Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Industries Disclosures [Text Block] | Note 10. Supplementary Information on Oil, Natural Gas and Natural Gas Liquid Reserves (Unaudited) Aggregate Capitalized Costs The aggregate amount of capitalized costs of oil, natural gas and NGL properties and related accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 is as follows: 2023 2022 Producing properties $ 311,292,892 $ 296,175,283 Non-producing 173,414,110 176,389,110 484,707,002 472,564,393 Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization (146,161,010 ) (119,045,055 ) Net capitalized costs $ 338,545,992 $ 353,519,338 Costs Incurred For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, the Partnership incurred the following costs in oil and natural gas producing activities: 2023 2022 Development costs $ 12,142,610 $ 49,381,239 Estimated Quantities of Proved Oil, NGL and Natural Gas Reserves The following unaudited information regarding the Partnership’s oil, natural gas and NGL reserves is presented pursuant to disclosures required by the SEC and the FASB. Proved oil and natural gas reserves are those quantities of oil, natural gas and NGLs which, by analysis of geosciences and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible – from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods and government regulations – prior to the time at which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates that renewal is reasonably certain, regardless of whether deterministic or probabilistic methods are used for the estimation. Existing economic conditions include prices and costs at which economic producibility from a reservoir is to be determined. The price shall be the average price during the 12-month period prior to the ending date of the period covered by the report, determined as an unweighted arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month price for each month within such period, unless prices are defined by contractual arrangements, excluding escalations based upon future conditions. The project to extract the hydrocarbons must have commenced, or the operator must be reasonably certain that it will commence the project within a reasonable time. The area of the reservoir considered as proved includes: (i) the area identified by drilling and limited by fluid contacts, if any, and (ii) adjacent undrilled portions of the reservoir that can, with reasonable certainty, be judged to be continuous with it and to contain economically producible oil or natural gas on the basis of available geoscience and engineering data. In the absence of data on fluid contacts, proved quantities in a reservoir are limited by the lowest known hydrocarbons as seen in a well penetration unless geoscience, engineering or performance data and reliable technology establishes a lower contact with reasonable certainty. Where direct observation from well penetrations has defined a highest known oil elevation and the potential exists for an associated natural gas cap, proved oil reserves may be assigned in the structurally higher portions of the reservoir only if geoscience, engineering or performance data and reliable technology establish the higher contact with reasonable certainty. Reserves which can be produced economically through application of improved recovery techniques (including, but not limited to, fluid injection) are included in the proved classification when: (i) successful testing by a pilot project in an area of the reservoir with properties no more favorable than in the reservoir as a whole, the operation of an installed program in the reservoir or an analogous reservoir, or other evidence using reliable technology establishes the reasonable certainty of the engineering analysis on which the project or program was based; and (ii) the project has been approved for development by all necessary parties and entities, including governmental entities. The independent consulting petroleum engineering firm of Pinnacle Energy of Oklahoma City, OK, prepared estimates of the Partnership’s oil, natural gas and NGL reserves as of December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021. The Partnership’s net proved oil, NGL and natural gas reserves, all of which are located in the contiguous United States, as of December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, have been estimated by the Partnership’s independent consulting petroleum engineering firm. Estimates of reserves were prepared by the use of appropriate geologic, petroleum engineering and evaluation principles and techniques that are in accordance with SEC rules and regulations along with practices generally recognized by the petroleum industry as presented in the publication of the Society of Petroleum Engineers entitled “Standards Pertaining to the Estimating and Auditing of Oil and Gas Reserves Information (Revision as of February 19, 2007).” The method or combination of methods used in the analysis of each reservoir was tempered by experience with similar reservoirs, stage of development, quality and completeness of basic data and production history. For depletion-type reservoirs or those whose performance disclosed a reliable decline in producing-rate trends or other diagnostic characteristics, reserves were estimated by the application of appropriate decline curves or other performance relationships. In the analyses of production-decline curves, reserves were estimated only to the limits of economic production or to the limit of the production licenses as appropriate. Accordingly, these estimates should be expected to change, and such changes could be material and occur in the near term as future information becomes available. “Revisions of previous estimates” in the table below represent changes in previous reserve estimates, either upward or downward, resulting from a change in economic factors, such as commodity prices, operating costs or development costs, or resulting from information obtained from the Partnership’s production history. The rollforward of net quantities of proved developed and undeveloped oil, natural gas and NGL reserves are summarized as follows: Proved Reserves Oil Natural Gas NGLs (Bbls) (Mcf) (Bbls) Total (BOE) December 31, 2021 16,100,697 20,900,153 3,006,631 22,590,687 Acquisition - - - - Extensions, discoveries and other additions (1) 1,266,835 1,125,029 160,090 1,614,430 Revisions of previous estimates (2) 4,719,015 3,782,400 508,067 5,857,482 Production (1,054,619 ) (1,329,995 ) (190,503 ) (1,466,788 ) December 31, 2022 21,031,928 24,477,587 3,484,285 28,595,811 Acquisition - - - - Extensions, discoveries and other additions (3) 479,763 431,226 67,009 618,643 Revisions of previous estimates (4) (6,082,609 ) (4,557,429 ) (353,416 ) (7,195,597 ) Production (1,128,242 ) (1,642,775 ) (265,002 ) (1,667,039 ) December 31, 2023 14,300,840 18,708,609 2,932,876 20,351,818 (1) In 2022, extensions, discoveries and other additions of 1,614 MBOE were primarily attributable to successful drilling by the Partnership’s primary operator of the Sanish Field Assets. (2) Revisions to previous estimates increased proved reserves by a net amount of 5,857 MBOE. These revisions result from 8,177 MBOE of upward adjustments attributable to changes in the future drill schedule and 164 MBOE of upward adjustments attributable caused by higher oil, natural gas and NGL prices when comparing the Partnership’s reserve estimates at December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2021, offset by 2,484 MBOE of downward adjustments attributable to well performance when comparing the Partnership’s reserve estimates at December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2021. (3) In 2023, extensions, discoveries and other additions of 619 MBOE were primarily attributable to successful drilling by the Partnership’s primary operator of the Sanish Field Assets. (4) Revisions to previous estimates decreased proved reserves by a net amount of 7,196 MBOE. These revisions result from 5,522 MBOE of downward adjustments attributable to changes in the future drill schedule and recovery projections, 1,373 MBOE of downward adjustments attributable to well performance, and 301 MBOE of downward adjustments caused by lower oil, natural gas and NGL prices when comparing the Partnership’s reserve estimates at December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2022. In accordance with SEC Regulation S-X, Rule 4-10, as amended, the Partnership uses the 12-month average price calculated as the unweighted arithmetic average of the spot price on the first day of each month within the 12-month period prior to the end of the reporting period. The average realized oil, natural gas and NGL prices, including the effect of price differential adjustments, used in computing the Partnership’s reserves as of December 31, 2023 were $78.25 per barrel of oil, $2.51 per MMcf of natural gas and $13.30 per barrel of NGL. The average realized oil, natural gas and NGL prices, including the effect of price differential adjustments, used in computing the Partnership’s reserves as of December 31, 2022 were $90.51 per barrel of oil, $6.75 per MMcf of natural gas and $40.28 per barrel of NGL. Net quantities of proved developed and proved undeveloped reserves at December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 are summarized in the table below. Oil Natural Gas NGLs (Bbls) (Mcf) (Bbls) Total (BOE) Proved developed reserves: December 31, 2021 11,197,370 15,350,678 2,207,738 15,963,554 December 31, 2022 12,959,918 16,547,639 2,355,866 18,073,724 December 31, 2023 10,199,826 14,882,637 2,338,351 15,018,617 Proved undeveloped reserves: December 31, 2021 4,903,327 5,549,475 798,893 6,627,133 December 31, 2022 8,072,010 7,929,948 1,128,419 10,522,087 December 31, 2023 4,101,014 3,825,972 594,525 5,333,201 The following details the changes in proved undeveloped reserves (PUD) for 2022 and 2023: BOE Proved undeveloped reserves, December 31, 2021 6,627,133 Revisions of previous estimates (1) 7,803,541 Extensions, discoveries and other additions (2) 1,614,430 Conversion to proved developed reserves (3) (5,523,017 ) Proved undeveloped reserves acquired - Proved undeveloped reserves, December 31, 2022 10,522,087 Revisions of previous estimates (4) (5,360,513 ) Extensions, discoveries and other additions (5) 618,643 Conversion to proved developed reserves (6) (447,016 ) Proved undeveloped reserves acquired - Proved undeveloped reserves, December 31, 2023 5,333,201 (1) The annual review of the PUDs resulted in a positive revision of approximately 7,804 MBOE. This revision was the result of 8,177 MBOE of upward adjustments attributable to changes in the future drill schedule and offset by 373 MBOE of downward adjustments attributable to changes in natural gas shrink and NGL yield when comparing the Partnership’s reserves at December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2021. (2) In 2022, extensions, discoveries and other additions of 1,614 MBOE were primarily attributable to successful drilling by the Partnership’s primary operator of the Sanish Field Assets. (3) The Partnership completed 27 new wells during 2022; therefore, the Partnership converted these 27 wells to proved developed reserves during 2022, which resulted in a downward adjustment to PUDs of 5,523 MBOE. (4) The annual review of the PUDs resulted in a negative revision of approximately 5,361 MBOE. This revision was the result of 5,522 MBOE of downward adjustments attributable to changes in the future drill schedule and recovery projections, offset by 161 MBOE of upward adjustments attributable to changes in natural gas shrink and NGL yield when comparing the Partnership’s reserves at December 31, 2023 to December 31, 2022. (5) In 2023, extensions, discoveries and other additions of 619 MBOE were primarily attributable to successful drilling by the Partnership’s primary operator of the Sanish Field Assets. (6) The Partnership completed 6 new wells during 2023; therefore, the Partnership converted these 6 wells to proved developed reserves during 2023, which resulted in a downward adjustment to PUDs of 447 MBOE. Based upon current information from its operators, the Partnership anticipates all current PUD locations will be drilled and converted to PDP within five years of the date they were added. PUD locations and associated reserves which are no longer projected to be drilled within five years from the date they were first booked as proved undeveloped reserves have been removed as revisions at the time that determination was made. Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows Accounting standards prescribe guidelines for computing a standardized measure of future net cash flows and changes therein relating to estimated proved reserves. The Partnership has followed these guidelines, which are briefly discussed below. Future cash inflows and future production and development costs are determined by applying the trailing unweighted 12-month arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month individual product prices and year-end costs to the estimated quantities of oil, natural gas and NGL to be produced. Actual future prices and costs may be materially higher or lower than the unweighted 12-month arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month individual product prices and year-end costs used. For each year, estimates are made of quantities of proved reserves and the future periods during which they are expected to be produced based on continuation of the economic conditions applied for such year. The resulting future net cash flows are reduced to present value amounts by applying a 10% annual discount factor. The assumptions used to compute the standardized measure are those prescribed by the FASB and, as such, do not necessarily reflect the Partnership’s expectations of actual revenue to be derived from those reserves nor their present worth. The limitations inherent in the reserve quantity estimation process, as discussed previously, are equally applicable to the standardized measure computations since these estimates affect the valuation process. 2023 2022 Future cash inflows $ 1,205,028,864 $ 2,209,148,928 Future production costs (493,017,336 ) (586,350,144 ) Future development costs (98,927,304 ) (110,237,400 ) Future net cash flows 613,084,224 1,512,561,384 10% annual discount (326,905,824 ) (864,351,720 ) Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows $ 286,178,400 $ 648,209,664 Changes in the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows are as follows: 2023 2022 Standardized measure at beginning of period $ 648,209,664 $ 308,184,640 Changes resulting from: Acquisition of reserves - - Extensions, discoveries and other additions 6,992,407 49,126,990 Sales of oil, natural gas and NGLs, net of production costs (65,339,727 ) (85,215,526 ) Net changes in prices and production costs (208,831,086 ) 240,520,851 Development costs incurred during the period 12,142,610 49,381,239 Revisions to previous estimates (171,073,805 ) 150,980,130 Accretion of discount 64,910,851 30,861,199 Change in estimated future development costs (832,514 ) (95,629,859 ) Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows $ 286,178,400 $ 648,209,664 |