4. Oil and Gas Properties | 3 Months Ended |
Feb. 28, 2015 |
Extractive Industries [Abstract] | |
6. Oil and Gas Properties | Oil and gas properties consist of the following at February 28, 2015 and November 30, 2014, respectively: |
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| | February 28, | | | November 30, | |
| | 2015 | | | 2014 | |
Oil and gas properties: | | | | | | | | |
Beaver County, Utah Prospect | | $ | 30,000 | | | $ | 30,000 | |
Iron County, Utah Prospect | | | 706,717 | | | | 659,331 | |
Total oil and gas properties | | | 736,717 | | | | 689,331 | |
Less impairment | | | (30,000 | ) | | | (30,000 | ) |
Oil and gas properties, net | | $ | 706,717 | | | $ | 659,331 | |
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Tidewater Agreement |
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On August 19, 2014, Virtus Oil & Gas Corp. completed the acquisition of oil and gas leases issued by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (the “BLM”) covering approximately 36,787 acres in Iron County, Utah (the “Tidewater Leases”) pursuant to a letter agreement entered into with Tidewater Oil & Gas Company, LLC (“Tidewater”) as of November 13, 2013 (as amended, the “Tidewater Agreement”). The acreage subject to the Tidewater Leases is located in an area known as the Parowan Prospect in the Central Utah Overthrust region of southwestern Utah. Virtus acquired an 87.5% working interest and an 80% net revenue interest in the Leases. |
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The aggregate purchase price of the Leases was $290,000, which was paid in installments beginning in December 2013. Virtus made the final payment of the purchase price on August 1, 2014, and thereafter the Company and Tidewater subsequently prepared and executed the appropriate assignments and other forms required by the BLM and the county clerk to reflect the assignment of the Leases from Tidewater to Virtus. Tidewater’s sale of the leases was subject to the approval of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado (the “Bankruptcy Court”), which is presiding over Tidewater’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings. The Bankruptcy Court approved the sale of the leases on December 11, 2013. |
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The Tidewater Agreement contemplates the drilling of an initial 12,000 foot vertical test well in the Jurassic-Navajo, Permian-Kaibab formation on the leases. Although Tidewater will retain a 12.5% working interest in the leases, the Company has agreed to pay 100% of the cost of drilling and completing this test well, which is estimated to be approximately $2.5 million. The Company has agreed to pre-pay such costs at least 30 days prior to the spud date, which is expected to be no later than February 3, 2015. However, the Company and Tidewater extended the date to September 1, 2015, by a First Amendment to Letter Agreement dated May 6, 2014. If the Company fails to prepay such costs, it will forfeit its interests in the oil and gas leases and Tidewater will retain the purchase price. |
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During the three months ended February 28, 2015, the Company made payments of $37,386 on expiring leases covered by the Tidewater Agreement, $10,000 for a survey for a drilling location, for a total of $47,386. |
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TJBB Agreement |
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On September 22, 2014, the Company, made the last payment ($75,000) required for the acquisition of BLM oil and gas leases covering approximately 18,690.50 acres in Iron County, Utah (the “TJBB Leases”) pursuant to a letter agreement with Tom Johnson and Bill Berryman (“TJBB”), dated May 6, 2014 (the “TJBB Agreement”). The total purchase price for the TJBB Leases was $168,215. The acreage subject to the TJBB Leases is also located in an area known as the Parowan Prospect in the Central Utah Overthrust region of southwestern Utah. |
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Pursuant to the TJBB Agreement, the purchase price for the leases was $168,215, which was paid in installments from May through September of 2014. The Company acquired an 87.5% working interest and an 80% net revenue interest in the TJBB Leases. TJBB retained a 12.5% working interest in the TJBB Leases, although the Company agreed to pay 100% of the cost of drilling and completing a 12,000 foot vertical test well in the Jurassic-Navajo, Permian-Kaibab formation by September 1, 2015. The Company’s requirement to drill the initial test well is contained in both the Tidewater Agreement and the TJBB Agreement, and by drilling one well in the noted formation, the Company believes it will have satisfied its initial test well drilling obligation under each of those agreements. If the Company fails to drill and complete the initial test well in the Jurassic-Navajo, Permian-Kaibab formation by the deadline under the TJBB Agreement, the Company will forfeit its interest in the leases covered by both the TJBB Agreement and the Tidewater Agreement. |
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Pioneer Agreement |
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On October 19, 2013, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement with Pioneer Oil and Gas, pursuant to which the Company agreed to purchase two separate oil and gas leases issued by the BLM covering approximately 4,150 acres in Beaver County, Utah, for an aggregate purchase price of $460,000. The Company made an initial payment of $30,000 to Seller on October 25, 2013, but did not make any subsequent payments because it chose not to pursue development of those leases. On December 23, 2013, the Company delivered written notice to Seller of the Company’s intention to terminate the purchase agreement. As a result, the agreement was terminated by seller in December 2013, and the Company forfeited its initial payment and any rights to the subject leases. |
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Seismic Exchange |
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On July 1, 2014, the Company engaged Seismic Exchange, Inc., a Louisiana corporation (“SEI”), to provide certain two-dimensional seismic data covering approximately 47.44 square miles for an aggregate purchase price of $98,434. The seismic data includes geophysical and geological information along the Parowan Prospect in Iron County, Utah, where the Company had acquired its working interest in oil and gas leases covering an aggregate 55,477.50 acres. The License Agreement has a term of seven years from the effective date of June 12, 2014, subject to earlier termination by SEI upon a material breach by the Company. The term of the Supplemental Agreement attached to the License Agreement will end 20 years after the effective date. The seismic data acquired from SEI is intended to provide the Company with a greater understanding of the subsurface geology and aid its geologists in selecting the optimal location to drill its first well. The Company has had the data reprocessed and integrated with its existing seismic data to outline potential drilling prospects. The Company has selected a drilling location for the first well that it expects to drill in the Parowan Prospect and has applied for a permit to drill this well. |