OIL AND NATURAL GAS PROPERTIES AND ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2026

Oil and Natural Gas Properties [Abstract]

OIL AND NATURAL GAS PROPERTIES

OIL AND NATURAL GAS PROPERTIES AND ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

Oil and Natural Gas Property Dispositions

There were no significant oil and natural gas property dispositions during the three and six months ended March 31, 2026. The $282,000 of proceeds from the sale of oil and natural gas properties included in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the six months ended March 31, 2025 represents proceeds that were credited to our cash in October 2024 from a sale of properties that closed in late September 2024.

On August 8, 2025, Barnwell entered into an agreement with an independent third party to sell all of its working interests in its U.S. oil and natural gas assets for a sales price of $2,300,000. The sales price per the agreement was adjusted for customary purchase price adjustments to reflect the economic activity from the effective date of July 1, 2025 to the closing date August 8, 2025. The U.S. oil and natural gas assets were located in the states of Texas and Oklahoma and were owned by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Barnwell. As a result of the sale, the Company no longer owns any oil and natural gas assets in the U.S., however, the Company will continue to explore for oil and natural gas opportunities in the U.S.

On August 28, 2025, Barnwell entered into and completed a purchase and sale agreement with an independent third party and sold its interests in certain oil and natural gas properties located in the Medicine River area of Alberta, Canada. The sales price per the agreement was adjusted for customary purchase price adjustments to $288,000 in order to, among other things, reflect an economic closing date of September 30, 2025. The final determination of the customary adjustments to the purchase price has not yet been made; however, it is not expected to result in a material adjustment. The proceeds were credited to the full cost pool, with no gain or loss recognized, as the sale did not result in a significant alteration of the relationship between capitalized costs and proved reserves.

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 and six months ended March 31, 2026, there were no ceiling test impairments. During the three and six months ended March 31, 2025, the Company incurred non-cash ceiling test impairments for its U.S. operations oil and natural gas properties of $52,000 and $665,000, respectively.

Asset Retirement Obligations

In 2021, the Company entered into an agreement with Canada’s Orphan Well Association (“OWA”), where the Company was required to pay abandonment and reclamation costs for certain properties in advance through two cash deposits, one for abandonment and one for reclamation. Barnwell has provided $975,000 in cumulative cash deposits to the OWA since the program began in the fall of 2021, and any amount remaining after completion of the abandonments was to be refunded to the Company, and then upon commencement of the reclamation program a new deposit was to be made for those estimated costs. To date, the excess deposits that relate to abandonment work have not yet been refunded but have been used to fund the reclamation part of the program and the Company now estimates that a portion of the unused deposit will instead be applied to future reclamation work over the next several years. The estimated current portion of the unused deposit was $173,000 and $173,000 at March 31, 2026 and September 30, 2025, respectively, and is included in “Other current assets” on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The non-current portion of the unused deposit of $221,000 along with $93,000 of non-current receivables at March 31, 2026, is included in “Other non-current assets” on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (September 30, 2025 - $222,000 and $61,000, respectively).