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the fourth quarter of 2006. During 2007, the Company
collected the receivable associated with October 2006 production
and reduced the reserve for the Reichmann bankruptcy to $0.9 million.
Major Customers
The Company sold oil and natural gas production
representing more than 10% of its oil and natural gas revenues as
follows:
Earnings Per Share
Supplemental earnings per share information is
provided below:
Basic earnings per common share is based
on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding
during the periods. Diluted earnings per common share is based on
the weighted average number of common shares and all dilutive potentialcommon
shares outstanding during the periods. The Company had outstanding
2,500 stock options at December 31, 2006 and 2005 that were antidilutive.
Contingencies
Liabilities and other contingencies are
recognized upon determination of an exposure, which when analyzed
indicates that it is both probable that an asset has been impaired
or that a liability has been incurred and that the amount of such
loss is reasonably estimable.
Asset Retirement Obligation
In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143,
Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations.
SFAS No. 143 requires that an asset retirement obligation (ARO)
associated with the retirement of a tangible long-lived asset be
recognized as a liability in the period in which a legal obligation
is incurred and becomes determinable, with an offsetting increase
in the carrying amount of the associated asset. The ARO is recorded
at fair value, excluding salvage values, and accretion expense will
be recognized over time as the discounted liability is accreted
to its expected settlement value. The fair value of the ARO is measured
using expectedfuture cash outflows discounted at the Company's credit-adjusted
risk-free interest rate. The cost of the tangible asset, including
the initially recognized ARO, is depleted such that the cost of
the ARO is recognized over the useful life of the asset.
In accordance with the provisions of SFAS
No. 143, the Company records an abandonment liability associated
with its oil and natural gas wells when those assets are placed
in service. Under SFAS No. 143, depletion expense is reduced since
a discountedARO is depleted in the property balance rather than
the undiscounted value previously depleted under the old rules.
The lower depletion expense under SFAS No. 143 is offset, however,
by accretion expense, which is recognized over time as the discounted
liability is accreted to its expected settlement value.
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