General form of registration statement for all companies including face-amount certificate companies

ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION

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ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION
9 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
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NOTE 6 – ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION

 

A reconciliation of the asset retirement obligation for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2012 is as follows:

 

Balance, December 31, 2010

$

-

Liabilities incurred

 

269,241

Accretion expense

 

5,547

Balance, December 31, 2011

$

274,788

Liabilities incurred

 

200,593

Accretion expense

 

20,906

Balance, December 31, 2012

$

496,286

ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

NOTE 4 – ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION

 

The Company provides for the obligation to plug and abandon oil and gas wells at the dates properties are either acquired or the wells are drilled.  The asset retirement obligation is adjusted each quarter for any liabilities incurred or settled during the period, accretion expense and any revisions made to the estimated cash flows. The asset retirement obligation incurred upon each of the acquisitions or at the time of drilling was computed using the annual credit-adjusted risk-free discount rate at the applicable dates, which rates were from 6.12% to 7.62% per annum.  Changes in the asset retirement obligation were as follows:

 

Balance, December 31, 2012

$

496,286

Revision of estimate

 

211,691

Liabilities incurred

 

309,838

Accretion expense

 

37,183

Balance, September 30, 2013

$

1,054,998