NOTES PAYABLE	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020
NOTES PAYABLE
9. NOTES PAYABLE	In February 2019, the Company entered into five unsecured promissory note agreements with accredited investors totaling $90,000. The notes were due May 1, 2019, and accrued interest at 8%. One of the notes, in the amount of $15,000 was issued to Michael R. Morrisett, the Company's President. These notes and the related interest were paid in May 2019. On September 20, 2018 the Company entered into a Senior Revolver Loan Agreement (“the Agreement”) with CrossFirst Bank (“CrossFirst”). The Agreement was amended March 27, 2019 (the “Amended Agreement”). The Amended Agreement commitment amount is $9,000,000 which is reduced by $150,000 per calendar quarter ($8,400,000 at June 30, 2020) and the maximum amount that can be advanced under the Agreement is $20,000,000 and includes interest at Wall Street Journal Prime plus 150 basis points (4.75% as of June 30, 2020). The Agreement matures on March 27, 2021. Collateral for the loan is a lien on all of the assets of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries, Empire Louisiana and Empire North Dakota, and a first priority mortgage lien, pledge of and security interest in not less than 80% of Empire Louisiana’s and Empire North Dakota’s producing oil, gas and other leasehold and mineral interests. The Agreement requires Empire Louisiana, beginning December 31, 2018 to maintain certain covenants including an EBITDAX to interest expense of at least 3:1 and funded debt to EBITDAX of 4:1 on a trailing twelve month basis. The Company is not in compliance with the funded debt to EBITDAX covenant of the Agreement at June 30, 2020. As of June 30, 2020, the Company has an outstanding loan balance of $8,397,253 under the Agreement. In January 2020 three of the Senior Unsecured Promissory Note investors exercised the conversion feature and converted their $102,500 notes for 1,025,000 shares of the Company's common stock. All of the Senior Unsecured Promissory Notes have been converted to common stock of the Company as of March 31, 2020. On April 1, 2020, in conjunction with the purchase of assets from Pardus Oil & Gas, LLC (see Note 5), the Company entered into a unsecured promissory note agreement with the seller in the amount of $378,000. The note is payable in one installment on April 1, 2021 and bears interest at the one-year LIBOR rate (1% as of June 30, 2020). On May 5, 2020, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Pardus Oil & Gas Operating, LP, received an SBA Payroll Protection Plan (“PPP”) loan for $160,700. The loan matures on May 5, 2022 and has an interest rate of 1%. There are no payments due until November 5, 2020 at which time the payment amount will be determined based on the portion of the loan which has not been forgiven under criteria established by the SBA, using an eighteen-month amortization. The Company expects that the majority of the loan amount will be forgiven based on currently published guidelines of the United States Small Business Administration.

In February 2019, the Company entered into five unsecured promissory note agreements with accredited investors totaling $90,000. The notes were due May 1, 2019, and accrued interest at 8%. One of the notes, in the amount of $15,000 was issued to Michael R. Morrisett, the Company's President. These notes and the related interest were paid in May 2019.

On September 20, 2018 the Company entered into a Senior Revolver Loan Agreement (“the Agreement”) with CrossFirst Bank (“CrossFirst”). The Agreement was amended March 27, 2019 (the “Amended Agreement”). The Amended Agreement commitment amount is $9,000,000 which is reduced by $150,000 per calendar quarter ($8,400,000 at June 30, 2020) and the maximum amount that can be advanced under the Agreement is $20,000,000 and includes interest at Wall Street Journal Prime plus 150 basis points (4.75% as of June 30, 2020). The Agreement matures on March 27, 2021. Collateral for the loan is a lien on all of the assets of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries, Empire Louisiana and Empire North Dakota, and a first priority mortgage lien, pledge of and security interest in not less than 80% of Empire Louisiana’s and Empire North Dakota’s producing oil, gas and other leasehold and mineral interests. The Agreement requires Empire Louisiana, beginning December 31, 2018 to maintain certain covenants including an EBITDAX to interest expense of at least 3:1 and funded debt to EBITDAX of 4:1 on a trailing twelve month basis. The Company is not in compliance with the funded debt to EBITDAX covenant of the Agreement at June 30, 2020. As of June 30, 2020, the Company has an outstanding loan balance of $8,397,253 under the Agreement.

In January 2020 three of the Senior Unsecured Promissory Note investors exercised the conversion feature and converted their $102,500 notes for 1,025,000 shares of the Company's common stock. All of the Senior Unsecured Promissory Notes have been converted to common stock of the Company as of March 31, 2020.

On April 1, 2020, in conjunction with the purchase of assets from Pardus Oil & Gas, LLC (see Note 5), the Company entered into a unsecured promissory note agreement with the seller in the amount of $378,000. The note is payable in one installment on April 1, 2021 and bears interest at the one-year LIBOR rate (1% as of June 30, 2020).

On May 5, 2020, the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Pardus Oil & Gas Operating, LP, received an SBA Payroll Protection Plan (“PPP”) loan for $160,700. The loan matures on May 5, 2022 and has an interest rate of 1%. There are no payments due until November 5, 2020 at which time the payment amount will be determined based on the portion of the loan which has not been forgiven under criteria established by the SBA, using an eighteen-month amortization. The Company expects that the majority of the loan amount will be forgiven based on currently published guidelines of the United States Small Business Administration.