UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For the quarterly period ended
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of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Commission File Number
EVERFLOW EASTERN PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Except as otherwise indicated, the information contained in this report is as of March 31, 2023.
EVERFLOW EASTERN PARTNERS, L. P.
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL REPORT
MARCH 31, 2023
EVERFLOW EASTERN PARTNERS, L.P.
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Consolidated Balance Sheets March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
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Item 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
EVERFLOW EASTERN PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022
| March 31, | December 31, | |||||||
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| CURRENT ASSETS | ||||||||
| Cash and equivalents | $ | $ | ||||||
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| PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT | ||||||||
| Proved properties (successful efforts accounting method) | ||||||||
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| Less accumulated depreciation, depletion, amortization and write down | ||||||||
| Net property and equipment | ||||||||
| OTHER ASSETS | ||||||||
| TOTAL ASSETS | $ | $ | ||||||
See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
EVERFLOW EASTERN PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022
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| LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' EQUITY | ||||||||
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| Accounts payable | $ | $ | ||||||
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| OPERATIONAL ADVANCES | ||||||||
| ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS | ||||||||
| COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | ||||||||
| LIMITED PARTNERS' EQUITY, SUBJECT TO REPURCHASE RIGHT | ||||||||
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| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' EQUITY | $ | $ | ||||||
See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
EVERFLOW EASTERN PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022
(Unaudited)
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| Crude oil and natural gas sales | $ | $ | ||||||
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| DIRECT COST OF REVENUES | ||||||||
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| INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS) | ( | ) | ||||||
| NET INCOME | $ | $ | ||||||
| Allocation of Partnership Net Income: | ||||||||
| Limited Partners | $ | $ | ||||||
| General Partner | ||||||||
| Net income | $ | $ | ||||||
| Net income per unit | $ | $ | ||||||
See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
EVERFLOW EASTERN PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' EQUITY
Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022
(Unaudited)
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$ | 26,825,519 | $ | |||||
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$ | 27,247,633 | $ | |||||
See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
EVERFLOW EASTERN PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and 2022
(Unaudited)
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| Net income | $ | $ | ||||||
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| Accrued expenses | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
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| Total adjustments | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | ||||||||
| CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||
| Purchase of investments | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
| Purchase of property and equipment | ( | ) | ||||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | ( | ) | ( | ) | ||||
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| CASH AND EQUIVALENTS - END OF PERIOD | $ | $ | ||||||
See notes to unaudited consolidated financial statements.
| Note 1. | Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
| A. | Interim Financial Statements - The interim consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by the management of Everflow Eastern Partners, L.P., without audit. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position and results of operations have been made. |
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-‐Q and Article 8-03 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the disclosures normally required by GAAP, or those normally made in an Annual Report on Form 10-K, although the Company believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information not misleading. It is suggested that these financial statements be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto which are incorporated in Everflow Eastern Partners, L.P.’s annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 24, 2023.
The results of operations for the interim periods may not necessarily be indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.
| B. | Use of Estimates - The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Significant estimates impacting the Company’s financial statements include revenue and expense accruals and oil and gas reserve quantities. In the oil and gas industry, and especially as related to the Company’s natural gas sales, the processing of actual transactions generally occurs |
| Note 1. | Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
| C. | Organization - Everflow Eastern Partners, L.P. (“Everflow”) is a Delaware limited partnership which was organized in September 1990 to engage in the business of oil and gas acquisition, exploration, development and production. Everflow was formed to consolidate the business and oil and gas properties of Everflow Eastern, Inc. (“EEI”) and subsidiaries and the oil and gas properties owned by certain limited partnership and working interest programs managed or sponsored by EEI (“EEI Programs” or the “Programs”). |
Everflow Management Limited, LLC (“EML”), an Ohio limited liability company, is the general partner of Everflow and, as such, is authorized to perform all acts necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes and conduct of the business of Everflow. The members of EML include Everflow Management Corporation ("EMC"), three individuals who are officers and directors of EEI and one individual who is the Chairman of the Board of EEI. EMC is an Ohio corporation formed in September 1990 and is the managing member of EML.
| D. | Principles of Consolidation - The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Everflow, its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including EEI, and interests with joint venture partners (collectively, the “Company”), which are accounted for under the proportional consolidation method. All significant accounts and transactions between the consolidated entities have been eliminated. |
| E. | Cash and Equivalents - The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an original maturity of months or less to be cash equivalents. The Company maintains, at various financial institutions, cash and equivalents which may exceed federally insured amounts and which may, at times, significantly exceed balance sheet amounts due to float. |
| F. | Investments – The Company’s investments consist of shares held in a mutual fund that invests primarily in investment grade, U.S. dollar denominated short-term fixed and floating rate debt securities. The mutual fund seeks current income while seeking to maintain a low volatility of principal. |
| Note 1. | Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
| F. | Investments (continued) |
The Financial Accounting Standards Board established a framework for measuring fair value and expanded disclosures about fair value measurements by establishing a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs and defines valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives highest priority to Level I inputs and lowest priority to Level III inputs. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
Level I – Quoted prices are available in active markets for identical financial instruments as of the reporting date.
Level II – Pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date, and fair value is determined through the use of models or other valuation methodologies.
Level III – Pricing inputs are unobservable for the financial instrument and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the financial instrument. The inputs into the determination of fair value require significant management judgment or estimation.
The Company’s investments are carried at fair market value based on quoted prices available in active markets and are therefore classified as Level 1.
| G. | Operational Advances - The Company collects and maintains funds on behalf of joint venture partners who own working interests in wells of which the Company manages for their anticipated share of future plugging and abandonment costs. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, cash and equivalents include $ |
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| H. | Asset Retirement Obligations - GAAP requires the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation to be recognized in the period in which it is incurred if a reasonable estimate of fair value can be made. For the Company, these obligations include dismantlement, plugging and abandonment of oil and gas wells and associated pipelines and equipment. The associated asset retirement costs are capitalized as part of the carrying amount of the long-lived asset. The liability is accreted to its then present value each period, and the capitalized cost is depleted over the estimated useful life of the related asset. |
| Note 1. | Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
| H. | Asset Retirement Obligations (continued) |
The estimated liability is based on historical experience in dismantling, plugging and abandoning wells, estimated remaining lives of those wells based on reserves estimates, estimates of the external cost to dismantle, plug and abandon the wells in the future and federal and state regulatory requirements. The liability is discounted using an assumed credit-adjusted, risk-free interest rate.
| I. | Revenue Recognition – Revenues from contracts with customers are recognized when performance obligations are satisfied in accordance with contractual terms. |
For the sale of crude oil and natural gas from operated properties, the Company generally considers each unit (BBL or MCF) to be a separate performance obligation. The transaction price may consist of fixed and variable consideration, in which the variable amount is determinable each production period and is recognized as revenue upon pickup/delivery of the crude oil or natural gas, which is the point in time that the customer obtains control of the crude oil or natural gas and the Company's performance obligation is satisfied.
Crude oil and natural gas sales derived from third party operated wells are recognized under similar terms as sales of crude oil and natural gas from operated properties and revenue is recognized at a point in time when the product is delivered, the purchaser obtains control and the Company's performance obligation is satisfied.
Crude oil and natural gas sales represent the Company's share of revenues, net of royalties and other revenue interests owned by other parties. When settling crude oil and natural gas on behalf of royalty owners or working interest owners, the Company is acting as an agent and thus reports the revenue on a net basis.
Based on the Company's judgment, the Company's performance obligations have been satisfied and an unconditional right to consideration exists at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively; therefore, the Company recognized amounts due from contracts with customers as production accounts receivable within the Company’s consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
The Company utilizes the sales method to account for gas production volume imbalances. Under this method, revenue is recognized only when gas is produced and sold on the Company’s behalf. The Company had
| Note 1. | Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
| I. | Revenue Recognition (continued) |
The Company participates (and may act as drilling contractor) with unaffiliated and affiliated joint venture partners, employees, including officers, and directors in the drilling, development and operation of jointly owned oil and gas properties. Each owner, including the Company, has an undivided interest in the jointly owned properties. Generally, the joint venture partners, employees and directors participate on the same drilling/development cost basis as the Company and, therefore, no revenue, expense or income is recognized on the drilling and development of the properties. Well management and operating revenues are derived from a variety of both verbal and written operating agreements with joint venture partners and are recognized monthly as services are provided and properties are managed and operated. Other revenues consist of miscellaneous revenues that are recognized at the time services are rendered, the Company has a contractual right to such revenue and collection is reasonably assured.
| J. | Income Taxes - Everflow is not a tax-paying entity and the net taxable income or loss, other than the taxable income or loss allocable to EEI, which is a C corporation owned by Everflow, will be allocated directly to its respective partners. The Company is not able to determine the net difference between the tax bases and the reported amounts of Everflow’s assets and liabilities due to separate elections that were made by owners of the working interests and limited partnership interests that comprised the Programs. |
The Company believes that it has appropriate support for any tax positions taken and, as such, does have any uncertain tax positions that are material to the financial statements.
| K. | Allocation of Income and Per Unit Data - Under the terms of the limited partnership agreement, initially, |
Net income per limited partner Unit have been computed based on the weighted average number of Units outstanding during each period presented.
| L. | New Accounting Standards - The Company has reviewed recently issued accounting standards in order to determine their effects, if any, on the consolidated financial statements. Based on that review, the Company believes that none of these standards will have a significant effect on current or future earnings or results of operations. |
| Note 2. | Current Liabilities |
The Company’s current liabilities consist of the following at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
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| Production and related other | $ | $ | ||||||
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| Total accounts payable | $ | $ | ||||||
| Accrued Expenses: | ||||||||
| Current portion of asset retirement obligations | $ | $ | ||||||
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| Total accrued expenses | $ | $ | ||||||
| Note 3. | Partners’ Equity |
Units represent limited partnership interests in Everflow. The Units are transferable subject to the approval of 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.
| Note 3. | Partners’ Equity (Continued) |
The partnership agreement provides that Everflow will repurchase for cash up to
In June 2022, the Company repurchased
The Company has an Option Repurchase Plan (the “Option Plan”) which permits the grant of options to select officers and employees to purchase certain Units acquired by the Company pursuant to the Repurchase Right. The purpose of the Option Plan is to assist the Company to attract and retain 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 participants with the financial interests of the Unitholders. The Company granted
All Units repurchased pursuant to the Repurchase Right are retired except for those Units issued through the exercise of options pursuant to the Option Plan. There were
| Note 4. | Commitments and Contingencies |
The Company operates exclusively in Ohio and Pennsylvania of the United States in the business of oil and gas acquisition, exploration, development and production. The Company operates in an environment with many financial risks, including, but not limited to, the ability to acquire additional economically recoverable oil and gas reserves, the inherent risks of the search for, development of and production of oil and gas, the ability to sell oil and gas at prices which will provide attractive rates of return, the volatility and seasonality of oil and gas production and prices, and the highly competitive and, at times, seasonal nature of the industry and worldwide economic conditions. The Company’s ability to expand its reserve base and diversify its operations is also dependent upon the Company’s ability to obtain the necessary capital through operating cash flow, borrowings or equity offerings. Various federal, state and governmental agencies are considering, and some have adopted, laws and regulations regarding environmental protection which could adversely affect the proposed business activities of the Company. The Company cannot predict what effect, if any, current and future regulations may have on the operations of the Company.
The Company has multiple contracts with a gas purchaser which obligate the gas purchaser to purchase, and the Company to sell and deliver, certain quantities of natural gas production from the Company’s oil and gas properties throughout the contract periods. Management believes the Company can meet its delivery commitments based on estimated production.
| MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS |
The following discussion is intended to assist in the understanding of the Company’s liquidity, capital resources and results of operations. It is suggested that this information be read in conjunction with the Company’s interim consolidated financial statements, the related notes to consolidated financial statements and the Company’s 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 24, 2023.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The following table summarizes the Company's financial position at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
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| Working capital |
$ | 38,217 | 83 | % |
$ | 37,177 | 82 | % |
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| Property and equipment (net) |
7,735 | 17 | 8,026 | 18 | ||||||||||||
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$ | 46,207 | 100 | % |
$ | 45,458 | 100 | % |
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| Long-term liabilities |
$ | 18,959 | 41 | % |
$ | 18,632 | 41 | % |
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| Partners' equity |
27,248 | 59 | 26,826 | 59 | ||||||||||||
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$ | 46,207 | 100 | % |
$ | 45,458 | 100 | % |
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Working capital of $38.2 million as of March 31, 2023 represented an increase of $1.0 million from December 31, 2022, due primarily to increases in cash and equivalents and investments, as well as a decrease in accrued expenses, offset somewhat by a decrease in production accounts receivable and an increase in accounts payable. The increase in investments is primarily the result of additional purchases of shares in a mutual fund during the three months ended March 31, 2023 that invests primarily in investment grade, short-term fixed and floating rate securities. The decrease in accrued expenses is primarily the result of all payroll and retirement plan contributions accrued at December 31, 2022 being paid during the three months ended March 31, 2023. The decrease in production accounts receivable is primarily the result of lower average crude oil and natural gas prices received, as well as less natural gas volumes produced, during the current receivable production period as compared to the prior comparable period. The increase in accounts payable is primarily the result of additional production and related other payables outstanding at March 31, 2023 as compared to the prior comparable date.
The Company generally funds its operations with cash generated by operations and/or existing cash and equivalent balances. The Company has had no borrowings in 2023 or 2022 and no principal indebtedness was outstanding as of May 10, 2023. The Company’s cash flow provided by operations before the change in working capital was $1.0 million during the three month period ended March 31, 2023, a decrease of $300,000 as compared to $1.3 million of cash flow provided by operations before the change in working capital during the prior comparable period. Changes in working capital from operations other than cash and equivalents increased cash by $597,000 during the three month period ended March 31, 2023. Cash flows provided by operating activities was $1.6 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2023.
Management of the Company believes cash flows and existing cash and equivalents should be sufficient to meet the current funding requirements of ongoing operations, capital investments to develop and/or purchase oil and gas properties, the repurchase of Units pursuant to the 2023 Repurchase Right, if necessary, and possibly the payment of future cash distributions. The Company used existing cash and equivalents to fund the payment of a Unitholder distribution amounting to approximately $2.7 million in April 2023.
The Company has multiple contracts with a gas purchaser which obligate the gas purchaser to purchase, and the Company to sell and deliver, certain quantities of natural gas production from the Company’s oil and gas properties throughout the contract periods. Management believes the Company can meet its delivery commitments based on estimated production.
Results of Operations
The following table and discussion is a review of the results of operations of the Company for the three month periods ended March 31, 2023 and 2022. All items in the table are calculated as a percentage of total revenues. This table should be read in conjunction with the discussions of select items below:
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| Crude oil and natural gas sales |
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95 | % |
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| Well management and operating |
6 | 5 | ||||||
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| Production costs |
36 | 27 | ||||||
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4 | 3 | ||||||
| Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
12 | 2 | ||||||
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14 | 2 | ||||||
| General and administrative expense |
27 | 21 | ||||||
| Total expenses |
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| Investment income (loss) |
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| Net income |
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Revenues for the three month period ended March 31, 2023 decreased $456,000, or 17%, as compared to the prior comparable period. The decrease was primarily the result of a decrease in crude oil and natural gas sales.
Crude oil and natural gas sales decreased $453,000, or 18%, during the three month period ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the prior comparable period. The decrease was primarily the result of lower average natural gas and crude oil prices received during the three month period ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the prior comparable period.
Depreciation, depletion and amortization (“DD&A”) increased $220,000, or 430%, during the three month period ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the prior comparable period. The primary reasons for the increase are lower projected natural gas and crude oil reserves and additional oil and gas properties being depleted during the three month period ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the prior comparable period. The decrease in projected natural gas and crude oil reserves is primarily the result of lower benchmark natural gas and crude oil prices indexed throughout the first three months of 2023 as compared to the benchmark prices indexed throughout the prior comparable period. The lower 2023 benchmark prices project to decrease reserves at December 31, 2023, the next scheduled valuation date, which will decrease the average economic life of the Company’s oil and gas properties as compared to December 31, 2022, the prior valuation date. In addition, the Company recognized $1.3 million of additions to proved properties at December 31, 2022 in association with revisions made to estimates of plugging costs, remaining lives of wells and the inflation rate associated with asset retirement obligations.
Accretion expense increased $257,000, or 495%, during the three month period ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the prior comparable period. The primary reason for the increase was due to recognition of additional liabilities at December 31, 2022 resulting from revisions made to estimates of plugging costs, remaining lives of wells and the inflation rate associated with asset retirement obligations.
The Company recognized investment income of $272,000 during the three month period ended March 31, 2023 as compared to $93,000 of investment loss recognized during the prior comparable period. The increase in investment income was primarily due to the Company having earned more dividends and having recognized less unrealized losses on its investments during the three month period ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the prior comparable period.
The Company reported net income of $422,000 and $1.1 million during the three month periods ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, representing 19% and 42% of total revenues during the three month periods ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The decrease in net income was primarily the result of a decrease in crude oil and natural gas sales and increases in DD&A and accretion expense, offset somewhat by additional investment income recognized during the three month period ended March 31, 2023 as compared to the prior comparable period.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. The critical accounting policies that affect the Company’s more complex judgments and estimates are described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022.
Forward-Looking Statements
Except for historical financial information contained in this Form 10-Q, the statements made in this report are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”). In addition, words such as “expects,” “anticipate,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include price fluctuations in the gas market in the Appalachian Basin, actual oil and gas production and the ability to locate economically productive oil and gas prospects for development by the Company. In addition, any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which such statement is made and the Company does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
| QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK |
This information has been omitted, as the Company qualifies as a smaller reporting company.
| CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES |
(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. As of the end of the period covered by this report, management performed, with the participation of our Principal Executive Officer (the “CEO”) and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer (the “CFO”), an evaluation of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 (the “evaluation”). Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Based on the evaluation, management, including our CEO and CFO, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.
The certifications of the Company’s CEO and CFO are attached as Exhibits 31.1 and 31.2 to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and include, in paragraph 4 of such certifications, information concerning the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. Such certifications should be read in conjunction with the information contained in this Item 4., including the information incorporated by reference to our filing on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, for a more complete understanding of the matters covered by such certifications.
(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting. No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during our most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
| OTHER INFORMATION |
| EXHIBITS |
| Exhibit 31.1 |
Certification of CEO Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
| Exhibit 31.2 |
Certification of CFO Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
| Exhibit 32.1 |
Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
| 101.INS |
Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File as its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document |
| 101.SCH |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document |
| 101.CAL |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document |
| 101.LAB |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document |
| 101.PRE |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document |
| 101.DEF |
Inline XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document |
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Cover page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and combined in Exhibit 101) |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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EVERFLOW EASTERN PARTNERS, L.P. |
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everflow management limited, llc |
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| Dated: May 11, 2023 | By: | /s/ Michael W. Rathburn | |
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| Vice President, Secretary-Treasurer and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer (Duly Authorized Officer) |
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