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The percentage of net revenue interest.

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It represent number of unpatented mining claims for the period.

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It represent number of wells for the reporting period.

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The amount of working interest which includes for includes all work requirements.

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Area of land held.

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The consolidated unit of measure used for production costs. Units of production are expressed in common units of production with oil or gas converted to a common unit of measure on the basis used in computing amortization (relative energy content or gross revenue method). This may be barrel of oil equivalents (BOE) or Mcfe (million cubic feet equivalents) if different types of gas products (for example, gas, condensate, and NGLs) are consolidated.

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Effective interest rate for the funds borrowed under the debt agreement considering interest compounding and original issue discount or premium.

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The expense recorded to reduce the value of oil and gas assets consisting of proved properties and unproved properties as the estimate of future successful production from these properties is reduced.

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Sum of the carrying amounts as of the balance sheet date of all investments.

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Mineral properties, net of adjustments.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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Per share or per unit amount of equity securities issued.

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Reflects the total carrying amount as of the balance sheet date of debt having initial terms less than one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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Number of share options (or share units) exercised during the current period.

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Value of stock issued as a result of the exercise of stock options.

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