NOTE 3 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Policies) | 12 Months Ended |
Jul. 31, 2014 |
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Basis of Presentation | Basis of Presentation |
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The financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”). |
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Recent Accounting Pronouncements | Recent Accounting Pronouncements |
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From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or other standard setting bodies that may have an impact on the Company’s accounting and reporting. The Company believes that such recently issued accounting pronouncements and other authoritative guidance for which the effective date is in the future either will not have an impact on its accounting or reporting or that such impact will not be material to its financial position, results of operations, and cash flows when implemented. |
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In May 2014, FASB issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) 2014-09 – Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic) 606.This Statement is a joint collaborative effort between FASB and the International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) to improve and standardized revenue recognition across industries or transactions. Previous revenue recognition guidance in GAAP comprised broad revenue concepts together with numerous requirements for particular industries or transactions, which sometimes resulted in different accounting for economically similar transactions. Accordingly, FASB and IASB developed a common revenue standard that would: (a) remove inconsistencies and weaknesses in revenue requirements (b) provide a more robust framework for addressing revenue issues (c) improve comparability of revenue recognition practices across entities, industries, jurisdictions, and capital markets; (d) provide useful information to users of financial statements through improved disclosure requirements (e) simplify the preparation of financial statement by reducing the number of requirements to which an entity must refer. The core principle underlying the provisions of the Statement is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. To achieve the core principle, an entity should apply the following five steps: |
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| - | Identify the contract(s) with a customer |
| - | Identify the performance obligations in the contract |
| - | Determine the transaction price |
| - | Allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract |
| - | Recognize revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation |
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The provisions of this Statement are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. Management is evaluating the impact, if any, upon its financial position, results of operations or cash flow upon adoption. |
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In June 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-10, Development Stage Entities (Topic 915): Elimination of Certain Financial Reporting Requirements, Including an Amendment to Variable Interest Entities Guidance in Topic 810, Consolidation. The amendments in this update removed the definition of a development stage entity from the Master Glossary of the Accounting Standards Codification, thereby removing the financial reporting distinction between development stage entities and other reporting entities from GAAP. In addition, the amendments eliminate the requirements for development stage entities to (1) present inception-to-date information in the statements of income, cash flows, and shareholder equity, (2) label the financial statements as those of a development stage entity, (3) disclose a description of the development stage activities in which the entity is engaged, and (4) disclose in the first year in which the entity is no longer in a development stage that in prior years it had been in the development stage. The amendments also clarify that the guidance in Topic 275, Risks and Uncertainties, is applicable to entities that have not commenced planned principal operations. Finally, the amendments remove paragraph 810-10-15-16. Paragraph 810-10-15-16 states that a development stage entity does not meet the condition in paragraph 810-10-15-14(a) to be a variable interest entity if (1) the entity can demonstrate that the equity invested in the legal entity is sufficient to permit it to finance the activities that it is currently engaged in and (2) the entity’s governing documents and contractual arrangements allow additional equity investments. The amendments in this Update also eliminate an exception provided to development stage entities in Topic 810, Consolidation, for determining whether an entity is a variable interest entity on the basis of the amount of investment equity that is at risk. The amendments to eliminate that exception simplify GAAP by reducing avoidable complexity in existing accounting literature and improve the relevance of information provided to financial statement users by requiring the application of the same consolidation guidance by all reporting entities. The elimination of the exception may change the consolidation analysis, consolidation decision, and disclosure requirements for a reporting entity that has an interest in an entity in the development stage. The amendments related to the elimination of inception-to-date information and the other remaining disclosure requirements of Topic 915 should be applied retrospectively except for the clarification to Topic 275, which shall be applied prospectively. For public business entities, those amendments are effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2014, and interim periods therein. Early application of each of the amendments is permitted for any annual reporting period or interim period for which the entity’s financial statements have not yet been issued (public business entities) or made available for issuance (other entities). Upon adoption, entities will no longer present or disclose any information required by Topic 915. The Company adopted ASU No. 2014-10 effective July 31, 2014. |
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Use of Estimates | Use of Estimates |
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The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. |
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Net Loss per Share | Net Loss per Share |
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Basic net loss per share is computed using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. As the Company is in a net loss position, there are no outstanding potentially dilutive securities that would cause diluted earnings per share to differ from basic earnings per share. |
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Oil and Gas Properties | Oil and Gas Properties |
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The Company follows the full-cost method of accounting for oil and natural gas properties. Under this method, all costs incurred in the exploration, acquisition and development, including that for the unproductive wells are capitalized in separate cost centers for each country. Such capitalized costs include contract and concessions acquisition, geological, geophysical, and other exploration work, drilling, completing and equipping oil and gas wells, constructing production facilities and pipelines, and other related costs. |
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The capitalized costs of oil and gas properties in each cost center are amortized on a composite unit of production method based on future gross revenues from proved reserves. Sales or other dispositions of oil and gas properties are normally accounted for as adjustments of capitalized costs. A gain or loss is not recognized in income unless a significant portion of a cost center’s reserves is involved. Capitalized costs associated with acquisition and evaluation of unproved properties are excluded from amortization until it is determined whether proved reserves can be assigned to such properties or until the value of the properties is impaired. If the net capitalized costs of oil and gas properties in a cost center exceed an amount equal to the sum of the present value of estimated future net revenues from proved oil and gas reserves in the cost center and the lower of cost or fair value of properties not being amortized, both adjusted for income tax effects, such excess is charged to expense. |
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Capitalized costs associated with acquisition and evaluation of unproved properties are excluded from amortization until it is determined whether proved reserves can be assigned to such properties or until the value of the properties is impaired. Our policy is consistent with ASC 932. |
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ASC 932 provides guidance specific to oil and gas producing activities. It contains several Subtopics that interact with other Topics in the Codification. Guidance in these Subtopics rather than the more general guidance in the other Topics shall be applied to the specific issues addressed. |
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Asset Retirement Obligations | Asset Retirement Obligations |
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The Company provides for future asset retirement obligations on its resource properties and facilities based on estimates established by current legislation and industry practices. |
The asset retirement obligation is measured at the cost to plug and abandon the wells located on the leasehold properties as of July 31, 2014 at a rate estimated at $3 per measured depth footage of which this rate is obtained from estimated figures published by the Railroad Commission of Texas. As the total amount of the ARO Calculations is being booked in the present there is no future value to calculate, as such calculations for inflation and accretion are not accounted for at this time. The asset retirement obligation is initially measured at fair value and capitalized as an asset retirement cost. The obligation is accreted through interest expense until it is expensed and or settled. The fair value of the obligation is estimated based on figures published by the Railroad Commission of Texas and is then accreted using an expected inflation rate for oil field service costs. |
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The significant assumptions used to develop the expected liability during the period are as follows: |
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| - | Average cost to remediate individual well sites by Measured Depth: $3 (net to our interest) |
| - | Average gross salvage value expected from individual well sites remediated: $0 (net) |
| - | Expected inflation rate for oil field service costs: 5% excluded from calculation Risk weighted cost of credit: 8% excluded from calculation |
| - | Average time to abandonment: 20 years excluded from calculation |
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Actual retirement costs will be recorded against the obligation when incurred. Any difference between the recorded asset retirement obligation and the actual retirement costs incurred is recorded as a gain or loss in the settlement period. |
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Depreciation | Depreciation |
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The Company recorded depreciation for a total of $10,391 of its oil and gas properties for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2014, based on a 5 year straight line depreciation method. |
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Depletion | Depletion |
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The company did not record depletion for the fiscal year ending July 31, 2014. During the fiscal year subsequent to the acquisition of the Baylor leasehold properties an immaterial amount of oil was produced by C.D. Ayres as operator for Liberty, and a detailed revenue billing statement or load ticket from the Purchaser Gatherer Sunoco was not presented to us from the Operator C.D. Ayres. |
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Depletion will be recorded as oil and or gas is produced from the leasehold properties. |
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Concentrations | Concentrations |
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Subsequent to the acquisition of oil and gas field interests, the Company also became a party to the operator agreements (“JOA’s”) that define the rights and responsibilities of the third party operator and passive interest holders. Under the JOA, the third party operator is responsible for acquiring customers to sell the oil and gas produced and to either performing or contracting out to other third parties to perform services necessary to continue and maintain acreage. Currently all of the Company’s leasehold interests have as their third party operator BEP Operating LLC which is controlled by a related party managing member. |
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Revenue and Cost Recognition | Revenue and Cost Recognition |
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The Company uses the sales method of accounting for natural gas and oil revenues. Under this method, revenues are recognized based on the actual volumes of gas and oil sold to purchasers. The volume sold may differ from the volumes to which the Company is entitled based on our interest in the properties. Costs associated with production are expensed in the period incurred. |
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Income Taxes | Income Taxes |
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The Company accounts for its income taxes in accordance with ASC No. 740, "Income Taxes". Under ASC 740, a liability method is used whereby deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on temporary differences between basis used for financial reporting and income tax reporting purposes. Income taxes are provided based on tax rates in effect at the time such temporary differences are expected to reverse. A valuation allowance is provided for certain deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not, that the Company will not realize the tax assets through future operations. |
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The Company’s federal tax returns for the years ended 2009 through 2013 are open to examination. At July 31, 2014, the Company evaluated its open tax years in all known jurisdictions. Based on this evaluation, the Company did not identify any uncertain tax positions. The Company accounts for interest and penalties relating to uncertain tax positions in the current period statement of operations as necessary. |
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Fair Value of Financial Instruments | Fair Value of Financial Instruments |
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GAAP establishes a fair value hierarchy which has three levels based on the reliability of the inputs to determine the fair value. These levels include: Level 1, defined as inputs such as unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities; Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable; and Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs for use when little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions. The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, and payables, accrued liabilities and notes payable. The carrying values of these financial instruments approximate their respective fair values as they are either short-term in nature or carry interest rates that approximate market rates. The Company evaluates its embedded conversion features contained within their convertible notes for derivative treatment. The Company’s derivative liabilities recognized since August 1, 2012 were considered Level 3 financial instruments. |
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