| • | production and development costs; |
| • | potential reductions or suspensions of production; and |
| • | the amount and timing of Trust administrative expenses. |
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 2019 at 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.Boaz Energy indicated that at the time of this report drilling operations for an additional Permian Clearfork well to be operated by Boaz Energy were underway and that it expected that well to reach total depth before the end of November 2019.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Distributable Income
Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
For the three months ended September 30, 2019, net profits income received by the Trust was $2,950,430 compared to $4,497,974 for the same period of the prior year. This decrease in net profits income was primarily due to decreased oil and natural gas prices and increased capital costs. See “Computation of Income from the Net Profits Interest Received by the Trust” below.
After considering interest income of $3,007, general and administrative expenditures of $237,111 and cash reserves retained by the Trustee of $160,000, distributable income for the three months ended September 30, 2019 was $2,556,326, or $0.210124 per Trust unit. For the three months ended September 30, 2018, total distributable income was $4,294,197, or $0.352975 per unit.
Interest income decreased $313 for the three months ended September 30, 2019, as compared to the prior year, primarily due to decreased funds available for investment.
General and administrative expenditures increased $31,043 for the three months ended September 30, 2019, as compared to the prior year, primarily due to increased professional services fees.
Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, as of May 31, 2019, the Trustee was authorized to begin retaining cash reserves for administrative expenses; therefore, no cash reserves were recorded for the three months ended September 30, 2018.
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