| Document and Entity Information - shares | 9 Months Ended | |
| Sep. 30, 2021 | Nov. 01, 2021 | |
| Document And Entity Information | ||
| Document Type | 10-Q | |
| Document Quarterly Report | true | |
| Document Period End Date | Sep. 30, 2021 | |
| Document Transition Report | false | |
| Entity File Number | 000-10810 | |
| Entity Registrant Name | KIEWIT ROYALTY TRUST | |
| Entity Incorporation, State or Country Code | NE | |
| Entity Tax Identification Number | 47-6131402 | |
| Entity Address, Address Line One | Trust DivisionU.S. Bank National Association1700 Farnam Street | |
| Entity Address, City or Town | Omaha | |
| Entity Address, State or Province | NE | |
| Entity Address, Postal Zip Code | 68102 | |
| City Area Code | 402 | |
| Local Phone Number | 536-5100 | |
| No Trading Symbol Flag | true | |
| Entity Current Reporting Status | Yes | |
| Entity Interactive Data Current | Yes | |
| Entity Filer Category | Non-accelerated Filer | |
| Entity Small Business | true | |
| Entity Emerging Growth Company | false | |
| Entity Shell Company | false | |
| Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding | 0 | |
| Entity Central Index Key | 0000711477 | |
| Current Fiscal Year End Date | --12-31 | |
| Document Fiscal Year Focus | 2021 | |
| Document Fiscal Period Focus | Q3 | |
| Amendment Flag | false |
| CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF ASSETS, LIABILITIES AND TRUST CORPUS - USD ($) | Sep. 30, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020 |
| Assets | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ 14,089 | $ 288,282 |
| Royalty and overriding royalty interests in coal leases | 167,817 | 167,817 |
| Less accumulated amortization | (167,817) | (167,817) |
| Net royalty and overriding royalty interests in coal leases | 0 | 0 |
| Total assets | 14,089 | 288,282 |
| Liabilities | ||
| Distributions payable to unit holders | 0 | 288,282 |
| Trust reserve | 14,089 | 0 |
| Total liabilities and trust corpus | $ 14,089 | $ 288,282 |
| CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF DISTRIBUTABLE INCOME - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
| Sep. 30, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2020 | Sep. 30, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2020 | |
| CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF DISTRIBUTABLE INCOME | ||||
| Royalty income | $ 0 | $ 395,413 | $ 142,135 | $ 1,047,086 |
| Interest income | 0 | 3 | 2 | 499 |
| Trust expenses | (48,271) | (50,812) | (128,048) | (133,995) |
| Trust reserve | 48,271 | (344,604) | (14,089) | (344,604) |
| Distributable income | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 568,986 |
| Distributable income per unit | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0.0450381 |
| CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN TRUST CORPUS - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended | |||||
| Sep. 30, 2021 | Jun. 30, 2021 | Mar. 31, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2020 | Jun. 30, 2020 | Mar. 31, 2020 | |
| CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN TRUST CORPUS | ||||||
| Trust corpus, beginning of period | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| Distributable income | (14,089) | (62,360) | 54,816 | 344,604 | (7,237) | 576,223 |
| Distributions payable to unit holders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (568,986) | 0 |
| Trust reserve | 14,089 | 62,360 | (54,816) | (344,604) | 576,223 | (576,223) |
| Trust corpus, ending of period | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 | $ 0 |
| Basis of Presentation | 9 Months Ended |
| Sep. 30, 2021 | |
| Basis of Presentation | |
| Basis of Presentation | Basis of Presentation The accompanying condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the instructions for Form 10-Q and do not necessarily include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for complete financial statements. In the opinion of U.S. Bank National Association, as sole trustee of the Trust (the “Trustee”), all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation have been included. For further information, refer to the financial statements and footnotes included in the Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020. |
| Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 9 Months Ended |
| Sep. 30, 2021 | |
| Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | |
| Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | Summary of Significant Accounting Policies ( a) Basis of Accounting: The condensed financial statements of the Trust, as prepared on the modified cash basis, reflect the Trust’s assets, liabilities, trust corpus, and distributable income as follows: 1. Royalty income and interest income are recognized in the month in which amounts are received by the Trust. 2. Trust expenses, consisting principally of routine general and administrative costs, include payments made during the accounting period. 3. Reserves for liabilities that are contingent or uncertain in amount may also be established if considered necessary. 4. Net royalty and overriding royalty interests that are producing properties are amortized using the unit-of-production method. This amortization is shown as a reduction of Trust corpus. 5. Distributions to Unit Holders are recognized when declared by the Trustee. 6. Production withholding taxes withheld from Unit Holder distributions and remitted to governmental authorities are accounted for on a net basis and therefore are excluded from royalty income in the condensed statement of distributable income. These condensed statements differ from financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP and were prepared on the modified cash basis of reporting, which is considered to be the most meaningful because Distributions to Unit Holders are based on net cash receipts. This comprehensive basis of accounting, other than GAAP, corresponds to the accounting permitted for royalty trusts by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as specified by Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 12E, Financial Statements of Royalty Trusts The condensed financial statements of the Trust differ from financial statements prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) because of the following: ● Royalty income and interest income are recognized in the month received rather than in the month of production. ● Expenses generally are not accrued. ● Amortization of the net royalty and overriding royalty interests is shown as a reduction to Trust corpus and not as a charge to operating results. ● Reserves may be established for contingencies that would not be recorded under GAAP. ( b) Cash and Cash Equivalents: The Trust considers all highly liquid financial instruments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. (c) Related Party: The Trust was organized to provide an efficient, orderly and practical means of administering the income received from royalty interests and is administered by the Trustee. Pursuant to the terms of the Trust Indenture, the Trust pays the Trustee an annual fee of $100,000. The Trustee may adjust this fee annually in its sole discretion. The Trust pays a Trustee fee of $25,000 per quarter as long as the Trust has sufficient royalty income to make such payments. Going forward, Trust has suspended quarterly payments due to lack of revenue and the Trustee will not receive any of its quarterly fees unless the Trust assets are sold to the prospective buyers. (d) Impact of COVID-19: On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared the novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic and recommended containment and mitigation measures worldwide. The Trust cannot reasonably estimate the length or severity of this pandemic, and the Trust currently cannot anticipate the impact on its financial results or results of operations for fiscal 2021. Further, the pandemic has had a significant impact on the coal industry and the Trust is heavily reliant on revenue from coal mines. (e) Subsequent Events: On October 29, 2021, the Trust filed a voluntary petition to terminate (the “Petition”) in the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska (the “Court”) (Case No.21-1904). The Trust filed the Petition requesting the Court to approve certain actions and then allow the Trust to liquidate all of its assets and wind up operations of the Trust pursuant to the terms of the Trust Indenture. Specifically, the Petition requests the Court to: (i) find the value of the Trust’s property is insufficient to justify the cost of administration; (ii) find the Trust’s termination to further the Trust’s purposes and be in accordance with the trustor’s probable intention; (iii) approve the Trustee’s actions to sell the Trust properties; (iv) approve and ratify the Letter Agreement with Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC to sell the overriding royalty interests in certain Spring Creek Mines; (v) approve, ratify, and confirm the auction sale of overriding royalty interests in the Decker Mines and the Black Butte Mine to Spartan Energy, LLC; (vi) approve the Trust’s termination; and (vii) approve the Trustee’s pro rata distribution of sale proceeds , net of any Trust expenses, to the Unit Holders upon completion of the sales and for the Trust to wind up its operations. The assigned hearing date before the Court is December 29, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. Central time. If the Court approves the Trust’s Petition, the Trust anticipates that it will wind up its operations in the first quarter of 2022. (f) Going Concern The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. During the third quarter, the Trust reported no income as the Decker Mine is no longer producing and filed for bankruptcy in December 2020. After the bankruptcy filing, Decker Mine curtailed its mining operations, and in the first quarter 2021, ceased its mining operations. The Decker bankruptcy was finalized in the third quarter of 2021; however, as an unsecured creditor, the Trust is uncertain when or if it will receive any payments from the bankruptcy trustee. Other than the royalty payments received from the mines, the Trust does not have any other established source of revenues sufficient to cover its operating costs. Management has assessed the Trust’s ability to continue as a going concern based on the following factors: (i) the Trust’s primary source of revenue, the Decker Mine, is not operating and recently completed its bankruptcy and the Trust anticipates that the Trust will not receive any royalty payments in the future, and (ii) without the Decker Mine, the Trust does not have any additional sources of liquidity, unless it consummates the sale of the Trust assets, and the sale of the royalty interests are subject to legal approvals and market conditions. The Trust established a reserve for cash received to cover future expenses; however, the reserve is insufficient to cover expenses. As a result, the Trust will not have sufficient cash on hand to meet its obligations as they become due within one year of the date that the financial statements are issued. These conditions, among others, raise substantial doubt about the Trust’s ability to continue as a going concern. To alleviate the identified conditions and consistent with the terms of the Trust Indenture, the Trust has executed an agreement to sell certain interests in royalty interests held by the Spring Creek Mine and auctioned all other royalty interests at a public auction in September 2021 and has an agreement to sell such interests to Spartan Energy, LLC, upon receipt of court or Unit Holder approval. The Trust has petitioned the Court to allow it to sell the Trust assets and liquidate in accordance with the Trust Indenture. Refer to note (e) describing the Petition. These plans, however, have not been finalized and are not within the Trust’s control, and therefore cannot be deemed probable. As such, there is no assurance that the Trust’s plans are probable of being implemented. The Trust has concluded that management’s plans do not alleviate substantial doubt regarding the Trust’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Trust’s financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of any uncertainly as to the Trust’s ability to continue as a going concern. |
| Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) | 9 Months Ended |
| Sep. 30, 2021 | |
| Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | |
| Basis of Accounting: | ( a) Basis of Accounting: The condensed financial statements of the Trust, as prepared on the modified cash basis, reflect the Trust’s assets, liabilities, trust corpus, and distributable income as follows: 1. Royalty income and interest income are recognized in the month in which amounts are received by the Trust. 2. Trust expenses, consisting principally of routine general and administrative costs, include payments made during the accounting period. 3. Reserves for liabilities that are contingent or uncertain in amount may also be established if considered necessary. 4. Net royalty and overriding royalty interests that are producing properties are amortized using the unit-of-production method. This amortization is shown as a reduction of Trust corpus. 5. Distributions to Unit Holders are recognized when declared by the Trustee. 6. Production withholding taxes withheld from Unit Holder distributions and remitted to governmental authorities are accounted for on a net basis and therefore are excluded from royalty income in the condensed statement of distributable income. These condensed statements differ from financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP and were prepared on the modified cash basis of reporting, which is considered to be the most meaningful because Distributions to Unit Holders are based on net cash receipts. This comprehensive basis of accounting, other than GAAP, corresponds to the accounting permitted for royalty trusts by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as specified by Staff Accounting Bulletin Topic 12E, Financial Statements of Royalty Trusts The condensed financial statements of the Trust differ from financial statements prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) because of the following: ● Royalty income and interest income are recognized in the month received rather than in the month of production. ● Expenses generally are not accrued. ● Amortization of the net royalty and overriding royalty interests is shown as a reduction to Trust corpus and not as a charge to operating results. ● Reserves may be established for contingencies that would not be recorded under GAAP. |
| Cash and Cash Equivalents: | ( b) Cash and Cash Equivalents: The Trust considers all highly liquid financial instruments with original maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. |
| Related Party: | (c) Related Party: The Trust was organized to provide an efficient, orderly and practical means of administering the income received from royalty interests and is administered by the Trustee. Pursuant to the terms of the Trust Indenture, the Trust pays the Trustee an annual fee of $100,000. The Trustee may adjust this fee annually in its sole discretion. The Trust pays a Trustee fee of $25,000 per quarter as long as the Trust has sufficient royalty income to make such payments. Going forward, Trust has suspended quarterly payments due to lack of revenue and the Trustee will not receive any of its quarterly fees unless the Trust assets are sold to the prospective buyers. |
| Impact of COVID-19: | On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared the novel strain of coronavirus (COVID-19) a global pandemic and recommended containment and mitigation measures worldwide. The Trust cannot reasonably estimate the length or severity of this pandemic, and the Trust currently cannot anticipate the impact on its financial results or results of operations for fiscal 2021. Further, the pandemic has had a significant impact on the coal industry and the Trust is heavily reliant on revenue from coal mines. |
| Subsequent Events: | (e) Subsequent Events: On October 29, 2021, the Trust filed a voluntary petition to terminate (the “Petition”) in the County Court of Douglas County, Nebraska (the “Court”) (Case No.21-1904). The Trust filed the Petition requesting the Court to approve certain actions and then allow the Trust to liquidate all of its assets and wind up operations of the Trust pursuant to the terms of the Trust Indenture. Specifically, the Petition requests the Court to: (i) find the value of the Trust’s property is insufficient to justify the cost of administration; (ii) find the Trust’s termination to further the Trust’s purposes and be in accordance with the trustor’s probable intention; (iii) approve the Trustee’s actions to sell the Trust properties; (iv) approve and ratify the Letter Agreement with Navajo Transitional Energy Company, LLC to sell the overriding royalty interests in certain Spring Creek Mines; (v) approve, ratify, and confirm the auction sale of overriding royalty interests in the Decker Mines and the Black Butte Mine to Spartan Energy, LLC; (vi) approve the Trust’s termination; and (vii) approve the Trustee’s pro rata distribution of sale proceeds , net of any Trust expenses, to the Unit Holders upon completion of the sales and for the Trust to wind up its operations. The assigned hearing date before the Court is December 29, 2021 at 10:30 a.m. Central time. If the Court approves the Trust’s Petition, the Trust anticipates that it will wind up its operations in the first quarter of 2022. |
| Going Concern | (f) Going Concern The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. During the third quarter, the Trust reported no income as the Decker Mine is no longer producing and filed for bankruptcy in December 2020. After the bankruptcy filing, Decker Mine curtailed its mining operations, and in the first quarter 2021, ceased its mining operations. The Decker bankruptcy was finalized in the third quarter of 2021; however, as an unsecured creditor, the Trust is uncertain when or if it will receive any payments from the bankruptcy trustee. Other than the royalty payments received from the mines, the Trust does not have any other established source of revenues sufficient to cover its operating costs. Management has assessed the Trust’s ability to continue as a going concern based on the following factors: (i) the Trust’s primary source of revenue, the Decker Mine, is not operating and recently completed its bankruptcy and the Trust anticipates that the Trust will not receive any royalty payments in the future, and (ii) without the Decker Mine, the Trust does not have any additional sources of liquidity, unless it consummates the sale of the Trust assets, and the sale of the royalty interests are subject to legal approvals and market conditions. The Trust established a reserve for cash received to cover future expenses; however, the reserve is insufficient to cover expenses. As a result, the Trust will not have sufficient cash on hand to meet its obligations as they become due within one year of the date that the financial statements are issued. These conditions, among others, raise substantial doubt about the Trust’s ability to continue as a going concern. To alleviate the identified conditions and consistent with the terms of the Trust Indenture, the Trust has executed an agreement to sell certain interests in royalty interests held by the Spring Creek Mine and auctioned all other royalty interests at a public auction in September 2021 and has an agreement to sell such interests to Spartan Energy, LLC, upon receipt of court or Unit Holder approval. The Trust has petitioned the Court to allow it to sell the Trust assets and liquidate in accordance with the Trust Indenture. Refer to note (e) describing the Petition. These plans, however, have not been finalized and are not within the Trust’s control, and therefore cannot be deemed probable. As such, there is no assurance that the Trust’s plans are probable of being implemented. The Trust has concluded that management’s plans do not alleviate substantial doubt regarding the Trust’s ability to continue as a going concern. The Trust’s financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of any uncertainly as to the Trust’s ability to continue as a going concern. |
| Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Details) - USD ($) | 3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | |||||
| Sep. 30, 2021 | Jun. 30, 2021 | Mar. 31, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2020 | Jun. 30, 2020 | Mar. 31, 2020 | Sep. 30, 2021 | |
| Related Party: | |||||||
| Trust pays to Trustee | $ 100,000 | ||||||
| Quarterly Trustee Fee | $ 25,000 | ||||||
| Net Income | $ (14,089) | $ (62,360) | $ 54,816 | $ 344,604 | $ (7,237) | $ 576,223 | |
| Decker mine | |||||||
| Related Party: | |||||||
| Net Income | $ 0 | ||||||
