General and Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block]

General and Basis of Presentation

PDC 2002-B Limited Partnership (this “Partnership” or the “Registrant”) was organized in 2002 as a limited partnership, in accordance with the laws of the State of West Virginia, for the purpose of engaging in the exploration and development of crude oil and natural gas properties. Business operations commenced upon closing of an offering for the sale of Partnership units. Upon funding, this Partnership entered into a Drilling and Operating Agreement (“D&O Agreement”) with the Managing General Partner which authorizes PDC to conduct and manage this Partnership's business. In accordance with the terms of the Limited Partnership Agreement (the “Agreement”), the Managing General Partner is authorized to manage all activities of this Partnership and initiates and completes substantially all Partnership transactions.

As of September 30, 2013, there were 489 limited partners in this Partnership (the “Investor Partners”). PDC is the designated Managing General Partner of this Partnership and owns a 20% Managing General Partner ownership in this Partnership. According to the terms of the Agreement, revenues, costs and cash distributions of this Partnership are allocated 80% to the Investor Partners, which are shared pro rata based upon the number of units in this Partnership, and 20% to the Managing General Partner. The Managing General Partner may repurchase Investor Partner units under certain circumstances provided by the Agreement, upon request of an individual Investor Partner. Through September 30, 2013, the Managing General Partner had repurchased 45.2 units of Partnership interest from the Investor Partners at an average price of $3,297 per unit. As of September 30, 2013, the Managing General Partner owned 26.5% of this Partnership.

Beginning in November 2009, when the Investor Partners' average annual rate of return fell below 12.8%, this Partnership modified the standard ownership-based pro-rata allocation of Partnership cash available for distribution, pursuant to the Performance Standard Obligation outlined in Section 4.02 of the Agreement. Distributions paid to the Managing General Partner were reduced and distributions to the Investor Partners were increased by $668 and $2,561 for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, as a result of the Preferred Cash Distribution made under the terms in Section 4.02. The Managing General Partner's obligation under Section 4.02 expired in February 2013. For more information concerning the Performance Standard Obligation, see Note 8, Partners' Equity and Cash Distributions, to this Partnership's financial statements included in the 2012 Form 10-K.

In the Managing General Partner's opinion, the accompanying condensed financial statements contain all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of this Partnership's results for interim periods in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP") and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the SEC. Accordingly, pursuant to such rules and regulations, certain notes and other financial information included in the audited financial statements have been condensed or omitted. The information presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with this Partnership's audited financial statements and notes thereto included in this Partnership's 2012 Form 10-K. This Partnership's accounting policies are described in the Notes to Financial Statements in this Partnership's 2012 Form 10-K and updated, as necessary, in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The results of operations and cash flows for the three and nine months ended September 30,2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year or any other future period.

Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period financial statements to conform to the current year presentation. The reclassifications had no impact on previously reported results of operations, cash flows or Partners’ equity.