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Subsequent Events

Subsequent Events	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Subsequent Events [Abstract]
Subsequent Events	13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS All of the transactions/events mentioned below occurred subsequent to March 31, 2020. On February 29, 2020, the Company signed a consulting agreement with a third party to provide management services related to the SUDS field. The compensation related terms included the issuance of 250,000 shares of Common Stock. The shares were not issued until December 15, 2020. Effective July 13, 2020, Richard Dole, Joel Oppenheim and Saleem Nizami resigned as Directors on the Board. This reduced the size of the Board from seven to four members, which is helping to streamline the Company. On May 29, 2020, Petrolia Energy Corporation acquired a 50% working interest in approximately 28,000 acres located in the Utikuma Lake area in Alberta, Canada. The property is an oil-weighted asset currently producing approximately 500 bopd of low decline light oil. The working interest was acquired from Blue Sky Resources Ltd. in an affiliated party transaction as Zel C. Khan, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, is related to the ownership of Blue Sky. Blue Sky acquired a 100% working interest in the Canadian Property from Vermilion Energy Inc. via Vermilion’s subsidiary Vermilion Resources. The effective date of the acquisition was May 1, 2020. On September 1, 2020, the Board of Directors approved a contractual Employment Agreement between the Company and Mark Allen to appoint him as the new President of the Company. Mr. Allen’s contract term is 6 months, with a cash payment of $90,000 in equal monthly installments of $15,000, including an option to extend. In addition, Mr. Allen is due to receive incentive compensation of 2,000,000 shares of common stock (1,000,000 were issued at signing and the remining shares are yet to be issued). He also is to receive 1,000,000 warrants at $0.08 per share that expire in 36 months and vest over a two-year period. Mr. Allen has been in the oil and gas industry for over 25 years, most recently as Vice President, Oil and Gas Consulting for Wipro Limited, a leading global consulting and information technology services firm. Prior to Wipro Limited, Mr. Allen was Vice President, Exploration and Production Services for SAIC, a Fortune 500 company. On September 16, 2020, Zel C.Khan resigned as a member of the Board to solely focus on his role as the Chief Executive Officer of Petrolia Energy Corporation. Company President, Mark Allen, was issued 1,650,000 common shares for exercising warrants at $0.05 per share with cash proceeds of $82,500. The Company signed an Executive Salary Payable Agreement with Zel Khan as the Chief Executive Officer. All of Mr. Khan’s previous salary obligation will be satisfied by the issuance of 1,992,272 shares of the Company, within 15 days of the signed agreement. The Company entered into a promissory note with American Resources for $125,000. The Note bears interest at 10% per annum and is due in full at maturity on June 1, 2020. In addition, 500,000 shares of common stock were granted in association with the note. Paul Deputy was reinstated as Interim Chief Financial Officer. He also signed a Settlement and Mutual Release Agreement. In exchange for releasing the Company for any current, outstanding payroll and/or service-related liability at January 29, 2021, the Company agreed to pay Mr. Deputy $50,000, to be paid in $2,500 monthly increments, starting April 1, 2021. In addition, he was issued 250,000 shares of Petrolia common stock. Mark Allen converted $30,000 of unpaid contract wages from early 2020 into 333,333 common shares of common stock at a rate of $0.09 per share. Mark Allen converted a defaulted secured loan of $270,000 that was due on December 15, 2019. The debt was converted at a rate of $0.05 per share and resulted in the issuance of 5,400,000 shares of common stock and 5,400,000 warrants to purchase common stock. The warrants have a strike price of $0.08 per share and expire in 36 months. Joel Oppenheim, former Director, was issued 316,491 shares in January 2021 pursuant to a Director’s Fees Payable Agreement. The agreement stated that the shares were issued in full satisfaction of all outstanding director fees payable.

Subsequent Events

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

All of the transactions/events mentioned below occurred subsequent to March 31, 2020.

On February 29, 2020, the Company signed a consulting agreement with a third party to provide management services related to the SUDS field. The compensation related terms included the issuance of 250,000 shares of Common Stock. The shares were not issued until December 15, 2020.

Effective July 13, 2020, Richard Dole, Joel Oppenheim and Saleem Nizami resigned as Directors on the Board. This reduced the size of the Board from seven to four members, which is helping to streamline the Company.

On May 29, 2020, Petrolia Energy Corporation acquired a 50% working interest in approximately 28,000 acres located in the Utikuma Lake area in Alberta, Canada. The property is an oil-weighted asset currently producing approximately 500 bopd of low decline light oil. The working interest was acquired from Blue Sky Resources Ltd. in an affiliated party transaction as Zel C. Khan, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, is related to the ownership of Blue Sky. Blue Sky acquired a 100% working interest in the Canadian Property from Vermilion Energy Inc. via Vermilion’s subsidiary Vermilion Resources. The effective date of the acquisition was May 1, 2020.

On September 1, 2020, the Board of Directors approved a contractual Employment Agreement between the Company and Mark Allen to appoint him as the new President of the Company. Mr. Allen’s contract term is 6 months, with a cash payment of $90,000 in equal monthly installments of $15,000, including an option to extend. In addition, Mr. Allen is due to receive incentive compensation of 2,000,000 shares of common stock (1,000,000 were issued at signing and the remining shares are yet to be issued). He also is to receive 1,000,000 warrants at $0.08 per share that expire in 36 months and vest over a two-year period. Mr. Allen has been in the oil and gas industry for over 25 years, most recently as Vice President, Oil and Gas Consulting for Wipro Limited, a leading global consulting and information technology services firm. Prior to Wipro Limited, Mr. Allen was Vice President, Exploration and Production Services for SAIC, a Fortune 500 company.

On September 16, 2020, Zel C.Khan resigned as a member of the Board to solely focus on his role as the Chief Executive Officer of Petrolia Energy Corporation.

Company President, Mark Allen, was issued 1,650,000 common shares for exercising warrants at $0.05 per share with cash proceeds of $82,500.

The Company signed an Executive Salary Payable Agreement with Zel Khan as the Chief Executive Officer. All of Mr. Khan’s previous salary obligation will be satisfied by the issuance of 1,992,272 shares of the Company, within 15 days of the signed agreement.

The Company entered into a promissory note with American Resources for $125,000. The Note bears interest at 10% per annum and is due in full at maturity on June 1, 2020. In addition, 500,000 shares of common stock were granted in association with the note.

Paul Deputy was reinstated as Interim Chief Financial Officer. He also signed a Settlement and Mutual Release Agreement. In exchange for releasing the Company for any current, outstanding payroll and/or service-related liability at January 29, 2021, the Company agreed to pay Mr. Deputy $50,000, to be paid in $2,500 monthly increments, starting April 1, 2021. In addition, he was issued 250,000 shares of Petrolia common stock.

Mark Allen converted $30,000 of unpaid contract wages from early 2020 into 333,333 common shares of common stock at a rate of $0.09 per share.

Mark Allen converted a defaulted secured loan of $270,000 that was due on December 15, 2019. The debt was converted at a rate of $0.05 per share and resulted in the issuance of 5,400,000 shares of common stock and 5,400,000 warrants to purchase common stock. The warrants have a strike price of $0.08 per share and expire in 36 months.

Joel Oppenheim, former Director, was issued 316,491 shares in January 2021 pursuant to a Director’s Fees Payable Agreement. The agreement stated that the shares were issued in full satisfaction of all outstanding director fees payable.