The following table summarizes the Company’s oil and gas activities by classification and geographical cost center for the nine months ended September 30, 2017:

The following table summarizes the Company’s oil and gas activities by classification for the year ended December 31, 2016:

On February 23, 2016, with an effective date of February 1, 2016, the Company closed on the acquisition of working interests in four leases with access to the mineral rights (oil and gas) concerning approximately 281 acres of property in Miami and Franklin Counties in eastern Kansas. This project produces oil from the Cherokee formation at a depth of approximately 600 feet. The purchase includes an undivided interest in all oil and gas wells, equipment, fixtures and other personal property located upon the leased properties and used in connection with oil and gas operations upon the leases attributable to the working interests purchased by the Company.

As consideration for this transaction, the Company paid $1,350,000 plus 4,650,000 shares of common stock valued at $.085 per share, or $395,250.

The Company also purchased a 100% working interest (Net Revenue Interest of 83%) in certain Non-Producing Leases as follows: (i) three leases with access to the mineral rights (oil and gas) concerning approximately 270 acres of property in Miami and Franklin Counties in eastern Kansas; and (ii) 31 leases with access to the mineral rights (oil and gas) concerning approximately 5,500 acres of property in Cass and Bates Counties in Missouri. The purchase includes an undivided interest in all oil and gas wells, equipment, fixtures and other personal property located upon the leased properties and used in connection with oil and gas operations upon the leases attributable to the working interests purchased by Viking. As consideration for this transaction, Viking agreed to issue the vendors 5,000,000 shares of common stock valued at $.085 per share or $425,000.

To facilitate these acquisitions, the Company borrowed $1,625,000 from private lenders pursuant to a 15% Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note (the "Note"), arranged through a licensed broker/dealer, with the primary terms of the loan being as follows: (i) Term – 6 months; (ii) Rate – 15% per annum; (iii) Security – 1^st ranking charge against company assets pursuant to a Security and Pledge Agreement (the "Security Agreement"); (iv) Conversion – the lenders have a right to convert all or part of the note into common stock of Viking at a price of $0.15 per share, subject to certain ownership restrictions; and (v) Warrants – the lenders were given an option to purchase, within the next 5 years, 4,062,500 shares of common stock of Viking at an exercise price of $0.20 per share pursuant to a Common Stock Purchase Warrant. Viking's CEO and director, James Doris, also personally guaranteed repayment of the loan and granted the lenders a security interest in his assets.

On October 4, 2016, the Company, through Mid-Con Petroleum, LLC, completed an acquisition whereby the Company (i) increased its working interest in three existing oil and gas leases in Miami and Franklin Counties in Eastern Kansas, and (ii) acquired a working interest in four new oil and gas leases in the same region, comprising approximately 660 acres of property.

As consideration for this transaction, the Company paid $920,857 plus 5,212,021 shares of common stock valued at $625,442.

On September 11, 2017, the Company through Mid-Con Drilling, LLC, completed an acquisition of a 90% working interest in four new oil and gas leases in Anderson County in Eastern Kansas, comprising approximately 980 acres of property. To facilitate this acquisition, the Company executed a Promissory Note, dated September 8, 2017, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Mid-Con Drilling, LLC, in the amount of $256,982. The acquisition price for this acquisition was $360,000.