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(5) Equity Investment in Savoy
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Equity Investment In Savoy [Text Block]
(5)           Equity Investment in Savoy

We own a 45% interest in Savoy Energy L.P., a private company engaged in the oil and gas business primarily in the State of Michigan.  Savoy uses the successful efforts method of accounting.  We account for our interest in Savoy using the equity method of accounting.

Below (in thousands) to the 100% is a condensed balance sheet at December 31, for both years and a condensed statement of operations for both years.

Condensed Balance Sheet
   
2011
 
2010
 
Current assets
  $ 16,200   $ 9,103  
Oil and gas PP&E, net
    17,973     15,978  
Other     2,152      2,048  
    $ 36,325   $ 27,129  
               
Total liabilities
  $ 9,469   $ 10,004  
Partners' capital
    26,856     17,125  
    $ 36,325   $ 27,129  

Condensed Statement of Operations

   
2011
 
2010
 
Revenue
  $ 31,997   $ 14,447  
Gain on sale of unproved properties
          2,225  
Expenses
    (19,897 )   (14,438 )
Net income 
  $ 12,100   $ 2,234  
               

Unaudited Oil and Gas Reserve Quantity and Value Information  (in thousands)

The data below is shown proportionate to our approximate 45% ownership in Savoy.

Costs incurred are as follows:

   
2011
 
Unproved property acquisition
  $ 1,202  
Development
    1,024  
Exploration
    3,990  
Total
  $ 6,216  

   
Oil
(Bbls)
   
NGLs
(Bbls)
   
Natural Gas
(Mcf)
 
                   
January 1, 2011
    350       6       356  
Extensions and discoveries
    509       21       689  
Production
    (128 )     (6 )     (61 )
Revisions to previous estimates
    138       22       143  
December 31, 2011
    869       43       1,127  
                         
Proved developed reserves
    361       22       438  
Proved undeveloped reserves
    508       21       689  

   
Proved
Developed
   
PUDs
   
Total
Proved
 
Future cash flows:
                 
Oil
  $ 33,760     $ 47,619     $ 81,379  
NGLs
    1,452       1,435       2,887  
Gas
    2,170       3,199       5,369  
Total cash flows
    37,382       52,253       89,635  
Future production costs
    (10,866 )     (12,122 )     (22,988 )
Future development costs
    (385 )     (5,196 )     (5,581 )
Future income tax (none since Savoy is a pass-through entity for income tax purposes)
    0       0       0  
Future net cash flows
    26,131       34,935       61,066  
10% annual discount for estimated timing of cash flows
    (6,106 )     (10,870 )     (16,976 )
Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows
  $ 20,025     $ 24,065     $ 44,090  
                         

Beginning of year
  $ 15,496  
Sale of oil and gas produced, net of production costs
    (10,374 )
Net changes in prices and production costs
    4,806  
Extension, discoveries and improved recoveries
    24,066  
Revisions of previous quantity estimates
    8,547  
Accretion of discount
    1,549  
End of year
  $ 44,090  
         
Average wellhead prices
       
Oil (per Bbl)
  $ 93.60  
NGLs (per Bbl)
  $ 66.95  
Gas (per Mcf)
  $ 4.76  

The 2011 reserve estimates shown above have been independently evaluated by Netherland, Sewell & Associates, Inc. (NSAI), a worldwide leader of petroleum property analysis for industry and financial organizations and government agencies.  NSAI was founded in 1961 and performs consulting petroleum engineering services under Texas Board of Professional Engineers Registration No. F-2699.  Within NSAI, the technical person primarily responsible for preparing the estimates set forth in the NSAI reserves report incorporated herein is Mr. G. Lance Binder. Mr. Binder has been practicing consulting petroleum engineering at NSAI since 1983.  Mr. Binder is a Licensed Professional Engineer in the State of Texas (No. 61794) and has over 33 years of experience in the estimation and evaluation of reserves.  He graduated from Purdue University in 1978 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering.  He meets or exceeds the education, training, and experience requirements set forth in the Standards Pertaining to the Estimating and Auditing of Oil and Gas Reserves Information promulgated by the Society of Petroleum Engineers; he is proficient in judiciously applying industry standard practices to engineering evaluations as well as applying SEC and other industry reserves definitions and guidelines.

The estimates of proved reserves are inherently imprecise and are continually subject to revision based on production history, results of additional exploration and development, price changes and other factors.