Note 16 - Subsequent Events	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Notes to Financial Statements
Subsequent Events [Text Block]	16. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Divestiture On October 31, 2024, the Company closed on the divestment of oil and gas properties in Pratt County and Sumner County, Kansas and Kay County, Oklahoma for net proceeds of $1.2 million. Expected Write-Down of Oil and Gas Properties Under the full-cost method of accounting, the net book value of proved oil and gas properties, less related deferred income taxes, may not exceed a calculated “ceiling.” The ceiling limitation is the estimated after-tax future net cash flows from proved oil and gas reserves. Estimated future net cash flows are calculated using the unweighted arithmetic average of commodity prices in effect on the first day of each of the previous 12 months, adjusted for location and quality differentials, held flat for the life of the production (except where prices are defined by contractual arrangements), less estimated operating costs, production taxes and future development costs, all discounted at 10 percent per annum. Future cash outflows associated with settling accrued asset retirement obligations are excluded from the calculation. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, we recorded ceiling test write-downs of our oil and natural gas properties of $1.4 million and $6.8 million, respectively. We expect to record a further write-down of our oil and gas properties in the fourth quarter of 2024 due to the sale of oil and natural gas properties in Pratt County and Sumner County, Kansas and Kay County, Oklahoma, which closed on October 31, 2024 and lower commodity prices used in the calculation of the ceiling test as higher fourth quarter 2023 commodity prices will be removed from the ceiling test calculation and replaced with what we expect to be lower fourth quarter 2024 commodity prices. Depending on actual commodity prices, estimated price differentials, lease operating costs, revisions to reserve estimates, and the amount and timing of capital expenditures, the write-down could be approximately $3.0 million to $4.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2024.

Note 16 - Subsequent Events

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

16. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Divestiture

On October 31, 2024, the Company closed on the divestment of oil and gas properties in Pratt County and Sumner County, Kansas and Kay County, Oklahoma for net proceeds of $1.2 million.

Expected Write-Down of Oil and Gas Properties

Under the full-cost method of accounting, the net book value of proved oil and gas properties, less related deferred income taxes, may not exceed a calculated “ceiling.” The ceiling limitation is the estimated after-tax future net cash flows from proved oil and gas reserves. Estimated future net cash flows are calculated using the unweighted arithmetic average of commodity prices in effect on the first day of each of the previous 12 months, adjusted for location and quality differentials, held flat for the life of the production (except where prices are defined by contractual arrangements), less estimated operating costs, production taxes and future development costs, all discounted at 10 percent per annum. Future cash outflows associated with settling accrued asset retirement obligations are excluded from the calculation.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, we recorded ceiling test write-downs of our oil and natural gas properties of $1.4 million and $6.8 million, respectively. We expect to record a further write-down of our oil and gas properties in the fourth quarter of 2024 due to the sale of oil and natural gas properties in Pratt County and Sumner County, Kansas and Kay County, Oklahoma, which closed on October 31, 2024 and lower commodity prices used in the calculation of the ceiling test as higher fourth quarter 2023 commodity prices will be removed from the ceiling test calculation and replaced with what we expect to be lower fourth quarter 2024 commodity prices. Depending on actual commodity prices, estimated price differentials, lease operating costs, revisions to reserve estimates, and the amount and timing of capital expenditures, the write-down could be approximately $3.0 million to $4.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2024.