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Supplementary Information On Oil, Ngl And Natural Gas Reserves
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Supplementary Information On Oil, Ngl And Natural Gas Reserves [Abstract]  
Supplementary Information On OIl, Ngl And Natrual Gas Reserves

11. SUPPLEMENTARY  INFORMATION ON OIL, NGL AND NATURAL GAS RESERVES (UNAUDITED)

 

Aggregate Capitalized Costs

 

The aggregate amount of capitalized costs of oil and natural gas properties and related accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization as of September 30 is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

 

 

 

 

 

Producing properties

$

304,889,145 

 

$

275,997,569 

Non-producing minerals

 

8,490,277 

 

 

9,018,731 

Non-producing leasehold

 

442,628 

 

 

1,123,812 

Exploratory wells in progress

 

 -

 

 

8,018 

 

 

313,822,050 

 

 

286,148,130 

Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

(186,042,746)

 

 

(164,652,199)

Net capitalized costs

$

127,779,304 

 

$

121,495,931 

 

Costs Incurred

 

For the years ended September 30, the Company incurred the following costs in oil and natural gas producing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property acquisition costs

$

1,242,615 

 

$

20,404,465 

 

$

5,140,862 

Exploration costs

 

 -

 

 

1,210,417 

 

 

4,837,451 

Development costs

 

27,938,160 

 

 

24,578,943 

 

 

17,310,808 

 

$

29,180,775 

 

$

46,193,825 

 

$

27,289,121 

 

In 2012, $17.4 million of the property acquisition costs related to the acquisition of certain assets in the Arkansas Fayetteville Shale.

 

 

Estimated Quantities of Proved Oil, NGL and Natural Gas Reserves

 

The following unaudited information regarding the Company’s oil, NGL and natural gas reserves is presented pursuant to the disclosure requirements promulgated by the SEC and the FASB.

 

Proved oil and natural gas reserves are those quantities of oil and natural gas which, by analysis of geosciences and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible – from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods, and government regulations – prior to the time at which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates that renewal is reasonably certain, regardless of whether deterministic or probabilistic methods are used for the estimation. Existing economic conditions include prices and costs at which economic producibility from a reservoir is to be determined. The price shall be the average price during the 12-month period prior to the ending date of the period covered by the report, determined as an unweighted arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month price for each month within such period, unless prices are defined by contractual arrangements, excluding escalations based upon future conditions. The project to extract the hydrocarbons must have commenced or the operator must be reasonably certain that it will commence the project within a reasonable time. The area of the reservoir considered as proved includes: (i) the area identified by drilling and limited by fluid contacts, if any, and (ii) adjacent undrilled portions of the reservoir that can, with reasonable certainty, be judged to be continuous with it and to contain economically producible oil or natural gas on the basis of available geoscience and engineering data. In the absence of data on fluid contacts, proved quantities in a reservoir are limited by the lowest known hydrocarbons as seen in a well penetration unless geoscience, engineering or performance data and reliable technology establishes a lower contact with reasonable certainty. Where direct observation from well  penetrations has defined a highest known oil elevation and the potential exists for an associated natural gas cap, proved oil reserves may be assigned in the structurally higher portions of the reservoir only if geoscience, engineering or performance data and reliable technology establish the higher contact with reasonable certainty. Reserves which can be produced economically through application of improved recovery techniques (including, but not limited to, fluid injection) are included in the proved classification when: (i) successful testing by a pilot project in an area of the reservoir with properties no more favorable than in the reservoir as a whole, the operation of an installed program in the reservoir or an analogous reservoir, or other evidence using reliable technology establishes the reasonable certainty of the engineering analysis on which the project or program was based; and (ii) the project has been approved for development by all necessary parties and entities, including governmental entities.

 

The independent consulting petroleum engineering firm of DeGolyer and MacNaughton of Dallas, Texas, calculated the Company’s oil, NGL and natural gas reserves as of September 30, 2013,  2012 and 2011 (see Exhibits 23 and 99).

 

The Company’s net proved oil, NGL and natural gas reserves, all of which are located in the United States, as of September 30, 2013,  2012 and 2011, have been estimated by the Company’s Independent Consulting Petroleum Engineering Firm. Estimates of reserves were prepared by the use of appropriate geologic, petroleum engineering and evaluation principals and techniques that are in accordance with practices generally recognized by the petroleum industry as presented in the publication of the Society of Petroleum Engineers entitled “Standards Pertaining to the Estimating and Auditing of Oil and Gas Reserves Information (Revision as of February 19, 2007).” The method or combination of methods used in the analysis of each reservoir was tempered by experience with similar reservoirs, stage of development, quality and completeness of basic data and production history.

 

All of the reserve estimates are reviewed and approved by our Vice President and COO, who reports directly to our President and CEO. Mr. Blanchard, our COO, holds a Bachelor of Science Degree

in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Oklahoma. Before joining the Company, he was sole proprietor of a consulting petroleum engineering firm, spent 10 years as Vice President of the Mid-

Continent business unit of Range Resources Corporation and spent several years as an engineer with Enron Oil and Gas. He is an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) with over 27 years of oil and gas industry experience, including engineering assignments in several field locations.

 

Our COO and internal staff work closely with our Independent Consulting Petroleum Engineers to ensure the integrity, accuracy and timeliness of data furnished to them for their reserves estimation process. We provide historical information to our Independent Consulting Petroleum

Engineers for all properties such as ownership interest, oil and gas production, well test data, commodity prices, operating costs and handling fees, and development costs. Throughout the year, our team meets regularly with representatives of our Independent Consulting Petroleum Engineers to review properties and discuss methods and assumptions.

 

When applicable, the volumetric method was used to estimate the original oil in place (OOIP) and the original gas in place (OGIP). Structure and isopach maps were constructed to estimate reservoir volume. Electrical logs, radioactivity logs, core analyses and other available data were used to prepare these maps as well as to estimate representative values for porosity and water saturation. When adequate data was available and when circumstances justified, material balance and other engineering methods were used to estimate OOIP or OGIP.

 

Estimates of ultimate recovery were obtained after applying recovery factors to OOIP or OGIP. These recovery factors were based on consideration of the type of energy inherent in the reservoirs, analyses of the petroleum, the structural positions of the properties and the production histories. When applicable, material balance and other engineering methods were used to estimate recovery factors. An analysis of reservoir performance, including production rate, reservoir pressure and gas-oil ratio behavior, was used in the estimation of reserves.

 

For depletion-type reservoirs or those whose performance disclosed a reliable decline in producing-rate trends or other diagnostic characteristics, reserves were estimated by the application of appropriate decline curves or other performance relationships. In the analyses of production-decline curves, reserves were estimated only to the limits of economic production or to the limit of the production licenses as appropriate.

 

Accordingly, these estimates should be expected to change, and such changes could be material and occur in the near term as future information becomes available.

 

Net quantities of proved, developed and undeveloped oil, NGL and natural gas reserves are summarized as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proved Reserves

 

Oil

 

NGL (1)

 

Natural Gas

 

(Barrels)

 

(Barrels)

 

(Mcf)

September 30, 2010

925,009 

 

 -

 

98,170,455 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revisions of previous estimates

(59,360)

 

791,648 

 

769,676 

Divestitures

 -

 

 -

 

3,189,520 

Extensions, discoveries and other additions

82,230 

 

 -

 

8,005,990 

Production

(104,141)

 

 -

 

(8,297,657)

September 30, 2011

843,738 

 

791,648 

 

101,837,984 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revisions of previous estimates

8,627 

 

(76,794)

 

(27,389,752)

Acquisitions

 -

 

 -

 

19,075,529 

Extensions, discoveries and other additions

373,097 

 

172,602 

 

29,062,593 

Production

(153,143)

 

(98,714)

 

(9,072,298)

September 30, 2012

1,072,319 

 

788,742 

 

113,514,056 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revisions of previous estimates

(90,968)

 

141,081 

 

(2,697,853)

Acquisitions

 -

 

 -

 

1,660,649 

Extensions, discoveries and other additions

896,036 

 

798,200 

 

30,698,644 

Production

(234,084)

 

(111,897)

 

(10,886,329)

September 30, 2013

1,643,303 

 

1,616,126 

 

132,289,167 

 

(1)

2011 was the first year the Company had sufficient volumes of NGL to warrant reserve volumes disclosure. These NGL are associated with the rapid increase in drilling activity in western and southern Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, which includes many plays (horizontal Granite Wash, Hogshooter Wash, Cleveland, Marmaton, Anadarko Basin Woodford Shale and Ardmore Basin Woodford Shale) producing significant volumes of NGL.

 

The prices used to calculate reserves and future cash flows from reserves for oil, NGL and natural gas, respectively, were as follows: September 30, 2013 - $89.06/Bbl,  $27.28/Bbl,  $3.33/Mcf ; September 30, 2012  –$89.41/Bbl,  $35.70/Bbl,  $2.51/Mcf ;  September 30, 2011 - $90.28/Bbl,  $38.91/Bbl,  $3.81/Mcf.  

 

The revisions of previous estimates from 2012 to 2013 were primarily the result of:

 

·

Negative performance revisions of 5,844,070 Mcfe, of which 8,803,480 Mcfe were positive proved developed revisions principally due to better than projected well performance attributable to properties in Arkansas and Oklahoma. The remaining 14,647,551 Mcfe were negative proved undeveloped revisions principally attributable to the removal of dry gas reserves which are no longer projected to be developed within 5 years from the date they were added to the proved undeveloped reserves.

 

·

Positive pricing revisions of 3,446,900 Mcfe due to proved developed wells (3,109,159 Mcfe) and proved undeveloped locations (337,741 Mcfe) reaching their economic limits later than previously projected, thus adding reserves, due to higher product prices.

 

Extensions, discoveries and other additions from 2012 to 2013 are principally attributable to:

 

·

The Company’s participation in ongoing development of conventional oil, NGL and natural gas plays utilizing horizontal drilling, including the Cleveland and Granite Wash plays in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, as well as the Marmaton and Hogshooter Wash plays in western Oklahoma. 

 

·

The Company’s participation in ongoing development of unconventional natural gas plays utilizing horizontal drilling, including the Arkansas Fayetteville Shale and, to a much lesser extent, the Southeastern Oklahoma Woodford Shale.

 

·

The Company’s participation in ongoing development of unconventional oil, NGL and natural gas plays utilizing horizontal drilling in the Anadarko Basin Woodford Shale and Ardmore Basin Woodford Shale in western and southern Oklahoma.

 

·

PUD additions principally in the Fayetteville Shale play in Arkansas, the Anadarko Basin Woodford Shale and Ardmore Basin Woodford Shale in western and southern Oklahoma and the Cleveland and Granite Wash plays in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, as well as the Marmaton and Hogshooter Wash plays in western Oklahoma. These additions are the result of reservoir delineation proved by continuing drilling and well performance data in each of the referenced plays.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proved Developed Reserves

 

Proved Undeveloped Reserves

 

Oil

 

NGL

 

Natural Gas

 

Oil

 

NGL

 

Natural Gas

 

(Barrels)

 

(Barrels)

 

(Mcf)

 

(Barrels)

 

(Barrels)

 

(Mcf)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2011

759,989 

 

386,774 

 

60,193,878 

 

83,749 

 

404,874 

 

41,644,106 

September 30, 2012

849,548 

 

494,160 

 

65,733,119 

 

222,771 

 

294,582 

 

47,780,937 

September 30, 2013

1,037,721 

 

764,321 

 

82,298,833 

 

605,582 

 

851,805 

 

49,990,334 

 

The following details the changes in proved undeveloped reserves for 2013 (Mcfe):

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beginning proved undeveloped reserves

50,885,055 

Proved undeveloped reserves transferred to proved developed

(12,124,203)

Revisions

(14,309,809)

Extensions and discoveries

32,806,004 

Purchases

1,477,609 

Ending proved undeveloped reserves

58,734,656 

 

The beginning PUD reserves were 50.9 Bcfe. A total of 12.1 Bcfe (24% of the beginning balance) were transferred to proved developed producing during 2013. The 14.3 Bcfe of negative revisions to PUD reserves consist of a positive pricing revision of 0.3 Bcfe offset by a 14.6 Bcfe (29% of the beginning balance) negative performance revision in 2013 as the result of removal of dry gas reserves which are no longer projected to be developed within 5 years from the date they were added. A total of 26.7 Bcfe (53% of the beginning balance) of PUD reserves were moved out of the category during 2013 as either the result of being transferred to proved developed or removed because they were no longer projected to be developed within 5 years from the date they were added to the proved undeveloped reserves. Only 21 PUD locations from 2009, representing 1% of total 2013 PUD reserves remain in the PUD category. We anticipate that all the Company’s PUD locations will be drilled and converted to PDP within five years of the date they were added. However, PUD locations and associated reserves which are no longer projected to be drilled within 5 years from the date they were added to the proved undeveloped reserves will be removed as revisions at the time that determination is made and in the event that there are undrilled PUD locations at the end of the five-year period, it is our intent to remove the reserves associated with those locations from our proved reserves as revisions.

 

Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows

 

Accounting Standards prescribe guidelines for computing a standardized measure of future net cash flows and changes therein relating to estimated proved reserves. The Company has followed these guidelines, which are briefly discussed below.

 

Future cash inflows and future production and development costs are determined by applying the trailing unweighted 12-month arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month individual product prices and year-end costs to the estimated quantities of oil, natural gas and NGL to be produced. Actual future prices and costs may be materially higher or lower than the unweighted 12-month arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month individual product prices and year-end costs used. For each year, estimates are made of quantities of proved reserves and the future periods during which they are expected to be produced based on continuation of the economic conditions applied for such year.

 

Estimated future income taxes are computed using current statutory income tax rates including consideration for the current tax basis of the properties and related carry forwards, giving effect to permanent differences and tax credits. The resulting future net cash flows are reduced to present value amounts by applying a 10% annual discount factor. The assumptions used to compute the standardized measure are those prescribed by the FASB and, as such, do not necessarily reflect our expectations of actual revenue to be derived from those reserves nor their present worth. The limitations inherent in the reserve quantity estimation process, as discussed previously, are equally applicable to the standardized measure computations since these estimates reflect the valuation process.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Future cash inflows

$

630,332,900 

 

$

408,694,869 

 

$

494,523,456 

Future production costs

 

(216,584,982)

 

 

(135,516,703)

 

 

(146,168,829)

Future development and asset retirement costs

 

(50,572,218)

 

 

(35,290,260)

 

 

(45,269,686)

Future income tax expense

 

(131,397,192)

 

 

(83,543,516)

 

 

(107,111,317)

Future net cash flows

 

231,778,508 

 

 

154,344,390 

 

 

195,973,624 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10% annual discount

 

(130,103,612)

 

 

(86,930,102)

 

 

(117,591,190)

Standardized measure of discounted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

future net cash flows

$

101,674,896 

 

$

67,414,288 

 

$

78,382,434 

 

Changes in the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

Beginning of year

$

67,414,288 

 

$

78,382,434 

 

$

72,500,409 

Changes resulting from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales of oil, NGL and natural gas, net of production costs

 

(46,909,635)

 

 

(30,226,927)

 

 

(33,570,621)

Net change in sales prices and production costs

 

47,270,404 

 

 

(45,178,377)

 

 

(2,697,833)

Net change in future development and asset retirement costs

 

(7,363,224)

 

 

4,483,543 

 

 

4,126,812 

Extensions and discoveries

 

54,101,830 

 

 

34,216,533 

 

 

11,938,029 

Revisions of quantity estimates

 

(3,150,420)

 

 

(27,419,576)

 

 

7,046,873 

Acquisitions (divestitures) of reserves-in-place

 

2,198,612 

 

 

20,160,327 

 

 

4,480,858 

Accretion of discount

 

11,473,819 

 

 

13,644,203 

 

 

12,523,091 

Net change in income taxes

 

(27,464,341)

 

 

10,735,694 

 

 

(5,329,092)

Change in timing and other, net

 

4,103,563 

 

 

8,616,434 

 

 

7,363,908 

Net change

 

34,260,608 

 

 

(10,968,146)

 

 

5,882,025 

End of year

$

101,674,896 

 

$

67,414,288 

 

$

78,382,434