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Note 3 - Partners' Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
Notes to Financial Statements  
Partners' Capital Notes Disclosure [Text Block]
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             Partners' Equity
 
Units represent limited partnership interests in Everflow. The Units are transferable subject only to the approval of any transfer by EML and to the laws governing the transfer of securities. The Units are not listed for trading on any securities exchange nor are they quoted in the automated quotation system of a registered securities association. However, Unitholders
may
have an opportunity to require Everflow to repurchase their Units pursuant to the Repurchase Right.
 
The partnership agreement provides that Everflow will repurchase for cash up to
10%
of the then outstanding Units, to the extent Unitholders offer Units to Everflow for repurchase pursuant to the Repurchase Right. The Repurchase Right entitles any Unitholder, between
May
1
and
June
30
of each year, to notify Everflow that the Unitholder elects to exercise the Repurchase Right and have Everflow acquire certain or all Units. The price to be paid for any such Units is calculated based upon the audited financial statements of the Company as of
December
31
of the year prior to the year in which the Repurchase Right is to be effective and independently prepared reserve reports. The price per Unit equals
66%
of the adjusted book value of the Company allocable to the Units, divided by the number of Units outstanding at the beginning of the year in which the applicable Repurchase Right is to be effective less all interim cash distributions received by a Unitholder. The adjusted book value is calculated by adding partners' equity, the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows and the tax effect included in the standardized measure and subtracting from that sum the carrying value of oil and gas properties (net of undeveloped lease costs). If more than
10%
of the then outstanding Units are
tendered
during any period during which the Repurchase Right is to be effective, the investors' Units
tendered
shall be prorated for purposes of calculating the actual number of Units to be acquired during any such period. The Company has determined that the price associated with the
2017
Repurchase Right, based upon the
December
31,
2016
calculation, is negative, and as such the Company will not be offering to repurchase Units in
2017.
The Company did not make a distribution in
January
2017.
 
The Company has an Option Repurchase Plan (the "Option Plan") which permits the grant of options to repurchase certain Units to select officers and employees (the "Option Plan Participants"). The purpose of the Option Plan is to assist the Company in attracting and retaining officers and other key employees and to enable those individuals to acquire or increase their ownership interest in the Company in order to encourage them to promote the growth and profitability of the Company. The Option Plan is designed to align directly the financial interests of the Option Plan Participants with the financial interests of the Unitholders. The Company did not grant any options in
2016.
In
June
2015,
the Company granted options to officers and an employee. All options granted were exercised on the same date. Compensation expense associated with these grants was not material to the financial statements.
 
The Company did not repurchase any Units pursuant to the Repurchase Right during
2016.
Units repurchased pursuant to the Repurchase Right and Units issued through the exercise of options pursuant to the Option Plan (collectively the “Units Activity”) for the
two
years ended
December
31,
2015,
are as follows:
 
   
Per Unit
                         
   
Calculated
                                   
Units
 
   
Price for
   
Less
                           
Outstanding
 
   
Repurchase
   
Interim
   
Net
   
Units
   
Units
   
Following
 
Year
 
Right
   
Distributions
   
Price Paid
   
Repurchased
   
Issued
   
Units Activity
 
                                                 
2014
  $
7.010
    $
0.500
    $
6.51
     
11,964
     
5,982
     
5,601,003
 
                                                 
2015
  $
4.935
    $
0.375
    $
4.56
     
26,774
     
13,387
     
5,587,616
 
 
All Units repurchased pursuant to the Repurchase Right were retired except for those Units issued through the exercise of options pursuant to the Option Plan. There were no instruments outstanding at
December
31,
2016
or
2015
that would potentially dilute net income per Unit.