2.4.0.8018 - Disclosure - Note 14 - Oil Revenuetruefalsefalse1false falsefalsec4_From1Jan2013To30Jun2013http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001023734duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-06-30T00:00:001true 1bpz_OilRevenueDisclosureTextBlockAbstractbpz_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Oil Revenue Disclosure [Abstract]2false 2bpz_OilRevenueDisclosureTextBlockbpz_falsenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalseterseLabel1falsefalsefalse00 Note 14— Oil Revenue The oil is delivered by vessel to the refinery owned by the Peruvian national oil company, Petroleos del Peru - PETROPERU S.A. (“Petroperu”), in Talara, Peru, located approximately 70 miles south of the platform.  Produced oil is kept in production inventory until inventory quantities are at a sufficient level to make a delivery to the refinery in Talara.  Although all of the Company’s oil sales are to Petroperu, it believes that the loss of Petroperu as its sole customer would not materially impact the Company’s business because it could readily find other purchasers for the Company’s oil production both in Peru and throughout the world. The Company’s revenues are reported net of royalties owed to the government of Peru. Royalties are assessed by Perupetro, as stipulated in the Block Z-1 License Contract based on production. The following table is the amount of royalty costs of approximately 5% of gross revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and 2012: <table style="TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WIDTH: 85%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 90pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 15%" id="TBL5120" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr id="TBL5120.finRow.1"> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom">   </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.1.lead.D3">   </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.1.amt.D3" colspan="6"> Three Months Ended June 30, </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.1.trail.D3">   </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.1.lead.D5">   </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.1.amt.D5" colspan="6"> Six Months Ended June 30, </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.1.trail.D5">   </td> </tr> <tr id="TBL5120.finRow.2"> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom">   </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.2.lead.D2">   </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.2.amt.D2" colspan="2"> 2013 </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.2.trail.D2">   </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.2.lead.D3">   </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.2.amt.D3" colspan="2"> 2012 </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.2.trail.D3">   </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.2.lead.D4">   </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.2.amt.D4" colspan="2"> 2013 </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.2.trail.D4">   </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.2.lead.D5">   </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.2.amt.D5" colspan="2"> 2012 </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.2.trail.D5">   </td> </tr> <tr id="TBL5120.finRow.3"> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom">   </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.3.lead.D5">   </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.3.amt.D5" colspan="14"> (in thousands) </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.3.trail.D5">   </td> </tr> <tr id="TBL5120.finRow.4"> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 40%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom"> Royalty costs </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.lead.2">   </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.symb.2"> $ </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 12%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.amt.2"> 697 </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.trail.2" nowrap="nowrap">   </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.lead.3">   </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.symb.3"> $ </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 12%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.amt.3"> 1,771 </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.trail.3" nowrap="nowrap">   </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.lead.4">   </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.symb.4"> $ </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 12%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.amt.4"> 1,403 </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.trail.4" nowrap="nowrap">   </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.lead.5">   </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.symb.5"> $ </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 12%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.amt.5"> 3,826 </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 1px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #cceeff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.4.trail.5" nowrap="nowrap">   </td> </tr> <tr id="TBL5120.finRow.5"> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom">   </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.lead.2">   </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.symb.2"> $ </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 12%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.amt.2"> 697 </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.trail.2" nowrap="nowrap">   </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.lead.3">   </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.symb.3"> $ </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 12%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.amt.3"> 1,771 </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.trail.3" nowrap="nowrap">   </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.lead.4">   </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.symb.4"> $ </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 12%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.amt.4"> 1,403 </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.trail.4" nowrap="nowrap">   </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.lead.5">   </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double; TEXT-ALIGN: left; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.symb.5"> $ </td> <td style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double; TEXT-ALIGN: right; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 12%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.amt.5"> 3,826 </td> <td style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; PADDING-BOTTOM: 3px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff; WIDTH: 1%; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman, Times, serif; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: bottom" id="TBL5120.finRow.5.trail.5" nowrap="nowrap">   </td> </tr> </table> falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThis element includes information about an enterprise's obligations to provide a fixed and determinable quantity of oil or gas in the near future under existing contracts or agreements as well as information regarding oil and gas production and sales. Information may include the principal sources of oil and gas to be relied upon and the total available amounts expected to be received from each principal source and from all sources combined; the total quantities of oil and gas which are subject to delivery commitments; and the steps taken to ensure available reserves and supplies are sufficient to meet such commitments. This element also includes information about oil and gas produced and sold such as the quantity and per barrell price of oil and information regarding royalty costs associated with oil sold during the applicable reporting periods.No definition available.false0Oil Revenue Disclosure [Text Block]falseNote 14 - Oil RevenueUnKnownUnKnownUnKnownUnKnowntruefalsefalseSheethttp://bpzenergy.com/role/Note14OilRevenue12