NOTE 3 – LEASES

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). The purpose of this guidance is to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing certain lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. The main difference between previous GAAP methodology and the method under this new guidance is the recognition on the balance sheet of certain lease assets and lease liabilities by lessees for those leases that were classified as operating leases under previous GAAP.

The Company made accounting policy elections to not capitalize leases with a lease term of twelve months or less and to not separate lease and non-lease components for all asset classes. The Company has also elected to adopt the package of practical expedients within ASU 2016-02 that allows an entity to not reassess prior to the effective date (i) whether any expired or existing contracts are or contain leases, (ii) the lease classification for any expired or existing leases, or (iii) initial direct costs for any existing leases and the practical expedient regarding land easements that exist prior to the adoption of ASU 2016-02. The Company did not elect the practical expedient of hindsight when determining the lease term of existing contracts at the effective date.

The Company has operating leases for its offices in The Woodlands, Texas and Midland, Texas. The month-to-month Tulsa, Oklahoma lease was terminated as of March 31, 2021. The office space that was previously leased in Tulsa is owned by Arenaco, LLC, a company that is owned by Mr. Rochford, former Chairman of the Board of the Company, and Mr. McCabe, a former Director of the Company.

The Company also has month to month leases for office equipment and compressors used in its operations on which the Company had previously elected to apply ASU 2016-02. The office equipment and compressors are not subject to ASU 2016-02 based on the agreement and nature of use. The costs are recorded as short-term lease costs and amounts included in Oil and gas production costs.

The Company also has month to month leases or other short-term leases for equipment used in its operations on which the Company has made accounting policy elections not to capitalize these leases. These leases are for terms that are less than 12 months, and the Company does not intend to continue to lease this equipment for more than 12 months. The lease costs associated with these leases are reflected in the short-term lease costs below.

The Company has financing leases for vehicles. These leases have a term of 36 months at the end of which the Company owns the vehicles. These vehicles are generally sold at the end of their term and the proceeds applied to new vehicles.

Future lease payments associated with these operating and financing leases as of September 30, 2021 are as follows:

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The following table provides supplemental information regarding cash flows from operations for the nine months ended:

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