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Revenue Recognition

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Revenue from Contract with Customer [Abstract]

3. REVENUE RECOGNITION

The Company adopted ASU 2019-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic (606) and the series of related accounting standard updates that followed, on January 1, 2018 using the modified retrospective method of adoption. Adoption of the ASU did not require adjustment to the opening balance of equity and did not change the Company’s amount and timing of revenues.

The Company’s revenues are derived from its interest in the sales of oil and natural gas production. The sales of oil and natural gas are made under contracts that third-party operators of the wells have negotiated with customers. The Company receives payment from the sale of oil and natural gas production between one to three months after delivery. At the end of each period when the performance obligation is satisfied, the variable consideration can be reasonably estimated and amounts due from customers are accrued in oil and natural gas sales receivable in the consolidated balance sheets. Variances between the Company’s estimated revenue and actual payments are recorded in the month the payment is received; however, differences have been and are insignificant. Accordingly, the variable consideration is not constrained. As a non-operator of its oil and natural gas properties, the Company records its share of the revenues and expenses based upon the information provided by the operators within the revenue statements.

The Company does not disclose the values of unsatisfied performance obligations under its contracts with customers as it applies the practical exemption in accordance with ASC 606. The exemption applies to variable consideration that is recognized as control of the product is transferred to the customer. Since each unit of product represents a separate performance obligation, future volumes are wholly unsatisfied and disclosure of the transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations is not required.

The Company’s oil and natural gas production is typically sold at delivery points to various purchasers under contract terms that are common in the oil and natural gas industry. Regardless of the contract type, the terms of these contracts compensate the well operators for the value of the oil and natural gas at specified prices, and then the well operators remit payment to the Company for its share in the value of the oil and natural gas sold.

Generally, the Company reports revenue as the gross amount received from the well operators before taking into account production taxes and transportation costs. Production taxes are reported separately and transportation costs are included in lease operating expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The revenue and costs in the consolidated financial statements were reported gross for the year ended December 31, 2018, as the gross amounts were known.

The Company’s disaggregated revenues from its share of revenue from the sale of oil and natural gas and liquids in its North Dakota, Texas and Louisiana regions are presented in the following table:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2018		2017
	(in thousands)
Revenue:
North Dakota
Oil	$	2,925	$	4,032
Natural gas and liquids		320		371
Total		3,245		4,403

Texas
Oil		1,684		1021
Natural gas and liquids		278		448
Total		1,962		1,469

Louisiana
Oil		-		-
Natural gas and liquids		332		673
Total		332		673

Combined Total	$	5,539	$	6,545