UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2007
o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ________________ to _________________
Commission file number 1-4668
COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD. |
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
BERMUDA | | NONE |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
Clarendon House, Church Street, Hamilton, Bermuda | HM 11 |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(850) 653-2732 |
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code) |
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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (l) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of l934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. T Yes ¨ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer ¨ | Accelerated filer ¨ | Non-accelerated filer T |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ¨ Yes T No
The number of shares outstanding of the issuer's single class of common stock as of August 9, 2007 was 46,211,604.
COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.
FORM 10-Q
June 30, 2007
Table of Contents
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1 | Financial Statements | Page |
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| Consolidated balance sheets at June 30, 2007 and December 31, 2006 | 3 |
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| Consolidated statements of operations for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 and for the period from January 31, 1953 (inception) to June 30, 2007 | 4 |
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| Consolidated statements of cash flows for the six month periods ended June 30, 2007 and 2006 and for the period from January 31, 1953 (inception) to June 30, 2007 | 5 |
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| Notes to consolidated financial statements | 6 |
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ITEM 2 | Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 9 |
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ITEM 3 | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk | 11 |
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ITEM 4 | Controls and Procedures | 12 |
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| PART II - OTHER INFORMATION | |
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ITEM 5 | Other Information | 13 |
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ITEM 6 | Exhibits | 14 |
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| Signatures | 15 |
COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.
FORM 10-Q
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1 - Financial Statements
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(A Bermuda Corporation)
A Development Stage Company
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Assets | | (Unaudited) | | (Note) | |
Current assets: | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | $ | 49,613 | | $ | 342,541 | |
Prepaid expenses and other | | | 9,752 | | | 29,255 | |
Total current assets | | | 59,365 | | | 371,796 | |
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Certificates of deposit | | | 129,909 | | | 126,313 | |
Petroleum leases | | | 2,395,069 | | | 2,199,809 | |
Equipment, net | | | 10,195 | | | 11,455 | |
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Total assets | | $ | 2,594,538 | | $ | 2,709,373 | |
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Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity | | | | | | | |
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Current liabilities: | | | | | | | |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | $ | 172,704 | | $ | 5,322 | |
Note payable | | | 126,000 | | | - | |
Total current liabilities | | | 298,704 | | | 5,322 | |
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Shareholders' equity | | | | | | | |
Common stock, par value $.12 per share: | | | | | | | |
Authorized - 250,000,000 shares | | | | | | | |
Outstanding - 46,211,604 shares | | | 5,545,392 | | | 5,545,392 | |
Capital in excess of par value | | | 32,137,811 | | | 32,137,811 | |
| | | 37,683,203 | | | 37,683,203 | |
Deficit accumulated during the development stage | | | (35,387,369 | ) | | (34,979,152 | ) |
Total shareholders’ equity | | | 2,295,834 | | | 2,704,051 | |
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity | | $ | 2,594,538 | | $ | 2,709,373 | |
Note: The balance sheet at December 31, 2006 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date.
See accompanying notes.
COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.
FORM 10-Q
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1 - Financial Statements
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Expressed in U.S. dollars)
(A Bermuda Corporation)
A Development Stage Company
(Unaudited)
| | Three months ended June 30, | | Six months ended June 30, | | For the period from Jan. 31, 1953 (inception) to June 30, | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2007 | | 2006 | | 2007 | |
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Interest and other income | | $ | 3,613 | | $ | 11,220 | | $ | 4,807 | | $ | 26,463 | | $ | 3,974,451 | |
Gain on settlement | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 8,124,016 | |
| | | 3,613 | | | 11,220 | | | 4,807 | | | 26,463 | | | 12,098,467 | |
Expenses: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Legal fees and costs | | | 31,785 | | | 65,576 | | | 84,476 | | | 111,659 | | | 17,343,712 | |
Administrative expenses | | | 92,715 | | | 80,293 | | | 159,628 | | | 196,667 | | | 10,410,911 | |
Salaries | | | 33,850 | | | 33,850 | | | 72,900 | | | 65,100 | | | 4,083,931 | |
Shareholder communications | | | 648 | | | 1,601 | | | 10,228 | | | 4,852 | | | 4,103,738 | |
Goodwill impairment | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 801,823 | |
Write off of unproved properties | | | 85,792 | | | - | | | 85,792 | | | - | | | 6,664,721 | |
Exploration costs | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 247,465 | |
Lawsuit judgments | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 1,941,916 | |
Minority interests | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | (632,974 | ) |
Other | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 364,865 | |
Contractual services | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | - | | | 2,155,728 | |
| | | 244,790 | | | 181,320 | | | 413,024 | | | 378,278 | | | 47,485,836 | |
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Net loss | | $ | (241,177 | ) | $ | (170,100 | ) | $ | (408,217 | ) | $ | (351,815 | ) | | | |
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Deficit accumulated during the development stage | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | (35,387,369 | ) |
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Weighted average number of Shares outstanding (basic & diluted) | | | 46,221,604 | | | 46,221,604 | | | 46,211,604 | | | 46,221,604 | | | | |
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Net loss per share (basic & diluted) | | $ | (.005 | ) | $ | (.004 | ) | $ | (.009 | ) | $ | (.008 | ) | | | |
See accompanying notes.
COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.
FORM 10-Q
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1 - Financial Statements
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)
(A Bermuda Corporation)
A Development Stage Company
(Unaudited)
| | Six months ended June 30, | | For the period from Jan. 31, 1953 (inception) to | |
| | 2007 | | 2006 | | June 30, 2007 | |
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Operating activities: | | | | | | | |
Net loss | | $ | (408,217 | ) | $ | (351,815 | ) | $ | (35,387,369 | ) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activites: | | | | | | | | | | |
Gain on settlement | | | - | | | - | | | (8,124,016 | ) |
Goodwill impairment | | | - | | | - | | | 801,823 | |
Minority interest | | | - | | | - | | | (632,974 | ) |
Depreciation | | | 1,260 | | | - | | | 2,778 | |
Write off of unproved properties | | | 85,792 | | | - | | | 6,723,968 | |
Common stock issued for services | | | - | | | - | | | 119,500 | |
Compensation recognized for stock option grant | | | - | | | - | | | 75,000 | |
Recoveries from previously written off properties | | | - | | | - | | | 252,173 | |
Net change in: | | | | | | | | | | |
Prepaid expenses and other | | | 19,503 | | | 188,105 | | | (9,753 | ) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | | | 167,382 | | | 67,285 | | | 172,706 | |
Income taxes payable | | | - | | | (35,000 | ) | | - | |
Net cash used in operating activities | | | (134,280 | ) | | (131,425 | ) | | (36,006,164 | ) |
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Investing activities: | | | | | | | | | | |
Additions to oil, gas, and mineral properties net of assets acquired for common stock and reimbursements | | | (195,260 | ) | | (240,385 | ) | | (6,135,251 | ) |
Well drilling costs | | | (85,792 | ) | | (657,883 | ) | | (1,104,227 | ) |
Net proceeds from settlement | | | - | | | - | | | 8,124,016 | |
Proceeds from relinquishment of surface rights | | | - | | | - | | | 246,733 | |
Purchase of certificate of deposit | | | (3,596 | ) | | - | | | (129,909 | ) |
Purchase of minority interest in CPC | | | - | | | - | | | (801,823 | ) |
Purchase of fixed assets | | | - | | | - | | | (74,623 | ) |
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | | | (284,648 | ) | | (898,268 | ) | | 124,916 | |
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Financing activities: | | | | | | - | | | | |
Loan proceeds | | | 126,000 | | | - | | | 126,000 | |
Loans from officers | | | - | | | - | | | 111,790 | |
Repayments of loans from officers | | | - | | | - | | | (111,790 | ) |
Sale of common stock net of expenses | | | - | | | - | | | 30,380,612 | |
Shares issued upon exercise of options | | | - | | | - | | | 884,249 | |
Sale of shares by subsidiary | | | - | | | - | | | 820,000 | |
Sale of subsidiary shares | | | - | | | - | | | 3,720,000 | |
Net cash provided by financing activities | | | 126,000 | | | - | | | 35,930,861 | |
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | | | (292,928 | ) | | (1,029,693 | ) | | 49,613 | |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | | | 342,541 | | | 2,250,236 | | | - | |
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | | $ | 49,613 | | $ | 1,220,543 | | $ | 49,613 | |
See accompanying notes.
COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.
FORM 10-Q
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1 Financial Statements
Note 1. Basis of Presentation
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include Coastal Caribbean Oils & Minerals, Ltd. (the Company), its wholly owned subsidiary, Coastal Petroleum Company (Coastal Petroleum) and Coastal Petroleum’s wholly owned subsidiary, Williston Basin, Inc., and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2007 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2007. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
Note 2. Going Concern
As of June 30, 2007, the Company had no revenues, had recurring losses from operations and has had an accumulated deficit during the development stage. The Company's current cash position is not adequate to fund existing operations or exploration and development of its oil and gas properties. Management is exploring options to sell interests in its leases or team with others for oil and gas exploration and development activity, although there is no assurance these efforts will be successful. These situations raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or amounts and classification of liabilities, which may result from the outcome of this uncertainty.
Note 3. Net income (loss) per share
Net income (loss) per share is based upon the weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. The Company’s basic and diluted calculations of EPS are the same because the exercise of options is not assumed in calculating diluted EPS, as the result would be anti-dilutive.
Note 4. Oil & Gas Development Activity
Drilling Activity
Currently the Company is not drilling any wells.
The Company began drilling its initial well in north central Montana in January 2006 under a farm-in agreement with the mineral owner on acreage in Blaine County. The well hit the target Lodgepole reef, but the reef had been flushed with fresh water. Several other formations were drilled through that were prospective for oil or gas and each of them has been tested. While gas was encountered in the testing, the well did not contain economic quantities of oil or gas. The Company expensed $800,000 in drilling costs related to this well in the fourth quarter of 2006. This well is being abandoned by the Company.
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1 Financial Statements (Continued)
Note 4. Oil & Gas Development Activity (Continued)
The Company has also participated in and acted as operator in a twin well to the only known well to produce from the Lodgepole in Montana. The targeted Lodgepole reef contained oil, but not in sufficient quantities to be commercial for the Company. Likewise, an uphole test of the Mission Canyon Formation resulted in oil being encountered, but not in sufficient quantities to be commercial for the Company. The Company’s participation costs in the twin well were approximately $225,000, which was expensed in the fourth quarter of 2006. The total cost of the well was approximately $1,260,000. This well is being abandoned by the participants with the Company acting as operator until abandonment is completed.
Montana Leases
The Company’s primary presence in Montana is in Valley County, where it holds leases covering 137,163.26 net acres, which the Company acquired in three separate acquisitions between July 2005 and February 2006. The leases acquired in those acquisitions are contiguous to each other and are referred to collectively as “the Valley County Leases.”
The first acquisition of the Valley County Leases was in July 2005, when the Company acquired the rights to drill two 6,500 foot wells to test Mississippian Lodgepole Reefs in Valley County, in northeast Montana for a one time fee of $50,000 from an entity controlled by one of the Company’s Directors. That acquisition included a small amount of acreage and the option to drill fifty additional prospects in the Valley County area.
The second acquisition of the Valley County Leases was in November 2005, when the Company acquired a group of oil and gas lease rights to approximately 109,423.26 net acres in eastern Montana for $1,568,000 from EOG Resources, Inc. and Great Northern Gas Company. These leases are subject to various overriding royalty interests to others ranging up to 19.5%. These leases expire in years from 2007 to 2014.
The final acquisition of acreage within the Valley County Leases was in February 2006, when the Company acquired additional oil and gas leases in eastern Montana covering 27,740 net acres contiguous to its existing Montana leases. These leases were acquired from the Bureau of Land Management and United States Department of the Interior.
The Company has an agreement with a consultant entity, controlled by one of the Company’s Directors, to identify Mississippian Lodgepole Reef prospects to be drilled on and near its Valley County Leases. Previously under the agreement, the Company was required to drill a test well on an identified Lodgepole Reef prospect by a certain deadline, however, there is no longer a drilling obligation under the agreement.
The Company is currently looking to team with another entity to explore the Company’s leases.
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ITEM 1 Financial Statements (Continued)
Note 4. Oil & Gas Development Activity (Continued)
The Company is in the permitting process and expects to soon have a permit for drilling on a 34,000 acre shallow natural gas prospect on its Montana leases. This prospect by itself is of interest to independent oil and gas companies and the initial well to test the prospect would be less than the cost of a Lodgepole test well, since it is not as deep.
North Dakota Leases
In July 2005, the Company acquired leases to the deeper rights in approximately 21,688 net acres in and near Slope County, North Dakota for a one time fee of $50,000 from an entity controlled by one of the Company’s Directors. Since that time, some of the leases have expired and the Company currently holds leases on 9,388.94 gross and 9,150.31 net acres in Slope County. The Company is obligated to drill a test well before September 1, 2007, and has the option to drill the remaining Lodgepole Reef prospects on these leases. The Company intends to team with other entities to share the cost of the initial 9,700 foot test well the total estimated drilling cost of which is estimated to be $1,500,000.
Note 5. Income Taxes
For the three and six month periods ending June 30, 2007 and 2006, the Company reported a loss for both financial statement reporting and income tax purposes. The Company has provided a 100% valuation allowance on its deferred tax asset as a result of its net operating loss carryforwards. The Company has approximately $10,000,000 in net operating loss carryforwards at December 31, 2006.
Note 6. Related Party Transactions
Pursuant to a written agreement with respect to the Valley County Leases, the Company uses an entity controlled by an individual who is a shareholder, officer and director of the company to perform geotechnical analysis of potential drilling sites at a cost of $1,000 per site. The Company paid and capitalized $2,000 and $40,000 to this entity for the six months ended June 30, 2007, and 2006, respectively.
The Company pays a monthly retainer to the law firm of Angerer & Angerer. The principals of the law firm include two individuals who are collectively shareholders, officers and a director of the Company. The Company expensed $72,000 and $72,000 in legal fees for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The Company owes $24,000 in accrued legal fees to Angerer & Angerer as of June 30, 2007.
The Company has retained the law firm of Igler & Dougherty, P.A. as securities counsel. One of the Company’s directors is a shareholder in the law firm. The Company has expensed $9,760 and $40,639 in legal fees and costs for the six months ended June 30, 2007 and 2006, respectively. The Company owes $450 in accrued legal fees to Igler & Dougherty, P.A. as of June 30, 2007.
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1 Financial Statements (Continued)
Note 7. Note Payable
The Company borrowed $126,000 in May 2007 to pay its lease obligations that were due in June 2007. The loan is to be repaid prior to the Company spudding the first well on any of the approximately 42,000 acres of its leases covered by the loan agreement. Coastal assigned a 5% overriding royalty interest (before all expenses) in 8/8ths of the oil or natural gas produced from those Valley County Montana leases to the lender.
ITEM 2 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward Looking Statements
Statements included in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, which are not historical in nature are intended to be forward looking statements. The Company cautions readers that forward looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward looking statements. Among the risks and uncertainties are: the uncertainty of securing additional financing through the sale of shares of Coastal Petroleum and/or Coastal Caribbean; changes in the income tax laws relating to tax loss carry forwards; the failure of the Company’s test wells to locate oil or gas reserves or the failure to locate oil or gas reserves which are economically feasible to recover; reductions in world wide oil or gas prices; adverse weather conditions; or mechanical failures of equipment used to explore the Company’s leases.
Critical Accounting Policies
The Company follows the full cost method of accounting for its oil and gas properties. All costs associated with property acquisition, exploration and development activities whether successful or unsuccessful are capitalized.
The capitalized costs are subject to a ceiling test which basically limits such costs to the aggregate of the estimated present value discounted at a 10% rate of future net revenues from proved reserves, based on current economic and operating conditions, plus the lower of cost or fair market value of unproved properties.
The Company assesses whether its unproved properties are impaired on a periodic basis. This assessment is based upon work completed on the properties to date, the expiration date of its leases and technical data from the properties and adjacent areas.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity
The Company has $50,000 in available cash, excluding certificate of deposits pledged for drilling permits, at June 30, 2007 compared to $343,000 at December 31, 2006. Our current liabilities exceed our current assets by $240,000 at June 30, 2007. We have suspended payments to our directors, general legal counsel, and employee during the second quarter of 2007 and have accrued $108,927 in expenses as of June 30, 2007.
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 2 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)
The Company borrowed $126,000 in May 2007 to pay its lease obligations that were due in June 2007. The loan is to be repaid prior to the Company spudding the first well on any of the approximately 42,000 acres of its leases covered by the loan agreement. Coastal assigned a 5% overriding royalty interest (before all expenses) in 8/8ths of the oil or natural gas produced from those Valley County Montana leases to the lender.
As of June 30, 2007, the Company had no revenues, had recurring losses prior to 2005 and had an accumulated deficit during the development stage. The Company's current cash position is not adequate to fund existing operations or exploration and development of its oil and gas properties. Management is exploring options to sell interests in its leases or team with others for oil and gas exploration and development activity, although there is no assurance these efforts will be successful. These situations raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.
The Company acquired oil and gas leasing rights for 25,000 acres in Slope County North Dakota and for two well sites in Valley County, Montana for $100,000 from an entity controlled by one of the Company’s directors. Since that time, some of the leases have expired and the Company currently holds leases on 9,150.31 net acres in Billings, Slope and Stark Counties. The leases include an option to drill for additional prospects in the Valley County area. The leases provide for a 25% working interest, 20% net revenue interest in each well, on a well by well basis, to an entity controlled by one of the Company’s directors. The leases are also subject to the overriding royalty interest of the landowner. The Company does not expect to drill on these leases on its own within the next twelve months, but will look to team with another entity to share the costs of such drilling.
The Company now holds leases in Valley County covering a total of 137,163.26 net acres. The Company has received four permits to drill on its Valley County Leases and is in the process of obtaining additional permits, including a permit to drill a test well into the Company’s 34,000 acre shallow natural gas prospect. The Company continues to seek others to team with and share the cost of wells it intends to drill over the next year.
The Company began drilling its initial well in north central Montana in January 2006 under a farm-in agreement with the mineral owner on acreage in Blaine County. The well hit the target Lodgepole reef, but the reef had been flushed with fresh water. Several other formations were drilled through that were prospective for oil or gas and each of them has been tested. While gas was encountered in the testing, the well did not contain economic quantities of oil or gas. The Company expensed $800,000 in drilling costs related to this well in the fourth quarter of 2006. The Company is abandoning this well.
The Company has also participated in and acted as operator in a twin well to the only known well to produce from the Lodgepole in Montana. The targeted Lodgepole reef contained oil, but not in sufficient quantities to be commercial for the Company. Likewise, an uphole test of the Mission Canyon Formation resulted in oil being encountered, but not in sufficient quantities to be commercial for the Company. The Company’s participation costs in the twin well were approximately $225,000, which was expensed in the fourth quarter of 2006. The total cost of the well was approximately $1,260,000.
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FORM 10-Q
PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 2 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)
Results of Operations
Six months ended June 30, 2007 vs. June 30, 2006
In 2005 we acquired oil and gas leases in North Dakota and Montana and we began drilling our first well in January 2006.
Our activities for 2006 consisted primarily of identifying drilling prospects and drilling two wells. We ceased substantial drilling activities in January 2007, and for the remainder of 2007 we have sought other entities to team with to drill on our leases. Therefore, our travel, lodging and other drilling related expenses decreased from 2006 levels. We incurred $86,000 to prepare our wells for abandonment. We also terminated one of our two employees in early 2007 to reduce expenses. In 2006, we incurred legal fees related to seeking and negotiating with drilling team members, which activities decreased in 2007.
Our interest income decreased in 2007 from 2006 due to lower cash balances.
Three months ended June 30, 2007 vs. June 30, 2006
In 2005 we acquired oil and gas leases in North Dakota and Montana and we began drilling our first well in January 2006.
Our activities for 2006 consisted primarily of identifying drilling prospects and drilling two wells. We ceased substantial drilling activities in January 2007, and for the remainder of 2007 we have sought other entities to team with to drill on our leases. Therefore, our travel, lodging and other drilling related expenses decreased from 2006 levels. We incurred $86,000 to prepare our wells for abandonment. We also terminated one of our two employees in early 2007 to reduce expenses. In 2006, we incurred legal fees related to seeking and negotiating with drilling team members, which activities decreased in 2007.
Our interest income decreased in 2007 from 2006 due to lower cash balances.
ITEM 3 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk
The Company does not have any significant exposure to market risk as there were no investments in marketable securities at June 30, 2007.
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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 4 Controls and Procedures
I, Phillip W. Ware, the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer, have evaluated the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-14(c) and 15d-14(c) adopted under the Securities Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report and have concluded:
1. That the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective and adequately designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiary, is timely made known to such officers by others within the Company and its subsidiary, particularly during the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared; and
2. That there were no significant changes in the Company’s internal controls or in other factors that could materially affect or are reasonably likely to materially affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.
COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.
FORM 10-Q
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
June 30, 2007
ITEM 5 Other Information
Coastal Caribbean is currently a passive foreign investment company, or PFIC, for United States federal income tax purposes, which could result in negative tax consequences to a shareholder. If, for any taxable year, the Company’s passive income or assets that produce passive income exceed levels provided by U.S. law, the Company would be a "passive foreign investment company," or PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For the years 1987 through 2001, Coastal Caribbean's passive income and assets that produce passive income exceeded those levels and for those years Coastal Caribbean constituted a PFIC. If Coastal Caribbean is a PFIC for any taxable year, then the Company’s U.S. shareholders potentially would be subject to adverse U.S. tax consequences of holding and disposing of shares of our common stock for that year and for future tax years. Any gain from the sale of, and certain distributions with respect to, shares of the Company’s common stock, would cause a U.S. holder to become liable for U.S. federal income tax under section 1291 of the Internal Revenue Code (the interest charge regime). The tax is computed by allocating the amount of the gain on the sale or the amount of the distribution, as the case may be, to each day in the U.S. shareholder’s holding period. To the extent that the amount is allocated to a year, other than the year of the disposition or distribution, in which the corporation was treated as a PFIC with respect to the U.S. holder, the income will be taxed as ordinary income at the highest rate in effect for that year, plus an interest charge.
For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
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PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
June 30, 2007
ITEM 6 Exhibits
31.1 Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14 by Phillip W. Ware
32.1 Certification pursuant to Section 906 by Phillip W. Ware
COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.
FORM 10-Q
June 30, 2007
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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| COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD. Registrant |
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Date: August 9, 2007 | By: | /s/ Phillip W. Ware |
| Phillip W. WareChief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer |
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