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Note 6 - Income Taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Notes Tables  
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]
   

December 31,

 
   

2021

   

2020

 

Assets:

               

Payables

  $ 13,306     $ ---  

Net Leasehold Reserves

    164,509       144,013  

Long-Lived Asset Impairment

    1,163,085       1,059,416  

Deferred Geological and Geophysical Expense

    77,149       13,073  

Unrealized Equity Securities and Capital Gains

    123,336       ---  

Asset Retirement Obligation

    347,850       313,296  

Other

    ---       3,210  

Total Assets

    1,889,235       1,533,008  
                 

Liabilities:

               

Receivables

    122,711       48,901  

Intangible Drilling Costs

    1,437,150       1,374,233  

Unrealized Equity Securities and Capital Losses

    ---       43,295  

Depletion and Depreciation

    745,716       489,402  

Investments

    122,999       129,731  

Other

    11,979       16,073  

Total Liabilities

    2,440,555       2,101,635  

Net Deferred Tax Asset/Liability

  $ (551,320 )   $ (568,627 )
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block]
   

Year Ended December 31,

 
   

2021

   

2020

 

Current Tax Provision/(Benefit):

               

Federal

  $ (38,552 )   $ (185,731 )

State

    970       176  

Total Current Benefit

    (37,582 )     (185,555 )

Deferred Tax Benefit

    (17,307 )     (348,738 )

Total Benefit

  $ (54,889 )   $ (534,293 )
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]
   

Year Ended December 31,

 
   

2021

   

2020

 

Computed Federal Tax Provision/(Benefit)

  $ 251,036     $ (523,015 )

Increase (Decrease) in Tax from:

               

Allowable Depletion in Excess of Basis

    (148,538 )     ---  

Federal Tax Carrybacks

    (118,534 )     ---  

Dividend Received Deduction

    (38,269 )     (891 )

State Income Tax Provision

    970       176  

Other

    (1,554 )     (10,563 )

Income Tax Benefit

  $ (54,889 )   $ (534,293 )

Effective Tax Rate

    -5 %     21 %