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D E E P R O O T S F O R S U S T A I N E D G R O W T H
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C O M P E N S A T I O N C O M M I T T E E
J. Michael Adcock Chairman
William B. Morgan
John H. Williams
B O A R D O F D I R E C T O R S
John G. NikkelChairman of the Board
J. Michael AdcockChairman of the Board of Arvest Bank
Trustee, Don Bodard TrustShawnee, Oklahoma
Gary R. ChristopherInvestments
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Steven B. HildebrandInvestments
Tulsa, Oklahoma
King P. KirchnerCo-founder, Unit Corporation
Tulsa, Oklahoma
William B. MorganAttorney and Investments
Chandler, Arizona
Larry D. PinkstonPresident and Chief Executive Officer
Robert J. Sullivan, Jr.Manager of Sullivan and Company LLC
Tulsa, Oklahoma
John H. WilliamsInvestments
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A U D I T C O M M I T T E E
Steven B. HildebrandChairman
Gary R. Christopher
William B. Morgan
J. Michael Adcock
N O M I N A T I N G & G O V E R N A N C E C O M M I T T E E
William B. MorganChairman
J. Michael Adcock
Robert J. Sullivan, Jr.
John H. Williams
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As we highlight the people who make us strong, we also thank our shareholders whom we are honored to serve. Our annual meeting of stockholders will be held at 11:00 a.m. Central Time on May 6, 2009, in the Tulsa
Room, in the Bank of Oklahoma Tower, 9th floor, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
O F F I C E R S
John G. NikkelChairman of the Board
Larry D. PinkstonPresident and Chief Executive Officer
Mark E. SchellSenior Vice President, General Counsel
and Secretary
David T. MerrillChief Financial Officer and Treasurer
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T H E F A C E S B E H I N D O U R S U C C E S S
D i v e r s e S k i l l s f o r a
D I V E R S I F I E DE n e r g y C o m p a n y .
From our large drilling fleet and extensive exploration and production operations, to our
growing mid-stream presence, we cover the petroleum energy spectrum. Our people, with
their diverse skills and specializations, are as multifaceted as our company.
But there’s one thing that unifies us all under the Unit name: experience.
Experience to plan. Experience to persevere. Experience to prevail.
We’re the people of Unit Corporation. And we’re proud to be a diversified energy company.
Where our roots, like our drill bits, run deep.
MIKE FANKHOUSER, 20 YEARS JACKI DILLMAN, 13 YEARS KEITH ROWEKAMP, 11 YEARS
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LYLE L ANDSBERGER, 33 YEARS L AVITA HILL, 23 YEARS MIKE EARNEST, 19 YEARS
For us, 2008 was a year of changes. It started slowly, then became fast-paced with commodity prices rising significantly, and then ended in a free fall as part of the much larger collapse of the world economies. For the year, the results exceeded most everyone’s expectations, including our own, and made for some impressive highlights despite the fourth quarter downturn.
•Ourrevenuesreachedanall-timerecordof$1.4billion,a17%increaseover2007. •Netincomefortheyearwas$143.6million,or$3.06perdilutedshare.Excludingthe effectoftheceilingtestimpairmentwrite-downof$175.5millionnetofincometax,net incomefor2008wouldhavebeen$319.1million,or$6.80perdilutedshare. •Weendedtheyearwithworkingcapitalof$90.2million,long-termdebtof$199.5million, andadebttocapitalizationratioof11%.
When the economy and liquidity meltdown hit, we moved into action. What our folks could control, they did – and did a good job of it. Most notably, we put three main protective strategies into action.
1.Minimized capital expenditures to preserve cash. Example:Wecutourdrillingprogramby8%duringthefourthquarterof2008.Weoriginally planned300+wellsandendedwith278.Comparedto2008,excludingacquisitions,we reducedour2009operatingsegmentcapitalexpenditurebudgetby60%to$290million. 2. Greatly increased levels of hedging. Example:For2009,wemovedourhedgedpositionfromapproximately30%hedgedto approximately70%hedgedonnaturalgasandoilproduction. 3. Greatly increased borrowing capacity. Example:Weincreasedourborrowingcapacityby$50millionforatotalof$325million– with the intention of using it for potential acquisition opportunities, not day-to-day operations.
A fourth protective measure I’d like to highlight isn’t new at all. It’s the cornerstone of our company – diversification. It enables us to channel cash across our three segments as needed. Case in point? Overthelastthreeyearsofgrowth,we’veutilizedabout$470millionoutofdrillingoperationsforour midstream and E&P segments, before income taxes. Now the reverse is true, with growth in our E&P segment buffering the economy’s impact on our drilling segment. This balance is what drives our distinct ability to not just ride out the downturns, but to instead capitalize on them.
Oursisacyclicalbusiness.In45years,we’veseennumeroushighsandlows.Wedon’tgetcarriedaway in the good times. And, in fact, we’ve typically experienced our biggest growth opportunities during the tough times.
Asanothercyclerunsitscourse,weanticipate2009tobeachallengingyear.Tostayflexibleandwell-positioned, you’ve got to have capital and you’ve got to have people. The right people. We’ve gotboth.Ourofficershaveacumulative130yearsexperience.Andmanyofthesmart,dedicatedpeople you’ll see throughout this report have grown with us for more than one, two and even three decades. Bottom line: our people have experienced our industry’s challenging cycles. And they have the know-how to take advantage of the opportunities they bring.
Sincerely,
Larry D. PinkstonPresident and Chief Executive Officer
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For45 years, thehard-working individuals inour contractdrillingoperationshavebuilt a strong
reputation for putting customers first and meeting their unique needs with responsive, outstanding
service. Our can-do culture has kept our company on a steady track, growing from our initial 3
drillingrigstoarecord132drillingrigsin2008.Asourrigcounthasexpanded,sohasourreach.
Withoperationsin10states,68ofourdrillingrigsarelocatedintheAnadarkobasin,15areinthe
Arkomabasin,23arelocatedwithinourGulfCoastoperations,and26areintherockyMountain
region. Our drilling field offices include Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Humble, Texas; Borger, Texas;
and Casper, Wyoming.
Ourcapabilitiesmeettoday’sdemands.Ourdrillingfleetrangesindepthcapacitiesfrom5,000to
40,000feet,averagingapproximately16,208feet,andcanprovideverticalandhorizontalservices
using both air and mud as drilling mediums.
Ouraveragedrillingrigutilizationfortheyearwas103.1drillingrigs,a4%increaseover2007.The
year’s softening in the drilling rig market and the economy downturn in the fourth quarter, however,
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Our Contract Drilling Operations.
PHIL LIVINGSTON, 18 YEARS KATHY HATFIELD, 23 YEARS DEE MORRIS, 35 YEARS
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impactedouroperatingresults.Drillingrevenuesfortheyeardecreased1%to$622.7million,while
averagedayratesfortheyeardecreased1%to$18,458perday.Contractdrillingoperatingmargins
decreasedto50%fortheyear,comparedto51%for2007.
Due to the significant drop in commodity prices and decline in demand for our drilling rigs, we
storeda1,500horsepowerdiesel-electricdrillingriginourOklahomaCityyardthatwasscheduled
tobeplacedintoserviceinNorthDakotaduringthefirstquarterof2009.Themobilizationofthisrig
has been delayed pending final negotiation with our customer. In addition, after discussions with our
customers, we determined to postpone the construction of five drilling rigs and have cancelled three
additional drilling rigs we had anticipated building and, instead, substituted under the contracts
drilling rigs we already owned. As a result of existing contractual obligations, we expect to take
deliveryofanewdrillingrigduringthefourthquarterof2009.Lookingforward,ourcurrentcapital
expenditurebudgetfor2009is$77million.
BRENT KEYS, 11 YEARS THERESA TURNER, 22 YEARS SCOT T GORDON, 29 YEARS
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MIKE SELLERS, 19 YEARS JULIE BEHLING, 20 YEARS JIM KAHLDEN, 14 YEARS KEVIN TENNISON, 17 YEARS
Our Oil and Natural Gas Operations.
Despite the tumultuous economic environment, our seasoned geological, land and engineering
staffhelpedmake2008ayearofrecordsandmilestones.Wemarkedour25thconsecutiveyear
ofreplacingatleast150%oftheyear’sproductionwithnewoilandnaturalgasreserves,replacing
186%ofour2008production.
At theyear’send,our total reserveshita record569.4bcfe,consistingof9.7millionbarrelsof
oil, 10.2millionbarrelsof natural gas liquidsand450.1bcfof natural gas – an11%equivalent
Bcf increase. The results include negative revisions of about 23 Bcfe resulting from significantly
lowercommoditypricesatyear-end2008.Totalequivalentproductionincreased16%to63.4bcfe,
anothercompanyrecord.Of thetotal,weproduced47.5bcfofnaturalgas,a9% increase;1.3
millionbarrelsofoil,a16%increase;and1.4millionbarrelsofNGLs,a77%increaseover2007.
Although commodity prices decreased dramatically with the economic turndown in the fourth
quarter, prior months saw strong prices and results. Our oil and natural gas revenues increased
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42%to$554.0millionin2008.Thepricewereceivedforournaturalgasaveraged$7.62perMcf,a
21%increaseover2007,whileouraverageoilpriceincreased33%to$93.87perbarrel.OurNGL
priceaveraged$47.42perbarrel,up5%from2007.
Following our strategy of combining our solid acquisition program with a successful development
drillingprogram,wecommenceddrillingoperationson276newwellsin2008,257ofwhichwere
completedbyyearend.Anadditional21wellsoriginallystartedin2007werealsofinishedforatotal
of278wellsin2008.Ofthese,245werecompletedasproducingforasuccessrateof88%.
Our current capital expenditure budget for 2009 is $200million,with $164million planned for
exploration and development drilling. The three areas we plan to spend the majority of our capital
in2009istheGranite-WashplayintheTexasPanhandle,theSegnoprospectinSoutheastTexas,
and the Haynesville Shale prospect in East Texas. Both the Granite Wash and the Segno prospects
have favorable economics due to the expertise we have developed in these areas along with the
high BTU gas that nets a better overall price. The Haynesville Shale is a new area for us and we
initially plan to drill primarily vertical wells to hold our leasehold and then drill one to two horizontal
wells in the second half of this year.
DENNIS MOORE, 36 YEARS LESLIE NAUGHTON, 18 YEARS DANA EDDY, 30 YEARS BERNARD BOECKMAN, 33 YEARS
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Our Mid-Stream Operations.Rounding out our diverse operations is our mid-stream segment. Our dedicated people have grown
these operations through grass roots construction projects and acquisitions of equipment and plants
into a sustaining presence in the Mid-Continent region and a growing presence in the North East.
Serving a strong customer base of mostly independent producers, our mid-stream operations
are located in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Kansas and, most recently, Pennsylvania. In July, we
opened a new Pittsburgh business development office to provide pipeline infrastructure for natural
gas supplies being produced from the Marcellus shale formations within the Appalachian Basin.
Careful planning brought several expansions in 2008. We added two new gathering systems and
connectedanadditional99wellstoourgatheringsystems.Wealsoadded94milesofpipeline–an
approximate14%increaseintotalpipelinemiles.Inadditionin2008,wecompletedtheinstallation
of a new natural gas processing plant, increasing processing capacity by approximately 20 MMcf
KEN BLONDEAU, 14 YEARS LINDA SMITH, 20 YEARS ED PHELPS, 36 YEARS
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per day. This brings our current asset base to three natural gas treatment plants, nine operated
naturalgasprocessingplants,37gatheringsystemsandapproximately770milesofpipeline.
revenues forourmid-streamoperationsalso increased31% in2008 to$181.7million,up from
$138.6million in2007.Duringtheyear,ournaturalgas liquidssold increased51%over2007to
195,837gallonsperday,whileournaturalgasvolumesprocessedincreased35%to67,796MMbtu
perday.Ournaturalgasvolumesgathereddecreased10%from2007to197,367MMbtuperday.
For2009,wehavebudgetedcapitalexpendituresof$13million.
DON HAYES, 24 YEARS BILLIE LENHART, 18 YEARS JOHN FEAMSTER, 17 YEARS
Year Ended December 31, 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 (Dollars and shares in thousands except per share and average price amounts)
Statement of Income Data:Revenues:Contractdrilling $ 622,727 $ 627,642 $ 699,396 $ 462,141 $298,204Oilandnaturalgas 553,998 391,480 357,599 318,208 185,017Gasgatheringandprocessing 181,730 138,595 101,863 100,464 29,717Otherrevenues (362) 1,037 3,527 4,795 6,265
Totalrevenues $ 1,358,093 $ 1,158,754 $ 1,162,385 $ 885,608 $ 519,203
Netincome $ 143,625 $ 266,258 $ 312,177 $ 212,442 $ 90,275
Net income per common share:basic $ 3.08 $ 5.74 $ 6.75 $ 4.62 $ 1.97Diluted $ 3.06 $ 5.71 $ 6.72 $ 4.60 $ 1.97
Shares outstanding:basic 46,586 46,366 46,228 45,940 45,717 Diluted 46,909 46,653 46,451 46,189 45,934 Balance Sheet Data:Totalassets $ 2,581,866 $ 2,199,819 $ 1,874,096 $ 1,456,195 $1,023,136 Otherlong-termliabilities $ 75,807 $ 59,115 $ 55,741 $ 41,981 $ 37,725 Long-termdebt $ 199,500 $ 120,600 $ 174,300 $ 145,000 $ 95,500Totaldebt-to-bookcapitalratio 11% 8% 13% 15% 14%Shareholders’equity $ 1,633,099 $ 1,434,817 $ 1,158,036 $ 836,962 $608,269
Statement of Cash Flows Data:Netcashprovidedbyoperatingactivities $ 689,913 $ 577,571 $ 506,702 $ 317,771 $203,210Capital expenditures, includingacquisitions(cashbasis) $ 808,161 $ 517,450 $ 546,343 $ 390,863 $ 314,026
Comparison of Cumulative Five Year Total Return
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Year Ended December 31, 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004(Dollars in thousands except per share and average price amounts)
Contract Drilling Operations Data:Numberofrigsatyearend 132 129 117 112 100Wellsdrilled 1,028 996 1,033 980 832Totalfootagedrilled(feetin1,000’s) 11,734 10,453 11,461 10,815 9,261Averagenumberofrigsutilized 103.1 99.4 109.0 102.1 88.1Averageutilization 79% 80% 96% 97% 95%
Oil and Natural Gas Operations Data: Proved oil and natural gas reserves discountedat10%(beforeincometaxes) $ 892,559 $ 1,481,604 $ 984,123 $1,312,962 $ 787,067 Proved oil and natural gas reserves discountedat10%(afterincometaxes) $ 624,471 $ 990,331 $ 684,895 $ 863,683 $ 521,612Total estimated proved reserves: Naturalgas(MMcf) 450,135 419,616 406,400 352,841 295,406 Oil(Mbbl) 9,699 9,676 9,357 8,052 7,487 NaturalGasLiquids(Mbbl) 10,171 6,149 2,226 1,819 1,074 Equivalent(MMcfe) 569,353 514,569 475,899 412,066 346,775 Production: Naturalgas(MMcf) 47,473 43,464 44,169 34,058 27,149 Oil(Mbbl) 1,261 1,091 1,012 847 829 NaturalGasLiquids(Mbbl) 1,388 785 441 237 219 Equivalent(MMcfe) 63,368 54,720 52,889 40,565 33,438Average price: Naturalgas(perMcf) $ 7.62 $ 6.30 $ 6.17 $ 7.64 $ 5.42 Oil(perbbl) $ 93.87 $ 70.61 $ 63.39 $ 54.47 $ 35.45 NaturalGasLiquids(perbbl) $ 47.42 $ 45.03 $ 36.08 $ 34.69 $ 24.67 Equivalent(Mcfe) $ 8.62 $ 7.06 $ 6.66 $ 7.75 $ 5.44Grossoperatedwells 1,523 1,409 1,369 1,208 1,019Wellsdrilled 278 253 244 192 168Wellscompleted 245 220 216 179 144Successrate 88% 87% 89% 93% 86%
Oil and natural gas wells producing or capable of producing at end of year: 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
Gross Net Gross Net Gross Net Gross Net Gross Net Naturalgas 5,015 1,151.84 4,8551077.38 4,6591,007.8 3,719 830.0 3,169 672.6 Oil 2,665 418.27 2,612 392.99 2,784 492.9 2,746 428.9 2,716 418.6
Total 7,680 1,570.11 7,4671,470.37 7,4431,500.7 6,4651,258.9 5,8851,091.2
Mid-Stream Operations Data:Naturalgasgathered(MMbtu/day) 197,367 219,635 247,537 142,444 33,147Naturalgasprocessed(MMbtu/day) 67,796 50,350 31,833 30,613 13,412Liquidssold(gallons/day) 195,837 129,421 66,902 61,665 22,626
CertificationsThe Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have certified in writing to the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)astotheintegrityofthecompany’sAnnualreportonForm10-KforthefiscalyearendedDecember31,2008asfiledwith the SEC, and the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting.ThecertificationsarefiledasExhibitstotheForm10-K.OnMay15,2008theChiefExecutiveOfficeralsocertifiedto the New York Stock Exchange the company’s corporate governance listing standards.
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D O N C O O KPassed away October 18, 2008
Served as a director and Audit Committee Chairman since the company’s inception in 1963.
P H I L I P K E E L E YPassed away December 7, 2008
Joined Unit Corporation in 1983 and retired in 2004 as Senior Vice President of Exploration & Production.
T R A N S F E R A G E N T & R E G I S T R A R
Communications concerning the transfer of shares, lost certificates and changes of address should be directed to:
American Stock Transfer & Trust Co.59 Maiden Lane, Plaza Level
New York, NY 10038800.710.0929amstock.com
S T O C K L I S T I N G
Our common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol: “UNT.”During 2008, Unit’s average daily trading volume on the NYSE was 441,677 shares.
Approximately 47.3 million shares were outstanding at the end of 2008.
S H A R E H O L D E R P R O F I L E
We had 1,231 shareholders of record at year-end 2008.
I N V E S T O R R E L A T I O N S
The Form 10-Q reports are available in May, August and November. The Form 10-K andForm 10-Q are available for viewing on our web site at www.unitcorp.com. Copies of
the Forms 10-K, 10-Q and Annual Report, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, are available without charge on written request to:
Linda BaugherInvestor Relations Department
7130 South Lewis Avenue, Suite 1000Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136
918.493.7700
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U N I T C O R P O R A T I O NCorporate Headquar ter s
7130 South Lewis Avenue, Suite 1000 | Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136 | 918.493.7700
www.unitcorp.com
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