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Asset Retirement Obligation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Asset Retirement Obligation [Abstract]  
Asset Retirement Obligation [Text Block]

Note 3 – Asset Retirement Obligation

 

Our asset retirement obligations relate to the abandonment of oil wells. The amounts recognized are based on numerous estimates and assumptions, including future retirement costs, inflation rates and credit adjusted risk-free interest rates. The following shows the changes in asset retirement obligations:

 

Asset retirement obligations, January 1, 2011   $ 883,066  
Liabilities incurred during the period     297,800  
Liabilities settled during the period     (359,513 )
Accretion     87,437  
Asset retirement obligations, December 31, 2011     908,790  
Liabilities incurred during the period     347,018  
Liabilities settled during the year     (1,427 )
Accretion     81,770  
Asset retirement obligations, December 31, 2012   $ 1,336,151