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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November&nbsp;13, 2013 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>RAAM Global Energy Company </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>333-172897</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>20-0412973</B></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1537 Bull Lea Rd., Suite 200 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (859)&nbsp;253-1300 </B></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><B>Regulation FD Disclosure. </B></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Offshore Activities Update </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RAAM Global Energy Company (the &#147;<B><I>Company</I></B>&#148;) announced today that it is working to complete a farm-out agreement with
another offshore operator providing the opportunity to drill up to 6 of its major offshore prospects and options to drill more prospects if success is encountered. This drilling program is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2014. The Company
currently has $1&nbsp;million budgeted for the offshore in 2013 for a workover of one of the Ship Shoal oil wells that went off line in September. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Onshore Activities Update </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company
has been successfully working to restore production to the damaged wells in the Texas Yegua area. The Company drilled one replacement well and one sidetrack well that are both online and producing. The Company has one additional well planned in this
area for the remainder of 2013. The 2013 drilling budget for the onshore Gulf Coast well is $5 million. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company suspended all
drilling activity in the Texas Bend Arch project and the Mississippi Lime wells in Oklahoma pending the closing of its previously announced asset sale. There are no current plans for additional drilling during 2013 at this time in Oklahoma and all
activity in California continues to be on hold until the Company can resolve issues which have delayed the permitting process. It is anticipated that the Company will receive permits in the first quarter of 2014, and the Company has several wells
planned in California for 2014. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Texas Bend Arch Play </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company conducted an exhaustive evaluation of the play, including a thorough geological and geophysical review. The Company conducted core
analysis and a very detailed petro physical evaluation in order to fully understand the reserve potential, and we developed a complete economic model to establish the expected returns. With this complete evaluation in hand, the Company established a
buy outline and leased the play for approximately $17.3 million. As soon as leases were secured, the Company presented the opportunity to potential joint venture partners. The Company found a joint venture partner and, under the deal terms, the
Company was able to recover 100% of its lease costs and retain a 50% interest in the play. Furthermore, the joint venture partner was obligated to spend the first $17.3 million in drilling costs. In this way, the Company was able to keep a 50%
interest in Bend Arch play and have the initial exploration wells drilled at no cost. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In October 2013, the Company sold its remaining 50%
interest in Bend Arch play for a profit of approximately $30 million so that the Company could pursue more economically-advantageous opportunities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Unconventional New Venture </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As previously
disclosed in the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September&nbsp;30, 2013, the Company has selected its next unconventional play and leased approximately 57,000 acres with options on another 47,000 acres on a buy
outline of 150,000 acres. It is the Company&#146;s intention to seek a joint venture partner on this play with terms that are similar to what the Company obtained in connection with its Bend Arch play joint venture. As soon as the joint venture
partner is secured, and the Company has recovered its lease cost, the Company expects that it will immediately begin leasing another opportunity, which has been evaluated and approved for leasing. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company expects production to be down in the fourth quarter of 2013. An oil well in the Company&#146;s Ship Shoal field went off line in
late September and was just recently returned to production. In addition, the Company&#146;s drilling activity was very light in the third quarter, with no rigs running in September, October, and the first half of November, which meant that the
Company&#146;s natural production declines were not offset with new production. The Company has not approved any offshore wells pending the farm-out agreement currently under negotiation, discussed above. Moreover, the Company evaluated the
performance of the well drilled in the Texas Yegua Trend before authorizing additional wells. Recently, the Company completed that evaluation and spud a new well within the last few days in Texas. The Company is continuing to evaluate the California
unconventional play before committing to a drilling program there, and the permitting process for the Company&#146;s conventional play has delayed planned wells for a number of months. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although the offshore Gulf of Mexico has been a core area since the Company&#146;s inception, and will remain a core area, the Company has
determined that it would be better served by allocating additional capital to other core areas. For this reason, the Company has been working to farm-out a portion of each of the prospects it has in inventory. It is expected that this decision will
allow the Breton Sound Field to be developed more quickly and efficiently. The Company also expects to maximize the utilization of the available production facilities and infrastructure, which will lead to lower LOE costs. The farm-out terms are
also expected to significantly improve the rate of return on the capital allocated to the offshore. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition to its three conventional
core areas, offshore Gulf of Mexico, onshore Texas, and California, the Company is continuing to emphasize its commitment to developing resource plays. The previously announced divestiture of the Company&#146;s Niobrara acreage, the Company&#146;s
divestiture of its position in the Texas Bend Arch play and the divestiture of certain of the Company&#146;s Oklahoma acreage is not to be seen as a departure from resource plays. On the contrary, the Company believes that these divestitures confirm
the validity of its business model for unconventional plays. With these divestitures, the Company can focus on areas which management deems to have better opportunity in the fourth quarter 2013 and into 2014. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Limitation on Incorporation by Reference </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information contained in this Item&nbsp;7.01 is being furnished for informational purposes only and shall not be deemed &#147;filed&#148;
for purposes of Section&nbsp;18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Registration statements or other documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shall not incorporate Item&nbsp;7.01 or any other information set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K by reference, except as otherwise expressly
stated in such filing. This Current Report on Form 8-K will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in the report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Date: November&nbsp;13, 2013 </P>
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Form 8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 13, 2013
RAAM Global Energy Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
333-172897
20-0412973
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1537 Bull Lea Rd., Suite 200
Lexington, Kentucky 40511
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (859) 253-1300
Not Applicable
(Former
name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 7.01
Regulation FD Disclosure.
Offshore Activities Update
RAAM Global Energy Company (the "
Company
") announced today that it is working to complete a farm-out agreement with
another offshore operator providing the opportunity to drill up to 6 of its major offshore prospects and options to drill more prospects if success is encountered. This drilling program is expected to begin in the first quarter of 2014. The Company
currently has $1 million budgeted for the offshore in 2013 for a workover of one of the Ship Shoal oil wells that went off line in September.
Onshore Activities Update
The Company
has been successfully working to restore production to the damaged wells in the Texas Yegua area. The Company drilled one replacement well and one sidetrack well that are both online and producing. The Company has one additional well planned in this
area for the remainder of 2013. The 2013 drilling budget for the onshore Gulf Coast well is $5 million.
The Company suspended all
drilling activity in the Texas Bend Arch project and the Mississippi Lime wells in Oklahoma pending the closing of its previously announced asset sale. There are no current plans for additional drilling during 2013 at this time in Oklahoma and all
activity in California continues to be on hold until the Company can resolve issues which have delayed the permitting process. It is anticipated that the Company will receive permits in the first quarter of 2014, and the Company has several wells
planned in California for 2014.
Texas Bend Arch Play
The Company conducted an exhaustive evaluation of the play, including a thorough geological and geophysical review. The Company conducted core
analysis and a very detailed petro physical evaluation in order to fully understand the reserve potential, and we developed a complete economic model to establish the expected returns. With this complete evaluation in hand, the Company established a
buy outline and leased the play for approximately $17.3 million. As soon as leases were secured, the Company presented the opportunity to potential joint venture partners. The Company found a joint venture partner and, under the deal terms, the
Company was able to recover 100% of its lease costs and retain a 50% interest in the play. Furthermore, the joint venture partner was obligated to spend the first $17.3 million in drilling costs. In this way, the Company was able to keep a 50%
interest in Bend Arch play and have the initial exploration wells drilled at no cost.
In October 2013, the Company sold its remaining 50%
interest in Bend Arch play for a profit of approximately $30 million so that the Company could pursue more economically-advantageous opportunities.
Unconventional New Venture
As previously
disclosed in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2013, the Company has selected its next unconventional play and leased approximately 57,000 acres with options on another 47,000 acres on a buy
outline of 150,000 acres. It is the Company's intention to seek a joint venture partner on this play with terms that are similar to what the Company obtained in connection with its Bend Arch play joint venture. As soon as the joint venture
partner is secured, and the Company has recovered its lease cost, the Company expects that it will immediately begin leasing another opportunity, which has been evaluated and approved for leasing.
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Outlook for the Fourth Quarter and 2014
The Company expects production to be down in the fourth quarter of 2013. An oil well in the Company's Ship Shoal field went off line in
late September and was just recently returned to production. In addition, the Company's drilling activity was very light in the third quarter, with no rigs running in September, October, and the first half of November, which meant that the
Company's natural production declines were not offset with new production. The Company has not approved any offshore wells pending the farm-out agreement currently under negotiation, discussed above. Moreover, the Company evaluated the
performance of the well drilled in the Texas Yegua Trend before authorizing additional wells. Recently, the Company completed that evaluation and spud a new well within the last few days in Texas. The Company is continuing to evaluate the California
unconventional play before committing to a drilling program there, and the permitting process for the Company's conventional play has delayed planned wells for a number of months.
Although the offshore Gulf of Mexico has been a core area since the Company's inception, and will remain a core area, the Company has
determined that it would be better served by allocating additional capital to other core areas. For this reason, the Company has been working to farm-out a portion of each of the prospects it has in inventory. It is expected that this decision will
allow the Breton Sound Field to be developed more quickly and efficiently. The Company also expects to maximize the utilization of the available production facilities and infrastructure, which will lead to lower LOE costs. The farm-out terms are
also expected to significantly improve the rate of return on the capital allocated to the offshore.
In addition to its three conventional
core areas, offshore Gulf of Mexico, onshore Texas, and California, the Company is continuing to emphasize its commitment to developing resource plays. The previously announced divestiture of the Company's Niobrara acreage, the Company's
divestiture of its position in the Texas Bend Arch play and the divestiture of certain of the Company's Oklahoma acreage is not to be seen as a departure from resource plays. On the contrary, the Company believes that these divestitures confirm
the validity of its business model for unconventional plays. With these divestitures, the Company can focus on areas which management deems to have better opportunity in the fourth quarter 2013 and into 2014.
Limitation on Incorporation by Reference
The information contained in this Item 7.01 is being furnished for informational purposes only and shall not be deemed "filed"
for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Registration statements or other documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission shall not incorporate Item 7.01 or any other information set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K by reference, except as otherwise expressly
stated in such filing. This Current Report on Form 8-K will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information in the report that is required to be disclosed solely by Regulation FD.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: November 13, 2013
RAAM Global Energy Company
By:
/s/ Jeffrey Craycraft
Name:
Jeffrey Craycraft
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
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