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): February 16, 2009
SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
| 1-08246 | 71-0205415 | |
| (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
|
2350 N. Sam Houston Pkwy. E., Suite 125, Houston, Texas |
77032 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(281) 618-4700
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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SECTION 1 - Registrant's Business and Operations
Item 1.01 Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement.
On February 16, 2009, SEECO, Inc. (“SEECO”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southwestern Energy Company (“Southwestern”), amended and restated its Project Services Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Project Services Agreement”) with Schlumberger Technology Corporation (“SLB”) pursuant to which SEECO has agreed to utilize SLB for a specified percentage of its oilfield service requirements relating to Southwestern’s Fayetteville Shale Play in Arkansas (the “Project”). The effective date of the Amended and Restated Project Services Agreement is January 1, 2009 and the agreement will expire two years from such date.
Subject to certain exceptions, during the term of the Amended and Restated Project Services Agreement, SEECO has agreed to utilize SLB for not less than fifty percent (50%) and, in SEECO' s sole discretion, up to sixty percent (60%) (as modified from time to time as contemplated in the Project Services Agreement, the “Utilization Percentages”) of SEECO’s
total Project expenditures for each of the following: Cased Hole Logging
services, Open Hole Logging services, Cementing services, Stimulation services,
Coiled Tubing services, Data and Consulting services and Tubing Conveyed
Perforating services.
In return for the foregoing contractual commitments from SEECO, SLB has agreed, among other things, to provide the Committed SLB Resources to SEECO as required to perform the services under the Amended and Restated Project Services Agreement on a priority basis and that all Oilfield Services provided to SEECO under the Amended and Restated Project Services Agreement shall receive competitive pricing based on the rates charged for such services to Midcontinent Basin customers. The priority of services to SEECO shall be determined based on the level of SEECO’s commitment and expenditures as compared with the level of commitments and expenditures of other customers in the Midcontinent Basin, and SEECO shall receive priority treatment over all customers whose year-to-date commitment and expenditures are lower than those of SEECO. “Committed SLB Resources” means the personnel and/or equipment, including technical support, to be committed by SLB to the Project, which at a minimum shall be those resources which are reasonable and necessary to meet SEECO’s requirements.
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 hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: February 20, 2009 By: /s/ GREG D. KERLEY Name: Greg D. Kerley Title: Executive Vice President
and Chief Financial
Officer
SOUTHWESTERN ENERGY COMPANY