Summary of Accounting Policies (Policies) | 9 Months Ended |
Sep. 30, 2013 |
Summary of Accounting Policies [Abstract] | ' |
General | ' |
General |
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The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. |
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In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Accordingly, the results from operations for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ended December 31, 2013. The unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated December 31, 2012 financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company's SEC Form 10-K. |
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A summary of the significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of the accompanying financial statements follows. |
Business and Basis of Presentation | ' |
Business and Basis of Presentation |
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Next Generation Energy Corporation was incorporated in the State of Nevada in November 1980 as Micro Tech Industries, with an official name change to Next Generation Media Corporation in April 1997 and an official name change to Next Generation Energy Corporation in July 2010. The Company is an independent oil and natural gas company engaged in the exploration, development, and production of predominantly natural gas properties located onshore in the United States. In March 2011, the Company acquired 1,220 acres of mineral leases in Knox County, Kentucky, containing 10 shut-in wells, and is in the process of investigating other acquisitions of oil and gas properties in the same area. |
Use of Estimates | ' |
Use of Estimates |
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The preparation of the financial statement in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities, if any, at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the respective reporting periods. The Company bases its estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other assumptions and information that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Estimates and assumptions about future events and their effects cannot be perceived with certainty and, accordingly, these estimates may change as new events occur, as more experience is acquired, as additional information is obtained and as the Company’s operating environment changes. Actual results may differ from the estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements. |
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Condensed consolidated interim period results are not necessarily indicative of results of operations or cash flows for the full year and accordingly, certain information normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States has been condensed or omitted. The Company has evaluated events or transactions through the date of issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements |
Cash Equivalents | ' |
Cash Equivalents |
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For the purpose of the accompanying financial statements, all highly liquid investments with a maturity of three months or less are considered to be cash equivalents. |
Property and Equipment other than Oil and Natural Gas Properties | ' |
Property and Equipment other than Oil and Natural Gas Properties |
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Property and equipment are stated at cost. The cost of normal maintenance and repairs is charged to operating expense as incurred. Material expenditures, which increase the life of an asset, are capitalized and depreciated over the estimated remaining useful life of the asset. When retired or otherwise disposed, the related carrying value and accumulated depreciation are removed from the respective accounts and the net difference less any amount realized from disposition, is reflected in earnings. For financial statement purposes, property and equipment are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives as follows: |
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Furniture and fixtures | 5 years |
Office equipment | 3 to 5 years |
Manufacturing equipment | 3 to 10 years |
Buildings | 40 years |
Gas and Oil Properties | ' |
Gas and Oil Properties |
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The Company will follow the full cost method of accounting for the exploration, development, and acquisition of gas and oil reserves. Under this method, all such costs (productive and nonproductive) including salaries, benefits, and other internal costs directly attributable to these activities are capitalized and amortized on an aggregate basis over the estimated lives of the properties using the units-of-production method. The Company excludes all costs of unevaluated properties from immediate amortization. The Company’s unamortized costs of natural gas and oil properties are limited to the sum of the future net revenues attributable to proven natural gas and oil reserves discounted at 10 percent plus the lower of cost or market value of any unproved properties. If the Company’s unamortized costs in natural gas and oil properties exceed this ceiling amount, a provision for additional depreciation, depletion and amortization is required. At March 31, 2011, the Company had completed the acquisition of 1,220 acres of mineral leases containing 10 shut-in well sin Knox County, Kentucky. Decreases in market prices, as well as changes in production rates, levels of reserves, and the evaluation of costs excluded from amortization, could result in future ceiling test impairments. |
Asset Retirement Obligations | ' |
Asset Retirement Obligations |
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Accounting Standards Codification 410, Asset retirement and environmental obligations (“ASC 410”) was adopted by the Company. ASC 410 requires that the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation be recognized in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made, and that the associated asset retirement costs be capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. The Company has an option to purchase natural gas and oil properties which may require expenditures to plug and abandon the wells when reserves in the wells are depleted. These expenditures under ASC 410 will be recorded in the period the liability is incurred (at the time the wells are drilled or acquired). |
Depletion | ' |
Depletion |
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Oil and gas producing property costs are amortized using the unit of production method. The Company did not record any amortization expense in the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012. |
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets | ' |
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets |
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The Company has adopted Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 360-10, Property, plant and equipment (“ASC 360-10”). The Statement requires that long-lived assets and certain identifiable intangibles held and used by the Company be reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Events relating to recoverability may include significant unfavorable changes in business conditions, recurring losses, or a forecasted inability to achieve break-even operating results over an extended period. The Company evaluates the recoverability of long-lived assets based upon forecasted undiscounted cash flows. Should impairment in value be indicated, the carrying value of intangible assets will be adjusted, based on estimates of future discounted cash flows resulting from the use and ultimate disposition of the asset. ASC 360-10 also requires assets to be disposed of be reported at the lower of the carrying amount or the fair value less costs to sell. During the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company did not recognize any impairment. |
Research and Development | ' |
Research and Development |
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The Company accounts for research and development costs in accordance with the Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 730-10, Research and Development (“ASC 730-10”). Under ASC 730-10, all research and development costs must be charged to expense as incurred. Accordingly, internal research and development costs are expensed as incurred. Third-party research and developments costs are expensed when the contracted work has been performed or as milestone results have been achieved. Company-sponsored research and development costs related to both present and future products are expensed in the period incurred. The Company did not incur expenditures on research and product development for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012. |
Income Taxes | ' |
Income Taxes |
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The Company has adopted Accounting Standards Codification 740 Income Taxes (ASC 740) which requires the recognition of deferred tax liabilities and assets for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statement or tax returns. Under this method, deferred tax liabilities and assets are determined based on the difference between financial statements and the tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. Temporary differences between taxable income reported for financial reporting purposes and income tax purposes are insignificant. |
Advertising | ' |
Advertising |
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The Company follows the policy of charging the costs of advertising to expenses as incurred. The Company charged to operations no advertising costs for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. |
Comprehensive Income | ' |
Comprehensive Income |
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Accounting Standards Codification 220 Comprehensive Income (ASC 220) establishes standards for reporting and displaying of comprehensive income, its components and accumulated balances. Comprehensive income is defined to include all changes in equity except those resulting from investments by owners and distributions to owners. Among other disclosures, ASC 220 requires that all items that are required to be recognized under current accounting standards as components of comprehensive income be reported in a financial statement that is displayed with the same prominence as other financial statements. The Company does not have any items of comprehensive income in any of the periods presented. |
Stock Based Compensation | ' |
Stock Based Compensation |
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Effective for the year beginning January 1, 2006, the Company has adopted Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 718-10, Compensation (“ASC 718-10”). The Company made no employee stock-based compensation grants before December 31, 2005 and therefore has no unrecognized stock compensation related liabilities or expense unvested or vested prior to 2006. Stock-based compensation expense recognized under ASC 718-10 for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 was nil. |
Net income (loss) per share | ' |
Net income (loss) per share |
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The weighted average shares outstanding used in the basic net income per share computations for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 was 125,996,094 and 119,368,674, respectively. The diluted shares outstanding for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 was 133,348,182 and 124,172,335. In determining the number of shares used in computing diluted loss per share for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, common stock equivalents derived from shares issuable from the exercise of stock options and conversion of convertible debt are not considered in the calculation of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding because they would be antidilutive, thereby decreasing the net loss per share. Therefore, the diluted loss per share is shown as not applicable on the Statements of Operations presented as part of the Company’s financial statements. |
Liquidity | ' |
Liquidity |
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As shown in the accompanying financial statements, the Company had a loss from operations of ($68,326) and ($184,301) during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013. The Company's total liabilities exceeded its total assets by $951,082 as of September 30, 2013. |
Concentration of Credit Risk | ' |
Concentration of Credit Risk |
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Financial instruments and related items, which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk, consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents and trade receivables. The Company places its cash and temporary cash investments with high credit quality institutions. At times, such investments may be in excess of the FDIC insurance limit. The Company periodically reviews its trade receivables in determining its allowance for doubtful accounts. |
Fair Values | ' |
Fair Values |
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Accounting Standards Codification subtopic 825-10, Financial Instruments (“ASC 825-10”) requires disclosure of the fair value of certain financial instruments. The carrying amount reported in the consolidated condensed balance sheets for accounts receivables, accounts payable and accrued expenses and put liability approximates fair value because of the immediate or short-term maturity of these financial instruments. The carrying amount reported in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets for line of credit approximates fair value because the actual interest rates do not significantly differ from current rates offered for instruments with similar characteristics. |
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We use fair value measurements to record fair value adjustments to certain assets and to determine fair value disclosures. Cash, short term investment, warrants and reset derivatives are recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (“ASC 820”), we group our assets at fair value in three levels, based on the markets in which the assets are traded and the reliability of the assumptions used to determine fair value. |
Reclassifications | ' |
Reclassifications |
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Certain reclassifications have been made in prior year's financial statements to conform to classifications used in the current year. |