References to “Company”, “we” or “us” refer to Petrocorp Inc., unless the context requires otherwise.
Forward Looking Statements
The following is provided to supplement, and should be read in conjunction with, our financial statements and the accompanying notes included in our Form 10-K as of December 31, 2008. This report contains forward-looking statements and information relating to us that is based on the beliefs of our management as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, our management. When used in this report, the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “plan” and similar expressions, as they relate to us or our management, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management’s current view of us concerning future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including among many others:
| ● | the quality of our properties with regard to, among other things, the existence of reserves in economic quantities; |
| ● | uncertainties about the estimates of reserves; |
| ● | our ability to increase our production and oil and natural gas income through exploration and development; |
| ● | the number of well locations to be drilled and the time frame within which they will be drilled; |
| ● | the timing and extent of changes in commodity prices for natural gas and crude oil; |
| ● | domestic demand for oil and natural gas; |
| ● | drilling and operating risks; |
| ● | the availability of equipment, such as drilling rigs and transportation pipelines; |
| ● | changes in our drilling plans and related budgets; |
| ● | the adequacy of our capital resources and liquidity including, but not limited to, access to additional borrowing capacity; and |
| ● | risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors section or elsewhere in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. |
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize or should the underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes and results could differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made, and we undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement or statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible for management to predict all of such factors, nor can it assess the impact of each factor on the business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.
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Business Overview
Petrocorp Inc. was incorporated on June 19, 2006 under the laws of the State of Delaware. Prior to September 2007, the Company’s business model provided telephonic conferencing services to businesses, organizations and individuals in North America. Due to capital constraints and because its executives could no longer serve the Company without compensation, the Company decided to change its business directions.
We are an exploration stage Company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and production, if warranted, development of prospective oil and gas properties. We plan to conduct exploration work on each of our current and future properties in order to ascertain whether any of them possess commercially exploitable quantities of oil and gas reserves. The Company has significant lease holdings on the North Slope of Alaska, the Canadian Provinces of Alberta and Quebec, permit applications pending in Italy and Netherlands, and oil and gas production in Oklahoma.
Our office is located at 1065 Dobbs Ferry Road, White Plains, NY 10607 and our telephone number is (914) 674-4373. Our web-site address is http://petrocorp.us.
Plan of Operation
Our plan of operation is to conduct exploration work on each of our current and future properties in order to ascertain whether any of them possess commercially exploitable quantities of oil and gas reserves. There is no assurance that a commercially viable oil and gas reserve exists on any of our current and future properties, and a great deal of further exploration will be required before a final evaluation as to the economic feasibility for our future exploration is determined. To date, we do not know if any economically viable oil and gas reserves exist on any of our current or future properties and there is no assurance that we will discover any.
Alaska
On October 25, 2007, Union Energy (Alaska) LLC (“UEA”), our subsidiary, was the winning bidder for tracts 254, 258 and 259 in the North Slope Areawide 2007 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale. The leases, covering 14,680 net acres, were issued on August 1, 2008, with a term of seven years and subject to a 12.5% royalty interest in favor of the State of Alaska. UEA paid a total of $380,021 to the State of Alaska in respect of the leases. These tracts are contiguous and the Company believes, based upon current available geological data and maps from the public domain, to contain the Kavik gas field, discovered in 1969, which has been evaluated in detail by the U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S Geological Survey ("USGS").
On February 27, 2008, UEA was the winning bidder for tracts 922, 923, 927, 988, 989, 990, 991, 992 and 925 in the State of Alaska North Slope Foothills Areawide 2008 Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale. The leases, covering 9,600 net acres, were issued on September 1, 2008, with a term of 10 years and subject to a 12.5% royalty interest in favor of the State of Alaska. UEA paid a total of $59,565 to the State of Alaska in respect of the leases. These tracts are contiguous and the Company believes, based upon current available geological data and maps from the public domain, to contain the East Kurupa gas field, discovered by Texaco in 1976. The USGS has been studying the potential for unconventional over-pressured, continuous gas deposits in the Colville basin that contains the Kurupa anticline and is now interpreting the East Kurupa well to have encountered a thick section of over-pressured gas in Brookian strata.
The Alaska leases are in areas which the Company believes are promising for gas production although the Company does not make any representations as to their future production, if any. Furthermore, any gas recovered from our Alaska leases will not be salable unless or until a proposed North Slope gas pipeline is completed. We have retained Frontier Land Inc. (an established land firm and a member of the American Association of Professional Landmen) to conduct negotiations with other leaseholders regarding their acreage and to acquire other land interests within the vicinity of our tracts.
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Oklahoma
On August 12, 2008, the Company acquired from its President, James Fitzsimons, a 50% working interest (41.25% net revenue interest) in the Snake Creek prospect, a 3,200 gross (3,022 net) acre gas development project located in northern Okmulgee County. The Company reimbursed Mr. Fitzsimons for his historic costs (acreage and drilling) by issuing a secured, non-interest bearing note, payable on demand for $210,917 and assumed responsibility for all further costs.
On November 30, 2008, the Company acquired from Mr. Fitzsimons, a 100% working interest (81.25% net revenue interest) in the Spanish Peak prospect, a 2,041 gross (900 net) acre gas development project located in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma. The Company reimbursed Mr. Fitzsimons for his historic costs (acreage) by issuing a secured, non-interest bearing note, payable on demand for $173,141 and assumed responsibility for all further costs.
On March 31, 2009, the Company purchased 171 oil and gas lease interests totaling 3,827 gross (2,666 net) acres in Okfuskee and Okmulgee Counties, Oklahoma from CH4 Energy, Inc., a company controlled by Soladino Investments SA at a cost of $583,823. The Company reimbursed Soladino for its historic costs (acreage) by issuing a secured, non-interest bearing note, payable on demand for $583,823 and assumed responsibility for all further costs.
The Company’s Okfuskee and Okmulgee County oil and gas leases are near oil and gas fields with proved developed production and within the general area of the “Woodford shale play”. We have retained Keith Summar (a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists) as a consultant to assist us in our Oklahoma operations.
Alberta, Canada
On May 14, 2008, the Company was the winning bidder in a Crown Land sale for eight contiguous sections (totaling 5,120 acres) of oil sands leases in the Peace River Oil Sands Area of northern Alberta, Canada. The bids totaled $250,000 and the leases were issued by Alberta Energy on May 15, 2008, with a term of 15 years.
Quebec, Canada
On February 4, 2009, the Government of Quebec awarded the Company seven oil and gas exploration licenses – 2009P462 to 2009PG468 – all located in the St. Lawrence Lowlands area. The seven Quebec licenses cover a total net surface area of 114,045 hectares (281,593 acres) and have an initial term of five years. The Company has committed to a five-year work program with minimum expenditures of (expressed in Canadian dollars): $0.50 per hectare in the first year; $1.00 per hectare in the second year; $1.50 per hectare in the third year; $2.00 per hectare in the fourth year; and $2.50 per hectare in the fifth year.
Italy
On January 20, 2009, the Government of Italy made the preliminary awards of the competitive oil and gas exploration licenses, “Fiorenzuola D'Arda” located in the Po Valley and “Montottone” located in the Marche region, in favor of Mac Oil SpA, our subsidiary. On March 24, 2009, the Government of Italy made the preliminary award of the competitive oil and gas exploration license, “Melzo” located in the Po Valley, again in favor of Mac Oil SpA. The three Italy licenses cover a net surface area of 115,760 hectares (285,827 acres).
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The Company also has two competitive oil and gas exploration license applications pending awaiting adjudication by the Ministry of Economic Development in Italy covering a net surface area of 27,240 hectares (67,259 acres).
Netherlands
The Company has one license application pending covering a net surface area of 68,284 hectares (168,602 acres).
Internationally, we have retained Daniele Albisetti and Christian Ceppi (members of the Swiss Geological Society, the Società Geologica Italiana (Italian Geological Society) and the Geological Association of Canada) as consultants to assist us in our operations.
Results of Operations
For the quarter ended March 31, 2009, we had revenues of $4,285, oil and gas exploration costs of $79,703 and incurred a loss of $150,505, as compared to no revenues and a loss of $72,550 in 2008. During the 2009 quarter, the Company paid compensation to its President of $30,000 which was recorded as a capital contribution by the Company and professional fees of $26,457, which related primarily to the development of the Company’s business plan and costs associated with being a public company, as compared to $26,200 for the 2008 quarter. Also during the 2009 quarter, the Company paid general and administrative expenses of $7,833, which included rent, telephone and other office costs, as compared to $4,036 for the 2008 quarter. Interest expense of $11,101 was computed on the officer/stockholder loans at an implied rate of 6% and this amount was recorded as a capital contribution by the Company during the quarter.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our Company's principal cash requirements are for exploration expenses which we anticipate will rise as we proceed to determine the feasibility of developing our current or future property interests. As of March 31, 2009, we had cash of $414,911 and working capital of $391,763. Our net cash provided by financing activities during the period from our inception to March 31, 2009 was $2,898,533.
On March 31, 2009, the Company purchased 171 oil and gas lease interests totaling 3,827 gross (2,666 net) acres in Okfuskee and Okmulgee Counties, Oklahoma from CH4 Energy, Inc., a company controlled by Soladino Investments SA (“Soladino”) at a cost of $583,823. The Company reimbursed Soladino for its historic costs (acreage) by issuing a secured, non-interest bearing note, payable on demand for $583,823 and assumed responsibility for all further costs.
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At March 31, 2009, the Company has $1,317,881 in unsecured, non-interest bearing notes (two), payable on demand with its majority stockholder Soladino. The notes are secured by the Company’s oil and gas leases.
We anticipate that additional funding will be provided in the form of equity financing from the sale of our common stock or loans from directors. We cannot provide investors with any assurance that additional funds will be raised. Currently, we do not have any arrangements in place for future equity financings.
Critical Accounting Policies
Financial Reporting Release No. 60 of the SEC encourages all companies to include a discussion of critical accounting policies or methods used in the preparation of the financial statements. There are no current revenue generating activities that give rise to significant assumptions or estimates. Our most critical accounting policies relate to the accounting and disclosure of related party transactions. Our financial statements filed as part of our December 31, 2008 Annual Report include a summary of the significant accounting policies and methods used in the preparation of our financial statements.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have never entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements and have not formed any special purpose entities. We have not guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities or entered into any options on non-financial assets.
Item 3. Controls and Procedures
An evaluation was carried out under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Financial Officer and President, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report on Form 10-Q. Disclosure controls and procedures are procedures that are designed with the objective of ensuring that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, such as this Form 10-Q, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time period specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and is communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on that evaluation, our management concluded that, as of March 31, 2009, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to satisfy the objectives for which they are intended.
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation performed that occurred during the fiscal quarter covered by this report that has materially affected or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
The Company is not currently a party to any legal proceedings.
Item 2 – Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
None.
None.
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None.
None.
Item 6 – Exhibits
The following documents are filed as part of this Report.
Exhibit Number | Exhibit Description
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31.1 | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by the Principal Executive Officer. ** |
31.2 | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification by the Principal Financial Officer. ** |
32.1 | Section 1350 Certification by the Principal Executive Officer. ** |
32.2 | Section 1350 Certification by the Principal Financial Officer. ** |
** Filed herewith
SIGNATURE
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant caused this Report on Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
PETROCORP INC.
Date: May 12, 2009
By: /s/ James Fitzsimons
James Fitzsimons, President