Boaz Energy typically receives payment for oil production 30 to 60 days after it is produced and for natural gas production 60 to 90 days after it is produced.
Properties. The Underlying Properties consist of four operating areas in the Permian Basin in Texas, aggregating 35,390 gross (22,997 net) acres. The Permian Clearfork area consists of 2,434 net acres on the Central Basin Platform of the Permian Basin in Hockley and Terry Counties, Texas. The Permian Abo area consists of 1,667 net acres on the Central Basin Platform of the Permian Basin in Terry and Cochran Counties, Texas. The Permian Shelf area consists of 14,727 net acres on the Eastern Shelf of the Permian Basin in Glasscock, Schleicher, Stonewall and Coke Counties, Texas. The Permian Platform area consists of 4,169 net acres on the Central Basin Platform of the Permian Basin in Ward, Crane, Terry and Ector Counties, Texas.
2018 Recap and 2019 Outlook
In 2018, Boaz Energy participated in the drilling of 23 new wells operated by others in the Permian Platform area and two new wells in the Permian Shelf. Boaz Energy has continued to optimize waterfloods in the Permian Clearfork and Permian Shelf through the use of conformance technology. For the remaining months in 2019, Boaz Energy plans to continue optimizing waterflood operations, convert additional wells to injection wells where prudent, drill one to two new operated wells and continue to participate in Permian Platform drilling proposed bynon-operating partners. More particularly, Boaz Energy reported that it completed a new operated well in the Permian Clearfork area in August 2019at an estimated cost of $1.4 million such that the majority of the development expenses of that well would be applied in the computation of the Net Profits Interest for the months of July through October 2019.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Distributable Income
Three Months Ended June 30, 2019
For the three months ended June 30, 2019, net profits income received by the Trust was $3,140,783 compared to $7,932,940 for the same period of the prior year. This decrease in net profits income was primarily because the Trust’s first distribution was not until May 2018 and therefore the second quarter of 2018 reflected sales volumes and computation of income and expenses for four months rather than three months as reflected in the second quarter of 2019. There was also a decrease in oil and gas pricing and a decrease in production of oil and gas for the quarter ended June 30, 2019, as compared to the quarter ended June 30, 2018. See “Computation of Income from the Net Profits Interest Received by the Trust” below.
After considering interest income of $1,499, general and administrative expenditures of $356,571 and cash reserves retained by the Trustee of $140,000, distributable income for the three months ended June 30, 2019 was $2,645,711, or $0.217472 per Trust unit. General and administrative expenditures for the three months ended June 30, 2019 increased $92,201 from the prior year, primarily because the Trust’s IPO was completed in May 2018, resulting in only approximately two months of general and administrative expenditures in the three month period ended June 30, 2018, and also because of expenses for printing, tax reporting and professional services and the timing of payment of such expenses. The decrease in interest income was primarily attributable to decreased funds available to invest during the three months ended June 30, 2019. Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, beginning May 31, 2019, the Trustee is authorized to retain cash reserves for administrative expenses; therefore, no cash reserves were recorded for the three months ended June 30, 2018. For the three months ended June 30, 2018, distributable income was $7,671,541, or $0.630584 per unit.
Based on 12,165,732 Trust units outstanding at each date listed below, the per unit distributions during the three months ended June 30, 2019 were as follows:
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Record Date | | Payment Date | | Distribution per Unit | |
April 30, 2019 | | May 14, 2019 | | $ | 0. 054990 | |
May 31, 2019 | | June 14, 2019 | | | 0. 090091 | |
June 28 2019 | | July 15, 2019 | | | 0.072391 | |
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| | | | $ | 0.217472 | |
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