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Qep Resources, Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 2/24/21, at 4:17pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/20   ·   Accession #:  1108827-21-12   ·   File #:  1-34778

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 2/24/21  Qep Resources, Inc.               10-K       12/31/20  123:18M

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.34M 
 2: EX-4.5      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     39K 
 3: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     35K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     32K 
 5: EX-23.2     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     32K 
 6: EX-23.3     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     34K 
 7: EX-24       Power of Attorney                                   HTML     38K 
11: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     85K 
 8: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
 9: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     36K 
10: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     35K 
18: R1          Cover Page                                          HTML     94K 
19: R2          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    120K 
20: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     71K 
21: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     45K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
22: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    153K 
23: R6          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     41K 
24: R7          Consolidated Statements of Equity                   HTML     83K 
25: R8          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    123K 
26: R9          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    120K 
27: R10         Revenue (Notes)                                     HTML     96K 
28: R11         Acquisitions and Divestitures (Notes)               HTML     44K 
29: R12         Asset Retirement Obligations                        HTML     55K 
30: R13         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML    109K 
31: R14         Derivative Contracts                                HTML    103K 
32: R15         Leases                                              HTML     66K 
33: R16         Restructuring Costs                                 HTML    110K 
34: R17         Debt                                                HTML     50K 
35: R18         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     45K 
36: R19         Share-Based Compensation                            HTML    104K 
37: R20         Employee Benefits                                   HTML    229K 
38: R21         Income Taxes                                        HTML    115K 
39: R22         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     86K 
40: R23         Supplemental Gas and Oil Information (Unaudited)    HTML    193K 
41: R24         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    172K 
                (Policies)                                                       
42: R25         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     86K 
                (Tables)                                                         
43: R26         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     92K 
44: R27         Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)               HTML     56K 
45: R28         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML    104K 
46: R29         Derivative Contracts (Tables)                       HTML    104K 
47: R30         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     64K 
48: R31         Restructuring Costs Restructuring Costs (Tables)    HTML    114K 
49: R32         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     45K 
50: R33         Commitments and Contingencies (Tables)              HTML     40K 
51: R34         Share-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML    104K 
52: R35         Employee Benefits (Tables)                          HTML    227K 
53: R36         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    115K 
54: R37         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     86K 
                (Tables)                                                         
55: R38         Supplemental Gas and Oil Information (Unaudited)    HTML    204K 
                (Tables)                                                         
56: R39         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Merger   HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R40         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Cash,    HTML     41K 
                Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash (Details)                  
58: R41         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     48K 
                Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)                     
59: R42         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     42K 
                Accounts Receivable (Details)                                    
60: R43         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     48K 
                Property, plant and equipment (Details)                          
61: R44         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     42K 
                Impairment of long-lived assets (Details)                        
62: R45         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Credit   HTML     45K 
                Risk (Details)                                                   
63: R46         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies Income   HTML     35K 
                Taxes (Details)                                                  
64: R47         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     44K 
                Earnings Per Share (Details)                                     
65: R48         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML    126K 
66: R49         Acquisitions and Divestitures Other Acquisitions    HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
67: R50         Acquisitions and Divestitures Haynesville/Cotton    HTML     50K 
                Valley Divestiture (Details)                                     
68: R51         Acquisitions and Divestitures Terminated Williston  HTML     48K 
                Basin Divestiture (Details)                                      
69: R52         Acquisitions and Divestitures Uinta Basin           HTML     47K 
                Divestiture (Details)                                            
70: R53         Acquisitions and Divestitures Other Divestitures    HTML     40K 
                (Details)                                                        
71: R54         Asset Retirement Obligations Balance Sheet          HTML     40K 
                Classification (Details)                                         
72: R55         Asset Retirement Obligations ARO Rollforward        HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R56         Fair Value Measurements (Narrative) (Details)       HTML     51K 
74: R57         Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities      HTML     96K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R58         Fair Value Measurements Fair Value and Related      HTML     38K 
                Carrying Amount of Certain Financial Instruments                 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R59         Derivative Contracts (Narrative) (Details)          HTML     38K 
77: R60         Derivative Contracts Schedule of Commodity          HTML     69K 
                Derivative Contracts (Details)                                   
78: R61         Derivative Contracts Gain (Loss) in Statement of    HTML     65K 
                Financial Performance (Details)                                  
79: R62         Lease Costs (Details)                               HTML     51K 
80: R63         Leases Long-Term Operating Lease Commitments        HTML     56K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R64         Restructuring Costs Restructuring Costs Recognized  HTML     72K 
                (Details)                                                        
82: R65         Restructuring Costs Costs recognized and remaining  HTML     50K 
                costs expected to be incurred (Details)                          
83: R66         Restructuring Costs Restructuring Liability         HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
84: R67         Debt (Narrative) (Details)                          HTML     84K 
85: R68         Debt Schedule of Debt Instruments (Details)         HTML     48K 
86: R69         Commitments and Contingencies Narrative (Details)   HTML     35K 
87: R70         Commitments and Contingencies Commitments           HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
88: R71         Share-Based Compensation (Narrative) (Details)      HTML     89K 
89: R72         Share-Based Compensation Schedule of Share-based    HTML     57K 
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
90: R73         Share-Based Compensation Schedule of Stock Option   HTML     81K 
                Transactions (Details)                                           
91: R74         Share-Based Compensation Schedule of Restricted     HTML     58K 
                Stock Transactions (Details)                                     
92: R75         Share-Based Compensation Restricted Cash Awards     HTML     44K 
                (Details)                                                        
93: R76         Share-Based Compensation Schedule of Performance    HTML     53K 
                Share Unit Transactions (Details)                                
94: R77         Share-Based Compensation Schedule of Restricted     HTML     53K 
                Share Unit Transactions (Details)                                
95: R78         Employee Benefits (Narrative) (Details)             HTML     72K 
96: R79         Employee Benefits Schedule of Curtailments in the   HTML     41K 
                Statements of Operations (Details)                               
97: R80         Employee Benefits Schedule of Changes in Benefit    HTML    107K 
                Obligations and Fair Value of Plan Assets                        
                (Details)                                                        
98: R81         Employee Benefits Schedule of Net Periodic Benefit  HTML     92K 
                Cost and Other Comprehensive Income for Pension                  
                and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans (Details)                 
99: R82         Employee Benefits Schedule of Weighted Average      HTML     51K 
                Actuarial Assumptions Used to Determine Benefit                  
                Obligations and Net Periodic Benefit Costs                       
                (Details)                                                        
100: R83         Employee Benefits Schedule of Fair Values of        HTML     50K  
                Pension and Postretirement Benefit Assets by Asset               
                Class (Details)                                                  
101: R84         Employee Benefits Schedule of Expected Benefit      HTML     50K  
                Payments for Pension and Other Postretirement                    
                Benefits (Details)                                               
102: R85         Employee Benefits EIP (Details)                     HTML     45K  
103: R86         Employee Benefits WRAP Plan (Details)               HTML     40K  
104: R87         Income Taxes Narrative (Details)                    HTML     56K  
105: R88         Income Taxes Schedule of Income Tax Expense         HTML     49K  
                (Benefit) (Details)                                              
106: R89         Income Taxes Reconciliation of Statutory Federal    HTML     63K  
                Income Tax Rate and Effective Tax Rate (Details)                 
107: R90         Income Taxes Reconciliation of Statutory Federal    HTML     57K  
                Income Tax Rate and Effective Tax Rate Footnotes                 
                (Details)                                                        
108: R91         Income Taxes Schedule of Deferred Income Tax        HTML     68K  
                Assets and Liabilities (Details)                                 
109: R92         Income Taxes Amounts and Expiration Dates of Net    HTML     58K  
                Operating Loss and Tax Credit Carryforwards                      
                (Details)                                                        
110: R93         Income Taxes Unrecognized Tax Benefits (Details)    HTML     41K  
111: R94         Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)         HTML     69K  
                (Details)                                                        
112: R95         Supplemental Gas and Oil Information (Unaudited)    HTML     44K  
                Capitalized costs (Details)                                      
113: R96         Supplemental Gas and Oil Information (Unaudited)    HTML     52K  
                Costs incurred (Details)                                         
114: R97         Supplemental Gas and Oil Information (Unaudited)    HTML     58K  
                Results of Operations (Details)                                  
115: R98         Supplemental Gas and Oil Information (Unaudited)    HTML    127K  
                Estimated Quantities of Proved Gas and Oil                       
                Reserves (Details)                                               
116: R99         Supplemental Gas and Oil Information (Unaudited)    HTML     38K  
                Average price per unit (Details)                                 
117: R100        Supplemental Gas and Oil Information (Unaudited)    HTML     39K  
                Future Development Costs (Details)                               
118: R101        Supplemental Gas and Oil Information (Unaudited)    HTML     55K  
                Standardized Measure Of Future Net Cash Flows                    
                (Details)                                                        
119: R102        Supplemental Gas and Oil Information (Unaudited)    HTML     73K  
                Change in Standardized Measure of Future Cash                    
                Flows (Details)                                                  
121: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    227K  
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120: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    179K  
13: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- qep-20201231_cal                XML    309K 
14: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- qep-20201231_def                 XML   1.15M 
15: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- qep-20201231_lab                      XML   2.68M 
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12: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- qep-20201231                          XSD    288K 
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11/27/17  Qep Resources, Inc.               8-K:1      11/21/17    2:253K
11/21/17  Qep Resources, Inc.               8-K:1,2,7,911/21/17    4:138K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 7/26/17  Qep Resources, Inc.               10-Q        6/30/17   71:7.6M
 5/09/17  Qep Resources, Inc.               8-K:1,9     5/05/17    2:273K
 2/22/17  Qep Resources, Inc.               10-K       12/31/16  122:17M
11/23/15  Qep Resources, Inc.               8-K:1,9    11/23/15    2:107K
10/29/15  Qep Resources, Inc.               8-K:5,9    10/26/15    8:350K
 8/03/15  Qep Resources, Inc.               10-Q        6/30/15   74:10M
12/04/14  Qep Resources, Inc.               8-K:1,2,5,712/02/14   20:2M
 5/07/14  Qep Resources, Inc.               10-Q        3/31/14   68:12M
 1/23/14  Qep Resources, Inc.               8-K:5,9     1/20/14    5:262K
11/05/13  Qep Resources, Inc.               10-Q        9/30/13   66:18M                                    Workiva Inc.
 8/16/13  Qep Resources, Inc.               8-K:1,2,9   8/14/13    4:191K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 9/14/12  Qep Resources, Inc.               8-K:1,9     9/12/12    3:104K                                   Broadridge Fin’l So… Inc
 4/03/12  Qep Resources, Inc.               DEF 14A     5/15/12    1:1.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 3/01/12  Qep Resources, Inc.               8-K:1,9     2/27/12    5:644K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 8/29/11  Qep Resources, Inc.               8-K:1,2,9   8/25/11    2:692K                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 6/29/10  Qep Resources, Inc.               8-K:8,9     6/28/10   10:330K
 6/16/10  Qep Resources, Inc.               8-K:1,5,8,9 6/12/10   16:2.2M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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