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Joint Interest Drilling Arrangement

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2011

Joint Interest Drilling Arrangement

Joint Interest Drilling Arrangement

Note 3 — Joint Interest Drilling Arrangement

In July 2010, we entered into a drilling arrangement with an industry partner to drill up to five horizontal development wells in the Giddings Field in central Texas.  Our industry partner has funded $7.7 million through December 31, 2011, their portion of the approval for expenditure (“AFE’) for three wells, including a sales line.  As of December 31, 2011, $73,181 of their funding has yet to be expended with respect to those wells.  We have billed our industry partner $101,454 for operating expense recovery and costs incurred for their share of costs.  Amounts pertaining to our industry partner’s share of the joint interest drilling arrangement included in our balance sheet as of December 31, 2011, are as follows:

Restricted cash from joint interest partner		$	73,181
Amounts due from joint interest partner		101,454
Accounts payable		9,576
Joint interest advances		73,181

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