10-K/A 1 v143758_10ka.htm
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

Amendment No. 3 to
FORM 10-K (Formerly 10-KSB)

x ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007

o TRANSITION REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the transition period from ____________ to ____________
 
Commission File Number 000-51364

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
(Name of small business issuer in its charter)

Utah
32-0028823
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

No.18 Zhong Guan Cun Dong St.
Haidian District
Beijing, P. R. China 100083
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Issuer's Telephone Number: 86-10-82600527

Securities registered under Section 12 (b) of the Act: NONE

Securities to be registered under Section 12 (g) of the Act:

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $.001 PER SHARE
(Title of Class)

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.  
Yes o No x

Check whether the issuer is not required to file reports pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. Yes o No x
 
Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.                          o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 
Large accelerated filer ¨
Accelerated filer ¨
Non-accelerated filer ¨
(Do not check if a smaller
reporting company)
Smaller reporting
company x

  
  

 


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes o No x
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act):
Yes o No þ

 The aggregate market value of the 9,466,785 shares of voting and non-voting common equity stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant was $ 56,232,703 as of June 30, 2007, the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, based on the last sale price of the registrant’s common stock on such date of $5.94 per share, as reported by The Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board.

As of March 23, 2009, the Registrant had 24,877,271 shares of common stock outstanding. 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Amendment No. 3 to our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 31, 2008 is being filed in response to SEC’s comment letter dated February 6, 2009.

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
   
PAGE
 
PART I
 
Item 1.
Description of Business
2
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
25
Item 1B
Unresolved Staff Comments
 
Item 2.
Description of Property
25
Item 3.
Legal Proceedings
26
Item 4.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
26
     
 
PART II
 
     
Item 5.
Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters
26
Item 6
Selected Financial Data
27
Item 7.
Managements Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation
27
Item 8.
Financial Statements
39
Item 9.
Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
39
Item 9A.
Controls and Procedures
39
Item 9B.
Other Information
40
     
 
PART III
 
     
Item 10.
Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters and Control persons; Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act.
41
Item 11.
Executive Compensation
43
Item 12.
Security ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
44
Item 13.
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions
46
     
 
PART IV
 
     
Item 14.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
47
Item 15.
Exhibits
47
 
Signatures
50

 
 

 

PART I
 
Item 1. Description of Business

Information regarding forward-looking statements and other information in this annual report

This annual report and the documents to which we refer you and incorporate into this report by reference contain forward-looking statements. In addition, from time to time, we or our representatives may make forward-looking statements orally or in writing. We base these forward-looking statements on our expectations and projections about future events, which we derive from the information currently available to us. Such forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future performance. You can identify forward-looking statements by those that are not historical in nature, particularly those that use terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “contemplates,” “estimates,” “believes,” “plans,” “projected,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the negative of these or similar terms. In evaluating these forward-looking statements, you should consider various factors, including those described in elsewhere in this report. These and other factors may cause our actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. Forward-looking statements are only predictions. The forward-looking events discussed in this report, the documents to which we refer you and other statements made from time to time by us or our representatives, may not occur, and actual events and results may differ materially and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us.

Unless otherwise noted, all currency figures in this filing are in U.S. dollars. References to the “PRC” or “China” are to the People’s Republic of China. References to "yuan" or "RMB" are to the Chinese yuan (also known as the renminbi). According to the currency exchange website www.xe.com, on March 31, 2008, $1.00 = 7.0312 yuan.

“Sino Gas,” “we” and “the Company” refer to Sino Gas International Holdings, Inc. and our subsidiaries or, as context requires, Sino Gas International Holdings, Inc. alone. “Exchange Act” refers to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Unless otherwise indicated, “2007”, “2006” and “2005” refer to the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007, December 31, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively.

Overview

We are engaged in the development of natural gas distribution systems and the distribution of natural gas to residential and industrial customers in small- and medium-sized cities in the People’s Republic of China (“PRC”), through our indirectly owned subsidiaries in the PRC, Beijing Zhong Ran Wei Ye Gas Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Gas”) and its subsidiaries.

We currently own and operate 24 natural gas distribution systems serving approximately 69,860 residential and 4 industrial customers. Our facilities include approximately 700 kilometers (“km”) of pipeline and delivery networks with a daily distribution of approximately 70,000 cubic meters of natural gas. We have two types of customers: (i) residential and (ii) industrial. The following table presents, for the periods indicated, selected operating data:
 
   
At and for the year ended  
December 31
 
   
2007
   
2006
   
2005
 
Total gas distributed and supplied (US$ millions)  
    7.3       3.91       3.92  
Distribution network (km)  
    700       390       187.8  
Number of industrial customers  
    5       5       4  
Number of residential customers  
    93,708       48,199       23,700  

 
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We own and operate natural gas distribution systems in small and medium sized cities in Hebei, Jiangsu, Jilin and Anhui Provinces in addition to three natural gas distribution systems in the suburbs of Beijing. Beijing is not a province but a municipality directly under the jurisdiction of China’s State Council and has many urban districts in the suburbs.
 
 
We generate revenues in two ways: (i) connection fees for the interconnections to our natural gas distribution system and (ii) the sale of natural gas. The following table presents, for the periods indicated, the revenues generated from each of our major categories of operations:

 
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At and for the year ended
December 31
 
 
2007
   
2006
   
2005
 
 
(in US$
millions)
   
(in US$
millions)
   
(in US$
millions)
 
Connection fees (as % of total Sales)  
    13.0(64 )%     6.96(64 )%     6.98(64 )%
Gas sales  
    7.3(36 )%       3.91(36 )%     3.93(36 )%
Other sales  
    —                

Our cost of sales consists of cost of gas sales and cost of connection. Cost of gas sales consists of cost of natural gas purchased from the suppliers, transportation cost, depreciation of plant and equipment, and amortization of the capitalized construction costs as our expenditures in constructing our pipeline infrastructure are generally capitalized as fixed assets and amortized over a period of time. Cost of connection includes certain construction costs that are expensed. The following table presents Beijing Gas’s costs of sales for the periods indicated:
 
   
 
For the year ended Dec 31
 
(US$ millions)
 
2007
   
2006
   
2005
 
Gas costs 
    6.37       2.95       2.77  
Connection costs 
    3.13       1.44       1.36  
 
We buy natural gas for distribution in two forms: (i) compressed natural gas (“CNG”); and (ii) liquefied natural gas (“LNG”). Both CNG and LNG are natural gas that has been compressed into canisters so as to enable transportation, usually by truck, to the point of distribution or consumption. Typically CNG is compressed under 20.2 MPa pressure and transported at normal temperature, while LNG is compressed at 60.6MPa pressure and transported at sub zero degree temperature. CNG is generally transported within a distance of 300 km. There is no distance restriction in transporting LNG. As LNG is compressed at much higher pressure and transported at much lower temperature than CNG, the cost of compression and processing of LNG is higher than that of CNG. Generally, if a city is located within 300 km of our natural gas supplier, we transport CNG to the customers. We transport LNG to a city if it is located more than 300 km away from a supplier. Approximately 99% of the natural gas we purchase is CNG and approximately 1% is LNG. 

Our business is generally affected by two seasonal factors: First, between December and March, the weather is too cold in northern China for construction. For a given gas distribution project, to avoid running into this time period, we generally start the process of pipeline installation, which has a duration of six to eight months, in April so as to complete the process before December. As a result, most of our revenues from connection fees are recorded in the fourth quarter. Second, winter is our peak season for gas sales, as our customers tend to consume more natural gas for heating purposes.

Organization and Structure of the Company

We operate through our indirectly-owned subsidiaries in the PRC, Beijing Gas and its subsidiaries. 

 
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As of March 31, 2008, our corporate structure is set forth below:  

 
(1) The subsidiaries of Beijing Gas are set forth below: 

Name of Subsidiary
 
Beijing Gas Equity Interest %
 
Peixian Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    90  
   
       
Sihong Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    95  
   
       
Wuhe Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    100  
   
       
Changli Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    100  
   
       
Yutian Zhongran Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    90  
   
       
Weixian Jinli Gas Co., Ltd 
    100  
   
       
Zhangjiakou City Xiahuayuan Jinli Gas Co., Ltd. 
    100  
   
       
Wuqiao Gas Co., Ltd 
    95  
   
       
Jinzhou Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    95  
   
       
Shenzhou Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    95  
   
       
Ningjin Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    95  
   
       
Linzhang Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    85  

 
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Hengshui Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    100  
   
       
Longyao Zhongran Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    95  
   
       
Xingtang Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    95  
   
       
Gucheng Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    100  
   
       
Langfang Development Region Weiye Dangerous Goods Transportation Co., Ltd 
    95  
   
       
Beijing Chenguang Gas Ltd. 
    100  
   
       
Xinji Zhongchen Gas Co., Ltd 
    100  
   
       
Tianjin Chenguang Gas Co., Ltd 
    100  
   
       
Luquan Chenguang Gas Co., Ltd 
    100  
   
       
Cheng’an Chenguang Gas Co., Ltd 
    100  
   
       
Nangong Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    100  
   
       
Sishui Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    95  
   
       
Guannan Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    100  
   
       
Sixian Weiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    100  
   
       
Baishan Wiye Gas Co., Ltd 
    100  
  
Organizational History

Sino Gas International Holdings, Inc. was incorporated under the laws of the State of Utah on August 19, 1983 as Evica Resources, Inc. On April 5, 1984, we changed our name to American Arms, Inc. American Arms, Inc. commenced the manufacture and sale of weapons and laser sights. On April 12, 1988, we changed our name to American Industries, Inc. as we were no longer engaged in the manufacturing and sale of weapons and laser sights. American Industries, Inc. was in the business of providing room safes for hotels.

On February 19, 2002, we formed a subsidiary corporation named Pegasus Tel, Inc. under the laws of the State of Delaware, in order to enter into the telecommunications business. On March 28, 2002, Pegasus Tel, Inc. merged with Pegasus Communications, Inc., a New York corporation, with Pegasus Tel, Inc. as the surviving entity. On January 14, 2002 we purchased payphone assets consisting of 29 payphones and associated equipment from the Margaretville Telephone Company for $11,600.00.

On May 21, 2002, we changed our name to Dolce Ventures, Inc.  We were an inactive shell between May 2002 and September 7, 2006.

 
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On September 7, 2006, the shareholders holding 72,569,764 shares of our common stock, which constituted 72.01% of the then outstanding shares of our capital stock, sold all of their shares to GAS Investment China Co., Ltd. (“Gas (BVI)”), the parent company of Beijing Gas, for a cash consideration of $675,000. On the same date, we consummated a share exchange transaction with the shareholders of Gas (BVI), whereby we exchanged 14,361,646 shares of our Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Series A Preferred”), which constituted all of the then outstanding shares of our Series A Preferred, for all of the issued and outstanding stock of Gas (BVI) held by the shareholders of Gas (BVI). As a result of the share exchange transaction, Gas (BVI) became our wholly-owned subsidiary, and Beijing Gas became our indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary. In addition, as a result of the share exchange transaction, we ceased being a shell company as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act and are now engaged in the development of natural gas distribution systems and the distribution and supply of natural gas in the PRC.
 
On November 17, 2006, we changed our name to Sino Gas International Holdings, Inc. and effected a 304.44-for-1 reverse stock split which reduced the number of the outstanding shares of our common stock from 100,770,140 to 331,002. Upon the effectiveness of the reverse stock split, each of the 14,361,646 shares of the then outstanding Series A Preferred was automatically converted into one share of our common stock, resulting in all of the shareholders of Gas (BVI) immediately prior to the share exchange owning approximately 97.7% of the outstanding shares of our common stock immediately after the reverse stock split, with Mr. Yuchuan Liu, the CEO of our company, owning 36.7%, Gas (BVI) owning 1.6% and the original shareholders of Dolce Ventures, Inc. immediately prior to the share exchange owning 0.6%.

Organizational History of Gas (BVI) and Beijing Gas

Gas (BVI) was incorporated on June 19, 2003 in the Territory of the British Virgin Islands with Mr. Liu Yu Chuan as its sole shareholder. Gas (BVI) is the holding company for Beijing Gas. Prior to the acquisition of all of the equity interests of Beijing Gas by Gas (BVI) as described below, Gas (BVI) had no business operations, assets or liabilities, apart from organizational expenses and fees.
 
Beijing Gas was originally formed as a limited liability company under the laws of the PRC in 2001 under the name Beijing Yuan Wang Yu Cheng Construction Ltd., and changed its name to its current name, Beijing Zhong Ran Wei Ye Gas Co. Ltd., in June 2003.  On February 17, 2004, Gas (BVI) acquired all the outstanding capital stock of Beijing Gas from its then shareholders. On July 14, 2004, Gas (BVI) transferred 1% of the capital stock of Beijing Gas to Shen Zhen Shen Qi Cheng Tong Investment Ltd., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the PRC (“Shen Zhen Shen Qi”), and, simultaneously, Shen Zhen Shen Qi invested RMB 20 million in Beijing Gas in exchange for 50% of its capital stock. As a result, Gas (BVI) and Shen Zhen Shen Qi held 49% and 51% of the capital stock of Beijing Gas, respectively. On April 30, 2006, Gas (BVI) acquired all of the capital stock of Beijing Gas held by Shen Zhen Shen Qi in exchange for RMB 20.4 million. As a result of this transaction, Beijing Gas is now a “wholly foreign owned entity” under PRC law by virtue of its status as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gas (BVI).
 
Beijing Gas has subsidiaries, known as project companies, in four provinces, and four branch offices in Beijing. The project companies are the operating subsidiaries of Beijing Gas. Each project company operates as a local natural gas distributor in a city or county, which we refer to as an operational location, pursuant to an exclusive franchise agreement with the local government or entities responsible for administering and/or regulating gas utilities, pursuant to which Beijing Gas is granted the exclusive right to develop and operate natural gas distribution systems and distribute natural gas at the operational location.

We now have operations in Hebei Province, Jiangsu Province, Anhui Province, and Jilin province and in the suburbs of Beijing through our four branch offices in Beijing, We have operations in 18 cities in Hebei, 2 cities in Anhui, 3 cities in Jiangsu and 1 city in Jilin province. Most of them have an urban population of less than 300,000 and are experiencing quick urbanization. Hebei Province is the closest province to the Chinese Capital city Beijing, where our headquarters is located. Jiangsu Province and Anhui Province are two adjourning provinces in eastern China, which are close to Shanghai City. Jilin Province is located in North-Eastern China.

 
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Each of the project companies is organized as a limited liability company under PRC law with Beijing Gas holding an equity interest of 85% to 100% and an individual shareholder nominally holding the remainder of the equity interest in such project company. Each such individual shareholder has relinquished any and all rights, power and interest of a shareholder in the respective project companies under enforceable contracts. This structure was intended to comply with a PRC law that required a limited liability company to have at least two shareholders, which requirement was removed in January 2006. Beijing Gas intends to cause the individual shareholders to transfer their shares in each of the project companies back to Beijing Gas in the near future. 

In addition, Beijing Gas holds a 40% equity interest in Beijing Zhong Ran Xiang Ke Oil and Gas Technology Co. Ltd. (“Beijing Zhong Ran Xiang Ke”), a PRC joint venture entity engaged in the business of development, licensing and sale of oil and gas technologies and equipment, and sale of self-produced chemical preparation for use in the exploration process of oil field. We did not derive any material amount of revenues from this joint venture.

In 2007, we made the following acquisitions:

On January 15, 2007, Beijing Gas acquired 100% equity interest of Beijing Chenguang Gas Ltd., Co. for a purchase price of 26,000,000 RMB (or approximately USD3.35 million) in cash. Beijing Chenguang became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Beijing Gas. Beijing Chenguang is primarily engaged in the business of developing, transfer and licensing of technologies regarding natural gas purification, compression and transportation., as well as installation of natural gas equipment and supply of natural gas. Mr. Zhicheng Zhou, our Chief Operating Officer, owned 30% of Beijng Chenguang immediately prior to the acquisition. We made full disclosure under the heading “Certain relationships and related transactions” in this report.

On June 20, 2007, Beijing Gas acquired 100% equity interest of Guannan Zhongyuan Natural Gas Co., Ltd. for a purchase price of 7,500,000 RMB (approximately $987,000) in cash. Guannan is a regional natural gas distributor and developer of natural gas distribution networks in China's Jiangsu Province. The acquisition of Guannan includes all of the assets and customer relationships of Guannan, including concession rights to be the exclusive natural gas distributor in Guannan County, Jiangsu Province, for a period of 30 years beginning June 29, 2007. This acquisition is not with related parties.
 
On July 9, 2007, We purchased the assets of Baishan Gas Co., Ltd., a regional distributor and developer of distribution networks for natural gas in Jilin Province for a price of $921,000 (RMB7,000,000). Under the asset purchase agreement, we are responsible for paying outstanding debts of Baishan Gas Co., Ltd. in the amount of $4,000,000, which are due in periodic installments through the year 2030. This acquisition is not with related parties.
 
Our Industry

China’s Macro-Economic Environment for the Natural Gas Market

Traditionally, the PRC has relied heavily on coal and crude oil as its energy sources. According to the China Statistical Yearbook, in 2004, coal, crude oil, hydro-electricity and natural gas accounted for 68.0%, 22.3%, 7.1% and 2.6%, respectively, of the PRC's total energy consumption. In 2005, the ratios were 68.9%, 21.0%, 7.2% and 2.9% respectively. Natural gas has been primarily used as a raw material for chemical fertilizer and to operate oil and gas fields. Accordingly, most natural gas is consumed for production of fertilizer, while the non-production sector accounts for low percentage of final consumption. In 2005, non-production consumption of natural gas was around 7.9 billion cubic meters, which was only a little over 15% of total natural gas consumption that reached to 47.9 billion cubic meters (Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China).

 
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The PRC's heavy reliance on coal is out of line with world consumption rates for the same time period which was 26.5% in 2005 (Source: Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy). The use of coal, however, causes air pollution and other negative consequences to the environment. In the PRC, the heavy use of unwashed coal has lead to large emissions of sulfur dioxide and particulate matter. The latest air pollution study conducted by the Blacksmith Institute shows that in 2007 two of the 10 most polluted cities in the world are located in the PRC (Source: http://www.blacksmithinstitute.org). As such, there have been serious environmental concerns in many countries around the world and resulted in a global trend to reduce coal usage.

Recognizing the serious problems caused by heavy reliance on coal usage, the PRC government has aggressively moved to reduce coal usage by substituting coal with other, more environmentally friendly forms of fuel, such as natural gas. In consideration of such trends, the PRC set out a policy to raise the share of natural gas in the country's energy mix in its Ninth 5-Year Plan (1996-2000).  At the local government level, in many locations where natural gas supply is available, local governments often require all new residential buildings to incorporate piped gas connections in their designs as a condition to the issuance of the construction or occupancy permits. Before 2000, the gas distribution had principally been served by local municipal governments. Since then, the industry has been open to private sector, whose investments have fostered the wide use of natural gas in the PRC. The natural gas industry has been deemed by the PRC government as a suitable industry for public and private investments.

Demand for Natural Gas in China
 
Currently, natural gas consumption in the PRC accounts for less than 3% of its total energy consumption. However, driven by environmental pressure from the demand side and improvements in social infrastructure with economic growth, in the west in particular, and stable energy supply, it is anticipated that the use of natural gas will grow very rapidly in the PRC. According to the statistics of the China National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”), the consumption of natural gas as increased from 24.5 billion cubic meters in 2000 to 47.9 billion cubic meters in 2005, which represented an average growth of 14.35% per year. According to a research report by Merrill Lynch, demand for natural gas will increase from 16 billion cubic meters in 2005 to 70 billion cubic meters in 2020, representing a compounded annual growth rate of 10.3%.

China’s Natural Gas Reserves and Gas Pipeline Infrastructure

The PRC abounds in rich natural gas reserves, which are distributed principally in Xinjiang, Sichuan and Inner Mongolia in western and north-central China. According to the statistics of the Energy Information Administration, proved natural gas reserves in China are estimated to be 53,325 billion cubic feet in 2006, and 80,000 billion cubic feet in 2007. 
 
Because the PRC’s largest reserves of natural gas are located in western and north-central China, it requires a significant investment in gas transportation infrastructure to carry natural gas to eastern cities and the rest of the PRC. Until recent years, the PRC’s natural gas consumption was limited to local natural gas producing provinces because of the lack of national long-distance pipeline infrastructure.
 
The principal method for transportation of natural gas from a source to end users is by means of pipelines. In order to develop the natural gas industry, it is essential that the necessary pipeline infrastructure be in place so that natural gas is easily accessible for distribution to end users at affordable cost.
 
Under with the PRC government’s Tenth 5-Year Plan (2001-2005), the country’s longest pipeline, known as the West-East Pipeline, was constructed and went into operation in January 2005. It transports natural gas to demand centers in the southeast from deposits in the western Xinjiang province to Shanghai, picking up additional gas in the Ordos Basin along the way. The full length of the pipeline is about 4,200 km with a designed annual throughput capacity of 20 billion cubic meters, a delivery pressure of 10 megapascals and 35 processing stations along the pipeline.

 
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There are other pipelines linking smaller natural gas deposits to consumers, such as the pipeline linking the Sebei natural gas field in the Qaidam Basin with consumers in the city of Lanzhou, Ganshu province in the northwest, and a pipeline linking natural gas deposits in Sichuan province in the southwest to demand centers in Hubei and Hunan provinces in the central PRC.
 
In its Eleventh 5-Year Plan (2006 - 2010), the PRC government re-affirmed its commitment to making significant investments in the expansion of the natural gas pipeline infrastructure over a period of 20 years.

Natural Gas Suppliers

The natural gas supply in China is dominated by the three large state-owned oil and gas holding companies, namely China National Petroleum Corporation Group (“PetroChina”), China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation Group (“Sinopec”), and China National Offshore Oil Corporation Group (“CNOOC”). In 2006, production by CNPC, Sinopec and CNOOC accounted for 73.7%, 14.1% and 12.2%, respectively, of the total national production. CNPC and Sinopec own and primarily operate onshore pipelines while CNOOC owns and operates virtually all off shore pipelines (Source: The Institute of Energy Economics of Japan).

Natural Gas Distributors

Before 2000, natural gas distribution had been principally served by local municipal governments. Since then, natural gas industry has been designated by the PRC government as a suitable industry for public and private investment and has been open to private investment which has fueled the development of the industry and fostered a wider use of natural gas in the PRC. In large cities where the population exceeds 100,000, the natural gas distribution business is dominated by state owned companies, while in cities where the population is less than 100,000, natural gas distribution is carried out by many privately owned companies, most of which operate in just a few locations.
  
The Gas Delivery Process

The natural gas delivery process is categorized by three segments: production, transmission and distribution, as shown in the chart below:

 
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Production involves underground exploration, drilling, extraction and purification of the natural gas. After extraction from a gas well, natural gas is transported to nearby refineries for removal of water and other impurities. The natural gas is then transported from the refineries via long distance pipelines under extremely high pressure facilitating the supply to a large number of locations near these pipelines at high speeds. The long distance pipelines are owned and operated by PRC state owned oil and gas exploration and production companies such as Sinopec and PetroChina.

Distribution companies (such as our company) distribute natural gas to end users and often own the gas pipeline infrastructure rights of an operational location (including the local pipelines, the processing stations, and the branch pipelines). A distribution company purchases natural gas from oil and gas exploration and production companies. The distribution company determines the method of delivering natural gas to its desired destination after taking into account factors such as the distance between the stations along the major pipeline and delivery points and the expected demand for gas from the relevant gas supply locations.

The transportation of CNG and LNG involves the delivery of natural gas by trucks from gas wells or stations located along the relevant long distance pipeline to a processing station. Such processing stations may contain CNG or LNG pressure regulating facilities which will depressurize the CNG or LNG to reduce the pressure of natural gas from high pressure to medium pressure, before transferring the natural gas to a local pipeline.

 
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The processing station is usually located on the outskirts of an operational location for safety reasons and it provides certain ancillary facilities:

To add bromine to the gas to enable the detection of leakages when the gas is transmitted through the pipelines, and
 
To store gas under high, medium or low pressure to be used as reserves for future unexpected fluctuation in demand.
 
High pressure gas storage tanks usually have thicker walls and therefore, are more expensive to construct than gas storage tanks for storage of gas under medium or low pressure.

After processing, the gas is transmitted under medium pressure to the local pipelines. Local pipelines are laid within an operational location and represent the backbone of the local gas delivery system. Different sections of the local pipelines operate at slightly different pressures, with computer controlled regulators controlling the flow of natural gas for delivery to end users via the branch pipelines and customers’ inlets.
 
When there is a demand for a connection of gas to a particular area within a gas supply location, the distribution company will invest in the construction of the branch pipelines to connect the local pipelines to the pressure regulating boxes located in the end-users’ buildings or premises. The pressure regulating box reduces the natural gas to a lower pressure before the natural gas is transmitted to the customers’ inlets. Customers’ inlets transmit the natural gas through the pressure regulating box to the end users.

Our Strategy

Our strategy involves a plan: (i) to expand our presence in smaller cities; (ii) to acquire existing gas distribution systems and/or franchises; and (iii) to expand our business upstream by developing and maintaining pipelines that connect China’s East-West Gas Pipeline with the cities where we have our gas stations or where other distributors own distribution networks.

(i) Expand Our Presence in Smaller Cities; by Obtaining Additional Exclusive Franchises. We have focused on small (with urban dwellers in the city proper less than 100,000) and medium sized (with urban dwellers in the city proper less than 300,000) , generally near a larger metropolitan area where there is little competition to obtain a franchise, and where our franchise grants us exclusivity. In such places in the PRC, we are in a better position to obtain exclusive natural gas distribution system development and supply franchise agreements in negotiating with the cities, which urgently need to provide their citizens with energy, and usually do not have the leverage of very large cities, which can attract multiple bidders for their franchises. Accordingly, we require and receive an exclusive franchise entitling us to be the sole natural gas utility in such city. Usually, our franchises are for a period of 25-30 years. Since our founding, we have successfully obtained 26 franchises in small and medium sized cities, of which 24 have already developed and 2 are still under development. In 2007 alone, we were able to secure 5 development projects. We plan to obtain and develop 5-8 of such projects per year.

(ii) Acquire Existing Franchises and Gas Distribution Networks to Facilitate Growth. Our expanded presence in small and medium sized cities was accomplished not only by securing franchises and developing gas distribution networks ourselves but also by acquiring existing franchises and networks from other operators. Of the five locations we added in 2007, three were acquired. We believe acquisitions will provide us opportunities for growth  as well as enable us to explore opportunities in bigger cities (with urban dweller in the city proper more than 300,000). We are now targeting companies that have good assets and market prospect with strategic locations but less burdened with employees retirement liabilities. We have identified several targets and are negotiating with some of them. We expect to complete a significant acquisition in the near future.

 
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(iii) Expand into Upstream Business. We currently develop gas distribution networks which deliver gas from our storage station in a particular city to residential or industrial customers in that city. We do not have pipelines that connect the national main pipeline that runs across China from the West to the East with the cities where we our customers are located. We have to deliver the gas we purchase from the main pipeline operator to our gas storage facilities in different cities by trucks. We intend to expand into upstream business by developing regional distribution networks to connect West-East main pipeline with cities that are not located near the passageway of the national main pipeline. By developing and maintaining regional pipelines, we believe we can deliver natural gas to our customers more efficiently and with potentially higher margins. In addition, such regional distribution networks can be used by other gas distributors along the pipelines, which will add potential revenue sources for us. As the development of such regional networks require a significant capital outlay, we intend to start exploring such projects after we raise a significant amount of funds in the future.

(iv)Raise Additional Capital . We are in a very capital-intensive business due to the fact that a major part of our activities is to build local natural gas distribution networks which requires a larger capital outlay. Our estimated capital needs for developing a natural gas distribution networks for a specific location are approximately $5 million. We plan to undertake 5-8 projects per year. Therefore, we need approximately $40 million of capital per year. Although the connection fees we charge our customers provide us with the needed capital for building local natural gas distribution networks to a large degree, they may not provide sufficient capital if we carry out the acquisitions and upstream expansion as we have planned. Our growth will, therefore, depend heavily on our ability to raise additional funds. We anticipate using our financing strategy as a competitive tool. Our goal is to duplicate the type of financing and related financial instruments used by utilities in the United States, including the issuance of subsidiary level, non-recourse debt, preferred stock and holding company fixed income issuances. Such a financing plan can not only give us a favorable cost of capital, but enhance investor returns and keep investor dilution at a minimum.

Competitive Advantages

We believe we have the following competitive advantages:

(i) Better Relationship with Natural Gas Suppliers. Many of our employees are former employees of SinoPec and PetroChina. Therefore, we have been able to secure contracts with these large state owned natural gas producers. These contracts have ensured a stable supply of natural gas for us.

(ii) Experienced Management and Technical Personnel. We have a team of senior executives who are industry experts in managing larger Chinese petroleum and/or gas companies with scores of years of combined experience in running our company or managing business in this industry. Our founder and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Yuchuan Liu, is a natural gas industry expert with over 20 years experience in senior management positions at PetroChina and China Gas Holdings Limited, a Hong Kong Stock Exchange-listed PRC company. Our Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Zhicheng Zhou, served as the director and General Manager of Beijing Chenguang Gas Co., Ltd. from late 2002 to 2006. Our Chief Engineer, Mr. Shukui Bian, is one of the draftsmen of the PRC national standard for urban gas supply, and was previously the chief executive officer of the First Oil Extraction Plant of North China Oilfield. Our company was one of the earliest to engage in the natural gas distribution business in small and medium sized cities, and thus having gained significant experience in this market segment.

(iii) Experienced Sales and Marketing Team. Our sales and marketing team has gained significant experience in working with local governments and identifying potential markets in small and medium sized cities. Due to their effort, we have won franchises for more than 25 locations.

 
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(iv) US Capital Market Access. By becoming a US public company, we have gained access to the US capital market, which is the biggest and most efficient. We will be able to raise funds, as we have done, for our expansion and growth albeit our ability to raise funds in the US is a limited one because we have not been listed on any major US national stock exchanges. Very few Chinese companies that are in the natural gas distribution business have become a US public company.
  
Products and Services

Currently, we generate revenues primarily from the connection fees we charge our customers for connecting their appliances to the pipelines in our natural gas distribution systems which we have constructed, and fees for natural gas we charge our customers based on usage.

Historically, connection fees and fees of natural gas usage have constituted more than 90% of our revenues. We recorded connection fees in the amounts of $12.97 million and $7.22 million for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, constituting 64% and 66% of total revenues for those years. Sales of natural gas were $7.29 million and $3.65 million for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively, constituting 36% and 34% of the total revenues for those years.
 
Connection Fees

We charge real estate developers, our customers, a flat connection fee for the installation of gas lines to each of their apartments or housing units. The level of connection fees varies among operational locations and is determine based on a detailed analysis of factors such as estimated capital expenditure, fees charged in surrounding cities, number of users, expected penetration rates, income levels and affordability to local residents and is approved by the relevant local state price bureau. The average of these connection fees for the company in 2007 was approximately $286.4 per household. For industrial customers, the connection fee is determined based on the facility capacity (on a cubic meter per day basis 300 RMB per cubic meter). Should additional capacity be needed, these customers are required to pay additional connection fees for the additional capacity installed. Connection fees are usually paid in installments, with 30% within certain days set out in the contracts after start of project, 30% at milestones set out in the contracts, 30% upon completion and 10% guarantee which is paid after one year. Connection fees generally provide a 60-80% profit margin. The rates of connections fee are set by the local state price bureau based on the connection fees charged by other gas distributors in surrounding areas and can vary in different cities. In most cases, we accept the price set by the local state price bureau. But if we find the price does not offer a profit margin equal or greater than 20%, we will negotiate with local governments for an increase. The local governments usually agreed to increase our connection fees under such circumstances Our average connection fee per household is about $276 and the connection fee in most cities is very close to that average. Gas usage fees are also subject to the approval of the local state price bureau. Future price increases are also subject to the same approval process. In considering applications for an increase in gas usage charges, the local state price bureau may consider factors such as increases in the wholesale price of gas or operating expenses, inflation, additional capital expenditure, and whether the profit margin remains fair and reasonable.

When entering into master supply contracts for mass connections, we usually require the payment of deposit from customers while the balance is payable in accordance with the terms set out in the contracts. In the event customers default in the payment of connection fees, we will not start the supply of natural gas until the connection fees are paid.
 
The deposit received from customers upon the signing of supply contracts generally funds the majority of our capital costs in any new operational location.

Gas Usage Charges 

We arrive at gas usage charges after taking into consideration the wholesale price of gas, operating costs, price of substitute products, internal business model margins and the purchasing power of local residents. Gas usage charges are based on actual usage on a per cubic meter basis. The gas usage charges per cubic meter vary between operational locations and the payment mechanism between different categories of customers varies.

 
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Since our inception, the majority of our residential customers have purchased gas units in cash at our sales outlets with details of the prepaid gas units stored electronically on a debit card. The debit card is inserted into a debit card debit gas meter installed at the end user’s premises to activate the gas supply. Units of gas used are deducted from the debit card. When the level of prepaid gas units drops to a certain level (currently pre-set at three cubic meters), the gas meter will produce a sound signal to remind the customer to replenish the value stored in the debit card. Over 85% of our residential customers utilize the debit card payment method. This payment method provides significant advantages to us as all gas purchases are prepaid - not at the point of sale or in arrears.
 
For those residential customers without a debit card gas meter installed and for commercial and industrial customers, payments for natural gas usage are made in arrears. Gas meters that record actual gas consumption are installed at the end users’ premises and meter readings are taken physically by our staff every month. Monthly bills based on the prior month’s actual usage are then sent to customers. In the event customers default in payment of gas usage charges, gas supply will be suspended within one month of billing.

Our Business Activities

Our major business activities include development and construction of local gas distribution networks, transportation of natural gas from suppliers to our storage facilities in a given operational location, and operating and maintaining the gas distribution networks.

Development

(i) Identifying distribution opportunities in new operational location: Our business development team actively explores and identifies suitable areas of service by conducting market research on potential operational locations where the demand for piped natural gas is desired. Because of our experience and ongoing cooperation with governmental authorities, we also receive invitations from local governments to bid for new natural gas projects or to take over existing natural gas projects.
 
As the piped natural gas supply industry in the PRC is still in the early stages of development, most areas in the PRC are not yet supplied with piped natural gas even though they may be in close proximity to natural gas sources. Due to the capital intensive nature of new natural gas distribution projects, we are very selective in our choices for new operational locations.

The selection of new operational locations is determined after conducting preliminary evaluation and studies on the target locations, and return on investment. The criteria for any potential operational location that are investigated and documented by us are:

1.  
Size and density of population.
 
2.  
Economic statistics of the targeted locations.
 
3.  
Extent and concentration of industrial and commercial activities.
 
4.  
New property development in the target location.
 
5.  
Projected levels of connection fees and gas usage charges.

 
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6.  
Extent of the local government’s commitment to environmental protection, environmental policies in place, and the local population’s awareness of environmental issues.
 
7.  
Likelihood of exclusive operational rights and preferential treatment on tax and governmental fees.
 
8.  
Types of gas supply (piped natural gas, CNG or LNG) and methods of delivery. CNG trucks are deployed if the gas source, or long distance pipeline, is located within 300 km. Generally, LNG trucks are used if the gas source, or long distance pipeline, is located beyond 300 km.
  
9.  
For an acquisition of existing natural gas projects, the cost of acquisition, quality of assets and/or business are also valued. In addition, the liabilities of the business are analyzed along with any other perceived or actual problems encountered.

Based on the findings of the investigation, our business development team will decide whether to make a recommendation to management for approval to proceed with discussions and negotiations on a new project. We have conducted dozens of preliminary evaluations since our inception in 2003. We have an aggregate of 24 completed or partially completed operational locations.

(ii) Securing a New operational location. Once we have approved a potential natural gas distribution project in an operational location, we normally set up a local independent subsidiary, also know as a project company, to administer the project for its lifetime. We then prepare and submit a detailed gas project proposal to the local government and commence negotiations on major issues such as the granting of exclusive rights or rights of first refusal to supply gas to that location, proposed connection fees and gas usage charges and whether any tax and other concessions or favorable policies will be granted by the local government. Once established, the project company will conduct a series of marketing and promotional campaigns (which may include joint promotional campaigns with the local government) to increase public awareness of piped natural gas in the operational location. Concurrently, we begin actively seeking out potential customers in the operational location and negotiate the terms of supply contracts with the aim of entering into supply contracts as soon as possible with such customers.
 
(iii) Construction.

(a) Design stage. The design of the gas pipeline infrastructure for a natural gas distribution project includes the processing stations, the local pipelines and other ancillary facilities such as gas storage tanks. It is carried out by a government approved design institute in accordance with our requirements and specifications. It also takes into account the local population size, the development of the economy, the utilization of energy resources and the environmental conditions. The master design is subject to approval by the local city construction department. The design stage normally takes two to three months.
 
(b) Construction Stage. Once the design is approved, we invite independent qualified contractors to tender bids for the construction work. The selection criteria for the contractors include their qualifications, experience, expertise, reputation, familiarity with the local environment, prior experience with us and price. We generally enter into turnkey contracts with independent contractors for construction, installation and maintenance of the natural gas pipelines. We pay a down payment with the remainder to be paid upon completion of the project. At the time of entering into turnkey contracts, we source raw materials such as piping, gas regulating equipment and machinery. We have strict quality control procedures for the sourcing of supplies for all construction purposes.

 
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Our internal engineers and independent external inspectors monitor the entire construction process to ensure that each stage of construction meets our quality and safety standards and the relevant regulatory requirements.

For a given operational location, although the gas pipeline infrastructure is designed to cover the entire operational location, our construction program focuses on early gas delivery to areas of concentrated customer demand within such operational location. This ensures that natural gas supply can begin as soon as the essential gas pipeline infrastructure and facilities such as the processing stations are completed. Construction work in a target area will gradually extend to cover the whole operational location, which typically takes two to five years.

Operation

Once the necessary gas pipeline infrastructure is in place in a given operational location, we begin the design and construction of the branch pipelines and customers’ inlets pursuant to gas supply contracts with customers. The designs of branch pipelines and customers’ inlets are normally prepared by us, reviewed by a government approved design institute, and carried out by external contractors. Upon completion of the construction of the branch pipelines and customer inlets in the operational location, we begin to supply and sale natural gas and related services to customers within the operational location pursuant to supply contracts with such customers. The natural gas to be supplied to the residential or industrial customers is carried by trucks with canisters that contain CNG or LNG, to our storage facilities in various operational locations for storage, decompression and gasification. From those storage facilities, the gas is transported through our pipeline system to our end users.
 
Intellectual Property

We do not hold any registered trademarks or patents. We have developed a proprietary natural gas compression process that allows us to effectively and economically compress natural gas and distribute it. .

We own and operate a website under the internet domain name www.sino-gas.com.

Research and Development

We have eight full-time employees engaged in the company-sponsored research and development efforts. These employees specialize in the fields of energy, mechanical and electronic engineering. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, $1,013,400 and $543,500, respectively, on R&D activities. Areas that are targets of our ongoing research and development activities include:

Methodology and practices to increase operating efficiency and safety standards.
 
Expansion of the applications for natural gas, such as gas-fuelled air conditioners, washing machines and dryers, and the use of CNG in motor vehicles.
 
Improvements in gas storage and transportation systems especially the reduction of the size of the storage facilities.
 
Sales and Marketing

Our main sales office, which is located in Beijing, has three staff led by the Vice President of Marketing and is responsible for managing our overall sales policies and devising our marketing strategy. They are responsible for developing and maintaining accounts with major industrial customers and large real estate developers. They regularly visit potential customers and conduct meetings with them to see if there is need and to introduce the advantages of using natural gas.

 
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We have approximately 25 sales and marketing staff at our operational locations who target residential customers by working with local neighborhood committees and government agencies. In addition, they coordinate with our national office in with national office in targeting industrial customers and local developers. We establish a project company at each operational location and the local sales and marketing team for each project company works together with the main office team to structure an appropriate plan accommodating the specific needs and circumstances of the operational location. Our marketing team plays an active role in lobbying the relevant government authorities during the negotiation stage.

The sales and marketing team is responsible for company image and brand building, as well as promoting the advantages and concept of using natural gas as a necessary part of modern day life. Once established, a project company will implement a series of promotional campaigns (which may include joint promotional campaigns with the local government) to increase public awareness of piped natural gas in an operational location. At the same time, the project company begins to actively seek out potential customers in the operational location and negotiate the terms of supply contracts with the aim of entering into supply contracts with such customers as soon as possible.
 
Our Customers

We have two principal types of customers: (i) residential customers and (ii) industrial customers.

Residential Customers 

Natural gas is primarily used by residential owners for cooking as well as water and space heating. We market directly to property developers, government departments and organizations, private companies and state-owned enterprises, as these entities enter into master supply contracts with us for the connection of gas to all the units within a residential development (new or existing, owned by such entities or their respective employees). These entities are responsible for making, or they coordinate with the end users to facilitate our efforts in collecting the advance payment of connection fees, while gas usage charges are paid by the individual end users. With new residential developments, connection fees are collected in advance by an installment of 30% upon the signing of the contracts. An additional 30% is colleted at milestones set in the contracts and an additional 30% is collected upon completion of the project. Usually, we will have collected ninety percent payment of connection fees by the time when construction is completed regardless of whether the units are sold or occupied. The remaining 10 percent is paid one year after the completion and any deduction of warranty expenses. The actual supply of gas commences after the unit is occupied.
 
We also connect to existing buildings formerly without piped natural gas supplies. Representatives of the buildings will consult individual households as to whether they wish to have piped natural gas supply and coordinate the collection of connection fees from the end users on our behalf. Both connection fees and gas usage charges are payable in advance by the individual end users. We build pipelines to connect these customers to our gas storage facilities and supply gas at market price after receiving payment. The inlets that are located inside the home and gas appliances are owned by the end users, with one-year quality guarantee by us. We maintain the pipelines outside the end user’s homes. The contracts are generally renewable on a yearly basis.
 
 
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At present, we have approximately 317 master supply agreements for the supply of gas to 63,000 end users in Beijing Hebei, Jiangsu, Jilin and Anhui. Our top five residential customers, who are developers or owners of residential areas, are shown below:
 
         
 
Percentage of
Connections 
Fees for the year ended 
December 31,
 
Customers 
 
2007
   
2006
 
Shanghai Datun Energy Holdings   
    21.28 %     36.43 %
Huabei Oil Management Bureau   
    12.06 %     - %
Hebei Ji Heng Yuan Group   
    5.47 %     - %
Shi Jia Zhuang Jin Shi Real Estate Co.   
    3.84 %     - %
Jinzhou Real Estate Co.   
    3.12 %     - %
Total    
    46.83 %     *65.24 %
* the percentage of the top five of 2006

Industrial and Commercial Customers 

Our industrial customers use natural gas primarily for heating, air conditioning, water heating and cooking purposes. These customers we target include owners of hotels, restaurants, office buildings, shopping centers, hospitals, educational establishments, sports and leisure facilities and exhibition halls. Natural gas has a wide variety of applications for industrial customers such as fuelling industrial boilers, furnaces, ovens, incinerators, foundries and steamers as well as water and space heating in staff canteens and dormitories within the industrial customers’ premises. We enter into supply contracts with these customers for the distribution of gas to their premises, and both connection fees and gas usage charges are borne by such customers.
  
The table below presents information about our industrial customers for the periods indicated:
 
           
 
Percentage of Sales 
Fiscal year ended 
December 31,
 
Customers 
 
2007
   
2006
 
Hebei Zhong Gang Steel   
    30.4 %     51.78 %
Tang Shan Chang Sheng   
    4.00 %     9.04 %
Elite (Lang Fang) Textile    
    0.90 %     0 %
Huabei Machine Factory  
    2.88 %     0 %
Hebei Ji Heng Yuan  
    0.76 %     0 %
Total    
    38.87 %     61.02 %

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, our largest two customers were Heibei Zhong Gang Steel and Tang Shan Chang Sheng.

Materials and Supplies

Natural Gas

The principal supplies purchased for our business are natural gas, pipes, machinery and equipment. Purchase of natural gas represented 67.1% and 65% of our total purchase of supplies for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007and 2006, respectively. Generally, approximately 99% of the natural gas we purchase is CNG and approximately 1% is LNG.

Our principal CNG supplier has been the Fourth Oil Extraction Plant of the North China Oilfield (the “North China Oilfield”), a subsidiary of PetroChina. Our LNG supplier has been Henan Zhong Yuan Lu Ye Advanced Technology Ltd. Co. (“Henan Zhong Yuan”), a subsidiary of SinoPec. Historically, we have purchased approximately 90% of our total purchases of CNG from North China Oilfield and 100% of our total purchases of LNG from Henan Zhong Yuan.
 
 
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We have supply contracts (with terms from 1 to 3 years renewable but no fixed price, which price is set indirectly by the PRC National Development and Reform Commission (“NDRC”) irregularly and can be passed along to the end customers) with these suppliers and have not experienced any shortage of natural gas supply in the past. To prepare for growth, we have also entered into agreements with new suppliers to meet our growing demands.  These contractual relationships with our suppliers allow us to pursue natural gas distribution projects in a wide range of operational locations.

The wholesale price of natural gas is agreed upon between the suppliers and us with reference to the wellhead price which is determined by NDRC with approval from the PRC State Council, distance of transportation, purification fees and the supplier’s operating costs. The wellhead price of natural gas is currently set at $0.12 per cubic meter with a 10% allowance for upward or downward adjustments as a result of negotiations between suppliers and distribution companies, such as Beijing Gas. Generally, we are only required to pay for the actual quantity purchased and there is no penalty should we purchase less than the stated amount.
 
Piping, Machinery and Equipment

Piping, machinery and equipment constitute 60-70% of our construction cost. We purchase such supplies through a bidding process which is administered by the procurement committee. Potential suppliers are evaluated on their proposed terms including technical specifications, price, payment terms and post-sale services and the procurement committee keeps a scoring system based on these parameters. After validation of the various suppliers’ service and capabilities for stable supply, we acquire the needed materials and parts from the supplier offering the best terms.
 
We purchase pipes of various size and thickness domestically for installation in different segments of our natural gas pipeline infrastructure according to specifications that comply with PRC standards and regulations. Payments for equipment, pipes and machinery are purchased with credit terms ranging from 30 to 90 days. We generally do not purchase gas appliances except gas meters which we purchase in bulk directly from manufacturers in China and maintain a limited inventory of them. We also provide repair and maintenance service to the gas appliances supplied. We generally provide a one-year warranty of our gas distribution system to our customers, during which time we provide free check-ups of the pipeline and repair for any appliances we provided.

In 2007, we purchased approximately $11,242,557 of pipes, machinery and equipment.
 
Competition

Since our inception, we have focused on supplying natural gas to small and medium sized cities in the PRC where the average urban residents in the city proper is 300,000 and below, where the natural gas penetration rate is typically 0%, and where we are able to obtain exclusivity for natural gas distribution from the local government. In entering into these small and medium sized cities, we are generally authorized to be the sole supplier of natural gas by the local governments pursuant to franchise agreements for a typical term of 25 to 30 years. This differs from the bigger natural gas distribution companies which have focused on a few areas with large populations. The larger cities are very competitive markets that tend to offer less flexibility for advantageous pricing arrangements. For a typical small city project, our initial investment is only about $500,000 with an average internal rate of return of 31% over the life of the project. Due to our smaller city focus where the operating cost is low and competition is much less intense, we believe we generate profit margins and returns at or above industry-average levels. 

As we compete principally with small- to medium- sized private companies in the natural gas distribution industry, the information about our competition and competitive position is limited. Based on the information available to us, we estimate that there are approximately 200 small- to medium- sized private gas distribution companies in the PRC. Most of these companies target local towns, rather than take the approach that we do, of targeting cities in different provinces. Also, most of these companies operate an average of three or four natural gas distributions systems, as compared to the 20 natural gas distribution systems that we operate.
 
 
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Based on the division of the administrative districts in the PRC as of December 31, 2005, it has been estimated that there are approximately 2,862 smaller cities in the PRC with urban dwellers in the city proper between 100,000 to 300,000. Among them, approximately 800 smaller cities have the potential to be supplied with natural gas and 100 smaller cities have already been supplied with natural gas. Among the 100 smaller cities where natural gas is already available, Beijing Gas is the distributor to 24 of them, and, therefore, we believe we have the largest market share among our peer businesses that target the natural gas market among smaller cities.
 
We believe compete with the following companies directly:
 
     
 
Ticker
 
06 Revenue
(in
$millions)
   
06 Net
Income
(in
$millions)
 
Towngas China Co., Ltd (Panva Gas)(1)   
 
1083.HK
    409       19  
Xinao Gas Holdings Ltd(2)   
 
2688.HK
    *296       *32  
Shanghai Tongda Energy Group(3)   
        **560       **25  
China Gas Holdings Limited(4)   
 
0384.HK
    **125       **9  
Zhengzhou Gas Co. Ltd(5)   
 
3928.HK
    *63       *10  
* By the end of June 30, 2007
** By the end of September 30, 2007

(1) Towngas China Company Ltd., formerly Panva Gas Holding Limited, is supplier of gas, including liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and natural gas in eight Chinese provinces, where over 40 companies of the Group are providing gas fuel services.

(2) Xinao Gas Holdings Limited is principally engaged in the investment in, and the operation and management of, gas pipeline infrastructure and the sale and distribution of piped and bottled gas in China with operations in four divisions: gas connection, sales of piped gas, distributions of bottled LPG and sales of gas appliances.

(3) Shanghai Tongda is engaged in the construction and operation of urban CNG, LNG, and LPG. It operates in over 15 cities across provinces through 15 subsidiaries.

(4) China Gas Holdings Limited (China Gas) is an investment holding company. The Company is an operator of natural gas services principally engaged in the investment, operation and management of city gas pipeline infrastructure, long-distance, high-pressure pipelines, distribution of natural gas to residential, commercial, industrial and vehicle users, construction and operation of oil stations, and gas stations, as well as liquefied natural Gas (LNG) liquefaction plants, and development and application of oil and natural gas related technologies. The Company has four operating divisions: property investment, financial and securities investment, gas connection and sales of piped gas.
  
(5) Zhengzhou Gas Company Limited is an investment holding company. The Company is principally engaged in the sales of natural gas, pressure control equipment and gas appliances to customers, and the construction of gas pipelines and the provision of repairs and maintenance of gas pipelines services. The gas appliances available for sales include gas stoves, water heaters and wall-attached stove.
 
 
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Safety and Quality Control

Safety Control

We are focused on safety, have implemented a safety system and set up a safety department to oversee safety issues for all of our operations. We carry out routine inspection of the branch pipelines, customers’ inlets, gas meters and gas appliances at the customers’ premises twice annually. These semi-annual inspections are free unless major repairs are required in which case we charge the customers for labor, replacement parts and other materials used for the repairs.

We believe in educating users about safety procedures. Before gas is actually supplied, we provide a thorough explanation of safety procedures to end users, hold regular seminars, and distribute brochures and booklets on safety. We have a 24-hour telephone help line for enquiries and reporting of emergency matters.

In order for us to monitor the operations of the pipelines for abnormal gas usage, gas leakages, or any other irregularities, we collect information about the temperature, pressure and volume of gas from key points along the local pipelines. The information is collected in the control center located in the head office of each operational location for analysis. We use process control instruments known as Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition systems, in which a number of small detectors are installed along the pipelines to collect information and process the data electronically in real time at the control center. Each project company conducts a major inspection of its pipelines, processing station(s) and other equipment at least once annually. If gas leakages or any other irregularities are detected, we will take remedial action immediately.
 
Due to the strict implementation of safety control procedures, there have been no major accidents which have resulted in serious injury or death since our inception.

Quality Control

Quality control begins in the design and construction phase of the natural gas supply infrastructure. Our quality control team regularly makes inspection visits and conducts tests to ensure that the construction work meets our required standards as well as national and local regulations.

We also have strict quality control procedures for the sourcing of raw materials. We only purchase from our approved list of qualified suppliers and such suppliers have fulfilled the relevant requirements in accordance with national standards.

In order to monitor the quality of gas purchased by us, we obtain gas composition reports regularly from our gas suppliers with data on important measures such as the heat content and composition of impurities in our gas supply. We also conduct regular tests on the gas purchased in order to verify its quality.

Insurance
   
We currently do not carry any product liability or other similar insurance, nor do we have property insurance covering our plants, manufacturing equipment and office buildings expect compulsory insurance and fixed-sum insurance for cars and other vehicles. We plan to purchase property insurance to cover our manufacturing plants, equipment and office buildings in the near future when such insurance policies are available.
 
We maintain social insurance for our staff and employees in accordance with relevant requirements under PRC law.
 
 
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Government Regulations

Pricing Regulations 

We purchase natural gas from natural gas wholesalers, which are state-owned enterprises and which must comply with PRC natural gas pricing regulations. The wholesale price of natural gas payable by distribution companies, such as Beijing Gas, to the suppliers of natural gas is comprised of three components, the wellhead price, the pipeline transportation tariff and the purification fee. The wellhead price is fixed by NDRC, and is currently set at $.12 per cubic meter with a 10% allowance for upward or downward adjustments for negotiation between suppliers and distribution companies. The pipeline transmission tariffs are determined by reference to the investment costs of the relevant long distance pipeline, depreciation, wear and tear and the distance of delivery. The purification fee is based on the actual purification costs of the suppliers. Both the pipeline transmission tariffs and the purification fee must also be approved by the NDRC.
 
Pricing of Natural Gas - US$ per cubic meter
 
   
 
2003
   
2004
   
2005
   
2006
   
2007
 
Wellhead   
 
$
0.09
   
$
0.09
   
$
0.08
   
$
0.11
   
$
0.11
 
Pipeline   
 
$
0.09
   
$
0.09
   
$
0.09
   
$
0.09
   
$
0.09
 
Purification   
 
$
0.01
   
$
0.01
   
$
0.01
   
$
0.01
   
$
0.01
 
Total   
 
$
0.19
   
$
0.19
   
$
0.18
   
$
0.21
   
$
0.21
 
 
The price we charge our residential customers for natural gas is based on the wholesale price plus cost and a profit margin of 10-15% and must be approved by the local price bureau.

Operational and Construction Permits

In the PRC, companies in the gas distribution business must also obtain an operational permit from the local municipal government to begin operation. In addition, a construction permit must be obtained if such gas distribution company also engages in construction. In both cases, the local municipal government will review the qualifications and experience of the management and technical staff of the distribution company and consider whether the distribution company is capable of fulfilling the operational and construction standards.

As of February 18, 2008, Beijing Gas and most of our project companies and branch offices have the necessary operational permits. We are still in the process of getting natural gas distribution permits for six of our projects. We believe failure to obtain such permits in time for those projects will not have a materially adverse effect on our operations.

Safety Regulations

As a natural gas distributor, Beijing Gas is regulated by the Administrative Rules on the City Gas Safety jointly promulgated by the PRC Ministry of Construction, standards set by Standard Bureau and Fire Safety Bureau of PRC Ministry of Public Security effective in May 1991.  According to such rules, the manufacture, storage, transportation, operation, usage of city gas, design and construction of gas-related projects, and the manufacture of gas-related facilities shall be subject to relevant safety requirements and qualifications. Fuel service station standards are subject to regulation by the PRC’s Ministry of Construction, General Administration of Quality Supervision, and Bureau of Inspection and Quarantine. Required certificates are issued upon satisfactory inspection of service stations. In addition, there are various standards that must be met for filling stations, including handling and storage of gas, tanker handling, and compressor operation. These standards are regulated by local construction and gas operations regulating authorities. Inspections are carried out and certificates for the handling of dangerous agents are issued by relevant local authorities. As of December 31, 2007, most of our project companies have received such certificates. There are six project companies that are still in the process of obtaining such certificates. We believe failure to obtain such certificates in time for those projects will not have a materially adverse effect on our operations.
 
 
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Environmental Assessment

Under China’s Environmental Regulations, each of our project location should obtain an environmental assessment report which asses the environmental impact of the operations of the project. The report must be approved by the relevant authorities. As of February 18, 2008, most of our project companies have obtained such reports. We are still in process of obtaining such reports for five project companies. We believe failure to obtain such reports in time for those projects will not have a materially adverse effect on our operations.

Income Taxes
 
Pursuant to the tax laws of PRC, general enterprises are subject to income tax at an effective rate of 33%. Beijing Gas is in the natural gas industry, whose development is encouraged by the government. However, PRC income tax regulations provide that any company operating in the natural gas industry enjoys a favorable tax rate. In addition, Beijing Gas has been approved as a high technology company and as such has been enjoying preferential income tax treatment under the PRC’s income tax policies. Under these policies, Beijing Gas was exempt from corporate income taxes for the first two years commencing from its first profitable year, and thereafter will be entitled to a 50% tax reduction for the succeeding three years. Our first profitable tax year was 2003. Accordingly, our income is subject to a reduced tax rate of 7.5% from 2005 to 2007. Beginning in 2008, our income tax rate will be 7.5%. The subsidiaries of Beijing Gas are subject to the effective rate of 15% - 33%, but almost all income is earned by Beijing Gas.

Foreign Currency Control
 
 Under certain regulations in the form of public notices issued by the PRC State Administration of Foreign Exchange, or SAFE, our shareholders who are PRC resident entities or individuals are subject to certain registration requirements due to the status of GAS (BVI) and Sino Gas under Chinese law as offshore special purpose companies, or SPCs. These regulations would prohibit Beijing Gas from distributing dividends or profits to GAS (BVI) and/or Sino Gas as SPCs unless we comply with the registration requirements set forth by SAFE. As of the date hereof, Mr. Liu Yu Chuan, our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, has completed the registration with the SAFE and has been issued a SAFE certificate in August 2006. We are in the process of determining whether there are additional shareholders who are subject to the SAFE regulations and whose compliance status will have a material effect on our ability to remit any of our profits out of the PRC as dividends or otherwise.  

Employees
 
As of March 31, 2008, we had approximately 367 full-time employees, including 61 management personnel, 55 approximately 50 technicians, 30 engineers and 15 research and development personnel. One employee holds a doctorate degree, 3 employees hold a master’s degree, and 102 employees hold a bachelor’s degree

As required by applicable Chinese law, we have entered into employment contracts with all of our employees. We have also entered into a confidentiality agreement with all of our employees under which such employees are prohibited from disclosing confidential information of the Company or using it for other purposes than the benefit of the Company. Directors, officers, mid-level managers and some key employees in sales and R&D are required to sign a non-compete agreement which prohibits them from competing with the Company while they are employees of the Company and not working for a competitor within one year of termination and working in the industry for two years after their employment with the Company is terminated.
 
 
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Our employees in China participate in a state pension arrangement organized by Chinese municipal and provincial governments. We are required to contribute to the arrangement at the rate of 20% of the average monthly salary. In addition, we are required by Chinese law to cover employees in China with other types of social insurances. Our total contribution may amount to 30% of the average monthly salary. We have purchased social insurances for all of our employees. The social insurance we paid in 2006 and 2007 is shown below:
 
   
 
At and for the year ended
December 31,
 
   
 
2007
(in USD)
   
2006
(in USD)
 
Amount of social insurance  
    233,113.58       77,104.80  

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

Not required.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff  Comments

Not required to respond because we are a smaller reporting company.

Item 2. Description of Property

Description of Property

We have offices at all operational locations. The facilities are added with each new project or operational location as part of the execution of the project.

All land in China is owned by the State. Individuals and companies are permitted to acquire rights to use land or land use rights for specific purposes. A “land use right” allows the holder the right to use the land for a specified long-term period of time and confers to the holder all the incidents of ownership of the land during that period. In the case of land used for industrial purposes, the land use rights are generally granted for a period of 50 years. This period may be renewed at the expiration of the initial and any subsequent terms. Granted land use rights are transferable and may be used as security for borrowings and other obligations. We hold land use rights for two parcels of land registered under their names, and lease land use rights from third parties for additional parcels of land that are used for its gas distribution projects. In addition, we lease office buildings and warehouse facilities for our business operations.

Set forth below is the detailed information regarding these land use rights registered under the names of Beijing Gas or its subsidiaries:
 
Registered owner of land use right
  
Location & certificate of  
land use right
  
Usage
  
(approximate)  
square meters
  
Date of  
Issuance or  
Grant
  
Expiration 
Date
Beijing Gas  
 
South side of
Huang He
Road, Cai
Yuan Town,
Wu Qiao
County
 
Wu Guo Yong
(2003) Zi
Di Chu No.
208
 
Other 
commercial 
use
 
1,520
 
November 
25, 2003
 
November 
25, 2043
   
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
 
     
Yu Tian Country Zhong Ran
Wei Ye Gas Ltd.  
 
Between East
side of Yu
Zun West
Road and
South side of
Guan Qu,
Yu Tian
County
 
Yu Tian Guo
Yong
(2004) Zi Di
No. 097
 
Industrial use
 
2,674.5
 
June 8,
2004
 
May 21,
2054
 
 
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In addition to the land use rights described above, we have the right to use an aggregate of approximately 36,283 square meters for our operations either through grants or transfers of land use rights or lease arrangements. The rights range in duration from six to 20 years. The documentation of some of these land use rights have not yet been completed. We expect to complete the documentation for these land use rights in the near future.
 
As of December 31, 2007, we own 720 km of high-pressure underground pipeline. We also own and operate 33 natural gas stations with accompanying buildings, gas compression facilities and other equipment, including 22 cars, 19 trucks, 28 containers (3000 m 3 ), 6 containers (450 m 3 ), and 59 containers (300 m 3 ). We also lease two trucks from PetroChina.

We believe that all our properties and equipment have been adequately maintained, are generally in good condition, and are suitable and adequate for our business.
 
Item 3. Legal Proceedings

To our knowledge, there is no material litigation pending or threatened against us.
 
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
 
None.
PART II
 
Item 5. Market for Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

Our common stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol SGAS.OB. There was no public trading activity in our shares during the past two fiscal years through September 7, 2006. Since our September 7, 2006 reverse merger with GAS Investment China Co., Ltd. (“Gas (BVI)”), there has been some minimal trading activity in our shares. The following table provides the high and low sales prices for our common stock as reported for the periods indicated.
 
Such prices are based on inter-dealer bid and asked prices, without markup, markdown, commissions, or adjustments and may not represent actual transactions.
 
CALENDAR QUARTER ENDED  
 
HIGH 
 BID(S)
   
LOW BID(S)
 
September 30, 2006*  
 
$
0.04
   
$
0.014
 
December 31, 2006  
 
$
5.00
   
$
3.60
 
March 31, 2007  
 
$
11.12
   
$
6.1
 
June 30, 2007  
 
$
8.0
   
$
4.0
 
September 30, 2007  
 
$
6.0
   
$
3.7
 
December 31, 2007  
 
$
4.5
   
$
2.75
 
First Quarter of 2008 (as of March 20, 2008)  
 
$
4.0
   
$
2.02
 
 
* We completed our reverse merger with GAS Investment China Co., Ltd. (“Gas (BVI)”) on September 7, 2006.
 
 
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As of March 28, 2008, there were 682 holders of record of our common stock.
 
To date, we have neither declared nor paid any cash dividends on shares of our common stock. We presently intend to retain earnings to finance the operation and expansion of our business and do not anticipate declaring cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
 
Item 6. Selected Financial Data

Not required.
 
Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation
 
The following discussion and analysis of our consolidated financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes of Beijing Gas appearing elsewhere in this annual report. This discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including, but not limited to, those set forth under "Risk Factors" in our registration statement filed with the SEC on January 11, 2008.

Overview

We are engaged in the development of natural gas distribution systems and the distribution of natural gas to residential, and industrial customers in small- and medium-sized cities in China, through our indirectly-owned subsidiaries in the PRC, Beijing Gas and its subsidiaries.–

Beijing Gas is organized as a holding company with 26 subsidiaries, known as project companies, in four provinces, and four branches offices in Beijing, as shown on the corporate structure chart provided below. The project companies are the operating subsidiaries of Beijing Gas. Each project company operates as a local natural gas distributor in a city or county, known as an operational location, under an exclusive franchise agreement between Beijing Gas and the local government or entities in charge of gas utility, pursuant to which Beijing Gas formed the project company to operate the natural gas distribution project in the operational location. These exclusive franchise agreements last between 20-30 years.

In addition, Beijing Gas holds a 40% equity interest in Beijing Zhong Ran Xiang Ke Oil and Gas Technology Co. Ltd. (“Beijing Zhong Ran Xiang Ke”), a PRC joint venture entity engaged in the business of development, licensing and sale of oil and gas technologies and equipment, and sale of self-produced products.
 
Through its subsidiaries, Beijing Gas is a natural gas distributor, principally engaging in the investment, operation and management of city gas pipeline infrastructure, in the distribution of natural gas to residential an industrial users, in the construction and operation of natural gas distribution networks, and in the development and application of natural gas related technologies. Beijing Gas and it subsidiaries own and operate 24 natural gas distribution systems serving approximately 69,860 residential and four commercial or industrial customers. Our facilities include approximately 700 km of pipeline and delivery networks with a designed daily capacity of approximately 70,000 cubic meters of gas. Currently, we are constructing an additional four natural gas distribution systems. We own and operate natural gas distribution systems primarily in Hebei, Jiangsu, Jilin, Anhui and Beijing. 
 
 
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Below is our corporate structure:


(1) See “Organizational History of Gas (BVI) and Beijing Gas” under “Description of Business” of this annual report regarding the subsidiaries of Beijing Gas.

Executive Summary

Economic & Industrial Trend

We generate revenue from two sources: connection fees for constructing connections to our natural gas distribution network, and sales of natural gas. Our connection activities are closely related to the development of real estate industry in our targeting cities in China, given the fact that almost all of our connection fees are from new residential apartments. Natural gas facilities in new apartments are often required by local governments, who aim to promote the use of natural gas to improve local residents’ life quality.

We have experienced high growth of our connection activities since inception of our business, thanks to Chinese real estate boom in the past five years. We see no major factors that will change the trend of real estate industry in the coming year. Therefore we expect to continue to see growth of household connections, especially in small-to-medium sized cities where the real estate market is at an early developing stage.

If Chinese real estate market does slow down in the future, our connection business would be negatively affected as a result of fewer new household connections.

Our gas users are composed of industrial and residential users. Gas sales from residential users are much less affected by economic and industrial factors and would maintain stable growth in the future, due to the increasing pool of our residential customers. Gas sales from industrial users is subject to the operating performance of the end industrial user and development of new users. Gas sales to our industrial users have increased 70% during 2007, as we developed one new user and two of our existing users have expanded their production capacity. Our biggest industrial user, Hebei Zhong Gang Co. Ltd, is increasing production capacity, which is expected to increase our daily gas sales from 30,000 cubic meters to 45,000 cubic meters in 2008. As we develop into more cities, we expect to add one to two industrial users in the coming year.
 
 
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Material Opportunities

The gas distribution market is quite fragmented in the small (population less than 100,000)-to-medium (population between 100,000 to 300,000) sized cities. We have been in active talks with potential project targets. The size of the projects varies from small cities, like the ones we have, to medium-sized cities. For small city markets, many of them are still untapped or undeveloped. The development of these markets are generally considered major growth components of the company.

Regarding medium-sized or large cities, most of them have already been developed by large distributors or are still operated by state-owned companies. Acquisition opportunities exist for those still run by state-owned companies, as the central government encourages suppliers to turn them into privately-owned companies. The acquisition of these markets would have material impact on the company, increasing the company’s assets and revenues significantly. The company needs to raise money to fund these acquisitions.
 
Material Challenges

There are vast number of small-to-medium sized cities left undeveloped, but the competition is intense, as there are many small new players in the market attracted by the profitability and growth potential of the business. Meanwhile, from time to time, we are also facing competitions from stronger competitors, as large city markets are getting saturated and our competitors are beginning to expand into smaller cities.

We are facing limited opportunities in developing into first-tier cities in China, as most of them have already been taken by other large gas distributors, such as Xin’ao Gas Co. Ltd (largest in China) in the past decade.

Still, potential users in small and medium-sized cities need to be educated by the benefits of natural gas. It takes some time for them to get to know how natural gas can improve the quality of life. This is especially true for new markets, where there is no use of natural gas. Small cities tend to be more reluctant for use of new energies than large cities where residents depend more on coal, rather than natural gas.

China’s energy market is highly regulated by the government, with regard to purchase price and sale price of natural gas. Whenever there is an adjustment to purchase price by the government, gas distributors would increase the sale price correspondingly, subject to a public hearing and government approval. The increase of natural gas price in China is lagging behind that in the international markets, which has soared in the past year. The Chinese government has seldom adjusted natural gas and we can not rule out the possibilities of increase of natural gas price by the government in the future. Even though we can adjust the sale price accordingly after the increase of purchase price, passing the increase to end users. However, it would make natural gas more expensive, as compared to other alternative energies. Thus this increase of price will deter our business development.

Risks in Short-Term and Long-Term

In each of the cities we are developing and aiming to develop, the real estate market is the major factor that impacts us. Most of our residential customers are the new home buyers. If the real estate market turns downward, the demands for new homes would decrease, resulting in fewer natural gas connections, and thus negatively impacting our business.

To reduce the company’s heavy dependence on connection fees, the company is looking at opportunities to diversify its business by expanding into related areas, such as pipeline and gas station business. However, we do not expect to develop into those areas in large scale any time soon and it may take some time for those business to become our major business.
 
 
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Year Ended Dec 31, 2007 Compared to Year Ended Dec 31, 2006

In the year ended December 31, 2007, our company achieved strong increases in financial and operational results. Our net revenues and gross profit were $20,267,756 and $10,870,718, respectively, representing an increase of 86.44% and 66.13% from those in the previous year. Operating income in 2007 was $8,052,785, representing an increase of 53.97% from 2006. These results were largely attributed to the strategies the company has pursued:
 
1)
Focus on small- to mid-sized cities each with a population of no more than one million, where there is little competition to obtain a franchise, and where our franchise grants us exclusivity.

2)
Secure contracts for long-term supplies of natural gas from major gas suppliers in China at favorable prices and on favorable terms, which would support the continuous expansion of our customer base.

3)
Finance our operations using a well-designed financing plan that will give us a favorable cost of capital.

4)
Employ the best management with rich experience in the industry and improve operating efficiency and corporate governance.
 
   
 
For the 12 months ended
December 31,
       
   
 
2007
   
2006
   
Change
 
   
 
US$
   
US$
   
%
 
Net Revenues  
   
20,267,756
     
10,870,718
     
86.44
%
Gross Profit  
   
10,768,004
     
6,481,576
     
66.13
%
Operating Income  
   
8,052,785
     
5,229,948
     
53.97
%
Net Income  
   
7,707,370
     
5,073,289
     
53.01
%
Gross Margin  
   
53.12
%
   
59.62
%
       
Net Margin  
   
38.03
%
   
47.52
%
       
 
Net Revenues

We generate revenues from two sources: connection fees for constructing connections to our natural gas distribution network, and sales of natural gas.

Total net revenues for the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007 were $20,267,756, compared to $10,870,718 for the same period in 2006, representing an increase of 86.44%. The increase was due to new customers’ connecting to our gas distribution network and new customers’ purchasing our natural gas. In 2007, we connected 39,306 new residential households to our gas distribution network, resulting in total connection fees of $12,973,148 and bringing the number of our total connected households to 87,537 as of the end of 2007. Gas sales during the same period amounted to 25.89 million cubic meters, or $7,294,608. In comparison, we connected 24,534 new residential households to our gas distribution network throughout 2006, resulting in total connection fees of $6,958,216. Gas sales during the period amounted to 13.83 million cubic meters, or $3,912,502.
 
   
 
For the 12 months ended December 31,
       
   
 
2007
   
2006
   
Change
 
(In $ million)  
 
US$
   
%
   
US$
   
%
   
%
 
Net Revenues  
   
20.27
     
100
%
   
10.87
     
100
%
   
86.44
%
Connection Fees  
   
12.97
     
64
%
   
6.96
     
64
%
   
86.35
%
Gas Sales  
   
7.30
     
36
%
   
3.91
     
36
%
   
86.7
%
 
 
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The financing we obtained in 2006 occurred later than expected and provided a smaller amount of funds than we had expected. The result of the reduced amount and later date of the financings was that we missed some of the opportunities we had originally targeted.

The high rate of net revenue growth in 2007 was due to our efforts to consolidate and enhance penetration of the existing markets, and our successful acquisitions of Beijing Chenguang Gas Co., Ltd. and Guannan Zhongyuan Natural Gas Co., Ltd., which were adequately funded by our financings closed in late 2006. We expect this trend to continue as we are actively looking for acquisition targets and plan on raising additional funds. This rate of growth may not be sustained in the future if we are not able to raise adequate funds for the acquisitions. 

We are considering several potential acquisition targets, which would substantially contribute to our revenues and net income if successfully acquired. We are very close to reach an agreement with a medium-sized city and we are in talks with two to three other small-sized city projects. There are various means for us to raise money for potential acquisition, including equity financing, debt financing, domestic bank loans. We have signed term sheet with one debt financing investor raising approximately $20 million for the acquisition of the potential target projects.  The definitive agreements are expected to be signed in the second quarter of 2008. Meanwhile, we are engaged with domestic banks targeting on borrowing approximately $20 million.

The high percentage of connection fees as compared to gas sales was due to the fact that we have started many new projects and we were able to collect connection fees upfront from new customers. We expect the ratio of connection fees to the total to continue for some time because we are in the growth stage and will develop several new projects per year. As the projects are fully developed and the opportunities for new projects decrease, the percentage of gas sales relative to the total revenue will increase and the percentage of connection fees relative to the total revenues will decrease. 

To reduce the company’s heavy dependence on connection fees, the company is also looking at opportunities to diversify its business by expanding into related areas, like pipeline and gas fueling stations. However, we do not expect to develop into those areas in large scale any time soon and it may take some time for those businesses to become one major driver of the natural gas industry.

Connection Fees

Connection fees in 2007 were $12.97 million, representing an increase of 86.35% over the year 2006, accounting for 64% of the total net revenue compared with approximately 64% for the same period in 2006. With regard to the source of connection fees, $11.26 million, or 87% of total connection fees, came from the development of new residential users. We connected 39,306 residential users in 2007, an increase of approximately 79.87% from 2006. Industrial users contributed a relatively small $1.72 million, or 13%, of our total connection fees in 2007, an increase of 145.71% from prior one-year period.
 
   
 
For the 12 months ended December 31,
       
(in US$ millions)  
 
2007
   
2006
   
Change
 
   
 
US$
   
%
   
US$
   
%
   
%
 
Connection Fees  
   
12.97
     
100
%
   
6.96
     
100
%
   
86.35
%
Residential Users  
   
11.26
     
87
%
   
6.26
     
90
%
   
79.87
%
Industrial Users  
   
1.72
     
13
%
   
0.70
     
10
%
   
145.71
%
 
Such substantial increase was primarily attributable to the following two aspects.


 
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First of all, we tried our best to develop more residential customers in those cities of which we have obtained franchise of natural gas distribution systems. Our invested projects in the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007 connected 32,479 new residential households, resulting in approximately $9.3 million to our total connection fees. In comparison, during the same period of 2006, we connected 24,534 new residential households to our gas distribution network, resulting in total connection fees of $6.5 million.

Secondly, Quality projects merger was judged to be another important factor in our good performance. Beijing Chenguang Gas Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Chenguang”), acquired in January 2007, connected 4,256 new residential households in the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007, resulting in approximately $1.3 million to our total connection fees. Guannan Weiye Gas Co., Ltd. (“Guannan Weiye”), acquired in July 2007, connected 2,571 new residential households in the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007, resulting in approximately $0.68 million to our total connection fees.

The table below is a breakdown of our top four customers by connection fees:
 
Customers  
 
Connected 
 Household Users 
(thousand) 
 (thousand)
     
Connection Fees: 
($ million)
     
Percentage of 
Connection Fees 
(%)
 
Shanghai Datun Energy Holdings  
   
8.7
     
2.76
     
38.23
%
Huabei Petrol Bureau  
   
2.5
     
0.59
     
8.17
%
Jinshi Real Estate Co.  
   
1.3
     
0.50
     
6.93
%
Jiangsu Hongze Lake Farm  
   
1.4
     
0.40
     
5.54
%

At present, we have several projects under negotiation that show great growth potential, and we have signed Letter of Intent for three projects. It is anticipated that the completion of the acquisition will bring the company altogether around 19,000 new residential customers in the coming year, which constitutes the new major sources of connection fees.

Gas Sales

In terms of volume, we sold 25.89 million cubic meters of natural gas in 2007, compared with 13.84 million cubic meters in 2006. In terms of value, gas sales were $7.29 million, accounting for 36% of total net revenue in 2007, representing nearly an increase of 90% over the year 2006. Gas sales to residential users increased 93.26%, from $0.89 million in 2006 to $1.72 million in 2007. Gas sales to industrial users increased 32.09%, from $2.15 million in 2006 to $2.84 million in 2007. Gas sales to commercial users increased 213.95%, from $0.86 million in 2006 to $2.73 million in 2007.
 
   
 
For the 12 months ended December 31,  
       
   
 
2007
   
2006
   
Change
 
($ million)  
 
US$
   
%
   
US$
   
%
   
%
 
Gas Sales  
   
7.29
     
100
%
   
3.91
     
100
%
   
86.44
%
Residential Users  
   
1.72
     
23
%
   
0.89
     
23
%
   
93.26
%
Industrial Users  
   
2.84
     
39
%
   
2.15
     
55
%
   
32.09
%
Commercial Users  
   
2.73
     
38
%
   
0.86
     
22
%
   
213.95
%
 
Such substantial increase was primarily attributable to the following two aspects.

First of all, our invested projects maintained steady and rapid development. During the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007, 15.74 million cubic meters of gas were sold, resulting in approximately $4.53 million, 62.17% of our total gas sales. In comparison, during the same period of last year, 13.84 million cubic meters of gas were sold, resulting in approximately $3.91 million.
 
 
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Secondly, Quality projects merger was judged to be another important factor in our good performance. Beijing Chenguang Gas Co., Ltd. (“Beijing Chenguang”), acquired in January 2007, sold 10.15 million cubic meters of gas during the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007, resulting in approximately $2.76 million, 37.83% of our total gas sales.

The table below is a breakdown of our major industrial customers for gas consumption in 2007.
 
Industrial Customers
 
Gas Usage 
(million 
cubic 
meters)
     
Gas Usage 
($ million)
     
Percentage
of Gas Sales 
(%)
  
Hebei Zhonggang Steel Co., Ltd.
   
7.35
     
2.21
     
30
%
Tangshan Changsheng Ceramic Factory
   
0.97
     
0.29
     
4
%
The First Machine Factory of Huabei Petrol Bureau
   
0.77
     
0.21
     
3
%
Elite (Langfang) Textile Corporation
   
0.22
     
0.06
     
1
%
Hebei Jihengyuan Group Ltd.
   
0.15
     
0.05
     
1
%

Gas sales of $2.21 million were contributed by a single industrial project, Hebei Zhonggang Steel Co., Ltd. (“Hebei Zhonggang”), which started to use gas at the beginning of 2006. The gas consumption of Hebei Zhonggang has increased to 7.35 million cubic meters in 2007 from 5.24 million cubic meters in 2006. Throughout 2006, daily gas consumption by Hebei Zhonggang was roughly 15,000 cubic meters. In 2007, daily gas consumption by Hebei Zhonggang has increased to roughly 20,000 cubic meters.

Since the profit margin is only 2% for gas sales to commercial customers, much lower than the approximately 15% profit margin for sales to industrial and residential users, our company is going to refine the gas sales structure in the coming year. We will endeavor to include more valuable industrial customers and intentionally reduce sales to commercial customers, which made up a larger percentage of total gas sales in 2007, especially under the circumstances of insufficient gas supply.

It is anticipated that the acquisition of the medium-sized city project with which we are in talks and have signed the Letter of Intent will bring our company additional 40 million cubic meters of gas usage in 2008.

Cost of Revenues

Cost of revenues in fiscal year 2007, which includes cost of connection and cost of gas sales was $9.50 million, an increase of $5.11 million, or 116.4%, from $4.39 million in fiscal year 2006.
 
   
For the 12 months ended December 31,
       
   
2007
   
2006
   
Change
 
($ million)
 
US$
   
%
   
US$
   
%
   
%
 
Cost of Revenues
   
9.50
     
100
%
   
4.39
     
100
%
   
116.4
%
Connection Cost
   
3.13
     
33
%
   
1.44
     
33
%
   
117.4
%
Gas Cost
   
6.37
     
67
%
   
2.95
     
67
%
   
115.9
%

Cost of Connection
 
Our cost of connection during the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007 was $3.13 million, or 33% of total cost of revenues. By comparison, the cost of connection during the same period of 2006 was $1.44 million, or 33% of total cost of revenue.

Cost of connection increased around 117.4% from the same period in 2006, due to both the expansion of our operations and the increased cost of gas station maintenance resulting from the development of our gas stations.

Cost of connection includes depreciation of major pipelines, the cost of courtyard pipelines, valves, gas meters, and installation and maintenance fees.
 
 
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Considering the city's overall planning and the long-term interests of our company, the capacity of the gas pipeline network we designed to distribute gas for a city usually greatly exceeded the number of households we served at the very beginning, which makes the cost of connection, specifically the depreciation of fixed assets and maintenance cost greatly increase. However, with connection of more households to the gas pipeline, the average cost to each household will be gradually reduced.

Cost of Gas Sales
 
The cost of natural gas sales includes the purchase and transportation of natural gas and depreciation of delivery trucks. The cost of gas sales increased 115.9% to $6.37 million during the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007 from the same period in 2006, when it was $2.95 million. This increase, which outpaced the 86.44% increase in sales of natural gas during the same interval, is largely due to the addition of gas delivery trucks acquired for approximately CNY 12 million ($1.64 million), the depreciation of which added to our cost of natural gas sales. We believe that the impact of that depreciation will be gradually reduced as our business and customer base grow.

Connection fees has a much higher gross margin than Gas Sales. That is why there is a larger percentage of Gas Cost in total Costs of Revenues, 67% for the year 2007, than Connection Cost, 33%.

For the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007, we have purchased a total of 16.81 million cubic meters of natural gas, about 66% of which were purchased from North China Oil Field Fourth Oil Extraction Plant of Petro China.
 
The purchase price that gas distributors pay for natural gas, which is set by the PRC government, is approximately CNY 1.6 to 1.9 ($0.22 to $0.26) per cubic meter. We signed a ten-year gas supply agreement in 2003. It is tentatively prescribed that every year Petro China supplied a total of 10 million cubic meters of natural gas at CNY 1.55 ($0.212) per cubic meter between April 1 and October 31 and CNY 1.65 ($0.226) per cubic meter during the rest of the year. At the beginning of each year in the ten-year contract period, we negotiate with Petro China on the price and supply amount according to market conditions.

Langfang Development Zone Wei Ye Hazardous Goods Transportation Co. Ltd, one of our subsidiaries, is responsible for our gas transportation, and transportation cost per cubic meter is relatively stable at CNY 0.55 ($0.075) per cubic meter. Management believes that this transportation cost per cubic meter is likely to remain constant in spite of the increased depreciation costs from the newly purchased vehicles described above, because the vehicles will allow delivery of additional natural gas to customers in sufficient numbers to offset those costs.

The table below details our major gas suppliers in 2007:

Gas Supplier
 
Gas Purchase
 (million cubic
meters)
     
Gas Purchase
($ million)
 
North China Oil Field Fourth Oil Extraction Plant of Petro China
   
11.17
     
2.05
 
Beijing Gas Group Co., Ltd.
   
3.12
     
0.75
 
Tianjin Dagang Oilfield Transportation Co., Ltd.
   
1.04
     
0.27
 
Henan Zhong Yuan Green Energy High-Tech Co., Ltd.
   
0.71
     
0.24
 
Hebei Natural Gas Co. Ltd
   
0.77
     
0.17
 
 
 
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Gross Profit

   
For the 12 months ended December 31,
          
     
2007
     
2006
     
Change
  
($ million)
  
US$
     
%
    
US$
   
%
   
%
 
Gross Profit
   
10.77
     
100
%
   
6.48
     
100
%
   
66.13
%
Connection
   
9.85
     
91.4
%
   
5.51
     
85
%
   
78.77
%
Gas
   
0.92
     
8.6
%
   
0.97
     
15
%
   
-5.157
%

During the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007, gross profit was $10.77 million, an increase of approximately 66% from the same period of 2006. Gross profit from connection fees is $9.85 million for the first twelve months of 2007, accounting for 91.4% of total gross profit. In comparison, gross profit from connection fees was $5.51 million for the twelve months of 2006, accounting for 85% of total gross profit. Gross profit from gas sales was $0.92 million, accounting for 8.6% of total gross profit, compared to $0.97, 15% of total gross profit million in the same period of 2006.
 
Gross margin during the twelve months ended December 31, 2007 is 53.13%, compared to 59.62% during the same period in 2006.

Gross margin for connection fees for year 2007 was 75.91%, compared to 79.17% in 2006. The decrease of connection gross margin are mainly because we built gas distribution infrastructure which can be used for 25-30 years by the total potential residential households in our operating cities and now only a small proportion of residential households have been connected. As a result, the depreciation under the cost of connection is relatively higher. As we develop more households in the cities, the margin will be improved.

Gross margin for sales of natural gas was 12.62% in 2007, compared with 24.81% during the same period of 2006, due to the relatively higher depreciation for delivery trucks described above.

Selling and Marketing Expenses

Our selling and marketing expenses in the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007 were $609 thousand and approximately 3% of our net revenues, compared with $95.8 thousand, or 1 % of net revenues in the same period of 2006.

In 2007, we acquired Beijing Chenguang which owns four subsidiaries and Guannan Weiye, and we incorporated five new subsidiaries. The expansion of our company led to greatly increased staff salary, social insurance cost, travel and communications cost, and depreciation of fixed assets, which are attributable to increase of selling and marketing expenses.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses were $2.11 million for the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007, which was 82.23% higher than $1.16 million for the same period last year.

The new subsidiaries will definitely bring income of long-term. Nevertheless, the expenses from business operation occur simultaneously. Therefore, a good expense to revenue ratio was unable to be achieved currently. In 2007, our expense to revenue ratio is 10.39%, representing a slight decline compared to 10.63% in 2006 owing to our improvement in management.

The increase was largely due to the increase in the number of operating subsidiaries we own, which led to increases in salary, social insurance, traveling expenses and other expenses. The increase was also due in part to largely increased depreciation relating to new assets described above. We believe an upward trend in general and administrative expenses is inevitable in 2008.

 
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Operating Income

The operating income in 2007 was $8.05 million, representing an increase of 53.89%, compared to the operating income of $5.23 million in 2006.

Our company enjoyed a satisfying performance due to a prominent increase in revenues and a faster revenues growth than general and administrative expenses growth.

Income tax
 
Income tax was $0.53 million in 2007, compared to $0.42 million in 2006.

For 2007, the income tax rate applicable to Beijing Gas, the main subsidiary of Sino Gas in China, is 7.5%. Beijing Gas is classified as a foreign high-tech enterprise by the tax regulatory authority, and therefore has enjoyed a favorable tax rate for the past five years, with an income tax rate of zero in 2004 and 7.5% from 2005 to 2007. The income tax rate is expected to be 15%, the standard rate for foreign high-tech enterprises.
 
The income tax rate of our subsidiaries is 18-33%, except for Beijing Chenguang and Beijing Gas. Beijing Chenguang has also been classified as a foreign high-tech enterprise and is subject to the favorable income tax rate of 7.5% from 2006 to 2008.

Net Income

Net income in the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007 was $7.71 million, representing an increase of 52.07% from $5.07 million in the same period in 2006. The increase can be attributed to the continued growth of our existing markets and the acquisitions we have made.

Net income margin is 38%, compared with 46.64% for the same period last year. The decrease was mainly due to our substantial increase of cost and expenses.

Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
Cash and cash equivalents were $10.92 million as of December 31, 2007, an increase of $7.28 million over $3.64 million of cash and cash equivalents one year earlier. The major source of cash was from the Company’s financing and operating activities.

We have the following major financing activities during the period of 2007: we completed equity financing of $18.77 million in September, 2007 and the net proceeds of the financing for the company is $13.79 million; in May we received $3 million in gross proceeds and $2.3 million in net proceeds from the exercise of warrants by investors; Beijing Gas, the main subsidiary of Sino Gas in China, took out a one year loan in the amount of CNY 20 million (approximately $2.7 million), accruing interest at an adjustable rate (currently at 6.0225% per year), with interest payable quarterly, from Industrial Bank, Beijing Branch; during the quarter ended March 30, 2007, we repaid an CNY 20 million (approximately $2.7 million) short-term loan from Shenzhen Development Bank. 

Cash Flows

Cash flows from operating activities during the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007 is $14.30 million, an increase of $12.14 million from $2.16 million in 2006, which is owing to our effective management of accounts receivable.

Cash flows from investing activities during the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007 is $25.16 million, an increase of $16.02 million from $9.14 million in 2006. We used the funds raised for acquisitions and project developments. During the year of 2007, we have paid out about CNY 70.81 million (approximately $9.6 million) for investment and acquisition.
 
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The table below is a breakdown of Cash Outflow from Investing Activities in 2007:

Beijing Chenguang Gas Ltd.
 
$
3,413,328
 
Wuhe Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
$
393,846
 
Gucheng Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
$
393,846
 
Nangong Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
$
393,846
 
Sixian Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
$
393,846
 
Baishan Wiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
$
1,969,228
 
Yuxian Jinli Gas Co., Ltd.
 
$
325,579
 
Guannan Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
$
918,973
 
Xinji Zhongchen Gas Co., Ltd.
 
$
385,969
 
Shijiazhuang Chenguang Gas Co., Ltd.
 
$
257,312
 
Luquan Chenguang Gas Co., Ltd.
 
$
257,312
 
Cheng’an Chenguang Gas Co., Ltd.
 
$
192,984
 

Cash flows from financing activities during the twelve months ended Dec 31, 2007 is $17.08 million, an increase of $7.22 million from $9.86 million in 2006.

Natural gas distribution is a typical capital-intensive industry, which requires a large amount of capital for the construction of pipelines and gas stations, purchase of transportation vehicles etc. while the investment would be got back in the following year with increasing new household connections. Under the organic growth model (growth by the Company without outside funding), the Company can develop new city projects by using the money generated from existing cities. The Company would be constrained by inadequate capital when developing into bigger cities or making Merger &Acquisition activities, under which situation the company needs to raise money to finance its business expansion. 

Accounts Receivable

Accounts receivable as of December 31, 2007 were $7.32 million, representing a decrease of $0.79 million from $6.53 million as of December 31, 2006. Accounts receivable accounted for 36.09% of net revenues, compared to 60.11% in 2006. The considerable decrease was owing to the fact that we attach great importance to the management and control of accounts receivable.

Our account receivable is expected to gradually decrease during the first six months of 2008 due to our seasonal business cycle, in which many accounts receivable are recorded upon completion of construction projects in the fourth quarter, and are collected in the second quarter of the following year. The term of most of our accounts receivable is one year. As of the end of the second quarter of 2007, accounts receivable dated from 2006 had been mostly collected, and the remainder were primarily warranty payments. A warranty payment is the final payment that a customer makes for a construction project. It consists of the final 10% of the total project cost, and it becomes payable one year after construction has been completed, provided that no significant problems with the construction have arisen during the year.
 
The table below is a breakdown of our 10 largest accounts receivable as of December 31, 2007.
 
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Baishan Jiehe Development & Construction Co., Ltd.
 
$
200,844
 
Shuqian Mingwei Development & Construction Co., Ltd.
   
241,998
 
Peixian Jiannan Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.
   
313,367
 
Sihong Jinwan Construction Co., Ltd.
   
316,101
 
Xiuzhou Shenyuan Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.
   
337,038
 
Guannan Construction Co., Ltd.
   
345,360
 
Lianyuangan Baoli Development Co., Ltd.
   
357,665
 
Jianshu Province Farms
   
421,405
 
Huabei Oil Management & Machine co., Ltd.
   
553,365
 
Hebei Zhonggang Steel Co., Ltd.
   
592,135
 
         
   
$
3,681,282
 

Notes Receivable
 
Notes receivable of $0.83 million as of December 31, 2007 is the Note issued by Hebei Zhonggang for its use of gas. The Note will be duly honored by bank.
 
Inventory
 
Inventory of $0.21 million as of December 31, 2007 was comprised of the spare parts of Maintenance equipment stored for Langfang Development Zone Wei Ye Hazardous Goods Transportation Co. Ltd., steel gas storage tanks, and natural gas.

Prepayments
 
Prepayments of $0.32 million as of December 31, 2007 were consist entirely of the prepayments for gas purchasing in accordance with the purchase and sale contract we signed with the gas suppliers.

Fixed Assets
 
Fixed Assets as of December 31, 2007 was $26.23 million, an increase of $10.94 million from $15.29 million in 2006. The table below is a breakdown of our fixed assets at cost:

   
2007
   
2006
 
At Cost
           
Gas Pipelines
 
$
18,885,734
   
$
8,255,231
 
Motor Vehicles
   
4,874,685
     
2,204,621
 
Machinery & Equipment
   
885,997
     
273,943
 
Buildings
   
1,405,638
     
89,799
 
Leasehold Improvements
   
68,942
     
47,543
 
Office Equipment
   
105,336
     
67,774
 
 Less Accumulated depreciation
   
(1,653,771
)
   
(330,381
)
   
$
24,572,565
   
$
10,608,530
 
 
Other Payables

Other payables as of December 31, 2007 were $10.4 million, an increase of $8.6 million from the end of 2006. This increase is due to the fact that the former operator of Baishan city gas distribution system we acquired in July transferred its fixed assets valued at around $3.85 million to our company.
 
Off-balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
 
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Item 8. Financial Statements
 
Our financial statements begins on page F-1 of this annual report.
 
Item 9. Changes In and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

On August 30, 2006, our Board of Directors approved the dismissal of Robison, Hill & Co. (“Robison") as our registered independent certified public accounting firm effective on September 7, 2006. Concurrent with this action, our board of directors appointed Samuel H. Wong & Co., LLP as our new registered independent certified public accounting firm.

The audit opinions of Robison, Hill & Co. on the financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005 did not contain an adverse opinion, a disclaimer of opinion, nor was it qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles, except that the report of Robison, Hill & Co. for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2004 and 2005 indicated conditions which raised substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

Samuel H. Wong & Co., LLP have audited our consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005. The audit opinions of Samuel H. Wong & Co., LLP did not contain an adverse opinion, a disclaimer of opinion, nor was it qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.
 
Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

Management’s Report of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act and have designed disclosure controls and procedures or caused disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under its supervision in order to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as applicable. Due to its inherent limitations, disclosure controls and procedures may not prevent or detect material misstatements. In addition, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Under the supervision of and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, our management conducted its evaluation of the effectiveness of our Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2007.  Based on that evaluation, our management concluded that, as of December 31, 2007, our Company’s disclosure controls and procedures was not effective due to the  material weaknesses described below.
 
Management’s Report of Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act and have designed internal control over financial reporting or caused internal control over financial reporting to be designed under its supervision in order to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, as applicable. Due to its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect material misstatements. In addition, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Under the supervision of and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, our management conducted its evaluation of the effectiveness of our Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2007 using the criteria in the Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Based on that evaluation, our management concluded that, as of December 31, 2007, our Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective due to the material weaknesses described below.

(1) The Company has not yet established a comprehensive Code of Conduct and Ethics (the “Code”) which is applicable to all Company directors, officers and employees.

(2) Our Internal Audit Department has not taken an active role in the conduct of its activities due to insufficient resources. The annual plan, budget, and specific procedures to perform the internal audit function has not been developed, and the anti-fraud audit plan has not been developed either.

(3) Our Audit Committee was not comprised of sufficient independent directors who are "independent" as the term is used in Item 7(d)(3)(iv) of Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act. Our Audit Committee did not appoint a member who qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" as defined in Item 401(e) of Regulation S-K. Our written Audit Committee Charter was not submitted to the Boards for approval.
 
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(4) Our Company did not formulate a Related Party Transactions Policy and develop a master list of all Related Parties.

This annual report does not include an attestation report of the company's registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by the company's registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the company to provide only management's report in this annual report.

Management’s Plan for Remediation of Material Weaknesses
In light of the conclusion that our Company’s internal control over financial reporting was not effective, our management has worked, and will continue to work, to address these weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. Implementations of certain remedial measures include the following:

(1) We are going to issue the Code, and arrange respective training to all the employees before April 30, 2009. Training which includes the content of the Code will be provided to new employees at the time of hiring. All the employees will be required to sign an affidavit acknowledging that the employee has read and will intend to comply with the Code;

(2) The management is committed to develop a comprehensive and risk-based internal audit function within the Company. With the limited human capital supplies in the market, we have engaged a third party professional to assist the management in establishing the internal control system. At the same time, we have enhanced our efforts of recruitment and interviews are undergoing. We expect that an internal audit department will be set up before May 31, 2008. With the continuous assistance from the third party professional, the roles and responsibilities of the internal audit department will be formulated and a risk-based internal audit plan will be developed and approved by the Audit Committee within a month after the set up.

(3) The Board of Directors has appointed Mr. Zhang Xin Min on March 10, 2008, Mr. Zhang serves as a financial expert of Audit Committee and will provide oversight/monitoring over our financial reporting mechanism.

(4). Compensation Committee Charter, Audit Committee Charter and Related Party Transactions Policy have been drafted and will be approved by the Board of Directors and become effective before second quarter of 2009.
  
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
 
During the year ended December 31, 2007, there was no change in our internal controls over financial reporting that has materially affected, or that is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
 
Item 9B. Other Information

None.
 
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Part III
 
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers, Promoters, Control Persons and Corporate Governance; Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act
 
Directors and Executive Officers
 
Directors and Executive
Officers
 
Position/Title
 
Age
Yuchuan LIU
 
President & Chief Executive Officer, director and Chairman of the Board
 
44
Zhicheng ZHOU
 
Chief Operating Officer/Director (since Mar. 14, 08)
 
44
Zhimin ZHONG
 
Marketing Director
 
53
Shukui BIAN
 
Vice President & Chief Engineer
 
44
Yong ZHANG
 
Chief Financial Officer (resigned August 25, 2008)
 
34
Yugang ZHANG
 
Chief Financial Officer (effective August 25, 2008)
 
37
Guowei CHEN
 
Director
 
52
Quandong SUN
 
Director
 
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Xinmin ZHANG
 
Director
 
53
John D. KUHNS
 
Director (resigned effective Mar. 8, 08)
 
57
Fang CHEN
 
Director (resigned effective Mar. 6, 08)
 
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here are no family relationships among our directors or executive officers.

All our directors hold office until the next annual meeting of our shareholders, and until their successors have been qualified after being elected or appointed. Officers serve at the discretion of our board of directors.

Set forth below is the biographical information about our directors and executive officers:
 
Mr. Yuchuan Liu Mr. Liu was appointed our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President on September 7, 2006. Mr. Liu graduated from North Industrial University, Beijing, PRC with a B.S. degree in electrical engineering. Mr. Liu has been a licensed Senior Engineer in the PRC since 1997. Mr. Liu was the Chairman of the board of directors and General Manager of Beijing Zhong Ran Wei Ye Gas Co., Ltd. between 2003-2006 and he was the Chairman of the Board of Beijing Xiang Ke Jia Hua Petroleum and Natural Gas Co., Ltd. between 2000 and 2003. Prior to that, Mr. Liu served as CEO of Lang Fang Zhong Gong Petroleum and Natural Gas Technology Co., Ltd. from 1997 to 1999. Prior to that, Mr. Liu served as the Chief of Research and Development Department of Petro China from 1983 to 1997.
 
Mr. Zhicheng Zhou Mr. Zhou was appointed our Chief Operating Officer on October 19, 2006. Previously, Mr. Zhou served as the director and General Manager of Beijing Chenguang Gas Co., Ltd. from late 2002 to 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Zhou served as the Associate General Manager and later General Manager of Beijing Zhong Ran Xiang Ke Petroleum and Oil Technology Co., Ltd. between 2001 and 2002.

Mr. Zhimin Zhong Mr. Zhong was appointed our Marketing Director on September 7, 2006. Mr. Zhong graduated from Nanjing University with a B.S. in Philosophy. Mr. Zhong was the Marketing Director for Beijing Zhong Ran Wei Ye Gas Co., Ltd., between 2004-2006. Mr. Zhong was Vice President of Shen Zhen Guo Qi Real Estate Co. Ltd from 1995 to 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Zhong served as a government official in several cities in Jiang Xi Province between 1978 and 1995.
 
Mr. Shukui Bian Mr. Bian was appointed our Vice President and Chief Engineer on September 7, 2006. Mr. Bian graduated from Daqing Petroleum Institute with a B.S. and Petroleum University with a M.S. He served as Vice President of Beijing Zhong Ran Xiang Ke Petroleum and Oil Technology Co., Ltd. between 2000 and 2007. Prior to that, Mr. Bian had been with North China Oilfield The First Refinery Factory for fourteen years. Mr. Bian was one of the industry experts that drafted The National Standard of Natural Gas Usage in Cities in China. 
 
Mr. Yugang Zhang On August 25, 2008, Mr. Yugang Zhang was appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Zhang was the Area Financial Controller for Asian Operation of Smufit-Stone Container Enterprises Inc., a U.S. company, from June 2003 to July 2008. Prior to that, from March 2001 to May 2003, he worked as the Plant Controller of the same company in Mansfield, MA. From September 2000 to March 2001, he was the Assistant Controller and Accounting Manager for FAE Worldwide, Inc. in Boston, MA. From February 1999 to September 2000, he was the Staff Accountant for Braver CPAs & Co., P.C. of Chestnut Hill, MA. Mr. Zhang obtained an MBA from the Clark University of Massachusetts with a full-tuition scholarship in 1997 and graduated from the Mechanical Engineering School of Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin with a Bachelor’s degree in 1993.
 
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Mr. Guowei Chen Mr. Chen was appointed our director on September 7, 2006 and a member of the auditor committee of our board and a member of the compensation committee of our board on October 19, 2006. Mr. Chen graduated from East China College of Metallurgy with a major in Accounting. From March 2006 to present, Mr. Chen has been the general manager and chairman of the board of Shen Zhen Jia Xin Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. Prior to that, he was the general manager of Hang Zhou Steal Group from 2001 to February 2006. Mr. Chen is very experienced in general and financial management.

Mr. Quandong Sun Mr. Sun was appointed our director on September 7, 2006 and a member of the auditor committee of our board and a member of the compensation committee of our board on October 19, 2006. Mr. Sun graduated from Shanghai Maritime University with a B.S. Mr. Sun has been Chairman of Jidong Shipping Co., Ltd from 1995. Prior to that, Mr. Sun served as Manager in the Shipping Department of Shekou Shipping Co., Ltd between 1987 to 1994.

Mr. Xinmin Zhang Mr. Zhang was appointed our director on March 10, 2008. From December 1999 to present, Mr. Zhang is the Dean of International Business School, University of International Business and Economics (“UIBE”) in Beijing, China. From September 1994 to December 1999, he was the Vice Dean of International Business School, UIBE. He is a Certified Public Accountant and also a professor of Accounting of UIBE. Mr. Zhang now serves as the independent director of three listed companies in China which are Minmetals Development Co., Ltd, Gree Corporation, Guangcai Construction Co., Ltd. Mr. Zhang obtained his Bachelor of Engineering from Northern Industrial University in 1983, his Master of Economics from Renmin University in 1989 and his Ph.D. in Management Science from Northeastern University of Economics and Trade in 2001.

To our knowledge, during the last five years, none of our directors and executive officers (including those of our subsidiaries) has:
 
Had a bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which such person was a general partner or executive officer either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time.
 
Been convicted in a criminal proceeding or been subject to a pending criminal proceeding, excluding traffic violations and other minor offenses.

Been subject to any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities or banking activities.

Been found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the SEC, or the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended or vacated.

In 2007, the Board of Directors had held three meetings, all the directors were present, except John Kuhns missed all three meetings. For each individual committee, no meeting was held.
 
Board Composition and Committees

Our board of directors currently consists of five members: Yuchuan Liu, Xinmin Zhang, Guowei Chen, Quandong Sun and Zhicheng Zhou. Xinmin Zhang and Guowei Chen are “independent” as that term is defined by SEC rules.

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Compensation Committee

Our Compensation Committee comprises three members and is responsible for the administration of all salary, bonus and incentive compensation plans for our officers and key employees. The members of our Compensation Committee are Xinmin Zhang, Guowei Chen and Quandong Sun. Xinmin Zhang and Guowei Chen are “independent” as that term is defined by SEC rules.
 
Audit Committee Financial Expert

Because we only recently consummated the reverse merger transaction and appointed the current members of our board of directors, our board of directors has not yet appointed a member who qualifies as an "audit committee financial expert" as defined in Item 401(e) of Regulation S-B, and is "independent" as the term is used in Item 7(d)(3)(iv) of Schedule 14A under the Exchange Act.

Audit Committee
 
Our board of directors appointed an audit committee on October 19, 2006. Our audit committee members are Sun Quan Dong, Chen Guo Wei and Xinmin Zhang. Xinmin Zhang and Guowei Chen are “independent” as that term is defined by SEC rules. At the present time, we believe that the members of our audit committee are collectively capable of analyzing and evaluating our financial statements and understanding internal controls and procedures for financial reporting. Our company, however, recognizes the importance of good corporate governance and intends to identify and appoint an audit committee comprised entirely of independent directors, including at least one financial expert, in the near future.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers, directors and beneficial owners of more than ten percent (10%) to report their beneficial ownership of equity interests in the company to the SEC. Their initial reports are required to be filed using the SEC's Form 3, and they are required to report subsequent purchases, sales, and other changes using the SEC's Form 4, which must be filed within two business days of most transactions. Officers, directors, and persons owning more than 10% of our capital shares are required by SEC regulations to furnish us with copies of all of reports they file pursuant to Section 16(a).
 
According to our records, Guowei Chen and Zhicheng Zhou and Vision Opportunity Master Fund Ltd did not file their form 3 in a timely manner.

Code of Ethics

We currently do not have a Code of Ethics and the Board intends to adopt one in the near future.
  
Item 11. Executive Compensation

We had no officers or directors whose total annual salary and bonus in 2007 and 2006 exceeded $100,000 with the exception of Mr. Yuchuan Liu. Mr. Yuchuan Liu was appointed chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer on September 7, 2006. The compensation amounts paid to Mr. Liu and Mr. Li reflect compensation paid to them by the operating subsidiaries of Sino Gas and its subsidiaries during the reported periods.

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Summary Compensation Table
 
Name and Principal
 Underlying
Positions
 
Year
 
Salary
   
Bonus
   
Option
Awards
   
Stock
Awards
   
All Other
Compensation
   
Total
 
Yuchuan Liu- President & CEO
 
2007
 
$
100,000
     
**50,000
                     
$
150,000
 
   
2006
 
$
22,800
   
$
1,913
     
     
     
   
$
24,713
 
Vincent Hu CFO (since 11/07)
 
2007
 
$
10,000
   
$
                     
   
$
10,000
 
Fang Chen CFO (until 11/07)
 
2007
 
$
55,000
   
$
**30,000
                     
   
$
85,000
 
   
2006
 
$
11,691
   
$
                     
   
$
11,691
 
Zhicheng Zhou-Chief Operating Officer
 
2007
 
$
60,000
     
**30,000
                           
$
90,000
 
Shuwang Li *
 
2006
 
$
11691
   
$
1,913
     
             
   
$
13604
 
 
* Mr. Shuwang Li, the Chief Operating Officer, resigned from the post in Oct 2006 and only worked for the Company from January to September of 2006. Zhicheng Zhou replaced him as our Chief Operating Officer in October 2006.

** The bonuses have not been paid and are estimates only subject the approval of the board of directors.
 
Our Compensation Committee comprises three members and is responsible for the administration of all salary, bonus and incentive compensation plans for our officers and key employees. The members of our Compensation Committee are Xinmin Zhang, Chen Guo Wei and Quandong Sun.

Outstanding Equity Awards

Mr. Shuwang Li, the ex-Chief Operating Officer, was awarded 393,581 common shares in October 2006.
 
Equity Compensation Plan

The board of directors of the Company adopted a stock option plan on November 19, 2007 and reserved 1,460,000 shares of our common stock as options to be issued under the plan.

Retirement, Post-Termination and Change in Control Description

The Company currently does not have retirement, post-termination and change in control arrangements for its officers.
 
Compensation of Directors
 
Directors and employees are not currently additionally compensated for their services as a director.  Our director compensation consists of cash only. Each director is paid an annual retainer of $5,000. An additional $5,000 is paid to one director who is also the chairman of the Audit Committee which is vacant now. All our directors hold office until the next annual meeting of our shareholders, and until their successors have been qualified after being elected or appointed.
 
Name
 
Fees Earned
or Paid in
Cash
($)
 
Stock Awards
 ($)
 
Option 
Awards ($)
 
Non-Equity 
Incentive
Plan 
Compensation
($)
 
Non-Qualified 
Deferred 
Compensation 
Earnings
($)
 
All
Other 
Compensation 
($)
 
Total ($)
 
Yuchuan Liu
   
0
                           
0
 
Zhicheng Zhou
   
0
                           
0
 
Guowei Chen
   
5,000
                           
5,000
 
Quandong Sun
   
5,000
                           
5,000
 
Xinmin Zhang
   
5,000
                           
5,000
 
 
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

The following table sets forth, as of March 31, 2008, certain information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our equity securities, by (i) any person or group with more than 5% of any class of our voting securities, (ii) each director, (iii) our chief executive officer and each other executive officer and (iv) all executive officers and directors as a group. The table reflects the ownership of our equity securities by the foregoing parties after the 304.44-for-1 reverse stock-split of our common stock.

As of the date of this report, we have outstanding (i) 24,877,271 shares of common stock, (ii) no shares of series A convertible preferred stock, (iii) 4,971,859 shares of series B convertible preferred stock and 95,418 shares of series B-1 preferred stock, (iv) series A warrants to purchase an aggregate of 241,708 shares of common stock at $3.84 per share, (v) series C warrants to purchase an aggregate of 3,083,588 shares of common stock at $3.375 per share, (vi) series G warrants to purchase an aggregate of 109,489 shares of common stock at $3.84 per share, (vii) series F warrants to purchase an aggregate of 271,074 shares of common stock and (viii) placement agent warrant to purchase an aggregate of 271,074 shares of common stock. The warrants are exercisable until September 2012. The placement agent warrant is exercisable until September 2010. The warrants have cashless exercise provision entitling the holders to obtain shares equal to the product of (1) the nominator is the difference between the market value of all the exercised shares on the date of exercise and the exercise price of all the exercised shares and (2) the denominator is the market price per share on the date of exercise.

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Shares of Series B convertible preferred stock vote together with shares of common stock on all matters upon which stockholders are entitled to vote. On those matters upon which the series B convertible preferred stock votes together with the common stock as a single class, each share of series B convertible preferred stock carries a number of votes equal to the number of shares of common stock that would be issuable upon conversion. Each holder of series B convertible preferred stock shall be entitled to notice of any stockholders’ meeting in accordance with our bylaws. Series B-1 preferred stock have the same rights and privileges as series B preferred stock.
 
In determining beneficial ownership of the common stock, the number of shares shown includes shares which the beneficial owner may acquire upon exercise of warrants or options which may be acquired within 60 days. In determining the percent of common stock owned by a person on March 31, 2008, (a) the numerator is the number of shares of the class beneficially owned by such person, including shares which the beneficial ownership may acquire within 60 days upon conversion of the series B convertible preferred stock or exercise of the warrants and option, and (b) the denominator is the sum of (i) the total shares of that class outstanding on March 31, 2008, and (ii) the total number of shares that the beneficial owner has acquired or may acquire upon conversion of the series B convertible preferred stock or exercise of the warrants and option. Unless otherwise stated, each beneficial owner has sole power to vote and dispose of the shares.

Except as otherwise stated, the address of the directors and executive officers listed in the table is:

c/o Beijing Zhong Ran Wei Ye Gas Co., Ltd.
N0.18 Zhong Guan Cun Dong St.
Haidian District
Beijing, China 10083
 
   
Amount and Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership
   
Percent of Class
 
Shareholder
 
Series 
B Preferred 
Stock(1)
   
Common
Stock(2)
   
Series 
B Preferred Stock
   
Common Stock
 
Owner of More than 5% of Class  
 
 
          
 
   
   
 
   
 
  
         
 
   
 
 
Eloten Group Ltd.  
         
6,524,174
(5)(6)
         
26.2
%
Leading King Investment Limited  
         
5,384,923
(7)(8)
         
21.6
%
Vision Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd.  
   
4,475,831
     
2,756,824
     
88.3
%
   
11.1
%
T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value Fund, Inc.  
           
2,444,444
             
9.8
%
   
                               
Directors and Executive Officers  
                               
Liu Yuchuan  
           
6,524,174
(5)(6)
           
26.2
%
Sun Quandong  
           
5,384,923
(7)(8)
           
21.6
%
Zhong Zhimin  
           
393,81
(3)
           
0.16
%
Zhou Zhicheng  
           
-
                 
Bian Shukui  
           
173,962
(3)
           
0.7
%
Chen Fang  
           
65,604
(3)
           
0.26
%
Chen Guowei  
           
-
(3)
           
-
 
John Kuhns  
           
635,822
(4)
           
2.56
%
   
                               
All Directors and Executive Officers  
           
12,823,866
%
           
51.5
%
 
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(1) The Series B convertible preferred stock and the warrants are assumed to be non-convertible and non-exercisable within 60 days of their date of issuance. There are conversion restrictions placed on series B preferred stock and warrants to avoid the series B preferred stock holders and warrant holders owning more than 9.9% of total common stock for each individual series B preferred stock holder or warrant holder. Series B preferred stock holder can waive the restriction upon 61 days notice to the Company. Warrant holders cannot waive such restriction.

(2) Only shares of common stock are listed because of restrictions imposed on series B and B-1 preferred shares and warrants as stated in (1) above.

(3) Shares of common stock issued to Gas (BVI) as a result of the consummation of the share exchange agreement are beneficially attributed to each of the Gas (BVI) shareholders based on each shareholder's percentage ownership interest in Gas (BVI) immediately prior to execution of the share exchange agreement.
 
(4) Includes common shares issued upon the conversion, on February 23, 2007, of (i) 113,847 shares of series B convertible preferred stock issued to Kuhns Brothers, Inc., which are beneficially attributed to John Kuhns, and (ii) 56,925 shares of series B convertible preferred stock issued to John Kuhns.

(5) Includes 6,524,174 common shares issued upon conversion of series A convertible preferred stock to Eloten Group Ltd., which are beneficially attributed to Mr. Liu Yu Chuan. Mr. Liu and his wife hold an aggregate of 100% ownership interest in Eloten Group Ltd.

(6) Includes 108,286 shares of common stock beneficially attributed to Eloten Group Ltd. based on Eloten Group Ltd.'s ownership interest in Gas (BVI).

(7) Includes 5,384,923 common shares issued upon conversion of series A convertible preferred stock to Leading King Investment Limited, which are beneficially attributed to Mr. Sun Quan Dong. Mr. Sun holds 50% ownership interest in Leading King Investment Limited.

(8) Includes 89,377 shares of common stock beneficially attributed to Leading King Investment Limited based on Leading King Investment Limited's ownership interest in Gas (BVI). Mr. Sun holds a 50% ownership interest in Leading King Investment Limited.
 
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

On January 15, 2007, Beijing Gas acquired 100% equity interest of Beijing Chenguang Gas Ltd., Co. for a purchase price of 26,000,000 RMB (or approximately USD3.35 million) in cash. Beijing Chenguang became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Beijing Gas. Beijing Chenguang is primarily engaged in the business of developing, transfer and licensing of technologies regarding natural gas purification, compression and transportation., as well as installation of natural gas equipment and supply of natural gas. Mr. Zhicheng Zhou, our Chief Operating Officer, owned 30% of Beijng Chenguang immediately prior to the acquisition.

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Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
 
Aggregate fees billed by the Company's current principal accountants, Samuel H. Wong & Co., LLP, for audit services related to the most recent fiscal year, and for other professional services billed in the most recent fiscal year, were as follows:

   
 
FISCAL 2007
   
FISCAL 2006
 
Audit Fees (1)  
 
$
100,000
     
100,000
 
Audit-Related Fees  
   
     
 
Tax Fees (2)  
   
     
 
All Other Fees  
   
     
 
Total  
 
$
100,000
     
100,000
 

(1)
Comprised of the audit of the Company's  annual  financial  statements  and  reviews of the Company's quarterly  financial  statements,  as well as consents related to and reviews of other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
(2)
Comprised  of  preparation  of all federal and state corporate income tax returns for the Company and its subsidiaries.
 
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit
Number
   
3.1
 
Articles of Incorporation, as amended on November 14, 2006 incorporated by reference from 10-Q filed on August 20, 2007.
     
3.2*
 
Bylaws.
     
3.3*
 
Certificate of Designations authorizing the Series A Convertible Preferred Stock.
     
3.4*
 
Amended and Restated Certificate of Designations authorizing the Series B Convertible Preferred Stock.
     
4.1**
 
Series B Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2006, by and among, Dolce Ventures, Inc., Vision Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. and each of the other investors party thereto.
     
4.2**
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2006, by and between, Dolce Ventures, Inc., Vision Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd.
     
4.3**
 
Lock-Up Agreement, dated as of September 7, 2006, by and among, Dolce Ventures, Inc., Leading King Investment Limited, Eloten Group, Ltd., Cheng Fang and certain other parties named therein.
     
4.4*
 
Form of Series A Warrant.
     
4.5*
 
Form of Series B Warrant.
     
4.6*
 
Form of Series C Warrant.
     
4.7*
 
Form of Series D Warrant.
     
4.8*
 
Form of Series J Warrant.
     
4.9**
 
Share Exchange Agreement dated as of September 7, 2006, by and between, Dolce Ventures, Inc., Yu-chuan Liu, and each of the other parties named therein.
     
4.10**
 
Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of August 24, 2006, by and between, Gas Investment China Co., Ltd. and each of the other parties named therein.
     
4.11**
 
Consulting Agreement dated August 8, 2006, by and between Kuhns Brothers, Inc. and Dolce Ventures, Inc.
     
4.12**
 
Engagement Letter dated Feb 15, 2006, by and between, Beijing Zhong Ran Wei Ye Gas Co., Ltd. and Kuhns Brothers, Inc.
     
4.13**
 
Escrow Agreement dated September 7, 2006, by and between, Gas Investment China Co., Ltd., Vision Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP.

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4.14****
 
Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of September 7, 2007 by and among the Company and the investors named therein.
     
4.15****
 
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of September 7, 2007 by and among the Company and the investors named therein.
     
4.16****
 
Make Good Escrow Agreement dated as of September 7, 2007 by and between the Company, the investors and Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, as escrow agent.
     
4.17***
 
Series B Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2006, by and among, Dolce Ventures, Inc., and each of the other investors named therein.
     
4.18***
 
Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2006, by and between, Dolce Ventures, Inc., and each of the other investors named therein.
     
4.19***
 
Form of Lock-Up Agreement, by and among, Docle Ventures, Inc., and certain other parties named therein.
     
10.1
 
Urban Gas Development Agreement with Jinzhou Town incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.2
 
Municipal Public Utilities Franchise Agreement with Yutian County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.3
 
Urban Gas Development Agreement with Yutian County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.4
 
Urban Gas Development Agreement with Wuqiao County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.5
 
The Agreement on Developing the Pipeline Gas Project with Xintang County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.6
 
Urban Gas Development Agreement with Linzhang County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.7
 
Urban Gas Development Agreement with Ningjin County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.8
 
Urban Gas Development Agreement with Luquan County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.9
 
Gas Supply Contract- Henan Zhongyuan Lvneng High-Tech Co., Ltd incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.10
 
Gas Supply Contract-PetroChina Huabei Oilfield Company incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998

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10.11
 
Gas Supply Contract-Tianjin Dagang Oilfield Transportation Co., Ltd incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.12
 
Gas Supply Contract-Hebei Natural Gas Co., Ltd incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.13
 
Gas Supply Contract-Xinjiang Guanghui LNG Development Co., Ltd incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.14
 
Pipe Gas Franchise Agreement for Baishan City incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.15
 
Pipe Gas Franchise Agreement for Si County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.16
 
Pipe Gas Franchise Agreement for Xiahuayuan District incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.17
 
Pipe Gas Franchise Agreement for Yu County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.18
 
Pipe Gas Franchise Agreement for Wuhe County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.19
 
Pipe Gas Franchise Agreement for Zaoqiang County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.20
 
The Cooperation Agreement on Gas Project in Xinji Town incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.21
 
The Cooperation Agreement with Chengan County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.22
 
Urban Gas Development Agreement with Nangong Town incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.23
 
Pipe Gas Franchise Agreement for Pei County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.24
 
Urban Gas Development Agreement with Gucheng County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.25
 
Urban Pipe Natural Gas Project Development Agreement with Sihong County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.26
 
Urban Gas Development Agreement with Changli County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.27
 
Urban Gas Development Agreement with Shenzhou Town incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
10.28
 
Urban Gas Development Agreement with Longyao County incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998

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16.1*
 
Letter dated September 7, 2006 from Dolce Ventures, Inc. to Robison, Hill & Co.
     
16.2*
 
Letter dated September 12, 2006 from Robison, Hill & Co. to the SEC.
     
21.1
 
List of Subsidiaries incorporated by reference from SB-2 filed on January 11, 2008, file number 333-147998
     
31.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
31.2
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
32.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
     
*
 
Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed September 7, 2006.
     
**
 
Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K/A filed on November 28, 2007.
     
***
 
Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K/A filed on November 27, 2007.
     
****
 
Incorporated by reference from Form 8-K filed September 13, 2007.
 
SIGNATURES

  Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
     
Date: March 24, 2009
By:  
/s/ Liu Yu Chuan
   
Liu Yu Chuan
   
Chairman of the Board, Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
  Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
 
Signatures
 
Title
 
Date
         
/s/ Yuchuan Liu
 
Chief Executive Officer and Director
 
March 24, 2009
Yuchuan Liu
 
(Principal Executive Officer)
   
         
/s/ Yugang Zhang
 
Chief Financial Officer
 
March 24, 2009
Yugang Zhang
       
         
/s/ Guowei Chen
 
Director
 
March 24, 2009
Guowei Chen
       
         
/s/ Quandong Sun
 
Director
 
March 24, 2009
Quandong Sun
       
         
/s/ Xinmin Zhang
 
Director
 
March 24, 2009
Xinmin Zhang
       
         
/s/ Zhicheng Zhou
 
Director and Chief Operating Officer
 
March 24, 2009
Zhicheng Zhou
       

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SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
INDEX TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS DECEMBER 31, 2007, AND 2006
 
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SINO GAS INTERNAIONAL HOLDINGS, INC

CONSOLIDATED AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006

(Stated in US dollars)
 


Sino Gas International Holdings Inc.

CONTENTS
 
PAGES
     
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
F-1
     
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 
F-2-F-3
     
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
 
F-4
     
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
F-5-F-7
     
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
F-8
     
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
F-9-F-48
 
 
 

 

To: 
The Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Sino Gas International Holdings, Inc.
 
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Sino Gas International Holdings, Inc. as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders' equity, and cash flows for the years then ended.  These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Sino Gas International Holdings, Inc as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
South San Francisco, California
 
Samuel H. Wong & Co., LLP
March 25, 2008
 
Certified Public Accountants 
 
 
F-1

 

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

         
2007
   
2006
 
ASSETS 
                 
Current Assets
 
Notes
             
Cash & cash equivalents
   
2(e)
    $ 10,915,590     $ 3,638,673  
Restricted cash
   
3
      478,920       3,124,541  
Notes receivable
            825,119       477,390  
Accounts receivable
   
2(f),4
      7,315,253       6,534,740  
Advance to suppliers
   
2(g)
      27,372       68,309  
Other receivables
   
2(f)
      3,100,695       1,263,800  
Inventory
            207,976       -  
Prepayment and others
            320,380       141,878  
Total Current Assets
            23,191,305       15,249,331  
                         
Non-Current Assets
                       
Investment
   
2(h),5
      4,007,310       2,939,029  
Property, plant & equipment, net
   
2(j),6
      24,572,565       10,608,530  
Construction in progress
   
2(l)
      11,556,820       4,628,076  
Intangible assets, net
   
2(k),7
      2,028,250       457,830  
Total Non-current Assets
            42,164,945       18,633,465  
                         
Total Assets
          $ 65,356,250     $ 33,882,796  
                         
LIABILITIES & STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                       
                         
LIABILITIES
                       
                         
Current Liabilities
                       
Bank loans
   
8
    $ 2,734,444     $ 2,430,445  
Accounts payable
            716,707       3,891,388  
Other payables
   
9
      10,383,657       1,790,500  
Accrued liabilities
            362,262       418,390  
Unearned revenue
   
2(m)
      312,573       37,760  
Total Current Liabilities
            14,509,644       8,568,483  
                         
Total Liabilities
          $ 14,509,644     $ 8,568,483  

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

 
F-2

 

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

   
Notes
             
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY 
                       
                         
Preferred Stock B US$0.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; 4,971,859 and 4,023,268 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 respectively
   
10
    $ 4,972     $ 4,023  
                         
Additional paid in capital - Preferred Stock B
            5,323,972       3,817,049  
Additional paid in capital - Warrants Series: A, B, J, C, D
            311,110       3,439,764  
                         
Preferred Stock B-1 US$0.001 par value; 3,000,000 shares authorized; 95,418 and 0 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 respectively
   
10
      95       -  
                         
Additional paid in capital - Preferred Stock B-1
            132,662       -  
Additional paid in capital - Beneficial Conversion Feature
            7,002,292       6,418,864  
                         
Common Stock US$0.001 par value; 250,000,000 shares authorized; 24,877,271 and 14,693,186 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 respectively.
   
10
      24,877       14,693  
                         
Additional paid in capital - Common Stock
            23,196,304       4,812,363  
Additional paid in capital - Warrants Series: E, G
            47,946       -  
Additional paid in capital - Warrants Series: F, R
            107,652       -  
                         
Statutory reserve
   
2(v)
      3,258,201       2,025,022  
Retained earnings
            9,167,930       3,958,239  
Accumulated other comprehensive income
   
2(x)
      2,268,593       824,296  
Total Stockholders' Equity
            50,846,606       25,314,313  
                         
Total Liabilities & Stockholders' Equity
          $ 65,356,250     $ 33,882,796  

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

 
F-3

 

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

 
 
Notes
   
2007
         
2006
 
Revenue  
                           
Net revenues
        $ 20,267,756           $ 10,870,718  
Cost of revenues
          (9,499,752 )           (4,389,142 )
Gross Profit
          10,768,004             6,481,576  
                             
Operating Expense
                           
Selling and marketing expenses
          (608,830 )           (95,779 )
General and administrative expenses
          (2,106,389 )           (1,155,849 )
Total operating expense
          (2,715,219 )           (1,251,628 )
                             
Operating Income
          8,052,785             5,229,948  
                             
Other Income/(Expense)
                           
Investment income
   
2(q)
      213,772             -  
Other income
            29,942             438,186  
Other expense
   
18
      (18,890 )           (93,324 )
Interest income
            149,270             -  
Interest expense
            (197,959 )           (78,237 )
Total other income/(expense)
            176,136             266,625  
                               
Earnings from continued operation
            8,228,921             5,496,573  
Income tax
   
2(r),11
      (532,500 )           (423,284 )
Gain/(Loss) from discontinued operation, net of tax
   
15
      10,950             -  
                               
Net income
          $ 7,707,370           $ 5,073,289  
                               
Constructive Preferred Dividend - Amortization of Beneficial Conversion
            (1,264,500             (6,418,864
Income Available to Common Stockholders
          $ 6,442,870             $ (1,345,575 )
                                 
Earnings per share
   
2(z),17
                         
Basic
          $ 0.36             $ (0.09 )
Diluted
          $ 0.29             $ (0.09 )
                                 
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
   
17
                         
Basic
            17,876,078               14,693,186  
Diluted
            22,541,911               15,699,003  

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

 
F-4

 

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

   
Preferred Stock B
   
Preferred Stock B-1
 
   
Shares
Outstanding
   
Amount
   
Additional Paid In
Capital-Preferred Stock B
   
Additional Paid in Capital-
Warrants Series: A, B, J, C, D
   
Additional Paid in
Capital-Beneficial
Conversion Feature
   
Shares
Outstanding
   
Amount
   
Additional Paid In
Capital- Preferred
Stock B-1
   
Additional Paid in
Capital-Beneficial
Conversion Feature
 
Balance, January 1, 2006
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Net Income
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Reverse acquisition
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Issuance of Preferred Stock B and Warrants
    4,023,268       4,023       3,817,049       3,439,764       -       -       -       -       -  
Constructive Preferred Dividend-Amortization of Beneficial Conversion Feature
    -       -       -       -       6,418,864       -       -       -       -  
Appropriations of Retained Earnings
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Balance, December 31, 2006
    4,023,268       4,023       3,817,049       3,439,764       6,418,864       -       -       -       -  
                                                                         
Balance, January 1, 2007
    4,023,268       4,023       3,817,049       3,439,764       6,418,864       -       -       -       -  
Net Income
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Issuance of Common Stock from conversion of Warrants J in connection with May financing transaction
    -       -       -       (171,284 )     -       -       -       -       -  
Issuance of Common Stock and Preferred Stock in connection with September financing transaction
    1,375,479       1,375       1,912,357       (2,957,370 )     1,182,471       95,418       95       132,662       82,029  
Conversion of Preferred Stock B to Common Stock
    (426,888 )     (427 )     (405,434 )     -       (681,072 )     -       -       -       -  
Issuance of Common Stock to Minority Shareholders in connection with Pegasus Telecom
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Shares Cancelled
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Issuance of 2006 Make Good Common Stock
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Appropriations of Retained Earnings
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Balance, December 31, 2007
    4,971,859       4,972       5,323,972       311,110       6,920,263       95,418       95       132,662       82,029  

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report
 
F-5

 
SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

   
Common Stock
                         
   
Shares
Outstanding
   
Amount
   
Additional Paid
In Capital
   
Additional Paid in
Capital-Warrants Series: E,G
   
Additional Paid in
Capital-Warrants Series: F,R
   
Statutory
Reserve
   
Retained
Earnings
   
Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income
   
Total
 
Balance, January 1, 2006
    14,361,646       14,362       4,812,363       -       -       1,219,720       6,311,794       267,865       12,626,104  
Net Income
    -       -       -       -       -       -       5,073,289       -       5,073,289  
Reverse acquisition
    331,540       331       -       -       -       -       (202,678 )     -       (202,347 )
Issuance of Preferred Stock B and Warrants
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       -       7,260,836  
Constructive Preferred Dividend-Amortization of Beneficial Conversion Feature
    -       -       -       -       -       -       (6,418,864 )     -       -  
Appropriations of Retained Earnings
    -       -       -       -       -       805,302       (805,302 )     -       -  
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       556,431       556,431  
Balance, December 31, 2006
    14,693,186       14,693       4,812,363       -       -       2,025,022       3,958,239       824,296       25,314,313  
                                                                         
Balance, January 1, 2007
    14,693,186       14,693       4,812,363       -       -       2,025,022       3,958,239       824,296       25,314,313  
Net Income
    -       -       -       -       -       -       7,707,370       -       7,707,370  
Issuance of Common Stock from conversion of Series J Warrants in connection with May financing transaction
    1,094,891       1,095       1,600,778       1,157,170       -       -       -       -       2,587,759  
Issuance of Common Stock and Preferred Stock B & B-1 in connection with September financing transaction
    8,340,762       8,341       15,696,978       (1,109,224 )     107,652               (1,264,500 )     -       13,792,867  
Conversion of Preferred Stock B to Common Stock
    426,888       427       1,086,506       -       -       -       -       -       -  
Issuance of Common Stock to Minority Shareholders in connection with Pegasus Telecom
    3,650       4       -       -       -       -       -       -       4  
Shares Cancelled
    (3,274 )     (3 )     -       -       -       -       -       -       (3 )
Issuance of 2006 Make Good Common Stock
    321,168       321       (321 )     -       -       -       -       -       -  
Appropriations of Retained Earnings
    -       -       -       -       -       1,233,179       (1,233,179 )     -       -  
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
    -       -       -       -       -       -       -       1,444,297       1,444,297  
Balance, December 31, 2007
    24,877,271       24,877       23,196,304       47,946       107,652       3,258,201       9,167,930       2,268,593       50,846,606  

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

 
F-6

 

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
Accumulated Comprehensive Income
   
2006
   
2007
   
Total
 
Comprehensive Income
                 
Net Income
    5,073,289       7,707,370       12,780,659  
Other Comprehensive Income
                       
Foreign Currency Translation Adjustment
    556,431       1,444,297       2,000,728  
Total
    5,629,720       9,151,667       14,781,387  

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

 
F-7

 

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

 
 
2007
   
2006
 
Cash Flow from Operating Activities 
               
Net Income
  $ 7,707,370     $ 5,073,289  
Depreciation expense
    1,301,480       155,374  
Amortization expense
    323,815       -  
Loss/(gain) on disposal of discontinued operation
 
  (10,950 )     -  
Withdraw/(invested) in restricted time deposits
    2,645,621       (3,124,541 )
Decrease/(increase) in accounts and other receivables
    (2,390,699 )     109,201  
Increase in inventory
    (56,183 )     -  
Increase in prepaid expenses
    (178,501 )     -  
Increase in accounts and other payables
    3,724,740       407,184  
 Cash Sourced/(Used) in Operating Activities
    13,066,694       2,620,507  
                 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
               
Cash paid for acquisitions
    (4,337,000 )     (1,485,000 )
Proceeds from the sale of Anping Weiye
    422,280       -  
Investment in equity
    (1,479,611 )     (495,651 )
Purchase of property, plant, and equipment
    (10,644,532 )     (6,366,540 )
Purchase of goodwill
    (1,513,348 )     (21,454 )
Purchase of other intangible asset
    (380,886 )     (20,565 )
Increase in construction in progress
    (6,215,626 )     (1,208,896 )
 Cash Sourced/(Used) in Investing Activities
    (24,148,723 )     (9,598,106 )
                 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
               
Proceeds from bank borrowing
    48,163       2,600,574  
Proceeds from issuance of preferred stock B & warrants
    -       9,281,600  
Proceeds used to purchase Shell
    -       (675,000 )
Cost for issuance of preferred stock B & warrants
    -       (1,345,764 )
Proceeds from conversion of warrants J
    3,000,000       -  
Cost for conversion of warrants J
    (412,241 )     -  
Proceeds from issuance of common stock
    18,766,700       -  
Proceeds used to purchase back warrants A & B
    (3,500,000 )     -  
Cost for issuance of common stock
    (1,473,833 )     -  
 Cash Sourced/(Used) in Financing Activities
    16,428,788       9,861,410  
                 
Net increase in cash & cash equivalents for the year
    5,346,760       2,883,811  
Cash received from acquisitions of Chenguang & Guannan
    485,860       -  
Effect of currency translation on cash and cash equivalents
    1,444,297       183,668  
Cash & cash equivalents at the beginning of year
    3,638,673       571,194  
Cash & cash equivalents at the end of year
  $ 10,915,590     $ 3,638,673  
                 
Supplementary cash flow information
               
Interest received
  $ 149,270     $ -  
Interest paid
  $ 197,959     $ 78,237  
Income tax paid
  $ 774,555     $ 615,694  

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements and Accountant’s Report

 
F-8

 

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

1.
ORGANIZATION AND PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES

Sino Gas International Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Utah on August 19, 1983 as Evica Resources, Inc. The Company changed its name to American Arms, Inc. on April 5, 1984, and then changed its name to Dolce Ventures, Inc. on May 21, 2002, and ultimate changed its name to Sino Gas International Holdings, Inc. on November 17, 2006.

On September 7, 2006, the Company underwent a reverse-merger with Gas Investment China Ltd. (“GIC”), an International Business Company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, involving an exchange of shares whereby the Company issued an aggregate of 14,361,646 shares to the shareholders of GIC in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding shares of GIC. For financial reporting purposes, this transaction is classified as a recapitalization of Sino Gas International Holdings, Inc. (Legal acquirer, accounting acquiree) and the historical financial statements of Gas Investment China Co. Ltd. (Legal acquiree, accounting acquirer)

The Company is a natural gas services operator, principally engaging in the investment, operation and management of city gas pipeline infrastructure, in the distribution of natural gas to residential and industrial users, in the construction and operation gas stations, and in the development and application of natural gas related technologies. The Company owns and operates 24 natural gas distribution systems serving approximately 87,500 residential and five commercial and industrial customers. The Company’s facilities include approximately 700 kilometers of pipeline and delivery networks (including delivery trucks) with a designed daily capacity of approximately 70,000 cubic meters of natural gas.

The common stock of the Company is currently quoted on the National Association of Securities Dealers' Over-the-Counter Bulletin Board under the symbol “SGAS”.

Basis of Presentation and Organization

The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”).
 
This basis of accounting differs in certain material respects from that used for the preparation of the books of account of the Company’s principal subsidiaries, which are prepared in accordance with the accounting principles and the relevant financial regulations applicable to enterprises with limited liabilities established in the PRC (“PRC GAAP”) or in the accounting standards used in the places of their domicile. The accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect necessary adjustments not recorded in the books of account of the Company’s subsidiaries to present them in conformity with US GAAP.

 
F-9

 

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

2.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a) Method of Accounting

The Company maintains its general ledger and journals with the accrual method accounting for financial reporting purposes. The financial statements and notes are representations of management. Accounting policies adopted by the Company conform to generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America and have been consistently applied in the presentation of financial statements, which are compiled on the accrual basis of accounting.

(b) Use of estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Management makes these estimates using the best information available at the time the estimates are made; however actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
 
(c) Economic and political risks

The Company’s operations are conducted in the PRC. Accordingly, the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations may be influenced by the political, economic and legal environment in the PRC, and by the general state of the PRC economy.
 
The Company’s operations in the PRC are subject to special considerations and significant risks not typically associated with companies in North America and Western Europe. These include risks associated with, among others, the political, economic and legal environment and foreign currency exchange. The Company’s results may be adversely affected by changes in the political and social conditions in the PRC, and by changes in governmental policies with respect to law and regulations, anti-inflationary measures, currency conversion, remittances abroad, and rates and methods of taxation, among other things.
 
F-10


SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

(d) Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its subsidiaries (“the Group”). Significant inter-company transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Investments in which the company has a 20 percent to 50 percent voting interest and where the company exercises significant influence over the investor are accounted for using the equity method.

The Company owned its subsidiaries soon after its inception and continued to acquire and own the equity interests throughout the reporting periods. The following table depicts the identities of the consolidating subsidiaries as of December 31, 2007 and 2006 (whichever applicable 2006).

Name of Company
 
Place of Incorporation
 
Date of Incorporation
 
Beneficiary Interest %
 
 Equity Interest %
 
Registered Capital
GAS Investment China Co., Ltd.
 
The British
Virgin Islands
 
6/19/2003
 
100
 
100
 
USD
10,000,000
                     
Sino Gas Construction, Ltd.
 
The British
Virgin Islands
 
1/9/2007
 
100
 
100
 
USD
50,000
                     
Sino Gas Investment Development, Ltd.
 
The British
Virgin Islands
 
1/9/2007
 
 
100
 
 
100
 
 
USD
50,000
                     
Beijing Zhong Ran Wei Ye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
8/29/2001
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
150,000,000
                     
Beijing Chenguang Gas, Ltd.
 
PRC
 
10/30/2002
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
20,000,000
                     
Guannan Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
6/19/2003
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
9,510,000
 
 
F-11

 

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

Ningjin Weiye Gas Co., Ltd
 
PRC
 
12/3/2003
 
100
 
95
 
RMB
3,000,000
                     
Yutian Zhongran Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
12/19/2003
 
100
 
90
 
RMB
3,000,000
                     
Xingtang Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
2/18/2004
 
100
 
95
 
RMB
3,000,000
                     
Wuqiao Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
6/30/2004
 
100
 
95
 
RMB
2,000,000
                     
Jinzhou Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
7/19/2004
 
100
 
95
 
RMB
5,000,000
                     
Sihong Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
12/3/2004
 
100
 
95
 
RMB
10,000,000
                     
Sishui Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
12/22/2004
 
100
 
95
 
RMB
3,000,000
                     
Langfang Weiye Dangerous Goods Transportation Co., Ltd.
PRC
 
3/22/2005
 
100
 
95
 
RMB
1,000,000
                     
Linzhang Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
7/6/2005
 
100
 
85
 
RMB
1,000,000
                     
Peixian Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
8/22/2005
 
100
 
90
 
RMB
5,000,000
                     
Zhangjiakou City Xiahuayuan Jinli Gas Co., Ltd.
PRC
 
9/30/2005
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
2,000,000
                     
Longyao Zhongran Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
10/13/2005
 
100
 
95
 
RMB
3,000,000


 
F-12

 

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

Yuxian Jinli Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
11/8/2005
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
9,500,000
                     
Hengshui Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
12/20/2005
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
3,000,000
                     
Shenzhou Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
12/23/2005
 
100
 
95
 
RMB
3,000,000
                     
Changli Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
12/8/2006
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
3,000,000
                     
Chenan Chenguang Gas Co., Ltd
 
PRC
 
1/23/2007
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
1,500,000
                     
Wuhe Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
1/30/2007
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
3,000,000
                     
Xinji Zhongchen Gas Co., Ltd
 
PRC
 
2/7/2007
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
3,000,000
                     
Gucheng Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
3/21/2007
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
3,000,000
                     
Luquan Chenguang Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
4/27/2007
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
2,000,000
                     
Shijiazhuang Chenguang Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
6/14/2007
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
2,000,000
                     
Nangong Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
6/25/2007
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
3,000,000
                     
Sixian Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
9/3/2007
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
3,000,000
                     
Baishan Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
 
PRC
 
7/13/2007
 
100
 
100
 
RMB
15,000,000
 
 
F-13

 

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

(e) Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all cash and other highly liquid investments with initial maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

(f) Accounts and Other Receivable

Accounts and other receivable are recorded at net realizable value consisting of the carrying amount less an allowance for uncollectible accounts, as needed. The Company extends unsecured credit to customers in the normal course of business and does not accrue interest on trade accounts receivable.

(g) Advances to Suppliers

Advances to suppliers represent the cash paid in advance for purchasing raw materials. The advances to suppliers are interest free and unsecured.

(h) Investments in Equity Securities

The equity method of accounting was used to account for the Company’s investment in equity securities for which the Company did not have controlling equity interest.  Non controlling equity interest for the Company is typically a position of less than 50% beneficial ownership.

The consolidated statement of income includes the Company's share of the post-acquisition results of the investment’s performance for the year. In the consolidated balance sheet, investments in equity securities are stated at the Company's share of the net assets of the investments plus any potential premium, or less discounts paid at the time of acquisition, and less any identified impairment loss.

Beijing Zhongran Xiangke Oil Gas Technology Co. Ltd is the Company’s 40% owned investment and is principally engaged in sale of compressed natural gas to domestic households and industrial firms around the suburbs of Beijing as well as the suburban areas of the Hebei Province and Tianjin.

 
F-14

 

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

Place of Registration
 
Form of Business Structure
 
Registered Capital
 
Nominal Value of Registered Capital
 
Principle Activities
PRC
 
 
Sino-foreign equity joint venture
 
RMB
20,000,000
 
40%
 
 
Trading of natural gas and gas pipeline construction

The Company did not record any goodwill when it acquired its equity position in Xiangke. Accordingly, in accordance with SFAS 142, the Company has not taken an amortization expense of goodwill during the time it has carried a 40% stake in Xiangke.

(i) Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

The long-lived assets held and used by the Company are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of assets may not be recoverable. It is reasonably possible that these assets could become impaired as a result of technology or other industry changes. Determination of recoverability of assets to be held and used is by comparing the carrying amount of an asset to future net undiscounted cash flows to be generated by the assets.

If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell.

During the reporting periods, there was no impairment loss.

(J) Plant and Equipment

Plant and equipment, other than construction in progress, are stated at cost less depreciation and amortization and accumulated impairment loss. Plant and equipment are carried at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method. Estimated useful lives of the plant and equipment are as follows:

Gas Pipelines
25 years
Buildings
25 years
Leasehold Improvements
25 years
Machinery & Equipment
20 years
Motor Vehicles
10 years
Office Equipment
8 years

 
F-15

 

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

The cost and related accumulated depreciation of assets sold or otherwise retired are eliminated from the accounts and any gain or loss is included in the statement of income. The cost of maintenance and repairs is charged to income as incurred, whereas significant renewals and betterments are capitalized.

(k) Intangible Assets

Intangible assets, are stated at cost less amortization and accumulated impairment loss. Amortization is provided over their estimated useful lives, using the straight-line method. Estimated useful lives of the intangibles are as follows:

Land use rights
 
40 - 50 years
Franchises
 
30 years
Other intangibles
 
3 years

(l) Construction in Progress

Construction in progress represents the cost of constructing pipelines and is stated at cost. Costs comprise direct and indirect incremental costs of acquisition or construction. Completed items are transferred from construction in progress to the gas pipelines of fixed assets when they are ready for their intended use. The major cost of construction relates to construction materials, direct labor wages and other overhead. Construction of pipeline, through which to distribute natural gas, is one of the Group’s principal businesses. The Group builds city main pipeline network and branch pipeline network to make gas connection to resident users, industrial, and commercial users, with the objective of generating revenue on gas connection and gas usage fees collected from these customers. As of December 31, 2007, the pipelines under construction include mainly the projects in Beijing. These projects, once completed, will significantly increase the gas supply capacity.

(m) Unearned Revenue

Unearned revenue represents prepayments by customers for gas purchases and advance payments on construction and installation of pipeline contracts. The Company records such prepayment as unearned revenue when the payments are received.
 
 
F-16

 
 
SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

(n) Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of all financial instruments approximate fair value. The carrying amounts of cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these items. The carrying amounts of borrowings approximate the fair value based on the Company’s expected borrowing rate for debt with similar remaining maturities and comparable risk.

(o) Foreign Currency Translation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements are presented in United States dollars. The functional currency of the Company is the Renminbi (RMB). The consolidated financial statements are translated into United States dollars from RMB at year-end exchange rates as to assets and liabilities and average exchange rates as to revenues and expenses. Capital accounts are translated at their historical exchange rates when the capital transactions occurred.
 
   
12/31/2007
   
12/31/2006
 
Years end RMB : US$ exchange rate
    7.3141       7.8175  
Average yearly RMB : US$ exchange rate
    7.6172       7.9819  

The RMB is not freely convertible into foreign currency and all foreign exchange transactions must take place through authorized institutions. No representation is made that the RMB amounts could have been, or could be, converted into US$ at the rates used in translation.
 
(p) Revenue Recognition

Revenue is recognized when services are rendered to customers when a formal arrangement exists, the price is fixed or determinable, the delivery is completed, no other significant obligations of the Company exist and collectability is reasonably assured. Payments received before all of the relevant criteria for revenue recognition are satisfied are recorded as unearned revenue.
 
Net sales consist of gas and connection fee revenue. Cost of sales include gas and connection cost. Gas connection revenue is recognized when the outcome of a contract can be estimated reliably and the stage of completion at the balance sheet date can be measured reliably. Sales of natural gas are recognized when goods are delivered and title has passed.
F-17

 
SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
(q) Investment Income

Investment income represents the Group’s share of post-acquisition results of its investment in equity securities for the year.

(r) Income Taxes

Deferred income taxes are recognized for the tax consequences in future years of differences between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each period end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. As of December 31, 2007, there was no significant book to tax differences.

Pursuant to the tax laws of PRC, general enterprises are subject to income tax at an effective rate of 33%. Beijing Gas is in the natural gas industry whose development is encouraged by the government. According to the income tax regulation, any company engaged in the natural gas industry enjoys a favorable tax rate. Also, Beijing Gas is exempt from corporate income tax for its first two years and is then entitled to a 50% tax reduction for the succeeding three years. The Company’s first profitable tax year was 2003. Accordingly, the Company’s income is subject to a reduced tax rate of 7.5%. From 2008 onwards, the Company’s income is subject to a reduced tax rate of 9%. Subsidiaries of Beijing Gas are subject to the effective rate of 25%.

(s) Advertising

The Group expensed all advertising costs as incurred

(t) concentration of Credit Risk

Concentration of credit risk is limited to accounts receivable and is subject to the financial conditions of major customers. The Company does not require collateral or other security to support accounts receivable. The Company conducts periodic reviews of its clients’ financial condition and customers’ payment practices to minimize collection risk on accounts receivable.

 
F-18

 
 
SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

(u) Retirement Benefits

Retirement benefits in the form of contributions under defined contribution retirement plans to the relevant authorities are charged to the statements of income as incurred.

(v) Statutory Reserves
  
As stipulated by the Company Law of the People's Republic of China (PRC) as applicable to Chinese companies with foreign ownership, net income after taxation can only be distributed as dividends after appropriation has been made for the following:

 
i.
Making up cumulative prior years' losses, if any;
 
ii.
Allocations to the "Statutory reserve" of at least 10% of income after tax, as determined under PRC accounting rules and regulations, until the fund amounts to 50% of the Company's registered capital;
 
iii.
Allocations to the discretionary surplus reserve, if approved in the shareholders' general meeting.

(w) Statement of Cash Flows

In accordance with Statement of SFAS 95, “Statement of Cash Flows”, cash flows from the Company’s operations is calculated based upon the local currencies. As a result, amounts related to assets and liabilities reported on the statement of cash flows will not necessarily agree with changes in the corresponding balances on the balance sheet.
 
(x) Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income is defined to include all changes in equity except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Among other disclosures, all items that are required to be recognized under current accounting standards as components of comprehensive income are required to be reported in a financial statement that is presented with the same prominence as other consolidated financial statements. The Company’s current component of other comprehensive income is the foreign currency translation adjustment.

 
F-19

 
 
SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
(y) Recent Accounting Pronouncements
 
In July 2006, the FASB issued FIN 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109, which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. This Interpretation requires that the Company recognizes in its consolidated financial statements the impact of a tax position if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The provisions of FIN 48 are effective for the Company on January 1, 2007, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle, if any, recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings.
 
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS 157, Fair Value Measurements, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements, where fair value is the relevant measurement attribute. The standard does not require any new fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years.

In September 2006, the SEC issued SAB No. 108, which provides guidance on the process of quantifying financial statement misstatements. In SAB No. 108, the SEC staff establishes an approach that requires quantification of financial statement errors, under both the iron-curtain and the roll-over methods, based on the effects of the error on each of the Company’s financial statements and the related financial statement disclosures. SAB No.108 is generally effective for annual financial statements in the first fiscal year ending after November 15, 2006. The transition provisions of SAB No. 108 permits existing public companies to record the cumulative effect in the first year ending after November 15, 2006 by recording correcting adjustments to the carrying values of assets and liabilities as of the beginning of that year with the offsetting adjustment recorded to the opening balance of retained earnings.

In February 2007, FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities Including an Amendment of FASB Statement No. 115 (" SFAS 159"). SFAS 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair values. SFAS 159 is effective for fiscal years after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS 159 on our financial statements.

 
F-20

 
 
SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued FASB Statement No. 141 (Revised 2007), Business Combinations (“SFAS 141R”). SFAS 141R provides additional guidance on improving the relevance, representational faithfulness, and comparability of the financial information that a reporting entity provides in its financial reports about a business combination and its effects. This Statement applies prospectively to business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company believes there will be no material impact on its financial statements upon adoption of this standard.

In December 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued FASB Statement No. 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements—an amendment of ARB No. 51 (“SFAS 160”). SFAS 160 amends ARB No. 51 to establish accounting and reporting standards for the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary and for the deconsolidation of a subsidiary. This Statement is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company believes there will be no material impact on its financial statements upon adoption of this standard.

The management of the Company does not anticipate that the adoption of these six standards will have a material impact on these consolidated financial statements.

(z) Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.  Diluted earnings per share is computed on the basis of the weighted average number of shares of common stock plus the effect of dilutive potential common shares outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method for warrants and the as-if method for convertible securities.  Dilutive potential common shares include outstanding warrants, and convertible preferred stock.

 
F-21

 
 
SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
 
3.
RESTRICTED CASH

 Restricted Cash represents compensating balances held at banks to partially secure banking facilities in the form of loans and notes payable.  The imposed restrictions dictate that funds cannot be withdrawn when there are outstanding loans and notes payable, and the funds are only allowed to be used to settle bank indebtedness.  The funds deposited as compensating balances are interest bearing.  The amount of cash restricted varies based on the Bank’s credit policy at the time that the Company requests for increase or extension of credit facilities.

 
4.
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
 
For natural gas sales, it is due when the gas is sold. Normally, most of them are settled by prepayments from the customers.

In general for construction projects, deposits of 30% of total contract sum are received from client when the project commences. Second payment of 30% is received after the construction is completed for around 6 months. The final sum of the remaining portion normally acts as retention money for quality warranty to the developer. The retention money would be received by the company after the 1 year warranty period.

The phrase "receivables are due within one year of aging" means the receivable that are within one year of aging.

The "amounts are not due within one year" are mostly retention money from construction sales that are based on contracts. The continued demand from the natural gas sales from them also help assure the amount could be collected. No experience of wholly-unsettled accounts receivable in the years 2007 and 2006.

Trade accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amount, net of allowances for doubtful accounts and sales returns. The allowance for doubtful accounts is the Company’s best estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in the Company’s existing accounts receivable. The Company determines the allowance based on customer facts and economic conditions.

 
F-22

 

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
Outstanding account balances are reviewed individually for collectibles. Account balances are charged off against the allowance after all means of collection have been exhausted and collection is improbable. To date, the Company has not charged off any balances as it has yet to exhaust all means of collection. The Company does not have any off-balance-sheet credit exposure to its customers, except for outstanding notes receivable discounted with banks that are subject to recourse for non-payment.

The credit and billing policy is that, for the residential customer, we collect prepayment from customers; for the industrial customers, we settle the payment based on the contract terms signed, from 10 days to one month; for the construction business, we collect the payment from customer based on the percentage of the construction progress. The risk that business faces from inability to collect account is operation risk in industrial customers.

Accounts Receivable
 
   
2007
   
2006
 
Gross accounts receivable
  $ 7,352,013     $ 6,567,578  
Allowance for bad debt
    (36,760 )     (32,838 )
Net accounts receivable
  $ 7,315,253     $ 6,534,740  

Allowance for Bad Debt
 
   
2007
   
2006
 
Beginning balance
  $ 32,838     $ 29,042  
Addition
    3,922       3,796  
Less
    -       -  
Ending balance
  $ 36,760     $ 32,838  

Accounts Receivable Aging Report
 
   
2007
   
2006
 
30 Days
  $ 5,557,172     $ 5,481,051  
30-60 Days
    1,212,413       14,672  
60-90 Days
    8,747       333,123  
90-180 Days
    -       -  
180-360 Days
    27,489       42,612  
>360 Days
    509,433       663,282  
Total
  $ 7,315,254     $ 6,534,740  

 
F-23

 

SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
The following is the largest ten accounts receivable at December 31 2007:

Baishan Jiehe Development & Construction Co., Ltd.
  $ 200,844  
Shuqian Mingwei Development & Construction Co., Ltd.
    241,998  
Peixian Jiannan Real Estate Development Co., Ltd.
    313,367  
Sihong Jinwan Construction Co., Ltd.
    316,101  
Xiuzhou Shenyuan Real Eastate Development Co., Ltd.
    337,038  
Guannan Construction Co., Ltd.
    345,360  
Lianyuangan Baoli Development Co., Ltd.
    357,665  
Jianshu Province Farms
    421,405  
Huabei Oil Management & Machine Co., Ltd.
    555,365  
Hebei Zhonggang Steel Co., Ltd.
    592,135  
Total
  $ 3,681,282  

 
5.
INVESTMENT

   
2007
   
2006
 
Beijing Zhongran Xiangke Oil Gas Technology Co. Ltd
  $ 4,007,310     $ 2,939,029  

The followings were the condensed balance sheets and statements of income of Beijing Zhongran Xiangke Oil Gas Technology Co., Ltd. as of and for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006.
 
Beijing Zhongran Xiangke Oil Gas Technology Co., Ltd.
Condensed Balance Sheets
 
             
 
 
2007
   
2006
 
Assets
                 
Current Assets
  $ 4,351,320     $ 4,583,010  
Non-Current Assets
    13,736,685       11,320,804  
Total Assets
    18,088,005       15,903,814  
                 
Liabilities
               
Current Liabilities
    7,794,262       6,852,718  
Total Liabilities
    7,794,262       6,852,718  
                 
                 
Net Assets
  $ 10,293,742     $ 9,051,096  
 
 
F-24

 
 
SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
Beijing Zhongran Xiangke Oil Gas Technology Co., Ltd.
Condensed Statements of Income 
 
             
   
2007
   
2006
 
Sales revenue
  $ 5,819,210     $ 6,795,876  
Cost of revenue
    (3,287,090 )     3,984,152  
   Gross profit
    2,532,120       2,811,724  
                 
Operating expenses
    (1,811,203 )     (1,518,622 )
Other income/(expense)
    (110,634 )     (192,810 )
   Earnings before taxation
    1,319,164       1,100,292  
                 
Income tax
    (91,543 )     (82,522 )
Net income
  $ 1,227,622     $ 1,017,770  

 
6.
PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property, Plant, and Equipment consisted of the followings at December 31, 2007 and 2006:

At Cost
 
2007
   
2006
 
Gas Pipelines
  $ 18,885,734     $ 8,255,231  
Motor Vehicles
    4,874,685       2,204,621  
Machinery & Equipment
    885,997       273,943  
Buildings
    1,405,638       89,799  
Leasehold Improvements
    68,942       47,543  
Office Equipment
    105,336       67,774  
      26,226,335       10,938,911  
                 
Less: Accumulated depreciation
    (1,653,771 )     (330,381 )
    $ 24,572,565     $ 10,608,530  

 
F-25

 
 
SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

Accumulated Depreciation
 
2007
   
2006
 
Gas Pipelines
  $ 591,419     $ 203,005  
Motor Vehicles
    687,354       48,846  
Machinery & Equipment
    161,703       38,999  
Buildings
    128,514       6,825  
Leasehold Improvements
    34,070       19,613  
Office Equipment
    50,711       13,093  
Total
  $ 1,653,771     $ 330,381  

Depreciation expenses included in the consolidated statements of income for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 were $1,323,390 and $184,215 respectively.

 
7.
INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Intangible assets consisted of the following at December 31, 2007 and 2006:

At Cost
 
2007
   
2006
 
Land use rights
  $ 452,345     $ 112,565  
Franchises
    359,464       314,864  
Goodwill
    1,562,202       21,454  
Others
    9,563       8,947  
      2,383,574       457,830  
                 
Less: Accumulated Amortization
    (355,324 )     -  
Intangible Assets, net
  $ 2,028,250     $ 457,830  

The Company operates as a local natural gas distributor in a city or county, known as an operation location, under an exclusive franchise agreement between the Company and the local government or entities in charge of gas utility. Franchises are the rights to develop sites in Anping and Jinzhou in China. They are stated at cost less accumulated amortization.

Goodwill is related to the acquisitions of Beijing Chenguang Gas and Guannan Gas. Management annually reviews the carrying value of goodwill using the sum of the discounted cash flows to determine if an impairment charge is necessary. The Company has determined no impairment to goodwill as of date.

 
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SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
 
8.
SHORT-TERM BANK LOAN

Name of Bank
 
Due Date
 
Interest Rate
 
2007
   
2006
 
Chinese Renmin Bank
 
7/1/2008
 
7.22% plus 10% fluctuation market rate
  $ 2,734,444     $ -  
Shenzhen Development Bank
 
3/31/2007
 
5.022% per annum
    -       2,430,445  
Total
          $ 2,734,444     $ 2,430,445  

Interest expenses for the short-term bank loans were $197,959 and $78,237 for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006.

 
9.
OTHER PAYABLES

Other payables consisted of the following at December 31, 2007 and 2006:

   
2007
   
2006
 
Employees’ welfare payables
  $ 176,236     $ 56,584  
Amount due to employees
    150,711       11,360  
Tax payable
    922,620       1,089,804  
Other payable
    9,134,091       632,752  
Total
  $ 10,383,658     $ 1,790,500  

All the amounts due to employees are unsecured, interest free, and have no fixed repayment terms.

 
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SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
10.
CAPITAL STOCK

The authorized capital stock consists of (i) 250,000,000 shares of common stock, par value      $0.001 per share, of which 24,877,271 shares are issued and outstanding, and (ii) 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. The preferred stock consists of (a) series A convertible preferred stock, with 20,000,000 shares authorized and 0 shares are issued and outstanding; (b) series B convertible preferred stock, with 5,000,000 shares authorized and 4,971,859 shares are issued and outstanding; and (c) series B-1 convertible preferred stock, with 3,000,000 shares authorized and 95,418 shares are issued and outstanding.

The following is a summary of the material terms of its capital stock. This summary is subject to and qualified in its entirety by its Articles of Incorporation, as amended and corrected, certificates of designations for its series A, series B, and series B-1 convertible preferred stock, its by-laws and by the applicable provisions of Utah law.

Common Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 250,000,000 shares of common stock, with a par value of $0.001. There are 24,877,271 shares of common stock issued and outstanding at December 31, 2007. All shares of common stock have one vote per share on all matters including election of directors, without provision for cumulative voting. The common stock is not redeemable and has no conversion or preemptive rights. The common stock currently outstanding is validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. In the event of liquidation of the company, the holders of common stock will share equally in any balance of the company's assets available for distribution to them after satisfaction of creditors and preferred shareholders, if any. The holders of common stock are entitled to equal dividends and distributions per share with respect to the common stock when, as and if, declared by the board of directors from funds legally available.

Preferred Stock

In addition to the 250,000,000 shares of common stock, the Company is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, with a par value of $0.001 per share. Shares of the preferred stock may be issued from time to time in one or more classes or series, each of which class or series shall have such distinctive designation or title as shall be fixed by the board of directors prior to the issuance.

 
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SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

On August 30, 2006, the Company’s board of directors designated 20,000,000 shares of its preferred stock as series A convertible preferred stock and 5,000,000 shares of its preferred stock as series B convertible preferred stock. On August 31, 2006, the Company filed certificates of designations for the series A and series B convertible preferred stock with the Office of the Secretary of State of Utah. On September 6, 2006, the board of directors amended the designations of the Series B convertible preferred stock and the Company filed an amended certificate of designations for the Series B convertible preferred stock with the Office of the Secretary of State of Utah. The board of directors created the series A convertible preferred stock to allow the Company to consummate the share exchange transaction with the Gas (BVI) Shareholders and the series B convertible preferred stock in connection with its private financing transactions. Each of the shares of series A convertible preferred stock was automatically converted into one share of its common stock upon the effectiveness of its reverse stock-split on November 17, 2006. On September 12, 2007, the Company’s board of directors designated 3,000,000 shares of its preferred stock as series B-1 convertible preferred stock with the same right and privilege as series B convertible preferred stock, and 95,418 shares of series B-1 preferred stock were issued in connection with the September financing transaction. Therefore, at December 31, 2007, the Company has no shares of series A convertible preferred stock issued and outstanding, and has 4,971,859 and 95,418 shares of series B and series B-1 convertible preferred stock issued and outstanding respectively.

Conversion

The Company issued 14,361,646 of its common shares upon the automatic conversion of its series A convertible preferred shares after the 304.44-for-1 reverse stock-split on November 17, 2006. The Company no longer has any series A convertible preferred shares outstanding.

Each share of the series B convertible preferred stock will become convertible into common stock, at the option of its holder after the 304.44-for-1 reverse stock-split, based on the then applicable conversion rate, which is initially one share of series B convertible preferred stock for one share of common stock.

 
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SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
Financing Transactions

On September 7, 2006, the Company entered into a stock purchase transaction with Vision Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd., SEI Private Trust Co., and Coronado Capital Partners LP by issuing  2,509,782 shares of series B convertible preferred stock for an aggregate of $6,876,800 in gross cash proceeds. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, 2,509,782 Series A Warrants, 1,254,891 Series B Warrants, 2,284,651 Series J Warrants, 2,284,651 Series C Warrants and 1,142,326 Series D Warrants were issued to the private placement investors. Simultaneously, 635,822 shares of series B convertible preferred stock and 241,708 Series A Warrants were issued to the placement agent Kuhns’ Brother. Among the gross proceeds of $6,876,800, $675,000 was used to purchased the Shell, Dolce Ventures, Inc. (Legal acquirer, accounting acquiree), $673,786 was reimbursed to the placement agent Kuhns’ Brother, and $426,978 was paid for legal counsel expense. The Company received $5,101,036 net proceeds.

On October 20, 2006, the Company entered into another stock purchase transaction with Vision Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd., Nite Capital LP, and Ijaz Malik by issuing 877,664 shares of series B convertible preferred stock for an aggregate of $2,404,800 in gross cash proceeds. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, 877,664 Series A Warrants, 438,833 Series B Warrants, 798,938 Series J Warrants, 798,938 Series C Warrants and 399,469 Series D Warrants were issued to the private placement investors. Simultaneously, $235,000 of gross proceeds were reimbursed to the private placement agent and $10,000 of gross proceeds were paid to transfer agent respectively. The Company received $2,159,800 net proceeds.

On May 15, 2007, Vision Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. exercised 1,094,891 shares of Series J Warrants at $2.74 per share. The Company received $3,000,000 cash gross proceeds. In consideration of exercise of Series J Warrants, 1,094,891 new Series E Warrants and 109,489 Series G Warrants were issued to Vision and placement agent Kuhns’ Brother respectively. Pursuant to the financial advisory agreement between the Company and the placement agent Kuhns’ Brother, the Company totally reimbursed $268,868 of the gross proceeds to placement agent. $146,374 was paid for legal counsel expense. The Company received $2,587,759 net proceeds.

 
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SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

On September 7, 2007, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement with a series of private placement investors leading by Vision Opportunity Master Fund, Ltd. for a sale of 8,340,762 shares of the Company’s common stock. The Company generated an aggregate of $18,766,700 gross proceeds. Simultaneously, the Company entered into a Warrant Purchase Agreement, Amendment and Waiver (“WPA”) with the holders of its outstanding Warrants and Series B Preferred Stock, who acquired those securities by private placement in September and October of 2006. Pursuant to the WPA, all of the Series A and Series B Warrants issued in 2006 were purchased back by the Company for $3,500,000; the exercise price of Series C Warrants was changed to $3.375; all of the Series D Warrants was purchased for a purchase price of issuing additional 770,897 shares of Series B preferred Stock; all of the outstanding Series J and Series E Warrants were cancelled; additional 271,074 Series F Warrants and 271,074 Series R Warrants were issued respectively. Among the $18,766,700 cash gross proceeds, $3,500,000 was used to purchase back the Series A and Series B Warrants issued in 2006 from private placement investors; $1,241,805 was reimbursed to the placement agent Roth Capital, including the out-of-pocket expenses, and $232,028 was paid for legal counsel expense. The Company received $13,792,867 net proceeds.

   
Financial Transactions
 
   
9/7/2006
   
10/20/2006
   
5/15/2007
   
9/7/2007
 
Gross proceeds
  $ 6,876,800     $ 2,404,800     $ 3,000,000     $ 18,766,700  
Used to purchase Shell
    (675,000 )     -       -       -  
Commission to Placement Agent
    (673,786 )     (235,000 )     (265,867 )     (1,241,805 )
Legal counsel expense
    (426,978 )     -       (146,374 )     (232,028 )
Paid to Transfer Agent
    -       (10,000 )     -       -  
Used to purchase Warrants A & B
    -       -       -       (3,500,000 )
Net proceeds
  $ 5,101,036     $ 2,159,800     $ 2,587,759     $ 13,792,867  

The following table depicts the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, Preferred Stock, and Warrants at December 31, 2007.

   
Authorized Shares
   
Shares issued and
outstanding
 
Common Stock
    250,000,000       24,877,271  
Convertible Preferred Stock A
    10,000,000       -  
Convertible Preferred Stock B
    5,000,000       4,971,859  
Convertible Preferred Stock B-1
    3,000,000       95,418  

   
Strike Price
 
Contractual Life
 
 Expiration
Date
 
Shares issued and
outstanding
   
Weighted Average
Fair Value
 
Series A Warrants
    3.84  
60 Months
 
9/6/2011
    241,708       0.70  
Series C Warrants
    3.38  
60 Months
 
9/6/2011
    3,083,589       0.81  
Series F Warrants
    4.84  
36 Months
 
9/6/2010
    271,074       0.20  
Series G Warrants
    3.84  
48 Months
 
9/6/2011
    109,489       0.44  
Series R Warrants
    4.84  
36 Months
 
9/6/2010
    271,074       0.20  
Outstanding Option
    3.00  
48 Months
 
11/1/2010
    100,000       0.92  

 
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SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
The Company used the Black-Scholes model to calculate the values of Warrants. The following shows the assumptions that were employed in the model:
 
   
Warrants A
   
Warrants C
   
Warrants F
   
Warrants G
   
Warrants R
   
Outstanding
Option
 
Weighted-average fair value of warrants
    0.70       0.81       0.20       0.44       0.20       0.92  
Strike price
  $ 3.84     $ 3.38     $ 4.84     $ 3.84     $ 4.84     $ 3.00  
Risk-free interest rate
    4.18 %     4.18 %     4.18 %     4.18 %     4.18 %     4.18 %
Expected volatility
    40.00 %     40.00 %     40.00 %     40.00 %     40.00 %     40.00 %
Years to maturity
    5.00       5.00       3.00       4.00       3.00       4.00  

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SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

Total Capitalization

The following table depicts an analysis of total capitalization for the issuance of Preferred Stock B, Preferred Stock B-1, Common Stock, and the related additional Paid in Capital at December 31, 2007:

   
Preferred Stock B
   
Preferred Stock B-1
   
Common Stock
             
Name of
Shareholders
 
Number of Shares
outstanding
   
Capital
   
Number of Shares
outstanding
   
Capital
   
Number of Shares
outstanding
   
Capital
   
Additional Paid
in Capital
   
% of Equity
Holdings
 
Manager / Insider
    -       -       -       -       12,653,661       12,654       4,064,862       51 %
Minority Investor
    -       -       -       -       2,326,788       2,327       747,457       9 %
Private Placement- Investor
    4,971,859       4,972       95,418       95       9,896,821       9,897       24,307,327       40 %
Beneficial- Conversion Feature
    -       -       -       -       -       -       7,002,292       -  
      4,971,859       4,972       95,418       95       24,877,271       24,877       36,121,938       100 %

 
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SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

11.
INCOME TAX

In accordance with the relevant tax laws and regulations of PRC, the corporation income tax rate is 33%. However, in accordance with the relevant taxation laws in the PRC, the Company is eligible for tax concessions and was exempted from part of the PRC income taxes for the year.

Effective January 1, 2008, PRC government implements a new 25% tax rate for all enterprises regardless of whether domestic or foreign enterprise without any tax holiday, which is defined as "two-year exemption followed by three-year half exemption" hitherto enjoyed by tax payers. As a result of the new tax law of a standard 25% tax rate, tax holidays terminated as of December 31, 2007. However, PRC government has established a set of transition rules to allow enterprises that already started tax holidays before January 1, 2008, to continue enjoying the tax holidays until being expired.

The following table accounts for the differences between the actual tax provision and the amounts obtained by applying the applicable PRC corporation income tax rate of 33% to income before taxes for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006.

   
2007
   
2006
 
Income before taxation
  $ 8,228,921     $ 5,496,573  
Provision for income taxes at PRC income tax rate
    2,715,544       1,813,869  
Effect of tax exemption granted to the Company
    (2,183,044 )     (1,390,585 )
Income Tax
  $ 532,500     $ 423,284  

 
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SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
12.
SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company has contracted with customers usually in two revenue segments altogether, one is for the construction and installation of gas facilities and another one is the subsequent sales of gas to that customers through the gas facilities the Company constructs. However, the respective gas facilities contracts and gas supply contracts have separately provided for the basis of revenue recognition and distinctive from each other for the relevant cost-and-revenue to be incurred and hence separate calculation and subsequent payment of fees for respective business without any interdependence on each other in this respect.

For management purposes, the company is currently organized into two major operating divisions - gas pipeline construction (installation of gas facilities) and sales of piped gas. These principal operating activities are the basis on which the Company reports its primary segment information.

Balance Sheet Segment Report
As of December 31, 2007

   
Gas Distribution
   
Gas pipeline
Installation
   
Others
   
Total
 
Assets
                       
Current assets
  $ 11,509,765     $ 3,814,583     $ 7,866,957     $ 23,191,305  
Non-current assets
    10,606,803       31,558,142       -       42,164,945  
Total assets
    22,116,568       35,372,725       7,866,957       65,356,250  
                                 
Liabilities
                               
Current liabilities
    1,228,727       13,149,074       131,843       14,509,644  
Total liabilities
    1,228,727       13,149,074       131,843       14,509,644  
                                 
Net Assets
  $ 20,887,841     $ 22,223,651     $ 7,735,114     $ 50,846,606  

 
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SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

Statement of Income Segment Report
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007

   
Gas Distribution
   
Gas pipeline
Installation
   
Others
   
Total
 
                         
Sales revenue
  $ 7,294,608     $ 12,973,148     $ -     $ 20,267,756  
Cost of revenue
    (6,374,365 )     (3,125,387 )     -       9,499,752  
Gross profit
    920,243       9,847,761       -       10,768,004  
                                 
Operating expenses
    (209,418 )     (2,241,032 )     (264,769 )     (2,715,219 )
Other income/expense
    4,080       43,665       128,391       176,136  
Earnings from continued operation
    714,905       7,650,394       (136,378 )     8,228,921  
                                 
Income tax
    (45,604 )     (486,896 )     -       (531,612 )
Gain from discontinued operation, net of tax
    -       -       10,950       10,950  
Net income
  $ 669,301     $ 7,163,498     $ (125,428 )   $ 7,707,370  

Balance Sheet Segment Report
As of December 31, 2006

   
Gas Distribution
   
Gas pipeline
Installation
   
Others
   
Total
 
Assets
                       
Current assets
  $ 6,236,877     $ 3,795,902     $ 5,216,552     $ 15,249,331  
Non-current assets
    4,687,342       13,946,123       -       18,633,465  
Total assets
    10,924,219       17,742,025       5,216,552       33,882,796  
                                 
Liabilities
                               
Current liabilities
    722,382       7,730,484       115,617       8,568,483  
Total liabilities
    722,382       7,730,484       115,617       8,568,483  
                                 
Net Assets
  $ 10,201,837     $ 10,011,541     $ 5,101     $ 25,314,313  

 
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SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

Statement of Income Segment Report
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

   
Gas Distribution
   
Gas pipeline
Installation
   
Others
   
Total
 
Sales revenue
  $ 3,912,502     $ 6,958,216     $ -     $ 10,870,718  
Cost of revenue
    (2,945,132 )     (1,444,010 )     -       (4,389,142 )
  Gross profit
    967,370       5,514,206       -       6,481,576  
                                 
Operating expenses
    (96,534 )     (1,033,044 )     (122,050 )     (1,251,628 )
Other income/(expense)
    7,831       83,811       174,983       266,625  
Earnings before tax
    878,667       4,564,973       145,401       5,496,573  
                                 
Income tax
    (36,250 )     (387,034 )     -       (423,284 )
Net income
  $ 842,417     $ 4,177,939     $ 52,933     $ 5,073,289  

The Company's operations are located in the PRC. All revenue is from customers in the PRC. All of the Company’s assets are located in the PRC. Sales of piped gas and gas pipeline construction are carried out in the PRC. Accordingly, no analysis of the Company's sales and assets by geographical market is presented.
 
No other measures of segment profit or loss and assets have been provided or reviewed by the company's chief operating decision maker.

13.
COMMITMENTS UNDER OPERATING LEASES

At December 31, 2007, the Group had commitment for future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases in respect of office rented premises which fall due as follows:

Land and Buildings
 
2007
   
2006
 
Not later than one year
  $ 45,934     $ 61,401  
Over one year but not later than five years
    228,079       245,603  
After five years
    500,067       521,906  
Total
  $ 774,080     $ 828,910  

 
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SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

14. 
RELATED PARTIES TRANSACTIONS

The following material transactions with related parties during the years were in the opinion of the directors, carried out in the ordinary course of business and on normal commercial terms:

Sales to Beijing Zhongran Xiangke Oil Gas Technology Co., Ltd. (Zhongran Xiangke), an investee for which the equity method is used, for the years 2007 and 2006 were $85,951 and $334,326 respectively. The amounts receivable from Zhongran Xiangke for the years 2007 and 2006 were $16,741 and $0 respectively. Also, included in the other payables are payables to Zhongran Xiangke for the years 2007 and 2006 of $141,303 and $101,592 respectively.

Sales to Beijing Zhongyou Xiangke Oil Gas Technology Co., Ltd. (Zhongyou Xiangke), an investee of Zhongran Xiangke, for the years 2007 and 2006 were $ 0 and $ 0 respectively. The amounts receivable from Zhongyou Xiangke for the years 2007 and 2006 were $ 0 and $2,130 respectively.

15. 
DISCONTINUED OPERATION

On August 31, 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the spin-off of its wholly-owned subsidiary, Pegasus Tel, Inc. to the Company’s common stockholders. To effect this spin-off, the Board announced a distribution of one share of Pegasus common stock for every 20 shares of common stock held by the Company’ stockholders on August 30, 2006, involving 5,038,507 shares of Pegasus’ common stock. Upon completion of the spin-off, the Company returned 100% of its shares of common stock of Pegusas to Pegusas shareholders, which then were retired and deemed to be treasury stock. The following tabulations are the condensed balance sheets and statements of income of Pegasus Tel, Inc. as of and for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006.

 
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SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

Pegasus Tel, Inc.
Condensed Balance Sheets

 
 
2007
   
2006
 
Assets                
Current assets
  $ 2,336     $ 445  
Non-current assets
    -       509  
Total assets
    2,336       954  
                 
Liabilities
               
Current liabilities
    86,047       18,954  
Total liabilities
    86,047       18,954  
                 
Net Assets
  $ (83,711 )   $ (18,000 )

Pegasus Tel, Inc.
Condensed Statements of Income

   
2007
   
2006
 
Revenues
  $ 10,059     $ 2,138  
Cost of sales
    (5,904 )     (6,601 )
Gross profit
    4,155       4,463  
                 
Operating income/(expense)
    (66,459 )     (11,973 )
Other expense interest
    (3,347 )     (95 )
Earnings before tax
    (65,651 )     (16,531 )
                 
Tax
    (60 )     (65 )
Net Income
  $ (65,711 )   $ (16,596 )
                 
Earnings per share
  $ (0.01 )   $ (0.003 )
Weighted average shares outstanding
    5,100,000       5,100,000  

 
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SINO GAS INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

The Company executed a disposition agreement with Petro China Co., Ltd to sell its subsidiary Anping Weiye Gas Co., Ltd. for RMB 3,300,000 (approximately $433,230) in June 2007. The Company has accounted for the disposition of the assets of discontinued operation in accordance with SFAS 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”.  A gain of $10,950 was recorded in the Company’s statement of operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007. The following table is a summary of its financial position and result of operations as of and for the year ended December 31, 2007.

Anping Weiye Gas Co., Ltd.
Condensed Balance Sheet
 
Condensed Statement of Income
 
               
Assets
     
Sales revenue
  $ -  
Current assets
  $ 653,474  
Cost of sales
    -  
Non-current assets
    957  
Gross Profit
    -  
Total assets
    654,430            
         
Operating expense
    -  
Liabilities
       
Other income/expense
    -  
Current liabilities
    7,897         -  
Total liabilities
    7,897            
         
Gain on sale of assets
    10,950  
Net Assets
  $ 646,534  
Income tax
    -  
                   
         
Net Income
  $ 10,950  

 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
16. 
ACQUISITIONS

The company had two acquisitions during 2006 consisting of the purchase of (1) Zhanggiakou City Xiahuayuan Jinli Gas Co., Ltd., and (2) Yuxian Jinli Gas Co., Ltd.

On December 13, 2006, the Company, through its Beijing Gas subsidiary, acquired all the capital stock of Zhanggiakou City Xiahuayuan Jinli Gas Co., Ltd. from Jieli Ma and Wei Zhang for a purchase price of RMB 2,000,000 (approximately $258,000) in cash. Jieli Ma and Wei Zhang were individual shareholders who originally owned 100% equity of Zhanggiakou City Xiahuayuan Jinli Gas Co., Ltd. Jieli Ma and Wei Zhang were spouses, and both of them did not have any relationship with the Company.

On December 13, 2006, Beijing Gas acquired all the capital stock of Yuxian Jinli Gas Co., Ltd. from Jieli Ma and Wei Zhang for a purchase price of RMB 9,500,000 (approximately $1,227,000) in cash. Jieli Ma and Wei Zhang were individual shareholders who originally owned 100% equity of Yuxian Jinli Gas Co., Ltd. There was no minority interest transaction involved in the 2006 acquisitions.

The following tables are the condensed balance sheets of Xiahuayuan Jinli Gas and Yuxian Jinli Gas as of December 13, 2006

Xiahuayuan Gas and Yuxian Gas
Condensed Balance Sheets
As of December 13, 2006

 
 
Xiahuayuan
   
Yuxian
   
Total
 
Assets                  
Current Assets
                 
Other receivables
  $ -     $ 2,689     $ 2,689  
Non-Current Assets
                       
Property, plan, & equipment, net
    287,197       885,091       1,172,288  
Construction in Progress
    -       347,683       347,683  
Total Assets
    287,197       1,235,464       1,522,661  
                         
Liabilities
                       
Current Liabilities
                       
Accounts payable
    -       27,863       27,863  
Tax Payable
    10,219       439       10,658  
Other payables
    463       1,616       2,079  
Total Liabilities
    10,682       29,918       40,600  
                         
Net Assets
  $ 276,515     $ 1,205,546     $ 1,482,061  

 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

               
Goodwill /
 
   
Acquisition Price
   
Net Assets
   
(Assets write down)
 
Xiahuayuan Gas
  $ 258,000     $ 276,515     $ (18,515 )
Yuxian Gas
    1,227,000       1,205,546       21,454  
Total
  $ 1,485,000     $ 1,482,061     $ 2,939  

The Company had three acquisitions during 2007 consisting of the purchase of (1) Beijing Chenguang Gas Co., Ltd., (2) Guannan Weiye Gas Co., Ltd., and (3) certain assets of Baishan Gas Co., Ltd.

On January 15, 2007, Beijing Gas entered into a stock transfer agreement with the shareholders of Beijing Chenguang Gas Ltd., Co., a limited liability company organized under the laws of the PRC, under which Beijing Gas would acquire all the capital stock of Beijing Chenguang for a purchase price of RMB 26 million (approximately $3.35 million) in cash. Upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by that agreement, Beijing Chenguang would become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Beijing Gas. Beijing Chenguang is primarily engaged in the development, transfer and licensing of technologies used in natural gas purification, compression and transportation, as well as the installation of natural gas equipment and the supply of natural gas.

On June 20, 2007, the Company, through its Beijing Gas subsidiary, acquired 100% interests in Guannan Weiye Gas Co., Ltd. for RMB 7,000,000 (approximately $987 thousand) by cash, among which $562,968 was used to settle Guannan Gas’ outstanding loans, so that Guannan Gas became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Guannan Gas is a regional natural gas distributor and developer of natural gas distribution networks in China’s Jiangsu Province. The acquisition of Guannan includes all of the assets and customer relationships of Guannan Gas, including concession rights to be the exclusive natural gas distributor in Guannan County, Jiangsu Province, for a period of 30 years beginning from June 29, 2007.

On July 9, 2007, the Company purchased certain assets of Baishan Gas Co., Ltd., a regional distributor and developer of distribution networks for natural gas in Jilin Province, for a price of RMB 7,000,000 (approximately $921 thousand). Under the asset purchase agreement, the Company was responsible for paying outstanding debts of Baishan Gas Co., Ltd. for $4,000,000, which was due in periodic installments through the year 2030.

The following tables are the condensed balance sheets of Chenguang Gas and Guannan Gas as of December 31, 2006.

 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

Chenguang Gas and Guannan Gas
Condensed Balance Sheets
As of December 31, 2006

 
 
Chenguang
   
Guannan
   
Total
 
Assets                  
Current Assets
                 
Cash and cash equivalent
  $ 484,653     $ 1,207     $ 485,860  
Other receivables
    533,501       -       533,501  
Inventory
    89,806       61,987       151,793  
Non-Current Assets
                       
Property, plan, & equipment, net
    2,569,684       537,953       3,107,637  
Construction in progress
    713,119       -       713,119  
Total Assets
    4,390,762       601,147       4,991,909  
                         
Liabilities
                       
Current Liabilities
                       
Loans
    255,836       562,968       818,804  
Other payables
    1,911,214       1,207       1,912,421  
Total Liabilities
    2,167,050       564,175       2,731,225  
                         
Net Assets
  $ 2,223,712     $ 36,972     $ 2,260,684  

         
Proceeds used to settle
             
   
Acquisition Price
   
Loans
   
Net Assets
   
Goodwill
 
Chenguang Gas
  $ 3,350,000     $ -     $ 2,223,712     $ 1,126,288  
Guannan Gas
    987,000       562,968       36,972       387,060  
Total
  $ 4,337,000     $ 562,968     $ 2,260,684     $ 1,513,348  

The following tabulations were retroactive restatements of pro forma consolidated balance sheets as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the statements of income for the years then ended. The retroactive restatements were based on the assumption that the acquisitions of Chenguang Gas and Guannan Gas were made at the beginning of 2006 for the purpose of trading and comparative analysis.

 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

Sino Gas International Holdings, Inc.
Pro forma Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

   
2006
   
2007
 
   
Sino Gas
   
Chenguang
   
Guannan
   
Total
   
Sino Gas
 
Assets
                             
Current assets
  $ 15,249,331     $ 584,277     $ 12,811     $ 15,846,419     $ 23,191,305  
Non-current assets
    18,633,465       5,489,774       622,793       24,746,032       42,164,945  
Total assets
    33,882,796       6,074,051       635,604       40,592,451       65,356,250  
                                         
Liabilities
                                       
Current liabilities
    8,568,483       2,104,579       320,268       10,993,330       16,365,964  
Total liabilities
    8,568,483       2,104,579       320,268       10,993,330       16,365,964  
                                         
Net Assets
  $ 25,314,313     $ 3,969,472     $ 315,336     $ 29,599,121     $ 48,990,286  

Sino Gas International Holdings, Inc.
Pro forma Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

   
2007
 
   
twelve months
   
six months ended June
       
   
Sino Gas
   
Guannan
   
Total
 
Sales revenue
  $ 20,267,756     $ 68,551     $ 20,336,307  
Cost of revenue
    (9,499,752 )     (40,367 )     (9,540,119 )
  Gross profit
    10,768,004       28,184       10,796,188  
                         
Operating expenses
    (2,715,219 )     (52,630 )     (2,767,849 )
Other income/(expense)
    176,136       (1,199 )     174,937  
Earnings from continued operation
    8,228,921       (25,645 )     8,203,276  
                         
Income tax
    (532,500 )     (1,131 )     (533,631 )
Gain from discontinued operation
    10,950       -       10,950  
                         
Net income
  $ 7,707,370     $ (26,776 )   $ 7,680,595  

 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

   
2006
 
   
Sino Gas
   
Chenguang
   
Guannan
   
Total
 
Sales revenue
  $ 10,870,718     $ 4,084,700     $ 16,981     $ 14,972,399  
Cost of revenue
    (4,389,142 )     (2,849,441 )     (10,576 )     (7,249,158 )
Gross profit
    6,481,576       1,235,260       6,405       7,723,241  
                                 
Operating expenses
    (1,251,628 )     (477,981 )     (45,329 )     (1,774,938 )
Other income/(expense)
    266,625       26,787       (226 )     293,186  
Earnings before tax
    5,496,573       784,066       (39,150 )     6,241,489  
                                 
Income tax
    (423,284 )     (42,754 )     -       (466,038 )
                                 
Net income
  $ 5,073,289     $ 741,311     $ (39,150 )   $ 5,775,451  

 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)

17. 
EARNINGS PER SHARE

  Components of basic and diluted earnings per share were as follows:

   
2007
   
2006
 
Net Income
  $ 7,707,370     $ 5,073,289  
Preferred Dividends
    -       -  
Constructive Preferred Dividends
    (1,264,500 )     (6,418,864 )
Income Available to Common Stockholders
  $ 6,442,870     $ (1,345,575 )
                 
Original Shares
    14,693,186       14,693,186  
Addition to Common Stock from Offering
    3,182,892       -  
Basic Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
    17,876,078       14,693,186  
                 
Addition to Common Stock from Conversion of Preferred Stock B
    4,044,407       1,005,817  
Addition to Common Stock from Conversion of Preferred Stock B-1
    23,855       -  
Addition to Common Stock from Exercise of Warrants
    597,571       -  
Diluted Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
    22,541,911       15,699,003  
                 
Earnings Per Share
               
Basic
  $ 0.36     $ (0.09 )
Diluted
  $ 0.34     $ (0.09 )
                 
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding
               
Basic
    17,876,078       14,693,186  
Diluted
    22,541,911       15,699,003  

 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
18. 
INVESTORS RELATIONS STOCK COMPENSATION EXPENSE

Pursuant to paragraph 26 of SFAS 154, the Company disclosed the stock compensation transaction as follows:

On November 2, 2006, the Company granted 100,000 stock options to the investors relation firm, CCG Elite at a cost $92,468 which was charged to other expense in the income statement and was credited to accrued liabilities. The incorporation of this stock transaction has the impact of decreasing the current year’s net income by $92,468 or $0,0037 per share using the weighted average of 24,877,271 shares. No U.S. tax is affected since the Company has not repatriated its earnings to the United States.

The determination of the exercise price is depicted by the following table based on the Black-Scholes Model.

Price Range
 
Number of Shares
$0 - $9.99
 
100,000 shares
$10.00 - $19.99
 
0 shares
$20.00 - $29.99
 
0 shares

Weighted-average fair value of grants:
  $ 0.92  
Risk-free interest rate:
    4.176 %
Expected volatility:
    40.00 %
Expected life in months:
 
48 months
 

No tax benefit has yet to be accrued or realized. In 2007, the Company operated as an income tax-free entity in the PRC, and the Company has yet to repatriate its earnings, accordingly it has not recognized any deferred tax assets or liability in regards to benefits derived from the issuance of stock options.

 
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE FISCAL YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2007 AND 2006
(Stated in U.S. Dollars)
 
19. 
SUBSEQUENT EVENT

The Company entered into a registration rights agreement related to a private placement financing transaction with accredited investors on September 13, 2007.  Pursuant to the agreement, the Company would be subject to liquidated damages if the registration statement was not (1) filed within 45 days of the execution, and (2) if the registration statement had not been declared effective within 150 days of filing the registration statement.  The Company has not met the aforementioned requirements under the registration rights agreement, and currently believes that it would be liable to pay $462,912 in liquidated damages to the investors in 2008.

20. 
CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

Pursuant to the warrants purchase agreement related to 2006 private placement financing transactions, the Company was required to reach $5.7 million and $7.9 million net income target for the fiscal years ended 2006 and 2007 respectively. However, the Company did not meet the stipulated 2006 and 2007 net income target and therefore incurred certain contingent liabilities. The Company has issued 321,168 shares make good common stock to investors in July 2007 in compensation of not attaining the 2006 net income target; this common stock issuance transaction of $321 being a charge against additional paid in capital, has been recognized in the 2007 financial statements. The Company is also liable to issue another 1.2 million shares make good common stock to the accredited investors in 2008 in compensation of not attaining the 2007 net income target.

 
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