-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, BONJ5POj6d8np9hec7gN0jNR7gszqPGob6nTCby844boIabZkJwSRzcQ8CFm0P34 nPE+eWQyRsLqBIuFVgL6Hw== 0001144204-08-024985.txt : 20080430 0001144204-08-024985.hdr.sgml : 20080430 20080430081550 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-08-024985 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080430 ITEM INFORMATION: Results of Operations and Financial Condition ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080430 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080430 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Triangle Petroleum Corp CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001281922 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CRUDE PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS [1311] IRS NUMBER: 980430762 STATE OF INCORPORATION: NV FISCAL YEAR END: 0130 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-51321 FILM NUMBER: 08787908 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1250, 521 ? 3RD AVE SW, CITY: CALGARY STATE: A0 ZIP: T2P3T3 BUSINESS PHONE: (403) 262-4471 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1250, 521 ? 3RD AVE SW, CITY: CALGARY STATE: A0 ZIP: T2P3T3 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Triangle Petroleum CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20050525 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: PELOTON RESOURCES INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20040226 8-K 1 v112225_8k.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant To Section 13 Or 15(D) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (date of earliest event reported): April 30, 2008
 

 
TRIANGLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada
0-51321
98-0430762
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
(Commission
File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

Suite 1250, 521-3rd Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3T3
(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (403) 262-4471

Copy of correspondence to:

Gregory Sichenzia, Esq.
Thomas A. Rose, Esq.
James M. Turner, Esq.
Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP
61 Broadway
New York, New York 10006
Tel: (212) 930-9700 Fax: (212) 930-9725

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o
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o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))



ITEM 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On April 30, 2008, Triangle Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) announced its operating results for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2008. A copy of the press release that discusses this matter is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to, and incorporated by reference in, this report. The information in this Current Report is being furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)
Exhibits.

99.1
Press Release, dated April 30, 2008, issued by Triangle Petroleum Corporation.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
TRIANGLE PETROLEUM CORPORATION
   
Dated: April 30, 2008
BY:
/s/ SHAUN TOKER
   
Shaun Toker
Chief Financial Officer

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EX-99.1 2 v112225_ex99-1.htm
Exhibit 99.1
 
For Immediate Release

Triangle Petroleum Announces Results for the
Fourth Fiscal Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2008
 

Calgary, Alberta - April 30, 2008 - Triangle Petroleum Corporation (the “Company” or “Triangle”) (OTCBB: TPLM) today reported financial and operational results for its fourth fiscal quarter and full fiscal year ended January 31, 2008. 

Financial Summary

In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, the Company spent $9.7 million on investing activities mainly related to shale gas exploration in the Windsor Basin of Eastern Canada for completion and testing of two wells which were drilled in the second quarter of fiscal 2008. For the full fiscal year ended January 31, 2008, the Company spent $22.3 million on investing activities: $14.1 million for drilling, completing and testing of two wells and the acquisition of 2D and 3D seismic data in the Windsor Basin of Eastern Canada, and $7.2 million for shale gas exploration activities for the drilling of one well, acquisition of seismic data, and acquisition of land in the Fayetteville Shale of Arkansas.

The Company incurred a net loss of $14.3 million ($0.32 net loss per diluted share) for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 compared to a net loss of $5.0 million, ($0.23 net income per diluted share), for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007. The increase in the loss is mainly the result of $11.1 million in non-cash costs associated with impairments of oil and gas properties ($0.2 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007). Revenue for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008 totaled $0.2 million which was derived from producing wells in the Company’s Barnett and Alberta Deep Basin projects compared to approximately $0.05 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2007.

For the full fiscal year ended January 31, 2008, the Company incurred a net loss of $29.6 million ($0.80 per diluted share) compared with a net loss of $4.3 million ($0.21 per diluted share) for the full fiscal year 2007. The increase in the loss is mainly the result of $19.6 million in non-cash costs associated with impairments of oil and gas properties and a decrease in the non-cash unrealized gain on derivative instruments of $11.0 million, offset by a reduction in non-cash accretion of discounts on convertible debentures of $1.9 million and a reduction of non-cash stock-based compensation costs of $3.1 million. Revenue for the twelve months ended January 31, 2008 totaled $0.6 million; the Company had nominal revenue of approximately $0.05 million in the fiscal year ending January 31, 2007. Triangle reported net cash used in operating activities of $4.3 million in fiscal 2008 compared with $0.9 million in fiscal 2007.

In April 2008, the Company announced that it would focus its near-term exploration activities on emerging shale gas projects in the Maritimes Basin in eastern Canada. Based upon escalating land prices in the Arkoma Basin and the lack of progress in accelerating its exploration program with its partner in the Basin, the Company decided to monetize its 10,400 acre non-operated net acres in this project area by selling its position this year. In conjunction with that decision, the Company’s unproven, non-producing properties in the Arkoma Basin - Fayetteville Shale Project were deemed impaired which resulted in a non-cash impairment loss of $6.5 million during the fourth quarter. The Company also recognized unproven property costs impairments of $2.1 million in the U.S. Rocky Mountains, $4.0 million in the Texas Barnett Shale, and $6.9 million related to the Alberta Deep Basin. The Company has retained minor producing properties in the Alberta Deep Basin and Barnett Shale project areas.
 

 
At January 31, 2008, cash and cash equivalents totaled $4.6 million. During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008, the Company received $6.0 million in cash related to the issuance of 6,000,000 shares of common stock upon the exercise of warrants.

Mark G. Gustafson, Triangle’s Chairman, President and CEO, commented, “The high point of fiscal 2008 occurred late in the year when we successfully drilled and completed our two test wells in the Windsor Basin in Nova Scotia. Our technical team did an excellent job of drilling these wells and overseeing a significant seismic program. We are genuinely excited about our program in that area and have narrowed our focus Company-wide to concentrate on our Canadian shale gas play. Our capital investment program for the balance of this year will be directed almost exclusively to that area.”

Operations Summary-Maritimes Basin (Nova Scotia)

During the fourth quarter, Triangle announced analytical results for its two exploratory wells in the Windsor Basin of Nova Scotia. Log analysis performed on its Kennetcook #1 (KC #1) and Kennetcook #2 (KC #2) wells yielded an estimated resource range of 89 to 109 billion cubic feet of original gas in place per section (square mile) from the Horton Bluff formation. These two wells were drilled specifically for the purpose of providing the Company with the necessary technical information in order to fully assess the Upper Devonian to Lower Mississippian shale potential within the Horton Bluff formation. The wells were selectively completed and stimulated in organic-rich shale zones.

During January 2008, natural gas began bubbling out of the recovered completion frac water from the KC #2 well, and in late February a free gas column began to build while water continued to be pumped out of the well. The KC #2 today continues to flow frac fluids to the surface and to flare gas. The Company is encouraged by free gas flow of approximately 15 thousand cubic feet of gas per day from the well, particularly as field crews continue to pump previously-injected frac water out of the well. Additional water still must be removed in order to reduce the bottomhole pressure and increase gas production. To accelerate water removal, the Company has installed a larger, higher capacity pump in the well. Approximately 80% of the 1.3 million gallons of water that had been pumped into the reservoir during the well completion process had been recovered to date.

In January, the KC #1 well showed the same dissolved gas production characteristics while frac water was removed from the well. It continued to show production of dissolved gas during March 2008; however, free gas production had not been observed by the latter half of the month. After 90 days of testing, the well was shut-in. The KC #1 may prove useful in future drilling programs.

An aggressive seismic program was acquired in the Windsor Basin during October 2007. A 25 square mile 3-D program covers the initial target area over the KC wells and a 30 mile 2-D program extends to another favorable area of the block. The processing phase of the seismic program was completed in early December 2007 and interpretation of the data was completed in March 2008. The first application of the interpreted 3-D seismic program will be to select well locations. During the balance of this fiscal year, the Company plans to drill five to six more wells to both extend the play and prove the viability of horizontal producing wells. The initial well under this program is expected to commence drilling this summer.

During fiscal year 2008, Triangle invested approximately $14.0 million in the Windsor Basin exploratory program, its first operated shale gas initiative. By drilling and completing these test wells during fiscal 2008, the Company earned a 70% working interest in the 516,000 gross acres in this block in the Windsor Sub-basin of the Maritimes Basin in Nova Scotia.
 
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Ron Hietala, President of Triangle’s operating subsidiaries, commented, “We are cautiously optimistic that based on test results from our first two exploratory wells along with seismic and geological studies, we have discovered a major unconventional gas resource in our Windsor Basin Block in Nova Scotia. We continue to gather valuable information from the KC #2 well and look forward to gauging its production potential once the completion fluids have been fully recovered. We are focused on testing multiple drilling targets to establish commerciality on our block and plan to accelerate our program by identifying one or more joint venture partners to participate in our 2008 drilling program.”

Conference Call Information

Triangle has scheduled a conference call to review fiscal fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2008 results today at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. To participate in the conference call, callers in the United States and Canada can dial (866) 845-8624 and international callers can dial (706) 634-0487. The Conference I.D. for all callers is 45807093.

The call will be available for replay beginning two hours after the call is completed through midnight of May 4, 2008. For callers in the United States and Canada, the toll-free number for the replay is (800) 642-1687. For international callers the number is (706) 645-9291. The Conference I.D. for all callers to access the replay is 45807093.

About Triangle Petroleum Corporation

Triangle is an exploration company focused on emerging Canadian shale gas projects in the Maritimes Basin in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. An experienced team comprising technical and business skills has been formed to optimize the Company’s opportunities through its operating subsidiaries, Triangle USA Petroleum Corporation in the United States and Elmworth Energy Corporation in Canada.

For more information please visit www.trianglepetroleum.com.

For more information contact:    
Jason Krueger, CFA, Corporate Communications
E-mail: info@trianglepetroleum.com
Telephone: (403) 374-1234
 
Safe Harbor Statement. This news release includes statements about expected future events and/or results that are forward-looking in nature and subject to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements in this release include, but are not limited to, the amount of funds the Company may receive, the Company’s proposed acquisition and development of properties, including drilling projects. It is important to note that actual outcomes and the Company's actual results could differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the possibility that additional investments will not be made or that appropriate opportunities for development will not be available or will not be properly developed. For additional risk factors about our Company, readers should refer to risk disclosure contained in our reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Triangle Petroleum Corporation
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

 
 
Year Ended
 
Year Ended
 
 
 
January 31, 2008
 
January 31, 2007
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenue, net of royalties
   
586,804
   
54,342
 
 
         
Operating Expenses
         
 
         
Oil and gas production
   
304,537
   
-
 
Depletion, depreciation and accretion
   
441,881
   
36,229
 
Depreciation - property and equipment
   
40,429
   
26,627
 
General and administrative
   
5,800,116
   
8,215,270
 
Foreign exchange (gain) loss
   
317,656
   
(34,578
)
Impairment loss on oil and gas properties
   
19,598,916
   
1,281,499
 
 
         
Total Operating Expenses
   
26,503,535
   
9,525,047
 
 
         
Loss from Operations
   
(25,916,731
)
 
(9,470,705
)
 
         
Other Income (Expense)
         
 
         
Accretion of discounts on convertible debentures
   
(8,525,621
)
 
(10,149,984
)
Amortization of debt issue costs
   
(450,521
)
 
(411,805
)
Interest expense
   
(1,283,165
)
 
(1,707,732
)
Interest income
   
622,497
   
497,285
 
Unrealized gain on fair value of derivatives
   
5,952,794
   
16,960,972
 
 
         
Total Other Income (Expense)
   
(3,684,016
)
 
5,188,736
 
 
         
Net Loss for the Year
   
(29,600,747
)
 
(4,281,969
)
 
         
Net Loss Per Share - Basic and Diluted
   
(0.80
)
 
(0.21
)
 
         
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding - Basic and Diluted
   
37,192,000
   
20,582,000
 

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Triangle Petroleum Corporation
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
 
 
January 31, 2008
 
January 31, 2007
 
ASSETS
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
   
4,581,589
   
5,798,982
 
Prepaid expenses (Note 3)
   
797,307
   
2,519,009
 
Other receivables
   
1,689,391
   
344,342
 
 
         
Total Current Assets
   
7,068,287
   
8,662,333
 
 
         
Debt Issue Costs, net
   
465,833
   
916,353
 
 
         
Property and Equipment (Note 4)
   
66,121
   
67,091
 
 
         
Oil and Gas Properties (Note 5)
   
24,978,949
   
21,101,495
 
 
         
Total Assets
   
32,579,190
   
30,747,272
 
 
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
         
 
         
Current Liabilities
         
 
         
Accounts payable
   
3,533,833
   
4,199,961
 
Accrued interest on convertible debentures
   
2,751,096
   
2,095,989
 
Accrued liabilities (Note 7)
   
420,384
   
466,112
 
Derivative liabilities (Note 10)
   
3,262,846
   
15,992,857
 
Convertible debentures, current portion, less unamortized discount of $1,321,869 and $515,626, respectively (Note 9)
   
4,778,271
   
2,234,374
 
 
         
Total Current Liabilities
   
14,746,430
   
24,989,293
 
 
         
Asset Retirement Obligations (Note 8)
   
1,003,353
   
90,913
 
 
         
Convertible Debentures, less unamortized discount of $3,229,279 and $12,478,642, respectively (Note 9)
   
6,770,721
   
10,771,358
 
 
         
Total Liabilities
   
22,520,504
   
35,851,564
 
 
         
Going Concern (Note 1)
         
Commitments (Note 13)
         
Subsequent Event (Note 15)
         
 
         
Stockholders’ Deficit
         
 
         
Common Stock (Note 11)              
Authorized: 100,000,000 shares, par value $0.00001 Issued: 46,794,530 shares (2007 - 22,475,866 shares)
   
468
   
225
 
 
         
Additional Paid-In Capital (Note 11)
   
57,852,277
   
13,088,795
 
 
         
Deficit
   
(47,794,059
)
 
(18,193,312
)
 
         
Total Stockholders’ Deficit
   
10,058,686
   
(5,104,292
)
 
         
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Deficit
   
32,579,190
   
30,747,272
 
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