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Bill Barrett Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/16 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Thursday, 3/2/17, at 5:13pm ET · For: 12/31/16 · Accession #: 1172139-17-41 · File #: 1-32367

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 3/02/17  Bill Barrett Corp                 10-K       12/31/16   98:14M

Annual Report — Form 10-K — Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.54M 
 2: EX-3.1      Articles of Incorporation/Organization or Bylaws    HTML     67K 
 4: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     28K 
 5: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     30K 
 6: EX-23.2     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     33K 
10: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     54K 
 3: EX-12.1     Statement re: Computation of Ratios                 HTML     50K 
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     37K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     37K 
 9: EX-32       Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     33K 
17: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     59K 
18: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    121K 
19: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     44K 
20: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    106K 
21: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     45K 
                (Loss)                                                           
22: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    118K 
23: R7          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity     HTML     70K 
24: R8          Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity     HTML     32K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
25: R9          Organization                                        HTML     33K 
26: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    153K 
27: R11         Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information   HTML     56K 
28: R12         Divestitures                                        HTML     56K 
29: R13         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML    112K 
30: R14         Asset Retirement Obligations                        HTML     57K 
31: R15         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     87K 
32: R16         Derivative Instruments                              HTML    119K 
33: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML    122K 
34: R18         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     74K 
35: R19         Equity Incentive Compensation Plans and Other       HTML    239K 
                Employee Benefits                                                
36: R20         Significant Customers and Other Concentrations      HTML     41K 
37: R21         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     56K 
38: R22         Guarantor Subsidiaries                              HTML    379K 
39: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    154K 
                (Policies)                                                       
40: R24         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    124K 
                (Tables)                                                         
41: R25         Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information   HTML     55K 
                (Tables)                                                         
42: R26         Divestitures (Tables)                               HTML     42K 
43: R27         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     83K 
44: R28         Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)               HTML     56K 
45: R29         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     73K 
46: R30         Derivative Instruments (Tables)                     HTML    111K 
47: R31         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    117K 
48: R32         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     62K 
49: R33         Equity Incentive Compensation Plans and Other       HTML    220K 
                Employee Benefits (Tables)                                       
50: R34         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     55K 
51: R35         Guarantor Subsidiaries (Tables)                     HTML    381K 
52: R36         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     57K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
53: R37         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     44K 
                Summary of Accounts Receivable (Detail)                          
54: R38         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Net    HTML     54K 
                Capitalized Costs and Associated Accumulated                     
                Depreciation, Depletion & Amortization and Non                   
                Cash Impairments (Detail)                                        
55: R39         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     51K 
                Non-Cash Impairment Charges, Included within                     
                Impairment, Dry Hole Costs and Abandonment Expense               
                in Consolidated Statements of Operations (Detail)                
56: R40         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     46K 
                Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities (Detail)                
57: R41         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     51K 
                Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings (Loss)                 
                Per Share (Detail)                                               
58: R42         Supplemental Disclosures of Cash Flow Information   HTML     49K 
                - Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Detail)                    
59: R43         Divestitures - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     90K 
60: R44         Long-Term Debt - Outstanding Debt (Detail)          HTML     69K 
61: R45         Long-Term Debt - Additional Information (Detail)    HTML    116K 
62: R46         Long-Term Debt - Cash and Non-Cash Portion of       HTML     49K 
                Interest Expense Related to Long Term Debt                       
                (Detail)                                                         
63: R47         Asset Retirement Obligations - Schedule of Asset    HTML     52K 
                Retirement Obligations (Detail)                                  
64: R48         Fair Value Measurements - Balance Sheet Grouping    HTML     78K 
                (Detail)                                                         
65: R49         Fair Value Measurements - Additional Information    HTML     55K 
                (Detail)                                                         
66: R50         Derivative Instruments - Fair Value Amounts of      HTML     65K 
                Derivative Instruments (Detail)                                  
67: R51         Derivative Instruments - Cash Flow Hedge Gain and   HTML     48K 
                Losses (Detail)                                                  
68: R52         Derivative Instruments - Financial Instruments for  HTML     40K 
                Hedging Volume (Detail)                                          
69: R53         Derivative Instruments - Realized and Unrealized    HTML     37K 
                Gains and Losses on Commodity Derivative                         
                Instruments (Detail)                                             
70: R54         Derivative Instruments - Additional Information     HTML     33K 
                (Detail)                                                         
71: R55         Income Taxes - Additional Information (Detail)      HTML     48K 
72: R56         Income Taxes - Expense for Income Taxes (Detail)    HTML     49K 
73: R57         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Actual Income Tax  HTML     57K 
                Expense (Detail)                                                 
74: R58         Income Taxes - Components of Deferred Tax Assets    HTML     82K 
                and Deferred Tax Liabilities (Detail)                            
75: R59         Stockholders' Equity - Additional Information       HTML     70K 
                (Detail)                                                         
76: R60         Stockholders' Equity - Schedule of Stockholders     HTML     63K 
                Equity (Detail)                                                  
77: R61         Equity Incentive Compensation Plans and Other       HTML    155K 
                Employee Benefits - Additional Information                       
                (Detail)                                                         
78: R62         Equity Incentive Compensation Plans and Other       HTML     44K 
                Employee Benefits - Non-Cash Stock-Based                         
                Compensation Cost Related to Equity Awards                       
                (Detail)                                                         
79: R63         Equity Incentive Compensation Plans and Other       HTML     61K 
                Employee Benefits - Summary of Share-Based Option                
                Activity (Detail)                                                
80: R64         Equity Incentive Compensation Plans and Other       HTML     56K 
                Employee Benefits - Summary of Nonvested Equity                  
                Shares of Common Stock (Detail)                                  
81: R65         Equity Incentive Compensation Plans and Other       HTML     56K 
                Employee Benefits - Summary of Nonvested Equity                  
                Shares of Common Stock Issued for Payment of                     
                Director Fees (Detail)                                           
82: R66         Equity Incentive Compensation Plans and Other       HTML     47K 
                Employee Benefits - Summary of Nonvested                         
                Performance-based Cash Units (Details)                           
83: R67         Equity Incentive Compensation Plans and Other       HTML     57K 
                Employee Benefits - Summary of Nonvested                         
                Performance-Based Equity Shares of Common Stock                  
                (Detail)                                                         
84: R68         Equity Incentive Compensation Plans and Other       HTML     45K 
                Employee Benefits - Deferred Compensation                        
                Liability (Detail)                                               
85: R69         Equity Incentive Compensation Plans and Other       HTML     39K 
                Employee Benefits - Deferred Compensation                        
                Investment Assets (Detail)                                       
86: R70         Significant Customers and Other Concentrations -    HTML     37K 
                Additional Information (Detail)                                  
87: R71         Commitments and Contingencies - Additional          HTML     38K 
                Information (Detail)                                             
88: R72         Commitments and Contingencies - Schedule of         HTML     42K 
                Aggregate Undiscounted Minimum Future Lease                      
                Payments (Detail)                                                
89: R73         Commitments and Contingencies - Gross Future        HTML     42K 
                Minimum Transportation Demand and Firm Processing                
                Charges (Detail)                                                 
90: R74         Commitments and Contingencies - Future Minimum      HTML     44K 
                Annual Payments under Drilling, Lease and Other                  
                Agreements (Detail)                                              
91: R75         Guarantor Subsidiaries - Additional Information     HTML     38K 
                (Detail)                                                         
92: R76         Guarantor Subsidiaries - Schedule of Condensed      HTML     85K 
                Consolidating Balance Sheets (Detail)                            
93: R77         Guarantor Subsidiaries - Schedule of Condensed      HTML     67K 
                Consolidating Statements of Operations (Detail)                  
94: R78         Guarantor Subsidiaries - Schedule of Condensed      HTML     55K 
                Consolidating Statements of Comprehensive Income                 
                (Loss) (Detail)                                                  
95: R79         Guarantor Subsidiaries - Schedule of Condensed      HTML     99K 
                Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows (Detail)                  
97: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    176K 
96: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    116K 
11: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- bbg-20161231                        XML   3.87M 
13: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- bbg-20161231_cal                XML    347K 
14: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- bbg-20161231_def                 XML    806K 
15: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- bbg-20161231_lab                      XML   2.02M 
16: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- bbg-20161231_pre               XML   1.30M 
12: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- bbg-20161231                          XSD    267K 
98: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001172139-17-000041-xbrl      Zip    327K

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Filing Submission 0001172139-17-000041 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Bill Barrett Corp – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/16 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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