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Revolving credit agreement
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Revolving credit agreement
Revolving Credit Agreement
 
On February 20, 2014, Aurora, as borrower, entered into the Credit Agreement with Texas Capital Bank (“the Lender”). Guarantors on the Credit Agreement are Victory and Navitus, the two partners of Aurora. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lender agreed to extend credit to Aurora in the form of (a) one or more revolving credit loans (each such loan, a “Loan”) and (b) the issuance of standby letters of credit, of up to an aggregate principal amount at any one time not to exceed the lesser of (i) $25,000,000 or (ii) the borrowing base in effect from time to time (the “Commitment”). The initial borrowing base on February 20, 2014 was set at $1,450,000. The borrowing base is determined by the Lender, in its sole discretion, based on customary lending practices, review of the oil and natural gas properties included in the borrowing base, financial review of Aurora, the Company and Navitus and such other factors as may be deemed relevant. The borrowing base is re-determined (i) on or about March 31 of each year based on the previous December 31 reserve report prepared by an independent reserve engineer, and (ii) on or about September 30 of each year based on the previous June 30 reserve report prepared by Aurora’s internal reserve engineers or an independent reserve engineer and certified by an officer of Aurora. The Credit Agreement will mature on February 20, 2017. Amounts borrowed under the Credit Agreement will bear interest at rates equal to the lesser of (i) the maximum rate of interest which may be charged or received by the Lender in accordance with applicable Texas law and (ii) the interest rate per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Lender as the prime rate in effect at its principal office plus the applicable margin. The applicable margin is, (i) with respect to Loans, one percent (1.00%) per annum, (ii) with respect to letter of credit fees, two percent (2.00%) per annum and (iii) with respect to commitment fees, one-half of one percent (0.50%) per annum. Loans made under the Credit Agreement are secured by (i) a first priority lien in the oil and gas properties of Aurora, the Company and Navitus, and (ii) a first priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of Aurora and its subsidiaries, if any, as well as in 100% of the partnership interests in Aurora held by the Company and Navitus. Loans made under the Credit Agreement to Aurora are fully guaranteed by the Company and Navitus.
 
The Credit Agreement contains various affirmative and negative covenants. These covenants, among other things, limit additional indebtedness, additional liens and transactions with affiliates. Among the covenants contained in the Credit Agreement are financial covenants that Aurora will maintain a minimum EBITDAX to Cash Interest Ratio of 3.5 to 1.0 and a minimum Current Ratio of not less than 1.0 to 1.0. The Current Ratio is defined under the covenants to include, as a current asset, the revolving credit availability. At September 30, 2014, Aurora's Current Ratio was 0.10 to 1 and it was therefore not in compliance with the aforementioned Current Ratio covenant requiring a ratio of current assets to current liabilities of not less than 1 to 1. Aurora notified the Lender of its noncompliance with the Current Ratio covenant and the Lender instructed the Company to fully explain its plans to come back into compliance with the Current Ratio covenant in the September 30, 2014 Compliance Certificate, which is made upon filing of the Company’s September 30, 2014 SEC Form 10-Q filing.

On November 19, 2014, Aurora entered into a Waiver of Event of Default (the “Waiver Agreement”) with the Lender. Under the terms of the Waiver Agreement, the Lender agreed to waive an event of default under the Loan Agreement resulting from Aurora’s failure to maintain a current ratio of at least 1.00 to 1.00 as of the end of the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2014 subject to certain conditions set forth therein, including the receipt by Aurora by December 1, 2014 of Navitus of at least $1.5 million to be used to reduce Aurora's outstanding liabilities. As of December 1, 2014, the required equity contributions from Navitus had not been received by Aurora, therefore the Lender had the right but not the obligation to elect certain remedies, including, among other things, the acceleration of all amounts due under the Credit Agreement. As a result, the $800,000 outstanding balance of the Credit Agreement was classified as a current liability in accordance with GAAP. As of December 31, 2014, the Company remained out of compliance with the current ratio covenant noted previously and has notified the Lender of such. As of March 17, 2015, Texas Capital Bank has waived the Existing Events of Default.

The Company has fully utilized its borrowing base as of December 31, 2014. During the first quarter ended March 31, 2014 and second quarter ended June 30, 2014, Aurora drew $868,000, and $365,000 respectively, of the initial $1,450,000 borrowing base. In May 2014, revisions to the Credit Agreement lowered the borrowing base from $1,450,000 to $800,000 due to the sale of the Lightnin’ properties. In effect, Victory was obligated to pay $433,000 of the $1.23 million in credit loans utilized to meet the requirements of the new borrowing base.

Amortization of debt financing costs on this debt for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, was $34,586. Interest expense for the twelve months ended December 31, 2014, was $30,595.