Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Evaluated Properties

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Evaluated Properties
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Evaluated Properties

NOTE 6. EVALUATED PROPERTIES

 

The acquired properties and current properties can be summarized as follows:

 

Cost   Canadian properties     US properties     Total  
As at January 1, 2018   $     $ 14,312,580     $ 14,312,580  
Additions     1,246,216             1,246,216  
Dispositions           (3,962,042 )     (3,962,042 )
Asset retirement cost additions     1,313,982             1,313,982  
Foreign currency translation     (116,451 )           (116,451 )
As at December 31, 2018     2,443,747       10,350,538       12,794,285  
                         
Accumulated depletion                        
As at January 1, 2018           1,068,795       1,068,795  
Dispositions           (3,340,779 )     (3,340,779 )
Impairment of oil and gas properties           2,322,255       2,322,255  
Depletion     435,722       11,280       447,002  
Foreign currency translation     (22,065 )           (22,065 )
As at December 31, 2018   $ 413,657       61,551       475,208  
                         
Net book value as at December 31, 2018   $ 2,030,090     $ 10,288,987     $ 12,319,077  

 

U.S. Properties – Slick Unit Dutcher Sands (“SUDS”) Field

 

On September 23, 2015, the Company entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement with SUDS Properties, LLC (“SUDS” and the “Purchase Agreement”). SUDS is 100% owned by Jovian Resources LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jovian Petroleum Corporation (“Jovian”). Mr. Zel C. Khan, our present CEO, is the former CEO of Jovian and continues to own a 25% stake in Jovian. As a result, Jovian is considered a related party to Petrolia. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company acquired a 10% working interest (carrying a 7.8% net revenue interest (NRI)) in the Slick Unit Dutcher Sands Field (“SUDS Field”) located in Creek County, Oklahoma, in exchange for 10,586,805 shares of restricted common stock. Based on that current market value of Company common stock at $0.068 per share, the price paid was $719,903. Concurrently with the purchase, Jovian Resources agreed to assign the Company all rights to be the operator of the SUDS unit under a standard operating agreement. The Company did not prepare an unaudited pro-forma income statement table for 2015, related to this SUDS purchase, because the net income effect of those transactions was considered to be immaterial.

 

On September 28, 2016, the Company acquired an additional 90% working interest ownership in SUDS through the issuance of a note payable for $4,000,000 and the issuance of 24,308,985 shares of its restricted common stock. The purchase price of the shares equates to a $4,373,186 value, based on the $0.1799 per share market price of the Company’s common stock on September 28, 2016. After the acquisition, the Company holds a total working interest ownership of 100%. The final purchase price allocation of the combined transactions is as follows: oil and gas properties acquired $8,401,318 and ARO assumed of $28,132.

 

On July 24, 2018, the Company announced the signing of the Slick Unit Exploration and Development Agreement (the “Development Agreement”) with Boone Operating Inc. (“Boone”), a private Exploration & Production company, to explore and develop the Misener and Simpson Formations at the SUDS Field. The Development Agreement expired and was not renewed. The Company’s primary focus remains to develop the Dutcher Sands formation.

 

The SUDS Field is a 2600-acre lease located in Creek County, 36 miles Southwest of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The field was first discovered in 1918 by SOHIO Oil Company utilizing over 100 wells with the primary objective to produce from the Dutcher Sands at an average well depth of 3,100 ft.

 

U.S. properties – Twin Lakes San Andres Unit (“TLSAU”) Field

 

On November 4, 2015, the Company acquired a 15% net working interest in the TLSAU field located 45 miles from Roswell, in Chaves County, New Mexico (the “Net Working Interest”) and all operating equipment on the field, pursuant to the terms of a Memorandum of Agreement between the Company and Blue Sky NM, Inc. (“BSNM”), which was dated November 4, 2015 (the “Purchase Agreement”).

 

On September 1, 2016, the Company acquired an additional 25% working interest ownership of the TLSAU field, through the issuance of 3,500,000 shares of its restricted common stock to an unrelated party. The purchase price of the shares equates to a $350,000 value, based on the $0.10 per share market price of the Company’s shares on September 1, 2016. After the purchase, the Company held a total working interest ownership of 40% in the TLSAU. The final purchase price allocation of the transaction was as follows: oil and gas properties acquired $392,252, and ARO assumed of $42,252.

 

Effective February 12, 2017, the Company acquired an additional 60% working interest ownership in the TLSAU field (the “Net Working Interest”) in connection with the execution of a Settlement Agreement on February 12, 2017. The agreement assigned Dead Aim Investments’ (“Dead Aim’s”) 60% ownership interest in the TLSAU to the Company. As a result of this transaction, the Company now owns a 100% working interest in the TLSAU. Consideration of $465,788 was given in exchange for Dead Aim’s working interest. The consideration includes the forgiveness of the Orbit Petroleum Inc Bankruptcy Estate (“OPBE”) note of $316,800 (with a $1.3 million face value) which the Company acquired in November 2015 and the write-off of $148,988 of Dead Aim’s outstanding accounts receivable to the Company. Dead Aim assumed liability (prior to the acquisition) for the OPBE note that the Company purchased.

 

Minerva-Rockdale (“NOACK”) Field

 

On November 1, 2018, the Company entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (“PSA”) with Crossroads Petroleum L.L.C. (“Crossroads”) and Houston Gulf Energy. Pursuant to the Sale Agreement, the Company sold Crossroads an 83% leasehold net revenue interest and 100% working interest, in the NOACK field assets, i.e., the Company’s leasehold in the Noack Farms, Minera Lease and all related leases and assets located in Milam County, Texas (the “NOACK Assets”). The Sale Agreement includes customary indemnification obligations of the parties. Crossroads agreed to pay $375,000 for the NOACK Assets plus $5,000 per month, on a month-to-month basis, until they are granted official operatorship by the Railroad Commission, the payment plan is as follows: (a) a $13,500 deposit which was made on October 12, 2018; (b) $121,500 which was paid on November 7, 2018, (c) $60,000 which was paid on February 8, 2019; (d) $65,000 which was paid on February 28, 2019; and (e) $125,000 which was due March 31, 2019 and which was not paid. The sale had an effective date of November 1, 2018. Until paid in full, the Company maintained a secured lien against the assets sold which could be foreclosed upon after a 30-day cure period. The Company recognized impairment on the property of $2,322,255 on September 30 2018 to write it down to its sale price. Upon sale, the Company derecognized the cost and accumulated depletion and impairment with no gain or loss and removed the carrying value of the ARO of $246,263 from the cost pool of the United States properties. The balance receivable for the sale of $240,000 is included in other current assets.

 

Crossroads defaulted on the PSA as described above and the Company took proper measures to foreclose on the NOACK Assets on April 3, 2019 and reclaimed title to the property. The property was subsequently sold to FlowTex Energy L.L.C. for $400,000 with an effective closing date of September 1, 2019. The Sale Agreement includes customary indemnification obligations of the parties. As per the Sale Agreement, a $20,000 deposit was received on August 15, 2019 and a $355,000 payment was due on the close of the sale of which $155,000 was received on August 30, 2019 and the balance of which remains outstanding; and (c) $25,000 one year after close on August 30, 2020.

 

Canadian properties – Luseland, Hearts Hill and Cuthbert fields

 

Effective on June 29, 2018, the Company acquired a 25% working interest in approximately 41,526 acres located in the Luseland, Hearts Hill, and Cuthbert fields, located in Southwest Saskatchewan and Eastern Alberta, Canada (collectively, the “Canadian Properties” and the “Working Interest”). The Canadian Properties currently encompass 64 sections, with 240 oil and 12 natural gas wells currently producing on the properties. Additionally, there are several idle wells with potential for reactivation and 34 sections of undeveloped land (approximately 21,760 acres). The Canadian Properties and the Working Interest were acquired from Blue Sky (a related party, as described in Note 5). Blue Sky had previously acquired an 80% working interest in the Canadian Properties from Georox Resources Inc., who had acquired the Canadian Properties from Cona Resources Ltd. and Cona Resources Partnership prior to the acquisition by the Company.

 

The effective date of the acquisition was June 1, 2018. The acquisition of the Canadian Properties was evidenced and documented by a Memorandum of Understanding between the Company and Blue Sky dated June 29, 2018 and a Conveyance between the parties dated as of the same date, pursuant to which the Company agreed to acquire the Working Interest in consideration for $1,428,581 in Canadian dollars (“CAD”) (approximately $1,096,216 in U.S. dollars) of which CAD $1,022,400 (approximately $782,441 in U.S. dollars) was paid in cash (the “Cash Payment”) and CAD $406,181 (approximately $313,775 in U.S. dollars) was evidenced by a promissory note (the “Acquisition Note”). The Cash Payment was made with funds borrowed by the Company pursuant to the terms of that certain $1,530,000 May 9, 2018, Amended and Restated Loan Agreement entered into with Bow and a third party (the “Loan Agreement” and the “Lender”). The amount owed under the Loan Agreement accrues interest at the rate of 12% per annum (19% upon the occurrence of an event of default) and is due and payable on May 11, 2021.

 

The Working Interest will be held in the name of the Company’s wholly-owned Alberta, Canada, subsidiary, Petrolia Canada Corporation. The Acquisition Note (Note 8), which was dated June 8, 2018, bears interest at the rate of 9% per annum, beginning on August 1, 2018 and is due and payable on November 30, 2018, provided that the Company has the right to extend the maturity date for a period six months with 10 days’ notice to Blue Sky, in the event the Company pays 25% of the principal amount of the Acquisition Note at the time of extension.

 

On September 17, 2018, the Company entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) with Blue Sky. Pursuant to the MOU, the Company obtained the rights to acquire an additional 3% working interest in the Canadian Properties, increasing our Working Interest to 28%. Total consideration paid from the Company to Blue Sky for the additional 3% Working Interest was $150,000.