UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 11, 2010

 

Evolution Petroleum Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

001-32942

(Commission File Number)

 

Nevada

 

41-1781991

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

2500 City West Blvd., Suite 1300, Houston, Texas 77042

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(713) 935-0122

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (   see    General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On November 11, 2010, Evolution Petroleum Corporation (the “Company”) issued a press release reporting on financial and operational results for the first quarter of the Company’s fiscal year ended June 30, 2011.  A copy of the press release, dated November 11, 2010, is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1.

 

This information is furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 of Form 8-K and shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, unless specifically incorporated by reference in a document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act. By filing this report on Form 8-K and furnishing this information, the Company makes no admission as to the materiality of any information in this report that is required to be disclosed solely by Item 2.02.

 

Item 9.01.              Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Evolution Petroleum Corporation Press Release, dated November 11, 2010.

 

2



 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

Evolution Petroleum Corporation

 

 (Registrant)

 

 

 

Dated: November 12, 2010

By:

/s/Robert S. Herlin

 

Name:

Robert S. Herlin

 

Title:

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

 

S-1



 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

Evolution Petroleum Corporation Press Release, dated November 11, 2010.

 

E-1


Exhibit 99.1

 

Company Contact:

Sterling McDonald, VP & CFO

 (713) 935-0122

 smcdonald@evolutionpetroleum.com

 

Lisa Elliott / lelliott@drg-e.com

 

 

 

Jack Lascar / jlascar@drg-e.com

 

DRG&E / 713-529-6600

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

Evolution Petroleum Reports Fiscal 2011 First Quarter

Financial and Operational Results

 

Houston, TX, November 11, 2010 - Evolution Petroleum Corporation (NYSE Amex: EPM) today reported financial and operational results for the three months ended September 30, 2010, the Company’s first quarter of fiscal year 2011 (“Q1-11”).

 

Oil and gas revenues in Q1-11 were $1.2 million, flat compared to the three months ended September 30, 2009 (“Q1-10”), due to a 37% increase in blended oil and gas prices to $45.63 per BOE in Q1-11 from $33.43 per BOE in Q1-10.  Oil and gas volumes in Q1-11 decreased 16% sequentially to 25,621 barrels of oil equivalent (“BOE”), or 278 BOE per day, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2010 (“Q4-10”), and were down 27% year-over-year compared to Q1-10. The decline in Q1-11 sales volumes compared to Q1-10 was due to natural production decline in the Giddings Field, partially offset by production in the Delhi Field CO2-EOR project. Volumes in Q1-11 were 34% crude oil, 20% natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) and 46% natural gas, compared to 22% oil, 25% NGLs and 53% natural gas in Q1-10.

 

Net loss in Q1-11 improved to $485,334, or $(0.02) per share, compared to a net loss in Q1-10 of $704,825, or $(0.03) per share, due primarily to a 20% reduction in operating costs, partially offset by a reduction in income tax benefit.  The depreciation, depletion and amortization declined sharply in Q1-11 to $124,018, or $4.50 per BOE, from $617,757, or $17.17 per BOE in Q1-10 as a result of the addition of 9.4 million proved oil reserves at Delhi that have associated legacy costs of only $1.2 million.  Q1-11 and Q1-10 results also include non-cash stock-based compensation expense of approximately $354,486 and $391,636, respectively.

 

Working capital was $4.3 million on September 30, 2010, as compared to $4.9 million on June 30, 2010, and we ended the fiscal first quarter with no outstanding debt.  Capital expenditures during the quarter totaled $0.9 million and comprised of $0.46 million for leasehold acquisitions and $0.45 million for development activities in the Giddings Field and Lopez Field in Texas and our gas shale project in Eastern Oklahoma.

 

Robert Herlin, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We are carrying out our 2011 Plan through joint venture drilling in the Giddings Field and initial testing of the substantial potential in our mid-depth Woodford Shale project in eastern Oklahoma.  Going forward, our financial and operating results should improve due to increasing production in Delhi, new production from our joint venture wells in Giddings and our test wells in Oklahoma.  The higher oil prices now being realized will further improve our operating results as well as our underlying asset value, particularly in Delhi.”

 

Delhi CO2 — Enhanced Oil Recovery Project (EOR)

 

Our net production in the Delhi Field in Louisiana during the first quarter of fiscal 2011 was 4,558 barrels of oil resulting from our 7.4% royalty interest, which carries no operating expense or capital costs.  Production from phase I, the

 



 

first twenty wells of more than 250 planned wells in the project, was temporarily limited by a flow line repair.  Production has increased back to previous levels and continues to grow. In the meantime, CO2 injection has progressed at planned rates and Denbury has continued its field work to expand the project, which should contribute significant incremental production in 2011.

 

Giddings Field, Central Texas

 

We sold 21.1 thousand barrels of oil equivalent (“MBOE”) of production at Giddings Field in Q1-11, a 40% decrease from Q1-10 and 15% decrease from Q4-10 due to natural production decline in the field.  Total lease operating expense (“LOE”) and production taxes were 4% lower in Q1-11 compared to Q1-10, due to lower salt water disposal costs,  partially offset by higher workover costs..  and ,.LOE per BOE increased to $14 in Q1-11 from $11 in Q4-10 primarily due to lower production volumes in Q1-11.  Volumes in Q1-11 were composed of 20% crude oil, 24% NGLs and 56% natural gas.

 

Development drilling at our Giddings Field resumed during the fiscal first quarter in conjunction with our joint venture to drill up to five wells.  The first location, the Supak-Brinkman-1H in Burleson County, was a re-entry operation to add a single 4,100’ Austin Chalk lateral to an existing wellbore.  The well is currently in completion operations as we first produce back a portion of the fluid typically lost during drilling.   In October, we began drilling the Dodd #1H in northern Grimes County to complete two opposing laterals with total lateral extension of approximately 7600’ in the Georgetown formation at a vertical depth of about 10,000’.  Under the terms of the joint venture, we pay 10% of the drilling and completion costs for the two wells and have a 20% working interest (16% revenue interest) before payout and a 38% working interest (30.4% revenue interest) after payout.

 

We also installed our artificial lift technology on a third wholly owned well in the Giddings Field and again achieved the targeted increased production.

 

Woodford Shale Gas, Eastern Oklahoma

 

We began field operations to recomplete our vertical Limon well in Wagoner County, Oklahoma from the Caney Shale into the Woodford Shale at a depth of 1500’.  We also began operations to re-enter and test the Woodford Shale in two vertical wells in Haskell County at depths of approximately 5000’.

 

Lopez Field (Neptune Oil Project)

 

Continued testing of our infill oil project in the Lopez Field in South Texas is on hold pending receipt of a water injection permit, which has been delayed due to a regulatory agency backlog.

 

Conference Call

 

Evolution Petroleum will host a conference call today at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time (10:00 a.m. Central) to discuss these results. To access the call, please dial 480-629-9643 and ask for the Evolution Petroleum call at least 10 minutes prior to the start time. The conference call will also be broadcast live via the Internet and can be accessed through the investor relations section of Evolution’s corporate website, www.evolutionpetroleum.com, where it will also be archived for replay. A telephonic replay of the conference call will be available until November 11, 2010 and may be accessed by calling 303-590-3030 and using the pass code 4381461#. For more information, please contact Donna Washburn at DRG&L at (713) 529-6000 or email at dmw@drg-l.com.

 

About Evolution Petroleum

 

Evolution Petroleum Corporation acquires known, onshore oil and gas resources and applies conservative financing with conventional and specialized technology to accelerate production and develop incremental reserves and value.  The Company is positioned to continue its growth through development projects. Principal assets as of June 30, 2010 include 12.4 MMBOE of proved reserves with PV10

 



 

of $266 million and 7.2 MMBOE of probable reserves with PV10 of $64 million in the producing Delhi Field EOR project in Louisiana, the Giddings Field of Central Texas, Woodford shale gas in Eastern Oklahoma and Lopez Field in South Texas. Other assets include approximately 17,000 net acres in the Woodford shale gas project and a proprietary artificial lift technology intended to extend the life of horizontal wells with oil or associated water production.

 

Additional information, including the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, is available on its website at (www.evolutionpetroleum.com)

 

Cautionary Statement

 

All statements contained in this press release regarding potential results and future plans and objectives of the Company are forward-looking statements that involve various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations include, but are not limited to, those factors that are disclosed under the heading “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in our documents filed from time to time with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory authorities. Statements regarding our ability to complete transactions, successfully apply technology applications in the re-development of oil and gas fields, realize future production volumes, realize success in our drilling and development activity and forecasts of legal claims, prices, future revenues and income and cash flows and other statements that are not historical facts contain predictions, estimates and other forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes that its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, it can give no assurance that its goals will be achieved and these statements will prove to be accurate. Important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those included in the forward-looking statements.

 

-      Financial Statements to Follow      -

 



 

Evolution Petroleum Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

Crude oil

 

$

648,218

 

$

503,122

 

Natural gas liquids

 

209,918

 

285,311

 

Natural gas

 

310,960

 

381,594

 

Total revenues

 

1,169,096

 

1,170,027

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Costs

 

 

 

 

 

Lease operating expenses

 

354,581

 

364,846

 

Production taxes

 

14,703

 

18,367

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

124,018

 

617,757

 

Accretion of asset retirement obligations

 

16,315

 

14,338

 

General and administrative expenses *

 

1,307,567

 

1,253,116

 

Total operating costs

 

1,817,184

 

2,268,424

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss from operations

 

(648,088

)

(1,098,397

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other income

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

7,767

 

15,224

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss before income tax benefit

 

(640,321

)

(1,083,173

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax benefit

 

154,987

 

378,348

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(485,334

)

$

(704,825

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss per common share

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and Diluted

 

$

(0.02

)

$

(0.03

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of common shares

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted

 

27,160,723

 

26,646,022

 

 


*General and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 included non-cash stock-based compensation expense of $354,486 and $391,636, respectively.

 



 

Evolution Petroleum Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

 

 

September 30,

 

June 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2010

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

3,495,420

 

$

3,138,259

 

Certificates of deposit

 

250,000

 

1,350,000

 

Restricted cash

 

3,477,802

 

 

Receivables

 

 

 

 

 

Oil and natural gas sales

 

426,020

 

536,366

 

Income taxes

 

25,200

 

25,200

 

Other

 

293,578

 

147,059

 

Income taxes recoverable

 

716,973

 

716,973

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

287,259

 

315,494

 

Total current assets

 

8,972,252

 

6,229,351

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net of depreciation, depletion, and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

Oil and natural gas properties — full-cost method of accounting, of which $8,238,300and $7,851,068 at September 30, 2010 and June 30, 2010, respectively, were excluded from amortization.

 

31,372,884

 

30,803,061

 

Other property and equipment

 

93,171

 

101,998

 

Total property and equipment

 

31,466,055

 

30,905,059

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other assets

 

35,117

 

60,665

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

$

40,473,424

 

$

37,195,075

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

1,834,616

 

$

678,609

 

Joint interest advances

 

2,267,717

 

 

Accrued payroll

 

33,217

 

75,692

 

Royalties payable

 

203,070

 

221,062

 

State taxes payable

 

202,334

 

202,334

 

Other current liabilities

 

127,151

 

110,002

 

Total current liabilities

 

4,668,105

 

1,287,699

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long term liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred income taxes

 

2,787,893

 

2,949,880

 

Asset retirement obligations

 

827,950

 

811,635

 

Accrued compensation

 

157,500

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

587,033

 

Deferred rent

 

82,579

 

81,635

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

 

8,524,027

 

5,717,882

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, par value $0.001; 5,000,000 shares authorized; no shares issued or outstanding

 

 

 

Common stock; par value $0.001; 100,000,000 shares authorized; issued 28,229,874 shares;outstanding 27,441,674 shares and 27,061,376 shares as of September 30, 2010 and June 30, 2010, respectively.

 

28,229

 

27,849

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

19,489,801

 

18,532,643

 

Retained earnings

 

13,313,389

 

13,798,723

 

 

 

32,831,419

 

32,359,215

 

Treasury stock, at cost, 788,200 shares as of September 30, 2010 and June 30, 2010.

 

(882,022

)

(882,022

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

31,949,397

 

31,477,193

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

40,473,424

 

$

37,195,075

 

 



 

Evolution Petroleum Corporation and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(485,334

)

$

(704,825

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

124,018

 

617,757

 

Stock-based compensation

 

354,486

 

391,636

 

Accretion of asset retirement obligations

 

16,315

 

14,338

 

Deferred income taxes

 

(161,987

)

(339,522

)

Accrued compensation

 

157,500

 

105,000

 

Deferred rent

 

944

 

944

 

Other

 

32,080

 

1,559

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables from oil and natural gas sales

 

110,346

 

22,255

 

Receivables from income taxes and other

 

84,807

 

33,378

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

28,235

 

41,751

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

 

(78,652

)

107,600

 

Royalties payable

 

(17,992

)

35,342

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

164,766

 

324,250

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Development of oil and natural gas properties

 

(431,492

)

(1,090,298

)

Acquisitions of oil and natural gas properties

 

(485,600

)

(45,190

)

Maturities of certificates of deposit

 

1,100,000

 

 

Purchases of certificates of deposit

 

 

(107,212

)

Other assets

 

(6,532

)

 

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

 

176,376

 

(1,242,700

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from the exercise of stock options

 

16,019

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

16,019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

357,161

 

(918,450

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

 

3,138,259

 

3,891,764

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

 

$

3,495,420

 

$

2,973,314

 

 



 

Result of Operations for the three month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30

 

 

 

%

 

 

 

2010

 

2009

 

Variance

 

change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales Volumes, net to the Company:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crude oil (Bbl)

 

8,717

 

7,570

 

1,147

 

15

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NGLs (Bbl)

 

5,069

 

8,871

 

(3,802

)

(43

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural gas (Mcf)

 

71,010

 

111,380

 

(40,370

)

(36

)%

Crude oil, NGLs and natural gas (BOE)

 

25,621

 

35,004

 

(9,383

)

(27

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crude oil

 

$

648,218

 

$

503,122

 

$

145,096

 

29

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NGLs

 

209,918

 

285,311

 

(75,393

)

(26

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Natural gas

 

310,960

 

381,594

 

(70,634

)

(19

)%

Total revenues

 

$

1,169,096

 

$

1,170,027

 

$

(931

)

(0

)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Average price:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Crude oil (per Bbl)

 

$

74.36

 

$

66.46

 

$

7.90

 

12

%

NGLs (per Bbl)

 

41.41

 

32.16

 

9.25

 

29

%

Natural gas (per Mcf)

 

4.38

 

3.43

 

0.95

 

28

%

Crude oil, NGLs and natural gas (per BOE)

 

$

45.63

 

$

33.43

 

$

12.20

 

37

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses (per BOE)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lease operating expenses and production taxes

 

$

14.41

 

$

10.95

 

$

3.46

 

32

%

Depletion expense on oil and natural gas properties (a)

 

$

4.50

 

$

17.17

 

$

(12.67

)

(74

)%

 


(a)

Excludes depreciation of office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and other of $8,827 and $16,627, for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.