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Supplementary Oil and Gas Information (Unaudited)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
Supplementary Oil and Gas Information (Unaudited) [Abstract]  
Supplementary Oil and Gas Information (Unaudited)
21.           Supplementary Oil and Gas Information (Unaudited)
 
 
This supplementary oil and natural gas information is provided in accordance with the United States Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Topic 932 – “Extractive Activities – Oil and Gas”.
 
Net Proved Oil and Natural Gas Reserves
The Company retains qualified independent reserves evaluators to evaluate the Company's proved oil and natural gas reserves.
 
For the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 the reports by Chapman Petroleum Engineering Ltd. (“Chapman”) covered 100% of the Company's oil and natural gas reserves.
 
Proved oil and natural gas reserves, as defined within the SEC Rule 4-10(a)(22) of Regulation S-X, are those quantities of oil and gas, which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible from a given date forward from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods and government regulations prior to the time of which contracts providing the right to operate expire, unless evidence indicates that renewal is reasonably certain, regardless of whether determinable or probabilistic methods are used for the estimation.  The project to extract the hydrocarbons must have commenced or the operator must be reasonably certain that it will commence the project within a reasonable time.  Developed oil and natural gas reserves are reserves that can be expected to be recovered from existing wells with existing equipment and operating methods or in which the cost of the required equipment is relatively minor compared to the cost of a new well; and through installed extraction equipment and infrastructure operational at the time of the reserves estimate is the extraction is by means not involving a well.
 
Estimates of oil and natural gas reserves are subject to uncertainty and will change as additional information regarding producing fields and technology becomes available and as future economic and operating conditions change.
 
The following table summarizes the Company's proved developed and undeveloped oil and natural gas reserves within India, net of royalties, as at December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009:
 
Oil (MBbls)
 
2011
  
2010
  
2009
 
Proved reserves as at January 1
  55   118   -- 
Extensions and discoveries
  --   --   131 
Technical revisions
  201   (52)  -- 
Production
  (5)  (11)  (13)
Proved Reserves as at December 31
  251   55   118 
              
Proved - developed:
            
Producing
  23   55   100 
Non producing
  --   --   18 
Proved - undeveloped
  228   --   -- 
Reserves, as at December 31
  251   55   118 

Natural Gas (MMcf)
 
2011
  
2010
  
2009
 
Proved reserves as at January 1
  155   89   -- 
Extensions and discoveries
  --   --   105 
Technical revisions
  54   88   -- 
Production
  (12)  (22)  (16)
Proved Reserves as at December 31
  197   155   89 
              
Proved - developed:
            
Producing
  59   155   89 
Non producing
  --   --   -- 
Proved - undeveloped
  138   --   -- 
Reserves, as at December 31
  197   155   89 
 
Capitalized Costs Related to Oil and Natural Gas Properties
   $2011  $2010 
Proved properties
  30,348,218   17,702,000 
Unproved properties
  43,540,400   47,715,032 
    73,888,618   65,417,032 
          
Less:  Accumulated impairment
  30,757,015   23,887,015 
Less:  Accumulated depletion
  1,394,200   1,060,700 
Net capitalized costs
  41,737,403   40,469,317 
 
Cost Incurred in Oil and Natural Gas Activities
   $2011  $2010  $2009 
Development
            
India
  4,528,855   7,618,315   4,313,000 
Exploration
            
India
  --   --   7,708,252 
Israel
  3,912,782   1,459,476   -- 
Colombia
  29,949   135,282   -- 
Costs incurred
  8,471,586   9,213,073   12,021,252 
 
Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows From Proved Oil and Natural Gas Reserves and Changes Therein
The following standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows from proved oil and natural gas reserves has been computed using the average first-day-of-the-month price during the previous 12-month period, costs as at the balance sheet date and year-end statutory income tax rates. A discount factor of 10% has been applied in determining the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows. The Company does not believe that the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows will be representative of actual future net cash flows and should not be considered to represent the fair value of the oil and natural gas properties. Actual net cash flows will differ from the presented estimated future net cash flows due to several factors including:
·  
Future production will include production not only from proved properties, but may also include production from probable and possible reserves;
·  
Future production of oil and natural gas from proved properties may differ from reserves estimated;
·  
Future production rates may vary from those estimated;
·  
Future rather than average first-day-of-the-month prices during the previous 12-month period and costs as at the balance sheet date will apply;
·  
Economic factors such as changes to interest rates, income tax rates, regulatory and fiscal environments and operating conditions cannot be determined with certainty;
·  
Future estimated income taxes do not take into account the effects of future exploration expenditures; and
·  
Future development and asset retirement obligations may differ from those estimated.
 
Future net revenues, development, production and restoration costs have been based upon the estimates referred to above. The following tables summarize the Company's future net cash flows relating to proved oil and natural gas reserves based on the standardized measure as prescribed in FASB Topic 932 – “Extractive Activities – Oil and Gas”:
 
   $2011  $2010  $2009 
Future cash inflows
  25,869,000   5,208,000   11,567,000 
Future operating costs
  (4,561,000)  (1,513,000)  (2,637,000)
Future development and asset retirement obligations
  (6,272,000)  (84,000)  (84,000)
Future income taxes
  --   --   (110,000)
              
Future net cash flows
  15,036,000   3,611,000   8,736,000 
10% annual discount for timing of future cash flows
  (6,741,000)  (755,000)  (2,932,000)
Standardized measure of future net cash flows
  8,295,000   2,856,000   5,804,000