Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
(Operator Instructions). Your first question comes from the line of David Kistler of Simmons & Company.
David Kistler - Simmons & Company
Good morning, guys.
Glenn Darden
Good morning.
David Kistler - Simmons & Company
With the borrowing base slightly increasing tomorrow, and looking at kind of the pricing uptick we've seen in natural gas since your last call, up about 25%, any considerations to increasing CapEx to accelerate any of the programs in the Barnett etcetera?
Glenn Darden
We are not looking at that. At this point, we have a board meeting in a couple of weeks and we'll be discussing that. But we have spent a bit more on facilities; that is over on the KGS side. We've accelerated some of that spending earlier than we anticipated. But at this point, we haven't made any decisions to accelerate the number of wells drilled.
David Kistler - Simmons & Company
Okay. And on the last call you talked a little about experimenting with down spacing in Lake Arlington and Hood County, do you guys have any updates related to that?
Glenn Darden
Not today, but we'll be bringing on several of those wells. We’re just bringing on the Hood County wells as we speak, and the Lake Arlington very soon as well. So, we'll be able to talk about it later this year.
David Kistler - Simmons & Company
Okay, great. And then one last question, just kind off, I want to touch on trends in the drilling and completion costs area. And potentially, if you guys are looking at or if there is potential for any infrastructure or people related constraints as the year moves forward. It’s just with everybody taking up CapEx budget, it feels like it’s getting a little tighter and kind of budget projections might be changing a little bit. Can you give me any color there?
Glenn Darden
Well certainly, we've seen particular cost in our ASP's increase. Steel, primarily has increased probably 35% to 50% over the last six months or I guess over a 12-month period. So, that has been a bit of a surprise. On the personnel side, I think we're adequately staffed out. Yeah, I think we've made some additions this year that have given us a lot more debt and strength to go forward with our development programs both, here and on our exploration program outside of the Fort Worth Basin. So, we're very happy with the people we've been able to bring in and that seems to be going on very well. But certainly, the cost to acquire those people has gone up. Yeah, personnel cost has gone up. And you are seeing that reflected in our LOE as well as our G&A.
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