NOTE 10: Derivatives

The Company has entered into commodity price derivative agreements including fixed swap contracts and costless collar contracts. These instruments are intended to reduce the Company’s exposure to short-term fluctuations in the price of oil and natural gas. Fixed swap contracts set a fixed price and provide payments to the Company if the index price is below the fixed price, or require payments by the Company if the index price is above the fixed price. Collar contracts set a fixed floor price and a fixed ceiling price and provide payments to the Company if the index price falls below the floor or require payments by the Company if the index price rises above the ceiling. These contracts cover only a portion of the Company’s natural gas and oil production and provide only partial price protection against declines in natural gas and oil prices. These derivative instruments may expose the Company to risk of financial loss and limit the benefit of future increases in prices. All of the Company’s derivative contracts are with Bank of Oklahoma and are secured under its credit facility with Bank of Oklahoma. The derivative instruments have settled or will settle based on the prices below.

Derivative contracts in place as of March 31, 2016



	Production volume
Contract period	covered per month	Index	Contract price
Natural gas costless collars
December 2015 - May 2016	80,000 Mmbtu	NYMEX Henry Hub	$2.50 floor / $3.10 ceiling
January - September 2016	80,000 Mmbtu	NYMEX Henry Hub	$2.15 floor / $2.50 ceiling
April - October 2016	200,000 Mmbtu	NYMEX Henry Hub	$1.95 floor / $2.40 ceiling
June - September 2016	80,000 Mmbtu	NYMEX Henry Hub	$2.15 floor / $2.90 ceiling
November 2016 - March 2017	50,000 Mmbtu	NYMEX Henry Hub	$2.25 floor / $3.65 ceiling

Natural gas fixed price swaps
January - September 2016	80,000 Mmbtu	NYMEX Henry Hub	$2.43

Oil costless collars
April - September 2016	10,000 Bbls	NYMEX WTI	$37.50 floor / $44.00 ceiling
April - September 2016	5,000 Bbls	NYMEX WTI	$37.50 floor / $46.50 ceiling
July - December 2016	3,000 Bbls	NYMEX WTI	$35.00 floor / $49.00 ceiling

Derivative contracts in place as of September 30, 2015



	Production volume
Contract period	covered per month	Index	Contract price
Natural gas costless collars
January - December 2015	100,000 Mmbtu	NYMEX Henry Hub	$3.50 floor / $4.10 ceiling
January - December 2015	70,000 Mmbtu	NYMEX Henry Hub	$3.25 floor / $4.00 ceiling
April - October 2015	50,000 Mmbtu	NYMEX Henry Hub	$3.50 floor / $4.00 ceiling
May - October 2015	70,000 Mmbtu	NYMEX Henry Hub	$3.50 floor / $3.95 ceiling

Oil costless collars
July - December 2015	10,000 Bbls	NYMEX WTI	$80.00 floor / $86.50 ceiling

Oil fixed price swaps
April - December 2015	5,000 Bbls	NYMEX WTI	$94.56
July - December 2015	7,000 Bbls	NYMEX WTI	$93.91

The Company has elected not to complete all of the documentation requirements necessary to permit these derivative contracts to be accounted for as cash flow hedges. The Company’s fair value of derivative contracts was a net asset of $330,751 as of March 31, 2016, and a net asset of $4,210,764 as of September 30, 2015.

The fair value amounts recognized for the Company’s derivative contracts executed with the same counterparty under a master netting arrangement may be offset. The Company has the choice to offset or not, but that choice must be applied consistently. A master netting arrangement exists if the reporting entity has multiple contracts with a single counterparty that are subject to a contractual agreement that provides for the net settlement of all contracts through a single payment in a single currency in the event of default on or termination of any one contract. Offsetting the fair values recognized for the derivative contracts outstanding with a single counterparty results in the net fair value of the transactions being reported as an asset or a liability in the Condensed Balance Sheets.

The following table summarizes and reconciles the Company's derivative contracts’ fair values at a gross level back to net fair value presentation on the Company's Condensed Balance Sheets at March 31, 2016, and September 30, 2015. The Company has offset all amounts subject to master netting agreements in the Company's Condensed Balance Sheets at March 31, 2016, and September 30, 2015.



	March 31, 2016				September 30, 2015
	Fair Value (a)				Fair Value (a)
	Commodity Contracts				Commodity Contracts
	Current Assets		Current Liabilities		Current Assets
Gross amounts recognized	$	384,176	$	53,425	$	4,210,764
Offsetting adjustments		(53,425)		(53,425)		-
Net presentation on Condensed Balance Sheets	$	330,751	$	-	$	4,210,764

(a) See Fair Value Measurements section for further disclosures regarding fair value of financial instruments.

The fair value of derivative assets and derivative liabilities is adjusted for credit risk. The impact of credit risk was immaterial for all periods presented.