OIL AND NATURAL GAS PROPERTIES

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Oil and Natural Gas Properties [Abstract]

OIL AND NATURAL GAS PROPERTIES

OIL AND NATURAL GAS PROPERTIES

Oil and Natural Gas Property Dispositions

There were no significant oil and natural gas property dispositions during the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023. The $282,000 of proceeds from sale of oil and natural gas properties included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the three months ended December 31, 2024 represents proceeds that were credited to our cash in October 2024 from a sale of properties that closed in late September 2024.

Impairment of Oil and Natural Gas Properties

Under the full cost method of accounting, the Company performs quarterly oil and natural gas ceiling test calculations. Changes in the 12-month rolling average first-day-of-the-month prices for oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids prices (except where prices are defined by contractual arrangements),

the value of reserve additions as compared to the amount of capital expenditures to obtain them, and changes in production rates and estimated levels of reserves, future development costs and the market value of unproved properties, impact the determination of the maximum carrying value of oil and natural gas properties.

During the three months ended December 31, 2024, the Company incurred a non-cash ceiling test impairment for our U.S. oil and natural gas properties of $613,000. There was no ceiling test impairment during the three months ended December 31, 2023.

As discussed above, the ceiling test uses a 12-month historical rolling average first-day-of-the-month prices. As such, declines in the 12-month historical rolling average first-day-of-the-month prices used in our ceiling test calculation in future periods could result in impairment write-downs in future periods in the absence of any offsetting factors that are not currently known or projected.