Note 5 - Prepaid Expenses, Deposits and Other

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Notes to Financial Statements

Prepaid Expenses, Deposits and Other Assets Disclosure [Text Block]

5.

PREPAID EXPENSES, DEPOSITS AND OTHER

(in thousands)	March 31,		December 31,
	2018		2017
Prepaid expenses and other	$	1,691	$	1,606
Deposits and other assets	$	1,928	$	1,865

During the

second

quarter of

2017,

prepaid royalties in the amount of

$1.6

million were transferred to long-term and included in Deposits and other assets from prepaid expenses due to a change in the estimated period of when those prepayments will be amortized based upon management’s assessment of future GasPT sales. At

March 

31,

2018

and

December 31, 2017,

there were

$1.8

million and

$1.8

million of prepaid royalties included in Deposits and other assets, respectively.