Carrizo earns $9.4M profit

Carrizo Oil & Gas Inc., which operates in Weld County, reported net income of $9.4 million during the first quarter, the company said Tuesday.

Carrizo, which trades on the NASDAQ, posted net income of $700,000, or 2 cents per share, during the same quarter last fiscal year. The company’s first-quarter 2012 profit represented an increase of 24 cents per share.

First-quarter revenue surged to $80.7 million from $52.9 million during the previous first quarter. Increased production and higher oil prices, though partially offset by lower gas prices, drove revenue growth, the company said in an earnings statement.

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Carrizo also reported record production of 13.9 billion cubic feet equivalent, a 16-percent increase from the fourth quarter of last fiscal year.

Carrizo in February estimated its proven oil reserves in the Niobrara formation at about 731,000 barrels and proven natural-gas reserves of about 728,000 million cubic feet.