Quarterly Report ending March 31 2007
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
|
|
|
þ |
|
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
|
|
|
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2007 |
|
or |
|
o |
|
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
|
|
|
For the transition period from
to
|
|
|
|
Commission file number 000-30586 |
IVANHOE ENERGY INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
|
|
|
Yukon, Canada |
|
98-0372413 |
(State or other jurisdiction of |
|
(I.R.S. Employer |
incorporation or organization) |
|
Identification No.) |
|
|
|
Suite 654 999 Canada Place |
|
|
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
|
V6C 3E1 |
(Address of principal executive office) |
|
(zip code) |
(604) 688-8323
(registrants telephone number, including area code)
No Changes
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months
(or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has
been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or
a non-accelerated filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large accelerated filer in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
|
|
|
|
|
Large accelerated filer o
|
|
Accelerated filer þ
|
|
Non-accelerated filer o |
Indicate by
check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange
Act). Yes o No þ
The number of shares of the registrants capital stock outstanding as of March 31, 2007 was
241,364,188 Common Shares, no par value.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Page |
PART I Financial Information |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Item 1 Financial Statements |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Accumulated Deficit for the Three-Month Periods Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow for the Three-Month Periods Ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements |
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risks |
|
|
29 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Item 4. Controls and Procedures |
|
|
29 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
PART II Other Information |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Item 1. Legal Proceedings |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Item 1A. Risk Factors |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Item 4. Submission of Matters To a Vote of Security Holders |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Item 5. Other Information |
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Item 6. Exhibits |
|
|
30 |
|
2
Part I Financial Information
Item 1 Financial Statements
IVANHOE ENERGY INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(stated in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share amounts)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2007 |
|
|
December 31, 2006 |
|
Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
10,793 |
|
|
$ |
13,879 |
|
Accounts receivable (net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $116 as at
March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006) |
|
|
6,541 |
|
|
|
7,435 |
|
Prepaid and other current assets |
|
|
548 |
|
|
|
773 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,882 |
|
|
|
22,087 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil and gas properties and investments, net |
|
|
119,379 |
|
|
|
121,918 |
|
Intangible assets technology |
|
|
102,153 |
|
|
|
102,153 |
|
Long term assets |
|
|
2,060 |
|
|
|
2,386 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
241,474 |
|
|
$ |
248,544 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities and Shareholders Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
$ |
7,915 |
|
|
$ |
9,428 |
|
Notes payable current portion |
|
|
2,190 |
|
|
|
2,147 |
|
Asset retirement obligations current portion |
|
|
600 |
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative instruments |
|
|
1,159 |
|
|
|
493 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,864 |
|
|
|
12,068 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long term debt |
|
|
3,673 |
|
|
|
4,237 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset retirement obligations |
|
|
1,396 |
|
|
|
1,953 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long term obligation |
|
|
1,900 |
|
|
|
1,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share capital, issued 241,364,188 common shares;
December 31, 2006 241,215,798 common shares |
|
|
319,004 |
|
|
|
318,725 |
|
Purchase warrants |
|
|
23,955 |
|
|
|
23,955 |
|
Contributed surplus |
|
|
7,012 |
|
|
|
6,489 |
|
Accumulated deficit |
|
|
(127,330 |
) |
|
|
(120,783 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
222,641 |
|
|
|
228,386 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
241,474 |
|
|
$ |
248,544 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(See accompanying notes)
3
IVANHOE ENERGY INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Accumulated Deficit
Three-Month Periods Ended March 31
(stated in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except per share amounts)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil and gas revenue |
|
$ |
9,596 |
|
|
$ |
9,826 |
|
Loss on derivative instruments |
|
|
(459 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Interest income |
|
|
120 |
|
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,257 |
|
|
|
9,864 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating costs |
|
|
3,685 |
|
|
|
2,716 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
2,872 |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
Business and technology development |
|
|
2,162 |
|
|
|
1,662 |
|
Depletion and depreciation |
|
|
6,892 |
|
|
|
7,847 |
|
Interest expense and financing costs |
|
|
193 |
|
|
|
265 |
|
Provision for impairment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,804 |
|
|
|
15,240 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss |
|
|
(6,547 |
) |
|
|
(5,376 |
) |
Accumulated Deficit, beginning of period |
|
|
(120,783 |
) |
|
|
(95,291 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated Deficit, end of period |
|
$ |
(127,330 |
) |
|
$ |
(100,667 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss per share Basic and Diluted |
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.02 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average Number of Shares (in thousands) |
|
|
241,231 |
|
|
|
224,547 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(See accompanying notes)
4
IVANHOE ENERGY INC.
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow
Three-Month Periods Ended March 31
(stated in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Operating Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(6,547 |
) |
|
$ |
(5,376 |
) |
Items not requiring use of cash: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depletion and depreciation |
|
|
6,892 |
|
|
|
7,847 |
|
Provision for impairment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
750 |
|
Stock based compensation |
|
|
802 |
|
|
|
353 |
|
Unrealized loss on derivative instruments |
|
|
666 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
169 |
|
|
|
98 |
|
Changes in non-cash working capital items |
|
|
612 |
|
|
|
(1,592 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,594 |
|
|
|
2,080 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital investments |
|
|
(5,334 |
) |
|
|
(4,892 |
) |
Merger and acquisition related costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(177 |
) |
Proceeds from sale of assets |
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
5,350 |
|
Repayment of advance |
|
|
200 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
75 |
|
|
|
(9 |
) |
Changes in non-cash working capital items |
|
|
(1,006 |
) |
|
|
(1,085 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,065 |
) |
|
|
(813 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from exercise of options |
|
|
|
|
|
|
91 |
|
Payments of debt obligations |
|
|
(615 |
) |
|
|
(622 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(615 |
) |
|
|
(531 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents, for the period |
|
|
(3,086 |
) |
|
|
736 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period |
|
|
13,879 |
|
|
|
6,724 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period |
|
$ |
10,793 |
|
|
$ |
7,460 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(See accompanying notes)
5
Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2007
(all tabular amounts are expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
The Companys accounting policies are in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted
in Canada. These policies are consistent with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S.,
except as outlined in Note 14. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been
prepared on a basis consistent with the accounting principles and policies reflected in the
December 31, 2006 consolidated financial statements. These interim condensed consolidated financial
statements do not include all disclosures normally provided in annual consolidated financial
statements and should be read in conjunction with the most recent annual consolidated financial
statements. The December 31, 2006 condensed consolidated balance sheet was derived from the audited
consolidated financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by generally
accepted accounting principles (GAAP) in Canada and the U.S. In the opinion of management, all
adjustments (which included normal recurring adjustments) necessary for the fair presentation for
the interim periods have been made. The results of operations and cash flows are not necessarily
indicative of the results for a full year.
2. CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING POLICIES
2007 Accounting Changes
On January 1, 2007 we adopted six new accounting standards that were issued by the Canadian
Institute of Chartered Accountants
(CICA): Handbook Section 1506 Accounting Changes (S.1506), Handbook Section 1530
Comprehensive Income
(S.1530), Handbook Section 3251 Equity (S.3251), Handbook Section 3855 Financial Instruments
Recognition and Measurement (S.3855), Handbook Section 3861 Financial Instruments Disclosure
and Presentation (S.3861) and Handbook Section 3865 Hedges (S.3865). The Company
has adopted the new standards on January 1, 2007 with the changes in accounting policies applied
prospectively, where applicable. Comparative figures have not been restated.
The objective of
S.1506 is to prescribe the criteria for changing accounting policies, together with the accounting
treatment and disclosure of changes in accounting policies, changes in accounting estimates and
corrections of errors. This Section is intended to enhance the relevance and reliability of an
entitys financial statements and the comparability of those financial statements over time and
with the financial statements of other entities. There was no material impact on adoption of this
Section.
S.1530 introduces Comprehensive Income, which consists of Net Income and Other Comprehensive Income
(OCI). OCI represents changes in Shareholders Equity during a period arising from transactions
and other events with non-owner sources. There was no material impact on adoption of this Section;
there is no difference between the Net Loss presented in the accompanying statement of operations
and accumulated deficit and our comprehensive loss.
S.3251 establishes standards for the presentation of equity and changes in equity during a
reporting period. There was no material impact on adoption of this Section.
S.3855 establishes standards for recognizing and measuring financial assets and financial
liabilities and non-financial derivatives as required to be disclosed under S.3861. It requires
that financial assets and financial liabilities, including derivatives, be recognized on the
balance sheet when the Company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the financial
instrument or non-financial derivative contract. Under this standard, all financial instruments are
required to be measured at fair value on initial recognition except for certain related party
transactions. Measurement in subsequent periods depends on whether the financial instrument has
been classified as held for trading, available for sale, held to maturity, loans and receivables,
or other financial liabilities.
Financial assets
The Companys financial assets are comprised of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable,
other long-term assets and derivative financial instruments. These financial assets are classified
as loans and receivables or held for trading financial assets as appropriate. The classification of
financial assets is determined at initial recognition. When financial assets are recognized
initially, they are measured at fair value, normally being the transaction price. Transaction costs
for all financial assets are expensed as incurred.
Financial assets are classified as held for trading if they are acquired for sale in the short
term. Cash and cash equivalents and derivatives in a positive fair value position are also
classified as held for trading. Held for trading assets are carried on the balance
6
sheet at fair
value with gains or losses recognized in the income statement. The estimated fair value of held for
trading assets is determined by reference to quoted market prices and, if not available, on
estimates from third-party brokers or dealers.
Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments.
Accounts receivable and notes receivable have been classified as loans and receivables. Such
assets are carried at amortized cost, as the time value of money is not significant. Gains and
losses are recognized in income when the loans and receivables are derecognized or impaired.
The Company assesses at each balance sheet date whether a financial asset carried at cost is
impaired. If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss exists, the amount of the loss is
measured as the difference between the carrying amount of the asset and its fair value. The
carrying amount of the asset is reduced with the amount of the loss recognized in earnings.
Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are classified as financial liabilities initially at fair value; held for
trading financial liabilities or other financial liabilities as appropriate. Financial liabilities
include accounts payable and accrued liabilities, derivative financial instruments, credit
facilities, long term debt and notes payable. The classification of financial liabilities is
determined at initial recognition.
Held for trading financial liabilities represent financial contracts that were acquired for sale in
the short term or derivatives that are in a negative fair market value position.
The estimated fair value of held for trading liabilities is determined by reference to quoted
market prices and, if not available, on estimates from third-party brokers or dealers.
Other financial liabilities are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable
payments.
Short term other financial liabilities are carried at cost as the time value of money is not
significant. Accounts payable and accrued liabilities, notes payable and credit facilities have
been classified as short term other financial liabilities. Gains and losses are recognized in
income when the short term other financial liability is derecognized or impaired. Transaction costs
for short term other financial liabilities are expensed as incurred.
Long term other financial liabilities are measured at amortized cost. Long-term debt has been
classified as long term other financial liabilities. Transaction costs for long term other
financial liabilities are deducted from the related liability and accounted for using the effective
interest rate method.
Derivative Financial Instruments
The Company may periodically use different types of derivative instruments to manage its exposure
to price volatility, thus mitigating fluctuations in commodity-related cash flows. The Company
currently uses a costless collar derivative instrument to manage this exposure.
Derivative financial instruments are classified as held for trading and recorded on the
consolidated balance sheet at fair value, either as an asset or as a liability under other current
financial assets or other current financial liabilities, respectively. Changes in the fair value of
these financial instruments, or unrealized gains and losses, are recognized in the statement of
operations, classified in revenues in the period in which they occur.
Gains and losses related to the settlement of derivative contracts, or realized gains and losses,
are recognized in the statement of operations, classified in revenues.
Contracts to buy or sell non-financial items that are not in accordance with the Companys expected
purchase, sale or usage requirements are accounted for as derivative financial instruments.
There was no material impact on adoption of Section 3855.
S.3861 establishes standards for presentation of financial instruments and non-financial
derivatives, and identifies the information that should be disclosed about them. The presentation
aspect of this standard deals with the classification of financial instruments, from the
perspective of the issuer, between liabilities and equity, the classification of related interest,
dividends, losses and gains, and the circumstances in which financial assets and financial
liabilities are offset. The disclosure aspect of this standard deals with information about factors
that affect the amount, timing and certainty of an entitys future cash flows relating to financial
instruments. This Section also deals with disclosure of information about the nature and extent of
an entitys use of financial instruments, the business purposes
7
they serve, the risks associated
with them and managements policies for controlling those risks. There was no material impact on
adoption of this Section.
S. 3865 specifies the criteria that must be satisfied in order for hedge accounting to be applied
and the accounting for each of the permitted hedging strategies: fair value hedges, cash flow
hedges and hedges of foreign currency exposure of net investment in self-sustaining foreign
operations. The Company has not elected to designate any financial derivatives as accounting hedges
at this time.
Impact of New and Pending Canadian GAAP Accounting Standards
In March 2007, the Emerging Issues Committee issued EIC-164 Convertible and Other Debt Instruments
with Embedded Derivatives. This abstract deals with the accounting treatment for debt instruments
that are convertible at any time at the holders option into a fixed number of common shares of the
issuer, where the issuer is either required or has the option to satisfy all or part of the
obligation in cash. As the
Company does not have such instruments outstanding at the present time, this standard will not have
an impact on our financial statements.
In September 2006, the Emerging Issues Committee issued EIC-163 Determining the Variability to be
Considered in Applying AcG-15. As there has been diversity in practice in determining the
variability that should be considered in applying AcG-15, this abstract concludes that variability
should be based on an analysis of the design of the entity. As the Company does not have interests
in such entities at the present time, this standard will not have an impact on our financial
statements.
In early 2006, Canadas Accounting Standards Board ratified a strategic plan that will result in
Canadian GAAP, as used by public companies, being converged with International Financial Reporting
Standards over a transitional period. The Accounting Standards Board has developed and published a
detailed implementation plan with an expected changeover to International Financial Reporting
Standards on January 1, 2011. Management is in the process of reviewing the impact of this plan on
its financial statements.
In December 2006, the CICA approved Handbook Section 1535 Capital Disclosures (S.1535),
Handbook Section 3862 Financial Instruments Disclosures (S.3862), and Handbook Section 3863
Financial Instruments Presentation (S.3863). S.1535 establishes standards for disclosing
information about an entitys capital and how it is managed. The objective of S.3862 is to require
entities to provide disclosures in their financial statements that enable users to evaluate both
the significance of financial instruments for the entitys financial position and performance; and
the nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments to which the entity is exposed
during the period and at the balance sheet date, and how the entity manages those risks. The
purpose of S.3863 is to enhance financial statement users understanding of the significance of
financial instruments to an entitys financial position, performance and cash flows. These Sections
apply to interim and annual financial statements relating to fiscal years beginning on or after
October 1, 2007 and the latter two will replace S.3861. Management is in the process of reviewing
the requirements of these recent Sections.
3. OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES AND INVESTMENTS
Capital assets categorized by geographical location and business segment are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at March 31, 2007 |
|
|
|
Oil and Gas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. |
|
|
China |
|
|
HTL |
|
|
GTL |
|
|
Total |
|
Oil and Gas Properties: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proved |
|
$ |
104,179 |
|
|
$ |
106,080 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
210,259 |
|
Unproved |
|
|
4,297 |
|
|
|
12,175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,472 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
108,476 |
|
|
|
118,255 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
226,731 |
|
Accumulated depletion |
|
|
(22,851 |
) |
|
|
(44,095 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(66,946 |
) |
Accumulated provision for impairment |
|
|
(50,350 |
) |
|
|
(10,420 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(60,770 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,275 |
|
|
|
63,740 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
99,015 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HTL and GTL Investments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Feasibility studies and other deferred costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,319 |
|
|
|
5,054 |
|
|
|
12,373 |
|
Commercial demonstration facility |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,121 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,121 |
|
Accumulated depreciation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,330 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,330 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,110 |
|
|
|
5,054 |
|
|
|
20,164 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Furniture and equipment |
|
|
531 |
|
|
|
114 |
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
725 |
|
Accumulated depreciation |
|
|
(427 |
) |
|
|
(60 |
) |
|
|
(38 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(525 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
104 |
|
|
|
54 |
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
35,379 |
|
|
$ |
63,794 |
|
|
$ |
15,152 |
|
|
$ |
5,054 |
|
|
$ |
119,379 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at December 31, 2006 |
|
|
|
Oil and Gas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. |
|
|
China |
|
|
HTL |
|
|
GTL |
|
|
Total |
|
Oil and Gas Properties: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proved |
|
$ |
102,884 |
|
|
$ |
106,171 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
209,055 |
|
Unproved |
|
|
5,765 |
|
|
|
8,279 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,044 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
108,649 |
|
|
|
114,450 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
223,099 |
|
Accumulated depletion |
|
|
(21,249 |
) |
|
|
(39,372 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(60,621 |
) |
Accumulated provision for impairment |
|
|
(50,350 |
) |
|
|
(10,420 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(60,770 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,050 |
|
|
|
64,658 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
101,708 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
HTL and GTL Investments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Feasibility studies and other deferred costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,020 |
|
|
|
5,054 |
|
|
|
12,074 |
|
Commercial demonstration facility |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,700 |
|
Accumulated depreciation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,789 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,789 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,931 |
|
|
|
5,054 |
|
|
|
19,985 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Furniture and equipment |
|
|
530 |
|
|
|
115 |
|
|
|
80 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
725 |
|
Accumulated depreciation |
|
|
(414 |
) |
|
|
(56 |
) |
|
|
(30 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(500 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
116 |
|
|
|
59 |
|
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
225 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
37,166 |
|
|
$ |
64,717 |
|
|
$ |
14,981 |
|
|
$ |
5,054 |
|
|
$ |
121,918 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
In the first quarter of 2007, the Company disposed of U.S. oil and gas property interests with
proceeds totaling $1.0 million. In the first quarter of 2006, the Company disposed of U.S. oil and
gas property interests with proceeds totaling $5.4 million. The sales proceeds were credited to the
carrying value of its U.S. oil and gas properties as the sales did not significantly alter the
depletion rate for the U.S. cost center.
The Company re-acquired a 40% working interest in the Dagang oil project in February of 2006 (See
Note 12). The total purchase price was $28.3 million and has been included in Chinas proved
properties.
Costs as at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 of $16.5 million and $14.0 million, related to
unproved oil and gas properties have been excluded from costs subject to depletion and
depreciation. The depletion calculation includes $14.7 million for future development costs
associated with proven undeveloped reserves as at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006.
4. INTANGIBLE ASSETS TECHNOLOGY
The Companys intangible assets consist of the following:
HTL Technology
In the merger with Ensyn Group, Inc. (Ensyn), the Company acquired an exclusive, irrevocable
license to deploy, worldwide, the patented rapid thermal processing process (RTPTM
Process) for petroleum applications as well as the exclusive right to deploy the RTPTM
Process in all applications other than biomass. The Companys carrying value of the
RTPTM Process for heavy oil upgrading (HTL Technology or HTL) as at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 was $92.2 million.
Syntroleum Master License
The Company owns a master license from Syntroleum Corporation (Syntroleum) permitting the Company
to use Syntroleums proprietary gas-to-liquids (GTL Technology or GTL) process in an unlimited
number of projects around the world. The Companys master license expires on the later of April
2015 or five years from the effective date of the last site license issued to the Company by
Syntroleum. In respect of GTL projects in which both the Company and Syntroleum participate no
additional license fees or royalties will be payable by the Company and Syntroleum will contribute,
to any such project, the right to manufacture specialty and lubricant products. Both companies have
the right to pursue GTL projects independently, but the Company would be required to pay the normal
license fees and royalties in such projects. The Companys carrying value of the Syntroleum GTL
master license as at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 was $10.0 million.
These intangible assets were not amortized and their carrying values were not impaired for the
three-month periods ended March 31, 2007 and 2006.
9
5. NOTES PAYABLE
Notes payable consisted of the following as at:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, |
|
|
December 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Non-interest bearing promissory note, due 2006 through 2009 |
|
$ |
4,721 |
|
|
$ |
5,336 |
|
Variable rate bank note, 8.36%, due 2008 |
|
|
1,500 |
|
|
|
1,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,221 |
|
|
|
6,836 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unamortized discount |
|
|
(358 |
) |
|
|
(452 |
) |
Current maturities |
|
|
(2,190 |
) |
|
|
(2,147 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,548 |
) |
|
|
(2,599 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
3,673 |
|
|
$ |
4,237 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Promissory Notes
In February 2006, the Company re-acquired the 40% working interest in the Dagang oil project not
already owned by the Company. Part of the consideration was the issuance by the Company of a
non-interest bearing, unsecured promissory note in the principal amount of approximately $7.4
million ($6.5 million after being discounted to net present value). The note is payable in 36 equal
monthly installments commencing March 31, 2006 (See Note 12).
Bank Note
In October 2006 the Company obtained a $15 million Senior Secured Revolving/Term Credit Facility
with an initial borrowing base of $8 million from an international bank. The facility is for two
years, the first 18 months in the form of a revolver and at the end of 18 months, the then
outstanding amount will convert into a six-month amortizing loan. Depending on the drawn amount,
interest, at the Companys option, will be either at 1.75% to 2.25%, above the banks base rate or
2.75% to 3.25% over the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (LIBOR). The loan terms include the
requirement for the Company to enter into two-year commodity derivative contracts (See Note 10)
covering approximately 75% of the Companys estimated production from its South Midway Property in
California and Spraberry Property in West Texas. The facility is secured by a mortgage on both of
these properties. To date, the Company has drawn $1.5 million of this facility.
In February 2003, the Company obtained a bank facility for up to $5.0 million to develop the
southern expansion of its South Midway field. The bank facility was fully drawn in July 2004 and
repayment of the principal and interest commenced in August 2004 with interest at 0.5% above the
banks prime rate or 3.0% over the LIBOR, at the option of the Company. The principal and interest
were repayable, monthly, over a three-year period ending July 2007. The note was secured by all the
Companys rights and interests in the South Midway properties. This note was repaid in advance of
its scheduled maturity date from the proceeds of the Companys new credit facility (see above).
The scheduled maturities of the notes payable, excluding unamortized discount, as at March 31, 2007
were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
2007 |
|
$ |
1,845 |
|
2008 |
|
|
3,960 |
|
2009 |
|
|
416 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
6,221 |
|
|
|
|
|
6. ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS
The Company provides for the expected costs required to abandon its producing U.S. oil and gas
properties and the HTL commercial demonstration facility (CDF). The undiscounted amount of
expected future cash flows required to settle the Companys asset retirement obligations for these
assets as at March 31, 2007 was estimated at $2.5 million. These payments are expected to be made
over the next 40 years with the bulk of the payments 2008 to 2014. To calculate the present value
of these obligations, the Company used an inflation rate ranging from 3% to 4% and the expected
future cash flows have been discounted using a credit-adjusted risk-free rate ranging from 5% to
7%. The changes in the Companys liability for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007 were as
follows:
10
|
|
|
|
|
Carrying balance, beginning of period |
|
$ |
1,953 |
|
Liabilities incurred |
|
|
20 |
|
Liabilities transferred |
|
|
(3 |
) |
Accretion expense |
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,996 |
|
Less: current portion |
|
|
600 |
|
|
|
|
|
Carrying balance, end of period |
|
$ |
1,396 |
|
|
|
|
|
7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Zitong Block Exploration Commitment
Under the production-sharing contract for the Zitong block, the Company was obligated to conduct a
minimum exploration program during the first three years ending December 1, 2005 (Phase 1). The
Phase 1 work program included acquiring approximately 300 miles of new seismic lines, reprocessing
approximately 1,250 miles of existing seismic lines and drilling a minimum of approximately 23,000
feet. The Company completed Phase 1 with the exception of drilling approximately 13,800 feet. The
first Phase 1 exploration well drilled in 2005 was suspended, having found no commercial quantities
of hydrocarbons. Drilling on the second exploration well commenced in October 2006, but it was not
expected to be completed and tested by November 30, 2006, the deadline for completing the Phase 1
exploration program. In September 2006 the Company submitted a letter to PetroChina requesting that
a further extension be granted to the Phase 1 exploration program. The Company received a letter of
approval from PetroChina for an extension of Phase 1 to September 30, 2007.
In January 2006, the Company farmed-out 10% of its working interest in the Zitong block to
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company Inc. of Japan (Mitsubishi) for $4.0 million. Mitsubishi has the
option to increase its participating interest to 20% by paying $0.4 million plus costs per
percentage point prior to any discovery, or $8.0 million plus costs for an additional 10% interest
after completion and testing of the first well drilled under the farm-out agreement.
The Company and Mitsubishi (the Zitong Partners) will await the results of the second exploration
well (see above) after which a decision will be made whether or not to enter into the next
three-year exploration phase (Phase 2). The $4.0 million advance from Mitsubishi was used to pay
for the initial well costs in 2006. If the Company elects not to enter into Phase 2, it will be
required to pay China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), within 30 days after its election, a
cash equivalent of its share of the deficiency in the work program estimated to be $0.2 million
after the drilling of the second Phase 1 well. If the Company elects not to enter Phase 2, costs
related to the Zitong block in the approximate amount of $12.2 million will be required to be
included in the depletable base of the China full cost pool. This may result in a ceiling test
impairment related to the China full cost pool in a future period.
If the Zitong Partners elect to participate in Phase 2, they must complete a minimum work program
involving the acquisition of approximately 200 miles of new seismic lines and approximately 23,000
feet of drilling, with estimated minimum expenditures for the program of $21.6 million. Following
the completion of Phase 2, the Zitong Partners must relinquish all of the property except any areas
identified for development and production. If the Zitong Partners elect to enter into Phase 2, they
must complete the minimum work program or will be obligated to pay to CNPC the cash equivalent of
the deficiency in the work program for that exploration phase.
Income Taxes
The Companys income tax filings are subject to audit by taxation authorities, which may result in
the payment of income taxes and/or a decrease in its net operating losses available for
carry-forward in the various jurisdictions in which the Company operates. While the Company
believes its tax filings do not include uncertain tax positions, the results of potential audits or
the effect of changes in tax law cannot be ascertained at this time. The Company received an
indication from local Chinese tax authorities as to a change in the rule under which development
costs may be deducted in arriving at taxable income, effective for the 2006 tax year. Although the
Company has received no formal notification of any rule changes, we
have reviewed the potential impact of such anticipated rule changes and reviewed our proposed
filings for the 2006 tax year with Chinese tax authorities. The Companys calculations indicate
that there are no taxes payable for the 2006 and 2007 tax years, and the Company has confirmed that
this position is acceptable to the tax authorities. The Company will continue its discussions with
Chinese tax authorities to finalize its future and ongoing filing positions.
11
Long Term Obligation
As part of the Ensyn merger, the Company assumed an obligation to pay $1.9 million in the event,
and at such time that, the sale of units incorporating the HTL Technology for petroleum
applications reach a total of $100.0 million. This obligation was recorded in the Companys
consolidated balance sheet.
Other Commitments
As part of the Ensyn merger, the Company assumed an obligation to advance to a former affiliate of
Ensyn (the Former Ensyn Affiliate) up to approximately $0.4 million if the Former Ensyn Affiliate
cannot meet certain debt servicing ratios required under a Canadian municipal government loan
agreement. The principal amount of this loan is repayable in nine equal annual installments
commencing April 1, 2006 and ending April 1, 2014. The parent corporation of the Former Ensyn
Affiliate has agreed to indemnify the Company for any amounts advanced to the Former Ensyn
Affiliate under the loan agreement.
The Company may provide indemnifications, in the course of normal operations, that are often
standard contractual terms to counterparties in certain transactions such as purchase and sale
agreements. The terms of these indemnifications will vary based upon the contract, the nature of
which prevents the Company from making a reasonable estimate of the maximum potential amounts that
may be required to be paid. The Companys management is of the opinion that any resulting
settlements relating to potential litigation matters or indemnifications would not materially
affect the financial position of the Company.
8. SHARE CAPITAL
Following is a summary of the changes in share capital and stock options outstanding for the
three-month period ended March 31, 2007:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock Options |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
Number |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contributed |
|
|
Number |
|
|
Exercise Price |
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
Amount |
|
|
Surplus |
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
Cdn.$ |
|
Balance December 31, 2006 |
|
|
241,216 |
|
|
$ |
318,725 |
|
|
$ |
6,489 |
|
|
|
12,370 |
|
|
$ |
2.34 |
|
Shares issued for: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Services |
|
|
148 |
|
|
|
279 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Granted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
200 |
|
|
$ |
2.29 |
|
Expired |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(283 |
) |
|
$ |
3.18 |
|
Stock based compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
523 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance March 31, 2007 |
|
|
241,364 |
|
|
$ |
319,004 |
|
|
$ |
7,012 |
|
|
|
12,287 |
|
|
$ |
2.32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase Warrants
There were no changes to the number of the Companys purchase warrants and common shares issuable
upon the exercise of the purchase warrants for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007.
As at March 31, 2007, the following purchase warrants were exercisable to purchase common shares of
the Company until the expiry date at the price per share as indicated below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Purchase Warrants |
|
|
Price per |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise |
Year of |
|
Special |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Price per |
Issue |
|
Warrant |
|
Issued |
|
|
Exercisable |
|
|
Issuable |
|
|
Value |
|
|
Expiry Date |
|
Share |
|
|
|
|
(thousands) |
|
|
($U.S. 000) |
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
Cdn. $3.10 |
|
|
4,100 |
|
|
|
4,100 |
|
|
|
4,100 |
|
|
$ |
2,412 |
|
|
(1) |
|
Cdn. $3.50 |
2005 |
|
Cdn. $3.10 |
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
534 |
|
|
July 2007 |
|
Cdn. $3.50 |
2005 |
|
U.S. $1.63 |
|
|
11,196 |
|
|
|
11,196 |
|
|
|
11,196 |
|
|
|
1,891 |
|
|
November 2007 |
|
U.S. $2.50 |
2005 |
|
n/a |
|
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
|
|
313 |
|
|
November 2007 |
|
U.S. $2.00 |
2006 |
|
U.S.$2.23 |
|
|
11,400 |
|
|
|
11,400 |
|
|
|
11,400 |
|
|
|
18,805 |
|
|
May 2011 |
|
Cdn. $2.93(2) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,696 |
|
|
|
29,696 |
|
|
|
29,696 |
|
|
$ |
23,955 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
(1) |
|
In March 2007, the Company agreed that the warrants, which were to have expired on April 15,
2007, would be extended until the earlier of: (i) April 15, 2008; and (ii) thirty days following
the date the closing trading price of the common shares of the Company on the Toronto Stock
Exchange exceeds the exercise price of the warrants for a period of five consecutive trading
days. |
|
(2) |
|
Each common share purchase warrant originally entitled the holder to purchase one common
share at a price of $2.63 per share until the fifth anniversary date of the closing. In September
2006, these warrants were listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the exercise price was changed
to Cdn.$2.93. |
The weighted average exercise price of the exercisable purchase warrants, as at March 31, 2007
was U.S. $2.57 per share.
9. SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company has three reportable business segments: Oil and Gas, HTL and GTL.
Oil and Gas
The Company explores for, develops and produces crude oil and natural gas in the U.S. and in China.
The Company seeks projects requiring relatively low initial capital outlays to which it can apply
innovative technology and enhanced recovery techniques in developing them. In the U.S., the
Companys exploration, development and production activities are primarily conducted in California
and Texas. In China, the Companys development and production activities are conducted at the
Dagang oil field located in Hebei Province and exploration activities in the Zitong block located
in Sichuan Province.
HTL
The Company seeks to increase its oil reserves through the deployment of our HTL Technology. The
technology is intended to be used to upgrade heavy oil at facilities located in the field to
produce lighter, more valuable crude. In addition, an HTL facility can yield surplus energy for
producing steam and electricity used in heavy-oil production. The thermal energy from the
RTPTM Process provides heavy-oil producers with an alternative to natural gas that now
is widely used to generate steam.
GTL
The Company holds a master license from Syntroleum to use its proprietary GTL Technology to convert
natural gas into synthetic fuels. The master license allows the Company to use Syntroleums
proprietary process in an unlimited number of GTL projects throughout the world to convert natural
gas into an unlimited volume of ultra clean transportation fuels and other synthetic petroleum
products.
Corporate
The Companys corporate office is in Canada with its operational office in the U.S. For this note,
any amounts for the corporate office in Canada are included in Corporate.
The following tables present the Companys interim segment information for the three-month periods
ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 and identifiable assets as at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006:
13
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2007 |
|
|
|
Oil and Gas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. |
|
|
China |
|
|
HTL |
|
|
GTL |
|
|
Corporate |
|
|
Total |
|
Oil and gas revenue |
|
$ |
2,711 |
|
|
$ |
6,885 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
9,596 |
|
Loss on derivative instruments |
|
|
(459 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(459 |
) |
Interest income |
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
87 |
|
|
|
120 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,274 |
|
|
|
6,896 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
87 |
|
|
|
9,257 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating costs |
|
|
1,202 |
|
|
|
2,483 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,685 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
388 |
|
|
|
407 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,077 |
|
|
|
2,872 |
|
Business and technology development |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,017 |
|
|
|
145 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,162 |
|
Depletion and depreciation |
|
|
1,614 |
|
|
|
4,726 |
|
|
|
548 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
6,892 |
|
Interest expense and financing costs |
|
|
87 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
94 |
|
|
|
193 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,291 |
|
|
|
7,621 |
|
|
|
2,572 |
|
|
|
148 |
|
|
|
2,172 |
|
|
|
15,804 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss |
|
$ |
(1,017 |
) |
|
$ |
(725 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,572 |
) |
|
$ |
(148 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,085 |
) |
|
$ |
(6,547 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital Investments |
|
$ |
812 |
|
|
$ |
3,802 |
|
|
$ |
720 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
5,334 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Identifiable Assets (As at March 31, 2007) |
|
$ |
40,996 |
|
|
$ |
70,883 |
|
|
$ |
107,369 |
|
|
$ |
15,076 |
|
|
$ |
7,150 |
|
|
$ |
241,474 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Identifiable Assets (As at December 31, 2006) |
|
$ |
42,158 |
|
|
$ |
72,970 |
|
|
$ |
107,186 |
|
|
$ |
15,081 |
|
|
$ |
11,149 |
|
|
$ |
248,544 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three-Month Period Ended March 31, 2006 |
|
|
|
Oil and Gas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. |
|
|
China |
|
|
HTL |
|
|
GTL |
|
|
Corporate |
|
|
Total |
|
Oil and gas revenue |
|
$ |
2,991 |
|
|
$ |
6,835 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
9,826 |
|
Interest income |
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
38 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,005 |
|
|
|
6,837 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
9,864 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating costs |
|
|
1,204 |
|
|
|
1,512 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,716 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
373 |
|
|
|
345 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,282 |
|
|
|
2,000 |
|
Business and technology development |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,310 |
|
|
|
352 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,662 |
|
Depletion and depreciation |
|
|
1,188 |
|
|
|
5,424 |
|
|
|
1,231 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
7,847 |
|
Interest expense and financing costs |
|
|
62 |
|
|
|
45 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
157 |
|
|
|
265 |
|
Provision for impairment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,827 |
|
|
|
8,076 |
|
|
|
2,542 |
|
|
|
355 |
|
|
|
1,440 |
|
|
|
15,240 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Income (Loss) |
|
$ |
178 |
|
|
$ |
(1,239 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,542 |
) |
|
$ |
(355 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,418 |
) |
|
$ |
(5,376 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital Investments |
|
$ |
1,274 |
|
|
$ |
2,717 |
|
|
$ |
683 |
|
|
$ |
218 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
4,892 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
The Companys results of operations are sensitive mainly to fluctuations in oil and natural gas
prices. The Company may periodically use different types of derivative instruments to manage its
exposure to price volatility, thus mitigating fluctuations in commodity-related cash flows.
The Company entered into a costless collar derivative to hedge its cash flow from the sale of
approximately 400-500 barrels of its U.S. oil production per day over a two year period starting
November 2006. The derivative had a ceiling price of $65.20 per barrel and a floor price of $63.20
per barrel using WTI as the index traded on the NYMEX. For the three-month period ended March 31,
2007, the Company had realized gains of $0.2 million on this derivative transaction, offsetting
$0.7 million of unrealized losses. Both realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivatives
have been recognized in the results of operations.
For the three-month period ended March 31, 2006 the Company had no derivative activities.
14
11. SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Supplemental cash flow information for the three-month periods ended March 31:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Cash paid during the period for: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income taxes |
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
$ |
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest |
|
$ |
34 |
|
|
$ |
171 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investing and Financing activities, non-cash: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition of oil and gas assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares issued |
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
20,000 |
|
Debt issued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,547 |
|
Receivable applied to acquisition |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,746 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
28,293 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changes in non-cash working capital items |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating Activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable |
|
$ |
1,009 |
|
|
$ |
(1,021 |
) |
Prepaid and other current assets |
|
|
175 |
|
|
|
(254 |
) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
(572 |
) |
|
|
(317 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
612 |
|
|
|
(1,592 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable |
|
|
(115 |
) |
|
|
2,076 |
|
Prepaid and other current assets |
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
(15 |
) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
(941 |
) |
|
|
(3,146 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,006 |
) |
|
|
(1,085 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(394 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,677 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12. MERGER AND ACQUISITIONS
The January 2004 Dagang field farm-out agreement between the Company and Richfirst Holdings Limited
(Richfirst), provided Richfirst with the right to exchange its working interest in the Dagang
field for common shares of the Company at any time prior to eighteen months after the closing of
the farm-out transaction contemplated by the agreement. Richfirst elected to exchange its 40%
working interest in the Dagang field and, in February 2006, the Company re-acquired Richfirsts 40%
working interest for total consideration of $28.3 million consisting of $20.0 million paid by way
of the issuance to Richfirst of 8,591,434 common shares of the Company, a non-interest bearing,
unsecured promissory note in the principal amount approximately $7.4 million ($6.5 million after
being discounted to net present value) and the forgiveness of $1.8 million of unpaid joint venture
receivables. The promissory note is payable in 36 equal monthly installments commencing March 31,
2006. The Company has the right, during the three-year loan repayment period, to require Richfirst
to convert the remaining unpaid balance of the promissory note into common shares of Sunwing Energy
Ltd (Sunwing), the Companys wholly-owned subsidiary, or another company owning all of the
outstanding shares of Sunwing, subject to Sunwing or the other company having obtained a listing of
its common shares on a prescribed stock exchange. The number of shares issued would be determined
by dividing the then outstanding principal balance under the promissory note by the issue price of
shares of the newly listed company issued in the transaction that results in the listing, less a
10% discount.
13. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Company and INPEX Corporation (INPEX), Japans largest oil and gas exploration and production
company, have signed an agreement to jointly pursue the opportunity to develop a heavy oil field in
Iraq that Ivanhoe believes is a suitable candidate for its patented HTL heavy oil upgrading
technology.
In late 2004, the Company signed a memorandum of understanding with the Iraqi Ministry of Oil to
evaluate a specific, large heavy oil field and its commercial development potential using Ivanhoe
Energys HTL Technology. Since that time, the Company has carried out a detailed analysis and has
generated data regarding the applicability of its HTL upgrading technology for the development of
the field. The necessary approval by the Iraqi Ministry of Oil for INPEXs participation has been
received.
The agreement requires a payment of $9.0 million by INPEX to Ivanhoe Energy towards Ivanhoes past
costs related to the project and provides INPEX with a 45% interest in the venture, with Ivanhoe
Energy retaining a 55% majority interest. Both parties will participate in the pursuit of the
opportunity but Ivanhoe shall lead the discussions. Should the Company and INPEX proceed with the
development and deploy Ivanhoe Energys HTL Technology, certain technology fees would be payable to
the Company.
15
14. ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURE REQUIRED UNDER U.S. GAAP
The Companys consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP as
applied in Canada. In the case of the Company, Canadian GAAP conforms in all material respects with
U.S. GAAP except for certain matters, the details of which are as follows:
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
Shareholders Equity and Oil and Gas Properties and Investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at March 31, 2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders Equity |
|
|
|
Oil and Gas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Properties and |
|
|
Derivative |
|
|
Capital and |
|
|
Contributed |
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments |
|
|
Instruments |
|
|
Warrants |
|
|
Surplus |
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
Total |
|
Canadian GAAP |
|
$ |
119,379 |
|
|
$ |
1,159 |
|
|
$ |
342,959 |
|
|
$ |
7,012 |
|
|
$ |
(127,330 |
) |
|
$ |
222,641 |
|
Adjustments for: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reduction in stated capital (i) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
74,455 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(74,455 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Accounting for stock based
compensation (ii) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(387 |
) |
|
|
(3,361 |
) |
|
|
3,748 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ascribed value of shares issued for U.S.
royalty interests, net (iv) |
|
|
1,358 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,358 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,358 |
|
Fair value adjustment of derivative
instruments (iii) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,570 |
|
|
|
(8,552 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(18 |
) |
|
|
(8,570 |
) |
Provision for impairment (v) |
|
|
(26,270 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(26,270 |
) |
|
|
(26,270 |
) |
Depletion adjustments due to differences
in provision for impairment (vi) |
|
|
5,705 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,705 |
|
|
|
5,705 |
|
HTL and GTL development costs
expensed (vii) |
|
|
(11,669 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(11,669 |
) |
|
|
(11,669 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. GAAP |
|
$ |
88,503 |
|
|
$ |
9,729 |
|
|
$ |
409,833 |
|
|
$ |
3,651 |
|
|
$ |
(230,289 |
) |
|
$ |
183,195 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at December 31, 2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders' Equity |
|
|
|
Oil and Gas |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Properties and |
|
|
Derivative |
|
|
Capital and |
|
|
Contributed |
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments |
|
|
Instruments |
|
|
Warrants |
|
|
Surplus |
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
Total |
|
Canadian GAAP |
|
$ |
121,918 |
|
|
$ |
493 |
|
|
$ |
342,680 |
|
|
$ |
6,489 |
|
|
$ |
(120,783 |
) |
|
$ |
228,386 |
|
Adjustments for: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reduction in stated capital (i) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
74,455 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(74,455 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Accounting for stock based
compensation (ii) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(387 |
) |
|
|
(3,361 |
) |
|
|
3,748 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ascribed value of shares issued for U.S.
royalty interests, net (iv) |
|
|
1,358 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,358 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,358 |
|
Fair value adjustment of derivative
instruments (iii) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,378 |
|
|
|
(8,552 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,174 |
|
|
|
(6,378 |
) |
Provision for impairment (v) |
|
|
(26,270 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(26,270 |
) |
|
|
(26,270 |
) |
Depletion adjustments due to differences
in provision for impairment (vi) |
|
|
4,402 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,402 |
|
|
|
4,402 |
|
HTL and GTL development costs
expensed (vii) |
|
|
(11,669 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(11,669 |
) |
|
|
(11,669 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. GAAP |
|
$ |
89,739 |
|
|
$ |
6,871 |
|
|
$ |
409,554 |
|
|
$ |
3,128 |
|
|
$ |
(222,853 |
) |
|
$ |
189,829 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders Equity
(i) In June 1999, the shareholders approved a reduction of stated capital in respect of the
common shares by an amount of $74.5 million being equal to the accumulated deficit as at December
31, 1998. Under U.S. GAAP, a reduction of the accumulated deficit
16
such as this is not recognized
except in the case of a quasi reorganization. The effect of this is that under U.S. GAAP, share
capital and accumulated deficit are increased by $74.5 million as at March 31, 2007 and December
31, 2006.
(ii) For Canadian GAAP, the Company accounts for all stock options granted to employees and
directors since January 1, 2002 using the fair value based method of accounting. Under this method,
compensation costs are recognized in the financial statements over the stock options vesting
period using an option-pricing model for determining the fair value of the stock options at the
grant date. For U.S. GAAP, prior to January 1, 2006 the Company applied APB Opinion No. 25, as
interpreted by FASB
Interpretation No. 44, in accounting for its stock option plan and did not recognize
compensation costs in its financial statements for stock options issued to employees and directors.
This resulted in a reduction of $3.7 million in the accumulated deficit as at March 31, 2007, and
December 31, 2006, equal to accumulated stock based compensation for stock options granted to
employees and directors since January 1, 2002 and expensed through December 31, 2005 under Canadian
GAAP.
In December 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued a revision to SFAS No.
123, Accounting for Stock Based Compensation which supersedes APB No. 25, Accounting for Stock
Issued to Employees. This statement (SFAS No. 123(R)) requires measurement of the cost of
employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the fair value
of the award on the date of the grant and recognition of the cost in the results of operations over
the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award. No
compensation cost is recognized for equity instruments for which employees do not render the
requisite service. The Company elected to implement this statement on a modified prospective basis
starting in the first quarter of 2006. Under the modified prospective basis the Company began
recognizing stock based compensation in its U.S. GAAP results of operations for the unvested
portion of awards outstanding as at January 1, 2006 and for all awards granted after January 1,
2006. There were no differences in the Companys stock based compensation expense in its financial
statements for Canadian GAAP and U.S. GAAP for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2007 and
2006.
(iii) The Company accounts for purchase warrants as equity under Canadian GAAP. As more fully
described in our financial statements in Item 8 of our 2006 Annual Report filed on Form 10-K, in
2006, the accounting treatment of warrants was changed under U.S. GAAP to correct for the
application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 133 Accounting for Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities (SFAS No. 133). Under SFAS No. 133, share purchase warrants
with an exercise price denominated in a currency other than the Companys functional currency are
accounted for as derivative liabilities. Changes in the fair value of the warrants are required to
be recognized in the statement of operations each reporting period for U.S. GAAP purposes. Under
the Companys previous U.S. GAAP accounting treatment, no changes in fair value were recorded. At
the time that the Companys share purchase warrants are exercised, the value of the warrants will
be reclassified to shareholders equity for U.S. GAAP purposes. Under Canadian GAAP, the fair value
of the warrants on the issue date is recorded as a reduction to the proceeds from the issuance of
common shares, with the offset to the warrant component of equity. The warrants are not revalued to
fair value under Canadian GAAP. This GAAP difference resulted in an increase in derivative
instruments of $8.6 million and $6.4 million as at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, and a
decrease in warrants of $8.6 million as at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006.
Oil and Gas Properties and Investments
(iv) For U.S. GAAP purposes, the aggregate value attributed to the acquisition of U.S. royalty
rights during 1999 and 2000 was $1.4 million higher, due to the difference between Canadian and
U.S. GAAP in the value ascribed to the shares issued, primarily resulting from differences in the
recognition of effective dates of the transactions.
(v) As more fully described in our financial statements in Item 8 of our 2006 Annual Report
filed on Form 10-K, there are differences between the full cost method of accounting for oil and
gas properties as applied in Canada and as applied in the U.S. The principal difference is in the
method of performing ceiling test evaluations under the full cost method of accounting rules. The
Company performed the ceiling test in accordance with U.S. GAAP and determined that for the
three-months ended March 31, 2007 no impairment provision was required and no impairment provision
was required under Canadian GAAP. The differences in the ceiling test impairments by period for the
U.S. and China properties between U.S. and Canadian GAAP as at March 31, 2007 were as follows:
17
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ceiling Test Impairments |
|
|
(Increase) |
|
|
|
U.S. GAAP |
|
|
Canadian GAAP |
|
|
Decrease |
|
U.S. Properties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prior to 2004 |
|
$ |
34,000 |
|
|
$ |
34,000 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
15,000 |
|
|
|
16,350 |
|
|
|
1,350 |
|
2005 |
|
|
2,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,800 |
) |
2006 |
|
|
7,600 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,600 |
) |
2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
59,400 |
|
|
|
50,350 |
|
|
|
(9,050 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
China Properties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prior to 2004 |
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10,000 |
) |
2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
|
1,700 |
|
|
|
5,000 |
|
|
|
3,300 |
|
2006 |
|
|
15,940 |
|
|
|
5,420 |
|
|
|
(10,520 |
) |
2007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,640 |
|
|
|
10,420 |
|
|
|
(17,220 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
87,040 |
|
|
$ |
60,770 |
|
|
$ |
(26,270 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(vi) The differences in the amount of impairment provisions between U.S. and Canadian
GAAP resulted in a reduction in accumulated depletion of $5.7 million and $4.4 million as at March
31, 2007 and December 31, 2006.
(vii) As more fully described in our financial statements in Item 8 of our 2006 Annual Report
filed on Form 10-K, for Canadian GAAP, the Company capitalizes certain costs incurred for HTL and
GTL projects subsequent to executing a memorandum of understanding to determine the technical and
commercial feasibility of a project, including studies for the marketability for the projects
products. If no definitive agreement is reached, then the projects capitalized costs, which are
deemed to have no future value, are written down and charged to the results of operations with a
corresponding reduction in the investments in HTL and GTL assets. For U.S. GAAP, feasibility,
marketing and related costs incurred prior to executing an HTL or GTL definitive agreement are
considered to be research and development and are expensed as incurred. As at March 31, 2007 and
December 31, 2006, the Company capitalized $11.7 million for Canadian GAAP, which was expensed for
U.S. GAAP purposes.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
The application of U.S. GAAP had the following effects on net loss and net loss per share as
reported under Canadian GAAP:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three-Month Periods Ended March 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
Net |
|
|
Net Loss |
|
|
Net |
|
|
Net Loss |
|
|
|
Loss |
|
|
Per Share |
|
|
Loss |
|
|
Per Share |
|
Canadian GAAP |
|
$ |
(6,547 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
(5,376 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.02 |
) |
Provision for impairment (v and viii) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,450 |
) |
|
|
(0.03 |
) |
Depletion adjustments due to differences in
provision for impairment (viii) |
|
|
1,303 |
|
|
|
0.01 |
|
|
|
285 |
|
|
|
|
|
HTL and GTL development costs
expensed, net (ix) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(571 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Fair value adjustment of derivative
instruments (iii) |
|
|
(2,192 |
) |
|
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
|
(4,304 |
) |
|
|
(0.02 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. GAAP |
|
$ |
(7,436 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
(16,416 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.07 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average Number of Shares under U.S.
GAAP (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
241,231 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
224,547 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(viii) As discussed under Oil and Gas Properties and Investments in this note,
there is a difference in performing the ceiling test evaluation under the full cost method of the
accounting rules between U.S. and Canadian GAAP. Application of the ceiling test evaluation under
U.S. GAAP has resulted in an accumulated net increase in impairment provisions on the Companys
U.S. and China oil and gas properties of $26.3 million as at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006.
This net increase in U.S. GAAP impairment provisions has resulted in lower depletion rates for U.S.
GAAP purposes and a reduction of $1.3 million and $0.3 million in the net losses for the
three-month periods ended March 31, 2007 and 2006.
(ix) As more fully described under Oil and Gas Properties and Investments in this note, for
Canadian GAAP, feasibility,
18
marketing and related costs incurred prior to executing an HTL or
GTL definitive
agreement are capitalized and are subsequently written down upon determination that a projects
future value has been impaired. For U.S. GAAP, such costs are considered to be research and
development and are expensed as incurred. For the three-month periods ended March 31, 2007 and
2006 the Company expensed nil and $0.6 million in excess of the Canadian GAAP write-downs
during those corresponding periods.
Pro Forma Effect of Merger and Acquisition
Had the acquisition of Richfirsts 40% working interest in the Dagang field been completed January
1, 2006, the U.S. GAAP pro forma revenue, net loss and net loss per share of the consolidated
operations for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006 would have been as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended March 31, |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (Income) |
|
|
Net (Income) |
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
|
Loss |
|
|
Loss Per Share |
|
As reported |
|
$ |
9,864 |
|
|
$ |
(16,416 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.07 |
) |
Pro forma adjustments |
|
|
1,051 |
|
|
|
809 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
10,915 |
|
|
$ |
(15,607 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.07 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted Average Number of
Shares (in thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
229,415 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income Taxes
On January 1, 2007, the Company adopted the provisions of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FIN 48), an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109,
Accounting for Income Taxes. FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute
for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be
taken in a tax return. The interpretation requires that the Company recognize the impact of a tax
position in the financial statements if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on
audit, based on the technical merits of the position. FIN 48 also provides guidance on
derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods and
disclosure. In accordance with the provisions of FIN 48, any cumulative effect resulting from the
change in accounting principle is to be recorded as an adjustment to the opening balance of
deficit.
The implementation of FIN 48 did not result in any adjustment to the Companys beginning tax
positions. The Company continues to fully recognize its tax benefits, which are offset by a
valuation allowance to the extent that it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will
not be realized. As at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, the Company did not have any
unrecognized tax benefits.
The Company files federal and provincial income tax returns in Canada. The Companys U.S. and China
subsidiaries file federal, state and local income tax returns in the
U.S. and China, as applicable.
The Company may be subject to a reassessment of federal and provincial income taxes by Canadian tax
authorities for a period of four years from the date of mailing of the original Notice of
Assessment in respect of any particular taxation year. The U.S. federal statute of limitations for
assessment of income tax is generally closed for the Companys tax years ending on or prior to
2002. In certain circumstances, the U.S. federal statute of limitations can reach beyond the
standard three year period. U.S. state statutes of limitations for income tax assessment vary from
state to state. There is no statute of limitations for audit of tax years in China. Tax authorities
have not audited any of the Companys, or its subsidiaries, income tax returns or issued Notices
of Assessment for any tax years.
The Company recognizes any interest accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits in interest
expense and penalties in interest expense and financing costs. During the three-month periods ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006, there was no such interest or penalty.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow
As a result of expensing of HTL and GTL development costs required under U.S. GAAP, the statements
of cash flows as reported would result in a cash surplus from operating activities of $1.5 million
for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006. There would be no difference between Canadian and
U.S. GAAP for same period in 2007. Additionally, capital investments reported under investing
activities would be $4.3
million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2006. There would be no difference between
Canadian and U.S. GAAP for the same period in 2007.
19
Impact of New and Pending U.S. GAAP Accounting Standards
On January 1, 2007, the Company adopted Statement on Financial Standards No. 155, Accounting for
Certain Hybrid Financial Instrumentsan amendment of FASB statements No. 133 and 140 (SFAS No.
155). SFAS No. 155 resolves issues surrounding the application of the bifurcation requirements to
beneficial interests in securitized financial assets. In general, this statement permits fair value
remeasurement for any hybrid financial instrument that contains an embedded derivative that
otherwise would require bifurcation. The adoption of SFAS No. 155 did not have a material impact on
the Companys financial statements.
In February 2007, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities
(including an amendment of FASB Statement No. 115)
(SFAS No. 159). The statement would create a fair value option under which an entity may
irrevocably elect fair value as the initial and subsequent measurement attribute for certain
financial assets and financial liabilities on a contract-by-contract basis, with changes in fair
value recognized in earnings as those changes occur. This Statement is effective as of the
beginning of an entitys first fiscal year that begins after November 15, 2007. Management is in
the process of reviewing the requirements of this recent statement.
In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements (SFAS No. 157). This statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value in generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and expands disclosures
about fair value measurements. This statement does not require any new fair value measurements;
however, for some entities the application of this statement will change current practice. SFAS No.
157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15,
2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years, although early adoption is permitted.
Management is in the process of reviewing the requirements of this
recent statement.
20
Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Forward-Looking Statements
With the exception of historical information, certain matters discussed in this Form 10-Q,
including in this Item 2 Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations, are forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Certain
statements contained in this Form 10-Q, including statements which may contain words such as
could, propose, should, intend, seeks to, is pursuing, expect, believe, will and
similar expressions and statements relating to matters that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can also include discussions relating to
future production associated with our HTL Technology, GTL Technology and EOR techniques. Such
statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause our actual results,
performances or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Although we believe that our
expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our goals will be
achieved. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the
forward-looking statements herein include, but are not limited to, our ability to raise capital as
and when required, the timing and extent of changes in prices for oil and gas, competition,
environmental risks, drilling and operating risks, uncertainties about the estimates of reserves
and the potential success of heavy-to-light and gas-to-liquids technologies, the prices of goods
and services, the availability of drilling rigs and other support services, legislative and
government regulations, political and economic factors in countries in which we operate and
implementation of our capital investment program.
The above items and their possible impact are discussed more fully in the section entitled Risk
Factors in Item 1A and Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk in Item 7A of
our 2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
The following should be read in conjunction with the Companys unaudited condensed consolidated
financial statements contained herein, and the consolidated financial statements, and the
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, contained in
the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006. Any terms used but not defined in the following
discussion have the same meaning given to them in the Form 10-K. The unaudited condensed
consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q have been prepared in
accordance with GAAP in Canada. The impact of significant differences between Canadian GAAP and
U.S. GAAP on the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements is disclosed in Note 14.
SPECIAL NOTE TO CANADIAN INVESTORS
The Company is a registrant under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and voluntarily files reports
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and other forms
used by registrants that are U.S. domestic issuers. Therefore, our reserves estimates and
securities regulatory disclosures generally follow SEC requirements. In 2004, the Canadian
Securities Administrators (CSA) adopted National Instrument 51-101 Standards of Disclosure for
Oil and Gas Activities (NI 51-101) which prescribes certain standards for the preparation and
disclosure of reserves and related information by Canadian issuers. We have been granted certain
exemptions from NI 51-101. Please refer to the Special Note to Canadian Investors on page 12 of our
2006 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
OUR DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF OUR OIL AND GAS ACTIVITIES WITH RESPECT TO OIL AND GAS VOLUMES,
RESERVES AND RELATED PERFORMANCE MEASURES IS PRESENTED ON OUR WORKING INTEREST BASIS AFTER
ROYALTIES. ALL TABULAR AMOUNTS ARE EXPRESSED IN THOUSANDS OF U.S. DOLLARS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AND
PRODUCTION DATA INCLUDING REVENUES AND COSTS PER BOE.
As generally used in the oil and gas business and in this throughout the Form 10-Q, the
following terms have the following meanings:
|
|
|
Boe
|
|
= barrel of oil equivalent |
Bbl
|
|
= barrel |
MBbl
|
|
= thousand barrels |
MMBbl
|
|
= million barrels |
Mboe
|
|
= thousands of barrels of oil equivalent |
Bopd
|
|
= barrels of oil per day |
Bbls/d
|
|
= barrels per day |
Boe/d
|
|
= barrels of oil equivalent per day |
Mboe/d
|
|
= thousands of barrels of oil equivalent per day |
MBbls/d
|
|
= thousand barrels per day |
MMBls/d
|
|
= million barrels per day |
MMBtu
|
|
= million British thermal units |
Mcf
|
|
= thousand cubic feet |
MMcf
|
|
= million cubic feet |
Mcf/d
|
|
= thousand cubic feet per day |
MMcf/d
|
|
= million cubic feet per day |
When we refer to oil in equivalents, we are doing so to compare quantities of oil with
quantities of gas or to express these different commodities in a common unit. In calculating Bbl
equivalents, we use a generally recognized industry standard in which one Bbl is
21
equal to six Mcf. Boes may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation. The conversion ratio is based on an
energy equivalency conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent
a value equivalency at the wellhead.
Electronic copies of our filings with the SEC and the CSA are available, free of charge, through
our web site (www.ivanhoeenergy.com) or, upon request, by contacting our investor relations
department at (604) 688-8323. Alternatively, the SEC and the CSA each maintains a website
(www.sec.gov and www.sedar.com) that contains our periodic reports and other public filings with
the SEC and the CSA.
Ivanhoe Energys Business
Ivanhoe Energy is an independent international heavy oil development and production company focused
on pursuing long-term growth in its reserve base and production. Ivanhoe Energy plans to utilize
technologically innovative methods designed to significantly improve recovery of heavy oil
resources, including the application of the patented rapid thermal processing process
(RTPTM Process) for heavy oil upgrading (HTL Technology or HTL) and enhanced oil
recovery (EOR) techniques. In addition, the Company seeks to expand its reserve base and
production through conventional exploration and production (E&P) of oil and gas. Finally, the
Company is exploring an opportunity to monetize stranded gas reserves through the application of
the conversion of natural gas-to-liquids using a technology (GTL Technology or GTL) licensed
from Syntroleum Corporation. Our core operations are in the United States and China, with business
development opportunities worldwide.
Ivanhoe Energys proprietary, patented heavy oil upgrading technology upgrades the quality of heavy
oil and bitumen by producing lighter, more valuable crude oil, along with by-product energy which
can be used to generate steam or electricity. The HTL Technology has the potential to substantially
improve the economics and transportation of heavy oil. There are significant quantities of heavy
oil throughout the world that have not been developed, much of it stranded due to the lack of
on-site energy, transportation issues, or poor heavy-light price differentials. In remote parts of
the world, the considerable reduction in viscosity of the heavy oil through the HTL process will
allow the oil to be transported economically over long distances.
HTL can virtually eliminate cost exposure to natural gas and diluent, solve the transport
challenge, and capture the majority of the heavy to light oil price differential for oil producers.
HTL accomplishes this at a much smaller scale and at lower per barrel capital costs compared with
established competing technologies, using readily available plant and process components. As HTL
facilities are designed for installation near the wellhead, they eliminate the need for diluent and
make large, dedicated upgrading facilities unnecessary.
Corporate Strategy
Importance of the Heavy Oil Segment of the Oil and Gas Industry
The global oil and gas industry is operating near capacity, driven by sharp increases in demand
from developing economies and the declining availability of replacement low cost reserves. This has
resulted in a significant increase in the relative price of oil and marked shifts in the demand and
supply landscape. These shifts include demand moving toward China and India, while supply has
shifted towards the need to develop higher cost/lower value resources, including heavy oil and
bitumen.
Heavy oil developments can be segregated into two types: conventional heavy oil which flows to the
surface without steam enhancement and non-conventional heavy oil and bitumen. While we focus on the
heavier non-conventional heavy oil, both are playing an important role in creating opportunities
for Ivanhoe.
Production of conventional heavy oil has been steadily increasing worldwide, led by Canada and
Latin America but with significant contributions from most oil basins, including the Middle East
and the Far East, as producers struggle to replace declines in light oil reserves. Even without the
impact of the large non-conventional heavy oil projects in Canada and Venezuela, world oil
production has been getting heavier. Refineries, on the other hand, have not been able to keep up
with the need for deep conversion capacity, and heavy-light price differentials have widened
significantly.
With regard to non-conventional heavy oil and bitumen, the dramatic increase in interest and
activity has been fueled by higher prices, in addition to various key advances in technology,
including improved remote sensing, horizontal drilling, and new thermal techniques. This has
enabled producers to much more effectively access the extensive, heavy oil resources around the
world.
These newer technologies, together with firm oil prices, have generated increased access to heavy
oil resources, although for profitable exploitation, key challenges remain, with varied weightings,
project by project: 1) the requirement for steam and electricity to help extract heavy oil, 2) the
need for diluent to move the oil once it is at the surface, and 3) the wide heavy-light price
differentials that the producer is faced with when the product gets to market. These challenges
can lead to distressed assets, where economics are poor, or to stranded assets, where the
resource cannot be economically produced and lies fallow.
22
Ivanhoes Value Proposition
Ivanhoes application of the HTL Technology seeks to address the three key heavy oil development
challenges outlined above, and can do so at a relatively small scale.
In addition to improving oil quality, an HTL facility can yield surplus energy for production of
the steam and electricity used in heavy oil production. The thermal energy generated by the HTL
process can provide heavy oil producers with an alternative to increasingly volatile prices for
natural gas that now is widely used to generate steam. Test yields of the low-viscosity, upgraded
product are greater than 85% by volume, and high conversion of the heavy residual fraction is
achieved. In addition to the liquid upgraded oil product, a small amount of valuable by-product gas
is produced, and usable excess heat is generated from the by-product coke.
Ivanhoes HTL process offers three potential advantages in that it can virtually eliminate cost
exposure to natural gas and diluent, solve the transport challenge, and capture the majority of the
heavy to light oil price differential for oil producers. Testing indicates that Ivanhoes HTL
process can accomplish this at a much smaller scale and at lower per barrel capital cost compared
with established competing technologies, using readily available plant and process components.
Since HTL facilities will be designed for installation near the wellhead, they are expected to
eliminate the need for diluent and may make large, dedicated upgrading facilities unnecessary.
The business opportunities available to Ivanhoe correspond to the challenges each potential heavy
oil project faces. In Canada, California, the Middle East and Asia, all three of the HTL advantages
identified above come into play. In others, including certain identified opportunities in Latin
America and some Middle East countries, the heavy oil naturally flows to the surface, but transport
is the key problem.
The economics of a project are effectively dictated by the advantages that HTL can bring to a
particular opportunity. The more stranded the resource and the fewer monetization alternatives that
the resource owner has, the greater the opportunity the Company will have to establish the Ivanhoe
value proposition.
Implementation Strategies
In order to capture the value that our HTL Technology provides, the Company is pursuing the
following strategies:
|
1. |
|
Build a portfolio of major HTL projects. We will continue to deploy our personnel and
our financial resources in support of our goal to capture opportunities for development
projects utilizing our HTL Technology. We recently signed an
agreement with a Western Canadian oilsands producer for a joint feasibility and testing program using our
HTL Technology for the processing of a unique heavy oil stream from the producers
operations in the Athabasca oil sands. The application contemplated
by this test program complements our main strategy of deploying our
HTL Technology as a strategic tool to acquire and develop heavy oil reserves. |
|
|
2. |
|
Advance the technology. Additional development work will continue as we advance the
technology through the first commercial application and beyond. To optimize the technology
development process, the Company has recently commenced design and construction of a
Feedstock Test Facility (FTF) that has been designed to process small quantities of heavy
oil and will allow us to: |
|
|
|
Screen and test heavy oil and bitumen feedstocks in cost-effective quantities for current and potential partners, |
|
|
|
|
Produce, assess and evaluate physical liquid products from partner heavy oil and bitumen feedstocks, |
|
|
|
|
Conduct ongoing research and development in order to add to our portfolio of patents through the development and testing of improvements and optimizations, and |
|
|
|
|
Have an HTL showcase that possesses all of the key elements of a commercial facility. |
|
3. |
|
Enhance our financial position in anticipation of major projects. Implementation of
large projects requires significant capital outlays. We are refining our financing plans
and establishing the relationships required for the development activities that we see
ahead. The Companys recently announced agreement with INPEX Corporation, Japans largest
oil and gas exploration and production company, to jointly pursue the opportunity to
develop a heavy oil field in Iraq complements a number of other initiatives that the
Company has underway that focus on heavy oil basins around the world. |
|
|
4. |
|
Build internal capabilities in advance of major projects. The HTL technical team,
which includes our own staff, specialized consultants including the inventors of the
technology, and our EOR team will be supplemented and expanded to add additional expertise
in areas such as project management. |
|
|
5. |
|
Build the relationships that we will need for the future. Commercialization of our
technologies demands close alignment with partners, suppliers, host governments and
financiers. |
23
|
6. |
|
Capture value from other company assets as we complete the transition to a heavy oil
focused company. Revenue from existing operations in California and China will be utilized
to fund growth of the business. Non-heavy oil related investment opportunities in our
portfolio will be leveraged to capture value and provide maximum return for the Company. |
Executive Overview of 2007 Results
The following table sets forth certain selected consolidated data for the three-month periods ended
March 31, 2007 and 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three-Month Periods |
|
|
|
Ended March 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
Oil and gas revenue |
|
$ |
9,596 |
|
|
$ |
9,826 |
|
Net loss |
|
$ |
(6,547 |
) |
|
$ |
(5,376 |
) |
Net loss per share |
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.02 |
) |
Average production (Boe/d) |
|
|
2,035 |
|
|
|
2,013 |
|
Net operating revenue per Boe |
|
$ |
32.27 |
|
|
$ |
39.25 |
|
Capital investments |
|
$ |
5,334 |
|
|
$ |
4,892 |
|
Cash flow from operating activities |
|
$ |
2,594 |
|
|
$ |
2,080 |
|
Financial Results Change in Net Loss
The following provides an analysis of our changes in net losses for the three-month period ended
March 31, 2007 when compared to the same period for 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Favorable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Unfavorable) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
Variances |
|
|
2006 |
|
Summary of Net Loss by Significant Components: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Items: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil and Gas Revenues: |
|
$ |
9,596 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
9,826 |
|
Production volumes |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
134 |
|
|
|
|
|
Oil and gas prices |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(364 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Realized gain on derivative instruments |
|
|
207 |
|
|
|
207 |
|
|
|
|
|
Less: Operating costs |
|
|
(3,685 |
) |
|
|
(969 |
) |
|
|
(2,716 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total net operating revenues |
|
|
6,118 |
|
|
|
(992 |
) |
|
|
7,110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and administrative, less
stock based compensation |
|
|
(2,159 |
) |
|
|
(473 |
) |
|
|
(1,686 |
) |
Business and technology development,
less stock based compensation |
|
|
(2,073 |
) |
|
|
(450 |
) |
|
|
(1,623 |
) |
Net interest |
|
|
(19 |
) |
|
|
157 |
|
|
|
(176 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Cash Variances |
|
|
1,867 |
|
|
|
(1,758 |
) |
|
|
3,625 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-Cash Items: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrealized loss on derivative instruments |
|
|
(666 |
) |
|
|
(666 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Depletion and depreciation |
|
|
(6,892 |
) |
|
|
955 |
|
|
|
(7,847 |
) |
Stock based compensation |
|
|
(802 |
) |
|
|
(449 |
) |
|
|
(353 |
) |
Impairment of oil and gas properties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
750 |
|
|
|
(750 |
) |
Other |
|
|
(54 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(51 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Non-Cash Variances |
|
|
(8,414 |
) |
|
|
587 |
|
|
|
(9,001 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Loss |
|
$ |
(6,547 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,171 |
) |
|
$ |
(5,376 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Our net loss for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007 was $6.5 million ($0.03 per
share) compared to our net loss for the same period in 2006 of $5.4 million ($0.02 per share). The
increase in our net loss from 2006 to 2007 of $1.1 million is mainly due to
a $1.0 million decrease in net operating revenues and a $0.9 million increase in general and
administrative, business and technology
24
development expenses net of stock based compensation, partially offset by a favorable $0.6 million
non-cash variance.
Significant variances are explained in the sections that follow.
Net Operating Revenues
The following is a comparison of changes in production volumes for the three-month period ended
March 31, 2007 when compared to the same periods in 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarters ended March 31, |
|
|
Net Boes |
|
|
Percentage |
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
Change |
China: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dagang |
|
|
120,676 |
|
|
|
117,915 |
|
|
|
2 |
% |
Daqing |
|
|
5,640 |
|
|
|
5,579 |
|
|
|
1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
126,316 |
|
|
|
123,494 |
|
|
|
2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S.: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
South Midway |
|
|
51,773 |
|
|
|
46,075 |
|
|
|
12 |
% |
Spraberry |
|
|
4,693 |
|
|
|
5,941 |
|
|
|
-21 |
% |
Others |
|
|
379 |
|
|
|
5,653 |
|
|
|
-93 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
56,845 |
|
|
|
57,669 |
|
|
|
-1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
183,161 |
|
|
|
181,163 |
|
|
|
1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net production volumes for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007 increased 1% when
compared to the same period in 2006 due to a 2% increase in production volumes in our China
properties offset by a 1% decrease in our U.S. properties, resulting in increased revenues of $0.1
million.
Oil and gas prices decreased 3% per Boe for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007 resulting
in decreased revenues of $0.4 million as compared to the same period in 2006. The decrease in the
U.S. was partially offset by settlements from our costless collar derivative.
For the three-month period ended March 31, 2007, operating costs, including production taxes and
engineering support, increased 34% per Boe or $1.0 million compared to the same periods in 2006.
China
Net production volumes at the Dagang field increased 2% for the three-month period ended March 31,
2007 compared to the same period in 2006. Volumes at the Dagang field increased for the three-month
period ended March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006 by 14% or 19.6 Mboe due to the
re-acquisition of Richfirsts 40% working interest in this project in February 2006. This increase
was offset by decreases due to weather related power outages, maintenance rig availability and
natural production declines.
Operating costs in China increased by $7.43 per Boe for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007
when compared to the same period in 2006. In March 2006, the Ministry of Finance of the Peoples
Republic of China (PRC) issued the Administrative Measures on Collection of Windfall Gain Levy
on Oil Exploitation Business (the Windfall Levy Measures). According to the Windfall Levy
Measures, effective as of March 26, 2006, enterprises exploiting and selling crude oil in the PRC
are subject to a windfall gain levy (the Windfall Levy) if the monthly weighted average price of
crude oil is above $40 per barrel. The Windfall Levy is imposed at progressive rates from 20% to
40% on the portion of the weighted average sales price exceeding $40 per barrel. For financial
statement presentation the Windfall Levy is included in operating costs. The Windfall Levy resulted
in $3.75 per Boe of the overall increase in 2007 when compared to 2006.
Field operating costs increased due to higher power costs, increased supervision and operator
salaries and increased maintenance costs. Engineering support for the three-month period ended
March 31, 2007 increased over the same period in 2006 due to a higher allocation of support to
production as we reduced our capital activity in the Dagang field during the three-month period
ended March 31, 2007 when compared to the same period in 2006.
25
U.S.
The 1% decrease in U.S. production volumes for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007 when
compared to the same period in 2006 was mainly due to the decline in production from our Spraberry
field in West Texas and the sale of our Citrus properties in the first quarter of 2006, offset by
increases at South Midway resulting from the 2006 drilling program.
For the three-month period ended March 31, 2007, operating costs in the U.S., including production
taxes and engineering support, increased by $0.26 per Boe from the same period in 2006.
* * *
Production and operating information including oil and gas revenue, operating costs and depletion,
on a per Boe basis are detailed below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three-Month Periods Ended March 31, |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
U.S. |
|
|
China |
|
|
Total |
|
|
U.S. |
|
|
China |
|
|
Total |
|
Net Production: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Boe |
|
|
56,845 |
|
|
|
126,316 |
|
|
|
183,161 |
|
|
|
57,669 |
|
|
|
123,494 |
|
|
|
181,163 |
|
Boe/day for the period |
|
|
632 |
|
|
|
1,403 |
|
|
|
2,035 |
|
|
|
641 |
|
|
|
1,372 |
|
|
|
2,013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per Boe |
|
|
Per Boe |
|
Oil and gas revenue |
|
$ |
47.69 |
|
|
$ |
54.51 |
|
|
$ |
52.39 |
|
|
$ |
51.86 |
|
|
$ |
55.35 |
|
|
$ |
54.24 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Field operating costs |
|
|
14.72 |
|
|
|
14.78 |
|
|
|
14.76 |
|
|
|
15.52 |
|
|
|
11.50 |
|
|
|
12.78 |
|
Production tax and Windfall Levy |
|
|
1.21 |
|
|
|
3.75 |
|
|
|
2.96 |
|
|
|
1.32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.42 |
|
Engineering support |
|
|
5.21 |
|
|
|
1.14 |
|
|
|
2.40 |
|
|
|
4.04 |
|
|
|
0.74 |
|
|
|
1.79 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21.14 |
|
|
|
19.67 |
|
|
|
20.12 |
|
|
|
20.88 |
|
|
|
12.24 |
|
|
|
14.99 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net operating revenue |
|
|
26.55 |
|
|
|
34.84 |
|
|
|
32.27 |
|
|
|
30.98 |
|
|
|
43.11 |
|
|
|
39.25 |
|
Depletion |
|
|
28.19 |
|
|
|
37.41 |
|
|
|
34.55 |
|
|
|
20.37 |
|
|
|
43.90 |
|
|
|
36.41 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net revenue (loss) from operations |
|
$ |
(1.64 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.57 |
) |
|
$ |
(2.28 |
) |
|
$ |
10.61 |
|
|
$ |
(0.79 |
) |
|
$ |
2.84 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and Administrative
Changes in general and administrative expenses, before and after considering increases in non-cash
stock based compensation, by segment for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007 when compared
to the same period for 2006 were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007 vs. |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
Favorable (unfavorable) variances: |
|
|
|
|
Oil and Gas Activities: |
|
|
|
|
China |
|
$ |
(62 |
) |
U.S. |
|
|
(15 |
) |
Corporate |
|
|
(795 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(872 |
) |
Less: stock based compensation |
|
|
399 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(473 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Corporate
General and administrative costs related to Corporate activities increased by $0.8 million for the
three-month period ended March 31, 2007 when compared to the same period in 2006 mainly as a result
of increases in salaries and benefits (including $0.4 million in stock based compensation).
26
Business and Technology Development
Changes in business and technology development expenses, before and after considering increases in
non-cash stock based compensation, by segment for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007 when
compared to the same period for 2006 were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2007 vs. |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
Favorable (unfavorable) variances: |
|
|
|
|
HTL |
|
$ |
(707 |
) |
GTL |
|
|
207 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(500 |
) |
Less: stock based compensation |
|
|
50 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(450 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Business and technology development expenses increased $0.5 million for the three-month period
ended March 31, 2007 compared to the same period in 2006 as we continued to focus on business and
technology development activities related to HTL opportunities. Operating expenses of the CDF to
develop and identify improvements in the application of the HTL Technology are a part of our
business and technology development activities and contributed $0.3 million to the overall increase
for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007. This increase was mainly due to two significant
heavy oil upgrading runs in the first quarter of 2007. In addition, the HTL segment increased $0.2
million in consulting fees and $0.2 million resulting from a shift in resources from GTL.
Depletion and Depreciation
Depletion and depreciation decreased $1.0 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007
when compared to the same period in 2006 primarily due to a $0.7 million decrease in depreciation
of the CDF and a decrease in depletion rates for China offset by an increase in depletion rates in
the U.S.
China
Chinas depletion rate decreased $6.49 per Boe for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007
compared to the same period in 2006. This resulted in a $0.8 million decrease in depletion expense
for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007. This decrease in the rate was mainly due to a $5.4
million ceiling test write down in 2006.
Additionally, slight increases in production volumes in China offset the decrease in depletion
expense by $0.1 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007 when compared to the same
period in 2006.
U.S.
The U.S. depletion rate increased $7.82 per Boe for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007
compared to the same period in 2006, resulting in a $0.4 million increase in depletion expense
compared to these same period in 2006. This increase was mainly due to the 2006 impairment of
certain properties, including North Yowlumne, LAK Ranch and Catfish Creek, resulting in $4.8
million of those costs being included with our proved properties and therefore subject to
depletion.
HTL
Depreciation of the CDF is calculated using the straight-line method over its current useful life
which is based on the existing term of the agreement with Aera Energy LLC to use their property to
test the CDF. The end term of this agreement was extended in August 2006 from December 31, 2006 to
December 31, 2008 and the useful life was extended to coincide with the new term of the agreement.
Financial Condition, Liquidity and Capital Resources
Sources and Uses of Cash
Our net cash and cash equivalents decreased for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007 by $3.1
million compared to a $0.7 million increase for the same period in 2006.
27
Operating Activities
Our operating activities provided $2.6 million in cash for the three-month period ended March 31,
2007 compared to $2.1 million for the same period in 2006. The increase in cash from operating
activities for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007 was mainly due to an increase from
changes in working capital offset by a decrease in oil and gas prices and an increase in expenses
when compared to the same period in 2006.
Investing Activities
Our investing activities used $5.1 million in cash for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007
compared to $0.8 million for the same period in 2006. The main reason for the increase was the
generation of $5.4 million of cash from asset sales in the U.S. in 2006, compared to $1.0 million
for the same period in 2007. In addition, we increased our capital asset expenditures slightly by
$0.4 million. This increase was mainly the result of increased exploration expenditures at our
Zitong project of $2.9 million, offset by reduced expenditures for new drilling at our Dagang
project of $1.8 million, both in China. Expenditures on modifications to the CDF also increased by
$0.4 million. The increases in China and the CDF were offset by reduced E&P expenditures of $0.5
million in the U.S., reduced expenditures of $0.4 million on projects in Iraq and reduced
expenditures for GTL of $0.2 million.
Financing Activities
Financing activities for the three-month period ended March 31, 2007 and 2006 consisted of the
repayment of long-term debt.
Outlook for 2007
The Company intends to utilize revenue from existing operations to fund the transition of the
Company to a heavy oil exploration, production and upgrading company and grow our existing
operations where appropriate to sustain operating cash flow and our financial position. In
addition, the Company is actively engaged in the process of leveraging or monetizing the non-heavy
oil related investments in our portfolio to capture value and provide maximum return for the
Company. Managements plans also include alliances or other arrangements with entities with the
resources to support the Companys projects as well as project financing, debt and mezzanine
financing or the sale of equity securities in order to generate sufficient resources to assure
continuation of the Companys operations and achieve its capital investment objectives. The
Companys recently announced agreement with INPEX Corporation, Japans largest oil and gas
exploration and production company and their agreed payment of $9.0 million towards our past HTL
investments is the first such alliance that we believe will advance the deployment of our HTL
Technology and further our development activities.
Contractual Obligations
The table below summarizes the contractual obligations that are reflected in our Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as at March 31, 2007 and/or disclosed in the accompanying
Notes:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payments Due by Year |
|
|
|
(stated in thousands of U.S. dollars) |
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
2010 |
|
|
After 2010 |
|
Consolidated Balance Sheets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note payable current portion |
|
|
2,190 |
|
|
|
1,626 |
|
|
|
564 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long term debt |
|
|
3,673 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,261 |
|
|
|
412 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset retirement obligation |
|
|
1,996 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
749 |
|
|
|
490 |
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
720 |
|
Long term obligation |
|
|
1,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Commitments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest payable |
|
|
530 |
|
|
|
313 |
|
|
|
213 |
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease commitments |
|
|
3,742 |
|
|
|
783 |
|
|
|
963 |
|
|
|
768 |
|
|
|
643 |
|
|
|
585 |
|
Zitong exploration commitment |
|
|
188 |
|
|
|
188 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
$ |
14,219 |
|
|
$ |
2,925 |
|
|
$ |
5,750 |
|
|
$ |
3,574 |
|
|
$ |
665 |
|
|
$ |
1,305 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
As at March 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated
entities or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities, which
would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other
contractually narrow or limited purposes. In addition, we do not engage in trading activities
28
involving non-exchange traded contracts. As such, we are not materially exposed to any financing,
liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if we had engaged in such relationships. We do
not have relationships and transactions with persons or entities that derive benefits from their
non-independent relationship with us, or our related parties, except as disclosed herein.
Outstanding Share Data
As at May 2, 2007, there were 241,369,188 common shares of the Company issued and outstanding.
Additionally, the Company had 29,696,330 share purchase warrants outstanding and exercisable to
purchase 29,696,330 common shares. As at April 27, 2007, there were 12,235,563 incentive stock
options outstanding to purchase the Companys common shares.
Quarterly Financial Data In Accordance With Canadian and U.S. GAAP (Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
QUARTER ENDED |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
1st Qtr |
|
|
4th Qtr |
|
|
3rd Qtr |
|
|
2nd Qtr |
|
|
1st Qtr |
|
|
4th Qtr |
|
|
3rd Qtr |
|
|
2nd Qtr |
|
Total revenue |
|
$ |
9,257 |
|
|
$ |
11,137 |
|
|
$ |
14,015 |
|
|
$ |
13,084 |
|
|
$ |
9,864 |
|
|
$ |
8,651 |
|
|
$ |
8,907 |
|
|
$ |
6,645 |
|
Net loss: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Canadian GAAP |
|
$ |
(6,547 |
) |
|
$ |
(11,323 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,388 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,405 |
) |
|
$ |
(5,376 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,885 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,113 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,031 |
) |
U.S. GAAP |
|
$ |
(7,436 |
) |
|
$ |
(18,255 |
) |
|
$ |
(5,422 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,329 |
) |
|
$ |
(16,416 |
) |
|
$ |
(7,545 |
) |
|
$ |
530 |
|
|
$ |
(2,083 |
) |
Net loss per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Canadian GAAP |
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.05 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.02 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.02 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.02 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.04 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
U.S. GAAP |
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.07 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.07 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
0.00 |
|
|
$ |
(0.01 |
) |
The differences in the net loss and net loss per share for the third quarter of 2005 were
mainly due to an additional $2.4 million fair value adjustment for U.S. GAAP. The differences in
the net loss and net loss per share for the first quarter of 2006 were due mainly to the impairment
charged for the China oil and gas properties for U.S. GAAP purposes of $7.2 million when compared
to $0.8 million calculated for Canadian GAAP and $4.3 million additional fair value adjustment for
U.S. GAAP. The differences in the net loss and net loss per share for the third quarter of 2006
were due mainly to the impairment charged for the U.S. oil and gas properties for U.S. GAAP
purposes of $3.1 million when compared to nil calculated for Canadian GAAP, offset by a $1.7
million additional fair value adjustment for U.S. GAAP. The differences in the net
loss and net loss per share for the fourth quarter of 2006 were due mainly to the impairment
charged for U.S. GAAP purposes of $8.1 million ($4.5 million relates to the U.S. oil and gas
properties and $3.6 million for the China oil and gas properties) when compared to nil calculated
for Canadian GAAP.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
No material changes since December 31, 2006.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
The Companys management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer,
evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Companys disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of March 31, 2007. Based
upon this evaluation, management concluded that these controls and procedures were (1) designed to
ensure that material information relating to the Company is made known to the Companys Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
disclosure and (2) effective, in that they provide reasonable assurance that information required
to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in
the SECs rules and forms.
It should be noted that while the Companys principal executive officer and principal financial
officer believe that the Companys disclosure controls and procedures provide a reasonable level of
assurance that they are effective, they do not expect that the Companys disclosure controls and
procedures or internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and fraud. A
control system, no matter how well conceived or operated, can provide only reasonable, not
absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met.
During the period ended March 31, 2007, there were no changes in the Companys internal control
over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, the Companys internal control over financial reporting.
29
Part II Other Information
Item 1. Legal Proceedings: None
Item 1A. Risk Factors:
As at March 31, 2007, there were no additional material risks and no material changes to the risk
factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds: None
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities: None
Item 4. Submission of Matters To a Vote of Security Holders: None
Item 5. Other Information: None
Item 6. Exhibits
|
|
|
EXHIBIT |
|
|
NUMBER |
|
DESCRIPTION |
|
|
|
31.1
|
|
Certification by the Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
|
|
|
31.2
|
|
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
|
|
|
32.1
|
|
Certification by the Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
|
|
|
32.2
|
|
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereto duly authorized.
IVANHOE ENERGY INC.
By: /s/ W. Gordon Lancaster
Name: W. Gordon Lancaster
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Dated: May 3, 2007
30
INDEX TO EXHIBITS
|
|
|
Exhibit |
|
|
Number |
|
Description |
|
|
|
31.1
|
|
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
|
|
|
31.2
|
|
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
|
|
|
32.1
|
|
Certification by the Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
|
|
|
32.2
|
|
Certification by the Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 906 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
31