Supplemental Information on Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Activities | LYNDEN ENERGY CORP. Supplemental Information on Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Activities Costs Incurred in Oil and Natural Gas Property Acquisition, Exploration and Development Activities Costs incurred in oil and natural gas property acquisition and development activities are as follows for the years ended June 30, 2015 and 2014: June 30, 2015 June 30, 2014 Property acquisition costs Proved $ 71,059 $ 24,948 Unproved 14,074 12,532 Exploration costs 5,951,975 415,361 Development costs 22,013,097 36,229,566 Total costs incurred $ 28,051,037 $ 36,682,407 All of the above costs were incurred in the United States of America. Exploratory Well Costs As of June 30, 2015, exploratory well costs consist of costs associated with the drilling and equipping of exploratory wells relating to 1) the Mitchell Ranch Project; 2) one vertical well location in the Midland Basin; and 3) one horizontal well location in the Midland Basin. On the Mitchell Ranch Project, the Company drilled and fracture stimulated an initial appraisal well, the Spade 17 #1, on the Mitchell Ranch Project in fiscal 2011. Periodic testing and further stimulation of the Spade 17 #1 well has been carried out since that time. In early-fiscal 2012 the Company entered into a 30 month term assignment for a large portion of its Mitchell Ranch Project acreage with a senior oil and gas company. The term assignment provided the Company an opportunity to observe the results of the senior oil and gas company’s drilling and completion activities on the Mitchell Ranch Project term assignment acreage and to incorporate their results in the Company’s testing plan for the Mitchell Ranch Project. On March 31, 2014 the senior oil and gas company elected to not continue with further activities and the term assignment acreage was returned, and the Company and its working interest partner actively resumed scheduling of additional testing activity, as described further below. In the third quarter of fiscal 2014 the Company and its working interest partner carried out a further round of testing on an uphole zone in the Spade 17 #1 well. During the year ended June 30, 2015, the Company incurred an impairment charge of $1,814,441 for the Mitchell Ranch Project, $1,682,794 of which is for the Spade 17 #1 well. It was determined that all principal target zones in the Spade 17 #1 well had been tested and that no future completion operations were being planned. Seismic interpretation and the initiation of a 3-D seismic program over a portion of the Mitchell Ranch Project acreage not previously covered by seismic was also carried out during fiscal 2014 and 2015 in preparation for drilling additional appraisal wells on the project. The Company and its working interest partner established plans for a four new well program to be carried out on the project. All four wells are in close proximity to the initial Spade 17#1 appraisal well which the Company expects will enhance operational efficiencies in the testing of the project. It is anticipated that the results from these wells will allow the Company to assess the reserves and the further potential development and viability of the project. Positive results would justify further major capital expenditures on the project. The first of the four wells was spud in late May 2014 and a first round of fracture stimulations was carried out in October 2014. The other three wells of the four well program were spud and drilled by October 2014, and several rounds of fracture stimulations and production testing have been carried out in the wells. There are several separate targeted zones that exhibit potential on the Mitchell Ranch Project. These zones will generally be tested by stimulating the lowermost zones in the well, observing flow-back from the stimulated zones, and once the production potential of the zones has been assessed move uphole to systematically test additional zones. Management anticipates that it will be able to determine the commerciality of the Mitchell Ranch Project by December 31, 2015. Also included in exploratory well costs are the costs incurred in preparation of drilling a vertical well in the Midland Basin that was spud shortly after June 30, 2015 and costs incurred for one horizontal well in the Midland Basin which was spud shortly before June 30, 2015. Both of these wells were drilled to their targeted depths and testing is underway. Management anticipates that it will be able to determine the commerciality of these wells by December 31, 2015. Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows Reserve estimates and discounted future net cash flows are based on the unweighted average market prices for sales of oil and natural gas on the first calendar day of each month during the year. Cash flows are adjusted for transportation fees and regional price differentials, to the estimated future production of proved oil and natural gas reserves less estimated future expenditures to be incurred in developing and producing the proved reserves, discounted using an annual rate of 10% to reflect the estimated timing of the future cash flows. Extensive judgments are involved in estimating the timing of production and the costs that will be incurred throughout the remaining lives of the properties. Accordingly, the estimates of future net cash flows from proved reserves and the present value may be materially different from subsequent actual results. The standardized measure of discounted net cash flows does not purport to present, nor should it be interpreted to present, the fair value of the properties’ oil and natural gas reserves. An estimate of fair value would also take into account, among other things, the recovery of reserves not presently classified as proved, and anticipated future changes in prices and costs. The table below reflects the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows related to the Company’s interest in proved reserves at June 30, 2015 and 2014. 2015 2014 Future cash flows $ 581,163,900 $ 488,770,334 Future production costs (179,031,200 ) (133,828,860 ) Future development costs (128,842,600 ) (64,661,351 ) Future income taxes (76,612,819 ) (86,035,972 ) Future net cash flows 196,677,281 204,244,151 Annual discount at 10% for estimated timing of cash flows (126,706,621 ) (121,768,244 ) Discounted future net cash flows $ 69,970,659 $ 82,475,908 Changes in Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows The following table provides a rollforward of the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows for the years ended June 30, 2015 and 2014. June 30, 2015 June 30, 2014 Balance, beginning of year $ 82,475,908 $ 55,563,510 Changes resulting from: Sales of oil and gas produced, net of production costs (15,889,756 ) (24,416,663 ) Sales of reserves in place — (16,911,630 ) Discoveries and extensions 23,979,600 19,984,162 Changes in prices and production costs (42,421,155 ) 21,170,364 Changes in estimated future development costs (8,827,304 ) (26,847,805 ) Development costs incurred during the period 21,809,476 36,229,566 Revisions of previous quantity estimates (1,557,183 ) 15,765,294 Net change in income taxes 6,289,739 (13,484,610 ) Accretion of discount 11,169,119 7,129,418 Changes in production rates and other (7,057,785 ) 8,294,302 Net change (12,505,249 ) 26,912,398 Balance, end of year $ 69,970,659 $ 82,475,908 Oil and Gas Reserves The Company has presented the reserve estimates utilizing an oil price of $71.68 per Bbl and a natural gas price of $3.361 per MMBtu as of June 30, 2015, $100.27 per Bbl and $4.104 per MMBtu as of June 30, 2014, and $91.60 per Bbl and $3.459 per MMBtu as of June 30, 2013. The Company’s estimated reserves at June 30, 2015, June 30, 2014, and June 30, 2013 were based on reserve reports prepared by a third party engineer, Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc. The proved oil and natural gas reserve estimates of the Company have been prepared in compliance with the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and accounting standards based on the 12-month un-weighted first-day-of-the-month average price. The reserve disclosures that follow reflect estimates of proved reserves, proved developed reserves and proved undeveloped reserves, net of third-party royalty interests, of natural gas, crude oil and condensate, and NGLs owned at year end. Natural gas volumes are in thousands of cubic feet (Mcf) at a pressure base of 14.73 pounds per square inch and volumes for oil are in barrels (Bbls). Total volumes are presented in barrels of oil equivalent (BOE). For this computation, one barrel is equivalent to 6,000 cubic feet of natural gas. The Company’s estimates of proved reserves are made using available production performance data, as well as pertinent geologic and reservoir data. These estimates are reviewed annually by an independent third party and revised, either upward or downward as warranted by additional data. Revisions are necessary due to changes in, among other things, reservoir performance, prices, economic conditions and governmental restrictions, as well as changes in the expected recovery associated with infill drilling. All of the Company’s reserves are located in Texas, USA. The following table provides a rollforward of the total proved reserves for the year ended June 30, 2015. Oil volumes are expressed in Bbls, natural gas volumes are expressed in Mcf, natural gas liquids volumes are expressed in Bbls, and total volumes are presented in BOE. Oil Natural Gas Natural Gas Total Net Proved Reserves Balance at June 30, 2014 3,950,079 9,719,125 1,928,080 7,498,013 Discoveries and extensions 3,086,400 8,595,200 1,528,700 6,047,633 Revisions of prior estimates (132,914 ) 1,927,264 147,833 336,130 Production (274,185 ) (670,309 ) (119,513 ) (505,416 ) Balance at June 30, 2015 6,629,380 19,571,280 3,485,100 13,376,360 Net Proved Developed Reserves, included above Balance at June 30, 2014 2,102,913 5,280,353 1,047,356 4,030,328 Balance at June 30, 2015 2,226,910 6,723,130 1,200,620 4,548,052 Net Proved Undeveloped Reserves, included above Balance at June 30, 2014 1,847,166 4,438,772 880,724 3,467,685 Balance at June 30, 2015 4,402,470 12,848,150 2,284,480 8,828,308 The following table provides a rollforward of the total proved reserves for the year ended June 30, 2014: Oil Natural Gas (1) Total Net Proved Reserves Balance at June 30, 2013 3,653,262 13,589,316 5,918,148 Discoveries and extensions 1,023,690 1,950,095 1,348,706 Revisions of prior estimates 327,408 9,377,971 1,890,403 Sales of reserves in place (808,114 ) (2,451,430 ) (1,216,686 ) Production (246,167 ) (1,178,347 ) (442,558 ) Balance at June 30, 2014 3,950,079 21,287,605 7,498,013 Net Proved Developed Reserves, included above Balance at June 30, 2013 1,805,485 6,585,058 2,902,995 Balance at June 30, 2014 2,102,913 11,564,489 4,030,328 Net Proved Undeveloped Reserves, included above Balance at June 30, 2013 1,847,777 7,004,258 3,015,153 Balance at June 30, 2014 1,847,166 9,723,116 3,467,685 (1) Natural gas reserves for fiscal 2013 are shown in “wet” Mcf, which includes NGL. We receive our production data from third-party operators. Our third-party operators did not and cannot provide complete three-stream data for fiscal 2013 that would allow the Company to break-out NGLs in addition to oil and gas in our reserve and production disclosure. The following is a discussion of the material changes in our proved reserve quantities for the years ended June 30, 2015 and 2014: Extensions and discoveries for 2015 were 6,047 MBoe, all of which are attributable to the drilling of vertical Midland Basin wells (Wolfberry) in the Permian Basin. During 2015 we produced 505 MBoe from these Wolfberry wells. Through our development drilling we increased the number of producing Wolfberry wells from 91 gross (37.18 net) wells to 109 gross (44.69 net) wells in 2015. We recorded positive revisions of prior estimates of 336 MBoe partially as a result of the better production history, and an overall improvement in average well performance. Extensions and discoveries for 2014 were 1,349 MBoe, all of which are attributable to the drilling of vertical Midland Basin wells (Wolfberry) in the Permian Basin. During 2014 we produced 442 MBoe from these Wolfberry wells. In December 2013, we sold 1,217 Mboe of proved reserves, including 554 MBoe of proved undeveloped reserves to BreitBurn Energy Partners L.P. After taking into account the sale to BreitBurn, through our development drilling we increased the number of producing Wolfberry wells from 67 gross (27.93 net) wells to 91 gross (37.18 net) wells in 2014. We recorded positive revisions of prior estimates of 1,890 MBoe partially as a result of the better production history, an overall improvement in average well performance, and higher oil and natural gas prices. |