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U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K/A
Amendment No. 1
(Mark One)
☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2013
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the transition period from ________________ to ________________
Commission File Number 001-34048
GASE ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 46-0525801 | |
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(IRS
Employer Identification No.) |
173 Keith St., Suite 300
Warrenton, VA 20186
(Address of principal executive offices)
Issuer’s telephone number, including area code: (540) 347-2212
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock, par value $.0001.
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was Required to submit and post such files). ☒ Yes ☐ No
Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Check one:
Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | |
Accelerated Filer | ☐ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
As of June 30, 2013, the last day of the Registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter, the aggregate market value of the shares of the Registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates was $115,200. Shares of the Registrant’s common stock held by each executive officer and director and by each person who owns 10 percent or more of the outstanding common stock have been excluded in that such persons may be deemed to be affiliates of the Registrant. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.
As of April 14, 2014, there were outstanding 51,227,896 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $.0001 par value.
Documents incorporated by reference: None.
GASE Energy, Inc.
Form 10-K/A
Amendment No. 1
Table of Contents
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PART I | ||||
Item 1 | Business | 3 | ||
Item 2 | Properties | 11 | ||
Item 3. | Legal Proceedings | 11 | ||
PART II | ||||
Item 5. | Market for Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 12 | ||
Item 7. | Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 13 | ||
Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 18 | ||
Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | 18 | ||
Item 9A | Controls and Procedures | 18 | ||
Item 9B. | Other Information | 20 | ||
PART III | ||||
Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | 21 | ||
Item 11. | Executive Compensation | 23 | ||
Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters | 25 | ||
Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence | 26 | ||
Item 14. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services | 27 | ||
PART IV | ||||
Item 15. | Exhibits | 28 | ||
Signatures | 30 | |||
Financial Statements | 31 |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
We are filing this Amendment No. 1 (the “Amended Filing”) to the Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Original Filing”) of GASE Energy, Inc. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 15, 2014 to revise certain disclosures pursuant to a comment letter we received from the SEC in connection with our filing of the Registration Statement on Form 10 with the SEC on September 8, 2014. This Amended Filing does not reflect events that occurred after the Original Filing or modify or update those disclosures affected by subsequent events. This Amended Filing should be read in conjunction with the Original Filing and the Company's other filings made with the SEC subsequent to the filing of the Original Filing.
PART I
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
Corporate History
GASE Energy, Inc. (formerly, “Great East Energy, Inc.,” the “Company”) was incorporated under the name Epsilon Corp on October 17, 2011 in the State of Delaware. The business plan of the Company was originally to launch and maintain an on-line social network for start-ups in high-tech industry, where entrepreneurs and investors and industry experts meet. Immediately after the completion of the Share Exchange, the Company discontinued its on-line social network business and changed its business plan to acquisition and development of natural gas properties located in Ukraine. Effective September 10, 2013, the Company changed its name to Great East Energy, Inc. Effective June 13, 2014, the Company’s name was changed to “GASE Energy, Inc.”
Share Exchange Agreement
On July 25, 2013, we consummated transactions (the “Share Exchange”) pursuant to a Share Exchange Agreement (the “Share Exchange Agreement”) dated July 25, 2013 by and among the Company and the stockholders of Great East Energy, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“GEEI”), (the “GEEI Stockholders”), whereby GEEI Stockholders transferred 100% of the outstanding shares of common stock of GEEI held by them, in exchange for an aggregate of 330,008 newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share (“Common Stock”). As a result, GEEI became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
Stock Purchase Option Agreement
On July 25, 2013, GEEI entered into a Stock Purchase Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) with Bezerius Holdings Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus (“BHL”), whereby BHL granted to GEEI an option to purchase 1,000 shares of equity capital of Synderal Services LTD, a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus ("SSL"), representing all issued and outstanding shares of SSL, for $1,250,000. SSL is engaged in the gas exploration and production business in Ukraine through its two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Limited Liability Company NPK-KONTAKT and Limited Liability Company LISPROMGAZ, each a legal entity formed under the laws of Ukraine.
Under the Option Agreement, GEEI was required to pay to BHL $412,500 as an advance payment to be credited towards the purchase price of the SSL shares. The Company made the advance payment on July 25, 2013. The balance of the purchase price in the amount of $837,500 was paid by GEEI upon exercise of the option that was completed on November 25, 2013 by paying to BHL $500,000 in cash and issuing a promissory note in the principal amount of $337,500 for the balance of the option exercise price. The note bears no interest and has a maturity date of December 31, 2013, which was extended to June 30, 2014. The obligations of GEEI under the note are secured by 1,000 shares of SSL purchased by GEEI under the Option Agreement in accordance with the Pledge and Security Agreement dated November 25, 2013 made by GEEI in favor of the collateral agent acting on behalf of BHL. As a result, SSL became a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, and Limited Liability Company NPK-KONTAKT and Limited Liability Company LISPROMGAZ became indirect subsidiaries of the Company.
On July 25, 2013, the Company issued 25,799,984 shares of Common Stock to BHL in connection with the option grant closing under the Option Agreement. In connection with the issuance of 25,799,984 shares of Common Stock, BHL entered into a Stock Escrow Agreement and a Lock-Up Agreement with the Company. Pursuant to the Stock Escrow Agreement, BHL delivered to the escrow agent the shares of Common Stock issued to it to be held by the escrow agent pending the closing of the option exercise to purchase shares of SSL by GEEI under the Option Agreement in which case such 25,799,984 shares of Common Stock will be released by the escrow agent to BHL. The shares were released from escrow following the closing of the option exercise on November 25, 2013.
Under the Lockup Agreement, BHL agreed not to offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, sell short, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of Common Stock, or enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers any economic consequences of ownership of Common Stock until 12 months after the date therein.
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On November 26, 2013, in accordance with the Option Agreement the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Nevada a Certificate of Designations, Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Preferred Stock (the “Series A Certificate”). Pursuant to the Series A Certificate, there is one share of Series A Preferred Stock authorized. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock have no dividend rights.
The holder of the Series A Preferred Stock is entitled to vote together with the holders of the Company’s common stock, with such holder entitled to 30% of the total votes on all such matters, and the holders of Common Stock and any other shares entitled to vote are entitled to their proportional share of the remaining 70% of the total votes based on their respective voting power. Each share of Series A Preferred Stock is convertible into one share of the Company’s common stock upon the earlier to occur of (i) Twelve (12) months from July 25, 2013 or (ii) the Company closing financings with gross proceeds of at least $4,000,000 on a cumulative basis from July 25, 2013. Shares of Series A Preferred Stock are not redeemable and have no liquidation preference. On November 26, 2013, the Company issued one share of Series A Preferred Stock to BHL.
Private Placement of Common Stock
From July 2013 to February 2014, the Company entered into and consummated transactions pursuant to a series of the Subscription Agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain accredited investors whereby the Company issued and sold to the investors for $1.00 per share an aggregate of 1,490,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $1,490,000 (the “Private Placement”).
The Subscription Agreements contain representations and warranties by the Company and the investors which are customary for transactions of this type such as, with respect to the Company: organization, good standing and qualification to do business; capitalization; subsidiaries, authorization and enforceability of the transaction and transaction documents; valid issuance of stock, consents being obtained or not required to consummate the transaction; litigation; compliance with securities laws; and no brokers used, and with respect to the investors: authorization, accredited investor status and investment intent.
Stock Split
On September 16, 2013, the Company effected a 56-for-1 forward stock split of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock. As a result of the forward split, 907,641 shares of common stock issued and outstanding immediately before the forward split increased automatically, and without any further action from the Company’s stockholders, to 50,827,896 shares of common stock. The authorized number and par value of common stock were unchanged.
Company’s Corporate Structure
Below is the Company’s current corporate structure:
(1) | Common Stock is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “GASE.” |
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Our Business
The Company is an independent energy company focused on the exploration, development and production of natural gas in Ukraine. Our natural gas reserves and operations are concentrated in the Dnieper-Donetsk Basin of the Lugansk Region of Ukraine.
As of the date of this filing, we have approximately 104,031 net acres (421 sq. km) covered by our special permit (license) for exploration with pilot-production within the Lisichansk-Toskovskay area located in the Dnieper-Donetsk Basin. Seven large dome anticline structures have been identified in the licensed area, as follows: Northern Tomashevskoye, Southern Tomashevskoye, Toshkievskaya, Lysychanskaya, Vovcheyarska, Zolotarivska and Petrograd-Donetsk.
Location Map
Structure | Size (acres) | Gross acres | Net Acres | Producing wells | Non-producing well(s) | Gross/Net wells* | ||||||||||||||||||
Developed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Tomashevskoye | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Southern Tomashevskoye | 1,977 | 1,977 | 1,977 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | 4,077 | 4,077 | 4,077 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Undeveloped | 99,954 | 99,954 | 99,954 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
Total | 104,031 | 104,031 | 104,031 | 2 | 8 | 8 |
* Company has 100% interest in its properties, thus net equals gross ownership.
Special permit for geological research, including the pilot production, allows operating on the entire license area, developed and undeveloped acreage, up to September 2018. Specific minimum volume of work and the timing of their implementation are set out in an Agreement between the Company and the State service of geology and subsoil of Ukraine. See section of this report entitled “Business – Government Regulation” on page 9.
As of December 31, 2013, we had estimated proved reserves of 713 million cubic meter (“MMcm”) of natural gas according to the Competent Person’s Report issued in December 2013 by an independent expert retained as the Company’s consulting petroleum engineer. The following table summarizes our estimated reserves by category as of December 31, 2013:
Estimated Reserves | Average | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross | Net to Company | Per Location (160 acres) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
MMm3 | Bcf | MMm3 | Bcf | MMm3 | Bcf | |||||||||||||||||||
Category | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Proved | 713 | 25 | 535 | 19 | 43 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
Proved Undeveloped | 624 | 22 | 468 | 17 | 34 | 5 |
In estimating its reserves, the Company relied on the expertise of a third party, Mr. Barry L. Whelan, P. Geo.
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Mr. Barry L. Whelan , age 72, is a professional geological consultant to numerous natural resource and industrial development companies with natural resource holdings in oil, gas and minerals worldwide. His responsibilities include: preparation of NI 51-101, economic evaluations of properties; research and development of projects which have economic potential; evaluation of projects and their requirements for capital; presentations to management, financial institutions, and shareholders; economic analysis of resource properties and coordination of acquisition, development and production for resource properties; filing of V.S.E. reports, assessment reports and property evaluations for resource properties. The geographical areas of operations and research that Mr. Whelan has covered include North America, South America (Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador and Venezuela), Tunisia, Ghana, Kazakhstan, Indonesia, China, Ukraine, Poland, Papua New Guinea and Israel.
Currently, he is the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Energy Resources Corp., based in Vancouver company engaged in natural resource development in the United States. He has also been working for Bison Petroleum Inc. in Salt Lake City as a Vice-President-Explorations since 2013. Mr. Whelan served as Chief Operating Officer of Hard Creek Nickel Corp. (formerly, Canadian Metals Exploration Ltd.) from January 8, 2004 to January 7, 2005 and also its Secretary from January 16, 2004 to February 26, 2004. Hard Creek Nickel Corporation, an exploration stage company, is engaged in the acquisition, exploration, and development of mineral properties in Canada.
Mr. Whelan graduated from University of Western Ontario in 1961 with a Bachelor of Arts in Geology. He has been a member in different geological organizations, including Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of the Province of British Columbia, Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta, Geological Association of Canada, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists and Institute of Petroleum, London.
The Company is engaged in the gas exploration and production business in Ukraine through its two wholly-owned subsidiaries: Limited Liability Company NPK-KONTAKT and Limited Liability Company LISPROMGAZ. All of our properties are located in Ukraine and are owned and operated through our subsidiaries. The head office of our Ukrainian subsidiaries is located in the city of Lisichansk, the local center of the Lugansk Region in eastern Ukraine.
NPK-KONTAKT, LLC holds the license for exploration and owns 6 wells (2 productive, 2 exploratory wells and 2 degassing wells), which were completed during the years 2003-2004. Due to technical and geological reasons, the exploratory wells were suspended in 2005. Currently, the Company is considering an overhaul and intensification of gas produced from these wells. The final assessment of the operational and economic viability of the production from those wells is expected at the end of 2014.
LISPROMGAZ, LLC is an operating company that holds all permits, controls technical and human resources and owns two gas facilities with a monthly capacity of more than 350 million cubic feet (“MMcf”) each. LISPROMGAS also owns 13.5 km of gas pipelines to its customers and office and storage premises located in Lisichansk.
We currently operate two productive wells and the principal product we produce is natural gas. This product is not marketed to customers without access to our proprietary pipeline facilities and can be sold only to a purchaser that has access to the pipeline facilities. During the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2013, 100% of the Company’s gas production was sold to one customer: Additional Liability Company “Lisichansk Brewery”. Typically our natural gas is sold to this customer under contract at a negotiated price based upon factors normally considered in the industry, such as distance from well to factory and natural gas commodity prices.
Due to the current low production volume and the limited ability to market gas produced by the Company, the Company had a limited capacity to sell its gas at the current market rate. Thus, the average selling price for our gas in 2013 was $11.56 per thousand cubic feet ("Mcf") (including 20% VAT) which is approximately 20% below the average market price. In future, as production will be increased, the Company will have the ability to sell gas at the market rate without any discounts.
Moreover, we anticipate further increases in natural gas commodity prices in Ukraine during years 2014-2015 because of a number of reasons. First, as a consequence of the significant depreciation of the local currency (the “UAH”), on April 1, 2014 the National Energy Regulation Commission of Ukraine announced an increase in gas prices by 30% in local currency which eliminated the effect of the recent UAH’s depreciation against the USD, thus the price of gas in USD remains at the same level. The second reason for price an increase is the reversal of the 32% discount on Russian gas for Ukraine which will also force the National Energy Regulation Commission (State regulatory authority) to increase gas prices for all types of consumers including both retail and industrial consumers.
Due to unfavorable political and military situation, the Company has decided not to initiate a drilling program in 2014. Based on the improved military situation because of the cease-fire agreed to by the Ukrainian and the separatist forces of Eastern Ukraine, and that the Company’s licensed area is located on the territory under the control of public authorities and the Ukrainian army, the Company began negotiations with the service (drilling) companies about potentially initiating drilling in the first quarter of 2015 shallow wells. These wells will be drilled for the development of production of AMM.
We believe that all the above factors will combine to favorably affect our financial position and financial results.
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Recent Developments
From January 2014 we have started realizing our strategic plan of increasing production and developing our asset base by conducting geological investigation. Our efforts are focused on performing further geological studies at our Northern and Southern Tomashevskiy domes and determining the optimal placement for our three new production shallow wells of up to 800 m each. We intend to utilize the expertise of third parties for our drilling programs; as such we will hold a tender among drilling and service companies with a view to start drilling works in the second half of 2014. Additionally, we plan to put into operation two small degassing wells by installing additional compressors and connecting them to the existing flare plant.
Our Strategy
Our business strategy is to create value for our shareholders by growing reserves and production volumes through exploring and developing gas fields at moderate depth with reserves which have been discovered but undeveloped. Key elements of our business strategy include:
Focus on developing our Lisichansk-Toskovskay area. We intend to continue to expand our asset base by drilling and completing wells within our current lands of the Lisichansk-Toskovskay area. We will focus our efforts to determine the most optimal placement of new wells that is required to realize the maximum resource potential of the existing area.
Evaluate Strategic Acquisitions in Ukraine and Central & Eastern Europe (CEE). The Company considers Lisichansk-Toskovskay area as a first stage and the base for further rapid expansion. We intend to identify early-entry exploration opportunities in Ukraine and CEE and enhance the value of our resource potential either by winning greenfield licenses or investing in underperforming assets that have high-potential drilling opportunities, such as our Lisichansk-Toskovskay area. Our goal is to expand the Company’s area from 100 sq. miles up to 1,000 sq. miles.
Focus on Acquisition and Exploration Activities. Our efforts are focused on uncovering undervalued investment opportunities in the field of conventional and coal bed gas production, as well as improving our drilling techniques.
Leverage capital and experience form North America. We typically seek to bring North American capital, know-how and technology to unconventional projects in Ukraine and other CEE countries.
Intellectual Property
The Company does not own any intellectual property rights
Suppliers
No drilling activities were conducted during the years 2012 and 2013. We currently operate two productive wells and the majority of our purchasing is related to maintaining the current level of operations in our wells. Typically, we purchase fuel and energy for our needs through short-term contracts with several suppliers at the regional level, including natural resource monopolies in the utility sector. All materials, energy and utilities are available in the region as required, but pricing is subject to state regulation and market fluctuations. We are an insignificant purchaser of basic materials and these type of expenses account for approximately 12% of our total costs and other deductions.
Gas Production
The Company is engaged in the gas exploration and production business in Ukraine. We have in operation a complete set of facilities and infrastructure necessary for gas processing and delivery to end use customers. Natural gas comes from one of our two productive wells. Our two wells produce methane gas at a rate of approximately 80 Mcf per day. Average methane concentration is not less than 90%. Gas collected from our wells is first transferred through a pipeline to one of our gas processing facilities where the various unit processes are used in the processing of raw natural gas, such as gas pressure decrease, removal of water and gas odorization. Gas processed by the processing units is the final product which is sold to our customers through the pipeline.
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Competition
Presently, state-owned companies account for roughly 90% of oil and gas production in Ukraine. However, the government of Ukraine makes efforts to encourage private investors, including foreign investors, to increase their activities in the market and improve oil and gas production. Private and foreign investors are increasingly seeking opportunities in the country and are being actively encouraged to do so.
National Joint-Stock Company Naftogaz of Ukraine is the major state energy company. Naftogaz of Ukraine is a vertically integrated oil and gas company that explores and produces most of the oil and gas in the country. The company also manages the oil and gas pipeline system, gas conversion, and the import and transit of gas and its distribution across Ukraine. Naftogaz of Ukraine’s oil and gas production subsidiaries include Ukrgazvydobuvannya, Ukrnafta (42% held by private investors). However, Naftogaz of Ukraine does not have enough finances for exploration. Instead, it signs contracts with private exploration and production companies.
Domestic gas production has been growing since 2000 until 2013, mainly due to an increased output from private producers. These private companies accounted for 11.5% of the total gas production in 2013. This is a significant increase since 2000, when private companies accounted for only 3.3% of gas produced in Ukraine and 2.7% of oil production. In Ukraine, domestic production covers only 40% of the country’s oil and gas consumption requirements.
The Ukrainian government has recently been encouraging cooperation with foreign companies and investors. Due to the geological characteristics of the Ukrainian hydrocarbon accumulations, Ukraine is in need of both financing and technologies in order to further develop the sector. Naftogaz has entered into agreements with many foreign companies to enable an acceleration of hydrocarbon development in Ukraine. Among the foreign companies active in Ukraine are Cub Energy, Serinus, JKX Oil & Gas plc, Regal Petroleum plc, Cadogan Petroleum plc, Shell and Chevron. The Company’s assets are surrounded by large producing oil & gas fields located in Myratovskoj Zone: Plast, Cub Energy, Geo Alliance.
We believe we possess a range of competitive strengths and advantages in our operating segment. As of the date of this filing, we hold approximately 104,000 acres in the Dnieper-Donetsk Basin and possess certain production facilities and infrastructure. We expect that the results of our active drilling program and drilling activity will significantly improve our competitive position in the region. The Dnieper-Donets Basin, where our Lisichansk-Toskovskay field is located, is underexplored and presents an excellent opportunity for our Company with respect to the acquisition of prospective natural gas properties and natural gas reserves.
Government Regulation
The Ukrainian government is making efforts to reform the oil and gas sector in an attempt to attract foreign investment. These efforts include the new 2010 Law “On Basic Principles of the Natural Gas Market Functioning” that was formally approved by the European Union (“EU”). This law significantly liberalizes the gas market and provides for the right to sell gas at an unregulated price (if the state’s share in the company is less than 50%). In addition, in April 2012, the National Energy Regulation Committee reformed the procedures of access to the Ukraine’s gas transport system. All market participants now have equal rights of access to the gas transportation system and underground storage facilities.
The regulation of hydrocarbons in Ukraine is administered by a number of governmental bodies.
● The Cabinet of Ministers provides the general legal framework for hydrocarbons, sets hydrocarbon taxes and Product Sharing Agreement (PSA) terms.
● Tariffs are regulated by the National Energy Regulation Commission (NERC). It sets the boundary price for both industrial and residential consumers and provides general supervision over the market.
● The Ministry of Energy and Coal Industry of Ukraine is responsible for Ukraine’s energy strategy formation, as well as the commissioning of the deposits into commercial production and approval of reserves estimations.
The legislation “On Oil and Gas” and “The Code on Mineral Resources” are the two documents regulating the issue of special permits for the use of mineral resources in oil and gas production. There are several types of special permits for the use of oil and gas mineral resources:
● | For geological studies of oil and gas resources, including experimental programs; |
● | For geological studies of oil and gas resources, including experimental programs, with subsequent oil and gas production (pilot production); |
● | Oil and gas production (commercial development). |
Special permits for the use of mineral resources are granted via auction. If the applicant company has already done geological studies at its own cost and proven to the State Commission on Mineral Resources that there are hydrocarbon reserves, this company earns the right to obtain the special permit without the auction.
Permits for geological studies are granted for five years and can be extended by another five years if this condition is stipulated in the initial permit. Such an extension does not require an auction.
Before the company can begin exploration work on a certain field, it must obtain a special permit from both the local authorities and the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy.
Permits for field exploration and other agreements contain the minimum work plan which the applicant company must fulfill within a certain time period, including the following:
● Seismic studies;
● Development drilling;
● Full repairs of the well;
● Reserve assessment and other studies;
● Environmental impact assessment.
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The Ministry of Environmental Protection may also attach other conditions to the use of mineral resources. Once the minimum work plan is completed and results have been submitted to the State Commission on Mineral Resources, the license holder may apply to the Ministry of Environmental Protection for a commercial development license.
This application must include the results of the independent reserve assessment (according UA standards), information on the fulfillment of responsibilities stipulated in the work program and a field development plan.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection of Ukraine usually takes six to nine months to process a commercial development license. During the transition period (up to 70 days) between the experimental program license and the commercial development license, all field development must be suspended. A commercial development license is usually granted for 20 years, though this can vary depending on the size of the field reserves. The experimental program license holder has a priority over other applicants for the commercial development license. Before the company can start oil and gas production, they need to obtain a commercial development license.
At the present time, the Company possesses a special permit for geological investigation including the experimental-industrial production. The special permit retained by the Company covers both the present production from its two wells and future drillings of new wells in accordance with the planned drilling program and within the licensed area under the special permit. Initially, this license was given in 2003 based on the fact that Ukrainian company (NPK-Kontakt) held geological investigations at this area earlier till 2003. During 2003-2013, the Company renewed and extended this license twice, in 2008 and 2013, according to the above mentioned procedure and Ukrainian legislation.
According to Ukrainian legislation, the Company signed the agreement about the conditions of usage of subsoil for geological investigations and experimental-industrial development of hydrocarbons with the State service of geology and subsoil of Ukraine, together with prolongation of the special permit. In Appendix 1 to this agreement the following schedule of works was agreed:
№ п/п | Types of works and expenses | Volume of works | Cost of works (thousand UAH) | Source of financing | Term of implementation of works | |||||||||||||
1 | Receiving a special permit for usage of subsoil | 1 | 400,0 | Own costs | 2-3 Q of 2013 | |||||||||||||
2 | Conclusion of agreement about monitoring and scientific maintenance of performance of the special conditions of the Agreement and a Contract about the conditions of usage of subsoil | 1 | Own costs | 1 Q of 2014 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Making up a project and financial documentation of preliminary and detailed prospecting | 150,0 | Own costs | 3 Q of 2014 –1 Q of 2016 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Drilling of prospecting wells: defining of the general patterns of geological structure
of the deposit, defining the perspectives of the licensed area and forecasted resources of the raw materials; Drilling of prospecting wells: edging of the deposit, detailing of peculiarities of the geological structure, examination of qualitative and quantitative parameters of the raw material and explanation of calculation of the reserves | 9650 m | 70000,0 | Own costs | 4 Q of 2014 – 1Q of 2018 | |||||||||||||
5 | Complex of geological prospecting works: geological servicing of the drilling works, sampling of core from the wells, gamma-ray logging of the wells and hydrogeological investigations | 9650 m | 3500,0 | Own costs | 4 Q of 2014 –1 Q of 2018 | |||||||||||||
6 | Making up the project of research and industrial development | 4 | 400,0 | Own costs | 2 Q of 2016 – 2 Q of 2018 | |||||||||||||
7 | Research and industrial development | 6000,0 | Own costs | 3 Q- 3Q of 2018 | ||||||||||||||
8 | Laboratory works: arrangement of physical and mechanical investigations, defining the petrographic
and chemical composition; Laboratory and technical tests: arrangement of physical and mathematic investigations of the core samples by the full and shortened program, testing of the raw material; petrographic, chemical and spectral analyses, radiation and hygienic evaluation of raw material | 100,0 | Own costs | 4Q of 2014 –1Q of 2018 | ||||||||||||||
9 | Office works: making up the geological report, preparation of materials and making the TEO of the constant conditions | 500,0 | Own costs | 1-2 Q of 2018 | ||||||||||||||
10 | Approval of reserves of the mineral at the State Committee on Reserves of Minerals of Ukraine | 300,0 | Own costs | 2-3 Q of 2018 |
The production, transportation and use of Coal Bed Methane (“CBM”) is governed by the Law of Ukraine on Coal Deposit Gas (Methane), as part of energy sector reforms aimed at diversifying Ukraine’s gas supply and increase the safety of working conditions in coal mines. The Law on Coal Deposit Gas (Methane) was passed in 2010 and ratified in 2011.
The domestic gas price within Ukraine is set by the National Commission exercising the State Regulation in Energy Sector by reference to the Russian imported gas price. Natural gas average prices for industrial customers in Ukraine have decreased in 2013 compared to 2012 to Ukraine Hryvnia ("UAH") 3,459/Mcm ($12.25/Mcf) from UAH 3,509/Mcm ($ 12.43/Mcf). (All prices are quoted without 20% value added tax). As Ukraine relies to a significant extent on supplies of energy resources from Russia, the domestic industrial gas price in Ukraine exhibits a strong correlation to the Russian gas import price. This import price, and consequently the prices which may be charged by producers in Ukraine to their industrial customers, is determined based on annual negotiations between the governments of Ukraine and Russia. Subsoil fees (effectively government royalties) are set by the Tax Code at 25% of sales revenues from gas (excluded VAT).
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Employees
As of the date of this filing, the Company and its subsidiaries had 42 employees. The Company utilizes the services of consultants and advisors. These include its principal executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, scientific personnel, investor relations, accountants, and attorneys. Some of these positions, especially those of a technical nature, may be converted to employment if and when the Company's business requires and resources permit.
Emerging Growth Company
The Company is an “emerging growth company”, as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (“JOBS Act”), and may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and exemptions from the requirements of Sections 14A(a) and (b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to hold a nonbinding advisory vote of shareholders on executive compensation and any golden parachute payments not previously approved.
The Company has elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act. This election allows us to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. As a result of this election, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates.
We will remain an “emerging growth company” until the earliest of (1) the last day of the fiscal year during which our revenues exceed $1 billion, (2) the date on which we issue more than $1 billion in non-convertible debt in a three year period, (3) the last day of the fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the date of the first sale of our common equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or (4) when the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter.
To the extent that we continue to qualify as a “smaller reporting company”, as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, after we cease to qualify as an emerging growth company, certain of the exemptions available to us as an emerging growth company may continue to be available to us as a smaller reporting company, including: (1) not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes Oxley Act; (2) scaled executive compensation disclosures; and (3) the requirement to provide only two years of audited financial statements, instead of three years.
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ITEM 2. PROPERTIES
According to Ukrainian law, a special permit (license) is issued and granted to authorize exploration and extraction of natural resources within the licensed area. In most cases the production company obtains leases on all land lots within the licensed area which it uses for its production needs, such as drilling, wellhead set up, production facilities and infrastructure development. As of the date of this filing, we had 11 land leases covering approximately 6.45 gross acres held under our wells, gas treatment units, office and auxiliary buildings with an aggregate annual rent accounting for approximately $10,600, as summarized in the following table:
Lessor | Purpose | Date of Agreement |
Date of Termination |
Area, ac | Annual rent* USD | Annual rent UAH | ||||||
Lisichanskiy Glass "Proletariy" | Sub-lease of premises Gas distribution substation |
11/14/2005 | 12/12/2014 | 0.009 | 480.18 | 5946.90 | ||||||
Novodruzhesk city council | Gas treatment units | 5/14/2014 | 5/14/2024 | 1.042 | 214.45 | 2655.83 | ||||||
Novodruzhesk city council | Warehouse for emergency burning of gas | 5/14/2014 | 5/14/2019 | 0.270 | 69.49 | 860.64 | ||||||
Lysychansk city council | Ground-based part of pipeline | 9/12/2014 | 9/12/2019 | 0.077 | 151.79 | 1879.96 | ||||||
Popasnyanska district state administration** | Gas treatment units | 2/14/2007 | 2/14/2012 | 0.469 | 40.65 | 503.45 | ||||||
Lysychansk city council | Enter from office | 1/18/2012 | 1/18/2015 | 0.0032 | 12.90 | 159.78 | ||||||
Lysychansk city council | Administration and maintenance building | 7/13/2004 | 7/13/2029 | 3.248 | 5517.69 | 68334,5 | ||||||
Lysychansk city council | Well | 6/9/2005 | 6/8/2030 | 0.006 | 10.49 | 129.97 | ||||||
Novodruzhesk city council | Well | 12/19/2013 | 9/8/2018 | 0.037 | 15.26 | 188.96 | ||||||
Novodruzhesk city council | Well | 1/30/2012 | 1/29/2017 | 0.074 | 15.26 | 189.0 | ||||||
Novodruzhesk city council | Well | 1/30/2012 | 1/29/2017 | 1.248 | 256.82 | 3180.64 |
* Annual rent was calculated using the average exchange rate for UAH/USD 12.385 UAH per 1 USD during the period from January to October 2014.
** The application for extension of the agreement has been submitted by the Company to the local government authority. Popasnyanska district state administration has confirmed lease agreement on the same terms. Now Company is in the process of signing of the Lease Agreement.
The Company does not own any land. At December 31, 2013, we owned 1,053 square meters of office space at 54, 9 May St., Lysychansk. The Company also owns approximately 2,703 square meters of auxiliary buildings and facilities, as well as property complex of 2,705 square meters in Novodruzhesk operating as a gas treatment unit.
ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
From time to time, we may become involved in various lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business. We are currently not aware of any such legal proceedings or claims that we believe will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or operating results.
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PART II
ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES
Market Information
Our Common Stock, $.001 par value, is quoted on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol “GASE.” There were no reported quotations for our common stock during the fiscal year 2012 and for the first three quarters of the fiscal year 2013 except for one quotation on August 2012 of $0.32. The following table shows the high and low closing prices for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year 2013. The quotations provided below reflect inter-dealer prices without retail mark-up, markdown, or commissions, and may not represent actual transactions. The quotations below reflect a 56-for-1 forward stock split which was effectuated on September 16, 2013.
Year | High | Low | ||||||
Fiscal 2013 | ||||||||
Quarter Ended December 31, 2013 | $ | 0.51 | $ | 0.08 |
As of March 28, 2014, we had approximately 42 shareholders of record. The holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held of record on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. Holders of the common stock have no preemptive rights and no right to convert their common stock into any other securities. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock.
Dividends
Since our inception, we have not declared nor paid any cash dividends on our capital stock and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Our current policy is to retain any earnings in order to finance our operations. Our Board of Directors will determine future declarations and payments of dividends, if any, in light of the then-current conditions it deems relevant and in accordance with applicable corporate law.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
We have no existing equity compensation plan.
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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION
SPECIAL NOTE OF CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
CERTAIN STATEMENTS IN THIS REPORT, INCLUDING STATEMENTS IN THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION, ARE WHAT ARE KNOWN AS "FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS", WHICH ARE BASICALLY STATEMENTS ABOUT THE FUTURE. FOR THAT REASON, THESE STATEMENTS INVOLVE RISK AND UNCERTAINTY SINCE NO ONE CAN ACCURATELY PREDICT THE FUTURE. WORDS SUCH AS "PLANS", "INTENDS", "WILL", "HOPES", "SEEKS", "ANTICIPATES", "EXPECTS "AND THE LIKE OFTEN IDENTIFY SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, BUT ARE NOT THE ONLY INDICATION THAT A STATEMENT IS A FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT. SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS INCLUDE STATEMENTS CONCERNING OUR PLANS AND OBJECTIVES WITH RESPECT TO THE PRESENT AND FUTURE OPERATIONS OF THE COMPANY, AND STATEMENTS WHICH EXPRESS OR IMPLY THAT SUCH PRESENT AND FUTURE OPERATIONS WILL OR MAY PRODUCE REVENUES, INCOME OR PROFITS. NUMEROUS FACTORS AND FUTURE EVENTS COULD CAUSE THE COMPANY TO CHANGE SUCH PLANS AND OBJECTIVES OR FAIL TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT SUCH PLANS OR ACHIEVE SUCH OBJECTIVES, OR CAUSE SUCH PRESENT AND FUTURE OPERATIONS TO FAIL TO PRODUCE REVENUES, INCOME OR PROFITS. THEREFORE, THE READER IS ADVISED THAT THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED IN LIGHT OF THE DISCUSSION OF RISKS AND OTHER FACTORS CONTAINED IN THIS REPORT ON FORM 10-K/A AND IN THE COMPANY'S OTHER FILINGS WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. NO STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THE FOLLOWING DISCUSSION SHOULD BE CONSTRUED AS A GUARANTEE OR ASSURANCE OF FUTURE PERFORMANCE OR FUTURE RESULTS.
The Company is focused on growing gas production volumes in Ukraine through expanding its assets base by exploring and developing its existing license field, as well as through evaluating and pursuing new investment opportunities. The Company’s management anticipates that in addition to the existing assets which will continue to provide ongoing revenues from our productive gas wells, the Company's surface and sub-surface facility optimization, expected new drilling activities and discovery of new resources will contribute to increased production volumes.
Plan of Operations
Since 2004, the Company explored and developed the shallow gas-bearing horizons only at two of seven domes within the license area; we currently operate only two productive wells. Thus, we believe that the Company has unrealized opportunity and can create the base for further expansion. We have developed a production increase plan for years 2014-2018, key elements of this plan include:
Increase production within overthrust /belowthrust domes. We plan to enhance our gas production volumes on Northern Tomashevskoye and Southern Tomashevskoye domes through fracking and stimulation on our existing two exploratory, but currently suspended wells. Our 2014-2018 drilling program also includes drilling three new “shallow” and four new “deep” operated wells on Northern Tomashevskoye and Southern Tomashevskoye domes with implementation of fracking and stimulation technology to enhance initial production. In addition we plan to drill nine new “deep” exploratory wells on Zolotarivska, Toshkievskaya and Petrograd-Donetsk domes with fracking and stimulation.
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Starting of AMM production. We intend to start production of abandoned mine methane (AMM), by modernizing degasification equipment and connecting our current two degassing wells with existing delivery infrastructure. In addition, we intend significantly enhance our CBM production by drilling on the developed domes numerous new shallow vent-wells up to 500m each.
Conduct further geological research within our Lisichansk-Toskovskay area. We intend to obtain new geological information for potential additional under-fault gas resources by reworking and deepening the 7K well up to 1,500m (under the fault) or drilling a new well up to 1,500m. We will also focus our efforts to carry out modern geological studies on the entire license area through 2D and 3D seismic as well as modern helium survey. As a result, we expect to compile a geophysical database and obtain geological proofs to update our reserves valuation.
Our 2014-2018 strategic and operational plan is subject to various factors, including market conditions, gas field services and equipment availability, commodity prices and drilling results. While we continue to explore opportunities to enhance our gas production volumes, our main efforts will be focused on drilling and completing wells. If we choose to pursue the rapid expansion strategy, we will contemplate obtaining greenfield licenses directly from government authorities and acquire underperforming existing operators that have room to grow.
Due to unfavorable political and military situation, the Company has decided not to initiate a drilling program in 2014. Based on the improved military situation because of the cease-fire agreed to by the Ukrainian and the separatist forces of Eastern Ukraine, and that the Company’s licensed area is located on the territory under the control of public authorities and the Ukrainian army, the Company began negotiations with the service (drilling) companies about potentially initiating drilling in the first quarter of 2015 shallow wells. These wells will be drilled for the development of production of AMM.
Results of Operations for the Fiscal Years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012
The following table discloses our gas sales volumes for the periods indicated:
For the Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||
2013 | 2012 | |||||||
Sales Volume: | ||||||||
Gas production (MMcf) | 28.5 | 31.0 | ||||||
Gas sales price ($/Mcf) (excluding VAT) | 9.63 | 8.15 | ||||||
Gas sales ($) | 274,435 | 252,817 |
Natural gas sales revenues. Natural gas sales volumes decreased by 2.5 MMcf to 28.5 MMcf for the year ended December 31, 2013. Natural gas revenues increased by $21.62 thousand to $274.44 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2013 as compared to natural gas revenues of $252.82 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2012. The increase in natural gas sales revenue was attributed to the increase in natural gas prices received. The average price we realized on the sale of our natural gas was $9.63 per thousand cubic feet ("Mcf") in 2013 compared to $8.15 per Mcf in 2012. In 2013, our natural gas sales averaged 79.17 Mcf per day. The volume decrease is due to the natural depletion of our two productive wells.
The following table sets forth selected consolidated financial data as of and for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.
For the Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||
2013 | 2012 | |||||||
Gas sales | $ | 274,435 | $ | 252,817 | ||||
Other sales | 53,669 | 50,067 | ||||||
Other income | 20,507 | 41,633 | ||||||
Total Revenues and Other Income | $ | 348,611 | $ | 344,517 | ||||
Operating expenses: | ||||||||
Organizational expenses | 902 | - | ||||||
Operating and maintenance expenses | 249,748 | 215,436 | ||||||
General and administrative expenses | 196 675 | 174,393 | ||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 107,811 | 108,640 | ||||||
Professional fees | 3,749,830 | - | ||||||
Total Operating Expenses | $ | 4,304,966 | $ | 498,469 | ||||
Loss from operations | (3,956,355 | ) | (153,952 | ) | ||||
Other income (expense): | ||||||||
Finance costs | (8,240 | ) | (3,449 | ) | ||||
Income from sale of ERUs | - | 215,885 | ||||||
Total other income (expense) | $ | (8,240 | ) | $ | 211,436 | |||
Income (loss) before income taxes | (3,965,096 | ) | 57,981 | |||||
Income tax benefit/(provision) | 4,867 | (31,821 | ) | |||||
Net income (loss) applicable to common shares | $ | (3,960,229 | ) | $ | 26,160 | |||
Other comprehensive loss: | ||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | (501 | ) | (503 | ) | ||||
Total other comprehensive loss | (501 | ) | (503 | ) | ||||
Net income (loss) applicable to common shares | $ | (3,960,229 | ) | $ | 26,160 | ) |
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Other revenues and other sales. Our other sales mainly included revenues using the Company-owned transportable machinery and equipment, such as a cementing unit, compressor unit and pump set to render services to third parties. Other revenues increased by $3.60 thousand to $53.67 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2013. Other income of $20.51 thousand in 2013 included interest income of approximately $ 19.83 thousand earned on bank deposits.
Operating and maintenance expenses. Our operating and maintenance expenses of $249.75 thousand mainly included wages and salaries of the gas production personnel, cost of materials, taxes and duties. Operating and maintenance expenses increased by $34.31 thousand in 2013 compared to 2012 mainly due to increases in material expenses.
General and administrative (“G&A”) expenses. G&A expenses decreased by $22.28 thousand to $196.68 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2013, from $174.39 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2012. On a per unit basis, G&A expenses increased from $5.62 per Mcf sold in 2012 to $6.90 per Mcf sold in 2013.
Depreciation, depletion and amortization (“DD&A”) expenses. Our DD&A expense decreased $0.83 thousand to $107.81 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2013, from $108.64 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2012.
Professional fees. Professional fee expenses of approximately $3.75 million in 2013 included accounting, legal fees and consulting expenses related to the preparation, execution and consummation of a series of transactions we entered during year 2013 pursuant to a Share Exchange Agreement, Stock Purchase Option Agreement and Private Placement of Common Stock. See Item 1 of this report.
Loss from operations. Our operating loss was approximately $3.96 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, as compared to the operating loss of approximately $153.95 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2012. This increase in operating loss is primarily attributed to professional fees expenses, and to a lesser extent, to increase in other operating expenses. Excluding the impacts of professional fees, our operating result decreased $52.58 thousand to $206.53 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2013, from $153.95 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2012.
Income from sale of ERUs. Due to coal mine methane exploration, the Company generates greenhouse gas Emission Reduction Units (ERUs), which could be sold according to the procedure established by the Kyoto Protocol. In 2012 the Company verified 215 thousand tons of ERUs CO2 equivalents and sold it to Carbon Resource Management S.A. for $215.89 thousand (€175.69 thousand).
Net loss. Our net loss was approximately $3.96 million for the year ended December 31, 2013, as compared to net income of $26.16 thousand for the year ended December 31, 2012. This decrease was primarily the result of an increase in operating loss for the year ended December 31, 2013 as compared to 2012, and to a lesser extent, to a negative result of non-operating activities in 2013.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary sources of cash in 2013 were proceeds from equity investors of $1,185.4 thousand as a result of the private placement of common stocks.
The following is a summary of our change in cash and cash equivalents for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012:
For the Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||
2013 | 2012 | Change | ||||||||||
Net cash (used in) / provided by operating activities | $ | (241,351 | ) | $ | 153,029 | (394,380 | ) | |||||
Net cash (used in) / provided by investing activities | (409,830 | ) | 194,591 | (604,421 | ) | |||||||
Net cash provided by / (used in) financing activities | 551,931 | (194,803 | ) | 746,734 | ||||||||
Decrease/increase in cash and cash equivalents | $ | (99,250 | ) | $ | 152,817 | (252,068 | ) |
Operating activities.
During the year ended December 31, 2013 cash used in operating activities was $241.35 thousand as compared to cash provided by operating activities during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 in the amount of $153.03 thousand. The increase of cash used in operating activities was primarily due to higher professional fee expenditures of $3.75 million related to the preparation, execution and consummation of a series of transactions we entered during the year 2013 and described in details in Item 1. See “Results of Operations for the Fiscal Years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012” for a review of the impact of professional fees on our operating results. The Company issued 3,777,984 shares of common stock which were used to pay consultants for services of $3.78 million and partially offset higher professional fee expenses during 2013.
Investing activities.
During the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, our net cash used in by investing activities was $409.83 thousand and net cash provided by investing activities of $194.59 thousand, respectively. The decrease was primarily attributed to deposits for investments offset by the proceeds from the payment of a note held by the Company and withdrawal of a bank deposit. Cash provided by the investing activities was provided in connection with the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Stock Purchase Option Agreement and the purchase of SSL by the Company.
Financing activities.
During the year ended December 31, 2013 cash provided by financing activities was $551.93 thousand as compared to cash used in financing activities during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 in the amount of $194.80 thousand. The increase was primarily due to the increase in proceeds received from our sales of our common stock issued for cash and advance subscriptions for our common stock received from investors.
Our 2014 drilling program is designed to provide flexibility in identifying suitable well locations and in the timing and size of capital investment. Our 2014 capital expenditure budget contemplates drilling of 2 shallow productive wells on Northern Tomashevskoye and Southern Tomashevskoye domes, modernizing degasification equipment and connecting our current two degassing wells with existing delivery infrastructure. Additionally in 2014, we intend to enhance our gas production through fracking and stimulation on our existing two exploratory, but currently suspended wells. Our capital expenditure budget is estimated approximately $5.00 million in 2014 and is dependent on various factors, including market conditions, services and equipment availability, gas price and drilling results. Other factors that could cause us to further adjust our capital expenditure budget include, among other things, increases or decreases in service and material costs, changes in commodity prices or well performance that differ from our forecasts, any of which could affect our operating cash flow.
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We plan to finance our 2014 capital expenditure budget primarily through the issuance of equity and, to a lesser extent, cash flows from operations, as discussed in more detail below:
Sources of Capital
Issuance of equity. As of the date of this filing, in order to support our capital and exploration expenditures we plan to raise equity capital from investors of approximately $4.0 million in 2014. We will continue to assess our liquidity position and conditions on the capital markets and may increase or decrease our financing activities in 2014 accordingly.
Critical Accounting Policies
Going concern
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which contemplates continuation of the Company as a going concern. The Company has incurred $2,804,286 in accumulated deficit since its inception, is in the development stage and has generated $348,611 operating revenue during the year ended December 31, 2013. These items raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
In view of these matters, realization of the assets of the Company is dependent upon the Company’s ability to meet its financial requirements through equity financing and the success of future operations. These financial statements do not include adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue in existence.
Management believes they can raise the appropriate funds needed to support their business plan and acquire an operating company with positive cash flow. Management intends to seek new capital from owners and related parties to provide needed funds.
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Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have off-balance sheet arrangements, financings, or other relationships with unconsolidated entities or other persons, also known as "special purpose entities" (SPEs).
ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA
The Company's consolidated audited financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, together with the report of the independent certified public accounting firm thereon and the notes thereto, are presented beginning at page F-1.
ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE
We changed our independent registered public accounting firm effective October 3, 2013 from Weinberg & Baer LLC (“WB”) to Anton & Chia LLP. Information regarding the change in the independent registered public accounting firm was disclosed in our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 8, 2013. There were no disagreements with WB or any reportable events requiring disclosure under Item 304(b) of Regulation S-K.
ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Securities and Exchange Commission defines the term “disclosure controls and procedures” to mean controls and other procedures of an issuer that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by an issuer in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to the issuer’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company maintains such a system of controls and procedures in an effort to ensure that all information which it is required to disclose in the reports it files under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified under the SEC's rules and forms and that information required to be disclosed is accumulated and communicated to principal executive and principal financial officers to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.
As of the end of the period covered by this report, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.
Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the (i) effectiveness and efficiency of operations, (ii) reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and (iii) compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies and procedures may deteriorate.
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Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the end of the period covered by this report. In making this assessment, we used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control - Integrated Framework. Based on our assessment, we determined that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our internal control over financial reporting was not effective based on those criteria.
During our assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of the end of the period covered by this report, management identified the following material weaknesses:
1. | Internal Audit Function – We have insufficient qualified resources to perform the internal audit functions properly. In addition, the scope and effectiveness of the internal audit function are in the process of being developed. |
2. | Review of Financial Information and Financial Reporting – We do not have adequate levels of review of financial information necessary to ascertain the accounting for complex transactions. |
3. | Lack of Segregation of Duties – We do not have segregation of duties between recording, authorizing and testing. |
Remediation Initiative
We are developing a plan to ensure that all information will be recorded, processed, summarized and reported accurately, and as of the date of this report, we have taken the following steps to address the above-referenced material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting:
1. | We will continue to educate our management personnel to increase its ability to comply with the disclosure requirements and financial reporting controls; and |
2. | We will increase management oversight of accounting and reporting functions in the future; and |
3. | As soon as we can raise sufficient capital or our operations generate sufficient cash flow, we will hire additional personnel to handle our accounting and reporting functions. |
While the first two steps of our remediation process are ongoing, we do not expect to remediate the weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting until the time when we start to commercialize our products (and, therefore, may have sufficient cash flow for hiring sufficient personnel to handle our accounting and reporting functions).
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A material weakness (within the meaning of PCAOB Auditing Standard No. 5) is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of our annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. A significant deficiency is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting that is less severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those responsible for oversight of the company's financial reporting.
This annual report does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by our registered public accounting firm because as a smaller reporting company we are not subject to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting
No change in our system of internal control over financial reporting occurred during the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION
None.
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PART III
ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE.
The following table sets forth certain information as of March 28, 2014 concerning our directors and executive officers. Some of our officers and directors reside outside of the United States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect service of process within the United States upon them or to enforce judgments obtained in the United States courts against them.
Name | Age | Position | ||||
Timur Khromaev | 38 | Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
Michael Doron | 52 | Director, Chairman | ||||
Herve Collet | 66 | Chief Operating Officer |
Timur Khromaev, age 38, is an advisor at ARTA, a leading Ukrainian investment company where until September 2013 he managed investment banking, corporate finance, brokerage and asset management departments. Prior to co-founding ARTA in 2002, Mr. Khromaev was a Deputy Chairman of the Board at Closed Corporation “TAS-Invest Bank” where he supervised the Investment Banking and Corporate Finance Departments. Before joining “TAS-Invest Bank”, Mr. Khromaev served as the Deputy Chairman of the Board at another Ukrainian bank – Closed Corporation “NRB-Ukraine”, where he was responsible for management of the bank’s Treasury and the Corporate Finance Department. From 1997 till 2001 Mr. Khromaev held top ranking positions at the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine including the post of the Head of Capital Markets Development Department. His scope of activity included the implementation of the state debt policy in the domestic and foreign capital markets, optimization of the state commercial debt structure, coordination of the Ministry’s co-operation with the National Bank of Ukraine and the State Treasury, as well as elaboration of the legislative acts related to the state commercial debts. Mr. Khromaev obtained a B.A. degree in Economics from Union College, New York, USA in 1997, and Master's degree in International Law from Institute of International Relations, Kiev National Taras Shevchenko University. He also completed training in International Law at Cambridge University (1995). We believe that Mr. Khromaev’s qualifications and business experience with the companies operating in Ukraine make him uniquely qualified to sit on our board of directors.
Michael Doron , age 52, is an accomplished corporate leader with executive level experience in the financing of small to mid-cap private and public companies. Currently based in Stockholm, Sweden, he has been the Managing Director of Alta Nordic, a boutique consulting company, since October 2013. From 2009 to April 2013, Mr. Doron was the Managing Partner at DDR & Associates, a business development firm specializing in pre-IPO companies. Previously Mr. Doron was Co-Founder and a Partner in Evolution Capital, a private firm working in conjunction with DDR, and specializing in providing capital to publicly held companies using various debt instruments. He serves on the Board of Directors of MusclePharm Corp (NASDAQ: MSLP) and Next Graphite, Inc. (OTCBB: GPNE). We believe that Mr. Doron’s qualifications and his extensive experience with emerging public companies provide a unique perspective for our board.
Herve Collet , age 66, has worked as a consulting petroleum engineer on various projects in the U.S., Ukraine, Canada, Russia and France since 2010. Since 2012, he has been the Consulting Operation Engineer for European Gas Limited whose project is located in France. From 2010 through 2012, Mr. Collet was a Consulting Petroleum Engineer at Kulczyk Oil and Gas located in Canada, U.S. Ukraine and Russia. From 2005 to 2010, he was the Vice President of Operations at PanTerra Resource Corp. in Canada. From 2004 to 2005, Mr. Collet was the General Manager of Canoro Resources Ltd. Delhi India in India. Prior to that, he worked in various capacities including senior drilling engineer, general manager, project manager and deputy director general on oil and gas projects worldwide, including countries of the former Soviet Union, Latin America, North Africa, Canada and Western Europe. Mr. Collet started his career in the industry in 1974. Mr. Collet obtained an AB degree in Geology from the University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada, and an AB degree in Engineering from the Mount Royal College, Calgary, Canada.
All of our officers and directors spend 30% to 50% of their professional time on the Company’s operation. In the future when the Company commences drilling, however, more of their time will be devoted.
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Our directors hold their positions on the board until our next annual meeting of the shareholders, and until their successors have been qualified after being elected or appointed. Officers serve at the discretion of the board of directors.
There are no family relationships among our directors and executive officers. There is no arrangement or understanding between or among our executive officers and directors pursuant to which any director or officer was or is to be selected as a director or officer, and there is no arrangement, plan or understanding as to whether non-management shareholders will exercise their voting rights to continue to elect the current board of directors.
Our directors and executive officers have not, during the past ten years:
● | had any bankruptcy petition filed by or against any business of which was a general partner or executive officer, either at the time of the bankruptcy or within two years prior to that time, | |
● | been convicted in a criminal proceeding and is not subject to a pending criminal proceeding, | |
● | been subject to any order, judgment or decree, not subsequently reversed, suspended or vacated, of any court of competent jurisdiction, permanently or temporarily enjoining, barring, suspending or otherwise limiting his involvement in any type of business, securities, futures, commodities or banking activities; or | |
● | been found by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), the Securities Exchange Commission or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to have violated a federal or state securities or commodities law, and the judgment has not been reversed, suspended or vacate |
Board Committees
We currently do not have standing audit, nominating or compensation committees. Currently, our entire board of directors is responsible for the functions that would otherwise be handled by these committees. We intend, however, to establish an audit committee, a nominating committee and a compensation committee of the board of directors as soon as practicable. We envision that the audit committee will be primarily responsible for reviewing the services performed by our independent auditors, evaluating our accounting policies and our system of internal controls. The nominating committee would be primarily responsible for nominating directors and setting policies and procedures for the nomination of directors. The nominating committee would also be responsible for overseeing the creation and implementation of our corporate governance policies and procedures. The compensation committee will be primarily responsible for reviewing and approving our salary and benefit policies (including stock options), including compensation of executive officers.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
The Board of Directors does not currently have Audit Committee financial expert, as defined under Item 407(d)(5)(i) of Regulation S-K.
Code of Ethics
We do not have a code of ethics but intend to adopt one in the near future.
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Board Leadership Structure
Timur Khromaev is our Chief Executive Officer. Michael Doron is the Chairman of our Board of Directors. We believe a board leadership structure involving one person serving as chairman and another as chief executive officer is best for our company and our stockholders. Further, we believe this separation improves the Board’s oversight of management, provides greater accountability of management to stockholders, and allows the chief executive officer to focus on managing our business operations, while allowing the chairman to focus on more effectively leading the Board and overseeing our general strategic direction and extraordinary transactions.
Potential Conflict of Interest
Since we do not have an audit or compensation committee comprised of independent Directors, the functions that would have been performed by such committees are performed by our Board of Directors. Thus, there is a potential conflict of interest in that our Directors have the authority to determine issues concerning management compensation, in essence their own, and audit issues that may affect management decisions. We are not aware of any other conflicts of interest with any of our executives or Directors.
Board’s Role in Risk Oversight
The Board assesses on an ongoing basis the risks faced by the Company. These risks include financial, technological, competitive, and operational risks. The Board dedicates time at each of its meetings to review and consider the relevant risks faced by the Company at that time. In addition, since the Company does not have an Audit Committee, the Board is also responsible for the assessment and oversight of the Company’s financial risk exposures.
ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
The following is a summary of the compensation we paid to our executive officers, for the two fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012.
Summary Compensation Table
Name and Position | Year | Salary ($) |
Stock Awards ($) |
All Other Compensation ($) |
Total ($) |
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Timur Khromaev(1) | 2013 | 21,000 | 299,992 | - | 320,992 | |||||||||||||
CEO, CFO and Director of the Company COO of GEEI | 2012 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
Michael Doron(2) | 2013 | 25,500 | 299,992 | 325,492 | ||||||||||||||
CEO, CFO and Director of the Company CEO, CFO and Director of GEEI | 2012 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
David Schwartz(3) | 2013 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
CEO, CFO and Director | 2012 | - | - | - | - |
(1) | Mr. Khromaev was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director of the Company on December 9, 2013. |
(2) | Mr. Doron was appointed as our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director of the Company on July 25, 2013. He resigned as the CEO and CFO on December 9, 2013. |
(3) | Mr. Schwartz resigned as our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Sole Director of the Company on July 25, 2013. |
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Compensation Discussion and Analysis
Overview
We intend to provide our named executive officers (as defined in Item 402 of Regulation S-K) with a competitive base salary that is in line with their roles and responsibilities when compared to peer companies of comparable size in similar locations.
Employment Agreements
On April 15, 2013, GEEI and Mr. Michael Doron entered into an independent consultant agreement for his service as GEEI’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Director and Treasurer for a term of six months. The agreement is automatically renewable for additional six months unless either party notifies the other at least 30 days prior to the end of the term of an intention to terminate. Under the agreement, Mr. Doron is compensated with a monthly cash compensation of US$3,000, payable in arrears. He also received 299,992 shares of the Company’s common stock which are not subject to any vesting conditions or subject to forfeiture.
On May 30, 2013, GEEI and Mr. Timur Khromaev entered into an independent consultant agreement for his service as GEEI’s Chief Operating Officer for a term of six months. The agreement is automatically renewable for additional six months unless either party notifies the other at least 30 days prior to the end of the term of an intention to terminate. Under the agreement, Mr. Khromaev is compensated with a monthly cash compensation of US$3,000, payable in arrears. He also received 299,992 shares of the Company’s common stock which are not subject to any vesting conditions or subject to forfeiture.
Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year End
None.
Additional Narrative Disclosure
We have no plans that provide for the payment of retirement benefits, or benefits that will be paid primarily following retirement, including, but not limited to, tax qualified defined benefit plans, supplemental executive retirement plans, tax qualified defined contribution plans and non-qualified defined contribution plans.
Director Compensation
The following table reflects the compensation of the directors (other than the named executive officers) including director fees and consulting fees for the Company’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2013:
Name of Director | Fees Earned ($) | Stock Awards ($)(1) | Total ($) | |||||||||
Johnnie Zarecor(2) | 5,000 | 30,016 | 35,016 | |||||||||
Michael Doron | 25,500 | 299,992 | 325,492 | |||||||||
Timur Khromaev | 21,000 | 299,992 | 320,992 |
(1) | The amounts in these columns represent the compensation cost of stock awards granted during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, except that these amounts do not include any estimate of forfeitures. The amount recognized for these awards was calculated based on the value of the stock awards at the time of vesting. |
(2) | Ms. Johnnie Zarecor resigned as the Chairperson and a director of the Company on December 9, 2013. As of the date of her resignation, Ms. Zarecor earned stock awards of 30,016 shares of common stock in the amount of US$30,016. |
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On April 15, 2013, GEEI and Escrow, LLC entered into an independent consultant agreement for the service of Johnnie Zarecor, the principal of Escrow, LLC, as GEEI’s Chairperson and Secretary for a term of six months. The agreement is automatically renewable for additional six months unless either party notifies the other at least 30 days prior to the end of the term of an intention to terminate. Under the agreement, Escrow, LLC, which is controlled by Ms. Zarecor, is compensated with a six-month cash stipend of US$5,000, payable in arrears. Escrow, LLC also received 30,016 shares of the Company’s common stock which are not subject to any vesting conditions or subject to forfeiture.
ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS
The following table sets forth information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock as of March 28, 2014 by (i) any person or group with more than 5% of any class of voting securities, (ii) each director, (iii) our chief executive officer and each other executive officer whose cash compensation for the most recent fiscal year exceeded $100,000, and (iv) all such executive officers and directors as a group. Unless otherwise specified, the address of each of the officers and directors set forth below is in care of the Company, 173 Keith St., Suite 300, Warrenton, VA 20186. Except as indicated in the footnotes to this table and subject to applicable community property laws, the persons named in the table to our knowledge have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of securities shown as beneficially owned by them.
Name | Office | Shares Beneficially Owned(1) | Percent of Class(2) | |||||||
Officers and Directors | ||||||||||
Michael Doron | Chairman, Director and Secretary | 299,992 | * | |||||||
Timur Khromaev(3)(4) | Director, CEO, CFO and Treasurer | 27,495,511 | 53.7 | % | ||||||
All officers and directors as a group (2 persons named above) | 27,795,505 | 54.3 | % | |||||||
5% Securities Holders | ||||||||||
Bezerius Holdings Limited(3)(4) Boumpoulimas, 11, 3rd Floor Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus 1060 | 27,495,513 | 53.7 | % |
* | Less than 1%. |
(1) | Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. |
(2) | Based on 51,227,896 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of March 28, 2014. |
(3) | Includes one share of common stock issuable upon conversion of one share of Series A preferred stock. |
(4) | Ask Management LTD and Ask Investments LTD collectively hold 100% of the equity interests of Bezerius Holdings Limited as trustees for the benefit of Mr. Timur Khromaev, our former CEO, CFO and director. |
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Change in Control
As of the date of this report, there were no arrangements which may result in a change in control of the Company.
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plan
None.
ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE
Transactions with related persons
On November 14, 2011, we issued a total of 3,000,000 shares of common stock to Mr. David Schwartz, the then Company’s sole Officer and Director, for total cash consideration of $30,000 which was received in January 2012.
On June 1, 2013, Mr. Schwartz and GEEI entered into an Affiliate Stock Purchase Agreement, which was amended on July 15, 2013, pursuant to which on July 25, 2013 Mr. Schwartz sold to GEEI 3,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock representing approximately 89.3% of the then issued and outstanding shares of common stock.
On July 25, 2013, GEEI entered into the Option Agreement with BHL, whereby GEEI purchase from BHL 1,000 shares of equity capital of SSL, representing all issued and outstanding shares of SSL, for $1,250,000. GEEI paid to BHL $912,500 towards the purchase price of the SSL shares in cash and issued a promissory note in the principal amount of $337,500 for the balance of the option exercise price. The note bears no interest and has a maturity date of December 31, 2013, which was extended to June 30, 2014. The obligations of GEEI under the note are secured by 1,000 shares of SSL purchased by GEEI under the Option Agreement in accordance with the Pledge and Security Agreement dated November 25, 2013 made by GEEI in favor of the collateral agent acting on behalf of BHL.
On July 25, 2013, the Company issued 25,799,984 shares of its common stock to BHL in connection with the option grant under the Option Agreement. GEEI cancelled 3,000,000 shares of common stock acquired from Mr. Schwartz effective immediately after the issuance of such shares to BHL.
Under a Participating Agent Agreement dated as October 1, 2013 by and between BHL and the Company’s placement agent, BHL is entitled to receive from the placement agent a cash compensation of 5% of the investment amounts subscribed for and warrants to purchase 5% of the Company securities purchased by investors introduced by BHL. As of the date of this report, BHL has not received any such compensation.
Other than the above transactions or as otherwise set forth in this report or in any reports filed by the Company with the SEC, there have been no related party transactions, or any other transactions or relationships required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K. The Company is currently not a subsidiary of any company.
The Company’s Board conducts an appropriate review of and oversees all related party transactions on a continuing basis and reviews potential conflict of interest situations where appropriate. The Board has not adopted formal standards to apply when it reviews, approves or ratifies any related party transaction. However, the Board believes that the related party transactions are fair and reasonable to the Company and on terms comparable to those reasonably expected to be agreed to with independent third parties for the same goods and/or services at the time they are authorized by the Board.
Director Independence
We are not subject to listing requirements of any national securities exchange and, as a result, we are not at this time required to have our board comprised of a majority of “independent Directors.” We do not believe that any of our directors currently meets the definition of “independent” as promulgated by the rules and regulations of NASDAQ.
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ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
The following lists fees billed by the auditors for the Company, for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012:
Financial Statements for the Year Ended December 31 | Audit Services | Audit Related Fees | Tax Fees | Other Fees | ||||||||||||
2013(1) | $ | 7,280 | ||||||||||||||
2013(2) | $ | 8,500 | ||||||||||||||
2013(3) | $ | 6,838 | ||||||||||||||
2013(4) | $ | 18,136 | ||||||||||||||
2013 | $ | 3,000 | 3,122 | |||||||||||||
2012(2) | $ | 10,500 | 500 |
(1) | These services were provided by Anton & Chia, LLP who were engaged October 3, 2013. |
(2) | These services were provided by Weinberg & Baer LLC who were engaged through October 3, 2013. |
(3) | These services were provided by Baker Tilly Klitou&Partners, Cyprus who were engaged through July 24, 2013. |
(4) | These services were provided by Baker Tilly Ukraine who were engaged through June 25, 2013. |
● | Audit Fees. Represents fees for professional services provided for the audit of the Company’s annual financial statements and review of its quarterly financial statements, and for audit services provided in connection with other statutory or regulatory filings. |
● | Audit-Related Fees. Represents fees for assurance and other services related to the audit of Company’s financial statements. |
● | Tax Fees. Represents fees for professional services provided primarily for tax compliance and advice. |
● | All Other Fees. Represents fees for products and services not otherwise included in the categories above. |
In the event that we should require substantial non-audit services, the audit committee would pre-approve such services and fees.
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PART IV
ITEM 15. EXHIBITS
(a) Financial Statements and Schedules
The following financial statements and schedules listed below are included in this Form 10-K.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | F-1 | |||
Audited Financial Statements | F-2 | |||
Balance Sheets | F-3 | |||
Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) | F-4 | |||
Statements of Stockholders' Deficit | F-5 | |||
Statements of Cash Flows | F-6 | |||
Notes to Financial Statements | F-7 |
(b) Exhibits
Number | Description | |
2.1 | Share Exchange Agreement (1) | |
3.1 | Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (2) | |
3.2 | Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (3) | |
3.3 | By-laws of the Company (2) | |
4.1 | Promissory Note made by GEEI to BHL (4) | |
4.2 | Certificate of Designations of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock (4) | |
4.3 | Specimen of Common Stock Certificate (5) | |
10.1 | Form of Option Agreement by and between GEEI and BHL (1) | |
10.2 | Form of Subscription Agreement by and among the Company and investors (1) | |
10.3 | Affiliate Stock Purchase Agreement by and between GEEI and David Schwartz (1) | |
10.4 | Amendment to Affiliate Stock Purchase Agreement by and between GEEI and David Schwartz (1) | |
10.5 | Independent Consultant Agreement by and between GEEI and Michael Doron (1) | |
10.6 | Independent Consultant Agreement by and between GEEI and Escrow, LLC (1) | |
10.7 | Independent Consultant Agreement by and between GEEI and Timur Khromaev (5) | |
10.8 | Competent Person’s Report* |
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21.1 | List of Subsidiaries (5) | |
31.1 | Certifications of Larysa Prymenko pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002* | |
32.1 | Certification of Larysa Prymenko pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002* | |
101** | Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T |
** XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections.
Footnotes:
*Filed herewith
(1) | Incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 31, 2013. |
(2) | Incorporated by reference to our Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the SEC on February 3, 2012. |
(3) | Incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 19, 2013. |
(4) | Incorporated by reference to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on November 26, 2013. |
(5) | Incorporated by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the SEC on April 15, 2014. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
GASE Energy, Inc. | ||
Date: February 26, 2015 | By: | /s/ Larysa Prymenko |
Name: Larysa Prymenko | ||
Title: Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Name and Title | Date | ||
/s/ Larysa Prymenko | February 26, 2015 | ||
Larysa Prymenko | |||
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ Michael Doron | February 26, 2015 | ||
Michael Doron, Director |
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GREAT EAST ENERGY, INC.
(Currently Known As GASE Energy, Inc.)
Index to Consolidated Financial Statements
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Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms | F-1 | |||
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2013 (Consolidated) and 2012 (Combined) | F-3 | |||
Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss) For the years ended December 31, 2013 (Consolidated) and 2012 (Combined) | F-4 | |||
Statement of Stockholders’ Equity For the years ended December 31, 2013 (Consolidated) and 2012 (Combined) | F-5 | |||
Statements of Cash Flows For the years ended December 31, 2013 (Consolidated) and 2012 (Combined) | F-6 | |||
Notes to Financial Statements | F-7 |
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Great East Energy, Inc.
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheet of Great East Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2013, and the related statements of comprehensive income (loss), changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audit. The combined financial statements of the predecessor companies to the Company (Synderal Services Ltd., NPK-Kontakt LLC and Lispromgaz LLC – collectively, the “Group”) as of December 31, 2012 and for the year then ended were audited by other auditors, whose report dated September 27, 2013 expressed an unqualified opinion on those combined financial statements.
We conducted our audit in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company was not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2013, and the results of their operations and cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company incurred a 2013 net loss of $3,959,728, which resulted in an accumulated deficit $2,804,286 as of December 31, 2013. Further, the Company’s operating activities are based in the Ukraine, which is undergoing significant political unrest as discussed in Note 14. These conditions, among others, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans concerning these matters are also described in Note 15, which includes the raising of additional equity financing. The consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
/s/ Anton & Chia, LLP
Newport Beach, California
April 15, 2014
4400 MacArthur Blvd. Suite 970 Newport Beach, CA 92660 Tel. 949.769.8905 Fax: 949.623.9885 info@ancsecservices.com
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T: +380 (44) 284 18 65 | |
T: +380 (44) 284 18 66 | |
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm
To the shareholders of Synderal Services LTD
We have audited the accompanying combined balance sheets of Synderal Services LTD and its subsidiaries (the "Group") as of December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, and the related combined statements of comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2012, These combined financial statements are the responsibility of the Group's management Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these combined financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the combined financial position of the Group as of December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2012 in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Baker Tilly Ukraine
Kyiv, Ukraine
September 27, 2013
Baker Tilly is a trademark of the UK firm Baker Tilly UK Group LLP, used by Baker Tilly Ukraine LLP under license. The Company Registration is No.3037906.
An independent member of Baker Tilly International
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GREAT EAST ENERGY, INC. | ||||||||
BALANCE SHEET |
(Consolidated) | (Combined) | |||||||
December 31, | December 31, | |||||||
2013 | 2012 | |||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||
Cash | $ | 99,650 | $ | 199,403 | ||||
Accounts receivable, net | 6,207 | 21,964 | ||||||
Investments | - | 340,576 | ||||||
Inventories | 41,749 | 57,038 | ||||||
Other current assets | 7,281 | 4,940 | ||||||
Deferred income tax assets | 2,945 | 3,519 | ||||||
Total current assets | 157,832 | 627,440 | ||||||
Long-term assets: | ||||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 1,090,537 | 1,201,631 | ||||||
Deferred income tax assets | 21,015 | 11,511 | ||||||
Total Long-term assets | 1,111,552 | 1,213,142 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 1,269,384 | $ | 1,840,582 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||
Notes payable to related parties | $ | 4,453 | $ | 424,012 | ||||
Bank overdraft | 454 | 304 | ||||||
Accounts payable | 87,585 | 36,917 | ||||||
Taxes payable | 9,567 | 74,283 | ||||||
Related party payables | 340,525 | 25 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 442,584 | 535,541 | ||||||
Long-term liabilities: | ||||||||
Notes issued | - | 25,890 | ||||||
Asset retirement obligations | 56,917 | 53,591 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 56,917 | 79,481 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 499,501 | 615,022 | ||||||
Stockholders’ equity : | ||||||||
Series A preferred stock - $.0001 par value; 1 shares authorized; 0 shares outstanding as of December 30, 2012, 1 Series A shares issued and outstanding December 31, 2013 | ||||||||
Undesignated preferred stock - $.0001 par value; 9,999,999 authorized; 0 shares outstanding as of December 30, 2012 and December 31, 2013 | - | - | ||||||
Common stock - $.0001 par value; 100,000,000 and 5,600,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively; | ||||||||
51,177,896 and 188,160,000 shares issued and outstanding, at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively | 5,118 | 18,816 | ||||||
Additional paid-in capital | 3,569,051 | 50,801 | ||||||
Accumulated deficit | (2,804,286 | ) | 1,155,943 | |||||
Total stockholders' equity | 769,883 | 1,225,560 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | $ | 1,269,384 | $ | 1,840,582 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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GREAT EAST ENERGY, INC. |
STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) |
For The Years Ended December 31, 2013 (Consolidated) and 2012 (Combined) |
(Consolidated) From Year Ended December 31, 2013 | (Combined) From Year Ended December 31, 2012 | |||||||
REVENUES AND OTHER INCOME | ||||||||
Gas sales | $ | 274,435 | $ | 252,817 | ||||
Other sales | 53,669 | 50,067 | ||||||
Other income | 20,507 | 41,633 | ||||||
Total Revenues and Other Income | 348,611 | 344,517 | ||||||
OPERATING EXPENSES | ||||||||
Organizational expenses | 902 | - | ||||||
Operating and maintenance expenses | 249,748 | 215,436 | ||||||
General and administrative expenses | 196,675 | 174,393 | ||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 107,811 | 108,640 | ||||||
Professional fees | 3,749,830 | - |
Total Operating Expenses | 4,304,966 | 498,469 | ||||||
Loss from operations | (3,956,355 | ) | (153,952 | ) | ||||
Other Income (Expense): | ||||||||
Finance costs | (8,240 | ) | (3,449 | ) | ||||
Income from sale of emission reduction units | - | 215,885 | ||||||
Other Income (Expense) | (8,240 | ) | 212,436 | |||||
INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAX | (3,964,595 | ) | 58,484 | |||||
Income tax benefit/(provision) | 4,867 | (31,821 | ) | |||||
NET INCOME (LOSS) APPLICABLE TO COMMON SHARES | $ | (3,959,728 | ) | $ | 26,663 | |||
Other Comprehensive Loss | ||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | (501 | ) | (503 | ) | ||||
Total other comprehensive loss | (501 | ) | (503 | ) | ||||
COMPREHENSIVE LOSS | $ | (3,960,229 | ) | $ | 26,160 | |||
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER BASIC AND DILUTED SHARES | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.00 | |||
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING | 127,884,636 | 178,245,256 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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GREAT EAST ENERGY, INC. | |
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY | |
For the years ended December 31, 2013 (Consolidated) and 2012 (Combined) |
Preferred Stock | Common Stock | Additional Paid-in | Stock Subscriptions | Advances Subscriptions from | Accumulated | Total Stockholders' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares | Amount | Shares | Amount | Capital | Receivable | Investors | Deficit | Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balances at December 31, 2011 | - | $ | - | 168,000,000 | $ | 16,800 | $ | 13,200 | $ | (9,000 | ) | $ | - | $ | 1,184,364 | $ | 1,205,364 | |||||||||||||||||||
Stock subscription payment received | - | - | - | - | - | 9,000 | - | - | 9,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common stock issued for cash | - | - | 20,160,000 | 2,016 | 36,184 | - | - | - | 38,200 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 26,160 | 26,160 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balances at December 31, 2012 | - | - | 188,160,000 | 18,816 | 49,384 | - | - | 1,210,524 | 1,278,724 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Recapitaliztion adjustment | - | - | - | - | (441,509 | ) | - | - | (54,581 | ) | (496,090 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common shares issued for option agreement | 1 | - | 25,964,960 | 2,597 | - | - | - | 2,597 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cancelation of shares per option agreement | - | - | (168,000,000 | ) | (16,800 | ) | 16,800 | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Stock Sold for Cash, net of offering costs of $89,593 | - | - | 1,274,952 | 127 | 1,184,287 | - | (200,000 | ) | - | 985,414 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common shares issued for services | - | - | 3,777,984 | 378 | 3,777,606 | - | - | - | 3,777,984 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Contribution of additional paid-in capital | - | - | - | - | 69,104 | - | - | - | 69,104 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Investment in subsidiary | (1,087,621 | ) | (1,087,621 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advance subscriptions from investors | - | - | - | - | - | - | 200,000 | - | 200,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | (3,960,229 | ) | (3,960,229 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balances at December 31, 2013 | 1 | $ | - | 51,177,896 | $ | 5,118 | $ | 3,569,051 | $ | - | $ | - | $ | (2,804,286 | ) | $ | 769,883 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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GREAT EAST ENERGY, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013 (CONSOLIDATED) AND 2012 (COMBINED)
(Consolidated) For the Year Ended December 31 2013 | (Combined) For the Year Ended December 31, 2012 | |||||||
Operating Activities: | ||||||||
Net loss | $ | (3,960,229 | ) | $ | 26,160 | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
Common shares issued for services | 3,777,984 | - | ||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 107,811 | 108,640 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | (9,504 | ) | (9,534 | ) | ||||
Accretion expense | 3,326 | 4,857 | ||||||
Finance costs | 8,240 | 3,449 | ||||||
Other | 3,786 | 96 | ||||||
Changes in assets and liabilities: | - | |||||||
Accounts receivable | 15,757 | (4,808 | ) | |||||
Inventory | 15,289 | (1,388 | ) | |||||
Advances paid and deferred expenses | - | (182 | ) | |||||
Prepaid expenses | (2,341 | ) | - | |||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 50,668 | 13,181 | ||||||
Prepaid taxes and taxes payable | (64,143 | ) | 12,558 | |||||
Notes Issued | (34,130 | ) | - | |||||
Related party payable | (153,865 | ) | - | |||||
Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Operating Activities | (241,351 | ) | 153,029 | |||||
Investing Activities: | ||||||||
Sales of property, plant and equipment | - | (29,284 | ) | |||||
Change in deposits | 19,857 | (20,148 | ) | |||||
Repayment of notes | - | 244,023 | ||||||
Receipts from collections of loans issued | 320,433 | - | ||||||
Deposits for investments | (750,121 | ) | - | |||||
Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Investing Activities | (409,830 | ) | 194,591 | |||||
Financing Activities: | ||||||||
Contributions | (67,857 | ) | - | |||||
Proceeds from loans received | 150 | 11,838 | ||||||
Repayments of loans received | (365,939 | ) | (253,841 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from common stock issued for cash | 985,407 | 47,200 | ||||||
Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Financing Activities | 551,931 | (194,803 | ) | |||||
Net (Decrease) Increase in Cash | (99,250 | ) | 152,817 | |||||
Cash, Beginning of Year Cash, End of Year | 199,403 | 46,639 | ||||||
$ | 99,650 | $ | 199,403 | |||||
Supplemental Disclosures of Cash flow information: | ||||||||
Cash paid for interest | $ | - | $ | - | ||||
Cash paid for taxes | $ | 4,171 | $ | 4,171 | ||||
Non Cash Financing Activities | ||||||||
Increase in capital due to share restructuring | $ | 14,203 | $ | - |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
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GREAT EAST ENERGY, INC.
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2013
NOTE 1 – ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Great East Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated under the name Epsilon Corp. in Delaware on October 17, 2011. The Company's current business plan is acquisition and development of natural gas properties located in Ukraine.
On July 25, 2013, the Company consummated transactions pursuant to a Share Exchange Agreement (the “Share Exchange Agreement”) dated July 25, 2013 by and among the Company and the stockholders of Great East Energy, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“GEEI”), (the “GEEI Stockholders”) whereby GEEI Stockholders transferred 100% of the outstanding shares of common stock of GEEI held by them, in exchange for an aggregate of 330,008 newly issued shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $.001 per share (“Common Stock”). As a result, GEEI became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.
On July 25, 2013, GEEI entered into a Stock Purchase Option Agreement (the “Option Agreement”) with Bezerius Holdings Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus (“BHL”), whereby BHL granted to GEEI an option to purchase 1,000 shares of equity capital of Synderal Services LTD, a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus ("SSL"), representing all issued and outstanding shares of SSL, for $1,250,000. SSL is engaged in the gas exploration and production business in Ukraine through its two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Limited Liability Company NPK-KONTAKT and Limited Liability Company LISPROMGAZ, each a legal entity formed under the laws of Ukraine.
Under the Option Agreement, GEEI was required to pay to BHL $412,500 as an advance payment to be credited towards the purchase price of the SSL shares. The Company made the advance payment on July 25, 2013. The balance of the purchase price in the amount of $837,500 was paid by GEEI upon exercise of the option that was completed on November 25, 2013 by paying to BHL $500,000 in cash and issuing a promissory note in the principal amount of $337,500 for the balance of the option exercise price. The note bears no interest and has a maturity date of December 31, 2013, which was extended to March 31, 2013. The obligations of GEEI under the note are secured by 1,000 shares of SSL purchased by GEEI under the Option Agreement in accordance with the Pledge and Security Agreement dated November 25, 2013 made by GEEI in favor of the collateral agent acting on behalf of BHL. As a result, SSL, Limited Liability Company NPK-KONTAKT and Limited Liability Company LISPROMGAZ became indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.
NOTE 2 – BASIS OF CONSOLIDATION AND COMBINATION
The Group’s entities maintain accounting books and records in local currencies of their domicile in accordance with the requirements of respective accounting and tax legislations. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in order to present the Group's financial position and its results of operations and cash flows in accordance with US GAAP and are expressed in terms of US Dollars ($), unless otherwise stated.
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The consolidated financial statements are based upon the historical financial statements of the Company, Synderal Services LTD, NPK-Kontakt LLC and Lispromgas LLC and certain adjustments that rely on preliminary estimates and certain assumptions which the Company believes are reasonable under the circumstances.
The adjustments made in preparing the interim consolidated financial statements are as follows:
- elimination of intra-entity transactions between Great East Energy, Inc. and Synderal Services LTD;
- elimination of intra-entity transactions between NPK-Kontakt LLC and Lispromgaz LLC;
- elimination of intra-entity balances between NPK-Kontakt LLC and Lispromgaz LLC;
- elimination of share capital of NPK-Kontakt LLC and Lispromgaz LLC and representation of payables for acquisition of subsidiaries incurred in connection with acquisition of NPK-Kontakt LLC and Lispromgaz LLC in March 2013.
NOTE 3 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Basis of Presentation
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Although the Company uses its best estimates and judgments, actual results could differ from these estimates as future confirming events occur.
Reporting and functional currency
The Company’s functional and Group’s reporting currency is the US dollar ("USD").
The national currency of Ukraine, Ukrainian Hryvnia (“UAH”) is the functional currency for the Group’s entities that operate in Ukraine. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the US dollar have been translated into the US dollar at the rate prevailing at each balance sheet date. Non-monetary assets and liabilities in currencies other than the US dollar have been translated into US dollars at historical rates. Non US dollar revenues, expenses and cash flows have been translated into US dollars at rates which approximate actual rates at the date of the transaction. Translation differences resulting from the use of these rates are included in the statement of income.
The cumulative translation effects for those entities using functional currencies other than the US dollar are included in “Foreign currency translation adjustment” on the statement of equity.
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Use of Estimates
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Revenue recognition
Revenues from the sale of natural gas are recognized when title passes to customers, collection of the relevant receivable is probable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists and the sale price is fixed or determinable.
Cash
Cash consists principally of currency on hand, demand deposits at commercial banks, and liquid investment funds having an original maturity of three months or less at the time of purchase.
Inventories
Inventories are stated at the lower of current market value or cost. The cost of inventories is based on the FIFO method and includes expenditures and other charges directly and indirectly incurred in bringing the inventory to its existing condition and location. Inventories are made up of pipe and other material used to extract gas.
Accounts receivable
Accounts receivable are recorded at their transaction amounts less allowance for doubtful accounts. Allowance for doubtful accounts is recorded to the extent that there is a likelihood that any of the amounts due will not be obtained. The allowance is based on historical experience, current and expected economic trends and specific information about customer accounts. Accordingly, actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during those reporting periods.
Property, plant and equipment
Depreciation, depletion and amortization, based on cost less estimated salvage value of the asset, are primarily determined under either the unit-of-production method or the straight-line method, which is based on estimated asset service life taking obsolescence into consideration. Maintenance and repairs, including planned major maintenance, are expensed as incurred. Major renewals and improvements are capitalized and the assets replaced are retired.
Production costs are expensed as incurred. Production involves lifting the gas to the surface and gathering, treating, field processing and field storage of the gas. Production costs are those incurred to operate and maintain wells and related equipment and facilities. These costs become part of the cost of gas produced.
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Interest costs incurred to finance expenditures during the construction phase of multiyear projects are capitalized as part of the historical cost of acquiring the constructed assets. The project construction phase commences with the development of the detailed engineering design and ends when the constructed assets are ready for their intended use.
Gas properties (wells) are accounted for using the successful efforts method of accounting whereby property acquisitions, successful exploratory wells, development costs, and support equipment and facilities are capitalized and depleted using the unit-of-production method. Unsuccessful exploratory wells are expensed when a well is determined to be non-productive. Other exploratory expenditures, including geological and geophysical cost are expensed as incurred.
The Group capitalizes costs related to exploratory wells and exploratory-type stratigraphic wells for more than one year if the well has found a sufficient quantity of reserves to justify its completion as a producing well and the company is making sufficient progress assessing the reserves and the economic and operating viability of the project. If these conditions are not met or if information that raises substantial doubt about the economic or operational viability of the project is obtained, the well would be assumed impaired, and its cost, net of any salvage value, would be charged to operating expenses.
The capitalized costs of all other plant and equipment are depreciated or amortized over their estimated useful lives on a straight-line basis.
Long-lived assets, including gas properties, are assessed for possible impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset group may not be recoverable. Such events include write-downs of proved reserves based on field performance, significant decreases in the market value of an asset, significant change in the extent or manner of use of or a physical change in an asset, and a more-likely-than-not expectation that a long-lived asset or asset group will be sold or otherwise disposed of significantly sooner than the end of its previously estimated useful life. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of their carrying amount with their estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by such assets. Impaired assets are written down to their estimated fair values, generally their discounted, future net before-tax cash flows.
Asset retirement obligation and environmental liabilities
The Group incurs asset retirement obligations for certain assets. These obligations may include the costs of asset disposal and additional soil remediation. The fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation is recorded as a liability when there is a legal obligation associated with the retirement of a long-lived asset and the amount can be reasonably estimated. In the estimation of fair value, the Group uses assumptions and judgments regarding such factors as the existence of a legal obligation for an asset retirement obligation; technical assessments of the assets; estimated amounts and timing of settlements; discount rates; and inflation rates. The costs associated with these liabilities are capitalized as part of the related assets and depreciated. Over time, the liabilities are accreted for the change in their present value.
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Liabilities for environmental costs are recorded when it is probable that obligations have been incurred and the amounts can be reasonably estimated. Environmental expenditures that relate to ongoing operations or to conditions caused by past operations are expensed. Expenditures that create future benefits or contribute to future revenue generation are capitalized.
The gross amount of environmental liabilities is based on the company’s best estimate of future costs using currently available technology. Future amounts are not discounted.
Start-up Costs
In accordance with ASC 720, “Start-up Activities,” the Company expenses all costs incurred in connection with the start-up and organization of the Company.
Common Stock Issued For Other Than Cash Proceeds
Services purchased and other transactions settled in the Company's common stock are recorded at the estimated fair value of the common stock issued if that value is more readily determinable than the fair value of the consideration received.
Income taxes
Income taxes represent amounts paid or estimated to be payable, net of amounts refunded or estimated to be refunded, for the current year and the change in deferred taxes, exclusive of amounts recorded in other comprehensive income.
Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities and are recognized using enacted tax rates for the effect of such temporary differences. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.
In accounting for uncertainty in income taxes of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return, the Group utilizes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement. The recognition threshold requires the Group to determine whether it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained upon examination, including resolution of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on the technical merits of the position in order to record any financial statement benefit. If it is more likely than not that a tax position will be sustained, then the Group must measure the tax position to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in financial statements. The tax position is measured at the largest amount of benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Group recognizes interest and penalties accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense.
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Net Income or (Loss) Per Share of Common Stock
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2013 | FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2012 | |||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (3,964,595 | ) | $ | 26,663 | |||
Weighted average common | ||||||||
shares outstanding (Basic) | 127,884,636 | 178,245,256 | ||||||
Options | - | - | ||||||
Warrants | 144,000 | - | ||||||
Weighted average common | ||||||||
shares outstanding (Diluted) | 127,884,636 | 178,245,256 | ||||||
Net loss per share | ||||||||
(Basic and diluted) | $ | (0.04 | ) | $ | 0.00 |
As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had 51,177,896 and 188,160,000 shares issued and outstanding, respectively. The Company had 144,000 potentially dilutive securities, related to warrants in 2013, currently issued and outstanding.
Significant Concentrations
There is currently one customer that makes up 100% of total gas revenue as of December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The loss of this customer would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition and results of operation
Recently Enacted Accounting Standards
Based on our review of recently enacted accounting standards, the Company believes that none of them are expected to a have a material impact on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
NOTE 4 – INCOME FROM SALE OF EMISSION REDUCTION UNITS
Due to coal mine methane exploration, the Group generates greenhouse gas Emission Reduction Units (ERUs), which could be sold according to the procedure established by Kyoto Protocol.
In 2012 the Group verified 215 thousand tons of ERUs CO2 equivalent and sold it in July to Carbon Resource Management S.A. for €175,688, (U.S. $215,884); which have been recorded as other income in the year ended December 31, 2012.
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NOTE 5 – PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES
Year ended | Year ended | |||||||
December 31, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||
Current income tax expense | (4,065 | ) | (41,355 | ) | ||||
Deferred tax | 8,931 | 9,534 | ||||||
4,867 | (31,821 | ) |
The reconciliation between income tax expense and a theoretical tax:
Year ended | Year ended | |||||||
December 31, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||
Income (loss) before income tax | ||||||||
Cyprus | (14,267 | ) | (4,426 | ) | ||||
Ukraine | (177,476 | ) | 131,438 | |||||
(191,743 | ) | 127,012 | ||||||
Income tax rate | ||||||||
Cyprus | 12.5 | % | 10.0 | % | ||||
Ukraine | 19.0 | % | 21.0 | % | ||||
Theoretical tax at statutory rate | ||||||||
Cyprus | 1,783 | 443 | ||||||
Ukraine | 33,720 | (27,602 | ) | |||||
35,504 | (27,159 | ) | ||||||
Effect of change in tax rate | (6,678 | ) | (4,544 | ) | ||||
Tax effect of permanent differences | 11,544 | (684 | ) | |||||
Tax effect of income not subject to tax | (58 | ) | 962 | |||||
Operating loss carryforwards | (35,504 | ) | (396 | ) | ||||
4,866 | (31,821 | ) |
On December 3, 2010, the new Tax Code of Ukraine was adopted, which came into effect on January 1, 2011. In accordance with the provisions of the new Tax Code, rates of the company income tax will be reduced from 25% to 16% in several stages during the years 2011-2014 starting from April 1, 2011.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured at the income tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the periods in which the deferred tax liability or asset is expected to be settled or realized.
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In accordance with Transitional provisions of the Tax Code of Ukraine, the tax exemption is provided to entities in regard to taxation of income from gas (methane) extraction. This exemption is temporary and expires on January 1, 2020.
Tax effects of temporary differences for:
December 31, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||
Current deferred tax assets and liabilities | ||||||||
Deferred tax assets | ||||||||
Accounts receivable | - | - | ||||||
Inventories | 2,322 | 2,779 | ||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 623 | 740 | ||||||
Net current deferred tax assets | 2,945 | 3,519 | ||||||
Noncurrent deferred tax assets and liabilities | ||||||||
Deferred tax assets | ||||||||
Property, plant and equipment | 11,727 | 6,023 | ||||||
Asset retirement obligations | 9,289 | 8,575 | ||||||
Operating loss carryforwards | 36,333 | 703 | ||||||
Deferred tax assets valuation allowance | (36,333 | ) | (703 | ) | ||||
21,015 | 14,598 | |||||||
Less: Offset of deferred tax assets and liabilities | - | (3,087 | ) | |||||
Net noncurrent deferred tax assets | 21,015 | 11,511 | ||||||
Deferred tax liabilities | ||||||||
Property, plant and equipment | - | (1,769 | ) | |||||
Notes issued | - | (1,318 | ) | |||||
- | (3,087 | ) | ||||||
Less: Offset of deferred tax assets and liabilities | - | 3,087 | ||||||
Net noncurrent deferred tax liabilities | - | - |
As at December 31, 2013 the Company had tax loss carry-forwards of $9,725 for SSL only, and Kontakt and Lispromgaz generated losses during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and of $3,965,096 and $4,054, respectively. Under current Cyprus legislation, tax losses may be carried forward and be offset against taxable income of the five succeeding years. Based upon the level of historical taxable income and projections for future taxable income over the periods in which the deferred income tax assets are deductible, management does not expect that deferred assets for operating loss carry-forwards will be realised.
The valuation allowance relates to deferred tax assets for operating loss carry-forwards and reduces the deferred tax assets to amounts that are, in management’s assessment, more likely than not to be realized.
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NOTE 6 – PROPERTY, PLANT, AND EQUIPMENT
December 31, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||
Wells and related equipment and facilities | 1,199,912 | 1,209,354 | ||||||
Buildings, equipment, vehicles, and other PPE | 657,960 | 657,287 | ||||||
1,857,872 | 1,866,641 | |||||||
Less: Accumulated depreciation | (767,335 | ) | (665,010 | ) | ||||
1,090,537 | 1,201,631 |
The Company’s property, plant and equipment listed above include asset retirement costs associated with its asset retirement obligations (Note 8).
Exploratory wells
The following two tables provide details of the changes in the balance of suspended exploratory well costs as well as an aging summary of those costs.
Change in capitalized suspended exploratory well costs:
Year ended December 31, 2013 | Year ended December 31, 2012 | |||||||
Beginning balance | 412,028 | 412,193 | ||||||
Effect of translation to presentation financial statement currency | - | (165 | ) | |||||
Ending balance | 412,028 | 412,028 |
Aging of capitalized suspended exploratory well costs:
December 31, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||
Capitalized for a period of between one and five years | 33,283 | 33,283 | ||||||
Capitalized for a period of between five and ten years | 378,745 | 378,745 | ||||||
412,028 | 412,028 |
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Capitalized exploratory well costs are related to one project, represented by two wells drilled in 2003: $179,847 and $232,181 as at December 31, 2012. The wells were suspended pending final assessment of the operational and economic viability of the project. A decision is expected at the end of 2013.
NOTE 7 – NOTES PAYABLE TO RELATED PARTIES
Loans received are non-interest unsecured loans, received from related parties. Loans received are shot-term loans (less than year), which were prolonged more than once. The final maturity date is June 30, 2014.
As of December 31, 2013 loans received were fully repaid. The Company has a bank overdraft in amount of $454.
NOTE 8 – ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS
Change in asset retirement obligations:
Year ended December 31, 2013 | Year ended December 31, 2012 | |||||||
Beginning balance | 53,591 | 48,754 | ||||||
Accretion expense | 3,326 | 4,857 | ||||||
Effect of translation to presentation currency | - | (20 | ) | |||||
Ending balance | 56,917 | 53,591 |
Asset retirement obligations incurred in the current period were Level 3 (unobservable inputs) fair value measurements.
NOTE 9 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
As of December 31, 2013, the Company has authorized 110,000,000 shares consisting of 100,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. On September 16, 2013, the Company effected a 56-for-1 forward stock split of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock. All common share and per share amounts have been restated for all periods presented for this stock split. As of December 31, 2013, the Company has issued 51,177,896 of the authorized shares of common stock and no shares of preferred stock.
On April 15, 2013, the Company issued 330,008 shares of common stock to the President and director as part of their consulting agreements, further discussed in note 6. The shares were valued based on an hourly rate of $150 that is compatible with the market rate for the similar positions and applied to their average of a combined 30 hours per week. The Company valued their services excluding the cash payments at $39,915. The Company also recorded the closing of Great East Energy (NV)’s accumulated deficit to additional paid in capital as part of the share exchange agreement. The shares related to this issuance were cancelled as part of the recapitalization on July 15, 2013.
On July 25, 2013, the Company issued 25,964,960 shares of Common Stock to BHL in connection with the option grant closing under the Option Agreement. The stock compensation for the period was calculated at par of $0.0001 per common share or $2,597.
From July 25, 2013 to December 31, 2013, the Company entered into and consummated transactions pursuant to a series of the Subscription Agreements (the “Subscription Agreements”) with certain accredited investors whereby the Company issued and sold to the investors for $1.00 per share an aggregate of 1,439,928 shares of the Company’s Common Stock for an aggregate purchase price of $1,440,000 (the “Private Placement”). The Company paid $89,593 in offering cost related to the private placement.
On July 25, 2013, the Company cancelled 168,000,000 shares of common stock per the terms of the Share Exchange Agreement.
During the month of August 2013, the Company issued 3,777,984 shares of common stock to officers, directors, and consultants in exchange for services provided at a value of $1.00 per common share or $3,777,984.
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NOTE 10 – STOCK PURCHASE WARRANTS
During the year ended December 31, 2013, the Company issued warrants to purchase a total of 144,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The Company issued the warrants as stock offering costs of 10% of the total dollar value of subscriptions at $1.00 per share under the agreement with the placement agent. The warrants were valued using the Black-Scholes pricing model under the assumptions noted below totaling $37,595 booked to additional paid in capital and offset as additional paid in capital as offering costs. Volatility was calculated by using the average volatility of three benchmark company’s in the same line of business with similar revenues and assets. The Company apportioned value to the warrants based on the relative fair market value of the Common Stock and warrants.
The following table presents the assumptions used to estimate the fair values of the stock warrants and options granted:
2013 | 2012 | |||||||
Expected volatility | 287- 294.44 | % | - | % | ||||
Expected dividends | 0 | % | - | % | ||||
Expected term | 5 Years | - | ||||||
Risk-free interest rate | 1.36 – 1.43 | % | - | % |
The following table summarizes the changes in warrants outstanding issued to employees and non-employees of the Company during the year ended December 31, 2013.
Date Issued | Number of Warrants | Weighted Average Exercise Price | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value | Expiration Date (yrs) | Value if Exercised | |||||||||||||||
Balance December 31, 2012 | - | $ | - | $ | - | - | $ | - | ||||||||||||
Granted | 144,000 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 | 144,000 | |||||||||||||||
Exercised | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
Cancelled/Expired | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||
Outstanding as of December 31, 2013 | 144,000 | $ | 1.00 | $ | 1.00 | 4.63 | $ | 144,000 |
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NOTE 11 – RELATED PARTY PAYABLES
The related party payable consists of reimbursement of expenses and compensation to the Company’s acting Chairman and acting CEO for their services. Each of them is to receive the Company’s common share in addition to monthly cash payment for the period of April 15 through December 31, 2013. The compensation was calculated based on their average hours worked per week applied to an hourly rate that is compatible to the market rate of similar positions. The total of these related party payables as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 were $3,025 and $25, respectively.
On July 25, 2013, GEEI entered into the Option Agreement with BHL, whereby BHL granted to GEEI an option to purchase 1,000 shares of equity capital of SSL, representing all issued and outstanding shares of SSL, for $1,250,000.
Under the Option Agreement, GEEI was required to pay to BHL $412,500 as an advance payment to be credited towards the purchase price of the SSL shares. The Company made the advance payment on July 25, 2013. The balance of the purchase price in the amount of $837,500 was paid by GEEI upon exercise of the option that was completed on November 25, 2013 by paying to BHL $500,000 in cash and issuing a promissory note in the principal amount of $337,500 for the balance of the option exercise price. The note bears no interest and has a maturity date of December 31, 2013, which was extended to June 30, 2014. The obligations of GEEI under the note are secured by 1,000 shares of SSL purchased by GEEI under the Option Agreement in accordance with the Pledge and Security Agreement dated November 25, 2013 made by GEEI in favor of the collateral agent acting on behalf of BHL.
As of December 31, 2013, the Company had reduced the cost of the option by $165,000 and paid $750,000 in cash, $337,500 remaining as a non interest loan to BHL, and $2,597 was paid by common shares valued at par.
NOTE 12 – TAXES PAYABLE
December 31, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||
VAT payable | 4,432 | 56,707 | ||||||
Other taxes payable | 5,135 | 17,576 | ||||||
9,567 | 74,283 |
NOTE 13 – FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSLATION
Transactions involving the Company's two natural gas companies in the Ukraine, are denominated in Ukrainian Hryvnia, although none has occurred as of December 31, 2013. Assets and liabilities denominated in Ukrainian Hryvnia will be revalued to the United States dollar equivalent in the future. The effect of change in exchange rates from the transaction dates to the reporting date, for assets and liabilities, is reported as a Cumulative Currency Translation Adjustment and included in Other Comprehensive Gains or (Losses). As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Company had $501 and $503 in foreign currency translation, respectively.
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NOTE 14 – SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ON OIL AND GAS EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES
The Company’s oil and gas properties and proved reserves are located in the Ukraine.
As discussed in Note 1, on July 25, 2013, the Company entered into an Option Agreement with Bezerius Holdings Limited (or BHL), a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus, whereby BHL granted the Company an option to purchase 1,000 shares of equity capital of Synderal Services LTD (or SSL), a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic of Cyprus, representing all issued and outstanding shares of SSL, for $1,250,000. SSL is engaged in the gas exploration and production business in Ukraine through its two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Limited Liability Company NPK-KONTAKT and Limited Liability Company LISPROMGAZ, each a legal entity formed under the laws of Ukraine.
Under the Option Agreement, the Company was required to pay to BHL $412,500 as an advance payment to be credited towards the purchase price of the SSL shares. The Company made the advance payment on July 25, 2013. The balance of the purchase price in the amount of $837,500 was paid by the Company upon exercise of the option that was completed on November 25, 2013 by paying to BHL $500,000 in cash and issuing a promissory note in the principal amount of $337,500 for the balance of the option exercise price. The obligations of the Company under the note are secured by 1,000 shares of SSL purchased by the Company under the Option Agreement in accordance with the Pledge and Security Agreement dated November 25, 2013 made by the Company in favor of the collateral agent acting on behalf of BHL. As a result, SSL, Limited Liability Company NPK-KONTAKT and Limited Liability Company LISPROMGAZ became indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company.
The above transactions were accounted for as a single acquisition of related businesses as the Company’s acquisition of SSL and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Limited Liability Company NPK-KONTAKT and Limited Liability Company LISPROMGAZ, were conditioned upon a single common event – the exercise of the Option Agreement. Accordingly, the Company’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013 are presented on a consolidated basis and the financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012 are combined.
Capitalized Costs
December 31, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||
Proved gas properties | 726,920 | 726,920 | ||||||
Unproved gas properties | 472,992 | 472,992 | ||||||
Accumulated depletion | (461,278 | ) | (396,399 | ) | ||||
Net capitalized cost | 738,634 | 803,513 |
Costs Incurred in Oil and Gas Acquisition, Exploration and Development
December 31, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||
Development costs | ||||||||
Exploration costs | 15,763 | 4,526 | ||||||
Acquisition costs | ||||||||
Proved | 20,886 | - | ||||||
Unproved | 18,380 | - | ||||||
Total | 55,029 | 4.526 |
Costs incurred for gas acquisition in 2013 are related to prolonged special permit for Lisichansk-Toskovskaya area.
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Results of Operations from Oil and Gas Producing Activities
The Company’s results of operations from oil and gas producing activities are presented below for the year ended December 31, 2013. The following table includes revenues and expenses associated directly with the Company’s proven oil and gas producing activities. It does not include general and administrative costs or interest costs.
December 31, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||
Revenues | 274,435 | 252,817 | ||||||
Operating and maintenance expenses | (249,748 | ) | (215,436 | ) | ||||
Depreciation, depletion, accretion and amortization | (69,621 | ) | (73,195 | ) | ||||
Income taxes | - | - | ||||||
Results of operations | (44,934 | ) | (35,814 | ) |
Reserve Information and Related Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows
Supplemental Oil and Gas Reserve and Standardized Measure Information
The supplemental unaudited presentation of proved reserve quantities and related standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows provides estimates only and does not purport to reflect realizable values or fair market values of the Company’s reserves. The Company emphasizes that reserve estimates are inherently imprecise and that estimates of new discoveries are more imprecise than those of producing oil and gas properties. Accordingly, significant changes to these estimates can be expected as future information becomes available. All of the Company’s reserves are located in the Ukraine.
Proved reserves are those estimated reserves of natural gas that geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions. Proved developed reserves are those expected to be recovered through existing wells, equipment, and operating methods. The reserve estimates set forth below were prepared by third party engineering firms using reserve definitions and pricing requirements prescribed by the SEC.
Since the acquisition of the methane gas producing properties was completed in November 2013, the following table presents this acquisition in a one line item presentation. A reserve study was not prepared by the predecessor entity as of January 1, 2013.
Estimated quantities of oil and natural gas reserves
The following table sets forth certain data pertaining to changes in reserve quantities of the proved developed and proved undeveloped reserves for the year ended December 31, 2013.
Total reserves Gas, MMcf | December 31, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | ||||||
Proved developed and undeveloped | ||||||||
Beginning of the year | - | - | ||||||
Acquisition of methane gas producing entities | 25,178 | - | ||||||
End of year | 25,178 | - | ||||||
Proven reserves-developed | ||||||||
Beginning of the year | - | - | ||||||
End of the year | 12,969 | - | ||||||
Proven reserves-undeveloped | ||||||||
Beginning of the year | - | - | ||||||
End of the year | 12,209 | - |
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Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows
The standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows is computed by applying the average first day of the month price of gas during the 12 month period before the end of the year (with consideration of price changes only to the extent provided by contractual arrangements) to the estimated future production of proved gas reserves, less the estimated future expenditures (based on year-end costs) to be incurred in developing and producing the proved reserves, less estimated future income tax expenses (based on year-end statutory tax rates, with consideration of future tax rates already legislated) to be incurred on pretax net cash flows less tax basis of the properties and available credits, and assuming continuation of existing economic conditions. The estimated future net cash flows are then discounted using a rate of 10 percent per year to reflect the estimated timing of the future cash flows.
December 31, 2013 | December 31, 2012 | |||||||
Future cash inflows | 285,101,000 | - | ||||||
Future production cost | (75,493,000 | ) | - | |||||
Future development cost | (102,300,000 | ) | - | |||||
Future income tax expenses | (21,954,000 | ) | - | |||||
Future Net Cash Flows | 85,354,000 | - | ||||||
10% annual discount for estimated timing of cash flows | (65,854,000 | ) | - | |||||
Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows | 19,500,000 | - |
NOTE 15 – CONTINGENCIES AND COMMITMENTS
Operating environment
The principal business activities of the Group are within Ukraine. Emerging markets such as Ukraine are subject to different risks than more developed markets, including economic, political and social, legal and legislative risks. As has happened in the past, actual or perceived financial problems or an increase in the perceived risks associated with investing in emerging economies could adversely affect the investment climate in Ukraine and the Ukraine’s economy in general. Laws and regulations affecting businesses operating in Ukraine are subject to rapid changes and the Group’s assets and operations could be at risk if there are any adverse changes in the political and business environment. See “Political Risks” in this footnote.
Taxation
The tax environment in Ukraine is constantly changing and characterized by numerous taxes and frequently changing legislation, which may be applied retroactively and are often unclear, contradictory, and subject to interpretation. Taxes are subject to review and investigation by a number of authorities, which are enabled by law to impose severe fines, penalties and interest charges and these amounts could be material. Future tax examinations could raise issues or assessments which are contrary to the Group companies’ tax filings.
Management believes that it has provided adequately for tax liabilities based on its interpretations of applicable tax legislation and official pronouncements.
Environmental liabilities
The Group routinely evaluates their obligations relating to new and changing environmental legislation.
As liabilities in respect of the Group’s environmental obligations are able to be determined, they are recognized immediately. The likelihood and amount of liabilities relating to environmental obligations under proposed or any future legislation cannot be reasonably estimated at present and could become material. Under existing legislation, however, management believes that there are no significant unrecorded liabilities or contingencies, which could have a materially adverse effect on the operating results or financial position of the Group.
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Political Risks
After continuous political and social turbulence that resulted in dismissal of the acting President of Ukraine, on February 27, 2014 the Ukrainian parliament appointed an interim government with a mandate to execute the Ukraine-EU Association and Free trade agreements, negotiated USD 16 billion IMF program in order to support implementation of liberal economic, judicial and social reforms. The Parliament also scheduled presidential elections on May 25, 2014. The US and European Union also agreed to provide additional USD 20 billion financial and technical support for Ukraine in light of its recent economic and military tensions with Russian Federation.
Political unrest in Ukraine of the past months and recent increase in political, economic and military pressures from Russian Federation, have fueled the activity of various secessionist groups in the eastern part of the country. This may have an adverse effect on the national security and economy, and increases risks of doing business in Ukraine or investing in the companies doing business in Ukraine. The situation is exacerbated by the tensions with the Russian Federation which annexed the Crimean peninsula in March 2014 and built up a significant military presence at its border with Ukraine. Russia actively provides financial, military and human resources to illegal armed groups, which are active in some north-eastern parts of Donbass. In order to counteract to such activities and potential consequences, starting from April, the government, enforcement agencies and armed forces of Ukraine are implementing the anti-terrorists operation (ATO).
Petr Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine elected in May 2014, presented his program of peaceful regulation of the situation in the East of Ukraine. Based on this peaceful plan, the signing of the protocol which contains the steps and measures aimed at de-escalation of the situation in Donetsk and Lugansk regions took place in Minsk at the beginning of September.
This protocol was signed by Ukraine, OSCE and Russia and contains 12 steps which regulate the process of implementation of peace on the given territory. In connection with signing the cessation of arms and cease-fire was announced. Together with that, this condition is not followed by the terrorists and the locations of Ukrainian army undergo the firing. At the end of August, the President of Ukraine announced about the dismissal of the Parliament and the pre-term elections to the Parliament on October 26th. During September-October the Parliament adopted several important laws including the laws aimed at the reforms in Ukraine and improvement of the investment climate in Ukraine: «About the public prosecutor’s office», «About the National anti-corruption bureau of Ukraine», the Law «About the prevention of corruption».
In the February 2015 the International Monetary Fund approved a new $17.5 billion bailout of crisis-hit Ukraine. The IMF executive board will meet at the end of February or in early March to give the go-ahead on the proposed four-year loan program to Ukraine. The IMF has indicated its $17.5 billion aid would be part of about $40 billion in assistance from the international community.
The territory where the licensed area of the Company is located and the operation activity is implemented is located on the territory controlled by Ukrainian military forces.
Such events and circumstances have an adverse effect on investment climate in Ukraine and in case of further escalation it might have the further negative impact on the business environment.
NOTE 16 – GOING CONCERN
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which contemplates continuation of the Company as a going concern. The Company has incurred $2,804,286 in accumulated deficit since its inception and has generated $348,611 in operating revenue during the year ended December 31, 2013. These items raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
In view of these matters, realization of the assets of the Company is dependent upon the Company’s ability to meet its financial requirements through equity financing and the success of future operations. These financial statements do not include adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue in existence.
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NOTE 17 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company has evaluated events from December 31, 2013 through the date the financial statements were issued.
On February 5, 2014, the Company consummated a private placement of an aggregate of 50,000 shares of Common Stock for gross proceeds of $50,000 at a per share price of $1.00 pursuant to a Subscription Agreement with an accredited investor.
On February 24, 2014, Mr. Herve Collet was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company. The Company and Mr. Collet entered into a consulting agreement dated February 23, 2014, whereby Mr. Collet’s compensation consists of:(i) stock grant of 300,000 shares of common stock of which 150,000 shares vest as of the date of the agreement and 150,000 shares vesting and issued 181 days after the date of the agreement; and(ii) a stipend of $4,000 per month.
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Exhibit 10.8
Great
East Energy Inc.
DISCLOSURE OF OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS
for
Lysychansko-Toshkivskay Project
Located in
the Donetsk Basin
SOUTHEASTERN UKRAINE
EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2014
PREPARED
OCTOBER 20, 2014
REVISED DECEMBER 31, 2014
by B.L. Whelan, P. Geo.
Great East, Lysychansko-Toshkivskay, Ukraine, NI51-101, 2014
TABLE OF CONTENTS | ||
1.0 | AUTHORIZATION | 7 |
2.0 | PURPOSE | 7 |
3.0 | DEFINITIONS | 7 |
4.0 | PRODUCT PRICES | 8 |
5.0 | SUBSOIL FEE (ROYALTY) | 8 |
6.0 | CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND OPERATING COSTS | 8 |
7.0 | ABANDONMENT AND RESTORATION | 8 |
8.0 | ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVERSIONS | 8 |
9.0 | INTRODUCTION | 12 |
10.0 | EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | 13 |
11.0 | NATURAL GAS RESOURCES AND NET PRESENT VALUE OF FUTURE NET REVENUE | 21 |
11.1 | CLASSIFICATION OF RESOURCES | 21 |
11.2 | TOTAL FUTURE NET REVENUE (UNDISCOUNTED) BASED ON FORECAST PRICES AND COSTS WITH COST RECOVERY | 22 |
12.0 | PRICING ASSUMPTIONS | 22 |
12.1 | PRICING ASSUMPTIONS – FORECAST PRICES AND COSTS | 22 |
13.0 | RECONCILIATION OF COMPANY NET RESERVES BY PRINCIPAL PRODUCT TYPE BASED ON FORECAST PRICES AND COSTS | 23 |
14.0 | UNDEVELOPED RESOURCES | 23 |
14.1 | RISK AND UNCERTAINTY | 23 |
14.2 | PROSPECT ANALYSIS | 23 |
15.0 | RECONCILIATION OF CHANGES IN NET PRESENT VALUE OF FUTURE RESERVES DISCOUNTED AT 10%, FORECAST PRICES ($000) | 23 |
16.0 | SIGNIFICANT FACTORS OR UNCERTAINTIES AFFECTING RESOURCES DATA | 23 |
17.0 | OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES | 24 |
17.1 | GENERAL | 24 |
17.2 | GEOLOGY | 24 |
17.2.1 | DONBASS DEVELOPMENT AREA | 25 |
17.2.2 | LYSYCHANSKO-TOSHKIVSKAY | 25 |
17.3 | PRODUCTION | 29 |
17.4 | RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTICS | 29 |
18.0 | COSTS TO BE INCURRED | 29 |
18.1 | LEASE COSTS | 29 |
19.0 | EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES | 29 |
19.1 | EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS | 29 |
19.2 | CAPITAL COSTS | 30 |
19.3 | OPERATING COSTS | 30 |
20.0 | FORWARD CONTRACTS | 30 |
21.0 | ABANDONMENT AND RECLAMATION COSTS | 30 |
22.0 | TAX HORIZON | 30 |
23.0 | PRODUCTION ESTIMATES | 30 |
24.0 | PRODUCTION HISTORY | 30 |
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24.1 | AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION | 31 |
24.2 | PRICES RECEIVED, ROYALTIES PAID, PRODUCTION COSTS AND NETBACKS | 31 |
25.0 | PRODUCTION VOLUME BY FIELD | 31 |
26.0 | RECOMMENDATIONS | 31 |
27.0 | REFERENCES | 32 |
28.0 | CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATIONS | 33 |
FIGURES | ||
FIGURE 1, | RESOURCES CLASSIFICATION FRAMEWORK (SPE-PRMS, FIGURE 1.1) | |
FIGURE 2, | LOCATION MAP | |
FIGURE 3, | LOCATION MAP | |
FIGURE 4, | PERMIT OUTLINE WITH DOMAL STRUCTURES | |
FIGURE 5, | STRUCTURE ON THE TOMASHEVSKAY DOMES | |
FIGURE 6, | CROSS-SECTION I-I’, TOMASHEVSKAY NORTH DOME | |
FIGURE 7, | CROSS-SECTION II-II’, TOMASHEVSKAY SOUTH DOME | |
FIGURE 8, | TYPE SECTION | |
FIGURE 9, | CHRONO- AND LITHOSTRIGRAPHY OF THE DONBAS FOLD | |
BELT
SHOWING THE DISTRIBUTION OF SOURCE ROCKS, POTENTIAL RESERVOIRS, SEALING BEDS AND ERODED FORMATIONS IN THE STUDY AREA. MAJOR MAGMATIC AND TECTONIC EVENTS ARE ALSO SHOWN | ||
TABLES | ||
TABLE 1, | PRODUCT PRICES | |
TABLE 2, | TOMASHEVSKOYA SOUTH DOME INPUT PARAMETERS | |
TABLE 3, | VOLUMETRIC ESTIMATES LYSYCHANSK-TOSHKIVSKAY LICENSE | |
TABLE 4, | SUMMARY OF RESERVES | |
TABLE 5, | ACREAGE AND WELLS | |
TABLE 6, | UKRAINE LICENSE | |
TABLE 7, | LICENSE COORDINATES | |
TABLE 8, | DOMAL STRUCTURES | |
TABLE 9, | PRESENT VALUES OF CURRENT PRODUCTION, CONSTANT PRICE | |
TABLE 10, | PRESENT VALUE CASES FOR SINGLE NEW WELL | |
TABLE 11, | PRESENT VALUES CASES FOR DEVELOPMENT/EXPLORATION PROGRAM (AFTER TAXES) | |
TABLE 12, | TOTAL FUTURE NET REVENUE (UNDISCOUNTED) BASED ON FORECAST PRICES AND COSTS WITH COST RECOVERY, SINGLE WELL | |
TABLE 13, | FUTURE
NET REVENUE BY PRODUCTION GROUP BASED ON FORECAST PRICES AND COSTS WITH COST RECOVERY, DEVELOPMENT/EXPLORATION PROGRAM |
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TABLE 14, | SALES PRICES | |
TABLE 15, | GENERAL INFORMATION, TOSHKIVSKAY MINE | |
TABLE 16, | COAL METHANE LIBERATED AT DECONTAMINATION, TOSHKIVSKAY MINE | |
TABLE 17, | SCHEDULE OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT | |
TABLE 18, | PRODUCTION HISTORY | |
APPENDIX | ||
CHART 1, | ANNUAL PRODUCTION | |
TABLE 19, | FORECAST CASH FLOW, SINGLE WELL, 250 Mcfd | |
TABLE 20, | FORECAST CASH FLOW, CURRENT PRODUCTION A3555a | |
TABLE 21, | FORECAST CASH FLOW, CURRENT PRODUCTION 11K | |
TABLE 22, | FORECAST CASH FLOW, COMBINED CURRENT PRODUCTION | |
TABLE 23, | FORECAST CASH FLOW, CONSTANT PRICE, SEQUENTIAL DRILL PROGRAM, COST RECOVERY | |
TABLE 24, | FORECAST CASH FLOW, CONSTANT PRICE, NO COST RECOVERY | |
TABLE 25, | FORECAST CASH FLOW, ESCALATED PRICE, STAGGERED DRILL PROGRAM, COST RECOVERY | |
TABLE 26, | FORECAST CASH FLOW, ESCALATED PRICE, NO COST RECOVERY | |
GAMMA RAY ELECTRIC LOG, A3335 |
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Barry l. Whelan, P. GEO.
Suite
1290, 625 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C. V6C 2T6
Phone: (604)-259-2525: Fax: 604-674-5113
e-mail: blwhelan@gmail.com
October 20, 2014
Great
East Energy Inc.
173 Keith St., Suite 300
Warrenton, VA 20186
USA
Attention:
Dear Sir:
Re: | Evaluation
of Resources – Great East Energy Inc. Lysychansko-Toshkivskay Project, Ukraine, |
In accordance with your authorization, we have performed an evaluation of the resources on the Lysychansk-Toshkivskay project in the Ukraine for Great East Energy Inc. (the “Company”), in order to determine the feasibility of the Company’s geological investigations and potential industrial development of resources within the area under the terms proposed and the value of the resources after consideration of risk. This evaluation has been conducted utilizing forecast prices and costs.
Our analysis has included a review of the available technical data including the geological and geophysical interpretation presented by the Company, the proposed financial terms under which the Company shall operate, information from wells within the area, and the proposed program for any prospects and the expenditures anticipated. We have reviewed this material with respect to the estimated resources and productivity that would be expected from a successful program, the anticipated capital costs, the average operating costs in the area and the expected product prices. We have considered the availability of product markets and pipelines within the area.
In forming our opinion of the prospects we have relied to considerable extent on the information provided by the Company, which together with our independent analysis and judgment was sufficient for us to establish the nature of the prospects and risks involved.
An economic analysis has been performed for the Company’s interest position. This analysis has been utilized for formulating and supporting our recommendation on the project and the values do not necessarily infer “fair market value” of these resources. All monetary units in this report are US dollars.
Based on our analysis, after consideration of risk, we have concluded that the potential of the prospects is of sufficient merit to justify the work program being proposed, and we therefore recommend and support the Company’s planned activities.
All data gathered and calculations created in support of this report are stored in our files and can be made available or presented upon request. We reserve the right to make revisions to this report in light of additional information made available or which becomes known subsequent to the preparation this report. Due to the risks involved in oil and gas exploration, our assessment of the project cannot be considered a guarantee that any wells drilled will be successful.
Prior to public disclosure of any information contained in the report, or our name as author, our written consent must be obtained, as to the information being disclosed and the manner in which it is presented. This report may not be reproduced, distributed or made available for use by any other party without out written consent and may not be reproduced for distribution at any time without the complete report, unless otherwise reviewed and approved by us.
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We consent to the submission of this report, in its entirety, to securities regulatory agencies and stock exchanges, by the Company.
Very truly yours,
Barry L. Whelan, P. Geo.
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SCOPE OF REPORT
1.0 | AUTHORIZATION |
This report has been authorized by Mr. Timur Khromaev on behalf of Great East Energy Inc. The technical analysis of this project has been performed during the months of August and November 2013 and a revision was performed in October, 2014 to bring the report current to January 1, 2014.
2.0 | PURPOSE |
The purpose of this report was to independently determine the economic feasibility of the Company undertaking the exploration and industrial development of the resources in the Lysychansko-Toshkivskay area of Ukraine, determine the magnitude of the resources and their economic value.
3.0 | DEFINITIONS |
The following definitions are derived from of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 4-10 of Regulation S-X Part 210.
RESERVES are estimated remaining quantities of oil and natural gas and related substances anticipated to be economically, as of a given date, by application of development projects to known accumulations. In addition, there must exist, or there must be a reasonable expectation that there will exist, the legal right to produce or a revenue interest in the production, installed means of delivering oil and gas or related substances to market, and all permits and financing required to implement the project. Reserves are further classified according to the level of certainty associated with the estimates and may be sub classified based on development and production status.
PROVED RESERVES. Proved oil and gas reserves are those quantities of oil or gas, which, by analysis of geoscience 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 condition, 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 were used for the estimation. 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.
PRODUCTION is the cumulative quantity of petroleum that has been recovered at a given date.
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4.0 | PRODUCT PRICES |
The product prices were derived from the current (December 2013) sales price for gas within Ukraine and escalated the price at 1.5% per year in subsequent years.
Table 1, Product Prices
Year Forecast |
Natural Gas, ($US/Mcf) | |
Constant Price | Forecast Price | |
1 | $10.97 | $10.97 |
2 | $10.97 | $11.19 |
3 | $10.97 | $11.41 |
4 | $10.97 | $11.64 |
5 | $10.97 | $11.87 |
6 | $10.97 | $12.11 |
7 | $10.97 | $12.35 |
8 | $10.97 | $12.60 |
9 | $10.97 | $12.85 |
10 | $10.97 | $13.11 |
Thereafter escalated at 2% per year |
5.0 | SUBSOIL FEE (ROYALTY) |
Production is subject to a subsoil fee (royalty) of 25%.
6.0 | CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND OPERATING COSTS |
Capital expenditures have been based on the proposed exploration and development program (Table 17). Operating costs for gas wells are estimated at $500/month/well.
7.0 | ABANDONMENT AND RESTORATION |
Abandonment and restoration costs have not been taken into account in the cash flows as there is no history upon which to base the costs.
8.0 | ABBREVIATIONS AND CONVERSIONS |
In this document, the abbreviations set forth below have the following meanings:
Oil, Natural Gas Liquids and Natural Gas | |||
atm | atmospheres | Co/100m | degrees Celsius per 100 meters |
m3/tonne | cubic meters per tonne | mD | MilliDarcy 10-3 Darcy |
MPa | MegaPascal 106 Pascal | CBM | Coalbed methane |
Bcf | billion cubic feet | Gt | gigatonnes (tonnes x 109) |
Bm3 | billion cubic meters | Mcf | thousand cubic feet |
bbl | barrel | MMcf | million cubic feet |
bbls | barrels | Mcfd | thousand cubic feet per day |
Mbbls | thousands of barrels | MMcfd | million cubic feet per day |
MMbbls | million barrels | MMt | million tonnes |
Mstb | 1,000 stock tank barrels | bopd | barrels of oil per day |
Bcf | billion cubic feet | stb | stock tank barrels |
GJ | gigajoule | GIIP | Gas Initially In Place |
PPIP | Petroleum Initially In Place | $000s | thousands of dollars |
m3 | cubic meters | Mm3 | thousand cubic meters |
MMm3 | million cubic meters |
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Calculations of Discovered Petroleum-Initially-In-Place (PIIP) for the Tomashevskay structure is listed below in Tables 2 and 3. Two examples of the PIIP in the Tomashevskoya South dome are illustrated. Table 2 is based on a specific well, A3335a, analyzed by a third party. Table 3 is based on the average of a wide range of parameters from several wells drilled on the structure.
Table 2, Tomashevskay South Dome Input parameters
Zone | h6+ | 500
all |
G3 | 600SS | 600LS | 700 |
Area, km2 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.9 |
Net Pay, m | 24 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 12 |
Porosity, % | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
Hydrocarbon Saturation, % | 54 | 59 | 39 | 43 | 20 | 32 |
Gas Recovery Efficiency, % | 57 | 85 | 41 | 77 | 73 | 75 |
Gas Expansion Factor | 48 | 50 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 67 |
PIIP, MMm3 | 543 | 150 | 218 | 246 | 28 | 164 |
PIIP, Bft3 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 6 |
Recoverable GIP, MMm3 | 309 | 127 | 89 | 189 | 21 | 123 |
Recoverable GIP, Bft3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
Total PIIP, MMm3 | 1348 | |||||
Total PIIP, Bcf | 48 | |||||
Total Recoverable PIIP, MMm3 | 859 | |||||
Total Recoverable PIIP, Bft3 | 30 |
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Table 3 Volumetric estimates Lysychansko-Toshkivskay License
max | ||||||||||||||
TD, | P, | CH4, | Porosity, | PIIP, | PIIP, | Recovery | ||||||||
Structure | m | km2 | T, m | Atm | Temp.oR | % | % | MMm3 | Bcf | % | MMm3 | Bcf | Rank | |
Proven | ||||||||||||||
1 | Tomashevskay South | 450 | 8 | 38 | 40 | 538.8 | 90 | 9 | 951 | 34 | 0.75 | 713 | 25 | producing |
2 | Tomashevskay North | 400 | 9 | 25 | 61.4 | 537 | 74 | 9 | 891 | 32 | 0.7 | 624 | 22 | undeveloped |
Table 4, Summary of Reserves
Estimated Reserves | Average | |||||
Gross | Net to Company | Per Location (160 acres) | ||||
MMm3 | Bcf | MMm3 | Bcf | MMm3 | Bcf | |
Category | ||||||
Proved | 713 | 25 | 535 | 19 | 43 | 6 |
Undeveloped | 624 | 22 | 468 | 17 | 34 | 5 |
Table 5, Acreage and Wells
Structure | Size, acre | Gross acres | Net Acres | Producing wells | Non-
producing well(s) |
Gross/Net
wells* |
Developed | ||||||
Tomashevskay North | 2,100 | 2,100 | 2,100 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Tomashevskay South | 1,977 | 1,977 | 1,977 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Total | 4,077 | 4,077 | 4,077 | |||
Undeveloped | 99,954 | 99,954 | 99,954 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 104,031 | 104,031 | 104,031 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
* Company has 100% interest in property, thus net=gross ownership.
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Map
No. 3773 Rev. 5 UNITED NATIONS Department of Field Support September 2008 Cartographic Section
Figure 2, Location Map
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9.0 | INTRODUCTION |
The statement of resource data and other oil and gas information set out below has an effective date of January 1, 2014 and a preparation date of October 2014. The resource data set forth below follows the format found in the Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook (COGEH) and the reserves definitions are those defined by the SEC which vary from those contained in NI 51-101 and the COGEH.
Information required to be disclosed is listed below. A more detailed discussion regarding the project is presented in the Executive Summary and subsequent sections.
(a) | The subject resources are categorized as Discovered Petroleum Initially In Place (PIIP) Reserves . | |
(b) | The expected product is natural gas. | |
(c) | The subject property is located in the southeastern area of Ukraine within the Donetsk Basin. | |
(d) | The risk on the property is the possibility of encountering a gas reservoir which is not capable of delivering at economic rates. | |
(e) | There is some political risk because of the influence of the Russian Federation in the region. |
The standards of NI 51-101 differ from the standards of the SEC. The SEC generally permits U.S. reporting oil and gas companies in their filings with the SEC, to disclose only proved and probable reserves, net of royalties and interests of others.
The geologic risk of recovering these resources has not been incorporated in the future net revenue forecast.
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The Resource Data summarizes the natural gas resources from the property on which Great East Energy Inc. (the “Company” or “Great East”) has permission to operate within the area outlined and the net present values of future net revenue for these resources discovered or developed using constant prices and costs and forecast prices and costs. Additional information not required by the SEC has been supplied to provide additional information which is relevant to the readers of this information.
It should not be assumed that the estimates of future net revenues presented in the tables below represent the fair market value of the Company’s resources. There is no assurance that the constant prices and cost assumptions and forecast prices and cost assumptions will be attained and variances could be material. The recovery and resource estimates of oil and natural gas provided herein are estimates only and there is no guarantee that the estimated resources will be recovered. Actual recovery of natural gas may be greater or less than the estimates provided herein (see Section 20.0 Notes and Definitions).
10.0 Executive Summary
Great East has received special permission to conduct geological investigations and experimental industrial development in the Lysychansko-Toshkivskay area in the Donetsk Basin in Ukraine (Figures 2, 3, Tables 6, 7).
Table 6, Ukraine license
name | km2 | Gross
acres |
Net
acres |
depth m | approx.
geog. coordinates latitude/longitude |
Lysychansko-
Toshkivskay |
421 | 104,030 | 104,030 | unlimited | 48°50’30"N/38°12’30”E |
Table 7, license coordinates
Point | Latitude | Longitude | ||
1 | 49001'50.00"N | 380 07'17.00"E | ||
2 | 480 05'05.00"N | 380 08'03.00"E | ||
3 | 480 01'04.00"N | 380 09'47.00"E | ||
4 | 480 02'15.00"N | 380 04'33.00"E | ||
5 | 48008'53.00"N | 38000'60.00"E | ||
6 | 480 08'45.00"N | 380 02'50.00"E | ||
7 | 480 01'18.00"N | 380 05'18.00"E | ||
8 | 480 03'36.00"N | 380 01'39.00"E | ||
9 | 480 06'10.00"N | 38031'10.00"E | ||
10 | 480 02'07.00"N | 380 09'10.00"E | ||
11 | 480 01'33.00"N | 380 07'20.00"E | ||
12 | 480 02'43.00"N | 380 04'28.00"E | ||
13 | 480 08'30.00"N | 380 08'40.00"E | ||
14 | 49000'55.00"N | 380 05'15.00"E |
In 1999, Ukraine coal mines generated approximately 2,060 million cubic meters (73 Bcf) of methane of which 1,981 million cubic meters (70 Bcf) were lost to the atmosphere. In 1999, the government of Ukraine drafted a national energy program with the stated objective of achieving, among other objectives, production of methane sufficient to satisfy local needs. The Lysychansko-Toshkivskay project is a result of that policy. As a consequence of this policy there is a tax exemption in effect until January 2020 for mining activities and coal gas deposits. Thus, in the cash flow statement, no after tax figures are created.
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The resources for the project are classified as Reserves, Proven and Probable. The hydrocarbon in place will be gas.
The economic cases (Tables 19 through 26) in the Appendix of the report are the best estimate of potential revenue, production and recovery and utilize forecast prices as of December 2014, for a single well. The most likely case is based upon production records from two producing wells on the property. The revenue stream is with the cost of the well included in the capital costs and cost recovery is performed in the analysis.
Coal fields within the Donetsk basin are well documented and data is available for determining the resource base. The basin provides approximately 95.4% of the Ukraine’s coal production. Values have been attributed to sands which occur within the section, and other areas within the basin have been noted as being charged with gas (see Section 17.1). Coal metamorphism in the Donetsk Basin has led to the formation of a significant methane resource, which by estimates provided by Ukraine and Western CBM professionals, could be as high as 117 trillion cubic meters (U.S. EPA, 2001). Sand bodies adjacent to the coal beds and at deeper horizons are gas charged targets.
The production history over the last ten years of the two wells drilled on the license (Table 15) has been used to estimate flow rates and decline rates for the cash flow statements. Several (5) other wells have been drilled on the license but have not been put into production.
The license encompasses seven domal structures as follows:
Tomashevskay South containing wells # A3335, A3335a, A3335b, A33455, A3364 (11K) 6K.
Tomashevskay North containing wells #7K, 8K, 9K
Lysychanskay
Vovcheyarskay
Toshkivskay
Petrograd-Donetskay
Zolotarivskay
The Tomashevskay structure was the basis for the calculation of reserves as it has a history of production.
The area of the dome was determined by one of the productive horizons, usually the bottom-most horizon and a specific contour line.
Table 8, Domal structures
Domes | Size,km2 | Size, acre |
Tomashevskay North | 8.5 | 2,100 |
Tomashevskay South | 8 | 1,977 |
Toshkivskay | 15 | 3,706 |
Lysychanskay | 8 | 1,977 |
Vovcheyarskay | 6 | 1,482 |
Zolotarivskay | within
GEEI area 10/ total 16 |
within
GEEI area 2,470/ total 3,954 |
Petrograd-Donetskay | 7 | 1,730 |
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To summarize for the following information is included:
a) | Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company has a Special Permit to carry out geological investigation and experimental industrial development within 421 km2 in the Lysychansko-Toshkivskay area in the Donetsk Basin. |
b) | All resources are in Ukraine. |
c) | All future production is anticipated to be gas. |
d) | The area is located is highly developed with respect to infrastructure. |
e) | The license overlies an area in which extensive coal mining has been and is still being carried out. |
f) | The risks are the undefined production potential, confirmation of economic hydrocarbon production in the license area, the license life and product prices. |
g) | The current license has a term of five years. Subsequent to this term an application must be made for a production license. |
It is recommended that the Company carry out an exploratory/development drilling/seismic program to determine the content and deliverability gas from gas bearing units within the license. For an expanded discussion of the program, see Section 19.1.
The report was prepared by a “Qualified Reserves Evaluator” who is independent of the Company.
This report has been prepared for the Company at the request of Mr. Timur Khromaev, Director, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Great East Energy Inc.
Table 9, Present Value of Current Production, Constant Prices
Combined A3335a and 11K | ||||||||||||
BT($000s) | tax($000s) | AT($000s) | ||||||||||
Net present Value @ 0% | $ | 431 | $ | 12 | $ | 419 | ||||||
Net present Value @ 5% | $ | 373 | $ | 9 | $ | 365 | ||||||
Net Present Value @ 10% | $ | 328 | $ | 6 | $ | 321 | ||||||
Net Present Value @ 15% | $ | 291 | $ | 5 | $ | 287 | ||||||
Net Present Value @ 20% | $ | 262 | $ | 3 | $ | 259 |
Table 10, Present Values Cases for single new well
Initial Flow Rate 250 Mcfd | Initial Flow Rate 250 Mcfd | |||||||
Constant price | Escalated price | |||||||
Net cash flow with cost recovery | Before tax ($000s) | Before tax ($000s) | ||||||
Net present Value @ 0% | $ | 1,488 | $ | 1,583 | ||||
Net present Value @ 5% | $ | 1,097 | $ | 1,162 | ||||
Net Present Value @ 10% | $ | 817 | $ | 864 | ||||
Net Present Value @ 15% | $ | 611 | $ | 645 | ||||
Net Present Value @ 20% | $ | 454 | $ | 481 |
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Table 11, Present Value Cases for Development/Exploration Program (after taxes)
constant price | escalated prices | |||||||||||||||
recover costs | no cost recovery | recover costs | no cost recovery | |||||||||||||
$000s | $000s | $000s | $000s | |||||||||||||
$ | 85,354 | $ | 171,878 | net present value @ 0% | $ | 132,289 | $ | 218,740 | ||||||||
$ | 41,426 | $ | 111,677 | net present value @ 5% | $ | 62,534 | $ | 133,578 | ||||||||
$ | 19,500 | $ | 77,808 | met present value @ 10% | $ | 33,068 | $ | 88,526 | ||||||||
$ | 7,970 | $ | 57,295 | net present value @ 15% | $ | 16,293 | $ | 62,766 | ||||||||
$ | 1,673 | $ | 44,091 | net present value @ 20% | $ | 7,179 | $ | 46,999 |
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11.0 NATURAL GAS RESOURCES AND NET PRESENT VALUE OF FUTURE NET REVENUE
Following the guidelines of National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for Oil and Gas Activities, and the SEC/SPE standards for reserves, the author B.L. Whelan, P. Geo., prepared a report (the “Report”) dated October, 2014, subsequently revised December 31, 2014. The Report evaluated as of January 1, 2014, the Lysychansk-Toshkivskay license, in which the Company can acquire an interest, with respect to potential natural gas resources and the net present value of future net revenue attributable to such resources as evaluated in the Report based on constant and forecast price and cost assumptions. The tables summarize the data contained in the Report and as result may contain slightly different numbers than such report due to rounding. The net present value of future net revenue attributable to the Company’s resources is stated without provision for interest cost and general and administrative costs, but after providing for the estimated royalties, production costs, development costs, and abandonment costs for only those wells assigned resources by the author.
The Report is based on data supplied by the Company, public documents and the author’s opinion of reasonable practices in the industry. The extent and character of ownership and of all factual data pertaining to the Company’s properties were supplied by the Company and accepted without further investigation. The author accepted this data as presented and did not conduct title searches or field inspections.
The undiscounted or discounted net present value of future net revenue attributable to the Company’s resources estimated by the author may not represent the fair market value of those resources. Other assumptions and qualifications relating to costs, prices for future production and other matters are summarized within the Report. The recovery and resource estimates of the Company’s natural gas resources provided within the Report are estimates only and there is no guarantee that the estimated resources will be recovered. Actual resources may be greater or less than the estimates provided in the Report.
All amounts are in United States dollars unless otherwise noted. The following tables are derived from the most likely case scenario. The cash flows generated are for single wells, current production and for the development/exploration proposed program utilizing constant and escalated product prices.
11.1 CLASSIFICATION OF RESOURCES
The resources stated in the report are Petroleum Initially In Place (PIIP) and the stated recoverable portion is considered Reserves and Prospective Resources.
The classification of the various structures is based upon the following criteria:
1 Tomashevskay South, Proven Reserves, is based on the history of production from the A335a and 11K wells (Table 18) and the occurrence of gas zones within several other wells on the structure.
2 Tomashevskay North, Probable Reserves, is based on the history of production from the 7K and 8K wells which has water influx but the structure has recognized gas zones within several other wells on the structure.
3 The remaining domal structures, Prospective Resources, based on the presence throughout the license of underlying coal beds, gas seeps, ventilated gas, but no wells for definition of zones. Prospective Resources are not reserves
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11.2 TOTAL FUTURE NET REVENUE (UNDISCOUNTED) BASED ON FORECAST PRICES AND COSTS WITH COST RECOVERY
Table 12, Total future net revenue (undiscounted) based on forecast prices and costs with cost recovery,
single well
Revenue | Royalties | Operating Costs | Well
Costs Workover |
Future Net Revenue Before Income Taxes | Future
Net Revenue After Income Taxes |
($000s) | ($000s) | ($000s) | ($000s) | ($000s) | ($000s) |
Potential production 250 Mcfd | |||||
$3,464 | $866 | $116 | $800 | $1,683 | $1,407 |
Table 13 Total future net revenue (undiscounted) based on forecast prices and costs with cost recovery, development/exploration program
Revenue | Royalties | Operating Costs | Well
Costs |
Future
Net Revenue After Income Taxes |
($000s) | ($000s) | ($000s) | ($000s) | ($000s) |
$361,074 | $90,269 | $4,050 | $102,350 | $132,289 |
12.0 PRICING ASSUMPTIONS
12.1 PRICING ASSUMPTIONS – FORECAST PRICES AND COSTS
The author employed the local price of $10.97 as of December, 2014, held constant and escalated at 2%/year in estimating the Company’s resources data.
Table 14, Sales prices
Year
Forecast |
Natural
Gas, ($US/Mcf) | |
Constant Price | Forecast Price | |
1 | $10.97 | $10.97 |
2 | $10.97 | $11.19 |
3 | $10.97 | $11.41 |
4 | $10.97 | $11.64 |
5 | $10.97 | $11.87 |
6 | $10.97 | $12.11 |
7 | $10.97 | $12.35 |
8 | $10.97 | $12.60 |
9 | $10.97 | $12.85 |
10 | $10.97 | $13.11 |
Thereafter
escalated at 2% |
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13.0 RECONCILIATION OF COMPANY NET RESERVES BY PRINCIPAL PRODUCT TYPE BASED ON FORECAST PRICES AND COSTS
No reconciliation has been performed as no reserves were previously determined.
14.0 UNDEVELOPED RESOURCES
The following discussion generally describes the basis upon which the Company attributes Prospective Resources for undrilled structures on the license and its plan for developing those Prospective Resources (Section 19).
The assignment of Prospective Resources was made on the basis of:
1. | The presence of coal bed methane being vented over an indeterminate number of years but more than 20 years. | |
2. | The presence of gas in all wells drilled to date on the license. | |
3. | The presence of two wells that have produced from the license on the Tomashevskay structure as test wells for gas production. | |
4. | The history of gas being ventilated from the various coal operations in the region. |
14.1 RISK AND UNCERTAINTY
In the present case there is evidence that the named formations, i.e. the sands and limestones, have hydrocarbons in place and that they have been, in one instance, economically produced. The risk involved is whether the members as a whole contains sufficient recoverable hydrocarbons to justify the resource assigned to it. This risk is mitigated by the record of vented gases from the various properties and the production history from the A3335 well (Table 18).
14.2 PROSPECT ANALYSIS
Risk components | % | |||
Source | 100 | |||
Reservoir | 100 | |||
Trap, seal | 90 | |||
Timing, migration | 100 | |||
Geological success | 90 | |||
Commerciality | 70 | |||
Commercial success | 63 |
15.0 RECONCILIATION OF CHANGES IN NET PRESENT VALUE OF FUTURE RESERVES DISCOUNTED AT 10%, FORECAST PRICES ($000)
No reserves have been previously determined, thus there is no reconciliation.
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16.0 SIGNIFICANT FACTORS OR UNCERTAINTIES AFFECTING RESOURCES DATA
The estimation of resources requires judgment and decisions based upon available geological, geophysical, engineering and economic data. These estimates can change substantially as additional information from ongoing development activities and production performance becomes available and as economic and political conditions impact gas prices and costs change. The Company’s estimates are based on current production forecasts, prices and economic conditions. All of the Company’s resources are evaluated by an independent person, the author, an independent consulting geologist.
As circumstances change and additional data becomes available, resource estimates change. Based on new information, resource estimates are reviewed and revised, either upward or downward, as warranted. Although reasonable efforts have been made by the Company to ensure resource estimates are accurate, revisions arise as new information becomes available. As new geological, production and economic information is incorporated into the process of estimating the accuracy of the resource estimates improves. Such revisions can be either positive or negative.
17.0
OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES
Pursuant to an agreement the Company has a license to operate geological investigations and experimental industrial development in the Lysychansko-Toshkivskay Project, Ukraine.
17.1 GENERAL
The Donetsk Basin is one of the major coal fields in the world with over 95% of Ukraine’s coal production from the basin. The basin is estimated to contain proven coal reserves of 52 Gt with an additional resource base of 42 Gt (Privalov V.A. et al, 2003). The basin contains more than 300 coal seams of which 130 seams have a thickness of greater than 0.45m. The basin is 150 km wide and extends approximately 500 km from eastern Ukraine into the Rostov region of Russia. Almost all of the coal fields in the basin are characterized by high CBM content with most of the methane sorbed onto microporous surfaces of the coal beds and dispersed coaly matter in the encompassing host rock. Data obtained from the Toshkivskay Mine was used as the model for calculations of Petroleum-Initially-In-Place (PIIP) as the Toshkivskay Mine has considerable published data.
Multiple sandstone beds, separated by shales, coals, and carbonates are present in the Carboniferous section (Figure 5). The thickness of reservoir beds ranges from several meters to 75m. Reservoir properties of sandstones vary significantly, depending on the facies, composition and diagenetic changes (Ulmishek, G., 2001). As these sandstones are the principal reservoir for oil and gas in other areas of the basin, the potential of the sands is the objective during the proposed drilling program. “In addition, for both CMM and CBM recovery projects, the methane contained within non-coal interbeds can represent a significant source of additional methane. Therefore, it is important to consider these sources when assessing resource potential as well as in the development of the extraction programs”. (EPA, Triplett, J. eta al.).
17.2 GEOLOGY
In general, the Donetsk Basin is bounded on the north and southwest by outcrops of the bottom coal seams. The eastern boundary is represented by a general pinch-out of the coal seams, and the southern boundary by crystalline rocks of the Ukrainian shield. To the northwest of the basin, a general depression of the coal beds can be found that reaches the depth of 1,800m (EPA, 2001).
Search http://www.epa.gov/cmop/docs/ukraine_handbook.pdf for a complete description of the basin. Extracts from various reports which deal with the properties of interest are included below.
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The basin is principally a Late Devonian rift that is overlain by Carboniferous to Early Permian postrift sag (Ulmishek, G.F., USGS, 2007). The sedimentary succession of the basin consists of four tectono-stratigraphic sequences (Figure 8):
1. | The prerift platform sequence includes Middle Devonian to lower Frasnian, mainly clastic rocks that were deposited in an extensive intercratonic basin. | |
2. | The Upper Devonian sequence is composed of marine carbonate, clastic and volcanic rocks and two salt formations of Frasnian and Famennian age that are deformed into salt domes and plugs. | |
3. | The postrift sag sequence consists of Carboniferous and Lower Permian clastic marine and alluvial deltaic rocks. The basin was affected by strong compression in Early Permian time when the southeastern basin area was uplifted and deeply eroded and the Donetsk fold belt was formed. | |
4. | The postrift platform sequence includes Triassic through Tertiary rocks that were deposited in a shallow platform depression that extended far beyond the Dnieper-Donetsk basin boundaries. |
17.2.1 DONBASS DEVELOPMENT AREA
The Donbas area contains the Lysychansko-Toshkivskay area and includes 5 operating mines and 11 closed mines. The relevant area is located in the Lugansk region. The lease area has a SE-NW orientation and the largest nearby town is Lysychanskaya. Ninety percent of the area is used for agricultural purposes or is not cultivated, and is owned by individuals, farmers or municipal bodies. The large (700mm diameter) Donetsk – Mariupol pipeline runs to the east of the lease.
17.2.2 Lysychansko-Toshkivskay
The Lysychansko-Toshkivskay license is located 165 km north-northeast of Donetsk. The data utilized to generate the regional resource figures was partially derived from the information published on the Toshkivskay mine (Table 15, 16) which lies within the license and has similar geological properties and well information. The stratigraphic sequence is monotonous throughout the license and has been delineated by multiple drill holes which were drilled to evaluate the coal seams throughout the area. No electric logs were rum on the holes as they were slim-hole drill holes drilled as stratigraphic tests. The information derived was used to map the sedimentary sequence which, as stated, was constantly regular and disturbed only by faulting.
Table 15 General Information, Toshkivskay Mine
Total mineable reserves, thousand tonnes | 45,639 | |||
Mineable reserves, active mine levels, thousand tonnes | 30,153 | |||
Total mining area, km2 | 15 | |||
Depth of shafts, m | 486 | |||
Mining capacity, tonnes/day | 181 | |||
Coal seam gas content, m3/tonne | 8.0 | |||
Pressure gradient, MPa/1000m | No data | |||
Porosity, sandstone | 12.8-0.8 | |||
Permeability, sandstone, mD | 13.33 | |||
Total methane resources, million m3 | 400 | |||
Methane liberated by mine ventilation, million m3/year | 0.658 |
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Table 16, Coal methane liberated at decontamination, Toshkivskay Mine
Year | Methane
liberated at ventilation Mm3/year |
Coal
production thousand tonnes /year |
2003 | 142 | 18.9 |
2004 | 32 | 37.1 |
2005 | 509 | 60.0 |
2006 | 559 | 61.5 |
2007 | 334 | 61.6 |
2008 | 605 | 61.9 |
2009 | 2,210 | 172.5 |
2010 | 1,740 | 139.5 |
2011 | 742 | 66.2 |
2012 | 462 | 42.1 |
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Figure 9, Chrono- and lithostratigraphy of the Donbass fold belt showing the distribution of source rocks, potential reservoirs, sealing beds and eroded formations in the study area. Major magmatic and tectonic events are also shown (Alsaab, D., et al, 2008).
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17.3 PRODUCTION
Two wells have been placed on production to test for natural gas in the sands present (see Section 24.0). There are numerous vents for degasification of the mines from which volumes have been recorded.
17.4 RESERVOIR CHARACTERISTICS
See Table 3, Section 8.
18.0 COSTS TO BE INCURRED
18.1 LEASE COSTS
Pursuant to the Agreement, the buy-in costs for the Company on the license is less than $1,000 (U.S.).
19.0 EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
19.1 EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT COSTS
Table 17, Schedule of exploration and development
Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total costs, $000 | ||||
type | Rework/
Prod'n |
Prod’n | Prod'n Expl'n/ | Prod'n | Expl'n/
Prod'n |
Expl'n/
Prod'n |
Expl'n | Expl'n/
Prod'n |
|
wells | 2** | 3 | 2* | 4 | 2* | 1 | 2* | 2 | |
depth, m | 500m | 800m | 2500m | 1500m | 2500m | 2500m | 2500m | 2500m | |
location | Tomash | Tomash | Zolot | Tomash | Zolot | Toshk | Toshk | PD | |
output, Mm3/d | 8 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 20 | 20 | 20 | ||
output, Mcf/d | 280 | 70 | 705 | 140 | 705 | 705 | 705 | ||
decline, % | 20 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | ||
cost, $000 | $700 | $2,150 | $5,400 | $7,900 | $5,400 | $2,700 | $5,300 | $5,300 | $34,850 |
seismic, $000 | $500 | $500 | $1,000 | ||||||
facilities, $000 | $1,200 | $1,200 | $1,200 | $1,200 | $4,800 | ||||
cost in year, $000 | $700 | $3,350 | $7,100 | $7,900 | $5,400 | $4,400 | $5,300 | $6,500 | $40,650 |
PD - Petrograd-Donetsk dome, Tomash - Tomashevskay domes, Toshk - Toshkivskay dome, Zolot - Zolotarivskay dome | |||||||||
* depending on result of previous well | |||||||||
**In year 1, deepen well 7K, cost $400k for exploration purposes, then plug back to produce from upper horizon at cost of $150k; rework of well 1G |
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19.2 CAPITAL COSTS
No capital costs were incurred by the Company during 2013.
19.3 OPERATING COSTS
For future cash flow purposes operating costs were estimated to be $500 per month per well once the new well is underway. No transportation costs were assigned as the Company owns the pipeline.
20.0 FORWARD CONTRACTS
None. Present production is sold to local end users.
21.0 ABANDONMENT AND RECLAMATION COSTS
The estimated abandonment costs are estimated to be $10,000 but were not included in the cash flow because of the indeterminate well life and lack of data on abandonment costs.
22.0 TAX HORIZON
A tax of 18% is levied on profits..
23.0 PRODUCTION ESTIMATES
Production rates for CBM vary significantly depending upon the basin in which they are exploited. As examples, the following basins within North America have production rates per well as follows:
Powder River basin | 319 - 266 Mcfd |
Alberta | 75 Mcfd |
Black Warrior Basin | 20 – 1,000 Mcfd |
Raton Basin | 300 Mcfd |
The rates used for the economic analysis in this Report were selected based on a general average from various basins and the production history of the A3335a well on the Tomashevskay South dome. The producing well, 11K on the Tomashevskay North dome has a poor history of production because of a rapid draw down resulting in formation damage and water entry. The estimates of future production is 250 Mcf/day/well initially, declining 25% in year 1, and 10% in subsequent years.
24.0 PRODUCTION HISTORY
Two wells have been placed on production for natural gas. The production history is tabulated in Table 18 and Chart 1 (Appendix). Venting from coal mining operations has been carried out for an indeterminate but substantial period (Table 16).
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Table 17, Production history
Annual Production MMcf | ||||||||||||
Well | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
A3335a | 61.1 | 168.7 | 90.7 | 68.6 | 59.8 | 56.6 | 53.9 | 42.7 | 29.8 | 26.8 | 24.6 | 20.1 |
11K | 0 | 1.75 | 14.8 | 11.4 | 8.8 | 6.3 | 5.22 | 4.46 | 3.99 | 4.24 | 3.89 | 3.8 |
Daily Gas Flow, Mcf/d | ||||||||||||
A3335a | 531 | 441.4 | 287 | 205 | 171 | 152 | 138 | 120 | 101 | 87.9 | 70.3 | 57.5 |
11K | 0 | 56.5 | 35.3 | 30 | 23.8 | 18.4 | 14.1 | 12.7 | 13.1` | 12.7 | 11.8 | 10.8 |
Future discounted cash flows for the two currently producing wells see Tables 20, 21, 22.
24.1 AVERAGE DAILY PRODUCTION
See Table 17 above.
24.2 PRICES RECEIVED, ROYALTIES PAID, PRODUCTION COSTS AND NETBACKS
The sales prices used in the economic runs are those for gas sales within the Donetsk Basin. An estimate of netbacks follows:
Price received/Mcf | $ | 10.97 | ||
Royalty (25%) | $ | 2.74 | ||
Production costs ($500/m) | $ | 0.13 | ||
Netback | $ | 8.10 |
25.0 PRODUCTION VOLUME BY FIELD
To date there are only two wells which have produced as a result of development. Total production to the end of 2014 was 779 MMcf.
26.0 RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that the drilling and testing program be carried out over the Lysychansko-Toshkivskay license to a minimum depth of 800 m and a maximum depth of 2500m in order to:
1. | determine the potential for deliverability of natural gas from the sand intervals. | |
2. | obtain petrophysical data to determine the reservoir characteristics and contents of the sandstone formations which are prevalent in the section of the Lysychansko-Toshkivskay license, | |
3. | obtain drawdown parameters, | |
4. | determine the spacing pattern for future development of the Lysychansko-Toshkivskay license, | |
5. | penetrate below the major fault underlying the Tomashevskay structure, and | |
6. | determine the optimum depth to drill wells. | |
7. | add compressors to existing wells |
It is recommended that several test wells be drilled on the Lysychansko-Toshkivskay license for a total expenditure of $8.15 million (see Table 17). This will satisfy the objectives set out above and the requirements of the Agreement. Upon confirmation that the potential for reasonable production is present, it is recommended that a continuous drill program be carried out to efficiently produce the resource.
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27.0 REFERENCES
Alsaab, D, Elie, M., Izart, A, Sachsenhofer, R. F. Predicting methane accumulations generated from humic carboniferous coals in the Donbas fold belt (Ukraine), 2007 AAPG Bulletin, August 2008, v. 92; no. 8; p. 10-29 – 1053.
Coal Mine Methane and Coalbed Methane Development in the Donetsk Region, Ukraine, by Advanced Resources International, Inc., May 2008, for Donetsk Regional Administration and U.S. Trade and Development Agency.
Coal Mine Methane in Ukraine: Opportunities for Production and Investment in the Donetsk Coal Basin, by Partnership for Energy and Environmental Reform for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Triplett, J., Filippov, A., Pisarenko A., 2001.
Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook, (COGEH), Volume 1, Reserves Definitions and Evaluation Practices and Procedures, Second Edition, September 1, 2007, Society of Petroleum Evaluation Engineers (Calgary Chapter) and Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy & Petroleum (Petroleum Society).
Marathon Oil, Power Point, 2006, Donbass, Ukraine: Estimation of Tomashevskiy and Lysychansko-Toshkivskiy licensed blocks
Mavor, Matt, and Nelson, C.R., 1997, Coalbed Reservoir Gas-In-Place Analysis, Gas Research Institute Report No. GRI-97/0263; Chicago,
Illinois.
Privalov, V.A., Zhykalyak, M.V., Panova, E.A., 2003 Geologic Controls on Coalbed Occurrence in the Donets Basin (Ukraine), www.coalinfo.net.cn/coalbed/meeting/2203/papers/coal-mining/cm054.pdf.
Swindell, Gary S., Powder River Basin Coalbed Methane Wells, Reserves and Rates, SPE.
Ulmishek, Gregory F., 2001, Petroleum Geology and Resources of the Dnieper-Donets Basin, Ukraine and Russia, USGS Bulletin 2201-E.
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28.0 CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATIONS
I, Barry l. Whelan, of the city of Vancouver, Province of British Columbia, do hereby certify:
1. | That I did prepare a review of the properties held by Great East Energy Inc. |
2. | That I am a Professional Geoscientist in the Province of British Columbia and that I have in excess of forty years experience as a Geologist, fifteen years with Gulf Oil Corporation and twenty five years as a Consulting Geologist. |
3. | That I have experience in exploration and development geology in North America, South America, Asia, Africa and Europe. |
4. | That I have performed evaluations of a similar type to this evaluation continuously starting in 1970 with Gulf Oil Corporation and subsequently as a consultant to individuals and companies since 1980. |
5. | That I have conducted the evaluation in accordance with generally accepted industry standards. |
6. | That I have no interest, direct or indirect, nor do I expect to receive any direct or indirect interest in the property evaluated in this report or in Great East Energy Inc. |
7. | That a personal field inspection of the properties was made from October 15th to the 23rd, 2013. The report was generated by material from Great East Energy Inc., conversations with the technical staff of Great East Energy Inc. and public records. |
8. | That Great East Energy Inc. provided ownership data and the terms of the Agreement. |
Dated at Vancouver, British Columbia on the 30th of December, 2014
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BARRY L. WHELAN”, P. GEO |
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APPENDIX
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Table 19, Forecast cash flow, single well, 250 Mcfd
Great East | ||||||||||||
Constant Prices | ||||||||||||
Ukraine | SUMMARY | |||||||||||
Initial flow rate 250 Mcfd | RESERVES AND ECONOMICS | |||||||||||
100% W.I.,75% N.R.I. | As of December 2014 | |||||||||||
All amounts in $US | CONSTANT PRICES | |||||||||||
Gross Gas | Net Gas | |||||||||||
Year | Prod | to Company | Price | revenue | Royalty | Gas | Op Costs | Future BT | Taxes | Future Atax | Cumulative | |
Mcf | Mcf | $/Mcf | $000s | $000s | Transm. | Cash Flow | 20% | Cash Flow | Total | |||
(100% WI) | (75% NRI.) | (100% WI) | (25%) | 000$ | 000$ | $000s | $000s | $000s | $000s | |||
2015 | 1 | 80,938 | 60,703 | $10.97 | $888 | $222 | $81 | $6.00 | $666 | $0 | $666 | $666 |
2016 | 2 | 68,797 | 51,598 | $10.97 | $755 | $189 | $69 | $6.09 | $566 | $0 | $566 | $1,232 |
2017 | 3 | 58,477 | 43,858 | $10.97 | $641 | $160 | $58 | $6.18 | $481 | $0 | $481 | $1,713 |
2018 | 4 | 49,706 | 37,279 | $10.97 | $545 | $136 | $50 | $6.27 | $409 | $0 | $409 | $2,122 |
2019 | 5 | 42,250 | 31,687 | $10.97 | $463 | $116 | $42 | $6.37 | $348 | $0 | $348 | $2,470 |
2020 | 6 | 35,912 | 26,934 | $10.97 | $394 | $98 | $36 | $6.46 | $295 | $59 | $236 | $2,706 |
2021 | 7 | 30,526 | 22,894 | $10.97 | $335 | $84 | $31 | $6.56 | $251 | $50 | $201 | $2,907 |
2022 | 8 | 25,947 | 19,460 | $10.97 | $285 | $71 | $26 | $6.66 | $213 | $43 | $171 | $3,078 |
2023 | 9 | 22,055 | 16,541 | $10.97 | $242 | $60 | $22 | $6.76 | $181 | $36 | $145 | $3,223 |
2024 | 10 | 18,746 | 14,060 | $10.97 | $206 | $51 | $19 | $6.86 | $154 | $31 | $123 | $3,346 |
2025 | 11 | 15,935 | 11,951 | $10.97 | $175 | $44 | $16 | $6.96 | $131 | $26 | $105 | $3,451 |
2026 | 12 | 13,544 | 10,158 | $10.97 | $149 | $37 | $14 | $7.07 | $111 | $22 | $89 | $3,540 |
2027 | 13 | 11,513 | 8,635 | $10.97 | $126 | $32 | $12 | $7.17 | $95 | $19 | $76 | $3,616 |
2028 | 14 | 9,786 | 7,339 | $10.97 | $107 | $27 | $10 | $7.28 | $81 | $16 | $64 | $3,680 |
2029 | 15 | 8,318 | 6,238 | $10.97 | $91 | $23 | $8 | $7.39 | $68 | $14 | $55 | $3,735 |
492,448 | 369,336 | $5,402 | $1,351 | $492 | $100.09 | $4,052 | $316 | $3,735 | ||||
BT($000s) | Tax ($000s) | AT ($000s) | ||||||||||
Net present Value @ 0% | $4,052 | $316 | $3,735 | |||||||||
Net present Value @ 5% | $3,190 | $204 | $2,986 | |||||||||
Net Present Value @ 10% | $2,608 | $136 | $2,472 | |||||||||
Net Present Value @ 15% | $2,196 | $93 | $2,103 | |||||||||
Net Present Value @ 20% | $1,887 | $65 | $1,823 |
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Table 20, Forecast cash flow, current production A3555a
Great East | Well # A3335a | ||||||||||||
Constant Prices | SUMMARY | ||||||||||||
Ukraine | RESERVES AND ECONOMICS | ||||||||||||
Initial flow rate 75 Mcfd | As of December, 2014 | ||||||||||||
100% W.I.,75% N.R.I. | CONSTANT PRICES | ||||||||||||
All amounts in $US | |||||||||||||
Gross Gas | Net Gas to company | ||||||||||||
Year | Prod | Price | Revenue | Royalty | Net | Cumulative | Op Costs | Future
Btax |
Taxes | Future Atax | Cumulative | ||
Mcf | Mcf | $/Mcf | $000s | $000s | Revenue | Total | Cash Flow | 0.2 | Cash Flow | Cash Flow | |||
(100% WI) | (75% NRI.) | (100% WI) | (25%) | $000s | $000s | 000$ | 000$ | 000$ | $000s | $000s | |||
2015 | 1 | 24,281 | 18,211 | $10.97 | $266 | $67 | $200 | $200 | $6 | $194 | $0 | $194 | $194 |
2016 | 2 | 20,639 | 15,479 | $10.97 | $226 | $57 | $170 | $370 | $6 | $164 | $0 | $164 | $358 |
2017 | 3 | 15,479 | 15,479 | $10.97 | $170 | $42 | $127 | $497 | $6 | $121 | $0 | $121 | $479 |
2018 | 4 | 11,609 | 11,609 | $10.97 | $127 | $32 | $96 | $592 | $6 | $90 | $0 | $90 | $568 |
2019 | 5 | 8,707 | 8,707 | $10.97 | $96 | $24 | $72 | $664 | $6 | $66 | $0 | $66 | $634 |
2020 | 6 | 6,530 | 6,530 | $10.97 | $72 | $18 | $54 | $718 | $6 | $48 | $10 | $38 | $672 |
2021 | 7 | 4,898 | 4,898 | $10.97 | $54 | $13 | $40 | $758 | $6 | $34 | $7 | $27 | $700 |
2022 | 8 | 3,673 | 3,673 | $10.97 | $40 | $10 | $30 | $788 | $6 | $24 | $5 | $19 | $719 |
2023 | 9 | 2,755 | 2,755 | $10.97 | $30 | $8 | $23 | $811 | $6 | $17 | $3 | $13 | $732 |
2024 | 10 | 2,066 | 2,066 | $10.97 | $23 | $6 | $17 | $828 | $6 | $11 | $2 | $9 | $741 |
2025 | 11 | 1,550 | 1,550 | $10.97 | $17 | $4 | $13 | $841 | $6 | $7 | $1 | $5 | $747 |
2026 | 12 | 1,162 | 1,162 | $10.97 | $13 | $3 | $10 | $850 | $6 | $4 | $1 | $3 | $749 |
103,351 | 92,121 | $1,134 | $283 | $850 | $72 | $778 | $29 | $749 | |||||
BT($000s) | tax($000s) | AT($000s) | |||||||||||
Net present Value @ 0% | $778 | $23 | $749 | ||||||||||
Net present Value @ 5% | $663 | $20 | $643 | ||||||||||
Net Present Value @ 10% | $575 | $14 | $561 | ||||||||||
Net Present Value @ 15% | $507 | $10 | $497 | ||||||||||
Net Present Value @ 20% | $453 | $8 | $445 |
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Table 21, Forecast cash flow, current production 11K
Great Eastern | |||||||||||||
Constant Prices | Well 11K | ||||||||||||
Ukraine | SUMMARY | ||||||||||||
Initial flow rate 12 Mcfd | RESERVES AND ECONOMICS | ||||||||||||
100% W.I.,75% N.R.I. | As of December, 2014 | ||||||||||||
All amounts in $US | CONSTANT PRICES | ||||||||||||
Gross Gas | Net Gas to company | ||||||||||||
Year | Prod | Price | Revenue | Royalty | Net | Cumulative | Op Costs | Future Btax | Taxes | Future Atax | Cumulative | ||
Mcf | Mcf | $/Mcf | $000s | $000s | Revenue | Total | Cash Flow | 0.2 | Cash Flow | Cash Flow | |||
(100% WI) | (75% NRI.) | (100% WI) | (25%) | $000s | $000s | 000$ | 000$ | 000$ | $000s | $000s | |||
2015 | 1 | 15,313 | 11,484 | $10.97 | $168 | $42 | $126 | $126 | $6 | $120 | $0 | $120 | $120 |
2016 | 2 | 11,484 | 8,613 | $10.97 | $126 | $25 | $101 | $227 | $6 | $95 | $0 | $95 | $215 |
2017 | 3 | 8,613 | 6,460 | $10.97 | $94 | $19 | $76 | $302 | $6 | $69 | $0 | $69 | $284 |
2018 | 4 | 6,460 | 4,845 | $10.97 | $71 | $14 | $57 | $359 | $6 | $50 | $0 | $50 | $335 |
2019 | 5 | 4,845 | 3,634 | $10.97 | $53 | $11 | $43 | $402 | $6 | $36 | $0 | $36 | $371 |
2020 | 6 | 3,634 | 2,725 | $10.97 | $40 | $8 | $32 | $433 | $6 | $25 | $5 | $20 | $391 |
2021 | 7 | 2,725 | 2,044 | $10.97 | $30 | $6 | $24 | $457 | $7 | $17 | $3 | $14 | $405 |
2022 | 8 | 2,044 | 1,533 | $10.97 | $22 | $4 | $18 | $475 | $7 | $11 | $2 | $9 | $414 |
2023 | 9 | 1,533 | 1,150 | $10.97 | $17 | $3 | $13 | $489 | $7 | $7 | $1 | $5 | $419 |
56,651 | 42,488 | $621 | $133 | $489 | $57 | $431 | $12 | $419 | |||||
Combined A3335a and 11K | |||||||||||||
BT($000s) | tax($000s) | AT($000s) | |||||||||||
Net present Value @ 0% | $431 | $12 | $419 | ||||||||||
Net present Value @ 5% | $373 | $9 | $365 | ||||||||||
Net Present Value @ 10% | $328 | $6 | $321 | ||||||||||
Net Present Value @ 15% | $291 | $5 | $287 | ||||||||||
Net Present Value @ 20% | $262 | $3 | $259 |
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Table 22, Forecast cash flow, combined current production
Great East | Combined A3335a and 11K | ||||||||||||
Constant Prices | SUMMARY | ||||||||||||
Ukraine | RESERVES AND ECONOMICS | ||||||||||||
Initial flow rate 87 Mcfd | As of December, 2014 | ||||||||||||
100% W.I.,75% N.R.I. | CONSTANT PRICES | ||||||||||||
All amounts in $US | |||||||||||||
Gross Gas | Net Gas to company | ||||||||||||
Year | Prod | Price | Revenue | Royalty | Net | Cumulative | Op Costs | Future Btax | Taxes | Future Atax | Cumulative | ||
Mcf | Mcf | $/Mcf | $000s | $000s | Revenue | Total | Cash Flow | 0.2 | Cash Flow | Cash Flow | |||
(100% WI) | (75% NRI.) | (100% WI) | (25%) | $000s | $000s | 000$ | 000$ | 000$ | $000s | $000s | |||
2015 | 1 | 39,594 | 29,695 | $10.97 | $434 | $109 | $326 | $326 | $6 | $320 | $0 | $320 | $320 |
2016 | 2 | 33,655 | 25,241 | $10.97 | $369 | $92 | $277 | $603 | $6 | $271 | $0 | $271 | $591 |
2017 | 3 | 25,241 | 25,241 | $10.97 | $277 | $69 | $208 | $810 | $6 | $202 | $0 | $202 | $792 |
2018 | 4 | 18,931 | 18,931 | $10.97 | $208 | $52 | $156 | $966 | $6 | $150 | $0 | $150 | $942 |
2019 | 5 | 14,198 | 14,198 | $10.97 | $156 | $39 | $117 | $1,083 | $6 | $111 | $0 | $111 | $1,053 |
2020 | 6 | 10,649 | 10,649 | $10.97 | $117 | $29 | $88 | $1,171 | $6 | $82 | $16 | $65 | $1,118 |
2021 | 7 | 7,986 | 7,986 | $10.97 | $88 | $22 | $66 | $1,236 | $6 | $60 | $12 | $48 | $1,166 |
2022 | 8 | 5,990 | 5,990 | $10.97 | $66 | $16 | $49 | $1,285 | $6 | $43 | $9 | $35 | $1,201 |
2023 | 9 | 4,492 | 4,492 | $10.97 | $49 | $12 | $37 | $1,322 | $6 | $31 | $6 | $25 | $1,225 |
2024 | 10 | 3,369 | 3,369 | $10.97 | $37 | $9 | $28 | $1,350 | $6 | $22 | $4 | $17 | $1,243 |
2025 | 11 | 2,527 | 2,527 | $10.97 | $28 | $7 | $21 | $1,371 | $6 | $15 | $3 | $12 | $1,255 |
2026 | 12 | 1,895 | 1,895 | $10.97 | $21 | $5 | $16 | $1,387 | $6 | $10 | $2 | $8 | $1,262 |
168,527 | 150,215 | $1,849 | $462 | $1,387 | $72 | $1,315 | $52 | $1,262 | |||||
BT($000s) | tax($000s) | AT($000s) | |||||||||||
Net present Value @ 0% | $1,315 | $52 | $1,262 | ||||||||||
Net present Value @ 5% | $1,114 | $36 | $1,078 | ||||||||||
Net Present Value @ 10% | $964 | $25 | $938 | ||||||||||
Net Present Value @ 15% | $847 | $18 | $829 | ||||||||||
Net Present Value @ 20% | $755 | $13 | $741 |
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Table 23, Forecast Cash Flow, Constant Price, Sequential Drill Program, Cost Recovery
Great East | BT($000s) | ||||||||||||
Constant Prices | SUMMARY | Net present Value @ 0% | $85,354 | ||||||||||
Ukraine | RESERVES AND ECONOMICS | Net present Value @ 5% | $41,426 | ||||||||||
Initial flow rate 250 Mcfd/w ell | As of December, 2014 | Net Present Value @ 10% | $19,500 | ||||||||||
100% W.I.,75% N.R.I. | CONSTANT PRICES | Net Present Value @ 15% | $7,970 | ||||||||||
All amounts in $US | with cost recovery | Net Present Value @ 20% | $1,673 | ||||||||||
decline 25% year 1, 10% thereafter | |||||||||||||
Gross Gas | |||||||||||||
Year | new | total | Prod | Price | revenue | Royalty | Net | Op Costs* | Capital | Future Btax | Taxes | Future Atax | Cumulative |
wells | # of wells | Mcf | $000s | $000s | Revenue | Expense | Cash Flow | 18% | Cash Flow | Cash Flow | |||
(100% WI) | $/Mcf | (100% WI) | (25%) | $000s | $000s | $000s | $000s | $000s | $000s | $000s | |||
2014 | 0 | 2 | 23,942 | $10.97 | $263 | $66 | $197 | $36 | $0 | $161 | $29 | $132 | $132 |
2015 | 7 | 9 | 689,063 | $10.97 | $7,559 | $1,890 | $5,669 | $54 | $11,150 | -$5,535 | $0 | -$5,535 | -$5,403 |
2016 | 7 | 16 | 1,156,094 | $10.97 | $12,682 | $3,171 | $9,512 | $96 | $17,700 | -$8,284 | $0 | -$8,284 | -$13,687 |
2017 | 4 | 20 | 1,346,734 | $10.97 | $14,774 | $3,693 | $11,080 | $120 | $11,800 | -$840 | $0 | -$840 | -$14,527 |
2018 | 4 | 24 | 1,518,311 | $10.97 | $16,656 | $4,164 | $12,492 | $144 | $11,800 | $548 | $99 | $449 | -$14,077 |
2019 | 4 | 28 | 1,672,730 | $10.97 | $18,350 | $4,587 | $13,762 | $168 | $11,800 | $1,794 | $323 | $1,471 | -$12,606 |
2020 | 4 | 32 | 1,811,707 | $10.97 | $19,874 | $4,969 | $14,906 | $192 | $11,800 | $2,914 | $524 | $2,389 | -$10,217 |
2021 | 4 | 36 | 1,936,786 | $10.97 | $21,247 | $5,312 | $15,935 | $216 | $11,800 | $3,919 | $705 | $3,214 | -$7,003 |
2022 | 4 | 40 | 2,049,358 | $10.97 | $22,481 | $5,620 | $16,861 | $240 | $11,800 | $4,821 | $868 | $3,953 | -$3,050 |
2023 | 1 | 41 | 1,920,984 | $10.97 | $21,073 | $5,268 | $15,805 | $246 | $2,650 | $12,909 | $2,324 | $10,585 | $7,535 |
2024 | 41 | 1,728,886 | $10.97 | $18,966 | $4,741 | $14,224 | $246 | $13,978 | $2,516 | $11,462 | $18,998 | ||
2025 | 41 | 1,555,997 | $10.97 | $17,069 | $4,267 | $12,802 | $246 | $12,556 | $2,260 | $10,296 | $29,294 | ||
2026 | 41 | 1,400,398 | $10.97 | $15,362 | $3,841 | $11,522 | $246 | $11,276 | $2,030 | $9,246 | $38,540 | ||
2027 | 41 | 1,260,358 | $10.97 | $13,826 | $3,457 | $10,370 | $246 | $10,124 | $1,822 | $8,301 | $46,841 | ||
2028 | 41 | 1,134,322 | $10.97 | $12,444 | $3,111 | $9,333 | $246 | $9,087 | $1,636 | $7,451 | $54,292 | ||
2029 | 41 | 1,020,890 | $10.97 | $11,199 | $2,800 | $8,399 | $246 | $8,153 | $1,468 | $6,686 | $60,978 | ||
2030 | 41 | 918,801 | $10.97 | $10,079 | $2,520 | $7,559 | $246 | $7,313 | $1,316 | $5,997 | $66,975 | ||
2031 | 41 | 826,921 | $10.97 | $9,071 | $2,268 | $6,803 | $246 | $6,557 | $1,180 | $5,377 | $72,352 | ||
2032 | 41 | 744,229 | $10.97 | $8,164 | $2,041 | $6,123 | $246 | $5,877 | $1,058 | $4,819 | $77,171 | ||
2033 | 41 | 669,806 | $10.97 | $7,348 | $1,837 | $5,511 | $246 | $5,265 | $948 | $4,317 | $81,488 | ||
2034 | 41 | 602,825 | $10.97 | $6,613 | $1,653 | $4,960 | $246 | $4,714 | $848 | $3,865 | $85,354 | ||
25,989,140 | 285,101 | 71,275 | 213,826 | 4,218 | 102,300 | 107,308 | 21,954 | 85,354 |
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Table 24, Forecast Cash Flow, Constant Price, No Cost Recovery
Great East | BT($000s) | |||||||||||
Constant Prices | SUMMARY | Net present Value @ 0% | $171,878 | |||||||||
Ukraine | RESERVES AND ECONOMICS | Net present Value @ 5% | $111,677 | |||||||||
Initial flow rate 250 Mcfd/w ell | As of December, 2014 | Net Present Value @ 10% | $77,808 | |||||||||
100% W.I.,75% N.R.I. | CONSTANT PRICES | Net Present Value @ 15% | $57,295 | |||||||||
All amounts in $US | no cost recovery | Net Present Value @ 20% | $44,091 | |||||||||
decline 25% year 1, 10% thereafter | ||||||||||||
Gross Gas | ||||||||||||
Year | new | total | Prod | Price | revenue | Royalty | Net | Op Costs | Future Btax | Taxes | Future Atax | Cumulative |
wells | # of wells | Mcf | $000s | $000s | Revenue | Cash Flow | 18% | Cash Flow | Cash Flow | |||
(100% WI) | $/Mcf* | (100% WI) | (25%) | $000s | $000s | $000s | $000s | $000s | $000s | |||
2014 | 0 | 2 | 23,942 | $10.97 | $263 | $66 | $197 | $36 | $161 | $29 | $132 | $132 |
2015 | 7 | 9 | 689,063 | $10.97 | $7,559 | $1,890 | $5,669 | $54 | $5,615 | $1,011 | $4,605 | $4,737 |
2016 | 7 | 16 | 1,156,094 | $10.97 | $12,682 | $3,171 | $9,512 | $96 | $9,416 | $1,695 | $7,721 | $12,457 |
2017 | 4 | 20 | 1,346,734 | $10.97 | $14,774 | $3,693 | $11,080 | $120 | $10,960 | $1,973 | $8,987 | $21,445 |
2018 | 4 | 24 | 1,518,311 | $10.97 | $16,656 | $4,164 | $12,492 | $144 | $12,348 | $2,223 | $10,125 | $31,570 |
2019 | 4 | 28 | 1,672,730 | $10.97 | $18,350 | $4,587 | $13,762 | $168 | $13,594 | $2,447 | $11,147 | $42,718 |
2020 | 4 | 32 | 1,811,707 | $10.97 | $19,874 | $4,969 | $14,906 | $192 | $14,714 | $2,648 | $12,065 | $54,783 |
2021 | 4 | 36 | 1,936,786 | $10.97 | $21,247 | $5,312 | $15,935 | $216 | $15,719 | $2,829 | $12,890 | $67,672 |
2022 | 4 | 40 | 2,049,358 | $10.97 | $22,481 | $5,620 | $16,861 | $240 | $16,621 | $2,992 | $13,629 | $81,302 |
2023 | 1 | 41 | 1,920,984 | $10.97 | $21,073 | $5,268 | $15,805 | $246 | $15,559 | $2,801 | $12,758 | $94,060 |
2024 | 41 | 1,728,886 | $10.97 | $18,966 | $4,741 | $14,224 | $246 | $13,978 | $2,516 | $11,462 | $105,522 | |
2025 | 41 | 1,555,997 | $10.97 | $17,069 | $4,267 | $12,802 | $246 | $12,556 | $2,260 | $10,296 | $115,818 | |
2026 | 41 | 1,400,398 | $10.97 | $15,362 | $3,841 | $11,522 | $246 | $11,276 | $2,030 | $9,246 | $125,064 | |
2027 | 41 | 1,260,358 | $10.97 | $13,826 | $3,457 | $10,370 | $246 | $10,124 | $1,822 | $8,301 | $133,366 | |
2028 | 41 | 1,134,322 | $10.97 | $12,444 | $3,111 | $9,333 | $246 | $9,087 | $1,636 | $7,451 | $140,817 | |
2029 | 41 | 1,020,890 | $10.97 | $11,199 | $2,800 | $8,399 | $246 | $8,153 | $1,468 | $6,686 | $147,502 | |
2030 | 41 | 918,801 | $10.97 | $10,079 | $2,520 | $7,559 | $246 | $7,313 | $1,316 | $5,997 | $153,499 | |
2031 | 41 | 826,921 | $10.97 | $9,071 | $2,268 | $6,803 | $246 | $6,557 | $1,180 | $5,377 | $158,877 | |
2032 | 41 | 744,229 | $10.97 | $8,164 | $2,041 | $6,123 | $246 | $5,877 | $1,058 | $4,819 | $163,696 | |
2033 | 41 | 669,806 | $10.97 | $7,348 | $1,837 | $5,511 | $246 | $5,265 | $948 | $4,317 | $168,013 | |
2034 | 41 | 602,825 | $10.97 | $6,613 | $1,653 | $4,960 | $246 | $4,714 | $848 | $3,865 | $171,878 | |
25,989,140 | 285,101 | 71,275 | 213,826 | $4,218 | 209,608 | 37,729 | 171,878 |
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Table 25, Forecast Cash Flow, Escalated Price, Staggered Drill Program, Cost Recovery
Great East | BT($000s) | ||||||||||||
Escalated Prices | SUMMARY | Net present Value @ 0% | $132,289 | ||||||||||
Ukraine | RESERVES AND ECONOMICS | Net present Value @ 5% | $62,534 | ||||||||||
Initial flow rate 250 Mcfd/w ell | As of December, 2014 | Net Present Value @ 10% | $33,068 | ||||||||||
100% W.I.,75% N.R.I. | ESCALATED PRICES | Net Present Value @ 15% | $16,293 | ||||||||||
All amounts in $US | with cost recovery | Net Present Value @ 20% | $7,179 | ||||||||||
decline 25% year 1, 10% thereafter | |||||||||||||
Gross Gas | |||||||||||||
Year | new | total | Prod | Price | revenue | Royalty | Net | Op Cost | Capital | Future Btax | Taxes | Future Atax | Cumulative |
wells | # of wells | Mcf | $000s | $000s | Revenue | Expense | Cash Flow | 18% | Cash Flow | Cash Flow | |||
(100% WI) | $/Mcf* | (100% WI) | (25%) | $000s | 000$ | 000$ | 000$ | 000$ | $000s | $000s | |||
2014 | 0 | 2 | 23,942 | $10.97 | $263 | $66 | $197 | $36 | $0 | $161 | $29 | $132 | $132 |
2015 | 7 | 9 | 689,063 | $10.97 | $7,559 | $1,890 | $5,669 | $54 | $11,150 | -$5,535 | $0 | -$5,535 | -$5,403 |
2016 | 7 | 16 | 1,156,094 | $11.19 | $12,936 | $3,234 | $9,702 | $96 | $17,700 | -$8,094 | $0 | -$8,094 | -$13,497 |
2017 | 4 | 20 | 1,346,734 | $11.41 | $15,371 | $3,843 | $11,528 | $120 | $11,800 | -$392 | $0 | -$392 | -$13,889 |
2018 | 4 | 24 | 1,457,061 | $11.64 | $16,962 | $4,241 | $12,722 | $144 | $11,800 | $778 | $140 | $638 | -$13,251 |
2019 | 4 | 28 | 1,617,605 | $11.87 | $19,208 | $4,802 | $14,406 | $168 | $11,800 | $2,438 | $439 | $1,999 | -$11,252 |
2020 | 28 | 1,455,844 | $12.11 | $17,633 | $4,408 | $13,225 | $168 | $13,057 | $2,350 | $10,706 | -$546 | ||
2021 | 4 | 32 | 1,616,510 | $12.35 | $19,970 | $4,993 | $14,978 | $192 | $11,800 | $2,986 | $537 | $2,448 | $1,903 |
2022 | 32 | 1,454,859 | $12.60 | $18,333 | $4,583 | $13,750 | $192 | $13,558 | $2,440 | $11,117 | $13,020 | ||
2023 | 4 | 36 | 1,615,623 | $12.85 | $20,766 | $5,191 | $15,574 | $216 | $11,800 | $3,558 | $640 | $2,918 | $15,938 |
2024 | 36 | 1,454,061 | $13.11 | $19,063 | $4,766 | $14,297 | $216 | $14,081 | $2,535 | $11,547 | $27,484 | ||
2025 | 4 | 40 | 1,921,155 | $13.37 | $25,690 | $6,423 | $19,268 | $240 | $11,800 | $7,228 | $1,301 | $5,927 | $33,411 |
2026 | 40 | 1,729,039 | $13.64 | $23,584 | $5,896 | $17,688 | $240 | $17,448 | $3,141 | $14,307 | $47,718 | ||
2027 | 1 | 41 | 1,709,260 | $13.91 | $23,780 | $5,945 | $17,835 | $246 | $2,700 | $14,889 | $2,680 | $12,209 | $59,928 |
2028 | 41 | 1,538,334 | $14.19 | $21,830 | $5,458 | $16,373 | $246 | $16,127 | $2,903 | $13,224 | $73,152 | ||
2029 | 41 | 1,384,501 | $14.47 | $20,040 | $5,010 | $15,030 | $246 | $14,784 | $2,661 | $12,123 | $85,275 | ||
2030 | 41 | 1,246,051 | $14.76 | $18,397 | $4,599 | $13,798 | $246 | $13,552 | $2,439 | $11,112 | $96,387 | ||
2031 | 41 | 1,121,446 | $15.06 | $16,888 | $4,222 | $12,666 | $246 | $12,420 | $2,236 | $10,185 | $106,572 | ||
2032 | 41 | 1,009,301 | $15.36 | $15,504 | $3,876 | $11,628 | $246 | $11,382 | $2,049 | $9,333 | $115,904 | ||
2033 | 41 | 908,371 | $15.67 | $14,232 | $3,558 | $10,674 | $246 | $10,428 | $1,877 | $8,551 | $124,456 | ||
2034 | 41 | 817,534 | $15.98 | $13,065 | $3,266 | $9,799 | $246 | $9,553 | $1,720 | $7,833 | $132,289 | ||
27,272,387 | 361,074 | 90,269 | 270,806 | 4,050 | 102,350 | 164,406 | 32,117 | 132,289 |
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Table 26, Forecast Cash Flow, Escalated Price, Staggered Drill Program, No Cost Recove
Great East | BT($000s) | |||||||||||
Escalated Prices | SUMMARY | Net present Value @ 0% | $218,740 | |||||||||
Ukraine | RESERVES AND ECONOMICS | Net present Value @ 5% | $133,578 | |||||||||
Initial flow rate 250 Mcfd/w ell | As of December, 2014 | Net Present Value @ 10% | $88,526 | |||||||||
100% W.I.,75% N.R.I. | ESCALATED PRICES | Net Present Value @ 15% | $62,766 | |||||||||
All amounts in $US | no cost recovery | Net Present Value @ 20% | $46,999 | |||||||||
decline 25% year 1, 10% thereafter | ||||||||||||
Gross Gas | ||||||||||||
Year | new | total | Prod | Price | revenue | Royalty | Net | Op Costs | Future Btax | Taxes | Future Atax | Cumulative |
wells | # of wells | Mcf | 2% escalation | $000s | $000s | Revenue | Cash Flow | 18% | Cash Flow | Cash Flow | ||
(100% WI) | $/Mcf | (100% WI) | (25%) | $000s | 000$ | 000$ | 000$ | $000s | $000s | |||
2014 | 0 | 2 | 23,942 | $10.97 | $263 | $66 | $197 | $36 | $161 | $29 | $132 | $132 |
2015 | 7 | 9 | 689,063 | $10.97 | $7,559 | $1,890 | $5,669 | $54 | $5,615 | $1,011 | $4,605 | $4,737 |
2016 | 7 | 16 | 1,156,094 | $11.19 | $12,936 | $3,234 | $9,702 | $96 | $9,606 | $1,729 | $7,877 | $12,613 |
2017 | 4 | 20 | 1,346,734 | $11.41 | $15,371 | $3,843 | $11,528 | $120 | $11,408 | $2,053 | $9,354 | $21,968 |
2018 | 4 | 24 | 1,457,061 | $11.64 | $16,962 | $4,241 | $12,722 | $144 | $12,578 | $2,264 | $10,314 | $32,282 |
2019 | 4 | 28 | 1,617,605 | $11.87 | $19,208 | $4,802 | $14,406 | $168 | $14,238 | $2,563 | $11,675 | $43,957 |
2020 | 28 | 1,455,844 | $12.11 | $17,633 | $4,408 | $13,225 | $168 | $13,057 | $2,350 | $10,706 | $54,663 | |
2021 | 4 | 32 | 1,616,510 | $12.35 | $19,970 | $4,993 | $14,978 | $192 | $14,786 | $2,661 | $12,124 | $66,788 |
2022 | 32 | 1,454,859 | $12.60 | $18,333 | $4,583 | $13,750 | $192 | $13,558 | $2,440 | $11,117 | $77,905 | |
2023 | 4 | 36 | 1,615,623 | $12.85 | $20,766 | $5,191 | $15,574 | $216 | $15,358 | $2,764 | $12,594 | $90,499 |
2024 | 36 | 1,454,061 | $13.11 | $19,063 | $4,766 | $14,297 | $216 | $14,081 | $2,535 | $11,547 | $102,045 | |
2025 | 4 | 40 | 1,921,155 | $13.37 | $25,690 | $6,423 | $19,268 | $240 | $19,028 | $3,425 | $15,603 | $117,648 |
2026 | 40 | 1,729,039 | $13.64 | $23,584 | $5,896 | $17,688 | $240 | $17,448 | $3,141 | $14,307 | $131,955 | |
2027 | 1 | 41 | 1,709,260 | $13.91 | $23,780 | $5,945 | $17,835 | $246 | $17,589 | $3,166 | $14,423 | $146,378 |
2028 | 41 | 1,538,334 | $14.19 | $21,830 | $5,458 | $16,373 | $246 | $16,127 | $2,903 | $13,224 | $159,602 | |
2029 | 41 | 1,384,501 | $14.47 | $20,040 | $5,010 | $15,030 | $246 | $14,784 | $2,661 | $12,123 | $171,725 | |
2030 | 41 | 1,246,051 | $14.76 | $18,397 | $4,599 | $13,798 | $246 | $13,552 | $2,439 | $11,112 | $182,838 | |
2031 | 41 | 1,121,446 | $15.06 | $16,888 | $4,222 | $12,666 | $246 | $12,420 | $2,236 | $10,185 | $193,022 | |
2032 | 41 | 1,009,301 | $15.36 | $15,504 | $3,876 | $11,628 | $246 | $11,382 | $2,049 | $9,333 | $202,355 | |
2033 | 41 | 908,371 | $15.67 | $14,232 | $3,558 | $10,674 | $246 | $10,428 | $1,877 | $8,551 | $210,906 | |
2034 | 41 | 817,534 | $15.98 | $13,065 | $3,266 | $9,799 | $246 | $9,553 | $1,720 | $7,833 | $218,740 | |
27,272,387 | 361,074 | 90,269 | 270,806 | $4,050 | 266,756 | 48,016 | 218,740 |
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Exhibit 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Larysa Prymenko, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of GASE Energy, Inc. (formerly known as “Great East Energy, Inc.”), certify that:
1. I have reviewed this Amendment No. 1 to Form 10-K of GASE Energy, Inc. for the period ended December 31, 2013;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
a) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
Date: February 26, 2015
/s/ Larysa Prymenko | |
Larysa Prymenko | |
Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director (principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer) |
Exhibit 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
The undersigned hereby certifies, in her capacity as an officer of GASE Energy, Inc. (formerly known as “Great East Energy, Inc.,” the “Company”), for the purposes of 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of her knowledge:
(1) The Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K/A for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
Dated: February 26, 2015
/s/ Larysa Prymenko | |
Larysa Prymenko Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Director (principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer) |
A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to GASE Energy, Inc. (formerly, “Great East Energy, Inc.”) and will be retained by GASE Energy, Inc. (formerly, “Great East Energy, Inc.”) and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
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