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13. Unaudited Oil and Gas Reserves Information (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2014
Extractive Industries [Abstract]  
Analysis of Changes in Proved Reserves

Proved Reserves

 

    March 31, 2014     March 31, 2013  
    Oil     Gas     Oil     Gas  
    (Bbls)     (Mcf)     (Bbls)     (Mcf)  
Proved Reserves:                        
Balance, beginning of year     2,457,000       2,786,000       1,227,000       646,000  
Revisions of previous estimates1     (88,000     245,000       101,000       148,000  
Extensions and discoveries2     359,000       572,000       1,245,000       1,936,000  
Sales of reserves in place     -       -       -       -  
Improved recovery     -       -       7,000       163,000  
Purchase of reserves     -       -       -       -  
Production3     (174,000 )     (190,000 )     (123,000 )     (107,000 )
                                 
Balance, end of year     2,554,000       3,413,000       2,457,000       2,786,000  
                                 
Proved developed reserves:                                
Balance, beginning of year     1,388,000       1,182,000       1,077,000       515,000  
                                 
Balance, end of year     1,526,000       1,773,000       1,388,000       1,182,000  
                                 
Proved undeveloped reserves:                                
Balance, beginning of year4     1,069,000       1,604,000       150,000       131,000  
    PUDs converted to PDP     (405,000     (607,000      -       -  
    PUDs added during the year     338,000       633,000       919,000       1,473,000  
    Revisions of previous estimates     26,000       10,000       -       -  
                                 
Balance, end of year     1,028,000       1,640,000       1,069,000       1,604,000  

 

  1

Revisions of Previous Estimates – Estimates reflect an overall steady trend of increases in oil and gas prices since December 2008, when prices reached a 5-year low, offset by normal decline curves in wells.

 

  2 Extensions and Discoveries – Additions during the year ended March 31, 2014 consisted of 62 gross wells, 57 in North Dakota and five in Montana.  Extensions and discoveries during the year ended March 31, 2013 consisted of 103 gross wells, 102 in North Dakota and one in Louisiana.
     
  3 Production – Volumes of oil and gas that were produced were removed from reserves during the year.
     
  4 Proved undeveloped reserves - Positive revisions of 14,000 BOE, or 1%, were made to the March 31, 2013 estimated proved undeveloped reserves balance.  The primary cause for these revisions was due to increases in pricing which extended the economic life of the wells.  Within portions of the Company’s areas of operation, actual well results underperformed relative to the proved undeveloped forecasts in the March 31, 2013 reserve report.  The proved undeveloped forecasts in these areas have been adjusted to reflect these well performances in the March 31, 2014 reserve report.
Standardized Measure of Estimated Discounted Future Net Cash Flows

Standardized Measure of Estimated Discounted Future Net Cash Flows

 

    For the years ended March 31,  
    2014     2013  
             
Future cash inflows   $ 246,908,000     $ 217,487,000  
Future cash outflows:                
Production cost     (91,392,000 )     (88,280,000 )
Development cost     (25,563,000 )     (28,255,000
Future income tax     (28,829,000 )     (25,675,000 )
                 
Future net cash flows     101,124,000       75,277,000  
Adjustment to discount future annual net cash flows at 10%     (52,069,000 )     (43,661,000 )
                 
Standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows   $ 49,055,000     $ 31,616,000  
Changes in Standardized Measure of Estimated Discounted Future Net Cash Flows

 

    For the years ended March 31,  
    2014     2013  
             
Standardized measure, beginning of year   $ 31,616,000     $ 23,183,000  
Sales of oil and gas, net of production cost 1     (11,901,000 )     (6,558,000 )
Net change in sales prices, net of production cost     10,126,000       (9,648,000
Discoveries, extensions and improved recoveries, net of future development cost     6,021,000       21,075,000  
Change in future development costs     -       -  
Development costs incurred during the period that reduced future development cost     9,955,000       (2,757,000
Sales of reserves in place     -       -  
Revisions of quantity estimates     (1,487,000     2,036,000  
Accretion of discount     5,729,000       3,780,000  
Net change in income tax     (941,000 )     3,320,000  
Purchase of reserves     -       -
Changes in timing of rates of production     (63,000     (2,815,000 )
                 
Standardized measure, end of year   $ 49,055,000     $ 31,616,000  

 

1 During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, we have revised our disclosure to include $971,000 of production taxes previously excluded from Sales of oil and gas, net of production costs as of March 31, 2014.