   

$

29,663

      

Depletion expense as a percentage of gas and oil production revenue

   

50

   

   

51

   

   

46

   

   

48

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

Depletion per Mcfe

$

1.94

      

   

$

1.42

      

   

$

1.80

      

   

$

1.64

      

Depletion expense varies from period to period and is directly affected by changes in ARP’s gas and oil reserve quantities, production levels, product prices and changes in the depletable cost basis of ARP’s gas and oil properties. For the three months

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ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, depletion expense was $20.6$41.2 million, an increase of $11.1$28.6 million compared with $9.5$12.6 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. ARP’s depletionDepletion expense of gas and oil properties as a percentage of gas and oil revenues decreased to 44%50% for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, compared with 49%51% for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012, which was primarily due to an increase in ourARP’s oil and natural gas liquids volumes as a result of ARP’s acquisitions in 2012. Depletion expense per Mcfe was $1.94 for the three months ended September 30, 2013, an increase of $0.52 per Mcfe from $1.42 for the three months ended September 30, 2012, which was primarily related to the increase in ARP’s oil and natural gas liquids production between the periods. Depletion expense increased between periods principally due to an overall increase in production volume.

Depletion expense was $81.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, an increase of $51.8 million compared with $29.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. Depletion expense of gas and oil properties as a percentage of gas and oil revenues decreased to 46% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared with 48% for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, which was primarily due to an increase in ARP’s oil and natural gas liquids volumes as a result of ARP’s acquisitions in 2012, partially offset by a decrease in realized natural gas prices between the periods. Depletion expense per Mcfe was $1.69$1.80 for the threenine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, an increase of $0.16 per Mcfe from $1.64 per Mcfe for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, which was consistent withprimarily related to the comparable prior year period.increase in ARP’s oil and natural gas liquids production between the periods. Depletion expense increased between periods principally due to an overall increase in production volume.

Depletion expense was $40.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013, an increase of $23.2 million compared with $17.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2012. ARP’s depletion expense of gas and oil properties as a percentage of gas and oil revenues decreased to 43% for the six months ended June 30, 2013, compared with 47% for the six months ended June 30, 2012, which was primarily due to an increase in our oil and natural gas liquids volumes as a result of ARP’s acquisitions in 2012, partially offset by a decrease in realized natural gas prices between the periods. Depletion expense per Mcfe was $1.67 for the six months ended June 30, 2013, a decrease of $0.17 per Mcfe from $1.84 per Mcfe for the six months ended June 30, 2012, which was primarily related to lower depletion expense per Mcfe for the assets acquired during 2012. Depletion expense increased between periods principally due to an overall increase in production volume.

LossGain (Loss) on Asset Sales and Disposals

Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. During the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, lossesgain (loss) on asset sales and disposals were $2.2losses of $0.7 million and gains of approximately $16,000,$2,000, respectively. ARP recognized losses of $0.7 million loss on asset disposal for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 pertained to management’s decision not to drill wells on leasehold property that expired in the New Albany and Chattanooga Shales during the period. APL’s $1.5 million loss on asset sales and disposal primarily related to its decision to not pursue a project to construct pipelines in an area where acquired rights of way had expired.

SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, lossesgain (loss) on asset sales and disposals were $2.9losses of $3.6 million and approximately $7.0 million, respectively. ARP recognized losses on asset sales and disposals of $1.4$2.0 million and $7.0 million, respectively. The $1.4$2.0 million loss on asset disposal for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 pertained to management’s decision not to drill wells on leasehold property that expired in the New Albany and Chattanooga Shales during the period. During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012, ARP recognized a $7.0 million loss on asset sales and disposal related to its decision to terminate a farm-out agreement with a third party for well drilling in the South Knox area of the New Albany Shale that was originally entered into in 2010. The farm-out agreement contained certain well drilling milestones which needed to be met in order for ARP to maintain ownership of the South Knox processing plant. During 2012, ARP management decided not to continue progressing towards these milestones due to the current natural gas price environment. As a result, ARP forfeited its interest in the processing plant and recorded a loss related to the net book value of the assets during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. APL’s $1.5 million loss on asset sales and disposal primarily related to its decision to not pursue a project to construct pipelines in an area where acquired rights of way had expired.

Interest Expense

The following table presents our interest expense and that which was attributable to ARP and APL for each of the respective periods:

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013   2012   2013   2012 

Interest Expense:

        

Atlas Energy

  $442    $69    $677    $302  

Atlas Resource

   4,508     956     11,397     1,106  

Atlas Pipeline

   22,581     9,269     41,267     17,977  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $27,531    $10,294    $53,341    $19,385  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

      

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

      

2013

   

      

2012

   

Interest Expense:

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Atlas Energy

$

3,418

      

      

$

130

      

      

$

4,095

      

      

$

432

      

Atlas Resource

   

10,748

      

      

   

1,423

      

      

   

22,145

      

      

   

2,529

      

Atlas Pipeline

   

24,347

      

      

   

9,692

      

      

   

65,614

      

      

   

27,669

      

Total

$

38,513

      

      

$

11,245

      

      

$

91,854

      

      

$

30,630

      

Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.Total interest expense increased to $27.5$38.5 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 as compared with $10.3$11.2 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. This $17.2$27.3 million increase was due to a $13.3our $3.3 million increase, related to APL, a $3.5$9.3 million

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increase related to ARP and a $14.7 million increase related to APL. The $3.3 million increase in our $0.4interest expense consisted of $2.7 million increase.associated with our term loan facility, a $0.5 million increase in the amortization of deferred financing costs primarily associated with our term loan facility, and a $0.1 million increase associated with our credit facility. The $3.5$9.3 million increase in ARP’s interest expense consisted of a $5.3 million increase associated with ARP’s issuance of $275.0 million of 7.75% ARP Senior Notes in January 2013, $3.9 million associated with the issuance of $250.0 million of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes, a $0.7$2.3 million increase in the amortization of deferred financing costs, and a $0.4 million increase associated with higher weighted-average outstanding borrowings under ARP’s revolving credit facility, partially offset by interest that was capitalized on ARP’s ongoing capital projects. The increase in amortization associated with ARP’s deferred financing costs includes $0.4$1.9 million associated with ARP’s amended credit facility, $0.2 million associated with ARP’s issuance of its 7.75% ARP Senior Notes, and $0.2 million associated with ARP’s issuance of its 9.25% ARP Senior Notes. The $13.3$14.7 million increase in interest expense for APL was primarily due to $9.5 million in additional interest related to the 5.875% APL Senior Notes, $8.1$7.9 million increase in interest expense associated with APL’s 6.625% senior unsecured notes due 2020 (“6.625% APL Senior Notes”), and $2.6$4.8 million additional interest related to the 4.75% APL Senior Notes, partially offset by $7.8 million reduced interest on the APL 8.75% Senior Notes. The increase in the interest on the 6.625% APL Senior Notes, the 5.875% APL Senior Notes and the 4.75% APL Senior Notes is due to their issuance after JuneSeptember 30, 2012. The increase in the interest on the 6.625% APL Senior Notes is due to an additional issuance of $175.0 million after September 30, 2012. The decrease in the interest for the 8.75% APL Senior Notes is due to their redemption prior to the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 (see “APL Senior Notes”).

SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.Total interest expense increased to $53.3$91.9 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 as compared with $19.4$30.6 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012. This $34.0$61.3 million increase was due to a $23.3our $3.7 million increase, related to APL, a $10.3$19.6 million increase related to ARP and a $38.0 million increase related to APL, and. The $3.7 million increase in our interest expense consisted of $2.7 million associated with our term loan facility, a $0.5 million increase in the amortization of deferred financing costs primarily associated with our term loan facility, and a $0.4 million increase.increase associated with our credit facility. The $10.3$19.6 million increase in ARP’s interest expense consisted of a $9.4$14.7 million increase associated with ARP’s issuance of the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes in January 2013, a $5.3$7.6 million increase in the amortization of deferred financing costs, $3.9 million associated with the issuance of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes, and a $1.8$2.2 million increase associated with higher weighted-average outstanding borrowings under ARP’s revolving credit facility and term loan credit facility, partially offset by interest capitalized on ARP’s ongoing capital projects. The increase in amortization associated with deferred financing costs includes $3.2 million of accelerated amortization related to the retirement of ARP’s term loan credit facility and the reduction in its revolving credit facility borrowing base subsequent to ARP’s issuance of the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes, $3.2 million associated with ARP’s amended credit facility, $0.7 million associated with ARP’s issuance of the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes, and $0.2 million associated with ARP’s issuance of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes. The $23.3$38.0 million increase in interest expense for APL was primarily due to $24.4 million in additional interest related to the 5.875% APL Senior Notes; a $16.3$24.2 million increase in interest expense associated with the 6.625% APL Senior Notes; $14.9 million additional interest related to the 5.875% APL Senior Notes, and $2.6$7.4 million in additional interest related to the 4.75% APL Senior Notes, partially offset by $11.4$19.2 million in reduced interest on the 8.75% APL Senior Notes. The increase in the interest on the 6.625% APL Senior Notes, the 5.875% APL Senior Notes and the 4.75% APL Senior Notes is due to their issuance after JuneSeptember 30, 2012. The increase in the interest on the 6.625% APL Senior Notes is due to an additional issuance of $175.0 million after September 30, 2012. The decrease in the interest for the 8.75% APL Senior Notes is due to their redemption during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 (see “APL Senior Notes”).

Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt

Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.Loss on early extinguishment of debt for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 was approximately $19,000. There was no loss on early extinguishment of debt for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.

SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.Loss on early extinguishment of debt for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 represented $17.5 million premiums paid, an $8.0 million consent payment made with respect to the extinguishment, and a $5.3 million write off of deferred financing costs, partially offset by a $4.2 million recognition of unamortized premium related to the redemption of the APL 8.75% APL Senior Notes (see “APL Senior Notes”). There was no loss on early extinguishment of debt for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

Loss (Income) Loss Attributable to Non-Controlling Interests

Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the Three Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.IncomeLoss attributable to non-controlling interests was $3.1$52.0 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 as compared with $59.2

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loss of $10.0 million for the comparable prior year period. (Income) lossLoss (income) attributable to non-controlling interests includes an allocation of APL’s and ARP’s net income (loss) to non-controlling interest holders. The increase between the three months ended September 30, 2013 and the prior year comparable period was primarily due to the increase in APL’s and ARP’s net losses between periods.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 Compared with the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012.Loss attributable to non-controlling interests was $78.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared with income of $52.6 million for the comparable prior year period. Loss (income) attributable to non-controlling interests includes an allocation of APL’s and ARP’s net income (loss) to non-controlling interest holders. The decrease between the threenine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and the prior year comparable period was primarily due to the decrease in APL’s net earnings between periods partially offset by a decreaseand an increase in ARP’s net loss between periods.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2013 Compared with the Six Months Ended June 30, 2012.Loss attributable to non-controlling interests was $26.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2013 as compared with income of $62.6 million for the comparable prior year period. (Income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests includes an allocation of APL’s and ARP’s net income to non-controlling interest holders. The decrease between the six months ended June 30, 2013 and the prior year comparable period was primarily due to the decrease in APL’s net earnings between periods, partially offset by a decrease in ARP’s net loss between periods.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

General

Our primary sources of liquidity are cash distributions received with respect to our ownership interests in ARP and APL, our cash generated from operations and borrowings under our credit facility (see “Credit Facilities”). Our primary cash requirements, in addition to normal operating expenses, are for debt service, capital expenditures, and quarterly distributions to our common unitholders, which we expect to fund through operating cash flow, cash distributions received and cash on hand. Our subsidiaries’ sources of liquidity are discussed in more detail below.

Atlas Resource.ARP’s primary sources of liquidity are cash generated from operations, capital raised through Drilling Partnerships, and borrowings under its credit facility (see “Credit Facilities”). ARP’s primary cash requirements, in addition to normal operating expenses, are for debt service, capital expenditures, and quarterly distributions to its unitholders and us as general partner. In general, ARP expects to fund:

   

cash distributions and maintenance capital expenditures through existing cash and cash flows from operating activities;

   

expansion capital expenditures and working capital deficits through cash generated from operations, additional borrowings and capital raised through Drilling Partnerships; and

   

debt principal payments through additional borrowings as they become due or by the issuance of additional common units or asset sales.

Atlas Pipeline.APL’s primary sources of liquidity are cash generated from operations and borrowings under its credit facility. APL’s primary cash requirements, in addition to normal operating expenses, are for debt service, capital expenditures, and quarterly distributions to its common unitholders and us as general partner. In general, APL expects to fund:

   

cash distributions and maintenance capital expenditures through existing cash and cash flows from operating activities;

   

expansion capital expenditures and working capital deficits through the retention of cash and additional capital raising; and

   

debt principal payments through operating cash flows and refinancings as they become due, or by the issuance of additional limited partner units or asset sales.

ARP and APL rely on cash flow from operations and their credit facilities to execute their growth strategy and to meet their financial commitments and other short-term liquidity needs. ARP and APL cannot be certain that additional capital will

be available to the extent required and on acceptable terms. We and our subsidiaries believe that we will have sufficient liquid assets, cash from operations and borrowing capacity to meet our financial commitments, debt service obligations, contingencies and anticipated capital expenditures for at least the next twelve month period. However, we and our subsidiaries are subject to business, operational and other risks that could adversely affect our cash flow. We and our subsidiaries may supplement our cash generation with proceeds from financing activities, including borrowings under our, ARP’s and APL’s credit facilities and other borrowings, the issuance of additional common units, the sale of assets and other transactions.

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Cash Flows – SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 Compared with the SixNine Months Ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012

Net cash used in operating activities of $84.2$59.4 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 represented an unfavorable movement of $59.5$87.3 million from net cash used inprovided by operating activities of $24.7$27.9 million for the comparable prior year period. The $59.5$87.3 million unfavorable movement was derived principally from a $50.5an $88.6 million unfavorable movement in distributions paid to non-controlling interests and a $54.6$73.1 million unfavorable movement in working capital, partially offset by a $45.6$74.4 million favorable movement in net income (loss) excluding non-cash items. The movement in cash distributions to non-controlling interest holders was due principally to increases in cash distributions of ARP and APL. The movement in working capital was due to a $78.3$101.9 million unfavorable movement in accounts receivable, prepaid expenses and other, current assets, partially offset by a $23.7$28.8 million favorable movement in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, primarily due to the timing of ARP’s and APL’s respective capital programs. The non-cash charges which primarily impacted net income included a $72.0$137.8 million increase in non-cash expenses, including depreciation, depletion and amortization, amortization of deferred financing costs and compensation expense, a $30.3$52.5 million favorable movement in non-cash gain(gain) loss on derivatives and a $26.6 million favorable movement in loss on early extinguishment of debt, partially offset by a $83.3$141.5 million unfavorable movement in net income (loss).

Net cash used in investing activities of $1,351.7$2,327.5 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 represented an unfavorable movement of $918.8$1,711.0 million from net cash used in investing activities of $432.9$616.5 million for the comparable prior year period. This unfavorable movement was principally due to a $758.9$1,476.6 million increase in cash paid for acquisitions, a $153.7$217.9 million unfavorable movement in capital expenditures, a $9.8 million increase in APL’s contributions to the T2 Joint Ventures (see “Recent Developments”) and a $6.2$6.7 million unfavorable movement in other assets. See further discussion of capital expenditures under “Capital Requirements”.

Net cash provided by financing activities of $1,469.6$2,379.6 million for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 represented a favorable movement of $1,056.7$1,835.1 million from net cash provided by financing activities of $412.9$544.5 million for the comparable prior year period. This movement was principally due to a $1,296.3$1,219.8 million favorable movement in net proceeds from the issuance of ARP’s and APL’s long-term debt, a $1,026.1$1,089.6 million favorable movement in ARP’s and APL’s issuance of common and preferred limited partner units, a $490.5$1,055.5 million favorable movement in our and ARP’s and APL’s borrowings under theirthe respective revolving credit facilities and a $4.7an $8.2 million favorable movement in contributions from non-controlling interests, partially offset by a $1,362.4$1,103.9 million unfavorable movement in repayments of our and our subsidiaries’ credit facilities, a $365.8 million unfavorable movement in repayments of APL’s long-term debt, a $26.7 million unfavorable movement in deferred financing costs and other, a $25.6 million unfavorable movement in payments of premium on the retirement of APL’s long-term debt and a $6.2$16.0 million unfavorable movement in distributions paid to our common limited partners and a $0.9 millionpartners. The unfavorable movement in deferred financing costs and other.other is primarily due to the  increase in deferred financing costs associated with our and ARP’s revolving and term loan credit facilities. The gross amount of borrowings and repayments under the revolving credit facilities included within net cash provided by financing activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows, which are generally in excess of net borrowings or repayments during the period or at period end, reflect the timing of cash receipts, which generally occur at specific intervals during the period and are utilized to reduce borrowings under the revolving credit facilities, and payments, which generally occur throughout the period and increase borrowings under the revolving credit facilities for us, ARP and APL, which is generally common practice for our and their industries.

Capital Requirements

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, our principal assets consistand our subsidiaries’ capital requirements are as follows:

Natural gas and oil production.The capital requirements of our ownership interests in ARP and APL, through which our operating activities occur (see “Subsequent Events”). As such, at June 30, 2013, we do not currently have any separate capital requirements apart from those entities. A more detailed discussion of ARP’s natural gas and APL’s capital requirements is provided below.

Atlas Resource Partners.ARP’s capital requirementsoil production consist primarily of:

   

maintenance capital expenditures – capital expenditures ARP makes on an ongoing basis to maintain its current levels of production margin over the long term; and

maintenance capital expenditures— capital expenditures we and ARP make on an ongoing basis to maintain the current levels of production margin over the long term.  We and ARP calculate the estimate of maintenance capital expenditures by first multiplying its forecasted future full year production margin by its expected aggregate production decline of proved developed producing wells.  Maintenance capital expenditures are then the estimated capitalized cost of wells that will generate an estimated first year margin equivalent to the production margin decline, assuming such wells are connected on the first day of the calendar year.  We and ARP do not incur specific capital expenditures expressly for the purpose of maintaining or increasing production margin, but such amounts are a subset of wells expected to be drilled in future periods based on undeveloped acreage already leased.  Estimated capitalized cost of wells included within maintenance capital expenditures are also based upon relevant factors,

 

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including utilization of public forward commodity exchange prices, current estimates for regional pricing differentials, estimated labor and material rates and other production costs.  Estimates for maintenance capital expenditures in the current year are the sum of the estimate calculated in the prior year plus estimates for the decline in production margin from wells connected during the current year and production acquired through acquisitions; and

expansion capital expenditures –expenditures— capital expenditures we and ARP makesmake to increase itsthe current levels of production margin for longer than the short-term, and includewhich includes the acquisition of new leasehold interests and the development and exploitation of existing leasehold interests through acquisitions, direct well drilling and investments by ARP in its Drilling Partnerships.

Atlas Pipeline Partners.Gathering and processing.APL’s gathering and processing operations require continual investment to upgrade or enhance existing operations and to ensure compliance with safety, operational and environmental regulations. APL’s capital requirements consist primarily of:

   

maintenance capital expenditures to maintain equipment reliability and safety and to address environmental regulations; and

   

expansion capital expenditures to acquire complementary assets and to expand the capacity of its existing operations.

The following table summarizes consolidated maintenance and expansion capital expenditures, excluding amounts paid for acquisitions, for the periods presented (in thousands):

   

   Three Months Ended
June 30,
   Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   2013   2012   2013   2012 

Atlas Resource

        

Maintenance capital expenditures

  $7,000    $1,750    $11,000    $3,500  

Expansion capital expenditures

   64,565     24,944     119,052     42,152  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $71,565    $26,694    $130,052    $45,652  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Atlas Pipeline

        

Maintenance capital expenditures

  $3,848    $4,000    $7,703    $8,510  

Expansion capital expenditures

   103,345     61,221     208,006     137,878  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $107,193    $65,221    $215,709    $146,388  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated

        

Maintenance capital expenditures

  $10,848    $5,750    $18,703    $12,010  

Expansion capital expenditures

   167,910     86,165     327,058     180,030  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $178,758    $91,915    $345,761    $192,040  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

   

Three Months Ended
September 30,

   

      

Nine Months Ended
September 30,

   

   

2013

   

      

2012

   

      

2013

   

      

2012

   

Atlas Energy

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Maintenance capital expenditures

$

300

      

      

$

—  

      

      

$

300

      

      

$

—  

      

Expansion capital expenditures

   

1,531

      

      

   

—  

      

      

   

1,531

      

      

   

—  

      

Total

$

1,831

      

      

$

—  

      

      

$

1,831

      

      

$

—  

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Atlas Resources

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Maintenance capital expenditures

$

10,000

      

      

$

3,350

      

      

$

21,000

      

      

$

6,850

      

Expansion capital expenditures

   

63,944

      

      

   

24,377

      

      

   

182,996

      

      

   

66,529

      

Total

$

73,944

      

      

$

27,727

      

      

$

203,996

      

      

$

73,379

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Atlas Pipeline

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Maintenance capital expenditures

$

6,416

      

      

$

4,732

      

      

$

14,119

      

      

$

13,242

      

Expansion capital expenditures

   

105,736

      

      

   

91,292

      

      

   

313,742

      

      

   

229,170

      

Total

$

112,152

      

      

$

96,024

      

      

$

327,861

      

      

$

242,412

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Consolidated

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Maintenance capital expenditures

$

16,716

      

      

$

8,082

      

      

$

35,419

      

      

$

20,092

      

Expansion capital expenditures

   

171,211

      

      

   

115,669

      

      

   

498,269

      

      

   

295,699

      

Total

$

187,927

      

      

$

123,751

      

      

$

533,688

      

      

$

315,791

      

Atlas Energy.During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, our total capital expenditures consisted primarily of $1.8 million related to the acquisition of additional leasehold acreage.

Atlas Resource Partners. During the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP’s $71.6$73.9 million of total capital expenditures consisted primarily of $29.1$28.6 million for wells drilled exclusively for its own account compared with $0.2$7.6 million for the comparable prior year period, $25.6$27.7 million of investments in its Drilling Partnerships compared with $4.2$13.1 million for the prior year comparable period, $9.1$4.2 million of leasehold acquisition costs compared with $19.7$5.6 million for the prior year comparable period and $7.8$13.4 million of corporate and other costs compared with $2.6$1.4 million for the prior year comparable period, which primarily related to an increase in capitalized interest expense. Capital expenditures related to ARP’s investments in its Drilling Partnerships are generally incurred in periods subsequent to the period in which the funds were raised.

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During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP’s $130.1$204.0 million of total capital expenditures consisted primarily of $65.5$94.1 million for wells drilled exclusively for its own account compared with $0.2$7.8 million for the comparable prior year period, $37.2$64.9 million of investments in its Drilling Partnerships compared with $17.4$30.5 million for the prior year comparable period, $13.4$17.6 million of leasehold acquisition costs compared with $23.7$29.3 million for the prior year comparable period and $14.0$27.4 million of corporate and other costs compared with $4.4$5.8 million for the prior year comparable period, which primarily related to an increase in capitalized interest expense.

ARP continuously evaluates acquisitions of gas and oil assets. In order to make any acquisitions in the future, ARP believes it will be required to access outside capital either through debt or equity placements or through joint venture operations with other energy companies. There can be no assurance that ARP will be successful in its efforts to obtain outside capital.

Atlas Pipeline Partners. APL’s capital expenditures increased to $107.2$112.2 million for the three months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 compared with $65.2$96.0 million for the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily due to construction costs for the Stonewall Plant within Arkoma, the Silver Oak II Plant in SouthTX and the Edward Plant within WestTX.

APL’s capital expenditures increased to $327.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 compared with $242.4 million for the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily due to the completion of the Driver Plant within WestTX in April 2013 and construction costs for the Stonewall Plant within Arkoma, and the Silver Oak II Plant in SouthTX.

APL’s capital expenditures increased to $215.7 million forwithin SouthTX and the six months ended June 30, 2013 compared with $146.4 million for the comparable prior year period. The increase was primarily due to the completion of the DriverEdward Plant within WestTX in April 2013 and construction costs for the Stonewall Plant within Arkoma and the Silver Oak II Plant in SouthTX.WestTX.

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARPwe and APLour subsidiaries are committed to expending approximately $219.7$263.5 million on drilling and completion expenditures, pipeline extensions, compressor station upgrades and processing facility upgrades.

OFF BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

As of JuneSeptember 30, 2013, our off-balance sheet arrangements were limited to ARP’s letters of credit outstanding of $0.6$2.1 million, APL’s letters of credit outstanding of $0.4 million and ARP’s and APL’s commitments to spend $219.7$263.5 million related to ARP’s drilling and completion expenditures, and ARP’s and APL’s other capital expenditures.

CASH DISTRIBUTIONS

The Board has adopted a cash distribution policy, pursuant to our partnership agreement, which requires that we distribute all of our available cash quarterly to our limited partners within 50 days following the end of each calendar quarter in accordance with their respective percentage interests. Under our partnership agreement, available cash is defined to generally mean, for each fiscal quarter, cash generated from our business in excess of the amount of cash reserves established by our general partner to, among other things:

   

provide for the proper conduct of our business;

   

comply with applicable law, any of our debt instruments or other agreements; or

   

provide funds for distributions to our unitholders for any one or more of the next four quarters.

These reserves are not restricted by magnitude, but only by type of future cash requirements with which they can be associated. When our general partner determines our quarterly distributions, it considers current and expected reserve needs along with current and expected cash flows to identify the appropriate sustainable distribution level. Our distributions to limited partners are not cumulative. Consequently, if distributions on our common units are not paid with respect to any fiscal quarter, our unitholders are not entitled to receive such payments in the future.

Atlas Resource Partners’ Cash Distribution Policy: ARP’s partnership agreement requires that it distribute 100% of available cash to its common and preferred unitholders and general partner, our wholly-owned subsidiary, within 45 days following the end of each calendar quarter in accordance with their respective percentage interests. Available cash consists generally of all of ARP’s cash receipts, less cash disbursements and net additions to reserves, including any reserves required under debt instruments for future principal and interest payments. We, as ARP’s general partner, are granted discretion under the partnership agreement to establish, maintain and adjust reserves for future operating expenses, debt service, maintenance capital expenditures, and distributions for the next four quarters. These reserves are not restricted by magnitude, but only by type of future cash requirements with which they can be associated.

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Available cash will generally be distributed: first, 98% to ARP’s Class B preferred unitholders and 2% to us as general partner until there has been distributed to each Class B preferred unit the greater of $0.40 and the distribution payable to common unitholders; second, 98% to ARP’s Class C preferred unitholders and 2% to us as general partner until there has been distributed to each outstanding Class C preferred unit the greater of $0.51 and the distribution payable to common unitholders; thereafter 98% to ARP’s common unitholders and 2% to us as general partner. These distribution percentages are modified to provide for incentive distributions to be paid to us, as ARP’s general partner, if quarterly distributions exceed specified targets. Incentive distributions are generally defined as all cash distributions paid to ARP’s general partner that are in excess of 2% of the aggregate amount of cash being distributed. The incentive distribution rights will entitle us to receive an increasing percentage of cash distributed by ARP as it reaches specified targets.

Atlas Pipeline Partners’ Cash Distribution Policy.APL’s partnership agreement requires that it distribute 100% of available cash to its common unitholders (subject to the rights of any other class or series of APL security with the right to share in APL’s cash distributions) and to the general partner, our wholly-owned subsidiary, within 45 days following the end of each calendar quarter in accordance with their respective percentage interests. Available cash consists generally of all of APL’s cash receipts, less cash disbursements and net additions to reserves, including any reserves required under debt instruments for future principal and interest payments.

APL’s general partner is granted discretion by APL’s partnership agreement to establish, maintain and adjust reserves for future operating expenses, debt service, maintenance capital expenditures, and distributions for the next four quarters. These reserves are not restricted by magnitude, but only by type of future cash requirements with which they can be associated. When APL’s general partner determines its quarterly distributions, it considers current and expected reserve needs along with current and expected cash flows to identify the appropriate sustainable distribution level.

Available cash is initially distributed 98% to APL’s common limited partners and 2% to its general partner. These distribution percentages are modified to provide for incentive distributions to be paid to APL’s general partner if quarterly distributions to common limited partners exceed specified targets. Incentive distributions are generally defined as all cash distributions paid to APL’s general partner that are in excess of 2.0% of the aggregate amount of cash being distributed. We, as general partner, agreed to allocate up to $3.75 million of incentive distribution rights per quarter back to APL after we receive the initial $7.0 million per quarter of incentive distribution rights.

APL’s Class D Preferred Units will receive distributions of additional Class D Preferred Units for the first four full quarterly periods beginning with the distribution for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. Thereafter, the Class D Preferred Units will receive distributions in cash, Class D Preferred Units or a combination of cash and Class D Preferred Units, at the discretion of APL. Cash distributions will be paid prior to any other distributions of available cash.

CREDIT FACILITIES

In May 2012,

Term Loan Facility

On July 31, 2013, in connection with the Arkoma Acquisition, we entered intoreceived net proceeds of $230.2 million under a credit facility with a syndicate of banks that matures in May 2016 (see “Subsequent Events”). On March 1, 2013, we amended our credit facility to increase our maximum lender commitments to $100.0$240.0 million of which $5.0 million may be in the form of standby letters of credit.Term Facility. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, $34.0$240.0 million was outstanding under the credit facility. Our obligationsTerm Facility. The Term Facility has a maturity date of July 31, 2019. Borrowings under the credit facility are secured by substantially all of our assets, including our ownership interests in APL and ARP. Additionally, our obligations under the credit facility may be guaranteed by future subsidiaries. AtTerm Facility bear interest, at our election interest on borrowings under the credit facility is determined byat either LIBOR plus an applicable margin of between 3.50% and 4.50%5.50% per annum or the alternate base rate (“ABR”) plus an applicable margin of between 2.50% and 3.50%4.50% per annum. The applicable margin will fluctuate based onInterest is generally payable quarterly for ABR loans and, for LIBOR loans at the utilization of the facility.interest periods selected by us. We are required to pay a fee between 0.5% and 0.625%repay principal at the rate of $0.6 million per annum onquarter until the unused portion ofmaturity date when the borrowing base, whichbalance is included within interest expense on our consolidated statement of operations.due. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, the weighted average interest rate on our outstanding credit facilityTerm Facility borrowings was 4.2%6.5%.

The credit agreementTerm Facility contains customary covenants, similar to those in our credit facility, that limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, make loans or investments, make distributions if a commitment deficiency exists or a default under the credit agreement exists or would result from the distribution, merge into or consolidate with other persons, enter into commodity or interest rate swap agreements that do not conform to specified terms or that exceed specified amounts, or engage in certain asset dispositions including a sale of all or substantially all of our assets. The Term Facility also contains a covenant that requires us to maintain a ratio of Total Funded Debt (as defined in the Term Facility) to EBITDA (as defined in the Term Facility) the same as those in our credit facility. The events which constitute events of default are also customary for credit facilities of this nature, including payment defaults, breaches of representations, warranties or covenants, defaults in the payment of other indebtedness over a specified threshold, insolvency and change of control.

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Our obligations under the Term Facility are secured by first priority security interests in substantially all of our assets, including all of our ownership interests in our material subsidiaries and our ownership interests in APL and ARP. Additionally, our obligations under our Term Facility are guaranteed by our wholly-owned subsidiaries (excluding Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC) and may be guaranteed by future subsidiaries. The Term Facility is subject to an intercreditor agreement, which provides for certain rights and procedures, between the lenders under the Term Facility and our credit facility, with respect to enforcement of rights, collateral and application of payment proceeds.

Revolving Credit Facility

On July 31, 2013, in connection with the Arkoma Acquisition, we entered into an amended and restated credit agreement with a syndicate of banks that matures on July 31, 2018. The credit facility has a maximum credit amount of $50.0 million, of which up to $5.0 million may be in the form of standby letters of credit. At September 30, 2013, no amounts were outstanding under the credit facility.  Our obligations under the amended credit facility are secured by first priority security interests in substantially all of our assets, including all of our ownership interests in our material subsidiaries and our ownership interests in APL and ARP. Additionally, our obligations under the credit facility are guaranteed by our material wholly-owned subsidiaries, (excluding Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC), and may be guaranteed by future subsidiaries. At our election, interest on borrowings under the credit agreement is determined by reference to either LIBOR plus an applicable margin of 5.50% per year or the ABR plus an applicable margin of 4.50% per year. Interest is generally payable quarterly for ABR loans and at the interest payment periods selected by us for LIBOR loans. We are required to pay a fee between 0.5% and 0.625% per annum on the unused portion of the commitments under the credit facility.  

The credit agreement contains customary covenants that limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, make loans or investments, make distributions if a default exists or would result from the distribution, merge into or consolidate with other persons, enter into commodity or interest rate swap agreements that do not conform to specified terms or that exceed specified amounts, or engage in certain asset dispositions including a sale of all or substantially all of our assets. The credit agreement also contains covenants that (i) require us to maintain a ratio of Total Funded Debt (as defined in the credit agreement) to EBITDA (as defined in the credit agreement) not greater than 3.254.5 to 1.0 as of the last day of any fiscalthe quarter and a ratio of EBITDA to Consolidated Interest Expense (as defined in the credit agreement) not less than 2.75ending September 30, 2013; 4.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter.each of the quarters ending on or before September 30, 2015; and 3.5 to 1.0 for the last day of each of the quarters thereafter, and (ii) require us to enter into swaps agreements with respect to the assets being acquired in the Arkoma Acquisition.

The credit agreement is subject to an intercreditor agreement as described above.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, we have not guaranteed any of ARP’s or APL’s debt obligations.

Atlas ResourceResources

At June 30,

On July 31, 2013, in connection with the acquisition of assets from EP Energy (see “Recent Developments”), ARP hadentered into a second amended and restated credit agreement (“ARP Credit Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, which amended and restated ARP’s existing revolving credit facility. The Credit Agreement provides for a senior secured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks with a current borrowing base of $430.0$835.0 million and a maximum facility amount of $1.5 billion, which is scheduled to mature in March 2016 (see “Subsequent Events”). In JanuaryJuly 2018. At September 30, 2013, ARP repaid in full its $75.4$425.0 million term loanwas outstanding under the credit facility, which was scheduled to mature in May 2014, with proceeds from its issuance of 7.75% ARP Senior Notes.facility. Up to $20.0 million of the revolving credit facility may be in the form of standby letters of credit, of which $0.6$2.1 million was outstanding at JuneSeptember 30, 2013. ARP’s obligations under the facility are secured by mortgages on its oil and gas properties and first priority security interests in substantially all of its assets. Additionally, obligations under the facility are guaranteed by substantially allcertain of ARP’s subsidiaries.material subsidiaries, and any subsidiaries of ARP, other than subsidiary guarantors, are minor. Borrowings under the credit facility bear interest, at ARP’s election, at either LIBOR plus an applicable margin between 1.75% and 3.00%2.75% per annum or the base rate (which is the higher of the bank’s prime rate, the Federal fundsFunds rate plus 0.5% or one-month LIBOR plus 1.00%) plus an applicable margin between 0.75% and 2.00%1.75% per annum. ARP is also required to pay a fee of 0.5% per annum on the unused portion of the borrowing base at a rate of 0.5% per annum if 50% or more of the borrowing base is utilized and 0.375% per annum if less than 50% of the borrowing base is utilized, which is included within interest expense on the our consolidated statements of operations.

At September 30, 2013, the weighted average interest rate on outstanding borrowings under the credit facility was 2.2%.

The revolving credit agreementARP Credit Agreement contains customary covenants that limit ARP’s ability to incur additional indebtedness, grant liens, make loans or investments, make distributions if a borrowing base deficiency or default exists or would result from the distribution, merger or consolidation with other persons, or engage in certain asset dispositions including a sale of all or substantially all of its assets. The ARP was in compliance with these covenants as of June 30, 2013. The credit agreementCredit Agreement also requires ARP to maintain a ratio of Total Funded Debt (as

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(as defined in the credit agreement) to four quarters (actual or annualized, as applicable) of EBITDA (as defined in the credit agreement) not greater than 4.50 to 1.0 as of the last day of the quarter ended September 30, 2013, 4.25 to 1.0 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter ending on or beforethe quarters ended December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014 and 4.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of fiscal quarters ending thereafter and a ratio of current assets (as defined in the credit agreement) to current liabilities (as defined in the credit agreement) of not less than 1.0 to 1.0 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter.

On July 30, 2013, in connection with the EP Energy Acquisition, ARP entered into an amendment of its revolving credit facility (see “Subsequent Events”).

Atlas Pipeline

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL had a $600.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks, which matures in May 2017, of which $80.0$100.0 million was outstanding. Borrowings under APL’s credit facility bear interest, at APL’s option, at either (i) the higher of (a) the prime rate, (b) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% and (c) three-month LIBOR plus 1.00%1.0%, or (ii) the LIBOR rate for the applicable period (each plus the applicable margin). The weighted average interest rate on APL’s outstanding revolving credit facility borrowings at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 was 3.2%. Up to $50.0 million of the credit facility may be utilized for letters of credit, of which $0.4 million was outstanding at JuneSeptember 30, 2013. These outstanding letter of credit amounts were not reflected as borrowings on our consolidated balance sheet at JuneSeptember 30, 2013. At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL had $519.6$499.6 million of remaining committed capacity under its credit facility, subject to covenant limitations. We have not guaranteed any of the obligations under APL’s senior secured revolving credit facility.

Borrowings under APL’s credit facility are secured by (i) a lien on and security interest in all of APL’s property and that of its subsidiaries, except for the assets owned by the West OK and West TX entities in which APL has 95% interests, and Centrahoma, Processing, LLC (“Centrahoma”), in which APL has a 60% interest; and their respective subsidiaries; and (ii) the guarantee of each of APL’s consolidated subsidiaries other than the joint venture companies.

The revolving credit facility contains customary covenants, including requirements that APL maintain certain financial thresholds and restrictions on its ability to (i) incur additional indebtedness, (ii) make certain acquisitions, loans or investments, (iii) make distribution payments to its unitholders if an event of default exists, or (iv) enter into a merger or sale of assets, including the sale or transfer of interests in its subsidiaries. APL is also unable to borrow under its credit facility to pay distributions of available cash to unitholders because such borrowings would not constitute “working capital borrowings” pursuant to its partnership agreement.

The events which constitute an event of default under the revolving credit facility are also customary for loans of this size, including payment defaults, breaches of representations or covenants contained in the credit agreement, adverse judgments against APL in excess of a specified amount and a change of control of APL’s general partner. On April 19, 2013, APL entered into an amendment to the credit agreement which, among other changes, adjusted certain covenant ratio limits and adjusted the method of calculation in connection with the TEAK acquisition (see “Recent Developments”).acquisition.

ATLAS RESOURCE SECURED HEDGE FACILITY

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP had a secured hedge facility agreement with a syndicate of banks under which certain Drilling Partnerships have the ability to enter into derivative contracts to manage their exposure to commodity price movements. Under ARP’s revolving credit facility, ARP is required to utilize this secured hedge facility for future commodity risk management activity for its equity production volumes within the participating Drilling Partnerships. ARP, as general partner of the Drilling Partnerships, administers the commodity price risk management activity for the Drilling Partnerships under the secured hedge facility and guarantee their obligations under it. Before executing any hedge transaction, a participating Drilling Partnership is required to, among other things, provide mortgages on its oil and gas properties and first priority security interests in substantially all of its assets to the collateral agent for the benefit of the counterparties. The secured hedge facility agreement contains covenants that limit each of the participating Drilling Partnership’s ability to incur indebtedness, grant liens, make loans or investments, make distributions if a default under the secured hedge facility agreement exists or would result from the distribution, merge into or consolidate with other persons, enter into commodity or interest rate swap agreements that do not conform to specified terms or that exceed specified amounts, or engage in certain asset dispositions including a sale of all or substantially all of its assets.

In addition, it will be an event of default under ARP’s revolving credit facility if ARP, as general partner of the Drilling Partnerships, breaches an obligation governed by the secured hedge facility and the effect of such breach is to cause amounts owing under swap agreements governed by the secured hedge facility to become immediately due and payable.

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SENIOR NOTES

Atlas Resource Senior Notes

On September 30, 2013, ARP had $275.0 million principal outstanding of 7.75% ARP Senior Notes and $248.3 million principal outstanding of 9.25% ARP Senior Notes. On July 30, 2013, ARP issued $250.0 million of 9.25% ARP Senior Notes in a private placement transaction at an offering price of 99.297% of par value, yielding net proceeds of approximately $242.8 million, net of underwriting fees and other offering costs, of $5.5 million.  The net proceeds were used to partially fund the EP Energy Acquisition (see “Recent Developments”). The 9.25% ARP Senior Notes were presented net of a $1.7 million unamortized discount as of September 30, 2013. Interest on the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes accrued from July 30, 2013, and is payable semi-annually on February 15 and August 15, with the first interest payment date being February 15, 2014. At any time on or after August 15, 2017, ARP may redeem some or all of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes at a redemption price of 104.625%. On or after August 15, 2018, ARP may redeem some or all of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes at the redemption price of 102.313% and on or after August 15, 2019, ARP may redeem some or all of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes at the redemption price of 100.0%. In addition, at any time prior to August 15, 2016, ARP may redeem up to 35% of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes with the proceeds received from certain equity offerings at a redemption price of 109.25%. Under certain conditions, including if ARP sells certain assets and does not reinvest the proceeds or repay senior indebtedness or if it experiences specific kinds of changes of control, ARP must offer to repurchase the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes.

In connection with the issuance of the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes, ARP entered into a registration rights agreement, whereby it agreed to (a) file an exchange offer registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) to exchange the privately issued notes for registered notes, and (b) cause the exchange offer to be consummated by July 30, 2014. Under certain circumstances, in lieu of, or in addition to, a registered exchange offer, ARP has agreed to file a shelf registration statement with respect to the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes. If ARP fails to comply with its obligations to register the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes within the specified time periods, the 9.25% ARP Senior Notes will be subject to additional interest, up to 1% per annum, until such time that the exchange offer is consummated or the shelf registration statement is declared effective, as applicable.

On January 23, 2013, ARP issued $275.0 million of its 7.75% ARP Senior Notes due 2021 in a private placement transaction at par. ARP used the net proceeds of approximately $267.8$267.7 million, net of underwriting fees and other offering costs of $7.2$7.3 million, to repay all of the indebtedness and accrued interest outstanding under its then-existing term loan credit facility and a portion of the amounts outstanding under its revolving credit facility (see “Credit Facilities”). Underfacility. In connection with the termsretirement of ARP’s term loan credit facility and the reduction in its revolving credit facility the borrowing base, was reduced by 15%ARP accelerated $3.2 million of amortization expense related to deferred financing costs during the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes to $368.8 million.nine months ended September 30, 2013.  Interest on the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes is payable semi-annually on January 15 and July 15. At any time prior to January 15, 2016, the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes are redeemable up to 35% of the outstanding principal amount with the net cash proceeds of equity offerings at the redemption price of 107.75%. The 7.75% ARP Senior Notes are also subject to repurchase at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, upon a change of control. At any time prior to January 15, 2017, the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes are redeemable, in whole or in part, at a redemption price as defined in the governing indenture, plus accrued and unpaid interest and additional interest, if any. On and after January 15, 2017, the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes are redeemable, in whole or in part, at a redemption price of 103.875%, decreasing to 101.938% on January 15, 2018 and 100% on January 15, 2019. The indenture governing the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes contains covenants, including limitations of ARP’s ability to incur certain liens, incur additional indebtedness; declare or pay distributions if an event of default has occurred; redeem, repurchase, or retire equity interests or subordinated indebtedness; make certain investments; or merge, consolidate or sell substantially all of ARP’s assets.

In connection with the issuance of the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes, ARP entered into registration rights agreements, whereby it agreed to (a) file an exchange offer registration statement with the SEC to exchange the privately issued notes for registered notes, and (b) cause the exchange offer to be consummated by January 23, 2014. Under certain circumstances, in lieu of, or in addition to, a registered exchange offer, ARP has agreed to file a shelf registration statement with respect to the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes. If ARP does not meetfails to comply with its obligations to register the aforementioned deadline,7.75% ARP Senior Notes within the specified time period, the 7.75% ARP Senior Notes will be subject to additional interest, up to 1% per annum, until such time that ARP causes the exchange offer to be consummated.is consummated or the shelf registration statement is declared effective, as applicable. On July 1, 2013, ARP filed itsa registration statement withrelating to the SEC in satisfaction of certain requirements ofexchange offer for the registration rights agreement.7.75% ARP Senior Notes.

On July 30, 2013, in connection with

The indentures governing the EP Energy Acquisition,7.75% and 9.25% ARP issued $250.0 million of our 9.25% Senior Notes in a private placement transaction (see “Subsequent Events”).contains covenants, including limitations of ARP’s ability to incur certain liens, incur additional indebtedness; declare or pay distributions if an event of default has occurred; redeem, repurchase, or retire equity interests or subordinated indebtedness; make certain investments; or merge, consolidate or sell substantially all of ARP’s assets.       

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Atlas Pipeline Senior Notes Issuances

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL had $500.0 million principal outstanding of 6.625% APL Senior Notes due 2020, $650.0 million principal outstanding of 5.875% unsecured senior notes due August 1, 2023 (“5.875% APL Senior NotesNotes”) and $400.0 million of 4.75% Senior Notes due 2021 (with the 6.625% APL Senior Notes and 5.875% APL Senior Notes, the “APL Senior Notes”).

On May 10, 2013, APL issued $400.0 million of the 4.75% APL Senior Notes in a private placement transaction. The 4.75% APL Senior Notes were issued at par. APL received net proceeds of $391.5 million after underwriting commissions and other transactions costs and utilized the proceeds to repay a portion of the outstanding indebtedness under the revolving credit agreement as part of the TEAK Acquisition (see “Recent Developments”). Interest on the 4.75% APL Senior Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15. The 4.75% APL Senior Notes are due on November 15, 2021 and are redeemable any time after March 15, 2016, at certain redemption prices, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. In connection with the issuance of the 4.75% APL Senior Notes, APL entered into a registration rights agreements,agreement, whereby it agreed to (a) file an exchange offer registration statement with the SEC to exchange the privately issued notes for registered notes, and (b) cause the exchange offer to be consummated by May 5, 2014. If APL does not meet the aforementioned deadline, the 4.75% APL Senior Notes will be subject to additional interest, up to 1% per annum, until such time that APL causes the exchange offer to be consummated. On October 4, 2013, APL filed a registration statement with the SEC for an exchange offer for the 4.75% Senior Notes.

On February 11, 2013, APL issued $650.0 million of 5.875% senior notesSenior Notes in a private placement transaction. The 5.875% APL Senior Notes were issued at par. APL received net proceeds of $637.3 million after underwriting commissions and other transaction costs and utilized the proceeds to redeem the 8.75% APL Senior Notes and repay a portion of its

outstanding indebtedness under its revolving credit facility. Interest on the 5.875% APL Senior Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on February 1 and August 1. The 5.875% APL Senior Notes are redeemable any time after February 1, 2018, at certain redemption prices, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. In connection with the issuance of the 5.875% APL Senior Notes, APL entered into a registration rights agreements,agreement, whereby it agreed to (a) file an exchange offer registration statement with the SEC to exchange the privately issued 5.875% APL Senior Notes for registered notes, and (b) cause the exchange offer to be consummated by February 6, 2014. If APL does not meet the aforementioned deadline, the 5.875% APL Senior Notes will be subject to additional interest, up to 1% per annum, until such time that APL causes the exchange offer to be consummated. On October 4, 2013, APL filed a registration statement with the SEC for an exchange offer for the 5.875% Senior Notes.

On September 28, 2012 and December 20, 2012, APL issued an aggregate of $500.0 million of its 6.625% senior notesAPL Senior Notes in a private placement transaction. The 6.625% APL Senior Notes were presented combined with a net $4.9$4.7 million unamortized premium as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013. Interest on the 6.625% APL Senior Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears on April 1 and October 1. The 6.625% APL Senior Notes are redeemable at any time after October 1, 2016, at certain redemption prices, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. On July 22, 2013,The registration statement APL filed an amendment to its registration statement with the SEC in satisfaction offor the registration requirementsexchange offer for the 6.625% APL Senior Notes became effective on September 17, 2013.  APL commenced an exchange offering for the 6.625% APL Senior Notes on September 18, 2013 and the exchange offer was completed on October 16, 2013.  Pursuant to the terms of the registration rights agreement.agreement, because the exchange offer was not consummated within the required timeframe, APL incurred a 0.25% interest penalty from September 23, 2013 through consummation of the exchange offer on October 16, 2013.

The APL Senior Notes are subject to repurchase by APL at a price equal to 101% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, upon a change of control or upon certain asset sales if APL does not reinvest the net proceeds within 360 days. The APL Senior Notes are junior in right of payment to APL’s secured debt, including its obligations under its revolving credit facility.

Indentures governing the APL Senior Notes contain covenants, including limitations on APL’s ability to: incur certain liens; engage in sale/leaseback transactions; incur additional indebtedness; declare or pay distributions if an event of default has occurred; redeem, repurchase or retire equity interests or subordinated indebtedness; make certain investments; or merge, consolidate or sell substantially all its assets. APL was in compliance with these covenants as of September 30, 2013.

Atlas Pipeline Senior Notes Redemptions

On March 12, 2013, APL paid $105.6 million to redeem the remaining $97.3 million outstanding 8.75% APL Senior Notes due 2018 plus a $6.3 million premium and $2.0 million in accrued interest. APL funded the redemption with a portion

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of the net proceeds from the issuance of the 5.875% APL Senior Notes due 2023. During the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL recognized a loss of $26.6 million within loss on early extinguishment of debt on our consolidated statements of operations, related to the redemption of the 8.75% APL Senior Notes. The loss includes $17.5 million premiums paid, $8.0 million consent payment and a $5.3 million write-off of deferred financing costs, partially offset by $4.2 million of unamortized premium recognized.

On January 28, 2013, APL commenced a cash tender offer for any and all of its outstanding $365.8 million 8.75% APL Senior Notes, excluding unamortized premium, and a solicitation of consents to eliminate most of the restrictive covenants and certain of the events of default contained in the indenture governing the 8.75% APL Senior Notes (“8.75% APL Senior Notes Indenture”). Approximately $268.4 million aggregate principal amount of the 8.75% APL Senior Notes were validly tendered as of the expiration date of the consent solicitation. In February 2013, APL accepted for purchase all 8.75% APL Senior Notes validly tendered as of the expiration of the consent solicitation and paid $291.4 million to redeem the $268.4 million principal plus $11.2 million premium, $3.7 million accrued interest and $8.0 million consent payment. APL entered into a supplemental indenture amending and supplementing the 8.75% APL Senior Notes Indenture. APL also issued a notice to redeemredeemed all the 8.75% APL Senior Notes not purchased in connection with the tender offer.

ISSUANCE OF UNITS

We recognize gains on ARP’s and APL’s equity transactions as credits to partners’ capital on our consolidated balance sheets rather than as income on our consolidated statements of operations. These gains represent our portion of the excess net offering price per unit of each of ARP’s and APL’s common units over the book carrying amount per unit.

Atlas Energy

In July 2013, in connection with the closing of ARP’s EP Energy Acquisition (see “Recent Developments”), we purchased 3,746,986 of ARP’s newly created Class C convertible preferred units, at a negotiated price per unit of $23.10, for proceeds of $86.6 million.  The Class C preferred units were offered and sold in a private transaction exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. The Class C preferred units pay cash distributions in an amount equal to the greater of (i) $0.51 per unit and (ii) the distributions payable on each common unit at each declared quarterly distribution date. The initial Class C preferred distribution was paid for the quarter ended September 30, 2013. The Class C preferred units have no voting rights, except as set forth in the certificate of designation for the Class C preferred units, which provides, among other things, that the affirmative vote of 75% of the Class C Preferred Units is required to repeal such certificate of designation. Holders of the Class C preferred units have the right to convert the Class C preferred units on a one-for-one basis, in whole or in part, into common units at any time before July 31, 2016. Unless previously converted, all Class C preferred units will convert into common units on July 31, 2016. Upon issuance of the Class C preferred units, we, as purchaser of the Class C preferred units, received 562,497 warrants to purchase ARP’s common units at an exercise price equal to the face value of the Class C preferred units. The warrants were exercisable beginning October 29, 2013 into an equal number of ARP common units, at an exercise price of $23.10 per unit, subject to adjustments provided therein. The warrants will expire on July 31, 2016.  

Atlas Resource Partners

Equity Offerings

Issuance of Preferred Units.In July 2013, in connection with ARP’s EP Energy Acquisition, ARP issued 3,749,986 newly created Class C convertible preferred units to us, at a negotiated price per unit of $23.10, for proceeds of $86.6 million. The Class C preferred units were issued with 562,497 warrants to purchase ARP common units at an exercise price of $23.10 at our option beginning on October 29, 2013.  The warrants will expire on July 31, 2016. The Class C preferred units were offered and sold in a private transaction exempt from registration under Section 4 (2) of the Securities Act.

Equity Offerings

Upon issuance of the Class C preferred units and warrants on July 31, 2013, ARP entered into a registration rights agreement pursuant to which it agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC to register the resale of the common units issuable upon conversion of the Class C preferred units and upon exercise of the warrants. ARP agreed to use commercially reasonable efforts to file such registration statement within 90 days of the conversion of the Class C preferred units into common units or the exercise of the warrants.

In June 2013, in connection with entering into a purchase agreement to acquire certain producing wells and net acreage fromthe EP Energy (see “Subsequent Events”),Acquisition, ARP sold an aggregate of 14,950,000 (including a 1,950,000 over-allotment)

of its common limited partner units (including a 1,950,000 over-allotment) in a public offering at a price of $21.75 per unit, yielding net proceeds of

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approximately $313.1 million. ARP utilized the net proceeds from the sale to repay the outstanding balance under its revolving credit facility (see “Credit Facilities”).facility.

In May 2013, ARP entered into an equity distribution program with Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representative of several banks. Pursuant to the equity distribution program, ARP may sell, from time to time through the agents, common units having an aggregate offering price of up to $25.0 million. Sales of common limited partner units, if any, may be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be “at-the-market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including sales made directly on the New York Stock Exchange, the existing trading market for the common limited partner units, or sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange or through an electronic communications network. ARP will pay each of the agents a commission, which in each case shall not be more than 2.0% of the gross sales price of common limited partner units sold through such agent. During the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP issued 309,174 common limited partner units under the equity distribution program for net proceeds of $7.1$7.0 million, net of $0.3$0.4 million in commissions paid. No common limited partner units were issued under the equity distribution program during the three months ended September 30, 2013. ARP utilized the net proceeds from the sale to repay borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility.

In November and December 2012, in connection with entering into a purchase agreement to acquire certain producing wells and net acreage from DTE, ARP sold an aggregate of 7,898,210 of its common limited partner units in a public offering at a price of $23.01 per unit, yielding net proceeds of approximately $174.5 million. ARP utilized the net proceeds from the sale to repay a portion of the outstanding balance under its revolving credit facility and $2.2 million under its term loan credit facility.

In July 2012, ARP completed the acquisition of certain proved reserves and associated assets in the Barnett Shale from Titan in exchange for 3.8 million of ARP’s common units and 3.8 million newly-created ARP convertible Class B preferred units (which have an estimated collective value of $193.2 million, based upon the closing price of ARP’s publicly traded common units as of the acquisition closing date), as well as $15.4 million in cash for closing adjustments. The Class B preferred units are voluntarily convertible to common units on a one-for-one basis within three years of the acquisition closing date at a strike price of $26.03 plus all unpaid preferred distributions per unit, and will be mandatorily converted to common units on the third anniversary of the issuance. While outstanding, the preferred units will receive regular quarterly cash distributions equal to the greater of (i) $0.40 and (ii) the quarterly common unit distribution.

ARP entered into a registration rights agreement pursuant to which it agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC by January 25, 2013 to register the resale of the ARP common units issued on the acquisition closing date and those issuable upon conversion of the Class B preferred units. ARP agreed to use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration statement declared effective by March 31, 2013, and to cause the registration statement to be continuously effective until the earlier of (i) the date as of which all such common units registered thereunder are sold by the holders and (ii) one year after the date of effectiveness. On September 19, 2012, ARP filed a registration statement with the SEC in satisfaction of the registration requirements of the registration rights agreement, and the registration statement was declared effective by the SEC on October 2, 2012.

In April 2012, ARP completed the acquisition of certain oil and gas assets from Carrizo. To partially fund the acquisition, ARP sold 6.0 million of its common units in a private placement at a negotiated purchase price per unit of $20.00, for net proceeds of $119.5 million, of which $5.0 million was purchased by certain of our executives. The common units issued by ARP were subject to a registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the transaction. The registration rights agreement stipulated that ARP would (a) file a registration statement with the SEC by October 30, 2012 and (b) cause the registration statement to be declared effective by the SEC by December 31, 2012. On July 11, 2012, ARP filed a registration statement with the SEC for the common units subject to the registration rights agreement in satisfaction of the registration requirements of the registration rights agreement and on August 28, 2012, the registration statement was declared effective by the SEC.

In connection with the issuance of ARP’s common and preferred units, we recorded a $25.2 million and $48.4 million gain within partners’ capital and a corresponding decrease in non-controlling interests on our consolidated statements of partners’ capital during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.2013.

ARP Common Unit Distribution

In February 2012, the board of directors of our general partner approved the distribution of approximately 5.24 million ARP common units which were distributed on March 13, 2012 to our unitholders using a ratio of 0.1021 ARP limited partner

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units for each of our common units owned on the record date of February 28, 2012. The distribution of these limited partner units represented approximately 20.0% of the common limited partner units outstanding (see “Business Overview”).

Atlas Pipeline Partners

APL Equity Offerings

In April 2013, APL sold 11,845,000 of its common units of APL at a price to the public of $34.00 per unit, yielding net proceeds of $388.4 million after underwriting commissions and expenses. APL also received a capital contribution from us, as general partner, of $8.3 million to maintain our 2%2.0% general partnership interest in APL. APL used the proceeds from this offering to fund a portion of the purchase price of the TEAK Acquisition (see “Recent Developments”).

In May 2013, APL issued $400.0 million of its Class D Preferred Units in a private placement transaction, at a negotiated price per unit of $29.75, forresulting in net proceeds of $397.7 million. Themillion pursuant to the Class D Preferred Units were offered and sold in a private transaction exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. APL also received a capital contribution from us,preferred unit purchase agreement dated April 16, 2013 (the “Commitment Date”). We, as general partner, ofcontributed $8.2 million to maintain our 2.0% general partnerpartnership interest in APL.APL, upon the issuance of the Class D Preferred Units. APL used the proceeds to fund a portion of the purchase price of the TEAK Acquisition (see “Recent Developments”).Acquisition.

The Class D Preferred Units were offered and sold in a private transaction exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. APL has the right to convert the Class D Preferred Units, in whole but not in part, beginning one year following their issuance, into common units, subject to customary anti-dilution adjustments. Unless previously converted, all Class D Preferred Units will convert into common units at the end of eight full quarterly periods following their issuance. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of APL or the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of APL, the holders of the Class D Preferred Units are entitled to receive, out of the assets of APL available for distribution to unit holders, prior and in preference to any distribution of any assets of APL to the holders of any other existing or subsequently issued units, an amount equal to $29.75 per Class D Preferred Unit plus any unpaid preferred distributions.

The fair value of APL’s common units upon issuingon the Commitment Date of the Class D Preferred Units was $36.52 per unit, resulting in an embedded beneficial conversion discount on the Class D Preferred Units of $91.0 million. The PartnershipWe recognized the intrinsicfair value of the Class D Preferred Units with the offsetting intrinsic discount within non-controlling interests on the Partnership’sour consolidated balance sheet as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013. The discount will be accreted and recognized by APL as imputed dividends over the term of the Class D Preferred Units as a reduction to APL’s net income attributable to the common limited partners and the Partnership,us, as general partner. For the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL recorded $6.7$11.4 million and $18.1 million, respectively, within income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests for the preferred unit imputed dividend effect on our consolidated statements of operations to recognize the accretion of the beneficial conversion discount. APL’s Class D Preferred Units are presented combined with a net $84.3$72.9 million unaccreted beneficial conversion discount within non-controlling interests on our consolidated balance sheet at JuneSeptember 30, 2013.

The Class D Preferred Units will receive distributions of additional Class D Preferred Units for the first four full quarterly periods following their issuance, and thereafter will receive distributions in Class D Preferred Units, or cash, or a combination of Class D Preferred Units and cash, at the discretion of the Partnership,us, as general partner. Cash distributions will be paid to the Class D Preferred Unit holders prior to any other distributions of available cash. Distributions will be determined based upon the cash distribution declared each quarter on APL’s common limited partner units plus a preferred yield premium. Class D Preferred Unit distributions, whether in kind units or in cash, will be accounted for as a reduction to APL’s net income attributable to the common limited partners and the Partnership,us, as general partner. For the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL recorded costs related to preferred unit distributions of $5.3$9.1 million and $14.4 million, respectively, within income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests on our consolidated statements of operations. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, APL distributed 138,598 Class D Preferred Units to the holders of the Class D Preferred Units as a distribution for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.

Upon the issuance of the Class D Preferred Units, APL entered into a registration rights agreement pursuant to which it agreed to file a registration statement with the SEC to register the resale of the common units issuable upon conversion of the Class D Preferred Units. APL agreed to use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the registration statement declared effective within 180 days of the date of conversion.

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APL has an equity distribution program with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (“Citigroup”). Pursuant to this program, APL may offer and sell from time to time through Citigroup, as its sales agent, common units having an aggregate value of up to $150.0 million. Sales of common limited partner units, if any, may be made in negotiated transactions or transactions that are deemed to be “at-the-market” offerings as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, including sales made directly on the New York Stock Exchange, the existing trading market for the common limited partner units, or sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange or through an electronic communications network. APL

will pay Citigroup a commission, which in each case shall not be more than 2.0% of the gross sales price of common limited partner units sold. During the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL issued 642,4951,722,800 and 1,090,2802,863,080 common units, respectively, under the equity distribution program for net proceeds of $24.5$63.7 million and $38.9$102.7 million, net of $0.5$1.3 million and $0.8$2.1 million, respectively, in commission incurred from Citigroup. APL also received capital contributions from us of $0.5$1.3 million and $0.8$2.1 million during the three and sixnine months ended June 3,September 30, 2013, respectively, to maintain our 2.0% general partner interest in APL. APL utilized the net proceeds from the sale to repay borrowings outstanding under its revolving credit facility.common unit offering for general partnership purposes.

In December 2012, APL completed the sale of 10,507,033 APL common units in a public offering at an offering price of $31.00 per unit and received net proceeds of $319.3 million, including $6.7 million contributed by us to maintain our 2.0% general partner interest in APL. APL used the net proceeds from this offering to fund a portion of the Cardinal Acquisition. In November 2012, APL entered into an agreement to issue $200.0 million of newly created Class D convertible preferred units in a private placement in order to finance a portion of the Cardinal Acquisition. Under the terms of the agreement, the private placement of the Class D convertible preferred units was nullified upon APL’s issuance of common units in excess of $150.0 million prior to the closing date of the Cardinal Acquisition. As a result of APL’s December 2012 issuance of $319.3 million common units, the private placement agreement terminated without the issuance of the Class D preferred units, and APL paid a commitment fee equal to 2.0%, or $4.0 million.

In connection with the issuance of APL’s common units during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013, we recorded a $9.9an $11.5 million gain within partner’s capital and a corresponding decrease in non-controlling interests on our consolidated statement of partners’ capital during the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013. No gain was recorded during the six months ended June 30, 2012.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires making estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of actual revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Although we base our estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, actual results may differ from the estimates on which our financial statements are prepared at any given point of time. Changes in these estimates could materially affect our financial position, results of operations or cash flows. Significant items that are subject to such estimates and assumptions include revenue and expense accruals, depletion, depreciation and amortization, asset impairment, fair value of derivative instruments, the probability of forecasted transactions and the allocation of purchase price to the fair value of assets acquired. A discussion of the significant accounting policies we have adopted and followed in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements was included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2012, and we summarize our significant accounting policies within our consolidated financial statements included in Note 2 under “Item 1: Financial Statements” included in this report. The critical accounting policies and estimates we have identified are discussed below.

Depreciation and Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and Goodwill

Long-Lived Assets.The cost of property, plant and equipment, less estimated salvage value, is generally depreciated on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Useful lives are based on historical experience and are adjusted when changes in planned use, technological advances or other factors indicate that a different life would be more appropriate. Changes in useful lives that do not result in the impairment of an asset are recognized prospectively.

Long-lived assets, other than goodwill and intangibles with infinite lives, generally consist of natural gas and oil properties and pipeline, processing and compression facilities and are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. A long-lived asset, other than goodwill and intangibles with infinite lives, is considered to be impaired when the undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset are less than its carrying amount. The undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset are based upon our estimates that rely on various assumptions, including natural gas and oil prices, production and operating expenses. Any significant variance in these assumptions could materially affect the estimated net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. As discussed in “General Trends and Outlook”, recent increases in natural gas drilling has

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have driven an increase in the supply of natural gas and put a downward pressure on domestic prices. Further declines in natural gas prices may result in additional impairment charges in future periods.

There were no impairments of proved or unproved gas and oil properties recorded by ARP for the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012. During the year ended December 31, 2012, ARP recognized $9.5 million of asset

impairments related to gas and oil properties within property, plant and equipment on our consolidated balance sheet for shallow natural gas wells in the Antrim and Niobrara Shales. These impairments related to the carrying amount of these gas and oil properties being in excess of ARP’s estimate of their fair values at December 31, 2012. The estimate of fair value of these gas and oil properties was impacted by, among other factors, the deterioration of natural gas prices at the date of measurement.

Events or changes in circumstances that would indicate the need for impairment testing include, among other factors: operating losses; unused capacity; market value declines; technological developments resulting in obsolescence; changes in demand for products manufactured by others utilizing our services or for our products; changes in competition and competitive practices; uncertainties associated with the United States and world economies; changes in the expected level of environmental capital, operating or remediation expenditures; and changes in governmental regulations or actions. Additional factors impacting the economic viability of long-lived assets are discussed under “Item 1A: Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

Goodwill and Intangibles with Infinite Lives. Goodwill and intangibles with infinite lives must be tested for impairment annually or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the related asset might be impaired. An impairment loss should be recognized if the carrying value of an entity’s reporting units exceeds its estimated fair value.

There were no goodwill impairments recognized by us during the three and sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and 2012.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

We and our subsidiaries have established a hierarchy to measure our financial instruments at fair value which requires us to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The hierarchy defines three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets and liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset and liability or can be corroborated with observable market data for substantially the entire contractual term of the asset or liability.

Level 3– Unobservable inputs that reflect the entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in the pricing of the asset or liability and are consequently not based on market activity but rather through particular valuation techniques.

We use a fair value methodology to value the assets and liabilities for our and our subsidiaries’ outstanding derivative contracts. Our and our subsidiaries’ commodity hedges, with the exception of APL’s NGL fixed price swaps and NGL options, are calculated based on observable market data related to the change in price of the underlying commodity and are therefore defined as Level 2 fair value measurements. Valuations for APL’s NGL fixed price swaps are based on a forward price curve modeled on a regression analysis of natural gas, crude oil and propane prices and therefore are defined as Level 3 fair value measurements. Valuations for APL’s NGL options are based on forward price curves developed by the related financial institution and therefore are defined as Level 3 fair value measurements.

Of the $90.9$61.8 million and $51.3 million of net derivative assets at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, APL had net derivative assets of $28.6$2.7 million and $23.1 million at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, that were classified as Level 3 fair value measurements which rely on subjective forward developed price curves. Holding all other variables constant, a 10% change in the price APL utilized in calculating the fair value of derivatives at JuneSeptember 30, 2013 would have resulted in a $0.7$0.9 million non-cash change, excluding the effect of non-controlling interests, to net income for the sixnine months ended JuneSeptember 30, 2013.

Liabilities that are required to be measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis include our asset retirement obligations that are defined as Level 3. Estimates of the fair value of asset retirement obligations are based on discounted cash flows

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using numerous estimates, assumptions, and judgments regarding the cost, timing of settlement, our credit-adjusted risk-free rate and inflation rates.

During the three months ended JuneSeptember 2013, we completed the Arkoma Acquisition and ARP completed the EP Energy Acquisition. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, APL completed the TEAK acquisition.Acquisition.  During the year ended December 31, 2012, ARP completed the acquisitions of certain oil and gas assets from Carrizo, andcertain proved reserves and associated

assets from Titan and the DTE andAcquisition, while APL completed the Cardinal acquisition.Acquisition. The fair value measurements of assets acquired and liabilities assumed are based on inputs that are not observable in the market and therefore represent Level 3 inputs. The fair values of natural gas and oil properties were measured using a discounted cash flow model, which considered the estimated remaining lives of the wells based on reserve estimates, future operating and development costs of the assets, as well as the respective natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids forward price curves. The fair values of the asset retirement obligations were measured under our and ARP’s existing methodology for recognizing an estimated liability for the plugging and abandonment of our and its gas and oil wells (see “Item 1: Financial Statements – Statements—Note 7”). These inputs require significant judgments and estimates by our, ARP’s and APL’s management at the time of the valuation and are subject to change.

Reserve Estimates

Our estimates

Estimates of ARP’s proved natural gas and oil reserves and future net revenues from them are based upon reserve analyses that rely upon various assumptions, including those required by the SEC, as to natural gas and oil prices, drilling and operating expenses, capital expenditures and availability of funds. The accuracy of these reserve estimates is a function of many factors including the following: the quality and quantity of available data, the interpretation of that data, the accuracy of various mandated economic assumptions and the judgments of the individuals preparing the estimates. As discussed in “Item 2: Properties” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, ARP engaged Wright and Company, Inc., an independent third-party reserve engineer, to prepare a report of its proved reserves.

Any significant variance in the assumptions utilized in the calculation of ARP’s reserve estimates could materially affect the estimated quantity of ARP’s reserves. As a result, our estimates of ARP’s proved natural gas and oil reserves are inherently imprecise. Actual future production, natural gas and oil prices, revenues, development expenditures, operating expenses and quantities of recoverable natural gas and oil reserves may vary substantially from our estimates or estimates contained in the reserve reports and may affect our and ARP’s ability to pay amounts due under our and ARP’s credit facilityfacilities or cause a reduction in our or ARP’s credit facility.facilities. In addition, ARP’s proved reserves may be subject to downward or upward revision based upon production history, results of future exploration and development, prevailing natural gas and oil prices, mechanical difficulties, governmental regulation and other factors, many of which are beyond our control. ARP’s reservesReserves and their relation to estimated future net cash flows impact the calculation of impairment and depletion of oil and gas properties. Adjustments to quarterly depletion rates, which are based upon a units of production method, are made concurrently with changes to reserve estimates. Generally, an increase or decrease in reserves without a corresponding change in capitalized costs will have a corresponding inverse impact to depletion expense.

Asset Retirement Obligations

We and our subsidiaries estimate the cost of future dismantlement, restoration, reclamation and abandonment of our operating assets.

Atlas Resource

We and ARP recognizesrecognize an estimated liability for the plugging and abandonment of its gas and oil wells and related facilities. We and ARP also recognizesrecognize a liability for its future asset retirement obligations if a reasonable estimate of the fair value of that liability can be made. The associated asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. We and ARP also considersconsider the estimated salvage value in the calculation of depreciation, depletion and amortization.

The estimated liability is based on ARP’s historical experience in plugging and abandoning wells, estimated remaining lives of those wells based on reserve estimates, external estimates as to the cost to plug and abandon the wells in the future and federal and state regulatory requirements. The liability is discounted using an assumed credit-adjusted risk-free interest rate. Asset removal technologies and costs are constantly changing, as are regulatory, political, environmental, safety and public relations considerations. Since there are many variables in estimating asset retirement obligations, we and ARP attemptsattempt to limit the impact of management’s judgment on certain of these variables by developing a standard cost estimate based on historical costs and industry quotes updated annually. Revisions to the liability could occur due to changes in estimates of plugging and abandonment costs or remaining lives of the wells, or if federal or state regulators enact new plugging and abandonment requirements. Neither we nor ARP has nohave any assets legally restricted for purposes of settling asset retirement

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obligations. Except for ARP’s gas and oil properties, ARP believes that there are no other material retirement obligations associated with our and ARP’s tangible long lived assets.

Atlas Pipeline

APL performs ongoing analysis of asset removal and site restoration costs that it may be required to perform under law or contract once an asset has been permanently taken out of service. APL has property, plant and equipment at locations owned by APL and at sites leased or under right of way agreements. APL is under no contractual obligation to remove the assets at locations it owns. In evaluating its asset retirement obligation, APL reviews its lease agreements, right of way agreements, easements and permits to determine which agreements, if any, require an asset removal and restoration obligation. Determination of the amounts to be recognized is based upon numerous estimates and assumptions, including expected settlement dates, future retirement costs, future inflation rates and the credit-adjusted-risk-free interest rates. However, APL was not able to reasonably measure the fair value of the asset retirement obligation as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 because the settlement dates were indeterminable. Any cost incurred in the future to remove assets and restore sites will be expensed as incurred.

   

ITEM 3:

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The primary objective of the following information is to provide forward-looking quantitative and qualitative information about our and our subsidiaries’ potential exposure to market risks. The term “market risk” refers to the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in interest rates and commodity prices. The disclosures are not meant to be precise indicators of expected future losses, but rather indicators of reasonable possible losses. This forward-looking information provides indicators of how we and our subsidiaries view and manage our ongoing market risk exposures. All of the market risk sensitive instruments were entered into for purposes other than trading.

General

All of our and our subsidiaries’ assets and liabilities are denominated in U.S. dollars, and as a result, we do not have exposure to currency exchange risks.

We and our subsidiaries are exposed to various market risks, principally fluctuating interest rates and changes in commodity prices. These risks can impact our results of operations, cash flows and financial position. We and our subsidiaries manage these risks through regular operating and financing activities and periodic use of derivative financial instruments such as forward contracts and interest rate cap and swap agreements. The following analysis presents the effect on our results of operations, cash flows and financial position as if the hypothetical changes in market risk factors occurred on JuneSeptember 30, 2013. Only the potential impact of hypothetical assumptions was analyzed. The analysis does not consider other possible effects that could impact our and our subsidiaries’ business.

Current market conditions elevate our and our subsidiaries’ concern over counterparty risks and may adversely affect the ability of these counterparties to fulfill their obligations to us, if any. The counterparties related to our and our subsidiaries’ commodity derivative contracts are banking institutions or their affiliates, who also participate in our, ARP’s and APL’s revolving credit facilities. The creditworthiness of ARP’sour and APL’sour subsidiaries’ counterparties is constantly monitored, and theywe and our subsidiaries currently believe them to be financially viable. We and our subsidiaries are not aware of any inability on the part of their counterparties to perform under their contracts and believe ARP’sour and APL’sour subsidiaries’ exposure to non-performance is remote.

Interest Rate Risk.At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, we had $34.0$240.0 million of outstanding borrowings under our creditterm loan facility, ARP had no$425.0 million of outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility and APL had $80.0$100.0 million of outstanding borrowings under its senior secured revolving credit facility. At September 30, 2013, we had no borrowings outstanding under our revolving credit facility. Holding all other variables constant, a hypothetical 100 basis-point or 1% change in variable interest rates would change our consolidated interest expense for the twelve-month period ending JuneSeptember 30, 2014 by $1.1$7.7 million, excluding the effect of non-controlling interests.

Commodity Price Risk. Our ARP’s and APL’sour subsidiaries’ market risk exposures to commodities are due to the fluctuations in the commodity prices and the impact those price movements have on our and our subsidiaries’ financial results. To limit theirthe exposure to changing commodity prices, we ARP and APLour subsidiaries use financial derivative instruments, including financial swap and option instruments, to hedge portions of their future production. The swap instruments are contractual agreements between counterparties to exchange obligations of money as the underlying commodities are sold. Under these swap

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agreements, we ARP and APLour subsidiaries receive or pay a fixed price and receive or remit a floating price based on certain indices for the relevant contract period. Option instruments are contractual agreements that grant the right, but not the obligation, to purchase or sell commodities at a fixed price for the relevant period.

Holding all other variables constant, including the effect of commodity derivatives, a 10% change in average commodity prices would result in a change to our consolidated operating income for the twelve-month period ending JuneSeptember 30, 2014 of approximately $6.1$6.4 million, net of non-controlling interests.

Realized pricing of our subsidiaries’ natural gas, oil, and natural gas liquids production is primarily driven by the prevailing worldwide prices for crude oil and spot market prices applicable to United States natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids production. Pricing for natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids production has been volatile and unpredictable for many years. To limit our and our subsidiaries’ exposure to changing natural gas, oil and natural gas liquids prices, our subsidiarieswe enter into natural gas and oil, swap, put options and costless collar option contracts. At any point in time, such contracts may include regulated NYMEX futures and options contracts and non-regulated over-the-counter (“OTC”) futures contracts with qualified counterparties. NYMEX contracts are generally settled with offsetting positions, but may be settled by the delivery of natural gas. OTC contracts are generally financial contracts which are settled with financial payments or receipts and generally do not require delivery of physical hydrocarbons. Crude oil contracts are based on a West Texas Intermediate (“WTI”) index. Natural gas liquids contracts are based on an OPIS Mt. Belvieu index. These contracts have qualified and been designated as cash flow hedges and been recorded at their fair values.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, we had the following commodity derivatives:

Natural Gas Fixed Price SwaptionsSwaps

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
 
   (MMBtu)(1)   (per MMBtu)(1) 

2014

   2,760,000    $4.156  

2015

   2,280,000    $4.295  

2016

   1,440,000    $4.423  

2017

   1,200,000    $4.590  

2018

   420,000    $4.797  

Natural Gas Put Options

Production

Period Ending

December 31,

   

   

   

      

Volumes

   

      

Average
Fixed Price

   

   

   

   

   

      

(MMBtu)(1)

   

      

(per MMBtu)(1)

   

2014

   

   

   

      

   

750,000

      

      

$

4.058

      

2014

   

   

   

      

   

2,760,000

      

      

$

4.177

      

2015

   

   

   

      

   

2,280,000

      

      

$

4.302

      

2016

   

   

   

      

   

1,440,000

      

      

$

4.433

      

2017

   

   

   

      

   

1,200,000

      

      

$

4.590

      

2018

   

   

   

      

   

420,000

      

      

$

4.797

      

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  

Option Type

  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
 
      (MMBtu)(1)   (per MMBtu)(1) 

2013

  Puts purchased   1,500,000    $3.958  

 

(1)

“MMBtu” represents million British Thermal Units.

(2)

Fair value based on forward NYMEX natural gas prices, as applicable.

At JuneSeptember 30, 2013, ARP had the following commodity derivatives:

Natural Gas Fixed Price Swaps

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
 
   (MMBtu)(1)   (per MMBtu)(1) 

2013

   14,694,800    $3.821  

2014

   31,353,000    $4.139  

2015

   27,234,500    $4.237  

2016

   33,746,300    $4.359  

2017

   24,120,000    $4.538  

2018

   3,960,000    $4.716  

Production

Period Ending

December 31,

   

   

   

      

Volumes

   

      

Average
Fixed Price

   

   

   

   

   

      

(MMBtu)(1)

   

      

(per MMBtu)(1)

   

2013

   

   

   

      

   

15,597,400

      

      

$

3.909

      

2014

   

   

   

      

   

60,153,000

      

      

$

4.152

      

2015

   

   

   

      

   

50,274,500

      

      

$

4.240

      

2016

   

   

   

      

   

43,946,300

      

      

$

4.318

      

2017

   

   

   

      

   

24,840,000

      

      

$

4.532

      

2018

   

   

   

      

   

3,960,000

      

      

$

4.716

      

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Natural Gas Costless Collars

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  

Option Type

  Volumes   Average
Floor and Cap
 
      (MMBtu)(1)   (per MMBtu)(1) 

2013

  Puts purchased   2,760,000    $4.395  

2013

  Calls sold   2,760,000    $5.443  

2014

  Puts purchased   3,840,000    $4.221  

2014

  Calls sold   3,840,000    $5.120  

2015

  Puts purchased   3,480,000    $4.234  

2015

  Calls sold   3,480,000    $5.129  

Natural Gas Put Options

 

Production Period Ending December 31,

  

Option Type

  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
 

      

Option Type

   

      

Volumes

   

      

Average
Floor and Cap

   

     (MMBtu)(1)   (per MMBtu)(1) 

      

   

   

      

(MMBtu)(1)

   

      

(per MMBtu)(1)

   

2013

  Puts purchased   14,280,000    $3.957  

      

Puts purchased

      

      

   

1,380,000

      

      

$

4.395

      

2013

      

Calls sold

      

      

   

1,380,000

      

      

$

5.443

      

2014

      

Puts purchased

      

      

   

3,840,000

      

      

$

4.221

      

2014

      

Calls sold

      

      

   

3,840,000

      

      

$

5.120

      

2015

      

Puts purchased

      

      

   

3,480,000

      

      

$

4.234

      

2015

      

Calls sold

      

      

   

3,480,000

      

      

$

5.129

      

Natural Gas Put Options – Drilling PartnershipPartnerships

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  

Option Type

  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
 
      (MMBtu)(1)   (per MMBtu)(1) 

2013

  Puts purchased   1,080,000    $3.450  

2014

  Puts purchased   1,800,000    $3.800  

2015

  Puts purchased   1,440,000    $4.000  

2016

  Puts purchased   1,440,000    $4.150  

Natural Gas Fixed Price Swaptions

 

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
 

      

Option Type

   

      

Volumes

   

      

Average
Fixed Price

   

  (MMBtu)(1)   (per MMBtu)(1) 

      

   

   

      

(MMBtu)(1)

   

      

(per MMBtu)(1)

   

2013

      

Puts purchased

      

      

   

540,000

      

      

$

3.450

      

2014

   26,880,000    $4.159  

      

Puts purchased

      

      

   

1,800,000

      

      

$

3.800

      

2015

   17,760,000    $4.297  

      

Puts purchased

      

      

   

1,440,000

      

      

$

4.000

      

2016

      

Puts purchased

      

      

   

1,440,000

      

      

$

4.150

      

Natural Gas Liquids Fixed Price Swaps

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
 
   (Bbl)(1)   (per Bbl)(1) 

2013

   63,000    $93.656  

2014

   105,000    $91.571  

2015

   96,000    $88.550  

2016

   84,000    $85.651  

2017

   60,000    $83.780  

Production

Period Ending

December 31,

   

   

   

      

Volumes

   

      

Average
Fixed Price

   

   

   

   

   

   

(Bbl)(1)

   

   

(per Bbl)(1)

   

2013

   

   

   

   

   

36,000

   

   

$

93.656

   

2014

   

   

   

   

   

105,000

   

   

$

91.571

   

2015

   

   

   

   

   

96,000

   

   

$

88.550

   

2016

   

   

   

   

   

84,000

   

   

$

85.651

   

2017

   

   

   

   

   

60,000

   

   

$

83.780

   

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Natural Gas Liquids Ethane Fixed Price Swaps

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
 
   (Gal)(1)   (per Gal)(1) 

2014

   2,520,000    $0.303  

Production

Period Ending

December 31,

   

   

   

      

Volumes

   

      

Average
Fixed Price

   

   

   

   

   

      

(Gal)(1)

   

      

(per Gal)(1)

   

2014

   

   

   

      

   

2,520,000

      

      

$

0.303

      

Natural Gas Liquids Propane Fixed Price Swaps

Production

Period Ending

December 31,

   

   

   

      

Volumes

   

      

Average
Fixed Price

   

   

   

   

   

      

(Gal)(1)

   

      

(per Gal)(1)

   

2013

   

   

   

      

   

3,864,000

      

      

$

1.084

      

2014

   

   

   

   

   

11,592,000

   

   

$

0.996

   

Crude Oil Fixed Price Swaps

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  Volumes   Average
Fixed Price
 
   (Bbl)(1)   (per Bbl)(1) 

2013

   262,850    $92.307  

2014

   414,000    $91.727  

2015

   411,000    $88.030  

2016

   165,000    $85.931  

2017

   72,000    $84.175  

Production

Period Ending

December 31,

   

   

   

      

Volumes

   

      

Average
Fixed Price

   

   

   

   

   

   

(Bbl)(1)

   

   

(per Bbl)(1)

   

2013

   

   

   

   

   

170,200

   

   

$

93.738

   

2014

   

   

   

   

   

552,000

   

   

$

92.668

   

2015

   

   

   

   

   

567,000

   

   

$

88.144

   

2016

   

   

   

   

   

225,000

   

   

$

85.523

   

2017

   

   

   

   

   

132,000

   

   

$

83.305

   

Crude Oil Costless Collars

   

Production Period Ending December 31,

  

Option Type

  Volumes   Average
Floor and Cap
 
      (Bbl)(1)   (per Bbl)(1) 

2013

  Puts purchased   35,000    $90.000  

2013

  Calls sold   35,000    $116.396  

2014

  Puts purchased   41,160    $84.169  

2014

  Calls sold   41,160    $113.308  

2015

  Puts purchased   29,250    $83.846  

2015

  Calls sold   29,250    $110.654  

 

Production

Period Ending

December 31,

   

Option Type

      

   

Volumes

   

      

Average
Floor and
Cap

   

   

   

   

   

   

(Bbl)(1)

   

   

(per Bbl)(1)

   

2013

   

Puts purchased

   

   

   

20,000

   

   

$

90.000

   

2013

   

Calls sold

   

   

   

20,000

   

   

$

116.396

   

2014

   

Puts purchased

   

   

   

41,160

   

   

$

84.169

   

2014

   

Calls sold

   

   

   

41,160

   

   

$

113.308

   

2015

   

Puts purchased

   

   

   

29,250

   

   

$

83.846

   

2015

   

Calls sold

   

   

   

29,250

   

   

$

110.654

   

(1)

“MMBtu” represents million British Thermal Units; “Bbl” represents barrels; “Gal” represents gallons.

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As of JuneSeptember 30, 2013, APL had the following commodity derivatives:

Fixed Price Swaps

 

Production Period

  

Purchased/
Sold

  

Commodity

  Volumes(1)   Average
Fixed
Price
 

Natural Gas

        

2013

  Sold  Natural Gas   3,100,000    $3.689  

2014

  Sold  Natural Gas   12,600,000    $3.983  

2015

  Sold  Natural Gas   15,160,000    $4.235  

2016

  Sold  Natural Gas   3,750,000    $4.399  

Natural Gas Liquids

        

2013

  Sold  Natural Gas Liquids   27,468,000    $1.247  

2014

  Sold  Natural Gas Liquids   55,566,000    $1.248  

2015

  Sold  Natural Gas Liquids   23,688,000    $1.110  

Crude Oil

        

2013

  Sold  Crude Oil   153,000    $96.873  

2014

  Sold  Crude Oil   312,000    $92.368  

2015

  Sold  Crude Oil   60,000    $85.130  

Options Production Period

  

Purchased/
Sold

  

Type

  

Commodity

  Volumes(1)   Average
Strike
Price
 

Production Period

      

   

Purchased/
Sold

      

   

Commodity

      

   

Volumes(1)

   

      

Average
Fixed
Price

   

Natural Gas

          

      

   

   

      

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

2013

      

   

Sold

      

   

Natural Gas

      

   

   

1,570,000

      

      

$

3.752

      

2014

  Purchased  Put  Natural Gas   600,000    $4.125  

      

   

Sold

      

   

Natural Gas

      

   

   

12,600,000

      

      

$

3.983

      

2015

      

   

Sold

      

   

Natural Gas

      

   

   

15,160,000

      

      

$

4.235

      

2016

      

   

Sold

      

   

Natural Gas

      

   

   

3,750,000

      

      

$

4.399

      

      

   

   

      

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Natural Gas Liquids

          

      

   

   

      

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

2013

  Purchased  Put  Natural Gas Liquids   23,184,000    $1.897  

      

   

Sold

      

   

Natural Gas Liquids

      

   

   

18,774,000

      

      

$

1.200

      

2014

  Purchased  Put  Natural Gas Liquids   3,150,000    $1.030  

      

   

Sold

      

   

Natural Gas Liquids

      

   

   

75,978,000

      

      

$

1.185

      

2015

  Purchased  Put  Natural Gas Liquids   1,260,000    $0.883  

      

   

Sold

      

   

Natural Gas Liquids

      

   

   

27,216,000

      

      

$

1.097

      

      

   

   

      

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Crude Oil

          

      

   

   

      

   

   

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

2013

  Purchased  Put  Crude Oil   147,000    $100.100  

      

   

Sold

      

   

Crude Oil

      

   

   

75,000

      

      

$

96.660

      

2014

  Purchased  Put  Crude Oil   448,500    $94.685  

      

   

Sold

      

   

Crude Oil

      

   

   

312,000

      

      

$

92.368

      

2015

  Purchased  Put  Crude Oil   270,000    $89.175  

      

   

Sold

      

   

Crude Oil

      

   

   

60,000

      

      

$

85.130

      

   

Options

Production Period

      

Purchased/
Sold

   

      

Type

   

      

Commodity

      

   

Volumes(1)

   

      

Average
Strike
Price

   

Natural Gas

      

   

   

      

   

   

      

   

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

2014

      

Purchased

      

      

Put

      

      

Natural Gas

      

   

   

600,000

      

      

$

4.125

      

   

      

   

   

      

   

   

      

   

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Natural Gas Liquids

   

      

      

   

   

      

   

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

2013

      

Purchased

      

      

Put

      

      

Natural Gas Liquids

      

   

   

11,844,000

      

      

$

1.900

      

2014

      

Purchased

      

      

Put

      

      

Natural Gas Liquids

      

   

   

4,410,000

      

      

$

1.001

      

2015

      

Purchased

      

      

Put

      

      

Natural Gas Liquids

      

   

   

1,890,000

      

      

$

0.901

      

   

      

   

   

      

   

   

      

   

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

Crude Oil

      

   

   

      

   

   

      

   

      

   

   

   

   

      

   

   

   

2013

      

Purchased

      

      

Put

      

      

Crude Oil

      

   

   

75,000

      

      

$

100.100

      

2014

      

Purchased

      

      

Put

      

      

Crude Oil

      

   

   

448,500

      

      

$

94.685

      

2015

      

Purchased

      

      

Put

      

      

Crude Oil

      

   

   

270,000

      

      

$

89.175

      

(1)

Volumes for natural gas are stated in MMBtu’s. Volumes for NGLs are stated in gallons. Volumes for crude oil are stated in barrels.

Volumes for crude oil are stated in barrels.

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ITEM 4:

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our Securities Exchange Act of 1934 reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our general partner’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, our management recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives, and our management necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.

Under the supervision of our general partner’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and with the participation of our disclosure committee appointed by such officers, we have carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, our general partner’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of JuneSeptember 30, 2013, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

On May 7,

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, ARP completed the acquisition of certain assets from EP Energy and APL acquired 100% the outstanding ownership interests in TEAK (see Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – “Recent Developments”). We are continuing to integrate this system’sthese systems’ historical internal controls over financial reporting with our existing internal controls over financial reporting. This integration may lead to changes in our or the acquired system’ssystems’ historical internal controls over financial reporting in future fiscal reporting periods.

PART II

   

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PART II

ITEM  1:

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

On August 3, 2011, CNX Gas Company LLC (“CNX”), filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville styledCNX Gas Company LLC vs. Miller Energy Resources, Inc., Chevron Appalachia, LLC as successor in interest to Atlas America, LLC, Cresta Capital Strategies, LLC, and Scott Boruff, No. 3:11-cv-00362. On April 16, 2012, Atlas Energy Tennessee, LLC, one of our subsidiaries, was brought into the lawsuit by way of Amended Complaint. On April 23, 2012, the Court dismissed Chevron Appalachia, LLC as a party on the grounds of lack of subject matter jurisdiction over that entity.

The lawsuit allegesalleged that CNX entered into a Letter of Intent with Miller Energy Resources, Inc. (“Miller Energy”), for the purchase by CNX of certain leasehold interests containing oil and natural gas rights, representing around 30,000 acres in East Tennessee. The lawsuit also allegesalleged that Miller Energy breached the Letter of Intent by refusing to close by the date provided and by allegedly entertaining offers from third parties for the same leasehold interests. Allegations of inducement of breach of contract and related claims arewere made by CNX against the remaining defendants, on the theory that these parties knew of the terms of the Letter of Intent and induced Miller Energy to breach the Letter of Intent. CNX iswas seeking $15.5 million in damages. We assertasserted that we acted in good faith and believebelieved that the outcome of the litigation willwould be resolved in our favor.

In early September 2013, Atlas Energy Tennessee, LLC, was dismissed as a party on jurisdictional grounds.

We and our subsidiaries are also parties to various routine legal proceedings arising out of the ordinary course of our business. Management believes that none of these actions, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.

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ITEM  6:

EXHIBITS

   

Exhibit No.

Description

Exhibit

No.2.1

Description

  2.1Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of June 9, 2013, by and among EP Energy E&P Company, L.P., EPE Nominee Corp. and Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. The schedules to the Purchase and Sale Agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b) of Regulation S-K. A copy of the omitted schedules will be furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission supplementally upon request.(47)

2.2

Assignment & Assumption Agreement, dated as of June 9, 2013, between Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. and Atlas Energy, L.P.(50)

3.1(a)

Certificate of Limited Partnership of Atlas Pipeline Holdings, L.P.(1)

3.1(b)

Certificate of Amendment of Limited Partnership of Atlas Pipeline Holdings, L.P.(13)

3.1(c)

Amendment to Certificate of Limited Partnership of Atlas Energy, L.P.(5)

3.2(a)

Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Atlas Pipeline Holdings, L.P.(13)

3.2(b)

Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Atlas Pipeline Holdings, L.P.(13)

3.2(c)

Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Atlas Energy, L.P.(5)

4.1

Specimen Certificate Representing Common Units(1)

10.1

Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Atlas Pipeline Holdings GP, LLC.(13)

10.2

10.2(a)

Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC(1)

10.3(a)

10.2(b)

Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Atlas Pipeline Partners GP, LLC(54)

10.3(a)

Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.(1)

10.3(b)

Amendment No. 2 to Second Amendment and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.(4)

10.3(c)

Amendment No. 3 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.(6)

10.3(d)

Amendment No. 4 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.(6)

10.3(e)

Amendment No. 5 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.(6)

10.3(f)

Amendment No. 6 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.(7)

10.3(g)

Amendment No. 7 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.(8)

Exhibit

No.

Description

 10.3(h)

10.3(h)

Amendment No. 8 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.(9)

10.3(i)

Amendment No. 9 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.(14)

10.3(j)

Amendment No. 10 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.(39)

10.4

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s Certificate of Designation of the Powers, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional and Other Special Rights and Qualifications, Limitations and Restrictions thereof of Class D Convertible Preferred Units, dated as of May 7, 2013(39)

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Exhibit No.

Description

10.5

10.5(a)

Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Atlas Resource Partners GP, LLC(33)

10.6(a)

10.5(b)

Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Atlas Resource Partners GP, LLC(53)

10.6(a)

Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.(28)

10.6(b)

Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. dated as of July 25, 2012(17)

10.6(c)

Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. dated as of July 31, 2013(44)

10.7

Atlas Resource Partner, L.P’s Certificate of Designation of the Powers, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional and Other Special Rights and Qualifications, Limitations and Restrictions thereof of Class B Preferred Units, dated as of July 25, 2012(17)

10.8

Atlas Resource Partner, L.P’s Certificate of Designation of the Powers, Preferences and Relative, Participating, Optional and Other Special Rights and Qualifications, Limitations and Restrictions thereof of Class C Convertible Preferred Units, dated as of July 31, 2013(44)

10.9(a)

Long-Term Incentive Plan(6)

10.9(b)

Amendment No. 1 to Long-Term Incentive Plan(15)

10.10

Form of Phantom Grant under 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan(53)

10.11

2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan(16)

10.12

Form of Phantom Unit Grant under 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan(32)

10.13

Form of Stock Option Grant under 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan(32)

10.14

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated July 31, 2013 among Atlas Energy, L.P., the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, NA as administrative agent(45)

10.15

Secured Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated July 31, 2013 among Atlas Energy, L.P., the lenders party thereto and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent(45)

Exhibit

No.

Description

10.16

Intercreditor Agreement, dated July 31, 2013 among Atlas Energy, L.P., the grantors party thereto,thereo, Wells Fargo

Bank, NA as revolving facility administrative agent and Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as term facility

administrative agent(45)

10.17(a)

Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated July 27, 2007, amended and restated as of December 22, 2010, among Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P., the guarantors therein, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and other banks party thereto(23)

10.17(b)

Amendment No. 1 to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 19, 2011(25)

10.17(c)

Incremental Joinder Agreement to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 8, 2011(26)

10.17(d)

Amendment No. 2 to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2012(18)

10.17(e)

Amendment No. 3 to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement(34)

10.17(f)

Amendment No. 4 to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement(11)

10.18

Pennsylvania Operating Services Agreement dated as of February 17, 2011 between Atlas Energy, Inc., Atlas Pipeline Holdings, L.P. and Atlas Resources, LLC. Specific terms in this exhibit have been redacted, as marked by three asterisks (***), because confidential treatment for those terms has been requested. The redacted material has been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.(12)

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Exhibit No.

Description

10.19(a)

Base Contract for Sale and Purchase of Natural Gas dated as of November 8, 2010 between Chevron Natural Gas, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Atlas Resources, LLC, Viking Resources, LLC, and Resource Energy, LLC. Specific terms in this exhibit have been redacted, as marked by three asterisks (***), because confidentialbecauseconfidential treatment for those terms has been requested. The redacted material has been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.(12)

10.19(b)

Amendment No. 1 to the Base Contract for Sale and Purchase of Natural Gas dated as of November 8, 2010 between Chevron Natural Gas, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Atlas Resources, LLC, Viking Resources, LLC, and Resource Energy, LLC, dated as of January 6, 2011.(12)

10.19(c)

Amendment No. 2 to the Base Contract for Sale and Purchase of Natural Gas dated as of November 8, 2010 between Chevron Natural Gas, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Atlas Resources, LLC, Viking Resources, LLC, and Resource Energy, LLC, dated as of February 2, 2011. Specific terms in this exhibit have been redacted, as marked by three asterisks (***), because confidential treatment for those terms has been requested. The redacted material has been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.(12)

10.20

Transaction Confirmation, Supply Contract No. 0001, under Base Contract for Sale and Purchase of Natural Gas dated as of November 8, 2010 between Chevron Natural Gas, a division of Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Atlas Resources, LLC, Viking Resources, LLC, and Resource Energy, LLC, dated February 17, 2011. Specific terms in this exhibit have been redacted, as marked by three asterisks (***), because confidential treatment for those terms has been requested. The redacted material has been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.(12)

10.21

Gas Gathering Agreement for Natural Gas on the Legacy Appalachian System dated as of June 1, 2009 between Laurel Mountain Midstream, LLC and Atlas America, LLC, Atlas Energy Resources, LLC, Atlas Energy Operating Company, LLC, Atlas Noble, LLC, Resource Energy, LLC, Viking Resources, LLC, Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. and Atlas Pipeline Operating Partnership, L.P. Specific terms in this exhibit have been redacted, as marked by three asterisks (***), because confidential treatment for those terms has been requested. The redacted material has been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.(12)

Exhibit

No.

Description

10.22

10.22

Gas Gathering Agreement for Natural Gas on the Expansion Appalachian System dated as of June 1, 2009 between Laurel Mountain Midstream, LLC and Atlas America, LLC, Atlas Energy Resources, LLC, Atlas Energy Operating Company, LLC, Atlas Noble, LLC, Resource Energy, LLC, Viking Resources, LLC, Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. and Atlas Pipeline Operating Partnership, L.P. Specific terms in this exhibit have been redacted, as marked by three asterisks (***), because confidential treatment for those terms has been requested. The redacted material has been separately filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.(12)

10.23

Employment Agreement between Atlas Energy, L.P. and Edward E. Cohen dated as of May 13, 2011(12)

10.24

Employment Agreement between Atlas Energy, L.P. and Jonathan Z. Cohen dated as of May 13, 2011(12)

10.25

Employment Agreement between Atlas Energy, L.P. and Eugene N. Dubay dated as of November 4, 2011(21)

10.26

Employment Agreement between Atlas Energy, L.P. and Matthew A. Jones dated as of November 4, 2011(32)

10.27

Employment Agreement between Atlas Energy, L.P. and Daniel Herz dated as of November 4, 2011

10.28

Employment Agreement between Atlas Energy, L.P., Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. and Patrick J. McDonie dated as of July 3, 2012(35)

10.29

Letter Agreement, by and between Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. and Atlas Pipeline Holdings, L.P., dated November 8, 2010(21)

10.30

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement, by and between Chevron Corporation and Edward E. Cohen, dated as of November 8, 2010(22)

10.31

Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreement, by and between Chevron Corporation and Jonathan Z. Cohen, dated as of November 8, 2010(22)

10.32

Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated July 31, 2013 among Atlas Resource Partners, L.P., the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders(44)

10.33(a)

Credit Agreement, dated as of March 5, 2012, among Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders(30)

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Exhibit No.

Description

10.33(b)

First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2012, between Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders(31)

10.33(c)

Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2012, between Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (17)

10.33(d)

Third Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 20, 2012(36)

10.33(e)

Fourth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 11, 2013(37)

10.33(f)

Fifth Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 30, 2013(51)

10.34

Secured Hedge Facility Agreement dated as of March 5, 2012 among Atlas Resources, LLC, the participating partnerships from time to time party thereto, the hedge providers from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as collateral agent for the hedge providers(30)

Exhibit

No.

Description

10.35

10.35

Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan(28)

10.36

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. Long-Term Incentive Plan(27)

10.37

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. Amended and Restated 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan(20)

10.38

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2012, among Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. and the various parties listed therein(31)

10.39

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2012, among Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. and the various parties listed therein(17)

10.40

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 23, 2013 among Atlas Energy Holdings Operating Company, LLC, Atlas Resource Finance Corporation and the initial purchasers named therein(10)

10.41

Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 16, 2012, between Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association and the lenders named in the Credit Agreement dated May 16, 2012 by and among Atlas Energy, L.P. and the lenders named therein(35)

10.42

Registration Rights Agreement, dated September 28, 2012, by and among Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P., Atlas Pipeline Finance Corporation, the subsidiaries named therein, and the initial purchasers listed therein(41)
10.43Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 20, 2012, by and among Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P., Atlas Pipeline Finance Corporation, the subsidiaries named therein, and the initial purchasers listed therein(42)
10.44

Equity Distribution Agreement dated November 5, 2012, by and between Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.(43)

10.45

10.43

Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of April 16, 2013, among TEAK Midstream Holdings, LLC, TEAK Midstream, L.L.C. and Atlas Pipeline Mid-Continent Holdings, LLC. The schedules to the Purchase and Sale Agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b) of Registration S-K. A copy of the omitted schedules will be furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission supplementally upon request(29)

10.46

10.44

Registration Rights Agreement, dated February 11, 2013, by and among Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P., Atlas Pipeline Finance Corporation, the subsidiaries named therein, and the initial purchasers listed therein(38)

10.47

10.45

Class D Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 16, 2013, among Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. and the various purchasers party thereto(29)

10.48

10.46

Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 7, 2013, by and among Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. and the purchasers named therein(39)

10.49

10.47

Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of June 9, 2013, by and among EP Energy E&P Company, L.P., EPE Nominee Corp. and Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. The schedules to the Purchase and Sale Agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b) of Regulation S-K. A copy of the omitted schedules will be furnished to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission supplementally upon request.(47)

10.50

10.48

Warrant to Purchase Common Units(44)

Exhibit

No.

Description

10.49

  10.51

Distribution Agreement dated as of May 10, 2013, between Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as representative of the several agents(48)

  10.52

10.50

Class C Preferred Unit Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 9, 2013, between Atlas Resource Partners, L.P. and Atlas Energy, L.P.(50)

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Exhibit No.

Description

  10.53

10.51

Indenture dated as of July 30, 2013, by and between Atlas Resource Escrow Corporation and Wells Fargo Bank,

National Association(49)

  10.54

10.52

Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 31, 2013, by and among Atlas Resource Partners, L.P., Atlas Energy

Holdings Operating Company, LLC, Atlas Resource Finance Corporation, the guarantors named therein and

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association(49)

  10.55

10.53

Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 31, 2013, by and among Atlas Resource Partners, L.P., Atlas

Energy Holdings Operating Company, LLC, Atlas Resource Finance Corporation, the guarantors named therein

and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., for itself and on behalf of the Initial Purchasers(49)

  10.56

10.54

Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 31, 2013 by and among Atlas Energy, L.P. and Atlas Resource

Partners, L.P.(44)

  10.57

10.55

Registration Rights Agreement dated May 7, 2013, among Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. and the purchasers named

therein(52)

  10.58

10.56

Indenture dated as of May 10, 2013, by and among Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P., Atlas Pipeline Finance

Corporation, the subsidiaries named therein and U.S. Bank National Association(46)

  10.59

10.57

Registration Rights Agreement, dated May 10, 2013, by and among Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P., Atlas Pipeline

Finance Corporation, the guarantors named therein and Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. for itself and on behalf of

the initial purchasers(46)

31.1

Rule 13(a)-14(a)/15(d)-14(a) Certification

31.2

Rule 13(a)-14(a)/14(d)-14(a) Certification

32.1

Section 1350 Certification

32.2

Section 1350 Certification

101.INS

XBRL Instance Document(54)(55)

101.SCH

XBRL Schema Document(54)(55)

101.CAL

XBRL Calculation Linkbase Document(54)(55)

101.LAB

XBRL Label Linkbase Document(54)(55)

101.PRE

XBRL Presentation Linkbase Document(54)(55)

101.DEF

XBRL Definition Linkbase Document(54)(55)

      

(1)

Previously filed as an exhibit to the registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-130999).

(2)

Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K filed May 21, 2012.

(3)

Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K filed on March 4, 2013.

(4)

Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K filed July 30, 2007.

(5)

Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K filed December 13, 2011.

(6)

Previously filed as an exhibit to annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

(7)

Previously filed as an exhibit to quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009.

(8)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on April 2, 2010.

(9)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on July 7, 2010.

(10)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on January 25, 2013.

(11)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on April 23, 2013.

(12)

Previously filed as an exhibit to quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

(13)

Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K filed on February 24, 2011.

(14)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on December 13, 2011.

(15)

Previously filed as an exhibit to annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

(16)

Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K filed on November 12, 2010.

(17)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on July 26, 2012.

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(18)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on May 31, 2012.

(19)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on September 1, 2010.

(20)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed on March 31, 2011.

(21)

Previously filed as an exhibit to quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011.

(22)

Previously filed as an exhibit to quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

(23)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on December 23, 2010.

(24)

Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K filed on March 25, 2011.

(25)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2011.

(26)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on July 11, 2011.

(27)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.

(28)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on March 14, 2012.

(29)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on April 17, 2013.

(30)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on March 7, 2012.

(31)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on May 1, 2012.

(32)

Previously filed as an exhibit to annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.

(33)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2012.

(34)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on December 13, 2012.

(35)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.

(36)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on December 26, 2012.

(37)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on January 11, 2013.

(38)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on February 12, 2013.

(39)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2013.

(40)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended JuneSeptember 30, 2012.

(41)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on September 28, 2012.

Intentionally omitted.

(42)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on December 26, 2012.

Intentionally omitted.

(43)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on November 6, 2012.

(44)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on August 6, 2013.

(45)

Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K filed on August 6, 2013.

(46)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on May 13, 2013.

(47)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on June 10, 2013.

(48)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on May 10, 2013.

(49)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on August 2, 2013.

(50)

Previously filed as an exhibit to current report on Form 8-K filed on June 13, 2013.

(51)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on May 31, 2013.

(52)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.’s current report on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2013.

(53)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Resource Partners, L.P.’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,September 30, 2013.

(54)

Previously filed as an exhibit to Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013.

(55)

Attached as Exhibit 101 to this report are documents formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language). Users of this data are advised pursuant to Rule 406T of Regulation S-T that the interactive data file is deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of section 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and otherwise not subject to liability under these sections. The financial information contained in the XBRL-related documents is “unaudited” or “unreviewed.”

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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, thereunto duly authorized.

   

ATLAS ENERGY, L.P.

By: Atlas Energy GP, LLC, its General Partner

Date: August 9,November 8, 2013

By:

By:

/s/S/ EDWARD E. COHEN

Edward E. Cohen

Chief Executive Officer and President of the General Partner

Date: August 9,November 8, 2013

By:

By:

/s/S/ SEAN P. MCGRATH

Sean P. McGrath

Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner

Date: August 9,November 8, 2013

By:

By:

/s/S/ JEFFREY M. SLOTTERBACK

Jeffrey M. Slotterback

Chief Accounting Officer of the General Partner

   

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