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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies  
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Note 2: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Organization - The Company was incorporated in the State of Nevada on July 30, 2004 and currently has a working interest in non-producing oil and gas lease located in Howard and Andrews Counties, Texas, and is in the process of acquiring all of the issued and outstanding shares of Stanford.

 

Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

Fair Value Accounting – The carrying value of certain of the Company’s financial instruments, including cash, cash equivalents, receivables from oil production sales, deposits, prepaid expenses, and current liabilities approximate fair value due to their short-term maturities. The Company utilized Level 1 inputs to value the aforementioned assets and liabilities at the balance sheet dates.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents – The Company considers all highly liquid financial instruments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The carrying value approximates the fair value of these financial instruments. All cash deposits are held in two financial institutions with amounts exceeding $250,000 not being federally insured.

 

Depreciation – The Company maintains office furniture that is recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over a seven year period. Accumulated depreciation of $4,096 and $3,796 was recorded at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

 

Oil and Gas Properties – The Company utilizes the full cost method of accounting for oil and gas properties. Under this method all costs associated with the acquisition, exploration, and development of oil and gas properties, including equipping of productive wells, are capitalized and are subject to amortization and/or periodic impairment. The unit-of-production method was utilized to amortize the Company’s cost of its oil and gas properties subsequent to their initial impairment and until such time that the properties were fully impaired.

 

Net Loss per Common Share, basic and diluted - The computation of net loss per common share is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the periods presented. No potentially dilutive securities or derivative instruments are outstanding.