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BUSINESS DESCRIPTION AND PRESENTATION
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016
BUSINESS DESCRIPTION AND PRESENTATION  
BUSINESS DESCRIPTION AND PRESENTATION

NOTE A – BUSINESS DESCRIPTION AND PRESENTATION

 

The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiaries Mountaineer State Energy, Inc. and Mountaineer State Operations, LLC, operates oil and gas wells and mineral leases in Athens and Meigs Counties in Ohio and in Calhoun, Jackson and Roane Counties in West Virginia. As of December 31, 2016 the Company has 153 producing oil & gas wells, 31 non-producing wells and related equipment and mineral leases covering approximately 20,000 acres.

 

The Company engaged the firm of independent oil and gas engineers Lee Keeling & Associates, Inc. to estimate the net oil and gas reserves.  On the basis of their study, the estimates of future net revenues using a present value discount of 10% were estimated to be $6.3 million at December 31, 2016.

 

NCE also leases and operates a retirement community in King City Oregon, with a capacity of 114 residents. Our lease provides that should the property be sold the lease maintained by the Company would be terminated. The Company has been notified that the building is under contract to be sold effective March 30, 2017 and our lease will be terminated on that date. These financial statements reflect the operations of the retirement community as a discontinued operation.

 

In February 2014 the Company acquired 7.4 acres of undeveloped land in Desoto TX. For $624,000. The Company acquired the property for investment purposes. This investment has been included in other assets on the balance sheet. In December 2016 the Company sold the land for $700,000 and recorded a gain of $50,000.