Other Income

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Other Income and Expenses [Abstract]

Other Income

14. Other income

The Company received $332,239 in other income from the government. This amount relates to the settlement of a legal and tax dispute with General Directorate of Petroleum Affairs (GDPA) relating to a taxation liability that the Company was assessed for training costs commencing 2008. The Company disputed the assessment, but was previously unsuccessful in its application. In 2018, the Company was successful in negotiating a non-legal settlement, overturning the training cost obligation.

The “training obligation” was imposed by GDPA in relation to SASB Project pursuant to former Turkish Petroleum Law no. 6326. Because of the 2008 assessment, the Company was forced to follow the amounts and percentages set in 2008. The Law states that petroleum right holders in Turkey are obliged to train Turkish citizens against each foreign citizen recruited in petroleum activities. This obligation is determined by taking 25% of the total number of the days the foreigners worked for the petroleum activity.