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PARR 10-Q Quarter ended June 30, 2010

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10-Q 1 d74966e10vq.htm FORM 10-Q e10vq
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
þ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2010
o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission file number 0-16203
(DELTA LOGO)
DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware 84-1060803
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
370 17th Street, Suite 4300
Denver, Colorado 80202
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(303) 293-9133
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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 þ No o
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 o No o
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. (Check one):
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281,407,100 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, were outstanding as of August 2, 2010.


INDEX
Page No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
31
49
49
50
50
50
50
51
The terms “Delta,” “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to Delta Petroleum Corporation and its consolidated entities unless the context suggests otherwise.
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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Consolidated Financial Statements
DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)
June 30, December 31,
2010 2009
(In thousands, except share data)
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents
$ 11,051 $ 61,918
Short-term restricted deposits
100,000 100,000
Trade accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $100 and $100, respectively
17,757 16,654
Oil and gas properties held for sale
99,902
Deposits and prepaid assets
2,051 3,103
Inventories
4,150 5,588
Other current assets
3,169 5,189
Total current assets
238,080 192,452
Property and equipment:
Oil and gas properties, successful efforts method of accounting:
Unproved
236,096 280,844
Proved
944,163 1,379,920
Drilling and trucking equipment
175,844 177,762
Pipeline and gathering systems
96,446 92,064
Other
15,681 16,154
Total property and equipment
1,468,230 1,946,744
Less accumulated depreciation and depletion
(578,771 ) (800,501 )
Net property and equipment
889,459 1,146,243
Long-term assets:
Long-term restricted deposit
100,000 100,000
Investments in unconsolidated affiliates
4,928 7,444
Deferred financing costs
2,442 3,017
Other long-term assets
6,163 8,329
Total long-term assets
113,533 118,790
Total assets
$ 1,241,072 $ 1,457,485
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Credit facility — Delta
$ 119,538 $
Credit facility — DHS
73,590 83,268
Installments payable on property acquisition
99,144 97,874
Accounts payable
31,175 44,225
Liabilities related to oil and gas properties held for sale
7,280
Offshore litigation payable
13,877
Other accrued liabilities
11,628 13,459
Derivative instruments
4,705 19,497
Total current liabilities
347,060 272,200
Long-term liabilities:
Installments payable on property acquisition, net of current portion
96,619 95,381
7% Senior notes
149,647 149,609
3 3 / 4 % Senior convertible notes
106,268 104,008
Credit facility — Delta
124,038
Asset retirement obligations
4,620 7,654
Derivative instruments
1,319 7,475
Total long-term liabilities
358,473 488,165
Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
Preferred stock, $.01 par value:
authorized 3,000,000 shares, none issued
Common stock, $.01 par value: authorized 600,000,000 shares, issued 282,760,000 shares at June 30, 2010 and 282,548,000 shares at December 31, 2009
2,828 2,825
Additional paid-in capital
1,631,517 1,625,035
Treasury stock at cost; 34,000 shares at June 30, 2010 and 42,000 shares at December 31, 2009
(75 ) (268 )
Accumulated deficit
(1,101,557 ) (939,010 )
Total Delta stockholders’ equity
532,713 688,582
Non-controlling interest
2,826 8,538
Total equity
535,539 697,120
Total liabilities and equity
$ 1,241,072 $ 1,457,485
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
June 30,
2010 2009
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenue:
Oil and gas sales
$ 25,067 $ 19,267
Contract drilling and trucking fees
11,064 1,674
Loss on offshore litigation award and property sales, net
(109 ) (81 )
Total revenue
36,022 20,860
Operating expenses:
Lease operating expense
8,015 6,845
Transportation expense
4,454 2,178
Production taxes
1,377 1,061
Exploration expense
358 471
Dry hole costs and impairments
30,767 106,621
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion — oil and gas
15,920 23,846
Drilling and trucking operating expenses
8,123 2,342
Depreciation and amortization — drilling and trucking
5,226 6,175
General and administrative
11,640 8,966
Executive severance expense, net
3,739
Total operating expenses
85,880 162,244
Operating loss
(49,858 ) (141,384 )
Other income and (expense):
Interest expense and financing costs, net
(9,556 ) (15,775 )
Other income (expense), net
(299 ) 1,256
Realized loss on derivative instruments, net
(601 )
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments, net
3,676 (15,647 )
Income (loss) from unconsolidated affiliates
991 (3,617 )
Total other expense
(5,789 ) (33,783 )
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and discontinued operations
(55,647 ) (175,167 )
Income tax expense
203 265
Loss from continuing operations
(55,850 ) (175,432 )
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
(96,630 ) (5,051 )
Net loss
(152,480 ) (180,483 )
Less net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
2,730 8,165
Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders
$ (149,750 ) $ (172,318 )
Amounts attributable to Delta common stockholders:
Loss from continuing operations
$ (53,120 ) $ (167,267 )
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
(96,630 ) (5,051 )
Net loss
$ (149,750 ) $ (172,318 )
Basic income (loss) attributable to Delta common stockholders per common share:
Loss from continuing operations
$ (0.19 ) $ (0.86 )
Discontinued operations
(0.35 ) (0.03 )
Net loss
$ (0.54 ) $ (0.89 )
Diluted income (loss) attributable to Delta common stockholders per common share:
Loss from continuing operations
$ (0.19 ) $ (0.86 )
Discontinued operations
(0.35 ) (0.03 )
Net loss
$ (0.54 ) $ (0.89 )
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2010 2009
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Revenue:
Oil and gas sales
$ 54,970 $ 38,116
Contract drilling and trucking fees
20,996 6,887
Gain (loss) on offshore litigation award and property sales, net
(538 ) 31,204
Total revenue
75,428 76,207
Operating expenses:
Lease operating expense
15,202 14,749
Transportation expense
7,807 4,626
Production taxes
2,821 2,550
Exploration expense
584 1,531
Dry hole costs and impairments
31,121 108,064
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion — oil and gas
31,339 45,850
Drilling and trucking operating expenses
16,012 7,598
Depreciation and amortization — drilling and trucking
10,798 11,967
General and administrative
23,027 21,594
Executive severance expense, net
3,739
Total operating expenses
138,711 222,268
Operating loss
(63,283 ) (146,061 )
Other income and (expense):
Interest expense and financing costs, net
(20,116 ) (32,201 )
Other income (expense), net
(170 ) 1,408
Realized loss on derivative instruments, net
(4,714 )
Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments, net
20,948 (21,111 )
Income (loss) from unconsolidated affiliates
983 (2,870 )
Total other expense
(3,069 ) (54,774 )
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and discontinued operations
(66,352 ) (200,835 )
Income tax expense (benefit)
478 (318 )
Loss from continuing operations
(66,830 ) (200,517 )
Discontinued operations:
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
(101,642 ) (9,400 )
Net loss
(168,472 ) (209,917 )
Less net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
5,925 12,046
Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders
$ (162,547 ) $ (197,871 )
Amounts attributable to Delta common stockholders:
Loss from continuing operations
$ (60,905 ) $ (188,471 )
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
(101,642 ) (9,400 )
Net loss
$ (162,547 ) $ (197,871 )
Basic income (loss) attributable to Delta common stockholders per common share:
Loss from continuing operations
$ (0.22 ) $ (1.29 )
Discontinued operations
(0.37 ) (0.06 )
Net loss
$ (0.59 ) $ (1.35 )
Diluted income (loss) attributable to Delta common stockholders per common share:
Loss from continuing operations
$ (0.22 ) $ (1.29 )
Discontinued operations
(0.37 ) (0.06 )
Net loss
$ (0.59 ) $ (1.35 )
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(Unaudited)
Additional Accu- Total Delta Non-
Common stock paid-in Treasury stock mulated stockholders’ controlling Total
Shares Amount capital Shares Amount deficit equity interest equity
(In thousands)
Balance, December 31, 2009
282,548 $ 2,825 $ 1,625,035 42 $ (268 ) $ (939,010 ) $ 688,582 $ 8,538 $ 697,120
Net loss
(162,547 ) (162,547 ) (5,925 ) (168,472 )
Employee vesting of treasury stock held by subsidiary
(10 ) 150 150 (150 )
Issuance of vested stock
481 5 (5 )
Shares repurchased for withholding taxes
(9 ) (4 ) 2 43 39 39
Forfeiture of restricted shares
(260 ) (2 ) 2
Stock based compensation
6,489 6,489 363 6,852
Balance, June 30, 2010
282,760 $ 2,828 $ 1,631,517 34 $ (75 ) $ (1,101,557 ) $ 532,713 $ 2,826 $ 535,539
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2010 2009
(In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss
$ (168,472 ) $ (209,917 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Basis in offshore properties recovered through litigation
17,497
Loss on property sales
538
(Gain) loss on sale of drilling rig
256 (1,724 )
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion — oil and gas
31,339 45,850
Depreciation and amortization — drilling and trucking
10,798 11,967
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion — discontinued operations
13,594 10,904
Stock based compensation
6,852 4,639
Executive severance payable in common stock
1,700
Executive severance — stock-based awards forfeited
(2,820 )
Amortization of deferred financing costs
4,707 7,717
Accretion of discount on installments payable
2,508 3,710
Unrealized (gain) loss on derivative instruments, net
(20,948 ) 21,111
Dry hole costs and impairments
31,121 108,064
Impairments — discontinued operations
92,162
(Income) loss from unconsolidated affiliates
(983 ) 3,204
Deferred income tax expense (benefit)
478 (318 )
Other
48 (21 )
Net changes in operating assets and liabilities:
(Increase) decrease in trade accounts receivable
(1,103 ) 16,998
Decrease in deposits and prepaid assets
686 4,830
Increase in inventories
(1,252 )
(Increase) decrease in other current assets
765 (2,641 )
Decrease in accounts payable
(12,863 ) (5,385 )
Decrease in other accrued liabilities and offshore litigation payable
(14,756 ) (1,264 )
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
(23,273 ) 32,849
Cash flows from investing activities:
Additions to property and equipment
(18,861 ) (122,438 )
Additions to drilling and trucking equipment
(709 ) (601 )
Proceeds from sale of oil and gas properties
2,007
Proceeds from sale of drilling assets and other fixed assets
503 7,823
Proceeds from sale of unconsolidated affiliate
3,500
Investment in unconsolidated affiliates
295
Proceeds from escrow deposit
1,380
(Increase) decrease in other long-term assets
106 (402 )
Net cash used in investing activities
(12,074 ) (115,323 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from borrowings
66,500 37,000
Repayments of borrowings
(80,678 ) (259,017 )
Payment of deferred financing costs
(1,337 ) (2,182 )
Proceeds from sale of offshore litigation contingent payment rights
25,000
Repurchase of offshore litigation contingent payment rights
(25,000 )
Stock issued for cash, net
247,168
Shares repurchased for withholding taxes
(5 ) (226 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
(15,520 ) 22,743
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
(50,867 ) (59,731 )
Cash at beginning of period
61,918 65,475
Cash at end of period
$ 11,051 $ 5,744
Supplemental cash flow information:
Cash paid for interest and financing costs
$ 14,395 $ 23,485
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(1) Nature of Organization and Basis of Presentation
Delta Petroleum Corporation (“Delta” or the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, is principally engaged in acquiring, exploring, developing and producing oil and gas properties. The Company’s core area of operations is the Rocky Mountain Region in which the majority of its proved reserves, production and long-term growth prospects are concentrated.
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and, in accordance with those rules, do not include all the information and notes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. As a result, these unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto previously filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring accruals, considered necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position of the Company and the results of its operations have been included. Operating results for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the complete fiscal year. Subsequent events were evaluated through the date of issuance of these consolidated financial statements at the time this quarterly report on Form 10-Q was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). For a more complete understanding of the Company’s operations and financial position, reference is made to the consolidated financial statements of the Company, and related notes thereto, filed with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, previously filed with the SEC.
(2) Going Concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming the Company will continue as a going concern.
The Company experienced a net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders of $162.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010, and as of June 30, 2010 had a working capital deficiency of $109.0 million, including $119.5 million outstanding under Delta’s Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement” or the “credit facility”) which is due on January 15, 2011 and $73.6 million outstanding under the credit agreement of DHS Drilling Company (“DHS”), the Company’s 49.8% subsidiary. In addition, the holders of the Company’s $115.0 million principal amount of 3 3 / 4 % Senior Convertible Notes due 2037 have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of such notes on May 1, 2012 (or thereafter on each May 1 in 2017, 2022, 2027 and 2032). The ongoing losses, near term credit maturities, and working capital deficiency raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
As of and for the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company was in compliance with covenants under its credit facility related to its financial ratios and accounts payable. The Company had $25.5 million of availability under its credit agreement based upon the $145.0 million borrowing base in effect at June 30, 2010, and had cash on hand of $11.1 million.
On April 1, 2010, DHS amended its existing credit facility with Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc. (“LCPI”) and renegotiated certain terms of the agreement, to, among other changes more fully described in Note 7, “Long Term Debt,” bring DHS into compliance with the terms of the agreement, amend the principal repayment schedule, adjust the interest rate, and eliminate or amend certain financial covenants. The DHS facility is non-recourse to Delta.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(2) Going Concern, Continued
In accordance with current terms of Delta’s credit facility, the Company is limited to capital expenditures of $18.0 million for the quarter ending September 30, 2010 and $10.0 million for the quarter ending December 31, 2010. Based on the Company’s development plan for the remainder of 2010, the Company does not expect to have the liquidity necessary to repay the borrowings under its credit facility when due on January 15, 2011 unless it completes a refinancing of the existing credit facility prior to that date.
In November 2009, the Company retained Morgan Stanley and Evercore Partners to evaluate and advise the Board of Directors on strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value, including but not limited to the sale of some or all of the Company’s assets, entering into partnerships or joint ventures, or the sale of the entire Company.
On July 23, 2010, the Company entered into a definitive Purchase and Sale Agreement with Wapiti Oil & Gas, L.L.C. to sell various non-core assets (the “Wapiti Transaction”) for cash proceeds of $130.0 million. Also on July 23, 2010, the Company and its credit facility banks agreed to the Fourth Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Fourth Amendment”) whereby the requisite banks consented to the Wapiti Transaction, subject to specified terms and conditions, including, among other amendments, that the net proceeds from the transaction be used to pay down the balance outstanding under the credit facility and that the borrowing base be reduced to $35.0 million upon consummation of the Wapiti Transaction. Additional amendments to the credit facility are described in Note 7, “Long Term Debt.” The Wapiti Transaction closed on July 30, 2010 with approximately $108.5 million used to reduce amounts outstanding under the credit facility, $3.7 million used to pay transaction related costs, and $17.8 million paid into escrow pending the receipt of third party consents required to transfer ownership of certain properties involved in the Wapiti Transaction. Upon receipt of these consents which are normal and customary in the industry and expected to be received during the third quarter of 2010, the funds in escrow are required to be used to further reduce amounts outstanding under the Company’s credit facility. The proceeds from the Wapiti Transaction allow the Company to substantially reduce its outstanding debt and when combined with the post Wapiti Transaction borrowing base, provide the liquidity necessary to fund the Company’s third and fourth quarter 2010 development plan. Under the credit facility there are no further scheduled or special borrowing base redeterminations before the maturity of the facility in January 2011, and thus, we anticipate having adequate liquidity to fund operations until such time that we refinance the existing credit facility.
The Wapiti Transaction was a part of a competitive process initiated in conjunction with the strategic alternatives process. This process has been concluded and the Company’s focus will return to creating value with its core assets through operations. The Board of Directors may reevaluate the renewal of the process at a later time.
Taking into consideration the assets sold and proceeds received to date as a result of the strategic evaluation process, the Company will need to raise additional cash capital or refinance its existing credit facility with new or existing lenders in order to pay its outstanding borrowings under the credit facility which are due January 15, 2011. As such, the Company is engaged in discussions with potential lenders and expects to replace the existing facility prior to its maturity, although it is expected that the interest terms and covenant requirements will be more expensive and restrictive, respectively, than the current facility’s rates and terms. The Company expects the initial term of any new credit facility to provide for maturity prior to May 1, 2012, when the holders of the Company’s $115.0 million principal amount of 3 3 / 4 % Senior Convertible Notes have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of the notes. As a result, it is anticipated that prior to May 1, 2012, the Company will need to obtain additional capital in order to repay any amounts outstanding under any new credit facility and to purchase any 3 3 / 4 % Senior Convertible Notes required by the holders of such notes to be purchased by the Company.
There can be no assurance that the actions undertaken by the Company will be sufficient to repay the obligations under the credit agreement when due, or, if not sufficient, or if additional defaults occur, that the lenders will be willing to waive the defaults or amend the agreement. In addition, there can be no assurance that cash flow from operations and other sources of liquidity, including asset sales or joint venture or other industry partnerships, will

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(2) Going Concern, Continued
be sufficient to meet contractual, operating and capital obligations. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of uncertainty regarding the Company’s ability to raise additional capital, sell assets, or otherwise obtain sufficient funds to meet its obligations.
(3) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Delta and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”). All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Certain of the Company’s oil and gas activities are conducted through partnerships and joint ventures, including CRB Partners, LLC and PGR Partners, LLC. The Company includes its proportionate share of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses from these entities in its consolidated financial statements. As Amber Resources Company of Colorado (“Amber”) is in a net shareholders’ deficit position for the periods presented, the Company has recognized 100% of Amber’s earnings/losses for all periods presented. The Company does not have any off-balance sheet financing arrangements (other than operating leases) or any unconsolidated special purpose entities.
Investments in operating entities where the Company has the ability to exert significant influence, but does not control the operating and financial policies, are accounted for using the equity method. The Company’s share of net income of these entities is recorded as income (losses) from unconsolidated affiliates in the consolidated statements of operations. Investments in operating entities where the Company does not exert significant influence are accounted for using the cost method, and income is only recognized when a distribution is received.
Certain reclassifications have been made to amounts reported in the previous periods to conform to the current presentation. Among other items, revenues and expenses on certain properties that were held for sale and where there is no continuing involvement, during the six months ended June 30, 2010 have been reclassified to income from discontinued operations for all periods presented. Such reclassifications had no effect on net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders.
Cash Equivalents
Cash equivalents consist of money market funds and certificates of deposit. The Company considers all highly liquid investments with maturities at the date of acquisition of three months or less to be cash equivalents.
Inventories
Inventories consist of pipe and other production equipment not yet in use. Inventories are stated at the lower of cost (principally first-in, first-out) or estimated net realizable value. During the three months ended June 30, 2009, the Company recorded an impairment of $4.3 million to the carrying value of its inventories, which is reflected in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations as a component of dry hole costs and impairments.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(3) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued
Revenue Recognition
Oil and Gas
Revenues are recognized when title to the products transfers to the purchaser. The Company follows the “sales method” of accounting for its natural gas and crude oil revenue. Under that method, the Company recognizes sales revenue on all natural gas or crude oil sold to its purchasers. A liability is recognized only to the extent that the Company has an imbalance on a specific property greater than the expected remaining proved reserves. As of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Company’s aggregate natural gas and crude oil imbalances were not material to its consolidated financial statements.
Drilling and Trucking
The Company earns its contract drilling revenues under daywork or turnkey contracts. The Company recognizes revenues on daywork contracts for the days completed based on the dayrate specified in the contract. Turnkey contracts are accounted for on a percentage-of-completion basis. The costs of drilling the Company’s own oil and gas properties are capitalized in oil and gas properties as the expenditures are incurred. Trucking and hauling revenues are recognized based on either an hourly rate or a fixed fee per mile depending on the type of vehicle, the services performed, and the contract terms.
Property and Equipment
The Company accounts for its natural gas and crude oil exploration and development activities under the successful efforts method of accounting. Under such method, costs of productive exploratory wells, development dry holes and productive wells and undeveloped leases are capitalized. Oil and gas lease acquisition costs are also capitalized. Exploration costs, including personnel costs, certain geological or geophysical expenses and delay rentals for gas and oil leases, are charged to expense as incurred. Exploratory drilling costs are initially capitalized, but charged to expense if and when the well is determined not to have found reserves in commercial quantities. The sale of a partial interest in a proved property is accounted for as a cost recovery and no gain or loss is recognized as long as this treatment does not significantly affect the units-of-production amortization rate. A gain or loss is recognized for all other sales of producing properties.
Unproved properties with significant acquisition costs are assessed quarterly on a property-by-property basis and any impairment in value is charged to expense. If the unproved properties are determined to be productive, the related costs are transferred to proved gas and oil properties. Proceeds from sales of partial interests in unproved leases are accounted for as a recovery of cost without recognizing any gain or loss until all costs have been recovered.
Depreciation and depletion of capitalized acquisition, exploration and development costs are computed on the units-of-production method by individual fields as the related proved reserves are produced.
Drilling equipment is recorded at cost or estimated fair value upon acquisition and depreciated on a component basis using the straight-line method over its estimated useful life ranging from five to 15 years. Pipelines and gathering systems and other property and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives ranging from three to 40 years.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(3) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment at least annually, or more frequently when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may not be recoverable.
Estimates of expected future cash flows represent management’s best estimate based on reasonable and supportable assumptions and projections. For proved properties, if the expected future cash flows exceed the carrying value of the asset, no impairment is recognized. If the carrying value of the asset exceeds the expected future cash flows, an impairment exists and is measured by the excess of the carrying value over the estimated fair value of the asset. Any impairment provisions recognized are permanent and may not be restored in the future.
The Company assesses proved properties on an individual field basis for impairment on at least an annual basis. For proved properties, the review consists of a comparison of the carrying value of the asset with the asset’s expected future undiscounted cash flows without interest costs. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, the expected future undiscounted cash flows of the assets exceeded the carrying value of the corresponding asset and as such no impairment provision was recognized. As a result of such assessment, the Company recorded an impairment provision to proved properties of $265,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2009 and $1.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. The impairment provisions for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 are included within dry hole costs and impairments in the accompanying statement of operations.
For unproved properties, the need for an impairment charge is based on the Company’s plans for future development and other activities impacting the life of the property and the ability of the Company to recover its investment. When the Company believes the costs of the unproved property are no longer recoverable, an impairment charge is recorded based on the estimated fair value of the property. As a result of such assessment, the Company recorded impairment provisions attributable to unproved properties of $21.6 million and $82.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $22.5 million and $83.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The $22.5 million impairment for the six months ended June 30, 2010 included $11.4 million related to the Company’s Columbia River Basin leasehold, $5.0 million related to the Company’s Hingeline leasehold, $3.8 million related to the Company’s Haynesville leasehold, $1.6 million related to the Company’s Delores River leasehold and $661,000 related to the Company’s Howard Ranch leasehold. For the three months ended June 30, 2009, the Company recorded an impairment of $10.5 million to reduce the Company’s Vega area land carrying value to its estimated fair value. Lastly, the Company recorded impairments of $4.8 million and $1.9 million to reduce the Paradox pipeline carrying value to its estimated fair value during the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. These impairment provisions are included within dry hole costs and impairments in the accompanying statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009.
During the remainder of 2010, the Company plans to develop and evaluate certain proved and unproved properties. Favorable or unfavorable drilling results or changes in commodity prices may cause a revision to estimates of those properties’ future cash flows. Such revisions of estimates could require the Company to record additional impairment provisions in the period of such revisions.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(3) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued
Asset Retirement Obligations
The Company’s asset retirement obligations arise from the plugging and abandonment liabilities for its oil and gas wells. The Company has no obligation to provide for the retirement of most of its offshore properties as the obligations remained with the seller from whom the Company acquired the properties. The following is a reconciliation of the Company’s asset retirement obligations from January 1, 2010 to June 30, 2010 (in thousands):
Asset retirement obligation — January 1, 2010
$ 10,539
Accretion expense
265
Change in estimate
(148 )
Obligations incurred (from new wells)
248
Obligations assumed
Obligations on sold properties
(910 )
Obligations settled
(1,044 )
Asset retirement obligation — June 30, 2010
8,950
Less: portion attributable to liabilities related to oil and gas properties held for sale
(2,397 )
Less: current portion of asset retirement obligation
(1,933 )
Long-term asset retirement obligation
$ 4,620
Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Comprehensive income (loss) includes all changes in equity during a period except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners, if any. For the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, comprehensive loss was $152.5 million and $180.5 million, respectively. For the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, comprehensive loss was $168.5 million and $209.9 million, respectively.
Financial Instruments
The Company periodically enters into commodity price risk transactions to manage its exposure to oil and gas price volatility. These transactions may take the form of futures contracts, collar agreements, swaps or options. The purpose of the hedges is to provide a measure of stability to the Company’s cash flows in an environment of volatile oil and gas prices. The Company has not elected hedge accounting and recognizes mark-to-market gains and losses in earnings currently.
The Company is exposed to the fluctuations in natural gas or crude oil prices due to the nature of business in which the Company is primarily involved. In order to mitigate the risks associated with uncertain cash flows from volatile commodity prices and to provide stability and predictability in the Company’s future revenues, the Company periodically enters into commodity price risk management transactions to manage its exposure to gas and oil price volatility.
At June 30, 2010, all of the Company’s outstanding derivative contracts were fixed price swaps. Under the swap agreements, the Company receives the fixed price and pays the floating index price. The Company’s swaps are settled in cash on a monthly basis. By entering into swaps, the Company effectively fixes the price that it will receive for a portion of its production.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(3) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued
The following table summarizes the Company’s open derivative contracts at June 30, 2010:
Net Fair Value
Remaining Asset (Liability) at
Commodity Volume Fixed Price Term Index Price June 30, 2010
(In thousands)
Crude oil
1,000 Bbls / Day 1 $ 52.25 July ’10 - Dec ’10 NYMEX — WTI $ (4,403 )
Crude oil
500 Bbls / Day $ 57.70 Jan ’11 - Dec ’11 NYMEX — WTI (3,565 )
Natural gas
6,000 MMBtu / Day $ 5.720 July ’10 - Dec ’10 NYMEX — HHUB 983
Natural gas
15,000 MMBtu / Day $ 4.105 July ’10 - Dec ’10 CIG (292 )
Natural gas
5,367 MMBtu / Day $ 3.973 July ’10 - Dec ’10 CIG (232 )
Natural gas
12,000 MMBtu / Day $ 5.150 Jan ’11 - Dec ’11 CIG 1,267
Natural gas
3,253 MMBtu / Day $ 5.040 Jan ’11 - Dec ’11 CIG 218
$ (6,024 )
1
As a result of the closing of the Wapiti Transaction, for the period from August to December 2010, the Company expects its oil derivative contracts to equal 108% to 114% of forecast oil and condensate production sold on WTI based terms. Because derivative contract volumes are anticipated to exceed physical production volumes in certain months, the Company could be exposed to financial derivative losses in excess of oil revenue gains to the extent WTI oil prices rise from current levels.
The pre-credit risk adjusted fair value of the Company’s net derivative liabilities as of June 30, 2010 was $6.6 million. A credit risk adjustment of $578,000 to the fair value of the derivatives reduced the reported amount of the net derivative liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet to $6.0 million.
The Company classifies the fair value amounts of derivative assets and liabilities executed under master netting arrangements as net derivative assets or net derivative liabilities, whichever the case may be, by commodity and master netting counterparty. The following table summarizes the fair values and location in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet of all derivatives held by the Company as of June 30, 2010 (in thousands):
Derivatives Not Designated as
Hedging Instruments Balance Sheet Classification Fair Value
Liabilities
Commodity Swaps
Derivative Instruments — Current Liabilities, net $ 4,705
Commodity Swaps
Derivative Instruments — Long-Term Liabilities, net 1,319
Total
$ 6,024
The following table summarizes the realized and unrealized gains and losses and the classification in the consolidated statement of operations of derivatives not designated as hedging instruments for the six months ended June 30, 2010 (in thousands):
Amount of Gain
Derivatives Not Designated as Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in (Loss) Recognized in
Hedging Instruments Income on Derivatives Income on Derivatives
Commodity Swaps
Realized Loss on Derivative Instruments, net — Other Income and (Expense) $ (4,714 )
Commodity Swaps
Unrealized Gain on Derivative Instruments, net — Other Income and (Expense) 20,948
$ 16,234

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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(3) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued
Executive Severance Agreement
On May 26, 2009, the Company’s then Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Roger A. Parker, resigned from the Company. In conjunction with Mr. Parker’s resignation, Delta entered into a Severance Agreement, effective as of the close of business on May 26, 2009, whereby Mr. Parker resigned from his positions as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and as a director of Delta, as well as his positions as a director, officer and employee of Delta’s subsidiaries. In consideration for Mr. Parker’s resignation and his agreement to (a) relinquish all his rights under his employment agreement, his change-in-control agreement, certain stock agreements, bonuses relating to past and pending transactions benefiting Delta, and any other interests he might claim arising from his efforts as Chairman of our Board of Directors and/or Chief Executive Officer, and (b) stay on as a consultant to facilitate an orderly transition and to assist in certain pending transactions, Delta agreed to pay Mr. Parker $4,700,000 in cash, issue to him 1,000,000 shares of Delta common stock, pay him the aggregate of any accrued unpaid salary, vacation days and reimbursement of his reasonable business expenses incurred through the effective date of the agreement, and provide to him insurance benefits similar to his pre-resignation benefits for a thirty-six month period. The Severance Agreement also contained mutual releases and non-disparagement provisions, as well as other customary terms.
The table below summarizes the total executive severance expense included in the accompanying statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 (in thousands):
Cash consideration — immediately available funds
$ 1,812
Cash consideration — rabbi trust
2,888
Stock consideration — rabbi trust
1,700
Subtotal
6,400
Performance shares forfeited
(2,293 )
Retention stock forfeited
(525 )
Health, medical and other benefits payable
75
Legal costs and other expenses
82
Total executive severance expense
$ 3,739
In accordance with the terms of the Severance Agreement, Mr. Parker received a portion of the cash consideration in immediately available funds, and the remaining cash consideration and the shares were deposited in a rabbi trust and distributed to Mr. Parker on November 27, 2009. The assets of the rabbi trust were required to be consolidated into the financial statements until disbursed.
Equity compensation costs recorded prior to the June 30, 2009 consolidated financial statements related to performance shares forfeited prior to their derived service period being completed and retention stock forfeited prior to vesting as a result of the Severance Agreement were reversed and reflected as a reduction of executive severance expense.
All transactions associated with the Parker Severance Agreement were recorded in fiscal year 2009.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(3) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued
Stock Based Compensation
The Company recognizes the cost of share based payments over the period the employee provides service and includes such costs in general and administrative expense in the statements of operations.
Income (Loss) from Unconsolidated Affiliates
Income (loss) from unconsolidated affiliates includes the Company’s share of earnings or losses from equity method investments. During the six months ended June 30, 2010, Delta Oilfield Tank Company (“DOTC”) reported continuing losses from operations which, if recorded, would have created a deficit in the investment in DOTC. In accordance with accounting standards, the Company did not recognize its share of the losses for the six months ended June 30, 2010 as the Company is not obligated to make future capital contributions to DOTC. During the quarter ended June 30, 2009, the Company recorded a $2.1 million impairment provision to its investment in DOTC and a $917,000 impairment provision to its investment in the entity that was expected to operate the Paradox pipeline. These impairment provisions are included within income (loss) from unconsolidated affiliates for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009.
At December 31, 2009, the Company owned a 5% interest in Collbran Valley Gas Gathering, LLC (“CVGG”) which operates a pipeline in the Piceance Basin through which the Company transports its produced gas to the sales point. During the fourth quarter of 2009, the Company recorded an impairment of its investment in CVGG to reduce the carrying value to its fair value of $3.5 million. In January 2010, the Company divested its 5% interest in CVGG for cash proceeds of $3.5 million, plus an additional $2.0 million of proceeds contingent on volume deliveries through the CVGG system of Delta gas between January 1, 2010 and June 30, 2011. Based on current production levels, the Company is not likely to earn the contingent consideration without the initiation of a continuous drilling program which could only be undertaken with additional funding beyond the Company’s existing capital resources.
Income Taxes
The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and net operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted income tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in income tax rates is recognized in the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. The realizability of deferred tax assets is evaluated based on a “more likely than not” standard, and to the extent this threshold is not met, a valuation allowance is recorded. The Company is currently providing a full valuation allowance on its net deferred tax assets, including the net deferred tax assets of DHS.
Income (Loss) per Common Share
Basic income (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributed to common stock by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each period, excluding treasury shares. Diluted income (loss) per share is computed by adjusting the average number of common shares outstanding for the dilutive effect, if any, of convertible preferred stock, convertible debt, stock options, restricted stock and warrants. (See Note 11, “Earnings Per Share”).

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(3) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, Continued
Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make 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 revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates include oil and gas reserves, bad debts, depletion and impairment of oil and gas properties, income taxes, derivatives, asset retirement obligations, contingencies and litigation accruals. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-06, Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements (“ASU 2010-06”), which provides amendments to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. The objective of ASU 2010-06 is to provide more robust disclosures about (i) the different classes of assets and liabilities measured at fair value, (ii) the valuation techniques and inputs used, (iii) the activity in Level 3 fair value measurements, and (iv) significant transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3. ASU 2010-06 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2009. The Company adopted ASU 2010-06 effective January 1, 2010, which did not have an impact on its consolidated financial statements, other than additional disclosures.
(4) Oil and Gas Properties
Unproved Undeveloped Offshore California Properties
The Company previously owned direct and indirect ownership interests ranging from 2.49% to 100% in five unproved undeveloped offshore California oil and gas properties. Delta and its 92% owned subsidiary, Amber, were among twelve plaintiffs in a lawsuit that was filed in the United States Court of Federal Claims (the “Court”) in Washington, D.C. alleging that the U.S. government materially breached the terms of forty undeveloped federal leases, some of which are part of our offshore California properties. During 2009, the Company received net proceeds of $95.8 million after overrides and conveyed our leases back to the United States. Accordingly, the Company no longer has any remaining unproved undeveloped offshore California property interests.
2010 — Divestitures
During the six months ended June 30, 2010, the Company divested of its interests in certain non-core properties for gross proceeds of $965,000 and the assumption of plugging and abandonment obligations. Proved reserves attributable to these properties were insignificant.
Oil and Gas Properties Held for Sale
Oil and gas properties held for sale as of June 30, 2010 represent the lower of net book value or fair value of certain non-core properties that were expected to be sold, located in the following fields: Garden Gulch, Baffin Bay, DJ Basin, Caballos Creek, Opossum Hollow, Midway Loop, and Newton, as well as the Company’s interest in its wholly owned subsidiary Piper Petroleum and unproved acreage positions in the DJ Basin and South Texas. In addition to the lower of net book value or fair value of the non-core properties, oil and gas properties held for sale also includes prepaid cash calls associated with the Garden Gulch field. At June 30, 2010, the Company had liabilities related to oil and gas properties held for sale of $7.3 million which included $4.9 million for revenue payable to third parties and $2.4 million for asset retirement obligations.

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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(4) Oil and Gas Properties, Continued
The Company considered the total purchase price in the Wapiti Transaction and allocated the purchase price to the properties using internal discounted cash flow calculations based upon the Company’s estimates of reserves and determined that impairment provisions of $93.2 million related to proved properties and $3.0 million related to unproved properties were required to be recognized during the three months ended June 30, 2010. Based upon the applicable accounting standards, $4.0 million of the impairment provision is included within dry hole costs and impairments in the accompanying statements of operations and the remaining $92.2 million is included within loss on sale of discontinued operations.
Discontinued Operations
In accordance with accounting standards, the results of operations and impairment loss relating to certain properties held for sale at June 30, 2010 in conjunction with the now completed Wapiti Transaction have been reflected as discontinued operations. Properties held for sale at June 30, 2010 in conjunction with the Wapiti Transaction in which the Company only sold half of its interest continue to be reported as a component of continuing operations. The fields classified as discontinued operations are fields in which the Company sold all of its interest including the Garden Gulch field, Baffin Bay field, and Bull Canyon field as well as the Company’s interest in its wholly-owned subsidiary Piper Petroleum.
The following table shows the total oil and gas segment revenues and expenses included in discontinued operations for the above mentioned oil and gas properties for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 (in thousands):
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2010 2009 2010 2009
Revenues
$ 3,259 $ 2,082 $ 7,809 $ 5,391
Operating expenses:
Lease operating expense
995 756 1,979 2,698
Transportation expense
704 327 1,278 1,134
Production taxes
201 (36 ) 438 55
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion
5,827 6,086 13,594 10,904
Impairment provision
92,162 92,162
Total operating expenses
99,889 7,133 109,451 14,791
Loss from discontinued operations
(96,630 ) (5,051 ) (101,642 ) (9,400 )
Income tax expense
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
$ (96,630 ) $ (5,051 ) $ (101,642 ) $ (9,400 )
On July 30, 2010, the Company closed on the Wapiti Transaction for cash proceeds of $130.0 million, with approximately $108.5 million used to reduce amounts outstanding under the credit facility, $3.7 million used to pay transaction related costs, and $17.8 million paid into escrow pending the receipt of third party consents required to transfer ownership of certain properties involved in the Wapiti Transaction. The Company expects to recognize a gain on sale for the closing of Wapiti Transaction in the three months ended September 30, 2010 of approximately $29.4 million, subject to revision for normal and customary purchase price adjustments as provided for under the purchase and sale agreement.

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AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(5) DHS Drilling
On June 30, 2010, the Company owned a 49.8% ownership interest in DHS. The remaining interest is owned by Chesapeake Energy Corporation, 47.2%, and 3% by DHS executive officers and management. Delta has the right to use all of the DHS rigs on a priority basis.
The carrying value of DHS’s drilling rigs and related equipment is assessed for impairment whenever circumstances indicate an impairment may exist. During the quarter ended June 30, 2009, the fleet rig utilization rate declined approximately 68% from the first quarter of 2009 and the average period end contract day rate declined by approximately 29% from the first quarter of 2009. In addition, DHS’s efforts to market spare equipment and observations at industry auctions indicated that with industry-wide active rig counts in decline, spare equipment values had declined. As a result of these indicators of possible impairment, an analysis was performed and an impairment provision of $6.5 million was recorded to reduce the carrying value of three drilling rigs and other spare rig equipment to their respective fair values. No such impairment provisions were recorded during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010.
(6) Fair Value Measurements
The Company follows accounting guidance which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. As required, the Company applied the following fair value hierarchy:
Level 1 — Assets or liabilities for which the item is valued based on quoted prices (unadjusted) for identical assets or liabilities in active markets.
Level 2 — Assets or liabilities valued based on observable market data for similar instruments.
Level 3 — Assets or liabilities for which significant valuation assumptions are not readily observable in the market; instruments valued based on the best available data, some of which is internally-developed, and considers risk premiums that a market participant would require.
The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.
Derivative liabilities consist of future oil and gas commodity swap contracts valued using both quoted prices for identically traded contracts and observable market data for similar contracts (NYMEX WTI oil, NYMEX Henry Hub gas and CIG gas swaps — Level 2).
Oil and gas properties held for sale — The fair values of the oil and gas properties held for sale were estimated using the total purchase price consideration from the Wapiti Transaction, allocated to the properties sold based on internal estimates consistent with the Company’s fair value measurement methods for proved property impairments. Impaired properties were reduced to their fair value.
Proved property impairments — The fair values of the proved properties are estimated using internal discounted cash flow calculations based upon the Company’s estimates of reserves and are considered to be level three fair value measurements.
Asset retirement obligations — The initial fair values of the asset retirement obligations are estimated using internal discounted cash flow calculations based upon the Company’s asset retirement obligations, including revisions of the estimated fair values during the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(6) Fair Value Measurements, Continued
The following table lists the Company’s fair value measurements by hierarchy as of June 30, 2010 (in thousands):
Fair Value Measurements
Quoted Prices Significant Significant
in Active Markets Other Observable Unobservable
for Identical Assets Inputs Inputs
Assets (Liabilities) (Level 1) (Level 2) (Level 3)
Recurring
Derivative liabilities
$ $ (6,024 ) $
Non-recurring
Oil and gas properties held for sale
$ $ $ 48,433
The oil and gas properties held for sale were remeasured to a fair value of $48.4 million resulting in a $93.2 million impairment.
(7) Long Term Debt
Installments Payable on Property Acquisition
On February 28, 2008, the Company closed a transaction with EnCana to jointly develop a portion of EnCana’s leasehold in the Vega Area of the Piceance Basin. The remaining installments payable are recorded in the accompanying consolidated financial statements as current and long-term liabilities at a discounted value. The discount is being accreted on the effective interest method over the term of the installments, including accretion of $1.3 million and $1.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and accretion of $2.5 million and $3.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
7% Senior Unsecured Notes, due 2015
On March 15, 2005, the Company issued 7% senior unsecured notes for an aggregate principal amount of $150.0 million. The Company was in compliance with the covenants under the indenture as of June 30, 2010 (See Note 12, “Guarantor Financial Information”). The fair value of the Company’s senior unsecured notes at June 30, 2010 was approximately $121.5 million.
3 3 / 4 % Senior Convertible Notes, due 2037
On April 25, 2007, the Company issued $115.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3 3 / 4 % Senior Convertible Notes due 2037 (the “Notes”) for net proceeds of $111.6 million after underwriters’ discounts and commissions of approximately $3.4 million. The Notes were recorded based on the estimated fair value of the liability component and the equity component. The debt discount on the liability component is accreted over the expected life of the Notes, including $1.1 million of accretion for each of the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, and $2.3 million and $2.2 million of accretion for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Combined with the amortization of debt discount, the Notes had an effective interest rate of approximately 7.7% and 7.6% with total interest costs of $2.2 million for each of the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and interest costs of $4.4 million and $4.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The fair value of the Notes at June 30, 2010 was approximately $87.4 million.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(7) Long Term Debt, Continued
Credit Facility — Delta
On July 23, 2010, Delta entered into the Fourth Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent, and certain of the financial institutions that are party to its credit agreement in which, among other changes, the requisite lenders consented to the Wapiti Transaction, subject to specified terms and conditions, including that the net proceeds from the transaction be used to pay down the balance outstanding under the credit facility and that the borrowing base be reduced to $35.0 million upon consummation of the Wapiti Transaction. The Fourth Amendment eliminated all scheduled or special borrowing base redeterminations prior to the maturity of the facility in January 2011. In addition, the Fourth Amendment imposed capital expenditures limitations of $18.0 million for the quarter ending September 30, 2010, $10.0 million for the quarter ending December 31, 2010, and $2.0 million for the period from January 1, 2011 to January 15, 2011, provided that any excess of the limitation over the amount of actual expenditures may be carried forward from an earlier specified period to a subsequent specified period. The Fourth Amendment added a maximum cash on hand covenant which limits the Company’s cash and cash equivalents to $10.0 million at any time, with any excess above such limit required to be used to pay down borrowings under the credit facility within three business days. Finally, the Fourth Amendment requires cash disbursements for general and administrative expenses to be within a 10% variance of projected general and administrative expenses provided to the lending banks in conjunction with the execution of the Fourth Amendment.
The Company was in compliance with its financial ratio covenants and capital expenditures and accounts payable limitations under the Credit Agreement as of June 30, 2010. Based on the Company’s current operating projections, the Company believes it will remain in compliance with the debt covenants. However, there can be no assurance that the actions undertaken by the Company will be sufficient to repay the obligations under the credit agreement when due, or, if not sufficient, or if additional defaults occur, that the lenders will be willing to waive the defaults or amend the agreement.
Borrowings under the credit facility were $119.5 million at June 30, 2010. Remaining pro-forma availability after the consummation of the Wapiti Transaction (including both the initial closing and amounts in escrow pending third party consents) and based on the revised $35.0 million borrowing base will be approximately $28.8 million.
Because the credit facility matures in January 2011, the debt is classified as a current liability in the June 30, 2010 consolidated balance sheet.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(7) Long Term Debt, Continued
Credit Facility — DHS
On April 1, 2010, DHS amended its existing credit facility with LCPI and renegotiated certain terms of the agreement including obtaining waivers for all covenant violations through March 31, 2010. The terms of the amended agreement required principal payments of $7,677,713 paid on April 1, 2010 and $2,000,000 paid on May 1, 2010 and August 1, 2010, with remaining $2,000,000 principal payments due on each of November 1, 2010 and January 1, 2011, and a $5,000,000 principal payment on each of April 1, 2011 and July 1, 2011 with the remaining balance of $57,589,787 due at maturity (August 31, 2011). In addition to the required payments, DHS may be required to prepay any remaining outstanding principal with the “Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale,” as defined by the credit facility, and any such prepayment shall be applied to, first, prepay the immediately succeeding Scheduled Installment in full, second, prepay all interest payable on the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date in full, third, pay the second succeeding Scheduled Installment in full and fourth, prepay the remaining principal balance of the remaining loans. DHS is also required to prepay the principal amount of the loans in an amount equal to 75% of the “Excess Cash Flow,” as defined by the credit facility, for such fiscal quarter. The only financial covenant remaining in the DHS credit agreement is a minimum EBITDA covenant of $250,000 for the three months ending June 30, 2010, $1,000,000 for the three months ending September 30, 2010 and $1,500,000 for each subsequent quarter. In addition, the amendment imposed capital expenditures limitations of $1,200,000 for any fiscal quarter. Notwithstanding the $1,200,000 per quarter limitation on capital expenditures, the amendment imposes aggregate capital expenditure limitations of $3,500,000 for fiscal year 2010 and $2,330,137 for fiscal year 2011. The interest rate has been adjusted to LIBOR plus 625 basis points, subject to a LIBOR floor rate of 2.75%. DHS was in compliance with its amended minimum EBITDA covenant for the three months ended June 30, 2010.
(8) Commitments and Contingencies
The $115.0 million in principal amount of 3 3 / 4 % Senior Convertible Notes due 2037 will mature on May 1, 2037 unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. The holders of the Notes have the right to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of the Notes on May 1, 2012, May 1, 2017, May 1, 2022, May 1, 2027, and May 1, 2032 at a price which is required to be paid in cash, equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be repurchased.
(9) Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred Stock
The Company has 3,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized, issuable from time to time in one or more series. As of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, no shares of preferred stock were outstanding.
Common Stock
During the three months ended March 31, 2010, the Company issued 480,778 fully vested shares to the non-employee members of the Board of Directors in consideration for their service on the Board for the year ended December 31, 2009. No shares were issued during the three months ended June 30, 2010.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(9) Stockholders’ Equity, Continued
Treasury Stock
During 2008, DHS implemented a retention bonus plan whereby certain key managers of DHS were granted shares of Delta common stock, one-third of which vest on each one year anniversary of the grant date. In addition, similar incentive grants were made to DHS executives during 2008. The shares of Delta common stock used to fund the grants were proportionally provided by Delta’s issuance of new shares to DHS employees and Chesapeake’s contribution to DHS of Delta shares purchased in the open market. The Delta shares contributed by Chesapeake are recorded at historical cost in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as treasury stock and will be carried as such until the shares vest. The Delta shares contributed by Delta are treated as non-vested stock issued to employees and therefore recorded as additions to additional paid in capital over the vesting period. Compensation expense is recorded on all such grants over the vesting period.
Stock Based Compensation
The Company recognized stock compensation included in general and administrative expense as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2010 2009 2010 2009
Non-vested stock
$ 3,105 $ 1,157 $ 6,136 $ 2,935
Performance shares
358 717 716 1,704
Total
$ 3,463 $ 1,874 $ 6,852 $ 4,639
The Company recognizes the cost of share based payments over the period during which the employee provides service. As the Company has not issued stock options since July 2005 and as all outstanding stock options are vested, no compensation cost was recognized with respect to stock options in any of the periods shown in the table above. Exercise prices for options outstanding under the Company’s various plans as of June 30, 2010 ranged from $1.87 to $15.34 per share and the weighted-average remaining contractual life of those options was 3.29 years. At June 30, 2010, the Company had 1,427,750 options outstanding at a weighted average exercise price of $8.21 per share. At June 30, 2010, the Company had 6,721,000 non-vested shares outstanding and 150,000 performance shares outstanding. At June 30, 2010, the total unrecognized compensation cost related to the non-vested portion of restricted stock was $20.5 million which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.8 years. See Note 14, “Subsequent Events” for the issuance of stock options associated with the promotion of Carl E. Lakey.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(10) Income Taxes
Income tax expense (benefit) attributable to loss from continuing operations was approximately $203,000 and $265,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and $478,000 and $(318,000) for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future results of operations, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment. Based upon the level of historical taxable income, significant book losses during the current and prior periods, and projections for future results of operations over the periods in which the deferred tax assets are deductible, among other factors, management continues to conclude that the Company does not meet the “more likely than not” requirement in order to recognize deferred tax assets and a valuation allowance has been recorded for the Company’s net deferred tax assets at June 30, 2010.
During the three months ended June 30, 2010, DHS recorded significant net operating losses and as of June 30, 2010 DHS’s deferred tax assets exceeded its deferred tax liabilities. Accordingly, based on significant recent operating losses and projections for future results, a valuation allowance was recorded for DHS’s net deferred tax assets.
During the remainder of 2010 and thereafter, the Company will continue to assess the realizability of its deferred tax assets based on consideration of actual and projected operating results and tax planning strategies. Should actual operating results improve, the amount of the deferred tax asset considered more likely than not to be realizable could be increased. Such a change in the assessment of realizability could result in a decrease to the valuation allowance and corresponding income tax benefit, both of which could be significant.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, no adjustments were recognized for uncertain tax benefits.
(11) Earnings Per Share
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2010 2009 2010 2009
Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders
$ (149,750 ) $ (172,318 ) $ (162,547 ) $ (197,871 )
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding
275,832 193,028 275,652 146,248
Add: dilutive effects of stock options and unvested stock grants
Diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding
275,832 193,028 275,652 146,248
Net income (loss) per common share attributable to Delta common stockholders
Basic
$ (0.54 ) $ (0.89 ) $ (0.59 ) $ (1.35 )
Diluted
$ (0.54 ) $ (0.89 ) $ (0.59 ) $ (1.35 )

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(11) Earnings Per Share, Continued
Potentially dilutive securities excluded from the calculation of diluted shares outstanding include the following (in thousands):
Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
2010 2009 2010 2009
Stock issuable upon conversion of convertible notes
3,790 3,790 3,790 3,790
Stock options
1,428 1,428 1,428 1,428
Performance share grants
150 150 150 150
Non-vested restricted stock
6,721 1,563 6,721 1,563
Total potentially dilutive securities
12,089 6,931 12,089 6,931
(12) Guarantor Financial Information
On March 15, 2005, Delta issued $150.0 million of 7% senior notes (“Senior Notes”) that mature in 2015. In addition, on April 25, 2007, the Company issued $115.0 million of 3 3 / 4 % Convertible Senior Notes due in 2037 (“Convertible Notes”). Both the Senior Notes and the Convertible Notes are guaranteed by all of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries (“Guarantors”). Each of the Guarantors, fully, jointly and severally, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees the performance and payment when due of all the obligations under the Senior Notes and the Convertible Notes. DHS, CRBP, PGR, and Amber (“Non-guarantors”) are not guarantors of the indebtedness under the Senior Notes or the Convertible Notes.
The following financial information sets forth the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 (in thousands). For purposes of the condensed financial information presented below, the equity in the earnings or losses of subsidiaries is not recorded in the financial statements of the issuer.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(12) Guarantor Financial Information, Continued
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
June 30, 2010
Guarantor Non-Guarantor Adjustments/
Issuer Entities Entities Eliminations Consolidated
Current assets
$ 180,135 $ 712 $ 57,233 $ $ 238,080
Property and equipment:
Oil and gas properties
1,161,161 19,215 (117 ) 1,180,259
Drilling rigs and trucking equipment
595 175,249 175,844
Other
77,758 32,588 1,781 112,127
Total property and equipment
1,239,514 32,588 196,245 (117 ) 1,468,230
Accumulated depletion and depreciation
(440,664 ) (28,673 ) (109,434 ) (578,771 )
Net property and equipment
798,850 3,915 86,811 (117 ) 889,459
Investment in subsidiaries
8,102 (8,102 )
Other long-term assets
110,931 2,407 195 113,533
Total assets
$ 1,098,018 $ 7,034 $ 144,239 $ (8,219 ) $ 1,241,072
Current liabilities
$ 256,302 $ 224 $ 90,534 $ $ 347,060
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term debt, derivative instruments and deferred taxes
352,052 1,801 353,853
Asset retirement obligations
4,620 4,620
Total long-term liabilities
356,672 1,801 358,473
Total Delta stockholders’ equity
482,218 5,009 53,705 (8,219 ) 532,713
Non-controlling interest
2,826 2,826
Total equity
485,044 5,009 53,705 (8,219 ) 535,539
Total liabilities and equity
$ 1,098,018 $ 7,034 $ 144,239 $ (8,219 ) $ 1,241,072

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(12) Guarantor Financial Information, Continued
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
December 31, 2009
Guarantor Non-Guarantor Adjustments/
Issuer Subsidiaries Subsidiaries Eliminations Consolidated
Current assets
$ 160,408 $ 448 $ 31,596 $ $ 192,452
Property and equipment:
Oil and gas properties
1,529,920 592 130,837 (585 ) 1,660,764
Drilling rigs and trucking equipment
594 177,168 177,762
Other
73,383 32,916 1,919 108,218
Total property and equipment
1,603,897 33,508 309,924 (585 ) 1,946,744
Accumulated depletion and depreciation
(652,432 ) (24,040 ) (124,029 ) (800,501 )
Net property and equipment
951,465 9,468 185,895 (585 ) 1,146,243
Investment in subsidiaries
80,058 (80,058 )
Other long-term assets
114,820 3,787 183 118,790
Total assets
$ 1,306,751 $ 13,703 $ 217,674 $ (80,643 ) $ 1,457,485
Current liabilities
$ 179,302 $ 319 $ 92,579 $ $ 272,200
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term debt, derivative instruments and deferred taxes
478,710 1,801 480,511
Asset retirement obligations
7,358 11 285 7,654
Total long-term liabilities
486,068 1,812 285 488,165
Total Delta stockholders’ equity
632,843 11,572 124,810 (80,643 ) 688,582
Non-controlling interest
8,538 8,538
Total equity
641,381 11,572 124,810 (80,643 ) 697,120
Total liabilities and equity
$ 1,306,751 $ 13,703 $ 217,674 $ (80,643 ) $ 1,457,485

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(12) Guarantor Financial Information, Continued
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
Three Months Ended June 30, 2010
Guarantor Non-Guarantor Adjustments/
Issuer Entities Entities Eliminations Consolidated
Total revenue
$ 24,959 $ $ 11,063 $ $ 36,022
Operating expenses:
Oil and gas expenses
13,846 13,846
Exploration expense
358 358
Dry hole costs and impairments
25,376 4,805 586 30,767
Depreciation and depletion
15,918 2 5,226 21,146
Drilling and trucking operating expenses
8,100 23 8,123
General and administrative
10,608 13 1,019 11,640
Total operating expenses
66,106 4,820 14,931 23 85,880
Operating loss
(41,147 ) (4,820 ) (3,868 ) (23 ) (49,858 )
Other income and (expense)
(3,685 ) 78 (2,182 ) (5,789 )
Income tax expense
(203 ) (203 )
Discontinued operations
(38,706 ) 106 (58,030 ) (96,630 )
Net loss
(83,741 ) (4,636 ) (64,080 ) (23 ) (152,480 )
Less loss attributable to non-controlling interest
2,730 2,730
Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders
$ (81,011 ) $ (4,636 ) $ (64,080 ) $ (23 ) $ (149,750 )
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
Three Months Ended June 30, 2009
Guarantor Non-Guarantor Adjustments/
Issuer Entities Entities Eliminations Consolidated
Total revenue
$ 15,676 $ $ 5,849 $ (665 ) $ 20,860
Operating expenses:
Oil and gas expenses
10,084 10,084
Exploration expense
471 471
Dry hole costs and impairments
98,217 1,896 6,508 106,621
Depreciation and depletion
23,789 57 6,342 (167 ) 30,021
Drilling and trucking operations
1 2,719 (378 ) 2,342
General and administrative
7,846 28 1,092 8,966
Executive severance expense
3,739 3,739
Total operating expenses
144,147 1,981 16,661 (545 ) 162,244
Operating loss
(128,471 ) (1,981 ) (10,812 ) (120 ) (141,384 )
Other income and (expenses)
(31,819 ) 20 (1,984 ) (33,783 )
Income tax expense
(265 ) (265 )
Discontinued operations
(2,292 ) 86 (2,845 ) (5,051 )
Net loss
(162,847 ) (1,875 ) (15,641 ) (120 ) (180,483 )
Less loss attributable to non-controlling interest
8,165 8,165
Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders
$ (154,682 ) $ (1,875 ) $ (15,641 ) $ (120 ) $ (172,318 )

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(12) Guarantor Financial Information, Continued
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010
Guarantor Non-Guarantor Adjustments/
Issuer Entities Entities Eliminations Consolidated
Total revenue
$ 54,432 $ $ 21,790 $ (794 ) $ 75,428
Operating expenses:
Oil and gas expenses
25,830 25,830
Exploration expense
584 584
Dry hole costs and impairments
25,730 4,805 586 31,121
Depreciation and depletion
31,337 2 10,862 (64 ) 42,137
Drilling and trucking operations
16,625 (613 ) 16,012
General and administrative
20,800 29 2,198 23,027
Total operating expenses
104,281 4,836 30,271 (677 ) 138,711
Operating loss
(49,849 ) (4,836 ) (8,481 ) (117 ) (63,283 )
Other income and (expenses)
837 72 (3,978 ) (3,069 )
Income tax expense
(478 ) (478 )
Discontinued operations
(40,881 ) 180 (60,941 ) (101,642 )
Net loss
(90,371 ) (4,584 ) (73,400 ) (117 ) (168,472 )
Less loss attributable to non-controlling interest
5,925 5,925
Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders
$ (84,446 ) $ (4,584 ) $ (73,400 ) $ (117 ) $ (162,547 )
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
Six Months Ended June 30, 2009
Guarantor Non-Guarantor Adjustments/
Issuer Entities Entities Eliminations Consolidated
Total revenue
$ 69,320 $ $ 9,820 $ (2,933 ) $ 76,207
Operating expenses:
Oil and gas expenses
21,925 21,925
Exploration expense
1,531 1,531
Dry hole costs and impairments
99,660 1,896 6,508 108,064
Depreciation and depletion
45,739 111 12,546 (579 ) 57,817
Drilling and trucking operations
9,347 (1,749 ) 7,598
General and administrative
19,248 35 2,311 21,594
Executive severance expense
3,739 3,739
Total operating expenses
191,842 2,042 30,712 (2,328 ) 222,268
Operating loss
(122,522 ) (2,042 ) (20,892 ) (605 ) (146,061 )
Other income and (expenses)
(50,829 ) 20 (3,965 ) (54,774 )
Income tax benefit (expense)
(476 ) 794 318
Discontinued operations
(3,699 ) 114 (5,815 ) (9,400 )
Net loss
(177,526 ) (1,908 ) (29,878 ) (605 ) (209,917 )
Less loss attributable to non-controlling interest
12,046 12,046
Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders
$ (165,480 ) $ (1,908 ) $ (29,878 ) $ (605 ) $ (197,871 )

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(12) Guarantor Financial Information, Continued
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010
Guarantor Non-Guarantor
Issuer Entities Entities Consolidated
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities
$ (37,302 ) $ 51 $ 13,978 $ (23,273 )
Investing activities
(8,900 ) (31 ) (3,143 ) (12,074 )
Financing activities
(5,378 ) (10,142 ) (15,520 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
(51,580 ) 20 693 (50,867 )
Cash at beginning of the period
58,533 74 3,311 61,918
Cash at the end of the period
$ 6,953 $ 94 $ 4,004 $ 11,051
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
Six Months Ended June 30, 2009
Guarantor Non-Guarantor
Issuer Entities Entities Consolidated
Cash provided by (used in):
Operating activities
$ 29,117 $ 95 $ 3,637 $ 32,849
Investing activities
(119,797 ) (152 ) 4,626 (115,323 )
Financing activities
33,313 (10,570 ) 22,743
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
(57,367 ) (57 ) (2,307 ) (59,731 )
Cash at beginning of the period
60,993 151 4,331 65,475
Cash at the end of the period
$ 3,626 $ 94 $ 2,024 $ 5,744

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(13) Business Segments
The Company has two reportable segments: oil and gas exploration and production (“Oil and Gas”) and drilling and trucking operations (“Drilling”) through its ownership in DHS. Following is a summary of segment results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009:
Inter-segment
Oil and Gas Drilling Eliminations Consolidated
(In thousands)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2010
Revenues from external customers
$ 24,958 $ 11,064 $ $ 36,022
Inter-segment revenues
Total revenues
$ 24,958 $ 11,064 $ $ 36,022
Operating loss
$ (46,581 ) $ (3,254 ) $ (23 ) $ (49,858 )
Other income (expense)
(3,606 ) (2,183 ) (5,789 )
Loss from continuing operations, before tax
$ (50,187 ) $ (5,437 ) $ (23 ) $ (55,647 )
Three Months Ended June 30, 2009
Revenues from external customers
$ 19,186 $ 1,674 $ $ 20,860
Inter-segment revenues
665 (665 )
Total revenues
$ 19,186 $ 2,339 $ (665 ) $ 20,860
Operating loss
$ (121,560 ) $ (19,704 ) $ (120 ) $ (141,384 )
Other income (expense)
(31,798 ) (1,985 ) (33,783 )
Loss from continuing operations, before tax
$ (153,358 ) $ (21,689 ) $ (120 ) $ (175,167 )
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010
Revenues from external customers
$ 54,432 $ 20,996 $ $ 75,428
Inter-segment revenues
794 (794 )
Total revenues
$ 54,432 $ 21,790 $ (794 ) $ 75,428
Operating loss
$ (55,340 ) $ (7,826 ) $ (117 ) $ (63,283 )
Other income (expense)
912 (3,981 ) (3,069 )
Loss from continuing operations, before tax
$ (54,428 ) $ (11,807 ) $ (117 ) $ (66,352 )
Six Months Ended June 30, 2009
Revenues from external customers
$ 69,320 $ 6,887 $ $ 76,207
Inter-segment revenues
2,933 (2,933 )
Total revenues
$ 69,320 $ 9,820 $ (2,933 ) $ 76,207
Operating loss
$ (119,208 ) $ (26,248 ) $ (605 ) $ (146,061 )
Other income (expense)
(50,807 ) (3,967 ) (54,774 )
Loss from continuing operations, before tax
$ (170,015 ) $ (30,215 ) $ (605 ) $ (200,835 )
June 30, 2010:
Total Assets
$ 1,223,951 $ 83,751 $ (66,630 ) $ 1,241,072
December 31, 2009:
Total Assets
$ 1,419,754 $ 104,287 $ (66,556 ) $ 1,457,485
Other income and expense includes interest and financing costs, realized losses on derivative instruments, unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments, interest income, income and loss from unconsolidated affiliates and other miscellaneous income. Non-controlling interests are included in inter-segment eliminations.

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DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
AND SUBSIDIARIES
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
(14) Subsequent Events
The Company’s then President and Chief Operating Officer, John R. Wallace, resigned on July 6, 2010 and it is expected that he will receive severance in accordance with the terms of his employment agreement.
On July 7, 2010, the Company announced that Carl E. Lakey was named President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. Mr. Lakey most recently served as Senior Vice President of Operations for Delta and has been with the Company since 2007. On July 6, 2010, Mr. Lakey was granted 250,000 options to purchase Delta common stock at an exercise price of $0.79 per share. The options were fully vested upon issuance and have a 10 year contractual life. The estimated fair value of the options will be included as a component of general and administrative expense in the Company’s third quarter financial statements.
On July 7, 2010, the Company announced that it had terminated discussions regarding entering into a definitive Purchase and Sale Agreement with Opon International LLC. Delta terminated the discussions after Opon was unable to obtain financing for the transaction on the agreed-upon terms.
On July 23, 2010, the Company entered into a definitive Purchase and Sale Agreement with Wapiti Oil & Gas, L.L.C. to sell various non-core assets (the “Wapiti Transaction”) for cash proceeds of $130.0 million. Also on July 23, 2010, the Company and its credit facility banks entered into the Fourth Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Fourth Amendment”) whereby the requisite banks consented to the Wapiti Transaction, subject to specified terms and conditions, including, among other amendments, that the net proceeds from the transaction be used to pay down the balance outstanding under the credit facility and that the borrowing base be reduced to $35.0 million upon consummation of the Wapiti Transaction. Additional amendments to the credit facility are described in Note 7, “Long Term Debt.” The Wapiti Transaction closed on July 30, 2010.
In conjunction with the transaction, and in accordance with applicable accounting rules which require evaluation of impairment of assets held for sale on a property-by-property basis, the Company recorded impairment losses associated with assets held for sale during the three months ended June 30, 2010 of $96.1 million ($92.2 million included in loss from discontinued operations and $3.9 million included in dry holes and impairments in the accompanying consolidated results of operations). The Company expects to recognize a gain on sale for the closing of the Wapiti Transaction in the three months ended September 30, 2010 of approximately $29.4 million, subject to revision for normal and customary purchase price adjustments as provided for under the purchase and sale agreement. In total, the Wapiti Transaction is expected to result in a $66.7 million loss when the second quarter asset held for sale impairments are considered in conjunction with the third quarter gain on sale.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”).
We are including the following discussion to inform our existing and potential security holders generally of some of the risks and uncertainties that can affect us and to take advantage of the “safe harbor” protection for forward-looking statements afforded under federal securities laws. From time to time, our management or persons acting on our behalf make forward-looking statements to inform existing and potential security holders about us. Forward-looking statements are generally accompanied by words such as “estimate,” “project,” “propose,” “potential,” “predict,” “forecast,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “goal” or other words that convey the uncertainty of future events or outcomes. Except for statements of historical or present facts, all other statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements may appear in a number of places and include statements with respect to, among other things: business objectives and strategic plans; our expectations with respect to amending or replacing our existing credit facility with a new credit facility; operating strategies; anticipated borrowing capacity; our expectation that we will have adequate cash from operations, credit facility borrowings and other capital sources to satisfy our obligations under our Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended, and to meet future debt service, capital expenditure and working capital requirements; expected announcements of 2010 drilling plans and capital expenditure budget; anticipated utilization of joint venture and partnership structures; acquisition and divestiture strategies; ability to obtain third party consents and anticipated timing with respect to release of escrow in Wapiti Transaction; completion and drilling program expectations, processes and emphasis; oil and gas reserve estimates (including estimates of future net revenues associated with such reserves and the present value of such future net revenues); availability of capital to develop our reserves; estimates of future production of oil and natural gas; marketing of oil and natural gas; expected future revenues and earnings, and results of operations; future capital, development and exploration expenditures (including the amount and nature thereof); nonpayment of dividends; expectations regarding competition and our competitive advantages; impact of the adoption of new accounting standards and our financial and accounting systems and analysis programs; anticipated compliance with and impact of laws and regulations; and effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting.
These statements by their nature are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions and will be influenced by various factors. Should any of the assumptions underlying a forward-looking statement prove incorrect, actual results could vary materially. In some cases, information regarding certain important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement appears together with such statement. In addition, the factors described under “Risk Factors” in our annual report on Form 10-K, as well as other possible factors not listed, could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the following:
deviations in and volatility of the market prices of both crude oil and natural gas produced by us;
the availability of capital on an economic basis, or at all, to fund our required payments under our Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, as amended, our working capital needs, and drilling and leasehold acquisition programs, including through potential joint ventures and asset monetization transactions;
lower natural gas and oil prices negatively affecting our ability to borrow or raise capital, or enter into joint venture or similar industry arrangements and potentially requiring accelerated repayment of amounts borrowed under our revolving credit facility;
declines in the values of our natural gas and oil properties resulting in write-downs;
the availability of borrowings under our credit facility and the ability to obtain a new or replacement credit facility;

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the impact of current economic and financial conditions on our ability to raise capital;
a contraction in the demand for natural gas in the U.S. as a result of depressed general economic conditions;
the ability and willingness of our joint venture partners to fund their obligations to pay a portion of our future drilling and completion costs;
expiration of oil and natural gas leases that are not held by production;
uncertainties in the estimation of proved reserves and in the projection of future rates of production;
timing, amount, and marketability of production;
third party curtailment, or processing plant or pipeline capacity constraints beyond our control;
our ability to find, acquire, develop, produce and market production from new properties;
effectiveness of management strategies and decisions;
the strength and financial resources of our competitors;
climatic conditions;
changes in the legal and/or regulatory environment and/or changes in accounting standards policies and practices or related interpretations by auditors or regulatory entities;
unanticipated recovery or production problems, including cratering, explosions, fires and uncontrollable flows of oil, gas or well fluids;
the timing, effects and success of our acquisitions, dispositions and exploration and development activities;
our ability to fully utilize income tax net operating loss and credit carry-forwards; and
the ability and willingness of counterparties to our commodity derivative contracts, if any, to perform their obligations.
Many of these factors are beyond our ability to control or predict. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the general or specific factors that may affect us.
All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements above. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which it is made or to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances.
We caution you not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We urge you to carefully review and consider the disclosures made in this Form 10-Q and our reports filed with the SEC that attempt to advise interested parties of the risks and factors that may affect our business.

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Recent Developments
On July 23, 2010, we entered into a definitive Purchase and Sale Agreement with Wapiti Oil & Gas, L.L.C. (“Wapiti”) to sell various non-core assets (the “Wapiti Transaction”) for cash proceeds of $130.0 million. The Wapiti Transaction closed on July 30, 2010.
Also on July 23, 2010, we entered into the Fourth Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Fourth Amendment”) whereby the requisite banks consented to the Wapiti Transaction, subject to specified terms and conditions, including, among others, that the net proceeds from the Wapiti Transaction be used to pay down the balance outstanding under the credit facility and that the borrowing base be reduced to $35.0 million upon consummation of the Wapiti Transaction. Additional amendments to the credit facility are described in Note 7, “Long Term Debt” to the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The proceeds from the Wapiti Transaction allow us to substantially reduce our outstanding debt and when combined with the post Wapiti Transaction borrowing base, provide the liquidity necessary to fund our third and fourth quarter 2010 development plan. There are no scheduled or special borrowing base redeterminations before the maturity of the facility in January 2011 and thus we anticipate having adequate liquidity to fund operations until such time that we refinance the existing credit facility.
On April 1, 2010, DHS Drilling Company (“DHS”), the Company’s 49.8% subsidiary, amended its existing credit facility with Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc. and renegotiated certain terms of the agreement, to, among other changes more fully described in Note 7, “Long Term Debt” to the accompanying financial statements, bring DHS into compliance with the terms of the agreement, amend the principal repayment schedule, adjust the interest rate, and eliminate or amend certain financial covenants.
2010 Outlook
Since November 2009, we have been working with Morgan Stanley and Evercore Partners to analyze various alternatives to enhance stockholder value, including a sale of some or all of our assets, entering into partnerships or joint ventures, or the sale of the entire company. The evaluation of any particular transaction has involved, among other considerations, an analysis of our capital expenditure and working capital requirements for 2010 in respect of such transaction and other sources of liquidity, including cash from operations and our credit facility.
As a result of the strategic process described above, on July 30, 2010, we completed the $130.0 million sale of certain non-core properties to Wapiti. In conjunction with the completion of this transaction, our credit facility borrowing base was reduced to $35.0 million and capital expenditure limitations under the credit facility for the third and fourth quarters of 2010 were set at $18.0 million and $10.0 million, respectively.
The Wapiti Transaction was a part of a competitive process initiated in conjunction with the strategic alternatives process. This process has been concluded and our focus will return to creating value with our core assets through operations. The Board of Directors may reevaluate the renewal of the process at a later time.
Based on current commodity prices, the Wapiti Transaction, and our amended credit facility terms, we currently expect to focus our capital expenditures for the remainder of the year on completing up to 15 previously drilled wells in the Vega field and may initiate limited drilling in 2010. The capital expenditure limitations provided for in conjunction with our borrowing base redetermination are expected to be adequate to allow for the funding of these development plans. Based on this level of development and considering production sold in the Wapiti Transaction, we expect oil and gas equivalent production for the remainder of the year to range between 6.9 Bcfe and 7.2 Bcfe. These plans may be adjusted from time to time depending on commodity prices, status of our credit facility refinancing efforts or other factors.

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Liquidity and Capital Resources
On July 30, 2010, we completed the $130.0 million sale of certain non-core properties to Wapiti. Our pro-forma credit facility balance after the consummation of the Wapiti Transaction (including both the initial closing and amounts in escrow pending third party consents) amounted to approximately $6.2 million.
On July 23, 2010, we entered into the Fourth Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (as amended, the “Credit Agreement”), with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent, and certain of the financial institutions that are party to the Credit Agreement in which, among other changes, the requisite lenders consented to the Wapiti Transaction, subject to specified terms and conditions, including that the net proceeds from the transaction be used to pay down the balance outstanding under the Credit Agreement and that the borrowing base be reduced to $35.0 million upon consummation of the Wapiti Transaction. The Fourth Amendment eliminated all scheduled or special borrowing base redeterminations prior to the maturity of the facility in January 2011. In addition, the Fourth Amendment imposed capital expenditures limitations of $18.0 million for the quarter ending September 30, 2010, $10.0 million for the quarter ending December 31, 2010, and $2.0 million for the period from January 1, 2011 to January 15, 2011, provided that any excess of the limitation over the amount of actual expenditures may be carried forward from an earlier specified period to a subsequent specified period. The Fourth Amendment added a maximum cash on hand covenant which limits our cash and cash equivalents to $10.0 million at any time, with any excess above such limit required to be used to pay down borrowings under the credit facility within three business days. Finally, the Fourth Amendment requires cash disbursements for general and administrative expenses to be within a 10% variance of projected general and administrative expenses provided to the lending banks in conjunction with the execution of the Fourth Amendment.
We were in compliance with the financial ratio, capital expenditures and accounts payables covenants under the Credit Agreement at June 30, 2010.
On April 1, 2010 DHS amended its existing credit facility with Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc. and renegotiated certain terms of the agreement, as described in “Recent Developments,” above.
Our accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming we will continue as a going concern. We experienced a net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders of $162.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010, and as of June 30, 2010 had a working capital deficiency of $109.0 million, including $119.5 million outstanding under Delta’s credit facility which matures on January 15, 2011 and $73.6 million outstanding under DHS’s credit agreement. In addition, the holders of our $115.0 million principal amount of 3 3 / 4 % Senior Convertible Notes due 2037 have the right to require us to purchase all or a portion of such notes on May 1, 2012 (or thereafter on each May 1 in 2017, 2022, 2027 and 2032). The ongoing losses, near term credit maturities, and working capital deficiency raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.
Taking into consideration the assets sold and proceeds received to date as a result of the strategic evaluation process, we will need to raise additional cash or refinance our existing credit facility with new or existing lenders in order to pay our outstanding borrowings under the Credit Agreement which are due January 15, 2011. As such, we are engaged in discussions with potential lenders and expect to replace the existing facility prior to its maturity, although it is expected that the interest terms and covenant requirements will be more expensive and restrictive, respectively, than the current facility’s rates and terms. We expect the initial term of any new credit facility to provide for maturity prior to May 1, 2012, when the holders of our $115.0 million principal amount of 3 3 / 4 % Senior Convertible Notes have the right to require us to purchase all or a portion of the notes. As a result, it is anticipated that prior to May 1, 2012, we will need to obtain additional capital in order to repay any amounts outstanding under any new credit facility and to purchase any 3 3 / 4 % Senior Convertible Notes required by the holders of such notes to be purchased by us.
As shown in the accompanying financial statements and discussed elsewhere herein, we experienced a net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders of $162.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. During the six months ended June 30, 2010, we had an operating loss of $63.3 million, net cash used in operating activities of $23.3 million and net cash used in financing activities of $15.5 million. During this period we invested $18.9 million on oil and gas development activities. At June 30, 2010, we had $11.1 million in cash and remaining availability under the

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Credit Agreement pro-forma for the consummation of the Wapiti Transaction (including both the initial closing and amounts in escrow pending receipt of third party consents) and based on the revised $35.0 million borrowing base of approximately $28.8 million, total assets of $1.2 billion and a debt to capitalization ratio of 45.6%. Debt, excluding installments payable on property acquisition which are secured by restricted cash deposits, at June 30, 2010 totaled $449.0 million, comprised of $193.1 million of bank debt ($119.5 million of our indebtedness under our Credit Agreement and $73.6 million of DHS credit facility indebtedness, all of which is classified as current in the accompanying consolidated financial statements), $149.6 million of senior notes and $106.3 million of senior convertible notes. In accordance with applicable accounting rules, the senior convertible notes are recorded at a discount to their stated amount due of $115.0 million.
As of July 30, 2010, our corporate rating and senior unsecured debt rating were Caa3 and Ca, respectively, as issued by Moody’s Investors Service. Moody’s outlook was “negative.” As of July 30, 2010, our corporate credit and senior unsecured debt ratings were CCC and CCC, respectively, as issued by Standard and Poor’s (“S&P”). S&P’s outlook on its rating was “negative.”
Our future cash requirements are largely dependent upon the number and timing of projects included in our capital development plan, most of which are discretionary. We have historically addressed our long-term liquidity requirements through the issuance of debt and equity securities when market conditions permit, through cash provided by operating activities, sales of oil and gas properties, and through borrowings under our credit facility.
The prices we receive for future oil and natural gas production and the level of production have a significant impact on our operating cash flows. We are unable to predict with any degree of certainty the prices we will receive for our future oil and gas production and the success of our exploration and development activities in generating additional production.
There can be no assurance that the actions undertaken by us will be sufficient to repay the obligations under our credit facility, or, if not, or if additional defaults occur under that facility, that the lenders will be willing to waive further defaults or amend the facility. Although our current level of borrowing capacity under the Credit Agreement is expected to remain the same through maturity because the Fourth Amendment provided that no scheduled or special redetermination will occur prior to the maturity of the facility, there can be no assurance that our current level of borrowing capacity will be maintained under a new credit agreement, or that we will be successful in negotiating an extension to the Credit Agreement, or a replacement thereto, upon its scheduled maturity in January 2011. There can similarly be no assurance that DHS will be successful in negotiating an extension to the DHS credit facility, or a replacement thereto, upon its scheduled maturity in August 2011. In addition, there can be no assurance that results of operations and other sources of liquidity, including asset sales, will be sufficient to meet contractual, operating and capital obligations. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of uncertainty regarding our ability to raise additional capital, sell assets, or otherwise obtain sufficient funds to meet our obligations or to continue as a going concern.
We continue to examine additional sources of long-term capital (including a restructured debt facility, the issuance of debt instruments, sales of assets and joint venture financing), as well as other potential corporate transactions. The availability of additional sources of capital, which will impact our ability to execute our operating strategy and meet our liquidity challenges, will depend upon a number of factors, many of which are beyond our control.

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Results of Operations
The following discussion and analysis relates to items that have affected our results of operations for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009. This analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes thereto included in this Form 10-Q.
Three Months Ended June 30, 2010 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2009
Net Loss Attributable to Delta Common Stockholders. Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders was $149.8 million, or $0.54 per diluted common share, for the three months ended June 30, 2010, compared to a net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders of $172.3 million, or $0.89 per diluted common share, for the three months ended June 30, 2009. There were a number of items affecting comparability between periods including oil and gas sales, contract drilling and trucking fees, impairments, depletion expense, interest and financial costs, and realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments. Explanations of significant items affecting comparability between periods are discussed by financial statement caption below.
Oil and Gas Sales. During the three months ended June 30, 2010, oil and gas sales increased 30% to $25.1 million, as compared to $19.3 million for the comparable period a year earlier. The increase was principally the result of a 110% increase in natural gas prices and a 31% increase in oil prices, partially offset by a 21% decrease in production. The average natural gas price received during the three months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $4.86 per Mcf compared to $2.31 per Mcf for the year earlier period. The average oil price received during the three months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $69.88 per Bbl compared to $53.22 per Bbl for the year earlier period. The production decrease was primarily related to expected production declines in the Rockies that have not been offset by additional drilling.
Contract Drilling and Trucking Fees. Contract drilling and trucking fees for the three months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $11.1 million compared to $1.7 million in the prior year. The increase is the result of improved third party rig utilization in the three months ended June 30, 2010 resulting from an increased industry demand attributable to improved commodity prices.
Production and Cost Information
Production volumes, average prices received and cost per equivalent Mcf for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:
Three Months Ended
June 30,
2010 2009
Production — Continuing Operations:
Oil (Mbbl)
150 198
Gas (Mmcf)
3,004 3,776
Total Production (Mmcfe) — Continuing Operations
3,902 4,964
Average Price — Continuing Operations:
Oil (per barrel)
$ 69.88 $ 53.22
Gas (per Mcf)
$ 4.86 $ 2.31
Costs (per Mcfe) — Continuing Operations:
Lease operating expense
$ 2.05 $ 1.38
Transportation expense
$ 1.14 $ 0.44
Production taxes
$ 0.35 $ 0.21
Depletion expense
$ 3.82 $ 4.66
Realized derivative losses (per Mcfe)
$ 0.15 $

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Lease Operating Expense. Lease operating expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $8.0 million from $6.8 million in the year earlier period primarily due to increased water handling costs in the Vega area partially offset by lower offshore lease operating costs. Lease operating expense per Mcfe for the three months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $2.05 per Mcfe from $1.38 per Mcfe. The quarter-over-quarter increase on a per unit basis was primarily due to the increased water handling costs in the Vega area and the effect of fixed costs spread over a 21% decline in production volumes.
Transportation Expense. Transportation expense for the three months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $4.5 million from $2.2 million in the prior year. Transportation expense per Mcfe for the three months ended June 30, 2010 increased 159% to $1.14 per Mcfe from $0.44 per Mcfe. The increase on a per unit basis is primarily the result of changes to our Vega gas marketing contract that went into effect in October 2009 whereby our gas is processed through a higher efficiency plant. The Vega gas marketing contract has resulted in higher revenues in the Vega area from improved natural gas liquids recoveries and a greater percentage of liquids proceeds retained.
Production Taxes. Production taxes for the three months ended June 30, 2010 were $1.4 million, as compared to prior year costs of $1.1 million. Production taxes as a percentage of oil and gas sales were 5.5% for each of the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009.
Exploration Expense. Exploration expense consists primarily of geological and geophysical costs and delay lease rentals. Our exploration costs for the three months ended June 30, 2010 were $358,000 compared to $471,000 for the comparable year earlier period. Exploration activities in both periods primarily relate to delay rental payments.
Dry Hole Costs and Impairments. We incurred dry hole costs and impairments of $30.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $106.6 million for the comparable period a year ago. During the three months ended June 30, 2010, dry hole and impairment costs primarily related to proved property impairments of $991,000 for the Opossum Hollow and Golden Prairie fields, unproved property impairments of $24.6 million for the Columbia River Basin, Hingeline, Haynesville, Howard Ranch, Bull Canyon, Garden Gulch and Delores River prospects and a $4.8 million impairment of our Paradox pipeline. These impairments were primarily related to either the result of the asset sales portion of the strategic alternatives process or the assets held for sale at June 30, 2010 pending the completion of the Wapiti Transaction.
We incurred dry hole costs and impairments of approximately $106.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009 primarily related to $82.9 million of impairments for unproved leaseholds in Garden Gulch, Haynesville, Lighthouse, Newton, Caballos Creek and Opossum Hollow, $6.5 million of DHS equipment and rigs impairments, $10.5 million of Vega surface acreage impairments, $4.3 million of inventory impairments, and a $1.9 million impairment of our Paradox pipeline.
Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Accretion — Oil and Gas. Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense decreased 33% to $15.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to $23.8 million for the comparable year earlier period. Depletion expense for the three months ended June 30, 2010 decreased to $14.9 million from $23.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2009 due to lower production volumes and a decrease in the per unit depletion rate. Our depletion rate decreased from $4.66 per Mcfe for the three months ended June 30, 2009 to $3.82 per Mcfe for the current year period primarily due to the effect of impairments recorded during late 2009 on high depletion rate properties and Vega area proved undeveloped reserves added as a result of higher Piceance gas prices.
Drilling and Trucking Operations. Drilling expense increased to $8.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $2.3 million for the comparable prior year period. This increase is due to additional third party rig utilization during the current year period.
Depreciation and Amortization — Drilling and Trucking. Depreciation and amortization expense — drilling decreased to $5.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to $6.2 million for the comparable year earlier period. The decrease is due to the effect on the depreciation rate of rig impairments recorded during 2009. Depreciation expense is recorded on a straight line basis and is not impacted by changes in the utilization rate.

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General and Administrative Expense. General and administrative expense increased 30% to $11.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to $9.0 million for the comparable prior year period. The increase in general and administrative expenses is attributed to costs associated with the strategic alternatives evaluation process and by increased non-cash stock compensation expense related to restricted stock granted in December 2009, partially offset by reduced staffing as a result of reductions in force during the first half of 2009 resulting in lower cash compensation expense.
Executive Severance Expense, Net. On May 26, 2009, our then Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Roger A. Parker, resigned from Delta. In consideration for Mr. Parker’s resignation and his agreement to (a) relinquish all his rights under his employment agreement, his change-in-control agreement, certain stock agreements, bonuses relating to past and pending transactions benefiting Delta, and any other interests he might claim arising from his efforts as Chairman of our Board of Directors and/or Chief Executive Officer, and (b) stay on as a consultant to facilitate an orderly transition and to assist in certain pending transactions, Delta agreed to pay Mr. Parker $4,700,000 in cash (the “Cash Consideration”), issue to him 1,000,000 shares of Delta common stock (the “Shares”), pay him the aggregate of any accrued unpaid salary, vacation days and reimbursement of his reasonable business expenses incurred through the effective date of the agreement, and provide to him insurance benefits similar to his pre-resignation benefits for a thirty-six month period. The Severance Agreement also contained mutual releases and non-disparagement provisions, as well as other customary terms.
Interest Expense and Financing Costs, Net. Interest expense and financing costs, net decreased 39% to $9.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to $15.8 million for the comparable year earlier period. The decrease is primarily related to lower average outstanding Delta and DHS credit facility balances coupled with lower interest rates during the second quarter of 2010 as compared to the second quarter of 2009. In addition, the three months ended June 30, 2009, included $1.0 million of interest expense related to the repurchase from Tracinda Corporation of offshore litigation contingent payment rights.
Realized Loss on Derivative Instruments, Net. During the three months ended June 30, 2010, we recognized a $601,000 loss associated with settlements on derivative contracts. During the three months ended June 30, 2009 there were no derivative contract settlements.
Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Derivative Instruments, Net. We recognize mark-to-market gains or losses in current earnings instead of deferring those amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income. Accordingly, we recognized $3.7 million of unrealized gains on derivative instruments in other income and expense during the three months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $15.6 million of unrealized losses for the comparable prior year period.
Income (Loss) From Unconsolidated Affiliates. Loss from unconsolidated affiliates during the three months ended June 30, 2009 primarily related to $3.0 million of impairments recorded on two of our investments. Income from unconsolidated affiliates during the three months ended June 30, 2010 is comprised of our pro-rata share of net income of our unconsolidated affiliates.
Income Tax Benefit (Expense). Due to our continued losses, we were required by the “more likely than not” threshold for assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets to record a valuation allowance for our deferred tax assets beginning with the second quarter of 2007. Our income tax expense for the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 of $203,000 and $265,000, respectively, relates only to DHS, as no benefit was provided for our net operating losses.

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Discontinued Operations. The results of operations and impairment loss relating to the pending sale of the non-core property interests in the Garden Gulch field, Baffin Bay field, and Bull Canyon field as well as our interest in our wholly-owned subsidiary Piper Petroleum have been reflected as discontinued operations.
The following table shows the total revenues and expenses included in discontinued operations for the above mentioned oil and gas properties for the three ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 (dollar amounts in thousands):
Three Months Ended
June 30,
2010 2009
Production — Discontinued Operations:
Oil (Mbbl)
4 4
Gas (Mmcf)
773 707
Total Production (Mmcfe) — Discontinued Operations
795 731
Revenues
$ 3,259 $ 2,082
Operating expenses:
Lease operating expense
995 756
Transportation expense
704 327
Production taxes
201 (36 )
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion
5,827 6,086
Impairment provision
92,162
Total operating expenses
99,889 7,133
Loss from discontinued operations
(96,630 ) (5,051 )
Income tax expense
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
$ (96,630 ) $ (5,051 )
On July 30, 2010, the Company closed on the sale of non-core properties to Wapiti for cash proceeds of $130.0 million. We expect to recognize a gain on sale for the closing of Wapiti Transaction in the three months ended September 30, 2010 of approximately $29.4 million, subject to revision for normal and customary purchase price adjustments as provided for under the purchase and sale agreement. In total, the Wapiti Transaction is expected to result in a $66.7 million loss when the second quarter asset held for sale impairments are considered in conjunction with the third quarter gain on sale.
Non-Controlling Interest. Non-controlling interest represents the minority investors’ proportionate share of the income or loss of DHS in which they hold an interest. During the three months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, DHS reported significant losses from low rig utilization rates which resulted in a non-controlling interest credit to earnings.
Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2009
Net Loss Attributable to Delta Common Stockholders. Net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders was $162.5 million, or $0.59 per diluted common share, for the six months ended June 30, 2010, compared to a net loss attributable to Delta common stockholders of $197.9 million, or $1.35 per diluted common share, for the six months ended June 30, 2009. There were a number of items affecting comparability between periods including oil and gas sales, contract drilling and trucking fees, gain on offshore litigation award, impairments, depletion expense, interest and financial costs, and realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments. Explanations of significant items affecting comparability between periods are discussed by financial statement caption below.
Oil and Gas Sales . During the six months ended June 30, 2010, oil and gas sales increased 44% to $55.0 million, as compared to $38.1 million for the comparable period a year earlier. The increase was principally the result of a 102% increase in natural gas prices and a 68% increase in oil prices, partially offset by a 22% decrease in production. The average natural gas price received during the six months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $5.38 per Mcf compared to

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$2.66 per Mcf for the year earlier period. The average oil price received during the six months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $70.54 per Bbl compared to $41.99 per Bbl for the year earlier period.
Contract Drilling and Trucking Fees . Contract drilling and trucking fees for the six months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $21.0 million compared to $6.9 million for the comparable year earlier period. The increase is the result of improved third party rig utilization in the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to the comparable year earlier period, resulting from an increased industry demand attributable to improved commodity prices.
Gain (Loss) on Offshore Litigation Award and Property Sales, Net. During the six months ended June 30, 2009, we recorded a $31.2 million gain for an offshore litigation award. During the six months ended June 30, 2010, we recorded a $538,000 loss primarily associated with the divestiture of non-core properties. See Note 4, “Oil and Gas Properties,” to the accompanying financial statements for information regarding our 2010 divestitures.
Production and Cost Information
Production volumes, average prices received and cost per equivalent Mcf for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2010 2009
Production — Continuing Operations:
Oil (Mbbl)
299 405
Gas (Mmcf)
6,299 7,934
Total Production (Mmcfe) — Continuing Operations
8,093 10,364
Average Price — Continuing Operations:
Oil (per barrel)
$ 70.54 $ 41.99
Gas (per Mcf)
$ 5.38 $ 2.66
Costs (per Mcfe) — Continuing Operations:
Lease operating expense
$ 1.88 $ 1.42
Transportation expense
$ 0.96 $ 0.45
Production taxes
$ 0.35 $ 0.25
Depletion expense
$ 3.67 $ 4.29
Realized derivative losses (per Mcfe)
$ 0.58 $
Lease Operating Expense. Lease operating expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2010 of $15.2 million was comparable to $14.7 million in the year earlier period. Lease operating expense per Mcfe for the six months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $1.88 per Mcfe from $1.42 per Mcfe for the comparable year earlier period. The increase on a per unit basis was primarily due to increased water handling costs in the Vega area and the effect of fixed costs spread over a 22% decline in production volumes.
Transportation Expense. Transportation expense for the six months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $7.8 million from $4.6 million in the prior year. Transportation expense per Mcfe for the six months ended June 30, 2010 increased to $0.96 per Mcfe from $0.45 per Mcfe. The increase on a per unit basis is primarily the result of changes to our Vega gas marketing contract that went into effect in October 2009 whereby our gas is processed through a higher efficiency plant. The Vega gas marketing contract has resulted in higher revenues in the Vega area from improved natural gas liquids recoveries and a greater percentage of liquids proceeds retained.
Production Taxes. Production taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were $2.8 million, comparable to prior year costs of $2.6 million. Production taxes as a percentage of oil and gas sales were 5.1% and 6.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The decrease in the 2010 percentage was primarily due to a decrease in the effective Colorado severance tax rate.

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Exploration Expense. Exploration expense primarily consists of geological and geophysical costs and delay lease rentals. Our exploration costs for the six months ended June 30, 2010 were $584,000, compared to $1.5 million for the comparable year earlier period. Current period exploration activities primarily relate to delay rental payments, while the 2009 period was related to delay rental payments and seismic acquisition costs.
Dry Hole Costs and Impairments. We incurred dry hole and impairment costs of $31.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $108.1 million for the comparable period a year ago. During the six months ended June 30, 2010, dry hole and impairment costs primarily related to proved property impairments of $991,000 for the Opossum Hollow and Golden Prairie fields, unproved property impairments of $25.5 million for the Columbia River Basin, Hingeline, Howard Ranch, Bull Canyon, Garden Gulch, Delores River and Haynesville shale prospects and a $4.8 million impairment of our Paradox pipeline.
We incurred dry hole costs and impairments of approximately $108.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009 primarily related to $83.1 million of impairments for unproved leaseholds in Garden Gulch, Haynesville, Lighthouse, Newton, Caballos Creek, and Opossum Hollow, $6.5 million of DHS equipment and rigs impairments, $10.5 million of Vega surface acreage impairments, $4.3 million of inventory impairments, and a $1.9 million impairment of our Paradox pipeline.
Depreciation, Depletion, Amortization and Accretion — Oil and Gas. Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense decreased 32% to $31.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to $45.9 million for the comparable year earlier period. Depletion expense for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was $29.7 million compared to $44.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009. Our depletion rate decreased from $4.29 per Mcfe for the six months ended June 30, 2009 to $3.67 per Mcfe for the current year period primarily due to the effect of impairments recorded during late 2009 on high depletion rate properties and Vega area proved undeveloped reserves added as a result of higher Piceance gas prices.
Drilling and Trucking Operations . Drilling expense increased to $16.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to $7.6 million for the comparable prior year period. This increase is due to additional third party rig utilization during the current year period.
Depreciation and Amortization — Drilling and Trucking. Depreciation and amortization expense — drilling decreased to $10.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to $12.0 million for the comparable year earlier period. The decrease is due to the effect on the depreciation rate of rig impairments recorded during 2009. Depreciation expense is recorded on a straight line basis and is not impacted by changes in the utilization rate.
General and Administrative Expense. General and administrative expense increased 7% to $23.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to $21.6 million for the comparable prior year period. The increase in general and administrative expenses is attributed to costs associated with the strategic alternatives evaluation process and by increased non-cash stock compensation expense related to restricted stock granted in December 2009, partially offset by reduced staffing as a result of reductions in force during the first half of 2009 resulting in lower cash compensation expense.
Executive Severance Expense, Net. On May 26, 2009, our then Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, Roger A. Parker, resigned from Delta. In consideration for Mr. Parker’s resignation and his agreement to (a) relinquish all his rights under his employment agreement, his change-in-control agreement, certain stock agreements, bonuses relating to past and pending transactions benefiting Delta, and any other interests he might claim arising from his efforts as Chairman of our Board of Directors and/or Chief Executive Officer, and (b) stay on as a consultant to facilitate an orderly transition and to assist in certain pending transactions, Delta agreed to pay Mr. Parker $4,700,000 in cash, issue to him 1,000,000 shares of Delta common stock, pay him the aggregate of any accrued unpaid salary, vacation days and reimbursement of his reasonable business expenses incurred through the effective date of the agreement, and provide to him insurance benefits similar to his pre-resignation benefits for a thirty-six month period. The Severance Agreement also contained mutual releases and non-disparagement provisions, as well as other customary terms.

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Interest Expense and Financing Costs, Net. Interest and financing costs, net decreased 38% to $20.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010, as compared to $32.2 million for the comparable year earlier period. The decrease is primarily related to lower average outstanding Delta and DHS credit facility balances coupled with lower interest rates during the first half of 2010 as compared to the first half of 2009. The decrease is also related to a greater write-off of unamortized deferred financing costs and waiver fees related to the amendments to our credit facilities in 2009 compared to 2010. In addition, the six months ended June 30, 2009, included $1.0 million of interest expense related to the repurchase from Tracinda of offshore litigation contingent payment rights and $643,000 for the write off of previously unamortized deferred financing costs related to the DHS credit agreement.
Realized Loss on Derivative Instruments, Net. During the six months ended June 30, 2010, we recognized a $4.7 million loss associated with settlements on derivative contracts. During the six months ended June 30, 2009 there were no derivative contract settlements.
Unrealized Loss on Derivative Instruments, Net . We recognize mark-to-market gains or losses in current earnings instead of deferring those amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income. Accordingly, we recognized $20.9 million of unrealized gains on derivative instruments in other income and expense during the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to a loss of $21.1 million for the comparable prior year period.
Income (Loss) From Unconsolidated Affiliates. Loss from unconsolidated affiliates during the six months ended June 30, 2009 is primarily the result of $3.0 million of impairments recorded related to two of our investments. Income from unconsolidated affiliates during the six months ended June 30, 2010 is comprised of our pro-rata share of net income of our unconsolidated affiliates.
Income Tax Benefit (Expense). Due to our continued losses, we were required by the “more likely than not” threshold for assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, to record a valuation allowance for our deferred tax assets beginning with the second quarter of 2007. Our income tax expense (benefit) for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 of $478,000 and $(318,000), respectively, relates only to DHS, as no benefit was provided for our net operating losses.
Discontinued Operations. The results of operations and impairment loss relating to the pending sale of the non-core property interests in the Garden Gulch field, Baffin Bay field, and Bull Canyon field as well as our interest in our wholly-owned subsidiary Piper Petroleum have been reflected as discontinued operations.
The following table shows the total revenues and expenses included in discontinued operations for the above mentioned oil and gas properties for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 (dollar amounts in thousands):
Six Months Ended
June 30,
2010 2009
Production — Discontinued Operations:
Oil (Mbbl)
10 9
Gas (Mmcf)
1,590 1,598
Total Production (Mmcfe) — Discontinued Operations
1,650 1,652
Revenues
$ 7,809 $ 5,391
Operating expenses:
Lease operating expense
1,979 2,698
Transportation expense
1,278 1,134
Production taxes
438 55
Depreciation, depletion, amortization and accretion
13,594 10,904
Impairment provision
92,162
Total operating expenses
109,451 14,791
Loss from discontinued operations
(101,642 ) (9,400 )
Income tax expense
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
$ (101,642 ) $ (9,400 )

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On July 30, 2010, the Company closed on the sale of non-core properties to Wapiti for cash proceeds of $130.0 million. We expect to recognize a gain on sale for the closing of Wapiti Transaction in the three months ended September 30, 2010 of approximately $29.4 million, subject to revision for normal and customary purchase price adjustments as provided for under the purchase and sale agreement. In total, the Wapiti Transaction is expected to result in a $66.7 million loss when the second quarter asset held for sale impairments are considered in conjunction with the third quarter gain on sale.
Non-Controlling Interest. Non-controlling interest represents the minority investors’ proportionate share of the income or loss of DHS in which they hold an interest. During the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, DHS reported significant losses from low rig utilization rates which resulted in a non-controlling interest credit to earnings.
Historical Cash Flow
Our cash flow from operating activities decreased from $32.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009 to cash used in operating activities of $23.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The significant decrease in cash flow is primarily the result of changes in working capital and proceeds from the offshore litigation awarded in 2009 partially offset by higher commodity prices. Our net cash used in investing activities decreased to $12.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010 compared to net cash used in investing activities of $115.3 million for the comparable prior year period primarily due to our significant reduction in drilling and acquisition activity. Cash provided by financing activities decreased from $22.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2009 to cash used in financing activities of $15.5 million for the current year period. During the six months ended June 30, 2010, we made net bank payments of $14.2 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2009, $247.2 million of cash was received from the issuance of stock and we made net bank payments of $222.0 million.
Capital and Exploration Expenditures
Our capital and exploration expenditures for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 were as follows (in thousands):
2010 2009
CAPITAL AND EXPLORATION EXPENDITURES:
Property acquisitions:
Unproved
$ 285 $ 1,713
Proved
Oil and gas properties
18,917 40,518
Drilling and trucking equipment
995 3,128
Pipeline and gathering systems
5,764 6,802
Total (1)
$ 25,961 $ 52,161
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Capital expenditures in the table above are presented on an accrual basis. Additions to property and equipment in the consolidated statement of cash flows reflect capital expenditures on a cash basis, when payments are made.
Contractual and Long-term Debt Obligations
7% Senior Unsecured Notes, due 2015
On March 15, 2005, we issued 7% senior unsecured notes for an aggregate amount of $150.0 million which pay interest semi-annually on April 1 and October 1 and mature in 2015. The notes were issued at 99.50% of par and the associated discount is being amortized to interest expense over the term of the notes. The indenture governing the notes contains various restrictive covenants that may limit our ability to, among other things, incur additional indebtedness, make certain investments, sell assets, consolidate, merge or transfer all or substantially all of our assets and the assets of our restricted subsidiaries. These covenants may limit management’s discretion in operating our business.

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3 3 / 4 % Senior Convertible Notes, due 2037
On April 25, 2007, we issued $115.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3 3 / 4 % Senior Convertible Notes due 2037 (the “Notes”) for net proceeds of $111.6 million after underwriters’ discounts and commissions of approximately $3.4 million. The remaining discount will be amortized through May 1, 2012 when the holders of the Notes can first require us to purchase all or a portion of the Notes. The Notes bear interest at a rate of 3 3 / 4 % per annum, payable semi-annually in arrears, on May 1 and November 1 of each year. Combined with the amortization of debt discount, the Notes have an effective interest rate of approximately 7.7% and 7.6% with total interest costs of $2.2 million for each of the three month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, and interest costs of $4.4 million and $4.3 million for the six month periods ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The Notes will mature on May 1, 2037 unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased. The holders of the Notes have the right to require us to purchase all or a portion of the Notes on May 1, 2012, May 1, 2017, May 1, 2022, May 1, 2027, and May 1, 2032. The Notes will be convertible at the holder’s option, in whole or in part, at an initial conversion rate of 32.9598 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $30.34 per share) at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding the final maturity date of the Notes, subject to prior repurchase of the Notes. The conversion rate may be adjusted from time to time in certain instances. Upon conversion of a Note, we will have the option to deliver shares of our common stock, cash or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock for the Notes surrendered. In addition, following certain fundamental changes that occur prior to maturity, we will increase the conversion rate for a holder who elects to convert its Notes in connection with such fundamental changes by a number of additional shares of common stock. Although the Notes do not contain any financial covenants, the Notes contain covenants that require us to properly make payments of principal and interest, provide certain reports, certificates and notices to the trustee under various circumstances, cause our wholly-owned subsidiaries to become guarantors of the debt, maintain an office or agency where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, continue our corporate existence, pay taxes and other claims, and not seek protection from the debt under any applicable usury laws.
Credit Facility — Delta
Pursuant to the Fourth Amendment dated as of July 23, 2010, among other changes more fully described in Note 7, “Long Term Debt” to the accompanying financial statements, the borrowing base under our Credit Agreement was reduced to $35.0 million upon the consummation of the Wapiti Transaction.
The Fourth Amendment eliminated all scheduled or special borrowing base redeterminations prior to the maturity of the facility in January 2011.
The Credit Agreement includes terms and covenants that place limitations on certain types of activities, including restrictions or requirements with respect to additional debt, liens, asset sales, hedging activities, investments, dividends, mergers and acquisitions, and includes various financial covenants.
Under certain conditions, amounts outstanding under the credit facility may be accelerated. Bankruptcy and insolvency events with respect to us or certain of our subsidiaries would result in an automatic acceleration of the indebtedness under the credit facility. Subject to notice and cure periods in certain cases, other events of default under the credit facility would result in acceleration of the indebtedness at the option of the lending banks. Such other events of default include non-payment, breach of warranty, non-performance of obligations under the credit facility (including financial covenants), default on other indebtedness, certain pension plan events, certain adverse judgments, change of control, and a failure of the liens securing the credit facility.
This facility is secured by a first and prior lien to the lending banks on most of our oil and gas properties, certain related equipment, and oil and gas inventory.

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Credit Facility — DHS
On April 1, 2010 DHS amended its existing credit facility with Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc. and renegotiated certain terms of the agreement, to, among other changes more fully described in Note 7, “Long Term Debt” to the accompanying financial statements, bring DHS into compliance with the terms of the agreement, amend the principal repayment schedule, adjust the interest rate, and eliminate or amend certain financial covenants.
Other Contractual Obligations
Our asset retirement obligation arises from the costs necessary to plug and abandon our oil and gas wells. The majority of the expenditure related to this obligation will not occur during the next five years.
We lease our corporate office in Denver, Colorado under an operating lease which will expire in 2014. Our average yearly payments approximate $1.3 million over the term of the lease. We have additional operating lease commitments which represent office equipment leases and lease obligations primarily relating to field vehicles and equipment.
We had a net derivative liability of $6.0 million at June 30, 2010. The ultimate settlement amounts of these derivative instruments are unknown because they are subject to continuing market fluctuations. See Item 3. “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” for more information regarding our derivative instruments.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations were based on the consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Our significant accounting policies are described in Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements. We have identified certain of these policies as being of particular importance to the portrayal of our financial position and results of operations and which require the application of significant judgment by management. We analyze our estimates, including those related to oil and gas reserves, bad debts, oil and gas properties, income taxes, derivatives, contingencies and litigation, and base our estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe the following critical accounting policies affect our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our financial statements.
Successful Efforts Method of Accounting
We account for our natural gas and crude oil exploration and development activities utilizing the successful efforts method of accounting. Under this method, costs of productive exploratory wells, development dry holes and productive wells and undeveloped leases are capitalized. Oil and gas lease acquisition costs are also capitalized. Exploration costs, including personnel costs, certain geological and geophysical expenses and delay rentals for gas and oil leases, are charged to expense as incurred. Exploratory drilling costs are initially capitalized but charged to expense if and when the well is determined not to have found reserves in commercial quantities. The sale of a partial interest in a proved property is accounted for as a cost recovery and no gain or loss is recognized as long as this treatment does not significantly affect the unit-of-production amortization rate. A gain or loss is recognized for all other sales of producing properties.
The application of the successful efforts method of accounting requires managerial judgment to determine the proper classification of wells designated as developmental or exploratory which will ultimately determine the proper accounting treatment of the costs incurred. The results from a drilling operation can take considerable time to analyze, and the determination that commercial reserves have been discovered requires both judgment and industry experience. Wells may be completed that are assumed to be productive and actually deliver gas and oil in quantities insufficient to be economic, which may result in the abandonment of the wells at a later date. Wells are drilled that have targeted

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geologic structures that are both developmental and exploratory in nature, and an allocation of costs is required to properly account for the results. Delineation seismic costs incurred to select development locations within an oil and gas field are typically considered development costs and are capitalized, but often these seismic programs extend beyond the reserve area considered proved, and management must estimate the portion of the seismic costs to expense. The evaluation of gas and oil leasehold acquisition costs requires managerial judgment to estimate the fair value of these costs with reference to drilling activity in a given area. Drilling activities in an area by other companies may also effectively condemn leasehold positions.
The successful efforts method of accounting can have a significant impact on the operational results reported when we are entering a new exploratory area in hopes of finding a gas and oil field that will be the focus of future development drilling activity. The initial exploratory wells may be unsuccessful and will be expensed. Seismic costs can be substantial which will result in additional exploration expenses when incurred.
Reserve Estimates
Estimates of gas and oil reserves, by necessity, are projections based on geologic and engineering data, and there are uncertainties inherent in the interpretation of such data as well as the projection of future rates of production and the timing of development expenditures. Reserve engineering is a subjective process of estimating underground accumulations of gas and oil that are difficult to measure. The accuracy of any reserve estimate is a function of the quality of available data, engineering and geological interpretation and judgment. Estimates of economically recoverable gas and oil reserves and future net cash flows necessarily depend upon a number of variable factors and assumptions, such as historical production from the area compared with production from other producing areas, the assumed effects of regulations by governmental agencies and assumptions governing future gas and oil prices, the availability and cost of capital to develop the reserves, future operating costs, severance taxes, development costs and workover gas costs, all of which may in fact vary considerably from actual results. The future drilling costs associated with reserves assigned to proved undeveloped locations may ultimately increase to an extent that these reserves may be later determined to be uneconomic. For these reasons, estimates of the economically recoverable quantities of gas and oil attributable to any particular group of properties, classifications of such reserves based on risk of recovery, and estimates of the future net cash flows expected therefrom may vary substantially. Any significant variance in the assumptions could materially affect the estimated quantity and value of the reserves, which could affect the carrying value of our gas and oil properties and/or the rate of depletion of the gas and oil properties. Actual production, revenues and expenditures with respect to our reserves will likely vary from estimates, and such variances may be material.
Impairment of Gas and Oil Properties
We review our oil and gas properties for impairment quarterly or whenever events and circumstances indicate a decline in the recoverability of their carrying value. We estimate the expected future cash flows of our developed proved properties and compare such future cash flows to the carrying amount of the proved properties to determine if the carrying amount is recoverable. If the carrying amount exceeds the estimated undiscounted future cash flows, we will adjust the carrying amount of the oil and gas properties to their fair value. The factors used to determine fair value include, but are not limited to, estimates of proved reserves, future commodity pricing, future production estimates, anticipated capital expenditures and production costs, and a discount rate commensurate with the risk associated with realizing the expected cash flows projected.
Given the complexities associated with gas and oil reserve estimates and the history of price volatility in the gas and oil markets, events may arise that would require us to record an impairment of the recorded book values associated with gas and oil properties. For developed properties, the review consists of a comparison of the carrying value of the asset with the asset’s expected future undiscounted cash flows without interest costs. For the six months ended June 30, 2010, the expected future undiscounted cash flows of the assets exceeded the carrying value of the corresponding asset and as such no impairment provision was recognized.
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the unproved property are no longer recoverable, an impairment charge is recorded based on the estimated fair value of the property.
As a result of such assessment, we recorded impairment provisions attributable to unproved properties of $22.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2010. The $22.5 million impairment included $11.4 million related to our Columbia River Basin leasehold, $5.0 million related to our Hingeline leasehold, $3.8 million related to our Haynesville leasehold, $1.6 million related to our Delores River leasehold and $661,000 related to our Howard Ranch leasehold. In addition, we recorded an impairment of $4.8 million to reduce the Paradox pipeline carrying value to its estimated fair value during the six months ended June 30, 2010. These impairments are included within dry hole costs and impairments in the accompanying statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2010.
In addition to the impairment provisions discussed above, we utilized various fair value techniques related to our Garden Gulch, Baffin Bay, DJ Basin, Caballos Creek, Opossum Hollow, Midway Loop, and Newton fields, as well as our interest in our wholly owned subsidiary Piper Petroleum and unproved acreage positions in the DJ Basin and South Texas assets which were held for sale at June 30, 2010 and determined that impairment provisions of $93.2 million related to proved properties and $3.0 million related to unproved properties were required to be recognized during the six months ended June 30, 2010. Based upon the applicable accounting standards, $4.0 million of the impairment provision is included within dry hole costs and impairments in the accompanying statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and $92.2 million is included in loss from discontinued operations for the six months ended June 30, 2010.
During the remainder of 2010, we are continuing to evaluate certain proved and unproved properties on which favorable or unfavorable results or fluctuations in commodity prices may cause us to revise in future periods our estimates of future cash flows from those properties. Such revisions of estimates could require us to record an impairment provision in the period of such revisions.
Commodity Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
We may periodically enter into commodity derivative contracts or fixed-price physical contracts to manage our exposure to oil and natural gas price volatility. We primarily utilize futures contracts, swaps or options, which are generally placed with major financial institutions or with counterparties of high credit quality that we believe represent minimal credit risks.
All derivative instruments are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value which must be estimated using complex valuation models. We recognize mark-to-market gains and losses in current earnings instead of deferring those amounts in accumulated other comprehensive income. As of June 30, 2010, we had a total of seven oil and gas derivative contracts outstanding. The fair value of our oil derivative instruments was a liability of $8.0 million and the fair value of our gas derivative instruments was an asset of $2.0 million at June 30, 2010. We classify the fair value amounts of derivative assets and liabilities executed under master netting arrangements as net derivative assets or net derivative liabilities, whichever the case may be, by commodity and master netting counterparty. The discount rates used to determine the fair value of these derivative instruments include a measure of non-performance risk by both Delta and the counterparty, and accordingly, the liability reflected is less than the actual cash expected to be paid upon settlement based on forward prices as of June 30, 2010. The pre-credit risk adjusted fair value of our net derivative liabilities as of June 30, 2010 was $6.6 million. A credit risk adjustment of $578,000 to the fair value of the derivatives reduced the reported amount of the net derivative liabilities on our consolidated balance sheet to $6.0 million.
Asset Retirement Obligation
We account for our asset retirement obligations under applicable FASB guidance which requires entities to record the fair value of a liability for retirement obligations of acquired assets. Our asset retirement obligations arise from the plugging and abandonment liabilities for our oil and gas wells. The fair value is estimated based on a variety of assumptions including discount and inflation rates and estimated costs and timing to plug and abandon wells.

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Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance
The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the asset and liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax effects attributable to temporary differences and carryforwards. Ultimately, realization of a deferred tax benefit depends on the existence of sufficient taxable income within the carryback/carryforward period to absorb future deductible temporary differences or a carryforward. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, management must consider whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Management considers all available evidence (both positive and negative) in determining whether a valuation allowance is required. Such evidence includes the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment, and judgment is required in considering the relative weight of negative and positive evidence. As a result of management’s current assessment, we maintain a significant valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets. We will continue to monitor facts and circumstances in our reassessment of the likelihood that operating loss carryforwards and other deferred tax attributes will be utilized prior to their expiration. As a result, we may determine that the deferred tax asset valuation allowance should be increased or decreased. Such changes would impact net income through offsetting changes in income tax expense or benefit.
Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-06, Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements (“ASU 2010-06”), which provides amendments to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. The objective of ASU 2010-06 is to provide more robust disclosures about (i) the different classes of assets and liabilities measured at fair value, (ii) the valuation techniques and inputs used, (iii) the activity in Level 3 fair value measurements, and (iv) significant transfers between Levels 1, 2 and 3. ASU 2010-06 is effective for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2009. We adopted ASU 2010-06 effective January 1, 2010, which did not have an impact on our consolidated financial statements, other than additional disclosures.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Market Rate and Price Risk
We actively manage our exposure to commodity price fluctuations by hedging meaningful portions of our expected production through the use of derivatives, which may from time to time include costless collars, swaps, or puts. The level of our hedging activity and the duration of the instruments employed depend upon our view of market conditions, available hedge prices and our operating strategy. We use hedges to limit the risk of fluctuating cash flows that fund our capital expenditure program. We also may use hedges in conjunction with acquisitions to achieve expected economic returns during the payout period.
The following table summarizes our open derivative contracts at June 30, 2010:
Net Fair Value
Remaining Asset (Liability) at
Commodity Volume Fixed Price Term Index Price June 30, 2010
(In thousands)
Crude oil
1,000 Bbls / Day 1 $ 52.25 July ’10 - Dec ’10 NYMEX — WTI $ (4,403 )
Crude oil
500 Bbls / Day $ 57.70 Jan ’11 - Dec ’11 NYMEX — WTI (3,565 )
Natural gas
6,000 MMBtu / Day $ 5.720 July ’10 - Dec ’10 NYMEX — HHUB 983
Natural gas
15,000 MMBtu / Day $ 4.105 July ’10 - Dec ’10 CIG (292 )
Natural gas
5,367 MMBtu / Day $ 3.973 July ’10 - Dec ’10 CIG (232 )
Natural gas
12,000 MMBtu / Day $ 5.150 Jan ’11 - Dec ’11 CIG 1,267
Natural gas
3,253 MMBtu / Day $ 5.040 Jan ’11 - Dec ’11 CIG 218
$ (6,024 )
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As a result of the closing of the Wapiti Transaction, for the period from August to December 2010, we expect our oil derivative contracts to equal 108% to 114% of forecast oil and condensate production sold on WTI based terms. Because derivative contract volumes are anticipated to exceed physical production volumes in certain months, we could be exposed to financial derivative losses in excess of oil revenue gains to the extent WTI oil prices rise from current levels.
Assuming production and the percent of oil and gas sold remained unchanged for the six months ended June 30, 2010, a hypothetical 10% decline in the average market price we realized during the six months ended June 30, 2010 on unhedged production would reduce our oil and natural gas revenues by approximately $5.5 million.
Interest Rate Risk
We were subject to interest rate risk on $193.1 million of variable rate debt obligations at June 30, 2010. The annual effect of a 10% change in interest rates on the debt would be approximately $1.1 million.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on this evaluation, our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2010, to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports filed or submitted by us under the Exchange Act (i) is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in SEC rules and forms, and (ii) is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and our principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow appropriate decisions on a timely basis regarding required disclosure.
Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
From time to time, we may be involved in litigation relating to claims arising out of our operations in the normal course of our business. As of the date of this report, no legal proceedings are pending against us that we believe individually or collectively could have a materially adverse effect upon our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
Our business has many risks. Factors that could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results or liquidity and the trading price of our common stock, senior notes or convertible notes are described under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of our 2009 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 filed with the SEC on March 12, 2010. This information should be considered carefully, together with other information in this report and other reports and materials we file with the SEC.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
The table below provides a summary of our purchases of our own common stock during the three months ended June 30, 2010.
Maximum Number
Total Number of (or Approximate Dollar
Shares (or Units) Value) of Shares
Total Number of Average Price Purchased as Part of (or Units) that May Yet
Shares (or Units) Paid Per Share Publicly Announced Be Purchased Under
Period Purchased (1) (or Unit) (2) Plans or Programs (3) the Plans or Programs (3)
April 1 – April 30, 2010
6,700 $ 1.55
May 1 – May 31, 2010
June 1 – June 30, 2010
Total
6,700 $ 1.55
(1)
Consists of shares delivered back to us by employees and/or directors to satisfy tax withholding obligations that arise upon the vesting of the stock awards. We, pursuant to our equity compensation plans, give participants the opportunity to turn back to us the number of shares from the award sufficient to satisfy the person’s tax withholding obligations that arise upon the termination of restrictions.
(2) The stated price does not include any commission paid.
(3) These sections are not applicable as we have no publicly announced stock repurchase plans.
Item 5. Other Information
None.

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Item 6. Exhibits.
Exhibits are as follows:
10.1
Waiver and Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2010, among DHS Holding Company and Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed May 10, 2010.
10.2
Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2010, by and among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and each of the financial institutions named therein. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed April 30, 2010.
10.3
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Carl Lakey dated July 15, 2010. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 21, 2010.
10.4
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2010, by and between Delta Petroleum Corporation and Wapiti Oil & Gas, L.L.C. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 27, 2010.
10.5
Fourth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2010, by and among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and each of the financial institutions named therein. Filed herewith electronically.
31.1
Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith electronically.
31.2
Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith electronically.
32.1
Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. Filed herewith electronically.
32.2
Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. Filed herewith electronically.

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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.
DELTA PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Carl E. Lakey
Carl E. Lakey, President and
Chief Executive Officer
By: /s/ Kevin K. Nanke
Kevin K. Nanke, Treasurer and
Chief Financial Officer
Date: August 9, 2010

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EXHIBIT INDEX:
10.1
Waiver and Amendment No. 2 to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2010, among DHS Holding Company and Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q filed May 10, 2010.
10.2
Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of April 26, 2010, by and among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and each of the financial institutions named therein. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed April 30, 2010.
10.3
Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Carl Lakey dated July 15, 2010. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 21, 2010.
10.4
Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2010, by and between Delta Petroleum Corporation and Wapiti Oil & Gas, L.L.C. Incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed July 27, 2010.
10.5
Fourth Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of July 23, 2010, by and among the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and each of the financial institutions named therein. Filed herewith electronically.
31.1
Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith electronically.
31.2
Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Filed herewith electronically.
32.1
Certification of principal executive officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. Filed herewith electronically.
32.2
Certification of principal financial officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350. Filed herewith electronically.

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