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Notes Payable | 12 Months Ended
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8. Notes Payable | The Company had the following debt outstanding as of December 31, 2020 and 2019. The expenses of issuing the Senior Revolver Loan Agreement were capitalized and included as a reduction to debt in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. These costs are amortized over the expected life of the debt. When debt is retired before maturity, or modifications significantly change the cash flows, the related unamortized costs are expensed. No interest was capitalized in the three-year period ended December 31, 2020 or 2019.
|  | December 31, 2020 |  |  | December 31, 2019 |
Senior Revolver Loan Agreement, 4.75%, due 2022 |  | $ | 8,124,000 |  |  | $ | 7,782,253 |
Unsecured note – Pardus acquisition, 1%, due 2021 |  |  | 378,000 |  |  |  | — |
SBA Payroll Protection Plan note, 1%, due 2023 |  |  | 160,700 |  |  |  | — |
Term Loan – PIE, 6%, due 2024 |  |  | 315,273 |  |  |  | — |
Equipment note, 0%, due in 2025 |  |  | 57,935 |  |  |  | — |
Senior Unsecured Promissory Notes, 6%, due 2020 |  |  | — |  |  |  | 102,500 |
Total debt |  |  | 9,035,908 |  |  |  | 7,884,753 |
Unamortized debt issue costs |  |  | 14,587 |  |  |  | 72,931 |
Total debt, net of debt issue costs |  | $ | 9,021,321 |  |  | $ | 7,811,822 |
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. In 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 and September 30, 2020 (effective as of June 30, 2020) (the “Amended Agreement”). The Amended Agreement revolver commitment amount is $8,700,000 which is reduced by $180,000 per calendar quarter 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 December 31, 2020). The Agreement matured 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 the Company 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. As of December 31, 2020, the Company has $8,124,000 outstanding under the Agreement. In addition, the Company has a $306,000 outstanding letter of credit to its insurance carrier as of December 31, 2020. On March 10, 2021 the Agreement was amended (the “Third Amendment”). The Third Amendment, among other things, extended the maturity to March 27, 2022, redetermined the collateral base commitment of $8,520,000, provided for quarterly commitment reductions of $180,000, waived and suspended the leverage ratio covenant and minimum interest coverage ratio covenant until the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2021, and amended the leverage ratio covenant to 6:1 at March 31, 2021 reducing quarterly to 4:1 as of March 31, 2022 and thereafter. On April 1, 2020, in conjunction with the purchase of assets from Pardus Oil & Gas, LLC (see Note 5), the Company entered into an 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 December 31, 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 ten months after the covered period which ended October 20, 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 loan amount will be forgiven based on currently published guidelines of the United States Small Business Administration. In August 2020, concurrent with the Joint Development Agreement with Petroleum and Independent Exploration, LLC (“PIE”), the Company entered into a term loan agreement dated August 1, 2020, whereby PIE will loan up to $2,000,000, at an interest rate of 6% per annum, maturing August 7, 2024 unless terminated earlier by PIE. The loan proceeds will be used for recompletion or workover of certain designated wells. In addition, the Company assigned a 70% working and revenue interest to PIE in the designated wells which will be applied to repayment of the loan. As of September 30, 2020, approximately $315,000 has been advanced from the loan (See Note 5). In December 2020 the Company purchased certain equipment totaling $66,819 to be used on lease sites. The equipment was financed through the manufacturer’s financing subsidiary. Terms of the note provide for monthly payments of $1,012 for 60 months with a 0% interest rate.

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