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Supplemental Oil And Gas Information
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Supplemental Oil And Gas Information [Abstract]  
Supplemental Oil And Gas Information

15. Supplemental Oil and Gas Information (unaudited)

     Information with respect to the Company's oil and gas producing activities is presented in the following tables. Estimates of reserves quantities, as well as future production and discounted cash flows before income taxes, were determined by LaRoche Petroleum Consultants Ltd. All of the Company's reserves were located in the United States.

Capitalized Costs Related to Oil and Gas Producing Activities

     The table below reflects our capitalized costs related to our oil and gas producing activities at December 31, 2011 and 2010 (in thousands):

  Years Ended December 31,
  2011 2010
Proved oil and gas properties $ 36,002   $ 27,837  
Unproved properties   268     189  
Total proved and unproved oil and gas properties $ 36,270   $ 28,026  
 
Less accumulate depreciation, depletion and amortization   (16,064 )   (13,869 )
Net oil and gas properties $ 20,206   $ 14,157  

 

Oil and Gas Related Costs

     The following table sets forth information concerning costs incurred related to the Company's oil and gas property acquisition, exploration and development activities (in thousands):

  Years Ended December 31,
  2011 2010 2009
Property acquisitions proved $ -  $ -  $ -
Property acquisitions unproved   -   -   -
Exploration cost   708   80   -
Development cost   7,607   3,453   1,020
Total $ 8,315 $ 3,533 $ 1,020

 

Results of Operations from Oil and Gas Producing Activities

The following table sets forth the Company's results of operations from oil and gas producing activities.

(in thousands)

  Year Ended December 31,
  2011 2010 2009
 
Revenues $ 16,862   $ 12,876   $ 9,711  
Production costs and taxes   (5,310 )   (5,308 )   (5,225 )
Depreciation, depletion and amortization   (2,195 )   (1,938 )   (1,800 )
Income from oil and gas producing activities $ 9,357   $ 5,630   $ 2,686  

 

     In the presentation above, no deduction has been made for indirect costs such as corporate overhead or interest expense. No income taxes are reflected above due to the Company's operating tax loss carry-forwards.

Estimated Quantities of Oil and Gas Reserves

     The following table sets forth the Company's net proved oil and gas reserves and the changes in net proved oil and gas reserves for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009.

      Oil (MBbls)   Gas (MMcf) MBOE
Proved reserves at December 31, 2008     1,248     910   1,399  
 
Revisions of previous estimates (1 ) 1,203     (721 ) 1,084  
Improved recovery     -     -   -  
Purchase of reserves in place     -     -   -  
Extensions and discoveries     -     -   -  
Production     (171 )   (73 ) (183 )
Sales of reserves in place     (7 ) - -   (7 )
 

Proved reserves at December 31,

    2,273     116   2,293  
 
Revisions of previous estimates     360     (64 ) 350  
Improved recovery                  

 

Purchase of reserves in place            
Extensions and discoveries 37       35  
Production (174 ) (25 ) (178 )
Sales of reserves in place            
 
Proved reserves at December 31, 2010 2,496   27   2,500  
 
Revisions of previous estimates 10   3   11  
Improved recovery -   -   -  
Purchase of reserves in place -   -   -  
Extensions and discoveries 274   -   274  
Production (189 ) (26 ) (193 )
Sales of reserves in place -   -   -  
 
Proved reserves at December 31, 2011 2,591   4   2,592  
 
Proved developed reserves at:            
December 31, 2009 1,579   116   1,598  
December 31, 2010 1,800   27   1,804  
December 31, 2011 1,939   4   1,940  
 
Proved undeveloped reserves at:            
December 31, 2009 694   -   694  
December 31, 2010 696   -   696  
December 31, 2011 652   -   652  

 

The following table identifies the reserve value by category and the respective present values, before income taxes, discounted at 10% as a percentage of total proved reserves (in thousands):

  Year Ended 12/31/11 Year Ended 12/31/10 Year Ended 12/31/09
  Oil Gas Total Oil Gas Total Oil Gas Total
Total proved reserves year-end
reserve report
$ 69,748   $ 15 $ 69,763   $ 48,331   $ 13 $ 48,344   $ 27,964   $ 223   $ 28,187  
 
Proved developed producing
reserves (PDP)
$ 46,606   $ 15 $ 46,621   $ 28,974   $ 13 $ 28,987   $ 15,476   $ 223   $ 15,699  
 
% of PDP reserves to total proved
reserves
  67 %   -   67 %   60 %   -   60 %   55 %   1 %   56 %
 
Proved developed non-producing
reserves
$ 3,977     - $ 3,977   $ 7,476     - $ 7,476   $ 5,185     -   $ 5,185  
% of PDNP reserves to total
proved reserves
  6 %   -   6 %   15 %   -   15 %   18 %   -     18 %
 
Proved undeveloped reserves
(PUD)
$ 19,165     - $ 19,165   $ 11,881     - $ 11,881   $ 7,303     -   $ 7,303  
% of PUD reserves to total proved
reserves
  27 %   -   27 %   25 %   -   25 %   26 %   -     26 %

 

Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows

     The standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows from the Company's proved oil and gas reserves is presented in the following table (in thousands):

  December 31,
  2011 2010 2009
Future cash inflows $ 229,366   $ 180,569   $ 122,844  
Future production costs and taxes   (82,086 )   (70,771 )   (56,550 )
Future development costs   (12,611 )   (13,283 )   (11,039 )
Future income tax expenses   (34,750 )   -     -  
Future net cash flows flows   99,919     96,515     55,255  
 
Discount at 10% for timing of cash flows   (48,010 )   (48,171 )   (27,068 )
Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows $ 51,909   $ 48,344   $ 28,187  

 

The following are the principal sources of change in the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows from the Company's proved oil and gas reserves (in thousands):

  December 31,
  2011 2010 2009
Balance, beginning of year $ 48,344   $ 28,187   $ 10,293  
Sales, net of production costs and taxes   (11,552 )   (7,568 )   (4,486 )
Discoveries and extensions, net of costs   10,923     2,099     -  
Purchase of reserves in place   -     -     -  
Sale of reserves in place   -     -     (109 )
Net changes in prices and production costs   15,428     15,554     10,433  
Revisions of quantity estimates   343     8,873     17,705  
Previously estimated development cost incurred during the year   5,346     3,806     28  
Changes in future development costs   (1,109 )   (3,168 )   (5,489 )
Changes in production rates and other   (2,336 )   (2,037 )   (1,217 )
Accretion of discount   4,376     2,598     1,029  
Net change in income taxes   (17,854 )   -     -  
Balance, end of year $ 51,909   $ 48,344   $ 28,187  

 

Estimated future net cash flows represent an estimate of future net revenues from the production of proved reserves using average sales prices, along with estimates of the operating costs, production taxes and future development and abandonment cost (less salvage value) necessary to produce such reserves. Future income taxes were calculated by applying the statutory federal and state income tax rates to pre-tax future net cash flows, net of the tax basis of the properties and utilizing available tax loss carryforwards related to oil and gas operations. The prices used for December 31, 2011,2010, and 2009, were $88.53, $72.30, $53.81 per barrel of oil and $4.16, $4.89, $4.61, per MCF of gas, respectively. The Company's proved reserves as of December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 were measured by using commodity prices based on the twelve month unweighted arithmetic average of the first day of the month price for the period January through December. The Company's proved reserves as of December 31, 2008 were measured by using end of year prices. No deduction has been made for depreciation, depletion or any indirect costs such as general corporate overhead or interest expense.