Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2017
Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies Tables  
Financial Assets and liabilities measured at fair value

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of March 31, 2017 are classified below based on the three fair value hierarchy described above:

 

Description  

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets

(Level 1)

   

Significant Other Observable Inputs

(Level 2)

   

Significant Unobservable Inputs

(Level 3)

    Total Gains (Losses)  
                         
Financial Assets                        
Long term investment   $ -     $ -     $ -     $ 1,446  
Commodity Derivative     -       5,843       -       66,904  
    $ -     $ 5,843     $ -     $ 68,350  
                                 
Financial liabilities                                
Derivative liabilities   $ -     $ -     $ 771,493     $ 269,109  
    $ -     $ -     $ 771,493     $ 269,109  

 

Assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of December 31, 2016 are classified below based on the three fair value hierarchy described above:

 

Description  

Quoted Prices

in Active

Markets for Identical

Assets

(Level 1)

   

Significant

Other

Observable

Inputs

(Level 2)

   

Significant Unobservable

Inputs

(Level 3)

   

Total Gains

(Losses)

 
                         
Financial Assets                        
Long term investment   $ 106,930     $ -     $ -     $ 156,978  
    $ 106,930     $ -     $ -     $ 156,978  
                                 
Financial liabilities                                
Derivative liabilities   $ -     $ -     $ 1,075,833     $ 265,448  
Commodity Derivative     -       61,061       -       (61,061 )
    $ -     $ 61,061     $ 1,075,833     $ 204,387  

Schedule of Prepaid equity based compensation expenses

   

March 31,

2017

   

December 31,

2016

 
             
In March 2016, three one-year consulting agreements with three unrelated parties for services related to the petroleum industry for a combined total amount of $800,000.     -       35,068  
                 
In January 2017, a six-month consulting agreement for services related to marketing and promotion of the Company on various platforms associated with the petroleum industry and the financial markets for a total amount of $660,000.     364,641       -  
                 
In February 2017, a one-year consulting agreement for services related to investor relations, market exposure and content development for a total amount of $44,160.     39,683          
                 
    $ 404,324     $ 35,068  

Depreciation, depletion and amortization expense

Oil and Gas Properties by Geographical Cost Center
    Three months ended,  
    March 31,  
Cost Center   2017     2016  
             
Canada   $ 17,007     $ 2,064  
United States     34,275       18,302  
                 
    $ 51,282     $ 20,366  

Stock-Based Compensation

The following table represents stock warrant activity as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2017:

 

   

Number

of Shares

   

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

   

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual Life

   

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

 
Warrants Outstanding – December 31, 2016     5,720,834       0.19       -       -  
Granted     -       -       -       -  
Exercised     -       -       -       -  
Forfeited/expired/cancelled     -               -       -  
Warrants Outstanding – March 31, 2017     5,720,834     $ 0.19     5.0 years     $ -  
Outstanding Exercisable – December 31, 2016     5,720,834     $ 0.19     5.0 years     $ -  
Outstanding Exercisable – March 31, 2017     5,720,834     $ 0.19     5.0 years     $ -  

Summury of changes in the Company's asset retirement obligations

   

Three months

ended

March 31,

2017

   

Year ended December 31,

2016

 
             
Asset retirement obligation – beginning   $ 833,017     $ 416,246  
Oil and gas purchases     -       393,808  
Accretion expense     8,837       22,963  
                 
Asset retirement obligation - ending   $ 841,854     $ 833,017