Notes Payable	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
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NOTES PAYABLE	NOTE 6 — NOTES PAYABLE On June 22, 2007, Trans Energy finalized a financing agreement with CIT Capital USA Inc. (“CIT”) Under the terms of the agreement, CIT would lend up to $18,000,000 to Trans Energy in the form of a senior secured revolving credit facility with the ability to increase the credit facility to $30,000,000 with increased oil and gas reserves. During the quarter ended September 30, 2008, CIT increased the credit facility to $30,000,000 due to increased reserves. During the year ended December 31, 2009, Trans Energy borrowed $2,000,000 from CIT which increased the total outstanding credit balance to $30,000,000, leaving no available credit facility. Interest payment due dates are elected at the time of borrowing and range from monthly to six months. Principle payments were due at maturity on June 15, 2010 for all borrowing outstanding on that date. The Company has been working with its financial advisor and investment banker in an effort to restructure the credit agreement since its maturity date. In July 2010, the Company repaid $15,000,000 from the sale of certain assets. Then the Company repurchased its net profit interest from CIT with the $1,780,404 purchase price added to the outstanding balance. Amendment fees and interest totaling $539,835 were added to the principal in 2010, resulting in a balance of $17,320,239 due to CIT as of December 31, 2010. Between June and December 2010, the Company was charged $725,000 in forbearance fees by CIT, to be paid in cash or five year warrants. The $725,000 of forbearance fees were included in accrued expenses at December 31, 2010. On March 31, 2011, the Company and CIT entered into the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement. The Sixth Amendment and other related agreements extended the maturity date of the Credit Agreement to March 31, 2012. The Sixth Amendment confirms that the principal amount due under the Credit Agreement prior to the application of a portion of the proceeds from the acreage sale to Republic under the March 31, 2011 Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “PSA”) was $17,320,239 plus accrued interest of $139,748, plus forbearance fees of $725,000 to be added to the principal balance. Thus, the total amount owed under the Credit Agreement, as per the Sixth Amendment, was $18,184,978. After the payment of accrued interest and a principal payment of $5,000,000 on April 2, 2011, and the accrued interest of $1,245,697 for the period April 1, 2011 thru December 31, 2011 being added to the loan, the Company owed $14,290,936 as of December 31, 2011. After adding accrued interest, legal and administrative fees of $557,227 for the quarter, the Company owed $14,848,162 as of March 31, 2012, with interest at 12%. As part of the Sixth Amendment, the Company also granted to CIT a 1.5% overriding royalty interest in each of the Stout #2H, Groves #1H and Lucey #1H wells, as well as a 1.5% overriding royalty interest in the next six horizontal wells drilled in the Marcellus Shale, which have commercial production for a period of at least 30 consecutive days and in which the Company, or any of its subsidiaries, has an interest. Each 1.5% overriding royalty interest is to be proportionately reduced to the extent the Company or its subsidiary owns less than the full working interest in the leases, or to the extent such oil and gas leases cover less than the full mineral interest. On March 30, 2012, the Company and CIT entered into the Eighth Amendment to the Credit Agreement. The Eighth Amendment and other related agreements extend the maturity date of the Credit Agreement to April 30, 2012. The Eighth Amendment also waives specific items of default. On April 26, 2012 (“Funding Date”), our newly created, wholly owned subsidiary, American Shale Development, Inc. (“American Shale”), closed a Credit Agreement transaction (hereafter the “ASD Credit Agreement”) that was entered into on February 29, 2012 by and among American Shale, several banks and other financial institutions or entities that from time-to-time will be parties to the ASD Credit Agreement (the “Lenders”), and Chambers Energy Management, LP as the administrative agent (“Agent”). Trans Energy is a guarantor of the ASD Credit Agreement as is Prima Oil Company, Inc. (“Prima”), another of our 100% wholly owned subsidiaries. The ASD Credit Agreement provides that Lenders will lend American Shale up to $50 million, which funds will be used to develop wells and properties that we have transferred to American Shale. Trans Energy received a portion of the funds from the ASD Credit Agreement to repay certain outstanding debts. In order to accommodate the terms of the ASD Credit Agreement we have transferred certain assets and properties to American Shale. Trans Energy is not a direct party to the ASD Credit Agreement, but is a guarantor of loans to be made thereunder and has received a portion of the loan proceeds to repay certain outstanding debts. The assets and properties transferred are referred to herein as the “Marcellus Properties.” These consist of working interests in 13 producing Marcellus shale liquids-rich gas wells and approximately 22,000 net acres of Marcellus shale leasehold rights, located in Northwestern West Virginia in the counties of Wetzel, Marshall, Marion, Tyler, and Doddridge. As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company owed $15,155 and $23,256, respectively, for other loans, primarily for vehicles.

Notes Payable

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

NOTE 6 — NOTES PAYABLE

On June 22, 2007, Trans Energy finalized a financing agreement with CIT Capital USA Inc. (“CIT”) Under the terms of the agreement, CIT would lend up to $18,000,000 to Trans Energy in the form of a senior secured revolving credit facility with the ability to increase the credit facility to $30,000,000 with increased oil and gas reserves. During the quarter ended September 30, 2008, CIT increased the credit facility to $30,000,000 due to increased reserves.

During the year ended December 31, 2009, Trans Energy borrowed $2,000,000 from CIT which increased the total outstanding credit balance to $30,000,000, leaving no available credit facility.

Interest payment due dates are elected at the time of borrowing and range from monthly to six months. Principle payments were due at maturity on June 15, 2010 for all borrowing outstanding on that date.

The Company has been working with its financial advisor and investment banker in an effort to restructure the credit agreement since its maturity date. In July 2010, the Company repaid $15,000,000 from the sale of certain assets. Then the Company repurchased its net profit interest from CIT with the $1,780,404 purchase price added to the outstanding balance. Amendment fees and interest totaling $539,835 were added to the principal in 2010, resulting in a balance of $17,320,239 due to CIT as of December 31, 2010. Between June and December 2010, the Company was charged $725,000 in forbearance fees by CIT, to be paid in cash or five year warrants. The $725,000 of forbearance fees were included in accrued expenses at December 31, 2010.

On March 31, 2011, the Company and CIT entered into the Sixth Amendment to the Credit Agreement. The Sixth Amendment and other related agreements extended the maturity date of the Credit Agreement to March 31, 2012. The Sixth Amendment confirms that the principal amount due under the Credit Agreement prior to the application of a portion of the proceeds from the acreage sale to Republic under the March 31, 2011 Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “PSA”) was $17,320,239 plus accrued interest of $139,748, plus forbearance fees of $725,000 to be added to the principal balance. Thus, the total amount owed under the Credit Agreement, as per the Sixth Amendment, was $18,184,978. After the payment of accrued interest and a principal payment of $5,000,000 on April 2, 2011, and the accrued interest of $1,245,697 for the period April 1, 2011 thru December 31, 2011 being added to the loan, the Company owed $14,290,936 as of December 31, 2011. After adding accrued interest, legal and administrative fees of $557,227 for the quarter, the Company owed $14,848,162 as of March 31, 2012, with interest at 12%.

As part of the Sixth Amendment, the Company also granted to CIT a 1.5% overriding royalty interest in each of the Stout #2H, Groves #1H and Lucey #1H wells, as well as a 1.5% overriding royalty interest in the next six horizontal wells drilled in the Marcellus Shale, which have commercial production for a period of at least 30 consecutive days and in which the Company, or any of its subsidiaries, has an interest. Each 1.5% overriding royalty interest is to be proportionately reduced to the extent the Company or its subsidiary owns less than the full working interest in the leases, or to the extent such oil and gas leases cover less than the full mineral interest.

On March 30, 2012, the Company and CIT entered into the Eighth Amendment to the Credit Agreement. The Eighth Amendment and other related agreements extend the maturity date of the Credit Agreement to April 30, 2012. The Eighth Amendment also waives specific items of default.

On April 26, 2012 (“Funding Date”), our newly created, wholly owned subsidiary, American Shale Development, Inc. (“American Shale”), closed a Credit Agreement transaction (hereafter the “ASD Credit Agreement”) that was entered into on February 29, 2012 by and among American Shale, several banks and other financial institutions or entities that from time-to-time will be parties to the ASD Credit Agreement (the “Lenders”), and Chambers Energy Management, LP as the administrative agent (“Agent”). Trans Energy is a guarantor of the ASD Credit Agreement as is Prima Oil Company, Inc. (“Prima”), another of our 100% wholly owned subsidiaries. The ASD Credit Agreement provides that Lenders will lend American Shale up to $50 million, which funds will be used to develop wells and properties that we have transferred to American Shale. Trans Energy received a portion of the funds from the ASD Credit Agreement to repay certain outstanding debts.

In order to accommodate the terms of the ASD Credit Agreement we have transferred certain assets and properties to American Shale. Trans Energy is not a direct party to the ASD Credit Agreement, but is a guarantor of loans to be made thereunder and has received a portion of the loan proceeds to repay certain outstanding debts. The assets and properties transferred are referred to herein as the “Marcellus Properties.” These consist of working interests in 13 producing Marcellus shale liquids-rich gas wells and approximately 22,000 net acres of Marcellus shale leasehold rights, located in Northwestern West Virginia in the counties of Wetzel, Marshall, Marion, Tyler, and Doddridge.

As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Company owed $15,155 and $23,256, respectively, for other loans, primarily for vehicles.