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ATP Prepays Second Lien Debt and Expands Credit Facility.


HOUSTON -- ATP ATP: see adenosine triphosphate.
ATP
 in full adenosine triphosphate

Organic compound, substrate in many enzyme-catalyzed reactions (see catalysis) in the cells of animals, plants, and microorganisms.
 Oil & Gas Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ
 in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations

U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on
:ATPG ATPG Automatic Test Pattern Generation
ATPG Automatic Test Program Generator
) today announced that it has expanded and improved the terms of its first lien term loan. The expansion resulted in $192 million of incremental proceeds and refinances the $175 million second lien A Second lien financing is a form of financing secured on a second ranking basis by (more or less) the same security, which secures the first ranking financing. The first lien lenders and the second lien lenders agree that, in the event of a security enforcement or bankruptcy, the  term loan with first lien term loan proceeds at an annual savings of 1.25% or $2.1875 million. The interest rate of LIBOR LIBOR

See: London Interbank Offered Rate


LIBOR

See London interbank offered rate (LIBOR).
 + 3.5% and maturity of April 14, 2010 of the first lien term loan remain unchanged. Key advantages of the transaction are as follows:

* eliminates the second lien LIBOR + 4.75% term loan facility;

* allows pre-agreement for a MLP (Meridian Lossless Packing) The compression technique used in DVD-Audio that provides the highest audio quality. It delivers two channels at 192 kHz with 24-bit samples or six channels at 96 kHz.  structure of up to $500 million;

* amends covenants to provide additional flexibility to ATP.

The use of proceeds for the incremental funds is primarily allocated to ATP's 2007 acquisitions and expansion opportunities. In January 2007, ATP acquired interests in a package of properties including a 100% working interest in a successful discovery well in the northwest quarter of Mississippi Canyon Block 755 ("Anduin") located in an adjacent block south of ATP's Gomez hub. This summer, ATP plans to increase to more than 200 MMcfe/d the processing capacity at the ATP Innovator which serves Gomez and Anduin. The well at Anduin has already been completed and should be placed on production after the expansion of the ATP Innovator. Another well in the northern portion of Gomez is currently being drilled. Also in January, ATP completed the acquisition of working interests in Mississippi Canyon Block 305 ("Aconcagua"), Mississippi Canyon Block 348 ("Camden Hills"), and an additional interest in the Canyon Express Pipeline of which ATP is the designated operator. ATP estimates recoverable hydrocarbons of approximately 90 Bcfe related to these acquisitions.

T. Paul Bulmahn, ATP's Chairman and President stated, "This new financing reflects the company's improved credit profile from the successful execution of its year-to-date 2007 development activities. We have already added in 2007 four new wells and the 90 Bcfe at our hub properties. These activities set the stage for another dramatic increase in our reserves, production and financial strength this year."

Credit Suisse acted as sole lead arranger Lead arranger

The senior tier of arranger
 for the financing. Also participating in the transaction was Bayerische Hypo-Und Vereinsbank AG. For the Amended Credit Agreement of the transaction, reference the Form 8-K Form 8-K

The form required by the SEC when a publicly held company incurs any event that might affect its financial situation or the share value of its stock.


Form 8-K

See 8-K.
 filed by ATP as of March 23, 2007.

About ATP Oil & Gas

ATP Oil & Gas is an international offshore oil and gas development and production company with operations in the Gulf of Mexico Noun 1. Gulf of Mexico - an arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of Mexico
Golfo de Mexico

Atlantic, Atlantic Ocean - the 2nd largest ocean; separates North and South America on the west from Europe and Africa on the east
 and the North Sea. The company trades publicly as ATPG on the NASDAQ Global Select Market. For more information about ATP Oil & Gas Corporation, visit www.atpog.com.

Forward-looking Statements

Certain statements included in this news release are "forward-looking statements" under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. ATP cautions that assumptions, expectations, projections, intentions, or beliefs about future events may, and often do, vary from actual results and the differences can be material. Some of the key factors which could cause actual results to vary from those ATP expects include changes in natural gas and oil prices, the timing of planned capital expenditures, availability of acquisitions, uncertainties in estimating proved reserves proved reserves

The quantity of minerals expected to be recoverable under current economic and operating conditions. The amount of proved reserves is important in valuing the stock of a company with significant holdings in natural resources.
 and forecasting production results, operational factors affecting the commencement or maintenance of producing wells, the condition of the capital markets generally, as well as our ability to access them, and uncertainties regarding environmental regulations or litigation An action brought in court to enforce a particular right. The act or process of bringing a lawsuit in and of itself; a judicial contest; any dispute.

When a person begins a civil lawsuit, the person enters into a process called litigation.
 and other legal or regulatory developments affecting our business. The SEC has generally permitted oil and gas companies, in filings made with the SEC, to disclose only proved reserves that a company has demonstrated by actual production or conclusive formation tests to be economically and legally producible under existing economic and operating conditions. We and our independent third party reservoir engineers use the terms "probable" and "possible" and we use the term "recoverable hydrocarbons" to describe volumes of reserves potentially recoverable through additional drilling or recovery techniques that the SEC's guidelines may prohibit us from including in filings with the SEC. These estimates are by their nature more speculative than estimates of proved reserves. All estimates of probable and possible reserves in this news release have been prepared by our independent third party engineers and all estimates of recoverable hydrocarbons have been prepared by management. More information about the risks and uncertainties relating to ATP's forward-looking statements are found in our SEC filings.
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