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8-K - ROSE UPDATED COMPANY PRESENTATION - NBL Texas, LLCroseupdatedpres.htm
Exhibit 99.1
 
Rosetta Resources Inc.
Investor Presentation
December 2011
www.rosettaresources.com / NASDAQ: ROSE
High Asset Quality - Executing Business Plan - Future Growth Catalysts - Financial Strength
 
 

 
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This presentation includes forward-looking statements, which give the Company's current expectations or forecasts
of future events based on currently available information. Forward-looking statements are statements that are not
historical facts, such as expectations regarding drilling plans, including the acceleration thereof, production rates and
guidance, resource potential, incremental transportation capacity, exit rate guidance, net present value, development
plans, progress on infrastructure projects, exposures to weak natural gas prices, changes in the Company's liquidity,
changes in acreage positions, expected expenses, expected capital expenditures, and projected debt balances. The
assumptions of management and the future performance of the Company are subject to a wide range of business
risks and uncertainties and there is no assurance that these statements and projections will be met. Factors that
could affect the Company's business include, but are not limited to: the risks associated with drilling of oil and natural
gas wells; the Company's ability to find, acquire, market, develop, and produce new reserves; the risk of drilling dry
holes; oil and natural gas price volatility; derivative transactions (including the costs associated therewith and the
abilities of counterparties to perform thereunder); uncertainties in the estimation of proved, probable, and possible
reserves and in the projection of future rates of production and reserve growth; inaccuracies in the Company's
assumptions regarding items of income and expense and the level of capital expenditures; uncertainties in the timing
of exploitation expenditures; operating hazards attendant to the oil and natural gas business; drilling and completion
losses that are generally not recoverable from third parties or insurance; potential mechanical failure or
underperformance of significant wells; availability and limitations of capacity in midstream marketing facilities,
including processing plant and pipeline construction difficulties and operational upsets; climatic conditions; availability
and cost of material, supplies, equipment and services; the risks associated with operating in a limited number of
geographic areas; actions or inactions of third-party operators of the Company's properties; the Company's ability to
retain skilled personnel; diversion of management's attention from existing operations while pursuing acquisitions or
dispositions; availability of capital; the strength and financial resources of the Company's competitors; regulatory
developments; environmental risks; uncertainties in the capital markets; general economic and business conditions
(including the effects of the worldwide economic recession); industry trends; and other factors detailed in the
Company's most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. If
one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize (or the consequences of such a development changes), or
should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those forecasted or
expected. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements except
as required by law.
Forward-Looking Statements and Terminology Used
 
 

 
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For filings reporting year-end 2010 reserves, the SEC permits the optional disclosure of probable and possible
reserves.  The Company has elected not to report probable and possible reserves in its filings with the SEC.  We use
the term “net risked resources” to describe the Company’s internal estimates of volumes of natural gas and oil that are
not classified as proved reserves but are potentially recoverable through exploratory drilling or additional drilling or
recovery techniques.  Estimates of unproved resources are by their nature more speculative than estimates of proved
reserves and accordingly are subject to substantially greater risk of actually being realized by the
Company.  Estimates of unproved resources may change significantly as development provides additional data, and
actual quantities that are ultimately recovered may differ substantially from prior estimates. We use the term “BFIT
NPV10” to describe the Company’s estimate of before income tax net present value discounted at 10 percent
resulting from project economic evaluation. The net present value of a project is calculated by summing future cash
flows generated by a project, both inflows and outflows, and discounting those cash flows to arrive at a present value. 
Inflows primarily include revenues generated from estimated production and commodity prices at the time of the
analysis.  Outflows include drilling and completion capital and operating expenses.  Net present value is used to
analyze the profitability of a project.  Estimates of net present value may change significantly as additional data
becomes available, and with adjustments in prior estimates of actual quantities of production and recoverable
reserves, commodity prices, capital expenditures, and/or operating expenses.
Forward-Looking Statements and Terminology Used (cont.)
 
 

 
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 Doubled proved reserves to 970 Bcfe at mid-year 2011
 Set record levels of liquids production
 Increased project inventory to 2.8 Tcfe
 Increased gross estimated ultimate recovery to 10 Bcfe per Gates Ranch Eagle
 Ford well*
 Increased Gates Ranch planned well density to 65 acres per well
 Announced three new Eagle Ford field discoveries
 Firm transportation and processing capacity from Eagle Ford in place to execute
 business plan
 Advanced Southern Alberta Basin horizontal drilling program
2011 Highlights
* EUR based on 850’ well spacing
 
 

 
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 $640 million of capital; more than 90 percent allocated to Eagle Ford
 Four-rig program in Eagle Ford Area; 60 completions per year
  Continued Gates Ranch development
  Step out into other areas
 Completion of seven-well horizontal drilling program in Southern Alberta Basin
  Maintain acreage position
 Base capital program funded from internally-generated cash flow supplemented
 by borrowings under current credit facility
  Eagle Ford program self-funding by year-end
  Divestitures remain an option
 Debt-to-Capitalization ratio approximately 30% at strip pricing
 Approximately 40% production growth over 2011
2012 Plans
 
 

 
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Includes capitalized interest and other corporate costs.
Excludes New Ventures and A&D.
2012E
2012E
2011E
2011E
Capital Expenditures
Total: $640MM
Total: $475MM
 
 

 
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 Asset Base High-Graded
 Executing Business Plan
 Testing Growth Catalysts
 Financial Strength
Agenda
 
 

 
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Asset Base High-Graded
 
 

 
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Alberta Basin
300,000 net acres
6 BBOE hydrocarbon resource in place
1500 potential locations
Exploration underway
11 delineation wells completed
4 horizontal wells drilled
Horizontal completions underway
Eagle Ford Liquids
50,000 net acres
20 TCFE hydrocarbon resource in place
600 potential remaining locations
52 horizontal wells completed*
125 MMcfe/d net*
10 years of potential remaining inventory
Eagle Ford Dry Gas
15,000 net acres
5 TCFE hydrocarbon resource in place
170 potential locations
4 horizontal wells completed*
5 MMcfe/d net*
3-4 years of remaining inventory
South Texas
(Non-Eagle Ford)
100,000 net acres
Numerous stacked reservoirs
20 MMcfe/d net*
* End of 3Q 2011
Asset Base High-Graded
 
 

 
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Executing Business Plan
 
 

 
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Proved Reserves - Doubled Since YE 2010
Eagle Ford
Other Core
Non-Core
351 Bcfe
479 Bcfe
970 Bcfe
 
 

 
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Year-end 2011: 56 wells*
* Completed wells
9 miles
More than 12 TCFE of “hydrocarbons in place” have been delineated and are now being
exploited…
Gates Ranch
 
 

 
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7.3 BCFE Composite Type Curve (PUD bookings)
10 BCFE Composite Type Curve
DISCOVERY WELL
3500 ft lateral & 10 frac stages
DEVELOPMENT WELLS
5000 ft lateral & 15 frac stages
Gates Ranch Well Performance
 
 

 
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Increased Firm Take-Away Capacity
¹ Net equivalent gas production (MMcfe/d) equals 1.35 times gross wet wellhead gas (MMcf/d).
 
   
   
 
   
   
   
   
 
 

 
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Quarterly Production Performance
Production
(MMcfe/d)
250-280
220-240
 
 

 
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Testing Growth Catalysts
 
 

 
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Area
Window
Net
Acreage
Gates Ranch
Liquids
26,500
Non-Gates Ranch
Liquids
23,500
Encinal Area
Dry Gas
15,000
TOTAL
 
65,000
Other Eagle Ford Areas
 
 

 
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 Increased Well Density
 280 locations remaining to be drilled
Gates Ranch
Field-wide development plans on 65-acre well spacing
 
 

 
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Discovery Well Test
 Southern Dimmit County Area
 3,545 net acres
 47 well locations remaining
 Initial Rate
  850 bpd Oil
  490 bpd NGL’s
  3,900 mcfpd
  1,990 BOEPD
Eagle Ford Discovery
Briscoe Ranch
 
 

 
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Discovery Well Test
 Central Dimmit County Area
 8,143 net acres
 125 well locations remaining
 7 day average rate
  506 bpd Oil
  102 bpd NGL’s
  436 mcfpd
  680 BOEPD
Eagle Ford Discovery
Central Dimmit County
 
 

 
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Discovery Well Test
 Southern Gonzales County Area
 1,900 net acres
 21 well locations remaining
 Initial Rate
  2,450 bpd Oil
  250 bpd NGL’s
  2,000 mcfpd
  3,033 BOEPD
Eagle Ford Discovery
Karnes Trough Area
 
 

 
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* Includes only “well tested” inventory and excludes inventory on our 10,000 net acres that has offset data and will be tested in the upcoming quarters.
Eagle Ford
Well Tested Inventory
 
 

 
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Delineation wells
Remaining Horizontal Wells
Southern Alberta Basin
2 of 7 Horizontal Wells Tested
Tribal Riverbend 07-04H
q Drilled +/- 3,500’ lateral length
q Middle Bakken interval
q Tested 154 BOEPD
Fee Simonson 34-01H
q Drilled +/- 3,700’ lateral length
q Middle Bakken interval
q Tested 104 BOEPD
 
 

 
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 Confirmed significant resource in place, 6 billion BOE
 Advanced the well science work needed to “crack code” of complex play
  Identified fracture azimuth and orientation
  Achieved good vertical growth in initial stimulations
 Identified fracture stimulation design improvements to utilize in next four horizontal
 well completions
  Improve isolation for more effective stimulations (cement liner and perf & plug)
 Targeted assumptions for well commerciality
  IP 250 Boe/d, EUR 185 MBOE, 160-acre spacing, $4 million well costs
  21% ROR at $85 per barrel WTI
Next Steps
 Complete seven-well horizontal drilling program
 Maintain acreage position
 Engage industry service providers to identify opportunities to expand infrastructure
 and reduce costs in the basin
 Monitor long-term production performance to confirm model
Southern Alberta Basin Key Learnings
 
 

 
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Financial Strength
 
 

 
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Lower Cost Structure
 
 
2011 Full Year
 
2012 Full Year
 
 
(Guidance Range)
 
(Guidance Range)
Direct Lease Operating Expense
 
$ 0.44
-
$ 0.46
 
$ 0.25
-
$ 0.28
Workover Expenses
 
 0.01
-
 0.01
 
 0.01
-
 0.01
Insurance
 
 0.02
-
 0.02
 
 0.03
-
 0.03
Ad valorem Tax
 
 0.12
-
 0.13
 
 0.13
-
 0.14
Production Taxes
 
 0.17
-
 0.18
 
 0.24
-
 0.26
Treating, Transportation and Marketing
 
 0.41
-
 0.43
 
 0.63
-
 0.69
G&A, excluding stock-based compensation
 0.74
-
 0.78
 
 0.50
-
 0.55
Interest Expense
 
 0.36
-
 0.38
 
 0.25
-
 0.28
DD&A
 
 2.03
-
 2.13
 
 1.85
-
 1.95
 
 

 
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Eagle Ford - Oil Marketing
Gates Ranch
 Velocity Midstream
  Long term condensate pipeline gathering and truck loading terminal transfer
  Current: Gathering capacity of 15,000 Bbls/d to Catarina with 15,000 Bbls
 storage
  January 2012: Gathering capacity of 25,000 Bbls/d to Gardendale with up to
 60,000 Bbls storage
 Long Term Crude Purchase Agreements
  5,000 Bbls/d @ Catarina, Truck/Pipe; @ Gardendale, Pipeline Mid-2012
  Pricing based on Louisiana Light Sweet price less transportation
 Crude Oil Pricing Mix expected for 2012
  Gates Ranch, Briscoe Ranch and Central Dimmit County Properties
  5,000 Bbls/d priced based on Louisiana Light Sweet (LLS) price less gravity and
 transportation adjustments starting in mid-2012
  All other Condensate prices based on West Texas Intermediate (WTI) less gravity
 and transportation adjustments
  Karnes Trough Properties
  WTI-based price (currently with premium), no gravity or transportation adjustment
 
 

 
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50
20
10,300
5,400
3,750
* NGL hedges exclude the Ethane component
 
 

 
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Debt and Liquidity
350
250
402
237
 
 

 
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 Adequate liquidity available to fund 2012 $640 million capital
 program
  Strong cash flow in 2012
  $295 million of $325 million borrowing base available
  Potential to raise borrowing base based on performance
  Option for additional property divestitures
 In low price environment, $250 million capital spend will maintain
 2012 production level flat versus 2011 exit rate
Liquidity
 
 

 
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(MM)
3Q 2011
4Q 2010
Long-Term Debt
$250
$350
Total Stockholder’s Equity
 608
 529
  TOTAL
$858
$879
 
 
 
Capitalization
 
 
 - Debt
29%
40%
 - Capital
71%
60%
  TOTAL
100%
100%
Capital Structure
 
 

 
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 Asset Base High-Graded
  Divestiture program complete
  South Texas focus
  Alberta Basin option
  Strong Eagle Ford project inventory
 Executing Business Plan
  Proved reserves doubled since 12/31/10
  Gates Ranch recoveries increased
  Increased firm take-away capacity
  Strong exit rates and 2012 growth projected
 Testing Growth Catalysts
  Increased Gates Ranch well density
  Other Eagle Ford areas
  Complete and evaluate Alberta Basin horizontal program
 Financial Strength
  Lower cost structure
  $402MM in liquidity
Summary
 
 

 
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Appendix
 
 

 
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Note: This example describes the 3-streams of production from the average 2010 Gates Ranch horizontal
wells (based on completions as of January, 2011) and also provides a “rule of thumb” factor to convert
“net Rosetta sales volumes” (measured in Mcfe/d) to “gross wellhead gas” (measured in Mcf/d). This is
important for understanding Rosetta’s takeway capacity situation. As described, gross wellhead gas, and
therefore takeaway capacity, is multiplied by ~1.3 to determine net sales to Rosetta.
3-Stream Process Flow - Gates Ranch
 
 

 
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