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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT  
3. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

On January 27, 2020, the Company purchased lease interests in approximately 4,936 acres in Montana for $500,000.

 

In February, 2020, the Company in two transactions sold all of its interest in leases of approximately 337 acres in Montana for $1,210,400. The Company recognized a gain on the transactions of $1,193,760.

 

On April 6, 2020 the Company purchased oil and natural gas properties in Texas (see Note 5).

 

The aggregate capitalized costs of oil and natural gas properties as of March 31, 2021, are as follows:

 

Proved producing wells

 

$

4,499,782

 

Proved undeveloped

 

 

2,232,358

 

Lease, well and gathering equipment

 

 

1,360,596

 

Asset retirement obligation

 

 

14,126,130

 

Unproved leasehold costs

 

 

492,580

 

Gross capitalized costs

 

 

22,711,446

 

Less: accumulated depreciation, depletion and impairment

 

 

(15,324,596

)

 

 

$

7,386,850

 

 

Other property and equipment consists of operating lease asset (See Note 9), vehicles, office furniture and equipment.

 

Other property and equipment, at cost

 

$

837,149

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

 

(62,668

)

Oher property and equipment, net

 

$

774,481