5. Long Term Debt | 3 Months Ended |
Mar. 31, 2015 |
Long-term Debt, Unclassified [Abstract] | |
5. Long Term Debt | As of March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Company had the following long-term debt obligations: |
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$25,000,000 line of credit with a bank, maturing on January 1, 2015, default interest rate at 5.0% above prime, payable monthly, secured by first lien on CYMRI, LLC’s oil and gas properties (principal balance was due as of January 1, 2015) | | $ | 1,286,000 | | | $ | 1,286,000 | |
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Bridge loans from individuals, due in October 2015, interest at 15% per annum, payable monthly, with second position security interest on oil and gas properties pledged to the bank (see above) and first position security interest on other oil and gas properties | | | 600,000 | | | | 700,000 | |
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Working capital advances received from major shareholder in February and March 2015, with same security interest and other provisions as bridge loans (above), to be repaid upon closing of new financing or other liquidity event | | | 160,000 | | | | - | |
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Unsecured notes payable assumed in acquisition of Cinco NRG, LLC, final installment due and paid in February 2015 | | | - | | | | 25,000 | |
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Other short term notes for equipment and insurance financing, interest rates at 6% to 8% | | | 26,797 | | | | 41,040 | |
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| | | 2,072,797 | | | | 2,052,040 | |
Current portion of long term debt | | | (2,072,797 | ) | | | (2,052,040 | ) |
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Long term debt, net of current portion | | $ | - | | | $ | - | |
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Borrowings under the bank credit agreement secured by the oil and gas properties of our subsidiaries, CYMRI, LLC (“CYMRI”) and Triumph Energy, Inc. (“Triumph”), were subject to a borrowing base, dependent on oil and gas reserves. Pursuant to the latest borrowing base determination, the Company was required to make principal payments of $50,000 per month during 2014. Such principal payments were made in the first eleven months of the year, however, the Company did not make the required monthly principal payment in December 2014. |
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As a result of such non payment, the Company is in default of the credit agreement. Under its terms, the credit agreement expired on January 1, 2015, and the bank assessed an increase in the interest rate of 4% per annum on the outstanding borrowings of $1,286,000, until such amount is repaid. The Company is continuing to negotiate with the bank on a resolution of the outstanding borrowings under the expired credit agreement, while it seeks new sources of capital. |
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In October 2014, the Company implemented a “bridge loan” program whereby it made short term borrowings from a group of individual lenders in the amount of $700,000. Amounts advanced under the bridge loan program accrue interest at the rate of 15% per annum, payable on a monthly basis, with the principal being due and payable within one year. In the event of a prepayment, the bridge lenders receive a prepayment penalty equal to the difference between 15% of the principal and the accrued interest earned to that point, with such penalty being paid either in cash or in restricted shares of the Company’s Common Stock at an agreed upon value of $0.30 per share. The bridge lenders were granted a subordinated security interest in the Company’s assets. In conjunction with the sale of a small producing property in January 2015 (see Note 4), the Company made a partial payment to the bridge lenders in the total amount of $100,000 and also paid prepayment penalties consisting of cash in the amount of $9,273 and 5,201 shares of the Company’s restricted Common Stock. |