Joint Development and Shared Services Agreements	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Joint Development And Shared Services Agreements
Joint Development and Shared Services Agreements	Note 4 – Joint Development and Shared Services Agreements On August 6, 2020 the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Empire Texas, entered into a joint development agreement (the “JDA”) with Petroleum & Independent Exploration, LLC and related entities (“PIE”), a related party, dated August 1, 2020. Under the terms of the JDA, PIE will perform recompletion or workover on specified mutually agreed upon wells (“Workover Wells”) owned by Empire Texas. To fund the work, PIE entered into a term loan agreement with Empire Texas 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. Proceeds of the loan will be used for recompletion or workover of the Workover Wells. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022 approximately $1,100,000 was outstanding on this loan and is included in Current Portion of Note Payable – Related Party and Long-Term Note Payable – Related Party on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, respectively. As part of the JDA, Empire Texas will assign to PIE a combined 85% working and revenue interest in the Workover Wells; an assignment was completed in October 2020 for the initial three Workover Wells. Of the assigned interest, 70% working and revenue interest will be used to repay the obligations under the term loan agreement. Once the term loan is repaid, PIE will reassign a 35% working and revenue interest to Empire Texas in each of the Workover Wells and retain a 50% working and revenue interest (See Note 7). To the extent the cash flows from the revenue interest are insufficient to repay the obligations under the term loan, the Company remains required to repay the obligation. In the third quarter of 2022, a $1.4 million long-term asset that had previously been recorded as an offset to the note payable was expensed to workovers within Lease Operating Expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. The Company has also entered into a Shared Services Agreement with PIE effective August 1, 2023 that includes access to administrative, engineering and support services as well as building and insurance services. The agreement provides that the Company will reimburse PIE for the out-of-pocket or actual costs incurred by PIE in providing such services to the Company.

Joint Development and Shared Services Agreements

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Joint Development And Shared Services Agreements

Joint Development and Shared Services Agreements

Note 4 – Joint Development and Shared Services Agreements

On August 6, 2020 the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Empire Texas, entered into a joint development agreement (the “JDA”) with Petroleum & Independent Exploration, LLC and related entities (“PIE”), a related party, dated August 1, 2020. Under the terms of the JDA, PIE will perform recompletion or workover on specified mutually agreed upon wells (“Workover Wells”) owned by Empire Texas. To fund the work, PIE entered into a term loan agreement with Empire Texas 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. Proceeds of the loan will be used for recompletion or workover of the Workover Wells. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022 approximately $1,100,000 was outstanding on this loan and is included in Current Portion of Note Payable – Related Party and Long-Term Note Payable – Related Party on the Consolidated Balance Sheet, respectively. As part of the JDA, Empire Texas will assign to PIE a combined 85% working and revenue interest in the Workover Wells; an assignment was completed in October 2020 for the initial three Workover Wells. Of the assigned interest, 70% working and revenue interest will be used to repay the obligations under the term loan agreement. Once the term loan is repaid, PIE will reassign a 35% working and revenue interest to Empire Texas in each of the Workover Wells and retain a 50% working and revenue interest (See Note 7). To the extent the cash flows from the revenue interest are insufficient to repay the obligations under the term loan, the Company remains required to repay the obligation. In the third quarter of 2022, a $1.4 million long-term asset that had previously been recorded as an offset to the note payable was expensed to workovers within Lease Operating Expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Company has also entered into a Shared Services Agreement with PIE effective August 1, 2023 that includes access to administrative, engineering and support services as well as building and insurance services. The agreement provides that the Company will reimburse PIE for the out-of-pocket or actual costs incurred by PIE in providing such services to the Company.