Check whether the issuer (1) filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 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.
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity, as of the latest practicable date.
Item 1. Financial Statements.
BREK ENERGY CORPORATION |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS |
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| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2007 | | | 2006 | |
| | (Unaudited) | | | | |
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Assets |
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Current assets | | | | | | |
Cash | | $ | 813,141 | | | $ | 1,415,996 | |
Accounts receivable | | | 35,657 | | | | 82,014 | |
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Total current assets | | | 848,798 | | | | 1,498,010 | |
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Oil and gas properties (full cost method) | | | | | | | | |
Proved properties | | | 22,657,179 | | | | 22,658,882 | |
Unproved properties | | | 8,460 | | | | 7,918 | |
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Total | | | 22,665,639 | | | | 22,666,800 | |
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Less accumulated depletion and impairment | | | (21,285,867 | ) | | | (21,241,828 | ) |
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| | | 1,379,772 | | | | 1,424,972 | |
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Total assets | | $ | 2,228,570 | | | $ | 2,922,982 | |
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity |
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Current liabilities | | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable | | $ | 153,405 | | | $ | 256,940 | |
Accrued liabilities | | | 47,850 | | | | 25,000 | |
Accrued professional fees | | | 58,271 | | | | 81,268 | |
Accrued wages payable | | | 98,229 | | | | 98,146 | |
Due to related parties | | | 90,123 | | | | 12,258 | |
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Total current liabilities | | | 447,878 | | | | 473,612 | |
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Noncurrent liabilities | | | | | | | | |
Asset retirement obligation | | | 24,876 | | | | 23,304 | |
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Total liabilities | | | 472,754 | | | | 496,916 | |
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Commitments and contingencies | | | | | | | | |
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Minority interest | | | 38,995 | | | | 39,954 | |
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Stockholders' equity | | | | | | | | |
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 300,000,000 authorized; 79,973,062 | | | | | | | | |
issued and outstanding at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 | | | 79,973 | | | | 79,973 | |
Additional paid-in-capital | | | 69,385,165 | | | | 69,360,165 | |
Common stock purchase warrants | | | - | | | | 25,000 | |
Accumulated deficit | | | (67,748,317 | ) | | | (67,079,026 | ) |
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Total stockholders' equity | | | 1,716,821 | | | | 2,386,112 | |
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity | | $ | 2,228,570 | | | $ | 2,922,982 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
BREK ENERGY CORPORATIONCONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS(UNAUDITED)
| | | Three Months Ended | | | Nine Months Ended | |
| | | September 30, | | | September 30, | |
| | | 2007 | | | 2006 | | | 2007 | | | 2006 | |
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Revenue | | $ | 45,145 | | | $ | 83,242 | | | $ | 207,421 | | | $ | 353,322 | |
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Operating expenses (income) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
General and administrative | | | 250,697 | | | | 285,400 | | | | 762,490 | | | | 855,828 | |
Lease operating | | | 37,273 | | | | - | | | | 111,333 | | | | - | |
Gathering operations | | | 15,259 | | | | 8,205 | | | | 59,916 | | | | 44,173 | |
Depletion | | | 13,591 | | | | 12,799 | | | | 44,039 | | | | 57,529 | |
Accretion | | | 524 | | | | - | | | | 1,572 | | | | - | |
Gain on extinguishment of accounts payable | | | (5,000 | ) | | | - | | | | (84,224 | ) | | | - | |
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Total operating expenses | | | 312,344 | | | | 306,404 | | | | 895,126 | | | | 957,530 | |
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Net loss from continuing operations before interest income, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
franchise taxes, discontinued operations and minority interest | | | (267,199 | ) | | | (223,162 | ) | | | (687,705 | ) | | | (604,208 | ) |
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Interest income | | | 2,140 | | | | - | | | | 18,285 | | | | - | |
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Net loss from continuing operations before franchise taxes, | | | (265,059 | ) | | | (223,162 | ) | | | (669,420 | ) | | | (604,208 | ) |
discontinued operations and minority interest | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Franchise tax | | | (830 | ) | | | - | | | | (830 | ) | | | (4,033 | ) |
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Net loss from continuing operations before discontinued | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
operations and minority interest | | | (265,889 | ) | | | (223,162 | ) | | | (670,250 | ) | | | (608,241 | ) |
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Loss from discontinued operations | | | - | | | | (10,083 | ) | | | - | | | | (26,335 | ) |
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Net loss before minority interest | | | (265,889 | ) | | | (233,245 | ) | | | (670,250 | ) | | | (634,576 | ) |
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Minority interest | | | 116 | | | | 4,084 | | | | 959 | | | | 36,112 | |
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Net loss | | $ | (265,773 | ) | | $ | (229,161 | ) | | $ | (669,291 | ) | | $ | (598,464 | ) |
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Net loss per share - basic and diluted: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Continuing operations | | $ | (0.00 | ) | | $ | (0.01 | ) | | $ | (0.01 | ) | | $ | (0.01 | ) |
| | | (0.00 | ) | | | (0.00 | ) | | | (0.00 | ) | | | (0.00 | ) |
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Net loss per share | | $ | (0.00 | ) | | $ | (0.01 | ) | | $ | (0.01 | ) | | $ | (0.01 | ) |
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding - | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic and diluted | | | 79,973,062 | | | | 61,361,174 | | | | 79,973,062 | | | | 61,011,657 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
BREK ENERGY CORPORATION | |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY AND ACCUMULATED DEFICIT | |
FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2007 AND 2006 | |
AND THE THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2006 | |
(UNAUDITED) | |
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| | Common Stock Issued | | | Additional | | | Common Stock | | | | | | | |
| | Number of | | | | | | Paid in | | | Purchase | | | Accumulated | | | | |
| | Shares | | | Amount | | | Capital | | | Warrants | | | Deficit | | | Total | |
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Balance, January 1, 2006 | | | 59,498,090 | | | $ | 59,498 | | | $ | 65,364,249 | | | $ | 977,973 | | | $ | (61,592,913 | ) | | $ | 4,808,807 | |
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Units issued for cash | | | 800,000 | | | | 800 | | | | 299,200 | | | | 100,000 | | | | - | | | | 400,000 | |
Common stock issued for debt | | | 300,922 | | | | 301 | | | | 150,159 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 150,460 | |
Warrants exercised for cash | | | 250,000 | | | | 250 | | | | 74,750 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 75,000 | |
Warrants exercised for debt | | | 800,000 | | | | 800 | | | | 199,200 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 200,000 | |
Common stock purchase warrants, exercised | | | - | | | | - | | | | 42,500 | | | | (42,500 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Net loss for the nine months ended | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
September 30, 2006 | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (598,464 | ) | | | (598,464 | ) |
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Balance, September 30, 2006 | | | 61,649,012 | | | | 61,649 | | | | 66,130,058 | | | | 1,035,473 | | | | (62,191,377 | ) | | | 5,035,803 | |
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Warrants exercised for cash | | | 16,554,236 | | | | 16,554 | | | | 2,068,701 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 2,085,255 | |
Common stock issued for debt - cancelled | | | (10,410 | ) | | | (10 | ) | | | (5,195 | ) | | | - | | | | - | | | | (5,205 | ) |
Warrants exercised for debt | | | 1,780,224 | | | | 1,780 | | | | 156,128 | | | | - | | | | - | | | | 157,908 | |
Common stock purchase warrants, exercised | | | - | | | | - | | | | 1,010,473 | | | | (1,010,473 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Net loss for the three months ended | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
December 31, 2006 | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (4,887,649 | ) | | | (4,887,649 | ) |
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Balance, December 31, 2006 | | | 79,973,062 | | | | 79,973 | | | | 69,360,165 | | | | 25,000 | | | | (67,079,026 | ) | | | 2,386,112 | |
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Common stock purchase warrants - expired | | | - | | | | - | | | | 25,000 | | | | (25,000 | ) | | | - | | | | - | |
Net loss for the nine months ended | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
September 30, 2007 | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | - | | | | (669,291 | ) | | | (669,291 | ) |
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Balance, September 30, 2007 | | | 79,973,062 | | | $ | 79,973 | | | $ | 69,385,165 | | | $ | - | | | $ | (67,748,317 | ) | | $ | 1,716,821 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
BREK ENERGY CORPORATION |
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS |
(UNAUDITED) |
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| | Nine Months Ended | |
| | September 30, | |
| | 2007 | | | 2006 | |
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Cash flows from operating activities: | | | | | | |
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Net loss | | $ | (669,291 | ) | | $ | (598,464 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: | | | | | | | | |
Depletion | | | 44,039 | | | | 57,529 | |
Accretion of asset retirement obligation | | | 1,572 | | | | - | |
Minority interest | | | (959 | ) | | | (36,111 | ) |
Gain on extinguishment of accounts payable | | | (84,224 | ) | | | - | |
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: | | | | | | | | |
Accounts receivable | | | 46,357 | | | | 120,059 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | - | | | | 3,415 | |
Accounts payable | | | (19,311 | ) | | | (136,302 | ) |
Accrued liabilities | | | 22,850 | | | | (27,850 | ) |
Accrued professional fees | | | (22,997 | ) | | | - | |
Accrued wages payable | | | 83 | | | | 17,619 | |
Due to related parties | | | 77,865 | | | | 103,806 | |
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Net cash used in operating activities | | | (604,016 | ) | | | (496,299 | ) |
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Cash flows from investment activities: | | | | | | | | |
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Proceeds from sale of oil and gas acreage | | | 21,000 | | | | 20,000 | |
Cash spent on oil and gas properties | | | (19,839 | ) | | | (46,769 | ) |
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Net cash provided by (used in) investment activities | | | 1,161 | | | | (26,769 | ) |
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Cash flows from financing activities: | | | | | | | | |
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Units issued for cash | | | - | | | | 400,000 | |
Exercise of warrants for cash | | | - | | | | 75,000 | |
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Net cash provided by financing activities | | | - | | | | 475,000 | |
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Decrease in cash | | | (602,855 | ) | | | (48,068 | ) |
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Cash, beginning of the period | | | 1,415,996 | | | | 58,113 | |
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Cash, end of the period | | $ | 813,141 | | | $ | 10,045 | |
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Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing activities: | | | | | | | | |
Cash paid during the period for: | | | | | | | | |
Interest | | $ | - | | | $ | - | |
Taxes | | $ | 930 | | | $ | 4,033 | |
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Non-cash financing transactions: | | | | | | | | |
Expiration of warrants | | $ | 25,000 | | | $ | - | |
Issuance of common stock to related parties in settlement of debt | | $ | - | | | $ | 150,460 | |
Exercise of warrants offset agaist amount due to an officer | | $ | - | | | $ | 200,000 | |
Accounts payable and accruals for oil and gas well expenditures | | $ | - | | | $ | 150,403 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
BREK ENERGY CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 1 - PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Principal Activities
Brek Energy Corporation (“Brek” or the “Company”) is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development and acquisition of crude oil and natural gas in the United States.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-QSB and Item 310(b) of Regulation S-B. They do not include all information and notes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. However, except as disclosed herein, there has been no material change in the information disclosed in the notes to consolidated financial statements included in the annual report on Form 10-KSB of Brek Energy Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2006. When used in these notes, the terms “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our” mean Brek Energy Corporation and all entities included in our condensed consolidated financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (including normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any interim period or the entire year. For further information, these condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006 included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-KSB.
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principles of Consolidation
These condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of Brek Energy Corp. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated from the consolidated financial results.
Certain amounts in the prior periods’ consolidated financial statements and notes have been reclassified to conform to the current periods’ presentation.
BREK ENERGY CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Financial Instruments
Concentration of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and trade accounts receivable. At September 30, 2007, and December 31, 2006, the Company had approximately $800,000 and $1,400,000, respectively in cash that was not insured. This cash is on deposit with a major chartered Canadian bank. The Company has not experienced any losses in cash balances and does not believe it is exposed to any significant credit risk on cash and cash equivalents.
Receivables arising from sales to customers are not collateralized. Management monitors the financial condition of its customers to reduce the risk of loss. All of the Company’s sales were to the Company’s two oil and gas operators. Substantially all of the Company’s accounts receivable are due from the Company’s two oil and gas operators. Accounts receivable from oil and gas operators are generally paid within 60 days. At September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the Company had $35,657 and $82,014, respectively in trade accounts receivable due from its two oil and gas operators.
Oil and Gas Properties
The Company follows the full cost method of accounting whereby all costs related to the acquisition and development of oil and gas properties are capitalized into a single cost centre (“full cost pool”). Such costs include lease acquisition costs, geological and geophysical costs, overhead directly related to exploration and development activities and costs of drilling both productive and non-productive wells. Proceeds from property sales are generally credited to the full cost pool without gain or loss recognition unless such a sale would significantly alter the relationship between capitalized costs and the proved reserves attributable to these costs. A significant alteration would typically involve a sale of 25% or more of the proved reserves related to a single full cost pool. The Company did not capitalize any internal costs during the nine months ended September 30, 2007 or 2006. Costs associated with production and general corporate activities were expensed in the period incurred.
Depletion of exploration and development costs is computed using the units-of-production method based upon estimated proven oil and gas reserves. The costs of unproved properties are withheld from the depletion base until such time as either they are developed or abandoned. The properties are reviewed quarterly for impairment.
Total well costs are transferred to the depletable pool even when multiple targeted zones have not been fully evaluated. For depletion purposes, relative volumes of oil and gas production and reserves are converted at the energy equivalent rate of six thousand cubic feet of natural gas to one barrel of crude oil.
BREK ENERGY CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Oil and Gas Properties (Continued)
Under the full cost method of accounting, capitalized oil and gas property costs less accumulated depletion and net of deferred income taxes (full cost pool) may not exceed a ceiling amount equal to the present value, discounted at 10%, of estimated future net revenues from proved oil and gas reserves less the future cash outflows associated with the asset retirement obligations that have been accrued in the balance sheet plus the cost, or estimated fair value, if lower of unproved properties and the costs of any properties not being amortized, if any. Should the full cost pool exceed this ceiling, impairment is recognized. The present value of estimated future net revenues is computed by applying current oil and gas prices to estimated future production of proved oil and gas reserves as of period-end, less estimated future expenditures to be incurred in developing and producing the proved reserves assuming the continuation of existing economic conditions. However, subsequent commodity price increases may be utilized to calculate the ceiling value.
At December 31, 2006 our full cost pool and ceiling were the same. At September 30, 2007, due to an increase in oil and gas prices, the ceiling exceeded our full cost pool, therefore no impairment was recognized at September 30, 2007.
Asset Retirement Obligation
The Company follows Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations, which requires that the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation be recognized in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. The associated asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. The increase in carrying value of a property associated with the capitalization of an asset retirement cost is included in proved oil and gas properties in the consolidated balance sheets. The Company depletes the amount added to proved oil and gas property costs. The future cash outflows for oil and gas properties associated with settling the asset retirement obligations that have been accrued in the accompanying balance sheets are excluded from the ceiling test calculations. The Company’s asset retirement obligation consists of costs related to the plugging of wells and removal of facilities and equipment on its oil and gas properties. The asset retirement liability is allocated to operating expenses using a systematic and rational method. The information below reconciles the value of the asset retirement obligation at September 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006.
| | September 30, | | | December 31, | |
| | 2007 | | | 2006 | |
Balance, beginning of period | | $ | 23,304 | | | $ | - | |
Liabilities incurred | | | - | | | | 17,875 | |
Accretion expense | | | 1,572 | | | | 5,429 | |
Balance, end of period | | $ | 24,876 | | | $ | 23,304 | |
BREK ENERGY CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (continued)
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 (“FIN 48”), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. FIN 48 clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise's financial statements in accordance with SFAS No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. FIN 48 also provides guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and transition.
The Company adopted the provisions of FIN 48 on January 1, 2007. FIN 48 provides detailed guidance for the financial statement recognition, measurement and disclosure of uncertain tax positions recognized in the financial statements in accordance with SFAS 109. Tax positions must meet a “more-likely-than-not” recognition threshold at the effective date to be recognized upon the adoption of FIN 48 and in subsequent periods. The adoption of FIN 48 had an immaterial impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position and did not result in unrecognized tax benefits being recorded. Accordingly, no corresponding interest and penalties have been accrued. The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and various states. There are currently no federal or state income tax examinations underway for these jurisdictions. Furthermore, the Company is no longer subject to U.S. federal income tax examinations by the Internal Revenue service for tax years before 2003 and for state and local tax authorities for years before 2002. The Company does, however, have prior year net operating losses which remain open for examination.
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157 (“SFAS 157”), Fair Value Measurements. SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosure requirements about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 will be effective for the Company January 1, 2008. Adoption of SFAS 157 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159 (“SFAS 159”), The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities—Including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115. SFAS 159 permits entities to choose to measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. Unrealized gains and losses on items for which the fair value option has been elected will be recognized in earnings at each subsequent reporting date. SFAS 159 will be effective for the Company January 1, 2008. Adoption of SFAS 159 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
BREK ENERGY CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 3 - GOING CONCERN
During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, the Company has focused on developing its oil and gas business. The Company has accumulated a deficit of approximately $68 million to date and will require additional debt or equity financing to support the development of its oil and gas properties until it increases its cash flow from operations or completes its merger with Gasco (Note 8). These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Company's ability to achieve and maintain profitability and increase cash flow is dependent upon its ability to locate profitable oil and gas properties, generate revenues from its oil and gas production and control production costs. Based upon its current plans, the Company expects to incur operating losses in future periods. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to generate sufficient revenues or raise sufficient debt or equity financing to cover its operating costs or meet its working capital requirements in the future. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern.
NOTE 4 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Due to Related Parties
The following amounts were due to related parties at:
| | September 30, 2007 | | | December 31, 2006 | |
Amount due to a company controlled by a director | | $ | 1,854 | | | $ | 1,854 | |
Administration fees payable to a company controlled by an officer (a) | | | 69 | | | | 5,404 | |
Administrative fees payable to a director (b) | | | 45,000 | | | | 0 | |
Professional fees due to a relative of a director (c) | | | 43,200 | | | | 5,000 | |
Total amounts due to related parties | | $ | 90,123 | | | $ | 12,258 | |
(a) | During the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, the Company paid or accrued $267,262 and $274,208 respectively in administrative fees to a company controlled by an officer. |
(b) | During the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, the Company paid or accrued $135,000 and $121,000 respectively in administrative fees to this director. This director also has overriding royalty interests in all oil, gas and other minerals produced of 3.17% in seven of the Texas oil and gas leases and 1.5% in one of the Texas oil and gas leases. (Notes 7 and 8) |
(c) | During the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006 the Company paid or accrued $45,000 and $45,000 respectively in professional fees to a relative of a director. (Note 8) |
During the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, the Company paid $0 and $14,000 respectively, in rent to a company controlled by a director.
BREK ENERGY CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 4 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (continued)
Related Party Transaction
On January 25, 2007, the Company entered into an agreement with a company controlled by directors and relatives of directors of the Company to which the Company had transferred 50% of its interest in two wells and wellbores in Utah and 100% of its interest in one well and wellbore in Utah. Under the agreement, the Company agreed to transfer a pro rata leasehold interest in forty acres surrounding each of the three wells for $21,000 in cash (including $1,000 to cover expenses).
NOTE 5 - WARRANTS
During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, warrants for the purchase of 200,000 shares of common stock expired. At September 30, 2007, the Company did not have any warrants outstanding.
NOTE 6 - OPTIONS
On July 15, 2007, 370,000 outstanding stock options expired. At September 30, 2007, the Company did not have any stock options outstanding.
NOTE 7 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Contingent liability
In February 2003, the debtor and guarantor of a note receivable commenced legal action against the Company in Bermuda, claiming that the Company and two of its subsidiaries, First Ecommerce Asia Limited and Feds Acquisition Corporation, had failed to develop and supply them with certain software under a Share Purchase Agreement dated October 19, 2001. As a result of this litigation, the debtor on March 1, 2003, ceased making the instalment payments required by the agreement. The directors believed that this lawsuit had no merit, as there was no condition in the agreement to develop software for the debtor, and filed a defense and counterclaim on May 8, 2003. The debtor filed a reply and defence on May 21, 2003.
On March 20, 2007 a Settlement Agreement and Mutual Release was signed by the Company and the debtor. This agreement releases the Company and its subsidiary Feds Acquisition Corporation from all claims with respect to the above mentioned agreement. The Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, First Ecommerce Asia Limited, was not released from further legal action.
Commitments
As is customary in the oil and gas industry, the Company may at times have commitments to reserve or earn acreage positions or wells. If the Company does not perform these commitments, the acreage positions or wells may be lost.
BREK ENERGY CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 7 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (continued)
Merger
On September 20, 2006, Gasco Energy, Inc. and the Company entered into an agreement for Gasco to purchase the Company for equity consideration of approximately 11,000,000 shares of Gasco’s common stock valued at approximately $20,350,000 based on the closing price of Gasco's stock on the last trading day of the quarter, which was September 28, 2007, and merge Brek into a wholly owned subsidiary of Gasco. As a result of the acquisition and merger, Gasco will acquire approximately 16,750 net acres in the Uinta Basin of Utah, approximately 6,807 net acres in the Green River Basin of Wyoming, and approximately 219 net acres in Kern County and San Luis Obispo County in California. The acquisition is expected to simplify Gasco's management of its acreage portfolio by absorbing Brek’s working interest in approximately 14% of Gasco's undeveloped acreage in Utah, 11% in Wyoming and 7% in California. Brek does not expect to incur any additional overhead expenses as a result of the proposed merger. The boards of directors of both the Company and Gasco have approved the terms of the merger, which is expected to close later in 2007. The completion of the merger is subject to the approval of the stockholders of the Company and the Company’s completion of a distribution of certain subsidiaries of the Company to its stockholders and others.
Under the terms of the merger agreement, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gasco will merge with and into the Company. As a result of the merger, Brek will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Gasco and Brek’s stockholders will receive a number of shares of common stock of Gasco equal to the product of the number of shares of Brek common stock held by Brek's stockholders multiplied by the fraction of 11,000,000 divided by the total number of shares of common stock of Brek outstanding on the date of the merger, calculated on a fully diluted basis. As part of the transaction, the directors of the Company, who collectively own approximately 24% of the Company’s outstanding stock, have entered into an agreement to vote their shares in favor of the merger; and the Company’s president and CEO, who owns approximately 18% of the outstanding common stock of the Company, has agreed to deposit into escrow for one year 550,000 shares of Gasco common stock that he will acquire in the transaction to satisfy any claims with respect to breaches of representations and warranties of the Company. The Company has agreed to pay its president and CEO a fee equal to 20% of the value of the 550,000 Gasco shares, when the shares are delivered into escrow. (Notes 4 and 8)
If Gasco terminates the merger agreement because the Company breaches its terms, the Company’s shareholders fail to approve the merger, or the Company’s directors fail to support the merger, the Company may be liable to pay a cancellation fee to Gasco of $1million plus costs.
As part of the merger agreement, the Company is required to reduce its accounts payable to a maximum of $100,000. In compliance with the merger agreement the Company is in the process of reducing its accounts payable. Some of the Company's creditors have formally forgiven $84,224 in debt. These settlements have been recorded in the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements as a gain on extinguishment of accounts payable.
BREK ENERGY CORPORATION
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SEPTEMBER 30, 2007
(UNAUDITED)
NOTE 8 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Issuance of Common Stock
Subsequent to September 30, 2007, the Company issued 156,250 common shares of the Company by way of a private placement, at $0.16 per share representing a discount to the average of the closing price for the 20 trading days preceding the date of the offer, for total proceeds of $25,000, to a relative of a director. (Note 4)
Subsequent to September 30, 2007, the Company issued 781,250 common shares the Company by way of private placement, at $0.16 per share, representing a discount to the average of the closing price for the 20 trading days preceding the date of the offer, for total proceeds of $125,000, to three directors of the Company.
Merger
In October 2007, the Company agreed to issue approximately 817,000 shares of its common stock to its president immediately before the merger if it does not have enough working capital to pay the escrow fee.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation
Certain information included in this Form 10-QSB and other materials filed or to be filed by us with the Securities and Exchange Commission (as well as information included in oral or written statements made by us or on our behalf), may contain forward-looking statements about our current and expected performance trends, growth plans, business goals and other matters. These statements may be contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in our press releases, in other written communications, and in oral statements made by or with the approval of one of our authorized officers. Words or phrases such as “believe,” “plan,” “will likely result,” “expect,” “intend,” “will continue,” “is anticipated,” “estimate,” “project,” “may,” “could,” “would,” “should,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements, and any other statements that are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements.
We have identified and filed important factors, risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements made by us, or on our behalf (see Part I, Item 1, “Risk Factors” included in our Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006). These cautionary statements are to be used as a reference in connection with any forward-looking statements. Because of these factors, risks and uncertainties, we caution against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Although we believe that the assumptions underlying forward-looking statements are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be incorrect, and there can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. We do not undertake any obligation to modify or revise any forward-looking statement to take into account or otherwise reflect subsequent events or circumstances arising after the date that the forward-looking statement was made.
This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included in this Form 10-QSB and the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006. The inclusion of supplementary analytical and related information in this report may require us to make appropriate estimates and assumptions to enable us to fairly present, in all material respects, our analysis of trends and expectations with respect to our results of operations and financial position taken as a whole.
“We”, “us” or “our” where used throughout this document mean Brek Energy Corporation and its subsidiaries.
We are in the natural gas and petroleum exploitation, development, and production business. We are engaged in the acquisition, operation and development of unconventional hydrocarbon prospects, primarily in the Rocky Mountain region. Our principal business is the acquisition of leasehold interests in petroleum and natural gas rights, either directly or indirectly; and the development and exploitation of the properties subject to these leases. We are focused on drilling efforts in the Riverbend Project located in the Uinta Basin of northeastern Utah, targeting the Wasatch, Mesaverde and Blackhawk formations.
Our Objectives and Areas of Focus
We have participated in the drilling or re-completion of 12 wells and have 9 producing wells in which we have net revenue interests of between 8% and 20%. We have 34 farmouts, all of which are in Utah except for one in California. We have declined to participate in the drilling of 37 wells: six in 2005, 13 in 2006 and 18 in 2007. On September 20, 2007, we signed a cost estimate committing to pay approximately $28,000 for the plugging of our two Wyoming wells.
On June 16, 2006, we signed farmout agreements with Gasco Energy Inc. (“Gasco”) for 10 non-consent wells. Under the farmout agreements, we agreed to forfeit 100% of our interest in all of the wells and wellbores, and to relinquish our leasehold interest in 188 net acres surrounding the wells (800 gross acres) in exchange for the right, following Gasco’s recovery of 100% of our drilling and operating costs, to back-in to a 40% working interest in the wells and wellbores. In November 2006, we signed another 15 farmout agreements with Gasco. Under the agreements, we agreed to forfeit 100% of our interest in all of the wells and wellbores, and to relinquish our leasehold interest in 292 net acres surrounding the wells (1,600 gross acres) in exchange for the right to back in to a 30% working interest in the wells and wellbores after 100% payout. In July 2007, we signed another three farmout agreements with Gasco on the same terms affecting 38.6 net acres (240 gross acres) surrounding the non-consent wells. The farmouts were effective as of June 20, 2007. All of these farmouts are in Utah.
Because we did not agree to bear any of the costs of drilling the non-consent wells, Gasco drilled the wells bearing 100% of the costs and Gasco will be entitled to all of the revenue generated from the sale of oil and gas until it has recovered 300% of its drilling costs, 150% of the costs of newly acquired equipment in the well, and 100% of the operating costs and the costs of any newly acquired surface equipment beyond the wellhead connections, at which time we are entitled to our percentage of the revenue. The average cost of these wells was almost $4 million, so we do not expect to see any revenue from them for some time, if ever. We have not, however, forfeited any leasehold interests, other than those associated with the farmouts discussed above, and can participate in future drilling that is proposed for other locations on the same leases.
Table 1 presents our production and price information during the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006. The Mcfe calculations assume a conversion of 6 Mcf for each Bbl of oil.
Table 1 | |
Production information | |
| | For the nine months ended September 30, | |
| | 2007 | | | 2006 | |
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Natural gas production (Mcf) | | | 38,714 | | | | 55,035 | |
Average sales price per Mcf | | $ | 4.81 | | | $ | 5.67 | |
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Oil production (Bbl) | | | 299 | | | | 735 | |
Average sales price per Bbl | | $ | 70.95 | | | $ | 55.60 | |
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Production (Mcfe) (1) | | | 40,509 | | | | 59,445 | |
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(1) Assumes a conversion of 6 Mcf for each Bbl of oil | |
Our oil and gas production decreased by approximately 32% during the nine months ended September 30, 2007, as compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2006, primarily due to the decline in production from our wells. Our production will increase only if we participate in new wells, which we have not done.
In 2004, we transferred to First Griffin Group 50% of our working interest in two wells and wellbores and 100% of our working interest in one well and wellbore. In January 2007, we agreed to transfer to First Griffin Group a pro rata leasehold interest in 40 acres surrounding each well in exchange for $21,000 (including $1,000 to cover expenses). Two of our directors and three relatives of directors have an interest in First Griffin Group.
Vallenar Energy Corp. (“Vallenar Energy”), through its subsidiary, Nathan Oil Partners LP, in May 2006 reached an agreement with Chesapeake Exploration Limited Partnership, an American oil and gas company with operations in Texas, for the development and operation of the Texas properties covered by eight of our nine leases. Under the agreement, the operator can earn a 100% leasehold interest in the depths below 1,500 feet in exchange for drilling until it has completed a well capable of producing hydrocarbons in commercial quantities. When the operator has completed the first ten wells and recovered 100% of the costs to drill and operate the wells, Nathan Oil automatically backs in for a 25% working interest in the wells. On future wells, Nathan Oil can either participate from the outset to earn a 25% working interest or back in after payout to earn a 6.5% working interest. Chesapeake has informally informed us that they have drilled four wells to extend the primary terms of seven of the leases that we assigned to them. Chesapeake obtained a new lease to replace the eighth lease that we assigned to them, but has only a 68.75% interest in it. We retained all of our interest in the ninth lease with the result that we have an interest in approximately 9,191 gross acres and approximately 8,618 net acres. Although Chesapeake has drilled four wells, they have not informed us whether they have completed a well capable of producing hydrocarbons in commercial quantities. Until they do, our acreage interests will remain the same. We are relying entirely on the information that we receive informally from Chesapeake for the status of our leases and have not independently confirmed it.
On August 24, 2006, we transferred our 51.53% interest in Vallenar Energy to Rock City Energy Corp. (formerly Vallenar Holdings, Inc. and referred to herein as “Rock City”) in exchange for 4,000,000 common shares of Rock City common stock. We own all of the issued and outstanding shares of Rock City common stock. In March, 2007, we bought an additional 4,000,000 shares of Rock City at $0.15 per share for $600,000 cash. We intend to distribute all of these shares (or, in the case of stockholders owning less than 1,000 shares of our common stock, cash) to our stockholders as part of the merger agreement with Gasco, discussed below. We will consolidate the Rock City financial statements into our financial statements until we have distributed the shares of Rock City to our stockholders.
Because we needed additional capital to continue our operations until the merger with Gasco is complete, during October 2007, four directors subscribed for 781,250 shares of our common stock and a relative of a director subscribed for 156,250 shares of our common stock at $0.16 per share, representing a discount to the average of the closing price for the 20 trading days preceding the date of the offer, for total proceeds of $150,000. We are not certain if we will be required to raise additional capital for our operations until the merger with Gasco is consummated. Furthermore, we cannot be certain that the merger with Gasco will be consummated.
On September 20, 2006, we entered into an agreement with Gasco, whereby Gasco agreed to acquire our outstanding common stock for 11,000,000 shares of Gasco’s common stock valued at approximately $20,350,000 based on the closing price of Gasco's common stock on September 28, 2007, the last trading day of the quarter ended September 30, 2007. As a result of the acquisition, Gasco will acquire approximately 16,750 net acres in the Uinta Basin of Utah, approximately 6,807 net acres in the Green River Basin of Wyoming and approximately 219 net acres in San Louis Obispo and Kern Counties in California. The acquisition is expected to simplify Gasco's acreage portfolio by absorbing our working interest of approximately 14% of Gasco's undeveloped acreage in Utah, 11% in Wyoming and 7% in California. Both our board of directors and Gasco’s board of directors have approved the terms of the transaction, which is expected to close before the end of the 2007 fiscal year. The completion of the transaction is subject to the approval of our stockholders and the completion of a distribution of some of our subsidiaries to our stockholders and others. We have set December 12, 2007 as the date for the stockholders to meet and vote on the merger.
Under the terms of the transaction, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gasco will merge with us. As a result of the merger, holders of Brek common stock will receive a fraction of a share of Gasco common stock equal to 11,000,000 divided by the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding on the date of the merger, calculated on a fully diluted basis. As part of the transaction, our directors, who collectively own approximately 25% of our outstanding common stock, have agreed to vote their shares in favor of the transaction and Mr. Richard N. Jeffs, our president and chief executive officer who owns approximately 17% of our outstanding common stock, has agreed to deposit into escrow for one year 550,000 shares of Gasco common stock that he will acquire in the transaction to satisfy any claims with respect to a breach by Brek of the representations and warranties it will make in conjunction with the merger. As consideration for escrowing these shares, we originally agreed to pay Mr. Jeffs a fee equal to 20% of the value of the Gasco shares that are delivered into escrow. We have since amended the agreement and intend to issue approximately 817,000 shares of our common stock to Mr. Jeffs immediately before the merger closes in payment of this fee.
If Gasco terminates the merger agreement because we breach the terms of the agreement, if our stockholders fail to approve the merger, or our directors fail to support the merger, we may be liable to pay a cancellation fee to Gasco of $1million plus costs.
As a part of the merger agreement we are required to reduce our accounts payable to a maximum of $100,000. In compliance with the merger agreement we are in the process of reducing our accounts payable, and to date certain of our creditors have formally forgiven $84,224 in debt. These settlements have been recorded in our condensed consolidated financial statements as a gain on extinguishment of accounts payable.
An appreciation of our critical accounting policies is necessary to understand our financial results. These policies may require that we make difficult and subjective judgments regarding uncertainties; as a result, the estimates may significantly impact our consolidated financial results. The precision of these estimates and the likelihood of future changes depend on a number of underlying variables and a range of possible outcomes. Other than our accounting for our revenue, oil and gas properties and financial instruments, our critical accounting policies do not involve the choice between alternative methods of accounting. We have applied our critical accounting policies and estimation methods consistently.
Revenue recognition
We record revenues from the sales of natural gas and crude oil when pervasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery to the customer has occurred and risk of ownership or title has transferred, and collectibility is reasonably assured. In general, this occurs when oil or gas has been delivered to a pipeline or a tank lifting has occurred.
We generally receive payment for the oil and gas sold one to six months after the month in which we sell it. For this reason, we must estimate the revenue that we have earned but not yet received as of our reporting date. We use actual production reports to estimate the quantities sold and the estimated average wellhead prices from the Natural Gas Weekly Update bulletin to estimate the price of the production. We record variances between our estimates and the amounts we actually receive in the month that we receive the payment.
We may have an interest with other producers in certain properties, in which case we use the sales method to account for gas imbalances. Under this method, revenue is recorded on the basis of gas that we actually sold. Any differences between volumes sold and entitlement volumes, based on our net working interest, which are deemed to be non-recoverable through remaining production, are recognized as accounts receivable or accounts payable, as appropriate. Cumulative differences between volumes sold and entitlement volumes generally are not significant. We did not have any gas imbalances at September 30, 2007.
Oil and Gas Properties
We follow the full cost method of accounting whereby all costs related to the acquisition and development of oil and gas properties are capitalized into a single cost center (“full cost pool”). Such costs include lease acquisition costs, geological and geophysical costs, overhead directly related to exploration and development activities and costs of drilling both productive and non-productive wells. Proceeds from property sales are generally credited to the full cost pool without gain or loss recognition unless such a sale would significantly alter the relationship between capitalized costs and the proved reserves attributable to these costs. A significant alteration would typically involve a sale of 25% or more of the proved reserves related to a single full cost pool. We did not capitalize any internal costs during the nine months ended September 30, 2007 or 2006. Costs associated with production and general corporate activities were expensed in the period incurred.
Depletion of exploration and development costs is computed using the units-of-production method based upon estimated proven oil and gas reserves. The costs of unproved properties are withheld from the depletion base until such time as either they are developed or abandoned. We review the properties quarterly for impairment.
Total well costs are transferred to the depletable pool even when multiple targeted zones have not been fully evaluated. For depletion purposes, relative volumes of oil and gas production and reserves are converted at the energy equivalent rate of six thousand cubic feet of natural gas to one barrel of crude oil.
Under the full cost method of accounting, capitalized oil and gas property costs less accumulated depletion and net of deferred income taxes (full cost pool) may not exceed a ceiling amount equal to the present value, discounted at 10%, of estimated future net revenues from proved oil and gas reserves less the future cash outflows associated with the asset retirement obligations that have been accrued in the balance sheet plus the cost, or estimated fair value, if lower of unproved properties and the costs of any properties not being amortized, if any. Should the full cost pool exceed this ceiling, impairment is recognized. The present value of estimated future net revenues is computed by applying current oil and gas prices to estimated future production of proved oil and gas reserves as of period-end, less estimated future expenditures to be incurred in developing and producing the proved reserves assuming the continuation of existing economic conditions. However, subsequent commodity price increases may be utilized to calculate the ceiling value.
At September 30, 2007, due to an increase in oil and gas prices, the ceiling exceeded our full cost pool, therefore no impairment was recognized at September 30, 2007.
Financial Instruments
Financial instruments that potentially subject us to significant concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash and trade accounts receivable. At September 30, 2007 we had approximately $800,000 in cash that was not insured. This cash is on deposit with a major chartered Canadian bank. We have not experienced any losses in cash balances and do not believe we are exposed to any significant credit risk on cash and cash equivalents.
Receivables arising from sales to customers are not collateralized. We monitor the financial condition of our customers to reduce the risk of loss. All of our sales were to our two oil and gas operators. Substantially all of our accounts receivable are due from our two oil and gas operators. Accounts receivable from oil and gas operators are generally paid within 60 days. At September 30, we had approximately $36,000 in trade accounts receivable due from our two oil and gas operators.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Refer to Note 2 of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 and Note 2 of our Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, for a discussion of recent accounting standards and pronouncements.
We had a net loss of $669,291 during the nine months ended September 30, 2007. As of September 30, 2007, we had a cash balance of $813,141 and accounts receivable of $35,657. When these current assets are offset against our current obligations of $153,405 in accounts payable, $47,850 in accrued liabilities, $58,271 in accrued professional fees, $98,229 in accrued wages and $90,123 in amounts due to related parties, we were left with working capital of $400,920 at September 30, 2007. In October 2007 we raised additional working capital through a private placement issuance of 937,500 shares of our common stock at $0.16 per share, representing a discount to the average of the closing price for the 20 trading days preceding the date of the offer, for total proceeds of $150,000.
As our oil and gas revenues are not yet sufficient to satisfy our ongoing operational and working capital requirements, until the completion of our merger with Gasco we must continue to raise funds through private loans, private placements of shares of our common stock, or the issuance of shares for debt if we need working capital. As of the date of this filing we believe that our cash and cash equivalents are adequate to satisfy our working capital needs until the closing of our merger with Gasco, which we expect to occur before the end of the 2007 fiscal year, but we cannot guarantee that the merger will be consummated.
Our independent registered public accounting firm has added an explanatory paragraph to its audit opinion issued in connection with our consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2006, which states that our ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon raising sufficient debt or equity financing to support development of our oil and gas properties, until such time as the we increase our cash flows from operations or complete our merger with Gasco. Our ability to achieve and maintain profitability and positive cash flows depends upon our ability to develop our oil and gas properties, generate revenues from our oil and gas production, and control drilling, completion and production costs. As we have a minority interest in our oil and gas properties and are not the operator, we can do little to affect the generation of revenue or control drilling, completion and production costs, and we do not have the expertise to initiate development independently of the owner of the majority interest, who is also the operator. We expect to incur operating losses in future periods, and cannot assure that we will generate significant revenues. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary if we are unable to continue as a going concern.
Related-Party Transactions
Mr. Richard N. Jeffs and Ms. Susan Jeffs provide services to us, but they are not salaried employees. Mr. Jeffs is allocated $20,000 per month for his services as chief executive officer, president and chief accounting officer and for his personal assistant and supplies. Of the amount allocated, Mr. Jeffs has assigned $5,000 a month to his spouse, Susan Jeffs, an attorney, for her services in assisting with the negotiation and documentation of transactions, assisting with the preparation and filing of our SEC disclosure documents and assisting generally with corporate matters.
A company owned by Mr. John da Costa, our treasurer, provides both accounting and administrative services to us. These services include, but are not limited to, bookkeeping, accounting, liaising with the auditors, preparing periodic filings and tax returns and liaising with our land managers and other professionals retained to provide services.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, related parties billed $447,263 in administrative and professional fees. In respect of these fees, we were indebted to Mr. Jeffs, Ms. Jeffs and Mr. da Costa in the amount of $90,123 at September 30, 2007. None of the amounts due to related parties bear interest or have any fixed terms of repayment.
In 2004, we transferred to First Griffin Group 50% of our working interest in two wells and wellbores and 100% of our working interest in one well and wellbore. In January 2007, we agreed to transfer to First Griffin a pro rata leasehold interest in 40 acres surrounding each well in exchange for $21,000 (including $1,000 to cover costs). Two of our directors and three relatives of directors have an interest in First Griffin Group.
Nathan Oil Partners, LP, which we will control until we complete the spin-off our shares of Rock City Energy Corp. to our stockholders, has assigned an overriding royalty interest in all of its leases to Florida Energy I, Inc., Richard N. Jeffs and Marc A. Bruner. Mr. Jeffs is our president, chief executive officer, chief financial officer and a member of our board of directors. The assignment to Florida Energy I, Inc. assigns an overriding royalty interest equal to 2% of all oil, gas and other minerals produced and saved for the benefit of Nathan Oil Partners, LP pursuant to all of the leases. The assignments to Messrs. Jeffs and Bruner assign to each of them an overriding royalty interest equal to 3.166665% of all oil, gas and other minerals produced and saved for the benefit of Nathan Oil Partners, LP pursuant to all but one of its leases, and equal to 1.5% of all oil, gas and other minerals produced and saved for the benefit of Nathan Oil Partners, LP pursuant to one lease. The royalty interests were assigned to Florida Energy��I, Inc., Mr. Jeffs and Mr. Bruner in 2001 in exchange for their efforts in identifying, negotiating and acquiring the leases and arranging the financing for the acquisitions. At September 30, 2007, these royalty interests related to eight leases covering approximately 8,400 gross acres (8,075 net acres).
Pursuant to the terms of the merger agreement, at the effective time of the merger, Gasco will enter into an escrow agreement with Mr. Jeffs and an escrow agent, whereby Gasco will deposit with the escrow agent 550,000 shares of Gasco common stock issued to Mr. Jeffs. During the year following the consummation of the merger, in the event that it is determined that we breached the representations and warranties we made in the merger agreement and will make upon the consummation of the merger, the shares of common stock will be used to satisfy such claims. In consideration of this pledge, our board of directors originally approved a fee payable to Mr. Jeffs equal to 20% of the value of the Gasco shares being deposited into escrow on the date of deposit. We have since amended the agreement and intend to issue approximately 817,000 shares of our common stock to Mr. Jeffs immediately before the merger closes as payment of this fee.
On October 26 and 29, 2007, Brek issued a total of 937,500 shares of its common stock at $0.16 per share, representing a discount to the average of the closing price for the 20 trading days preceding the date of the offer, to four directors and the spouse of a director to raise $150,000 in working capital.
Comparison of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006
Overall results of operations
During the three months ended September 30, 2007, we had a net loss of $265,773, or $0.01 per share, which was an increase of $36,612 from our net loss of $229,161, or $0.01 per share, for the three months ended September 30, 2006. This increase was primarily due to a decrease in revenue and an increase in, gathering expenses primarily offset by decreases in administrative and professional fees.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we had a net loss of $669,291, or $0.01 per share, which was an increase of $70,827 from our net loss of $598,464, or $0.01 per share, for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. The increase in net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2006, was primarily due to increases in administrative, lease operating and gathering expenses as well as decreases in revenues and minority interest. These amounts were offset primarily by decreases in depletion, professional fees, travel, due diligence charges related to our merger with Gasco, a loss from discontinued operations as well as by increases in interest income and a gain on extinguishment of accounts payable.
Total revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2007 was $45,145 compared to $83,242 for the three months ended September 30, 2006. The $38,097 decrease in revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2007 was due to reduced production.
Total revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 was $207,421 compared to $353,322 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. The $145,901 decrease in revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 was due to reduced production and lower prices for gas and oil.
We do not expect our revenues to increase during the next year; they are more likely to decline as our gas production declines.
For the three months ended September 30, 2007, our total operating expenses were $312,344, which was an increase of $5,940 from our total operating expenses of $306,404 for the three months ended September 30, 2006. This increase was primarily due to an increase in lease operating expenses of $37,000 primarily offset by a decrease in professional fees of $32,000.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, our total operating expenses were $895,126, which was a decrease of $62,404 from our total operating expenses of $957,530 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. This decrease was primarily due to approximate decreases in depletion expense of $14,000 due to less oil and gas production, due diligence costs of $64,000 primarily related to our merger with Gasco, professional fees of $55,000 and travel expense of $10,000. These fees and expenses were lower during the nine months ended September 30, 2007 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2006 because of additional costs that we incurred during 2006 in respect of our pending merger with Gasco. Our operating costs also declined due to a gain on the forgiveness of accounts payable of $84,000 that we negotiated in order to have less than $100,000 of accounts payable to meet the requirement in the Gasco merger agreement. These decreases in expenses were primarily offset by approximate increases in administrative fees of $20,000, lease operating expenses of $111,333 and gathering expenses of $16,000.
We do not expect to have a material change in operating expense during the next year.
Loss from discontinued operations
On August 24, 2006, we exchanged all of our shares in Vallenar Energy (a 51.53% interest) for all of the issued and outstanding shares of Rock City common stock (4,000,000 common shares). This transaction resulted in the reclassification and separate disclosure of Vallenar Energy’s net operating losses of approximately $0 and $10,000 and $0 and $26,000, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. These losses were offset by the minority interest portions of approximately $0 and $4,000 and $0 and $36,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively.
During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, we received approximately $2,000 and $18,000, respectively, in interest on our bank deposits. We did not earn any interest income during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006.
As of September 30, 2007, we had a cash balance of $813,141 and negative cash flows from operations of $604,016 for the period then ended. During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we funded our operations through revenue from our oil and gas properties of $207,421, the sale of oil and gas acreage for $21,000 (including $1,000 to cover the cost of transferring the leasehold interest) and we received interest of $18,285 on the cash on deposit in our bank.
During October 2007 we entered into private placement agreements with four directors and the spouse of a director for 937,500 shares of our common stock at $0.16 per share, representing a discount to the average of the closing price for the 20 trading days preceding the date of the offer, for total proceeds of $150,000. We believe we have sufficient working capital to operate until the date of the consummation of our merger with Gasco, however, we cannot guarantee that the merger will be consummated.
The table below summarizes our sources and uses of cash for the nine months ended September 30, 2007 and 2006.
Sources and Uses of Cash | | 2007 | | | 2006 | |
| | | | | | |
Net cash used in operating activities | | $ | (604,016 | ) | | $ | (496,299 | ) |
Net cash provided by (used in) investment activities | | | 1,161 | | | | (26,769 | ) |
Net cash provided by financing activities | | | — | | | | 475,000 | |
Decrease in cash | | $ | (602,855 | ) | | $ | (48,068 | ) |
Net cash used in operating activities
During the nine months ended September 30, 2007 we used $604,016 of cash, primarily to fund our net loss of $669,291. Our net loss would have been $84,224 higher had six of our creditors not forgiven certain accounts that were payable to them. Also included in our net loss are depletion of our oil and gas properties of $44,039 and accretion of our asset retirement liability of $1,572. These charges were offset by a decrease in minority interest of $959. We used cash to pay down our accounts payable by $19,311 and our accrued professional fees by $22,997. Our expenditures were funded by a net collection of trade accounts receivable of $46,357, increases in accrued wages payable of $83, accrued liabilities of $22,850 primarily due to charges from our oil and gas operators and an increase in administrative and professional fees payable to related parties of $77,865.
Net cash used in investing activities
During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we spent $19,839 on exploration and development of our oil and gas properties and we received net proceeds of $21,000 on the transfer of a pro rata leasehold interest in 40 acres to First Griffin Group, LLC. Two of our directors and three relatives of our directors have interests in First Griffin Group, LLC.
Net cash provided by financing activities
During the nine months ended September 30, 2007, we did not have any financing activities.
Contingencies and commitments
We had no contingencies or long-term commitments at September 30, 2007 except for our agreement and plan of merger with Gasco and the Transworld litigation which is discussed below in the section titled “Contingent liability”.
As is customary in the oil and gas industry, we may at times have agreements to reserve or earn acreage or wells. If we do not pay as required by the agreements, we may lose the acreage or wells.
On February 25, 2003, Transworld Payment Solutions N.V. and First Curacao International Bank N.V. (referred to in this discussion as the “plaintiffs”), which are the debtor and the guarantor respectively of a note receivable, commenced legal action against Brek and others in the Supreme Court of Bermuda claiming that Brek and its former subsidiary, First Ecom Systems Limited, had promised to develop and supply the plaintiffs with certain software pursuant to three license agreements dated October 19, 2001. The plaintiffs were seeking rescission of all agreements between the parties or, alternatively, damages for misrepresentation and breach of the agreements. The plaintiffs commenced the lawsuit approximately one week before they were required to make their first installment payment pursuant to a share purchase agreement dated October 19, 2001. At that time, the plaintiffs were obligated to make an installment payment in the amount of $1,901,107. The plaintiffs have not made any of the installment payments required by the terms and conditions of the agreements.
On March 28, 2007 Brek and its subsidiary, Feds Acquisition Corporation, reached a settlement with the plaintiffs/cross-defendants in the action whereby the agreements giving rise to the litigation were rescinded, and the parties mutually released each other from any claims under the agreements and consented to the dismissal of the action filed in the Bermuda court. The consent order dismissing the action was filed in the Bermuda court on April 19, 2007. This leaves only Brek’s inactive Hong Kong subsidiary, First Ecommerce Asia Limited, referred to as “FEAL”, subject to the Transworld agreements and litigation. Although FEAL was originally to be a party to the settlement, the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in November 2003 ordered that FEAL be wound up and in April 2005 appointed liquidators for this purpose. As a result of the winding up proceeding, FEAL was not released because the liquidators refused to respond to requests to approve the settlement agreement.
Due to the fact that all other parties to the litigation have settled, the liability – to the extent that any exists – is now that of FEAL, which has no assets. Brek has been advised that Hong Kong’s Companies Ordinance provides limited liability to stockholders of a Hong Kong corporation. The liability to stockholders extends to the paid up value of the stockholder’s shares. In this case, the paid up value was $2.00. Based on the foregoing, Brek does not believe that the plaintiffs would be successful in holding Brek, as FEAL’s stockholder, accountable if FEAL incurred any liability as a result of this action.
Furthermore, Brek believes that it and its subsidiaries, including FEAL, were made parties to this action in bad faith. Brek believes that the action was filed so that the plaintiffs could avoid making the payment of $1.9 million that was due on October 19, 2001. Brek believes that if the action were to continue to be prosecuted, which is unlikely given that it was filed four and a half years ago and all of the parties, with the exception of FEAL, which has no assets, have signed settlement agreements, FEAL would prevail in its defense.
The plaintiffs sought rescission of the purchase agreement or, alternatively, damages for misrepresentation and breach of the purchase agreement. Because there has been no discovery done and no preparations for trial have been made, it is not possible for Brek to make an estimate of the loss or range of loss that FEAL might be liable for in the event the action was resolved against FEAL. However, given that FEAL was originally to be included in the settlement, that the action was settled by rescission without the payment of any damages by the remaining parties, and that no facts have changed which would make this method of settling the action between FEAL and the plaintiffs unattractive to either party, Brek believes that the likelihood of a judgment being entered against FEAL is remote.
On September 20, 2006 we entered into an agreement and plan of merger with Gasco whereby we agreed to merge with a subsidiary of Gasco in exchange for 11 million shares of Gasco's common stock. The merger agreement is subject to the approval of our stockholders, the distribution of our shares of Rock City Energy (or cash in lieu of shares) to our stockholders, and other customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals.
If we breach the terms of the merger agreement we may be liable to pay a cancellation fee to Gasco of $1 million plus costs.
Mr. Richard N. Jeffs, our president and chief executive officer, who owns approximately 17% of our outstanding common stock, has agreed to deposit into escrow for one year 550,000 shares of Gasco common stock that he will acquire in the transaction to satisfy any claims with respect to a breach by Brek of the representations and warranties it will make in conjunction with the merger. As consideration for escrowing these shares, we originally agreed to pay Mr. Jeffs a fee equal to 20% of the value of the Gasco shares that are delivered into escrow. We have since amended the agreement and intend to issue approximately 817,000 shares of our common stock to Mr. Jeffs immediately before the merger closes in payment of this fee.
Off-balance-sheet arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our consolidated financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenue or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors. We do not have any non-consolidated, special-purpose entities.
Internal and external sources of liquidity
We have funded our operations principally through the private placement of common shares, the exercise of share purchase warrants, the issuance of shares for debt and the sale of natural gas and oil.
We do not believe that inflation will have a material impact on our future operations.
Item 3. Controls and Procedures.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Richard N. Jeffs, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report (the “Evaluation Date”). Based on such evaluation, Mr. Jeffs has concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms.
Changes in Internal Controls
During the quarter of the fiscal year covered by this report, there were no changes in our internal controls or, to our knowledge, in other factors that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, these controls and procedures subsequent to the date we carried out this evaluation.
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
Not applicable
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
Not applicable
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.
Not applicable
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
Not applicable
Item 5. Other Information
Not applicable
Item 6. Exhibits
(a) | | Index to and Description of Exhibits | | |
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Exhibit | | Description | | Status |
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2.1 | | Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of September 20, 2006, by and among Gasco Energy, Inc., Gasco Acquisition, Inc. and Brek Energy Corporation, filed as an Exhibit to our Form 8-K (Current Report) filed on September 21, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference. | | Filed |
3.1 | | Articles of Incorporation filed as an Exhibit to our registration statement on Form 10 filed on October 21, 1999, and incorporated herein by reference. | | Filed |
3.2 | | Amended Bylaws dated December 18, 2000, filed as an Exhibit to our Form 10-QSB (Quarterly Report) filed on May 15, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference. | | Filed |
3.3 | | Certificate of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation changing our name to Brek Energy Corporation filed as an Exhibit to our Form 10-KSB (Annual Report) filed on April 14, 2004, and incorporated herein by reference. | | Filed |
4.1 | | Voting Agreement, dated September 20, 2006, by and among Gasco Energy, Inc., Richard N. Jeffs, Gregory Pek, Ian Robinson, Michael L. Nazmack, Eugene Sweeney and Shawne Malone, filed as an Exhibit to our Form 8-K (Current Report) filed on September 21, 2006, and incorporated herein by reference. | | Filed |
31 | | Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | | Included |
32 | | Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. | | Included |
SIGNATURES
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Brek Energy Corporation has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
| BREK ENERGY CORPORATION | |
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Date: November 13, 2007 | By: | /s/ Richard N. Jeffs | |
| | Richard N. Jeffs | |
| | Director, CEO, and CFO (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer) | |
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