written off against the allowance for doubtful accounts only after all collection attempts have been exhausted. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, credit losses had not occurred and an allowance for doubtful accounts was not recorded.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to a concentration of credit risk consists principally of cash, accounts receivable, and revenue.
The Company derived its revenue from operators in the oil and gas industry. These industry concentrations have the potential to impact the Company’s overall exposure to credit risk, either positively or negatively, in that its operations could be affected by similar changes in economic, industry, or other conditions. However, the Company believes that the credit risk, posed by this industry concentration is offset by the creditworthiness of its operator base. For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2018, three operators accounts for approximately 80% and 76% of the Company’s revenue, respectively. For the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2017, three operators accounts for approximately 60% and 74% of the Company’s revenue, respectively.
Oil and Natural Gas Properties
The Company follows the full-cost method of accounting for its oil and natural gas properties. Accordingly, all costs associated with the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and natural gas properties, including the cost of undeveloped leaseholds, dry holes, and leasehold equipment, are capitalized. All costs related to production activities, including workover costs, are charged to expense as incurred. Capitalized costs are depleted on a compositeunit-of-production method based on proved oil and natural gas reserves.
Proceeds from the sale of properties are accounted for as reductions of capitalized costs unless such sales involve a significant change in the Company’s proved reserves. The Company had no significant sales during the period ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. The costs of unproved properties are excluded from depletion until the properties are evaluated. During the period ended June 30, 2018 and the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company had no unproved properties.
The remaining capitalized costs are subject to a “ceiling test”, which limits such costs to the aggregate of the “estimated present value”, discounted at a ten percent interest rate, of future net revenues from proved reserves, based on current economic and operating conditions, plus the lower of cost or fair market value of unproved properties and less the income tax effects related to the properties.
Asset Retirement Obligations
The Company recognizes an ARO for legal obligations associated with the retirement of the Company’s oil and natural gas properties. Oil and natural gas producing companies incur such a liability upon acquiring or drilling a well. An ARO is recorded as a liability at its estimated present value at the asset’s inception, with an offsetting increase to producing properties in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet which is depleted over the useful life of the asset. Periodic accretion of the discount on asset retirement obligations is recorded as an expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. See further discussion of AROs at Note D.
Revenue Recognition
Oil and natural gas revenues are recognized when title to the product transfers to the purchaser. The Company follows the sales method of accounting for its oil and natural gas revenues, whereby revenue is recorded based on the Company’s share of volume sold, regardless of whether the Company has taken its proportional share of volume produced. A receivable or liability is recognized only to the extent that the Company has an imbalance on a specific property greater than the expected remaining proved reserves. The Company had no significant imbalances at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017.