DEEP WELL OIL & GAS INC - Quarter Report: 2008 March (Form 10-Q)
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
þ
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For
the quarterly period ended March 31, 2008
or
o
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For
the transition period from ________to________
Commission
file number 0-24012
DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC.
(formerly
ALLIED DEVICES CORPORATION)
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Nevada
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13-3087510
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(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
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Suite
700, 10150 - 100 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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T5J
0P6
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (780) 409-8144
Former
name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
report.
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required
to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for
the past 90 days. Yes o
No þ
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
the definitions of “large accelerated file,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Large
accelerated filer ¨
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Accelerated
filer ¨
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Non-accelerated
filer ¨ (Do
not check if a smaller reporting company)
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Smaller reporting
company þ
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
APPLICABLE
ONLY TO ISSUERS INVOLVED IN BANKRUPTCY
PROCEEDINGS
DURING THE PRECEDING FIVE YEARS
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports
required to be filed by Section 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 subsequent to the distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a
court. Yes o No
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APPLICABLE
ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:
Number of
shares of common stock outstanding as of September 30,
2009: 106,774,258
1
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Page
Number
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PART
I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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ITEM
1.
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CONSOLIDATED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets
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3
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations
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4
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Consolidated
Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
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5
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
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8
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Notes
to the Consolidated Financial Statements
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9
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ITEM
2.
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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24
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ITEM
3.
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QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
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29
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ITEM
4.
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CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
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29
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PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
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ITEM
1.
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LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
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29
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ITEM
1A.
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RISK
FACTORS
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29
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ITEM
2.
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UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
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29
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ITEM
3.
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DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
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29
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ITEM
4.
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SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
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29
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ITEM
5.
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OTHER
INFORMATION
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30
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ITEM
6.
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EXHIBITS
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31
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SIGNATURES
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32
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2
DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC. (AND SUBSIDIARIES)
(Exploration
Stage Company)
(Unaudited)
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
March
31, 2008 and September 30, 2007
March 31,
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September 30,
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|||||||
2008
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2007
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|||||||
(Unaudited)
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(Audited)
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ASSETS
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||||||||
Current
Assets
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||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ | 3,734,052 | $ | 5,244,162 | ||||
Accounts
receivable
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188,809 | 80,082 | ||||||
Prepaid
expenses
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191,471 | 173,443 | ||||||
Total
Current Assets
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4,114,332 | 5,497,687 | ||||||
Oil and gas properties
(Note 3)
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4,353,826 | 4,353,826 | ||||||
Equipment net of depreciation
(Note 4)
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48,984 | 3,563 | ||||||
TOTAL
ASSETS
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$ | 8,517,142 | $ | 9,855,076 | ||||
LIABILITIES
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Current
Liabilities
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Accounts
payable
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$ | 127,342 | $ | 44,065 | ||||
Accounts
payable – related parties (Note 6)
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36,107 | 263,091 | ||||||
Note
payable (Note 5)
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11,250 | 11,250 | ||||||
Total
Current Liabilities
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174,699 | 318,406 | ||||||
SHAREHOLDERS’
EQUITY
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||||||||
Common Stock: (Note
7)
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||||||||
Authorized:
300,000,000 shares at $0.001 par value
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||||||||
Issued
and outstanding: 83,635,961 shares
(September 2007 –83,635,961) (Note 7) |
83,635 | 83,635 | ||||||
Additional
paid in capital
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14,714,514 | 14,649,284 | ||||||
Deficit
(dated September 10, 2003)
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(6,455,706 | ) | (5,196,249 | ) | ||||
Total
Shareholders’ Equity
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8,342,443 | 9,536,670 | ||||||
TOTAL
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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$ | 8,517,142 | $ | 9,855,076 |
See
accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements
3
DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC. (AND SUBSIDIARIES)
(Exploration
Stage Company)
(Unaudited)
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
For
the Three and Six Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 and the Period September
10, 2003 (Inception of Exploration Stage) to March 31, 2008
Three Months
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Three Months
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Six Months
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Six Months
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September 10,
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Ended
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Ended
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Ended
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Ended
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2003 to March 31,
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||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2008
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March 31, 2007
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March 31, 2008
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March 31, 2007
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2008
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Revenue
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$ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | ||||||||||
Expenses
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||||||||||||||||||||
Administrative
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732,851 | 538,911 | 1,248,065 | 781,215 | 5,807,018 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization
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3,426 | 249 | 6,853 | 499 | 9,187 | |||||||||||||||
Share
based compensation
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32,527 | 81,217 | 65,230 | 161,675 | 870,755 | |||||||||||||||
Net
loss from operations
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(768,804 | ) | (620,377 | ) | (1,320,148 | ) | (943,389 | ) | (6,686,960 | ) | ||||||||||
Other
income and expenses
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Interest
income
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37,986 | 2,688 | 61,401 | 7,024 | 127,554 | |||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
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(710 | ) | (23,181 | ) | (710 | ) | (41,032 | ) | (208,572 | ) | ||||||||||
Forgiveness
of loan payable
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– | – | – | – | 287,406 | |||||||||||||||
Settlement
of debt
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– | – | – | – | 24,866 | |||||||||||||||
Net
loss and comprehensive loss
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$ | (731,528 | ) | $ | (640,870 | ) | $ | (1,259,457 | ) | $ | (977,397 | ) | $ | (6,455,706 | ) | |||||
Net
Loss Per Common Share
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Basic
and Diluted
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$ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.01 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | $ | (0.02 | ) | ||||||||
Weighted
Average Outstanding Shares
– stated in 1,000’s
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Basic
and Diluted
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83,636 | 64,188 | 83,836 | 63,577 |
See
accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements
4
DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC. (AND SUBSIDIARIES)
(Exploration
Stage Company)
(Unaudited)
Consolidated
Statements of Shareholders’ Equity
For
the Period September 10, 2003 (Inception of Exploration Stage) to March 31,
2008
Common Shares
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Capital
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|||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional
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Stock
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|||||||||||||||||||||||
Paid in
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Subscriptions
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Accumulated
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||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
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Amount
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Capital
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Received
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Deficit
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Total
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|||||||||||||||||||
Balance
at September 10, 2003
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991,918 | $ | 992 | $ | (992 | ) | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | ||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock pursuant to bankruptcy agreement September 10,
2003
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36,019,556 | 36,019 | 13,981 | – | – | 50,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net
operating loss for the period September 10 to September 30,
2003
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– | – | – | – | (50,000 | ) | (50,000 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance
at September 30, 2003
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37,011,474 | 37,011 | 12,989 | – | (50,000 | ) | – | |||||||||||||||||
Return
and cancellation of common shares
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(5,775,000 | ) | (5,775 | ) | 5,775 | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||||
Net
operating loss for the year ended September 30, 2004
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– | – | – | – | (525,754 | ) | (525,754 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance
at September 30, 2004
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31,236,474 | 31,236 | 18,764 | – | (575,754 | ) | (525,754 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock Private placement March 10, 2005
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-
Shares
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1,875,000 | 1,875 | 527,940 | – | – | 529,815 | ||||||||||||||||||
-
Warrants (787,500)
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– | – | 205,185 | – | – | 205,185 | ||||||||||||||||||
Share
exchange June 7, 2005
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||||||||||||||||||||||||
-
Shares
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18,208,875 | 18,209 | 2,476,497 | – | – | 2,494,706 | ||||||||||||||||||
-
Conversion rights of preferred shares of subsidiary
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– | – | – | 1,777,639 | – | 1,777,639 | ||||||||||||||||||
Private
placement August 12, 2005
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-
Shares
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710,946 | 711 | 151,638 | – | – | 152,349 | ||||||||||||||||||
-
Warrants (710,946)
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– | – | 132,030 | – | – | 132,030 | ||||||||||||||||||
Common
stock subscription received
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– | – | – | 250,000 | – | 250,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net
operating loss for the year ended September 30, 2005
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– | – | – | – | (1,262,549 | ) | (1,262,549 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance
at September 30, 2005
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52,031,295 | 52,031 | 3,512,054 | 2,027,639 | (1,838,303 | ) | 3,753,421 |
See
accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements
5
DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC. (AND SUBSIDIARIES)
(Exploration
Stage Company)
(Unaudited)
Consolidated
Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (Continued)
For
the Period September 10, 2003 (Inception of Exploration Stage) to March 31,
2008
Common Shares
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Capital
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional
|
Stock
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Paid in
|
Subscriptions
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Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
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Amount
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Capital
|
Received
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Deficit
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Total
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|||||||||||||||||||
Balance
carried forward at September 30, 2005
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52,031,295 | 52,031 | 3,512,054 | 2,027,639 | (1,838,303 | ) | 3,753,421 | |||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of common stock
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Private
placement October 11, 2005
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||||||||||||||||||||||||
-
Shares
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3,150,000 | 3,150 | 667,266 | (250,000 | ) | – | 420,416 | |||||||||||||||||
- Warrants
(3,150,000) (Note 7)
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– | – | 553,584 | – | – | 553,584 | ||||||||||||||||||
Private
placement January 13, 2006
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||||||||||||||||||||||||
-
Shares
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73,000 | 73 | 55,345 | – | – | 55,418 | ||||||||||||||||||
- Warrants
(73,000) (Note 7)
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– | – | 46,402 | – | – | 46,402 | ||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
option agreement February 23, 2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
-
Shares
|
4,707,750 | 4,708 | 640,277 | (644,985 | ) | – | – | |||||||||||||||||
Exercise
option agreement June 13, 2006
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
-
Shares
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2,867,250 | 2,867 | 389,960 | (392,827 | ) | – | – | |||||||||||||||||
Warrants
exercised July 28, 2006
|
100,000 | 100 | 59,900 | – | – | 60,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrants
exercised September 11, 2006
|
50,000 | 50 | 29,950 | – | – | 30,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
Options
granted for services
|
– | – | 558,882 | – | – | 558,882 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net
operating loss for the year ended September 30, 2006
|
– | – | – | – | (1,922,282 | ) | (1,922,282 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance
at September 30, 2006
|
62,979,295 | 62,979 | 6,513,620 | 739,827 | (3,760,585 | ) | 3,555,841 | |||||||||||||||||
Settlement
Agreement January 22, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
-
Shares
|
1,600,000 | 1,600 | 433,950 | – | – | 435,550 | ||||||||||||||||||
Exercise
option agreement April 4, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
-
Shares
|
5,400,000 | 5,400 | 734,427 | (739,827 | ) | – | – | |||||||||||||||||
Private
placement May 25, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
-
Shares
|
5,000,000 | 5,000 | 1,086,348 | – | – | 1,091,348 | ||||||||||||||||||
-Warrants
(5,000,000) (Note 7)
|
– | – | 758,652 | – | – | 758,652 | ||||||||||||||||||
Private
placement June 22, 2007
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||||||||||||||||||||||||
-
Shares
|
8,333,333 | 8,333 | 2,731,300 | – | – | 2,739,633 | ||||||||||||||||||
- Warrants
(8,333,333) (Note 7)
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– | – | 1,676,492 | – | – | 1,676,492 | ||||||||||||||||||
- Special
warrants (1,000,000) (Note 7)
|
– | – | 283,875 | – | – | 283,875 | ||||||||||||||||||
Private
placement July 11, 2007
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||||||||||||||||||||||||
-
Shares
|
323,333 | 323 | 106,559 | – | – | 106,882 | ||||||||||||||||||
- Warrants
(323,333) (Note 7)
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– | – | 66,397 | – | – | 66,397 | ||||||||||||||||||
- Special
warrants (38,800) (Note 7)
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– | – | 11,021 | – | – | 11,021 | ||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal
carried forward
|
83,635,961 | 83,635 | 14,402,641 | – | (3,760,585 | ) | 10,725,691 |
See
accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements
6
DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC. (AND SUBSIDIARIES)
(Exploration
Stage Company)
(Unaudited)
Consolidated
Statements of Shareholders’ Equity (Continued)
For
the Period September 10, 2003 (Inception of Exploration Stage) to March 31,
2008
Common Shares
|
Capital
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional
|
Stock
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Paid in
|
Subscriptions
|
Accumulated
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Shares
|
Amount
|
Capital
|
Received
|
Deficit
|
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Subtotal
carried forward from previous page
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83,635,961 | 83,635 | 14,402,641 | – | (3,760,585 | ) | 10,725,691 | |||||||||||||||||
Warrant
Exchange September 4, 2007
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
-
Share value transferred from warrants
|
– | – | 11,467 | – | – | 11,467 | ||||||||||||||||||
- Warrants
cancelled (500,000) (Note 7)
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– | – | (130,276 | ) | – | – | (130,276 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
- Warrants
issued (625,000) (Note 7)
|
– | – | 118,809 | – | – | 118,809 | ||||||||||||||||||
Warrant
Exchange September 10, 2007
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||||||||||||||||||||||||
-
Share value transferred from warrants
|
– | – | 7,237 | – | – | 7,237 | ||||||||||||||||||
- Warrants
cancelled (287,500) (Note 7)
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– | – | (74,909 | ) | – | – | (74,909 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
- Warrants
issued (359,375) (Note 7)
|
– | – | 67,672 | – | – | 67,672 | ||||||||||||||||||
Options
granted for services
|
– | – | 246,643 | – | – | 246,643 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net
operating loss for the year ended September 30,
2007
|
– | – | – | – | (1,435,664 | ) | (1,435,664 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance
at September 30, 2007
|
83,635,961 | 83,635 | 14,649,284 | – | (5,196,249 | ) | 9,536,670 | |||||||||||||||||
Options
granted for services
|
– | – | 65,230 | – | – | 65,230 | ||||||||||||||||||
Net
operating loss for the period ended March 31, 2008
|
– | – | – | – | (1,259,457 | ) | (1,259,457 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Balance
at March 31, 2008
|
83,635,961 | $ | 83,635 | $ | 14,714,514 | $ | – | $ | (6,455,706 | ) | $ | 8,342,443 |
See
accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements
7
DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC. (AND SUBSIDIARIES)
(Exploration
Stage Company)
(Unaudited)
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
For
the Six Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 and the Period September 10, 2003
(Inception of Exploration Stage) to March 31, 2008
Six Months
|
Six Months
|
September 10,
|
||||||||||
Ended
|
Ended
|
2003 to
|
||||||||||
March 31,
|
March 31,
|
March 31,
|
||||||||||
2008
|
2007
|
2008
|
||||||||||
Cash
Provided by (Used in):
|
||||||||||||
Operating
Activities
|
||||||||||||
Net
loss
|
$
|
(1,259,457
|
)
|
$
|
(977,397
|
)
|
$
|
(6,455,706
|
)
|
|||
Items
not affecting cash:
|
||||||||||||
Stock
based compensation
|
65,230
|
161,675
|
870,755
|
|||||||||
Bad
debts
|
–
|
–
|
170,084
|
|||||||||
Amortization
|
6,853
|
499
|
9,187
|
|||||||||
Settlement
of lawsuit
|
–
|
435,550
|
435,550
|
|||||||||
Forgiveness
of loan payable
|
–
|
–
|
(287,406
|
)
|
||||||||
Commissions
withheld from loans proceeds
|
–
|
–
|
121,000
|
|||||||||
Net
changes in non-cash working capital (Note 9)
|
(270,462
|
)
|
296,320
|
(390,344
|
)
|
|||||||
(1,457,836
|
)
|
(83,353
|
)
|
(5,526,880
|
)
|
|||||||
Investing
Activities
|
||||||||||||
Purchase
of equipment
|
(52,274
|
)
|
–
|
(57,902
|
)
|
|||||||
Purchase
of oil and gas properties
|
–
|
–
|
(111,392
|
)
|
||||||||
Cash
from acquisition of subsidiary
|
–
|
–
|
11,141
|
|||||||||
Return
of costs from Farmout Agreement
|
–
|
–
|
961,426
|
|||||||||
(52,274
|
)
|
–
|
803,273
|
|||||||||
Financing
Activities
|
||||||||||||
Loan
payable
|
–
|
11,813
|
275,852
|
|||||||||
Loan
advance – related parties
|
–
|
–
|
(811,746
|
)
|
||||||||
Note
payable repayment
|
–
|
–
|
(100,056
|
)
|
||||||||
Debenture
advance (repayment)
|
–
|
–
|
(1,004,890
|
)
|
||||||||
Proceeds
from issuance from common stock
|
–
|
–
|
9,219,499
|
|||||||||
Proceeds
from debenture net of commissions
|
–
|
–
|
879,000
|
|||||||||
–
|
11,813
|
8,457,659
|
||||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
(1,510,110
|
)
|
(71,540
|
)
|
3,734,052
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents, beginning of period
|
5,244,162
|
50,324
|
–
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Cash
and cash equivalents, end of period
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$
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3,734,052
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$
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(21,216
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)
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$
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3,734,052
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Supplemental
Cash Flow Information:
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Interest
expense
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$
|
710
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$
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41,032
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See
accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements
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DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC. (AND SUBSIDIARIES)
(Exploration
Stage Company)
(Unaudited)
Notes
to the Consolidated Financial Statements
March
31, 2008
1.
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Nature
of Business
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Allied
Devices Corporation (“Allied”) and its former subsidiaries were engaged in the
manufacture and distribution of standard and custom precision mechanical
assemblies and components throughout the United States.
On
February 19, 2003, Allied filed a petition for bankruptcy in the United States
Bankruptcy Court under Chapter 11 in the Eastern District of New York titled
“Allied Devices Corporation, Case No. 03-80962-511.” The company emerged from
bankruptcy pursuant to a Bankruptcy Court Order entered on September 10, 2003,
with no remaining assets or liabilities.
The terms
of the bankruptcy settlement included: (1) a reverse common stock split of 30
shares of outstanding stock for 1 share; (2) increasing the authorized common
capital stock from 25,000,000 to 50,000,000 shares with a par value of $0.001;
(3) a change in the name of the company from “Allied Devices Corporation” to
“Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc.” (“Deep Well”); and (4) the authorization for the
issuance of 2,000,000 post split restricted common shares and 4,000,000 post
split common shares in exchange for $50,000, which was paid into the bankruptcy
court by the recipients of the shares.
Restated
and amended articles of incorporation completing the terms of the bankruptcy
have been filed in the state of Nevada.
Upon
emergence from Chapter 11 proceedings, Deep Well adopted fresh-start reporting
in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Statement of Position 90-7, Financial Reporting by Entities in Reorganization
Under the Bankruptcy Code (SOP 90-7). In connection with the adoption of
fresh-start reporting, a new entity was deemed created for financial reporting
purposes. For financial reporting purposes, Deep Well adopted the provisions of
fresh-start reporting effective September 10, 2003. In adopting the requirements
of fresh-start reporting as of September 10, 2003, the company was required to
value its assets and liabilities at fair value and eliminate any accumulated
deficit as of September 10, 2003. Deep Well emerged from Chapter 11 proceedings
with no assets and liabilities pursuant to the Bankruptcy Order. Because the
current business, heavy oil and gas exploration, has no relevance to the
predecessor company, there is no basis for financial comparisons between Deep
Well’s current operations and the predecessor company.
This
report has been prepared showing the name “Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. (and
Subsidiaries)” (“the Company”) and the post split common stock, with $0.001 par
value, from inception. The accumulated deficit has been restated to
zero and dated September 10, 2003, with the statement of operations to begin on
that date.
Basis
of Presentation
The
interim financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company,
without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and
Exchange Commission. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally
included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) have
been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although the
Company believes that the disclosures are adequate so as to make the information
presented not misleading.
These
interim financial statements follow the same significant accounting policies and
methods of application as the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements
for the year ended September 30, 2007.
These
statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments
which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of
the information contained therein. However, the results of operations for the
interim periods may not be indicative of results to be expected for the full
fiscal year. It is suggested that these financial statements be read in
conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto
included in the Company’s Form 10-KSB for the year ended September 30,
2007.
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2.
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Summary
of Significant Accounting Policies
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Basis
of Consolidation
These
consolidated financial statements include the accounts of two wholly owned
subsidiaries: (1) Northern Alberta Oil Ltd. (“Northern”), from the date of
acquisition, being June 7, 2005, incorporated under the Business Corporations
Act (Alberta), Canada; and (2) Deep Well Oil & Gas (Alberta) Ltd.,
incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta), Canada on September
15, 2005. As of March 31, 2008, Deep Well owned 100% (2007 – 100%) of the
Northern common shares and owns 100% (2007 – 100%) of the Northern preferred
shares. All inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated. The
Company has received “Capital stock subscriptions” valued at $1,777,639 relating
to the Northern preferred shares for which Deep Well had exclusive rights to
call in the future. As of April 4, 2007, all of these rights have
been called.
Cash
and Cash Equivalents
The
Company considers all highly liquid instruments with a maturity of three months
or less at the time of issuance to be cash equivalents. Cash also consists of
cash held in trust.
Property
& Equipment
Property
and equipment are stated at cost less accumulated
amortization. Amortization expense is computed using the declining
balance method over the estimated useful life of the asset. The
following is a summary of the estimated useful life used in computing
amortization expense.
Software
|
- 100%
|
|
Office
furniture and equipment
|
- 20%
|
|
Computer
equipment
|
- 55%
|
Expenditures
for major repairs and renewals that extend the useful life of the asset are
capitalized. Minor repair expenditures are charged to expense as
incurred. Leasehold improvements are amortized over the greater of five years or
the remaining life of the lease agreement.
Long-Lived
Assets
The
Company reviews for the impairment of long-lived assets whenever events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not
be recoverable. An impairment loss would be recognized when estimated
undiscounted future cash flows expected to result from the use of the asset and
its eventual disposition is less than its carrying amount.
Asset
Retirement Obligations
The
Company accounts for asset retirement obligations by recording the estimated
future cost of the Company’s plugging and abandonment obligations. The asset
retirement obligation is recorded when there is a legal obligation associated
with the retirement of a tangible long-lived asset and the fair value of the
liability can reasonably be estimated. Upon initial recognition of an asset
retirement obligation, the Company increases the carrying amount of the
long-lived asset by the same amount as the liability. Over time, the liabilities
are accreted for the change in their present value through charges to oil and
gas production and well operations costs. The initial capitalized costs are
depleted over the useful lives of the related assets through charges to
depreciation, depletion and amortization. If the fair value of the estimated
asset retirement obligation changes, an adjustment is recorded to both the asset
retirement obligation and the asset retirement cost. Revisions in estimated
liabilities can result from revisions of estimated inflation rates, escalating
retirement costs and changes in the estimated timing of settling asset
retirement obligations. As at March 31, 2008, no asset retirement obligations
exist.
Foreign
Currency Translation
The
functional currency of the Canadian subsidiaries is the United States dollar;
however, the Canadian subsidiaries transact in Canadian dollars. Consequently,
monetary assets and liabilities are remeasured into United States dollars at the
exchange rate on the balance sheet date and non-monetary items are remeasured at
the rate of exchange in effect when the assets are acquired or obligations
incurred. Revenues and expenses are remeasured at the average exchange rate
prevailing during the period. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are
included in results of operations.
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Accounting
Methods
The
Company recognizes income and expenses based on the accrual method of
accounting.
Dividend
Policy
The
Company has not yet adopted a policy regarding payment of
dividends.
Financial
and Concentrations Risk
The
Company does not have any concentration or related financial credit risk except
that cash is maintained in banks over the insured amounts of $100,000 CDN;
however, the amounts are maintained in banks of high quality.
Income
Taxes
The
Company utilizes the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under the
liability method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on
the differences between financial reporting and the tax bases of the assets and
liabilities, and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be
in effect, when the differences are expected to reverse. An allowance against
deferred tax assets is recorded when it is more likely than not that such tax
benefits will not be realized.
Due to
the uncertainty regarding the Company’s profitability, the future tax benefits
of its losses have been fully reserved for and no net benefit has been recorded
in the financial statements.
Revenue
Recognition
The
Company is in the business of exploring for, developing, producing and selling
crude oil and natural gas. Crude oil revenue is recognized when the product is
taken from the storage tanks on the lease and delivered to the purchaser.
Natural gas revenues are recognized when the product is delivered into a third
party pipeline downstream of the lease. Occasionally the Company may sell
specific leases and the gain or loss associated with these transactions will be
shown separately from the profit or loss from the operations or sales of oil and
gas products.
Advertising
and Market Development
The
Company expenses advertising and market development costs as
incurred.
Basic
and Diluted Net Income (Loss) Per Share
Basic net
income (loss) per share amounts are computed based on the weighted average
number of shares actually outstanding. Diluted net income (loss) per share
amounts are computed using the weighted average number of common shares and
common equivalent shares outstanding as if shares had been issued on the
exercise of the common share rights, unless the exercise becomes antidilutive
and then only the basic per share amounts are shown in the report.
Financial
Instruments
Fair
Values
The fair
values of the Corporation's cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable,
accounts payable, accounts payable - related parties and note payable
approximate their carrying values due to the short-term nature of these
financial instruments.
Environmental
Requirements
At the
report date environmental requirements related to the mineral claims acquired
are unknown and therefore an estimate of any future cost cannot be
made.
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Share-Based
Compensation
The
Company accounts for stock options granted to directors, officers, employees and
non-employees using the fair value method of accounting. The fair
value of stock options for directors, officers and employees are calculated at
the date of grant and is expensed over the vesting period of the options on a
straight-line basis. For non-employees, the fair value of the options
is measured on the earlier of the date at which the counterparty performance is
complete or the date at which the performance commitment is
reached. The Company uses the Black-Scholes model to calculate the
fair value of stock options issued, which requires certain assumptions to be
made at the time the options are awarded, including the expected life of the
option, the expected number of granted options that will vest and the expected
future volatility of the stock. The Company has not incorporated an
estimated forfeiture rate for stock options that will not vest; rather the
Company accounts for actual forfeitures as they occur.
Recently
Adopted Accounting Standards
Effective
October 1, 2007, the Company adopted FASB issued FASB Interpretation ("FIN") No.
48, Accounting for Uncertainty
in Income Taxes - an Interpretation of FASB Statement 109, which
prescribes a comprehensive model for accounting for uncertainty in tax
positions. FIN No. 48 provides that the tax effects from an uncertain
tax position can be recognized in the financial statements based on the
technical merits of the position, only if the position is more likely than not
of being sustained on audit by the Internal Revenue Service
("IRS"). The adoption of FIN No. 48 did not have an effect on the
consolidated financial statements.
Effective
October 1, 2007, the Company adopted FASB issued FASB Staff Position FIN No.
48-1, Definition of Settlement
in FASB Interpretation No. 48 ("FIN No. 48-1"). FIN No. 48-1
amends FIN No. 48 to provide guidance on how an entity should determine whether
a tax position is effectively settled for the purpose of recognizing previously
unrecognized tax benefits. The term "effectively settled" replaces
the term "ultimately settled" when used to describe recognition, and the terms
"settlement" or "Settled" replace the terms "ultimate settlement" or "ultimately
settled" when used to describe measurement of a tax position under FIN No.
48. FIN No. 48-1 clarifies that a tax position can be effectively
settled upon the completion of an examination by a taxing authority without
being legally extinguished. For tax positions considered effectively
settled, an entity would recognize the full amount of tax benefit even if the
tax position is not considered more likely than not to be sustained based solely
on the basis of its technical merits, and the statute of limitations remains
open. The adoption of FIN No. 48-1 did not have an effect on the
consolidated financial statements.
Recently
Issued Accounting Standards
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, Accounting for Fair Value
Measurements. SFAS No. 157 defines fair value, establishes a
framework for measuring fair value within generally accepted accounting
principles, and expands required disclosure about fair value
measurements. SFAS No. 157 does not expand the use of fair value in
any new circumstances. SFAS No. 157 is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15,
2007. However, on February 12, 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff
Position ("FSP") SFAS No. 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No.
157, which delayed the effective date of SFAS No. 157 for all
non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities, except those that are
recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring
basis (at least annually). This FSP partially defers the effective
date of SFAS No. 157 to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008, and
interim periods within those fiscal years for items within the scope of this
FSP. Effective October 1, 2009, the Company will adopt SFAS No. 157
except as it applies to those non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities
as noted in FSP FAS No. 157-b. The Company is evaluating the effect
that these new standards will have, if any, in the consolidated financial
statements when adopted.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities. SFAS No. 159 permits
entities to choose to measure, at fair value, many financial instruments and
certain other items that are not currently required to be measured at fair
value. The objective is to improve financial reporting by providing
entities with the opportunity to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused
by measuring related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply
complex hedge accounting provisions. SFAS No. 159 establishes
presentation and disclosure requirements designed to facilitate comparisons
between entities that choose different measurement attributes for similar types
of assets and liabilities. The statement will be effective as of the
beginning of an entity's first fiscal year beginning after November 15,
2007. The Company is evaluating the effect that SFAS No. 159 will
have, if any, in the consolidated financial statements when it is adopted in
2008.
In May
2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 162, “The Hierarchy of Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles” (“SFAS 162”). SFAS 162 is intended to
improve financial reporting by identifying a consistent framework, or hierarchy,
for selecting accounting principles to be used in preparing financial statements
that are presented in conformity with GAAP for nongovernmental entities. The
FASB believes that the GAAP hierarchy should be directed to entities because it
is the entity (not its auditor) that is responsible for selecting accounting
principles for financial statements that are presented in conformity with GAAP.
This statement became effective on November 15, 2008 following the SEC’s
approval of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board amendments to AU
Section 411, “The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity With Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles.” The adoption of SFAS 162 is not expected
to have a material effect on our results of operations, financial position or
cash flows.
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FSP EITF 03-6-1, “Determining
Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are
Participating Securities” (“FSP EITF 03-6-1”). In June 2008, the
FASB issued FSP EITF 03-6-1. Under this FSP, unvested share-based payment awards
that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents,
whether they are paid or unpaid, are considered participating securities and
should be included in the computation of earnings per share pursuant to the
two-class method. FSP EITF 03-6-1 is effective for financial statements issued
for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods
within those years. In addition, all prior period earnings per share data
presented should be adjusted retrospectively and early application is not
permitted. The adoption of FSP EITF 03-6-1 is not expected to have a material
effect on the earnings per share disclosures.
On
December 31, 2008, the SEC issued the final rule, “Modernization of Oil and Gas
Reporting” (“Final Rule”). The Final Rule adopts revisions to the SEC’s
oil and gas reporting disclosure requirements and is effective for annual
reports on Forms 10-K for years ending on or after December 31, 2009.
Early adoption of the Final Rule is prohibited. The revisions are intended to
provide investors with a more meaningful and comprehensive understanding of oil
and gas reserves to help investors evaluate their investments in oil and gas
companies. The amendments are also designed to modernize the oil and gas
disclosure requirements to align them with current practices and changes in
technology. Revised requirements in the SEC’s Final Rule include, but are not
limited to:
|
·
|
Oil
and gas reserves must be reported using the average price over the prior
12 month period, rather than year-end
prices;
|
|
·
|
Companies
will be allowed to report, on an optional basis, probable and possible
reserves;
|
|
·
|
Non-traditional
reserves, such as oil and gas extracted from coal and shales, will be
included in the definition of “oil and gas producing
activities”
|
|
·
|
Companies
will be permitted to use new technologies to determine proved reserves, as
long as those technologies have been demonstrated empirically to lead to
reliable conclusions with respect to reserve
volumes;
|
|
·
|
Companies
will be required to disclose, in narrative form, additional details on
their proved undeveloped reserves (PUDs), including the total quantity of
PUDs at year end, any material changes to PUDs that occurred during the
year, investments and progress made to convert PUDs to developed oil and
gas reserves and an explanation of the reasons why material concentrations
of PUDs in individual fields or countries have remained undeveloped for
five years or more after disclosure as
PUDs;
|
|
·
|
Companies
will be required to report the qualifications and measures taken to assure
the independence and objectivity of any business entity or employee
primarily responsible for preparing or auditing the reserves
estimates.
|
The
company is currently evaluating the potential impact of the Final Rule. The SEC
is discussing the Final Rule with the FASB staff to align FASB accounting
standards with the new SEC rules. These discussions may delay the required
compliance date.
In
October 2008, the FASB issued Staff Position (“FSP”) No. 157-3,
“Determining the Fair Value of a Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset
Is Not Active” (“FSP 157-3”). FSP 157-3 applies to financial assets
within the scope of accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value
measurements in accordance with SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value
Measurements” (“SFAS 157”) and clarifies the application of SFAS 157
in a market that is not active. This FSP also provides an example to illustrate
key considerations in determining the fair value of a financial asset when the
market for that financial asset is not active. This FSP was effective upon
issuance, including prior periods for which financial statements have not been
issued. Revisions resulting from a change in the valuation technique or its
application are accounted for as a change in accounting estimate according to
SFAS No. 154 “Accounting Changes and Error Corrections”. The adoption
of FSP 157-3 is not expected to have a material effect on the Company’s
results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
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Estimates
and Assumptions
Management
uses estimates and assumptions in preparing financial statements in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles. Those estimates and assumptions
affect the reported amounts of the assets and liabilities, the disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities, and the reported revenues and expenses.
Actual results could vary from the estimates that were assumed in preparing
these financial statements.
Significant
estimates by management include valuations of oil and gas properties including
future abandonment costs, valuation of accounts receivable, useful lives of
long-lived assets, asset retirement obligations, valuation of share-based
compensation, and the realizability of future income taxes.
3. Oil
and Gas Properties
The
Company has acquired interests in certain oil and gas properties, most of which
were subject to a farmout agreement entered into on February 25, 2005, (“Farmout
Agreement”). These properties are located in North Central Alberta, Canada. The
terms include certain commitments related to oil and gas leases that require the
payments of rents as long as the leases are non-producing. As of March 31, 2008,
Northern’s net payments due in Canadian dollars under this commitment are as
follows:
2008
|
$ | 23,116 | ||
2009
|
$ | 45,158 | ||
2010
|
$ | 45,158 | ||
2011
|
$ | 45,158 | ||
2012
|
$ | 45,158 | ||
2013
|
$ | 45,158 | ||
Subsequent
|
$ | 269,516 |
The
Government of Alberta owns this land and the Company has acquired the rights to
perform oil and gas activities on these lands. If the Company meets the
conditions of the 15-year leases, the Company will then be permitted to drill on
and produce oil from the land into perpetuity. These conditions give the Company
until the expiration of the leases to meet the following requirements on its
primary oil sands leases:
|
a)
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drill
68 wells throughout the 68 sections;
or
|
|
b)
|
drill
41 wells within the 68 sections and having acquired and processed 2 miles
of seismic on each other undrilled
section.
|
The
Company plans to meet the second of these conditions. As at March 31, 2008,
three of these wells have been drilled.
The
Company follows the successful efforts method of accounting for costs of oil and
gas properties. Under this method, acquisition costs of oil and gas properties
and costs of drilling and equipping development wells are capitalized. Costs of
drilling exploratory wells are initially capitalized and, if subsequently
determined to be unsuccessful, are charged to expenses. All other exploration
costs, including geological and geophysical costs and carrying and maintenance
costs, are charged to exploration expenses when incurred. Producing,
non-producing and unproven properties are assessed annually, or more frequently
as economic events indicate, for potential impairment.
This
consists of comparing the carrying value of the asset with the asset’s expected
future undiscounted cash flows without interest costs. Estimates of expected
future cash flows represent management’s best estimate based on reasonable and
supportable assumptions. Proven oil and gas properties are reviewed for
impairment on a field-by-field basis. In addition, management evaluates the
carrying value of non-producing properties and may deem them impaired for lack
of drilling activities. No impairment losses were recognized for the period
ended March 31, 2008 (2007 - $nil).
Capitalized
costs of proven oil and gas properties are depleted using the unit-of-production
method when the property is placed in production.
Substantially
all of the Company’s oil and gas activities are conducted jointly with others.
The accounts reflect only the Company’s proportionate interest in such
activities.
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On
November 15, 2005, the Company’s subsidiary received 80% of an additional 6.5
sections of a five year oil sands permit rights, which were part of the
subsidiary’s original purchase agreement.
On
November 15, 2005, the Company entered into an agreement to amend a Farmout
Agreement with Signet Energy Inc. (“Signet”), a private company owned by Surge
Global Energy, Inc. (“Surge”). Under this new amended Farmout Agreement,
(“Amended Farmout Agreement”) Signet, as operator, assumed the farmout
obligations including completing, at its expense, the drilling of 10 wells to
earn up to a 40% working interest in the Sawn Lake Oil Sands
Project.
On
November 15, 2005, as part of the settlement of a legal action, the Company and
Surge agreed to amend a Farmout Agreement signed on February 25, 2005, between
the Company and Surge that had previously been terminated by the Company
(disclosed on Form 8-K on September 29, 2005). The amendments to the
agreement provided that: (1) all conditions of the Farmout Agreement were deemed
to have been satisfied on September 25, 2005; (2) the earning period (i.e. the
period during which Signet has to drill 10 wells) under the agreement has been
extended until February 25, 2008; (3) Signet had until September 25, 2006 to
drill an option well; (4) an additional 6.5 sections of land were added to the
land subject to the agreement; (5) Signet paid the Company $1,000,000 on
November 15, 2005, in satisfaction of the prospect fee outstanding, instead of
after drilling the second well as stated in the Farmout Agreement, and (6) no
shares of Surge were issued to the Company. Instead, the Company or its
subsidiaries received 7,550,000 common shares of Signet.
As of the
statement date of this report the Company owns an 80% working interest in 51
contiguous sections of oil sands development leases and 6.5 sections of oil
sands permits in the Sawn Lake heavy oil area in North Central Alberta. The
Company has an additional 40% working interest in another 12 sections of oil
sands development leases of which Signet has earned 40% from the
Company.
On
November 26, 2007, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with Signet
Energy Inc. (“Signet” a 100% owned subsidiary company of Andora Energy
Corporation) and Andora Energy Corporation and resolved their differences and
certain collateral matters. The settlement included but was not limited
to:
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a)
|
The
Farmout Agreement dated February 25, 2005, and the Amended Farmout
Agreement, being effectively terminated concurrently with the execution of
the settlement agreement;
|
|
b)
|
Signet
being regarded as having earned a 40% working interest in a total of
twelve sections;
|
|
c)
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Signet
transferring registered title to 57.5 unearned sections of the farmout
lands, as defined in the Farmout Agreement, back to the
Company;
|
|
d)
|
Signet
having acknowledged that the Company is not responsible for any royalty
assumed by the Company on behalf of Signet in the Farmout Agreement;
and
|
|
e)
|
A
joint discontinuance of the remaining minor litigation issues amongst all
the parties.
|
On March
18, 2008, the 6.5 section oil sands permit which was originally scheduled to
expire on April 9, 2008, was extended for one year pursuant to an application
made by Northern.
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4. Property
& Equipment
March 31, 2008 | ||||||||||||
Accumulated
|
Net
Book
|
|||||||||||
Cost
|
Amortization
|
Value
|
||||||||||
Computer
equipment
|
$ | 24,382 | $ | 4,412 | $ | 19,970 | ||||||
Office
furniture and equipment
|
26,367 | 2,768 | 23,599 | |||||||||
Software
|
5,826 | 1,928 | 3,898 | |||||||||
Leasehold
improvements
|
1,597 | 80 | 1,517 | |||||||||
$ | 58,172 | $ | 9,188 | $ | 48,984 |
September
30, 2007
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Accumulated
|
Net
Book
|
|||||||||||
Cost
|
Amortization
|
Value
|
||||||||||
Office
furniture and equipment
|
$ | 5,088 | $ | 1,795 | $ | 3,293 | ||||||
Software
|
809 | 539 | 270 | |||||||||
$ | 5,897 | $ | 2,334 | $ | 3,563 |
5. Note
Payable
The
Company has a loan outstanding in 2007 of $11,250 which is due on demand, is
unsecured, and bears no interest.
6. Significant
Transactions With Related Parties
Accounts
payable – related parties of $36,107 (as of September 30,2007 - $263,091) result
from directors fees and other fees payable by the Company. Accounts payable –
related parties are unsecured, non-interest bearing, and have no fixed terms of
repayment.
Accounts
receivable consists of advances made to directors of the Company amounting to
$56,928.
Officers,
directors, their families, and their controlled entities have acquired 6.60% of
the Company’s outstanding common capital stock.
7. Share
Capital
On
October 11, 2005, the Company completed a private placement of 3,150,000 units
at a price of $0.40 per unit for $1,260,000. Each unit consisted of one common
share and one common share purchase warrant, with each warrant entitling its
holder to acquire one share of its common stock at a price of $0.60 per share.
The warrants expired on October 11, 2008. In connection with the private
placement a finder’s fee of $36,000 was paid.
On
January 13, 2006, the Company completed a private placement of 51,200 units at a
price of $1.50 per unit, for $76,800. Each unit consisted of one common share
and one common share purchase warrant, with each warrant entitling its holder to
acquire one share of its common stock at an exercise price of $2.25 per common
share. The warrants expired on January 13, 2009. In addition, on January 12,
2006, pursuant to a Debt Settlement Agreement, one holder of $38,293 of the
Company’s indebtedness exchanged its debt for 21,800 units at a price of $1.50
per unit valued at $32,700. Each unit consisted of one common share and one
common share purchase warrant, with each warrant entitling its holder to acquire
one common share of the Company at a price of $2.25. The warrants expired on
January 13, 2009. In connection with the private placement a finder’s fee of
$7,680 was paid.
On
February 23, 2006, pursuant to an exercise option agreement the Company entered
into on June 7, 2005 (see Note 3), the Company issued 4,707,750 of its common
shares in exchange for 156,925 of the outstanding preferred shares of
Northern.
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On June
13, 2006, pursuant to an exercise option agreement the Company entered into on
June 7, 2005 (see Note 3), the Company issued 2,867,250 common shares in
exchange for 95,575 of the outstanding preferred shares of
Northern.
On July
28, 2006, a warrant holder of the Company exercised 100,000 warrants for 100,000
common shares at an exercise price of $0.60 per common share for total gross
proceeds to the Company of $60,000.
On
September 11, 2006, a warrant holder of the Company exercised 50,000 warrants
for 50,000 common shares at an exercise price of $0.60 per common share for
total gross proceeds to the Company of $30,000.
On
January 22, 2007, the Company reached a settlement and a release of all claims
with Grey K Fund LP, Grey K Offshore Fund Ltd., Provident Premier Master Fund
Ltd., Atlas Master Fund Ltd. and Gemini Master Fund, Ltd. for 1,600,000 units at
a price of approximately $0.27 per unit for $435,550. Each unit consisted of one
common share.
On April
4, 2007, pursuant to an exercise option agreement the Company entered into on
June 7, 2005 (see Note 3), the Company issued 5,400,000 common shares in
exchange for 180,000 of the outstanding preferred shares of Northern. As of
April 4, 2007, all Northern preferred shares have been converted into Deep Well
common shares, resulting in Deep Well owning 100% of Northern preferred
shares.
On May
25, 2007, the Company completed a private placement of 5,000,000 units at a
price of $0.40 per unit for $2,000,000. Each unit consisted of one common share
and one common share purchase warrant, with each warrant entitling its holder to
acquire one share of the Company’s common stock at a price of $0.60 per share.
The exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted from time to time upon the
occurrence of certain events, as provided in the warrants. The warrants expire
on May 25, 2010. In connection with the private placement, a finder’s fee of
$150,000 was paid.
On June
22, 2007, the Company completed a private placement of 8,333,333 units at a
price of $0.60 per unit for $5,000,000. Each unit consisted of one common share
and one common share purchase warrant and another twelve one-hundredths common
share purchase warrant (“Special Warrant”). Each warrant entitles the holder to
purchase one additional common share at a price of $0.90 per common share for a
period of three years from the date of closing. Each Special Warrant entitles
the holder to purchase a common share at a price of $1.20 for a period of five
years from the date of closing. The exercise price of the warrants and the
Special Warrants will be adjusted from time to time upon the occurrence of
certain events, as provided in the warrants. The warrants expire on June 22,
2010, and the Special Warrants expire on June 22, 2012. In connection with the
private placement, a finder’s fee of $300,000 was paid.
On July
11, 2007, the Company completed a private placement of 323,333 units at a price
of $0.60 per unit for $194,000. Each unit consisted of one common share and one
common share purchase warrant and another twelve one-hundredths common share
purchase warrant (“Special Warrant”). Each warrant entitles the holder to
purchase one additional common share at a price of $0.90 per common share for a
period of three years from the date of closing. Each Special Warrant entitles
the holder to purchase a common share at a price of $1.20 for a period of five
years from the date of closing. The exercise price of the warrants and the
Special Warrants will be adjusted from time to time upon the occurrence of
certain events, as provided in the warrants. The warrants expire on July 11,
2010, and the Special Warrants expire on July 11, 2012. In connection with the
private placement, a finder’s fee of $9,700 was paid.
On
September 4, 2007, pursuant to the warrant issuance on March 10, 2005, 500,000
common share warrants with an exercise price of $0.50 per common share were
exchanged for 625,000 common share warrants with an exercise price of $0.40 per
common share. The warrants were revalued as at September 4, 2007 to reflect the
new terms.
On
September 10, 2007, pursuant to the warrant issuance on March 10, 2005, 287,500
common share warrants with an exercise price of $0.50 per common share were
exchanged for 359,375 common share warrants with an exercise price of $0.40 per
common share. The warrants were revalued as at September 10, 2007, to reflect
the new terms.
The
warrants outstanding as of March 31, 2008, were 19,463,787 (2007 – 19,463,787)
and are valued at $3,714,934 (2007 - $3,714,937).
8. Stock
Options
On
November 28, 2005, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Deep Well adopted the
Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. Stock Option Plan (the “Plan”). The Plan has not
yet been ratified by the shareholders, which it must be to become effective. The
Plan, which will be administered by the Board, permits options to acquire shares
of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Shares”) to be granted to directors,
senior officers and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries, as well as
certain consultants and other persons providing services to the Company or its
subsidiaries.
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The
maximum number of shares which may be reserved for issuance under the Plan may
not exceed 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Shares, subject to
adjustment as contemplated by the Plan. The aggregate number of Common Shares
with respect to which options may be granted to any one person (together with
their associates) in any one year, together will all other incentive plans of
the Company, may not exceed 500,000 Common Shares and in total may not exceed 2%
of the total number of Common Shares outstanding.
On
November 28, 2005, the Company granted its directors Donald E.H. Jones and Cyrus
Spaulding options to purchase 375,000 shares each of common stock at an exercise
price of $0.71 per share, 75,000 vesting immediately and the remaining vesting
one-third on June 29, 2006, one-third on June 29, 2007, and one-third on June
29, 2008, with a five-year life.
On
November 28, 2005, the Company granted its directors Horst A. Schmid and Curtis
Sparrow options to purchase 375,000 shares each of common stock at an exercise
price of $0.71 per share, 175,000 vesting immediately and the remaining vesting
one-half on February 6, 2006, and one-half on February 6, 2007, with a five-year
life.
On
November 28, 2005, the Company granted a director of a subsidiary of the
Company, Moses Ling, options to purchase 187,500 shares of common stock at an
exercise price of $0.71 per share, 37,500 vesting immediately and the remaining
vesting one-third on June 6, 2006, one-third on June 6, 2007, and one-third on
June 6, 2008, with a five-year life.
On
November 28, 2005, the Company granted Trebax Projects Ltd., a corporation
providing consulting services to the Company or its subsidiary and wholly owned
by a director, options to purchase 390,000 shares of common stock at an exercise
price of $0.71 per share, vesting one-third on September 1, 2006, one-third on
September 1, 2007, and one-third on September 1, 2008, with a five-year life. On
September 21, 2007, 130,000 of the remaining non-vested stock options were
terminated as Cyrus Spaulding resigned as the Chief Operating Officer of the
Company.
On
November 28, 2005, the Company granted Portwest Investments Ltd., a corporation
providing consulting services to the Company or its subsidiary and wholly owned
by a director, options to purchase 390,000 shares of common stock at an exercise
price of $0.71 per share, vesting one-third on July 1, 2006, one-third on July
1, 2007 and one-third on July 1, 2008, with a five-year life.
On
November 28, 2005, the Company granted Concorde Consulting, a corporation
providing consulting services to the Company or its subsidiary and wholly owned
by a director, options to purchase 390,000 shares of common stock at an exercise
price of $0.71 per share, vesting one-third on July 1, 2006, one-third on July
1, 2007, and one-third on July 1, 2008, with a five-year life.
On
October 25, 2006, the Company granted its director David Roff options to
purchase 375,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.71 per share,
75,000 vesting immediately and the remaining one-third on April 6, 2007,
one-third on April 6, 2008, and one-third on April 6, 2009, with a five-year
life.
On
September 20, 2007, the Company granted R.N. Dell Energy Ltd., a corporation
providing consulting services to the Company or its subsidiary, options to
purchase 240,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.47 per share,
vesting at a rate of 20,000 per month commencing October 31, 2007, with a
five-year life.
On
September 20, 2007, the Company granted one of its employees, Maureen Griffiths,
options to purchase 36,000 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $0.47
per share, 8,000 vesting immediately and the remainder vesting at a rate of
2,000 per month commencing September 30, 2007, with a five-year
life.
For the
period ended March 31, 2008, the Company recorded $62,230 (as of March 31, 2007
- $161,675) of compensation expense based on its use of the Black-Scholes model
to estimate the grant-date fair value of these unit option awards. No options
were exercised during the period ended March 31, 2008, therefore, the intrinsic
value of the options exercised during 2008 is nil. As of March 31, 2008, there
was a total of $52,387 of unrecognized compensation cost related to the
non-vested portion of these unit option awards. At March 31, 2008, this cost was
expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 0.41 years.
Compensation expense is based upon straight-line amortization of the grant-date
fair value over the vesting period of the underlying unit option. Since the
Company is a relatively new public company and has minimal trading history, it
has used an estimated volatility of approximately 138% for 2008 based on the
trading history available.
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Shares Underlying
Options Outstanding
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Shares Underlying
Options Exercisable
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Range
of Exercise Prices
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Shares
Underlying
Options
Outstanding
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Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Life
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Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
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Shares
Underlying
Options
Exercisable
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Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
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$0.47
at March 31, 2008
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276,000 | 4.47 | $ | 0.47 | 142,000 | $ | 0.47 | |||||||||||||
$0.71
at March 31, 2008
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3,102,500 | 2.77 | 0.71 | 2,492,500 | 0.71 | |||||||||||||||
3,378,500 | 2.91 | 0.69 | 2,634,500 | 0.70 |
The
aggregate intrinsic value of exercisable options as of March 31, 2008, was
$9,940 (as of March 31, 2007 - $nil).
The
Company has used a weighted average risk-free rate of 3.99% in its Black-Scholes
calculation of grant-date fair value, which is based on U.S. Treasury interest
rates at the time of the grant whose term is consistent with the expected life
of the stock options. Expected life represents the period of time that options
are expected to be outstanding and is based on the Company’s best estimate. The
Company has also discounted the fair value of the stock options, calculated
using the Black-Scholes model using a discount rate determined by comparing the
trading price of the shares with the deemed price of shares on private
placements closed during the year. The following table represents the weighted
average assumptions used for the Black-Scholes option pricing
model:
2008
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2007
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Average
risk-free interest rates
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3.99 | % | 4.28 | % | ||||
Average
expected life (in years)
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5 | 5 | ||||||
Volatility
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138 | % | 160 | % | ||||
Dividend
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– | – |
The
following is a summary of stock option activity for 2008:
Number of
Shares
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Weighted Average
Exercise Price
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Weighted
Average Fair
Market Value
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Balance,
September 30, 2005
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– | $ | – | $ | – | |||||||
Options
granted November 28, 2005
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2,857,500 | 0.71 | 0.27 | |||||||||
Balance,
September 30, 2006
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2,857,500 | 0.71 | 0.27 | |||||||||
Options
forfeited September 21, 2007
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(130,000 | ) | 0.71 | 0.27 | ||||||||
Options
granted October 25, 2006
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375,000 | 0.71 | 0.38 | |||||||||
Options
granted September 20, 2007
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276,000 | 0.47 | 0.45 | |||||||||
Balance,
September 30, 2007
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3,378,500 | 0.69 | 0.30 | |||||||||
Balance,
March 31, 2008
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3,378,500 | $ | 0.69 | $ | 0.27 | |||||||
Exercisable,
March 31, 2008
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2,634,500 | $ | 0.70 | $ | 0.27 |
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The
following table summarizes the status of the Company’s non-vested stock options
since October 1, 2005:
Non-Vested Options
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Number
of
Shares
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Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
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|||||||
Non-vested
at October 1, 2005
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– | $ | – | |||||
Granted
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2,857,500 | 0.71 | ||||||
Vested
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(1,377,500 | ) | 0.71 | |||||
Non-vested
at September 30, 2006
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1,480,000 | 0.71 | ||||||
Forfeited
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(130,000 | ) | 0.71 | |||||
Granted
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651,000 | 0.61 | ||||||
Vested
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(1,025,000 | ) | 0.71 | |||||
Non-vested
at September 30, 2007
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976,000 | $ | 0.64 | |||||
Vested
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(232,000 | ) | 0.57 | |||||
Non-vested
at March 31, 2008
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744,000 | 0.67 |
Measurement
Uncertainty
The
Black-Scholes option pricing model was developed for use in estimating the fair
value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are fully
transferable. Stock options and the warrants attached to the units issued by the
Company are non-transferable. Option pricing models require the input of
subjective assumptions including expected share price volatility. The fair value
estimate can vary materially as a result of changes in the
assumptions.
9. Changes
in Non-Cash Working Capital
Six
Months
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Six
Months
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Ended
March 31,
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Ended
March 31,
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2008
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2007
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Accounts
receivable
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$ | (108,727 | ) | $ | 29,081 | |||
Prepaid
expenses
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(18,028 | ) | (4,234 | ) | ||||
Accounts
payable
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(143,707 | ) | 271,473 | |||||
$ | (270,462 | ) | $ | 296,320 |
10. Commitments
Compensation
to Directors
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Since
the acquisition of Northern Alberta Oil Ltd., the Company and Northern
have entered into the following contracts with the following companies for
the services of their officers:
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1)
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Portwest
Investments Ltd., a company owned 100% by Dr. Horst A. Schmid, for
providing services to the Company as Chief Executive Officer and President
for $12,500 Cdn per month.
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2)
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Concorde
Consulting, a company owned 100% by Mr. Curtis J. Sparrow, for providing
services as Chief Financial Officer to the Company for $15,000 Cdn per
month.
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3)
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Brave
Consulting, a company 50% owned by Mr. David Roff, for providing
consulting services to the Company for $8,000 Cdn per month. As of August
2007 the amount has increased to $12,000 per
month.
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Compensation
to Contractor
R.N. Dell
Energy Ltd. has been contracted to provide geological services to the Company
for $17,700 Cdn per month.
11. Subsequent
Events
On April
2, 2008, Deep Well participated in a public offering of Crown Petroleum and
Natural Gas Rights held by the Alberta Department of Energy, in which the
Company successfully bid on 1 Petroleum and Natural Gas Rights parcel covering
3,795 gross acres (1,536 gross hectares) for a total of six sections in the
Ochre area. Deep Well acquired an undivided 100% working interest in these six
sections located in the Peace River Oil Sands area approximately fourteen miles
west of the Sawn Lake properties.
On August
14, 2008, the Company completed a private placement of 10,638,297 units at a
price of $0.47 per unit for $5,000,000. Each unit consists of one common share,
one common share purchase warrant and a fractional warrant for an aggregate of
2,000,000 common shares. Each warrant entitled the holder to purchase one
additional common share at a price of $0.71 per common share for a period of
three years from the date of closing. Each of the 2,000,000 fractional warrants
entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share at a price of $0.95
per common share for a period of three years from the date of closing. The
warrants and fractional warrants expire on August 14, 2011.
On
October 31, 2008, the Company completed a private placement of 12,500,000 units
at a price of $0.40 per unit for $5,000,000. Each unit consists of one common
share, one common share purchase warrant and a fractional warrant for an
aggregate of 2,000,000 common shares. Each warrant entitles the holder to
purchase one additional common share at a price of $0.60 per common share for a
period of three years from the date of closing. Each of the 2,000,000 fractional
warrants entitles the holder to purchase one additional common share at a price
of $0.80 per common share for a period of three years from the date of closing.
The warrants and fractional warrants expire on October 31, 2011.
12.
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Legal
Actions
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Deep
Well Oil & Gas, Inc. vs. Tamm Oil and Gas Corp., et al
On April
7, 2008, Deep Well announced that it has filed a complaint (the “Compliant”)
with the United States District Court for the District of Nevada alleging that
Tamm Oil and Gas Corp. (“Tamm”) has violated United States federal and Nevada
state law in connection with Tamm’s recent public statements and activities
related to Deep Well, its operations and the ownership of its common
shares.
Since
December 2007, Tamm and its agents have issued multiple public statements with
respect to Tamm’s acquisition of a significant interest in Deep Well and the
Sawn Lake heavy oil region of North Central Alberta.
Deep Well
is not, and has not been, a party to any of Tamm’s public statements or
purported acquisition of Deep Well common shares. Deep Well alleges that Tamm’s
recent public statements contain materially false or misleading statements about
Tamm’s ownership interests in Deep Well and Sawn Lake, and that such statements
and Tamm’s activities with respect to Deep Well and its common shares violate
United States federal and Nevada state law.
In order
to assist in protecting Deep Well and its shareholders, Deep Well commenced the
Complaint, which alleges that:
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·
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Tamm’s
public statements about and purported acquisitions of Deep Well common
shares constitute an illegal tender offer in violation of Section 14(d) of
the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”);
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·
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Tamm’s
public statements about Deep Well and the acquisition of Deep Well common
shares contain materially false and/or misleading statements or omissions,
in violation of United States federal securities laws and Nevada state
law;
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·
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Tamm
failed to timely file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a
required statement of beneficial ownership on Schedule 13D, and
subsequently filed a materially deficient Schedule 13D;
and
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·
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Tamm
has defamed Deep Well by making false statements concerning Deep Well and
its interests in Sawn Lake that were published to the public and/or third
parties without permission by Deep Well; and Tamm has violated the Lanham
Act by making false and misleading representations of fact in connection
with its and Deep Well’s business in the oil and gas industry and its
tender offer for Deep Well shares or solicitation of shareholders in favor
of its tender offer.
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Deep Well
is seeking injunctive relief and/or other damages in connection with the
Complaint. As at September 14, 2009, a settlement was reached with the
defendants. On September 14, 2009 and effective September 1, 2009, Deep Well,
and Tamm, Garry Tighe, William Tighe, Sean Dickenson, John Muzzin, Guido
Hilekes, Peter Schriber, Olaf Herr, Arthur Sulzer, LB (Swiss) Private Bank, Ltd.
and Rahn & Bodmer Co. (collectively, the “TAMM Parties”) entered into a full
settlement and release with all of the defendants in Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. v.
Tamm Oil & Gas Corp., et. al. (D. Nev., Case No.
3:08-cv-00173-ECR-RAM) in the United States District Court, District of
Nevada.
The
settlement provides that the Company will be granted an option (the “Option”) to
purchase Tamm’s interest in the Royalty Agreement between Mikwec Energy Canada,
Ltd. and Nearshore Petroleum Corporation, dated December 12, 2003 (hereinafter
the “Royalty Agreement”). The Option price shall be determined by an independent
appraisal of the fair market value of Tamm’s Interest in the Royalty Agreement,
and shall reflect a $400,000 reduction from the determined fair market value.
Further, if the Company decides to exercise this Option they can pay for part of
the Option by way of a promissory note, the terms of which will be determined.
The settlement also provides that for the term of the promissory note Tamm may
designate a director to the Company’s board of directors, and that Tamm’s
designee shall thereafter be included on the Company’s slate of director
nominees for any stockholder election of directors, until such time as the
Company repays the debt it owes on the promissory note related to the Option. A
Stipulated Judgment of Dismissal of the case was filed on September 15, 2009 and
entered by the court on the same day.
I.G.M.
Resources Corp vs. Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc., et al
On March
10, 2005, I.G.M. Resources Corp. (”the Plaintiff") filed against Classic Energy
Inc., 979708 Alberta Ltd., Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc., Nearshore Petroleum
Corporation, Mr. Steven P. Gawne, Rebekah Gawne, Gawne Family Trust, 1089144
Alberta Ltd., John F. Brown, Diane Lynn McClaflin, Cassandra Doreen Brown,
Elissa Alexandra Brown, Brown Family Trust, Priority Exploration Ltd., Northern
Alberta Oil Ltd. and Gordon Skulmoski (“the Defendant”) a Statement of Claim in
the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta Judicial District of Calgary. This suit is
a part of a series of lawsuits or actions undertaken by the Plaintiff against
some of the other above defendants.
The
Plaintiff was and still is a minority shareholder of 979708 Alberta Ltd.
("979708"). 979708 was in the business of discovering, assembling and acquiring
oil and gas prospects. In 2002 and 2003, 979708 acquired oil and gas prospects
in the Sawn Lake area of Alberta. On or about the 14th of
July, 2003, all or substantially all the assets of 979708 were sold to Classic
Energy Inc. The Plaintiff claims the value of the assets sold was far in excess
of the value paid for those assets. On April 23, 2004, Northern
Alberta Oil Ltd., purchased Classic Energy Inc.'s assets, some of which are
under dispute by the Plaintiff. On June 7, 2005, Deep Well acquired
all of the common shares of Northern thereby giving Deep Well an indirect
beneficial interest in the assets in which the Plaintiff is claiming
an interest.
The
Plaintiff seeks an order setting aside the transaction and returning the assets
to 979708, compensation in the amount of $15,000,000 Cdn, a declaration of trust
declaring that Northern and Deep Well hold all of the assets acquired from
979708 and any property acquired by use of such assets, or confidential
information of 979708, in trust for the Plaintiff.
This
lawsuit has been stayed pending the outcome of the other litigation by the
Plaintiff against some of the above defendants other than Deep Well and
Northern. The Company believes the claims are without merit and will vigorously
defend against them. As at March 31, 2008, no contingent liability has been
recorded, as a successful outcome for the Plaintiff is unlikely.
Hardie
& Kelly vs. Brown et al
On June
2, 2006, Hardie and Kelly (“the Plaintiff”), Trustee of the Estate of John
Forbes Brown filed against John Forbes Brown, a bankrupt, Diane Lynn McClaflin,
1089144 Alberta Ltd., and Deep Well (“the Defendants”) an Amended Statement of
Claim in the Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta Judicial District of
Calgary. John Forbes Brown was a former officer and then
sub-contractor of Deep Well before and during the time he was assigned into
bankruptcy on July 12, 2004. The Plaintiff claims, in addition to
other issues unrelated to Deep Well, that John Forbes Brown received 4,812,500
Deep Well shares as a result of his employment at Deep Well and that John Forbes
Brown improperly assigned these shares to the numbered company as a ruse entered
into on the eve of insolvency by John Forbes Brown in order to facilitate the
hiding of assets from his creditors and the trustee of his
bankruptcy. The Plaintiff further claims that on August 23, 2004,
John Forbes Brown advised the Plaintiff that he in fact owned the above shares
and did not disclose this ownership in his filed bankruptcy statement of
affairs.
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The
Plaintiff further claims that John Forbes Brown would lodge the said shares with
his lawyer until such time as these shares could be transferred to the
Plaintiff. The Plaintiff further claims that unbeknownst to them John
Forbes Brown surreptitiously removed the shares from his lawyer's office and
delivered them to Deep Well so that Deep Well could cancel them. The
Plaintiff claims that Deep Well conspired with John Forbes Brown to defraud the
creditors of John Forbes Brown by taking receipt and cancelling the said
shares. The Plaintiff claims that consideration paid by Deep Well for
the said shares was invested in the home owned by John Forbes Brown and his
wife. The Plaintiff seeks: (1) an accounting of the proceeds and
benefits derived by the dealings of the shares; (2) the home owned by John
Forbes Brown and his wife, to be held in trust on behalf of the Plaintiff and an
accounting of proceeds related to this trust; (3) damages from the Defendants
because of their actions; (4) a judgement for $15,612,645 Cdn; (5) an order to
sell John Forbes Brown's home; and (6) interest and costs.
Deep Well
plans to vigorously defend itself against the Plaintiff's claims. As at March
31, 2008, no contingent liability has been recorded, as a successful outcome for
the Plaintiff is unlikely.
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ITEM
2.
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MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
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You
should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with our
Company’s consolidated financial statements and related notes. For the purpose
of this discussion, unless the context indicates another meaning, the terms:
“Company”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to Deep Well Oil & Gas, Inc. and its
subsidiaries. This discussion includes forward-looking statements that reflect
our current views with respect to future events and financial performance that
involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results, performance or achievements
could differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements
as a result of certain factors including risks discussed in Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition or Results of Operations –
“Forward-Looking Statements” below and elsewhere in this report, and under the
heading “Risk Factors” and “Environmental Laws and Regulations” disclosed in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007, filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22, 2009.
Our consolidated financial
statements and information are reported in U.S. dollars and are prepared based
upon United States generally accepted accounting
principles.
General
Overview
Deep Well
Oil and Gas, Inc. (“Deep Well”), along with its subsidiaries, is an emerging
independent junior oil and gas exploration and development company headquartered
in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Our Company’s immediate corporate focus is to
develop the existing land base that it presently controls in the Peace River Oil
Sands area in Alberta, Canada. Our principal office is located at Suite 700,
10150 - 100 Street, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5J 0P6, our telephone number is
(780) 409-8144, and our fax number is (780) 409-8146. Deep Well Oil & Gas,
Inc. is a Nevada corporation and trades on the pink sheets under the symbol
DWOG. We maintain a website at www.deepwelloil.com.
Results of Operations for
the Six Months Ended March 31, 2008
Our
Company is an exploration stage company and as such does not have commercial
production at any of its properties and, accordingly, it currently does not
generate cash from operations. Since the inception of our current business plan,
our operations have consisted primarily of various exploration and start-up
activities relating to our properties, which included acquiring lease holdings
by acquisitions and public offerings, seeking institutional investors, locating
joint venture partners, acquiring and analyzing seismic data, engaging various
firms to comply with leasehold conditions and environmental regulations as well
as project management, and developing our long term business strategies. For the
six months ended March 31, 2008, and for the comparable period, we generated no
revenues from operations.
Six
Months
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Six
Months
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September
10,
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Ended
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Ended
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2003
to
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March 31, 2008
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March 31, 2007
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March 31, 2008
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Revenue
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$ | – | $ | – | $ | – | ||||||
Expenses
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Administrative
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$ | 1,248,065 | $ | 781,215 | $ | 5,807,018 | ||||||
Amortization
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6,853 | 499 | 9,187 | |||||||||
Share
Based Compensation
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65,230 | 161,675 | 870,755 | |||||||||
Net
Loss from Operations
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(1,320,148 | ) | (943,389 | ) | (6,686,960 | ) | ||||||
Other
Income and Expenses
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Interest
Income
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61,401 | 7,024 | 127,554 | |||||||||
Interest
Expense
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(710 | ) | (41,032 | ) | (208,572 | ) | ||||||
Forgiveness
of Loan Payable
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– | – | 287,406 | |||||||||
Settlement
of Debt
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– | – | 24,866 | |||||||||
Net
Loss and Comprehensive Loss
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$ | (1,259,457 | ) | $ | (977,397 | ) | $ | (6,455,706 | ) |
Our net
loss and comprehensive loss for the six months ended March 31, 2008, was
$1,259,457 compared to a net loss and comprehensive loss of $997,397 for the six
months ended March 31, 2007. This difference was due primarily to an increase of
$466,850 in general and administrative costs and a decrease of $96,445 in stock
based compensation expense to the comparable quarter, see Note 8 of the
consolidated financial statements disclosed in this report.
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For the
six months ended March 31, 2008, interest income increased by $54,377, compared
to the six months ended March 31, 2007, due to interest received from term
deposits. For the six months ended March 31, 2008, interest expense decreased by
$40,322, compared to the six months ended March 31, 2007, due primarily to a
decrease of accrued interest payable.
Operations
Our
Company successfully completed its 2008/2009 winter drilling program and met its
objectives by drilling 6 wells, 3 of which were drilled on our oil sands permit
in order to provide technical data to support the required Department of Energy
regulation to convert our oil sands permit into a 15-year primary lease. In
addition, three wells were drilled further to the north of the above-mentioned 3
wells and the 3 horizontal wells previously drilled by our former farmout
partner. These three northern wells continued the delineation of the main
reservoir trend and we believe confirmed that the main reservoir continues
north. We are evaluating the options for production available to us to decide on
a course of action. Drilling on these 80% owned lands has opened new avenues for
testing and further development of the Sawn Lake project. On the 12 sections of
the jointly held lands, in which we have a 40% working interest, our Company is
exploring different plans of action with Andora Energy Corporation, the operator
of these 12 sections. The focus of our Company’s drilling program is to define
the heavy oil reservoir to establish reserves and to determine the best
technology under which oil can be produced from the Sawn Lake project in order
to initiate production and generate cash flow.
We are
currently in the process of evaluating various enhanced recovery technologies
for a test well project, which is subject to regulatory approval, Board of
Directors approval, financing, successful reservoir evaluation and modeling, and
other risks associated with the oil sands industry.
Deep Well
through its subsidiaries Northern Alberta Oil Ltd., which we refer to as
“Northern”, and Deep Well Oil & Gas (Alberta) Ltd. currently have a 100%
working interest in 15 sections of Petroleum and Natural Gas licenses
(“P&NG”) in the Peace River area of Alberta, Canada, an 80% working interest
in 56 contiguous sections of oil sands development leases, and a 40% working
interest in an additional 12 contiguous sections of oil sands development leases
in the Peace River oil sands area of Alberta, Canada. Our P&NG licenses and
oil sands development leases cover 52,505 gross acres (21,248 gross
hectares).
On April
2, 2008, our Company participated in a public offering of Crown Petroleum and
Natural Gas Rights held by the Alberta Department of Energy, in which we
successfully bid on 1 P&NG license covering 3,796 gross acres (1,536 gross
hectares) for a total of 6 sections in the Ochre area. Our Company acquired an
undivided 100% working interest in these 6 sections located in the Peace River
Oil Sands area approximately fourteen miles west of our Sawn Lake
properties.
On
December 4, 2008, as operator, we successfully spudded the first well of six
wells to be drilled in our 2008/2009 winter drilling program. This well is
located at 12-14-092-13W5 in North Central Alberta and was drilled to a vertical
depth of 680 meters. The well was logged, cased, and completed for bluesky heavy
oil production, with perforated intervals from 644.5m to 649.5m. We have
recently submitted an application with the Energy Resources Conservation Board
for a commercial bitumen recovery scheme to evaluate the 12-14-092-13W5 well for
potential development using Cyclic Steam Stimulation. Currently this application
is pending regulatory approval.
On
December 15, 2008, as operator, we successfully spudded the second well of our
six well 2008/2009 winter drilling program. This well is located at
9-16-092-13W5 in North Central Alberta and was drilled to a vertical depth of
680 meters. The well was logged, cased, and completed for bluesky heavy oil
production, with perforated intervals from 638.5m to 643.5m. This well is
currently being tested.
On
January 8, 2009, as operator, we successfully spudded the third well of our six
well 2008/2009 winter drilling program. This well is located at 10-33-091-13W5
in North Central Alberta and was drilled to a vertical depth of 708 meters. This
well determined the southern edge of the Bluesky reservoir of our Sawn Lake
Project.
On
January 16, 2009, as operator, we successfully spudded the fourth well of our
six well 2008/2009 winter drilling program. This well is located at 7-5-092-13W5
in North Central Alberta and was drilled to a vertical depth of 718 meters. The
well was logged and cased for bluesky heavy oil production, and is pending
further evaluation.
On
January 25, 2009, as operator, we successfully spudded the fifth well of our six
well 2008/2009 winter drilling program. This well is located at 8-4-092-13W5 in
North Central Alberta and was drilled to a vertical depth of 725 meters. The
well was logged and cased for bluesky heavy oil production, and is pending
further evaluation.
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On
February 2, 2009, as operator, we successfully spudded the sixth well of our six
well 2008/2009 winter drilling program. This well is located at 6-22-092-13W5 in
North Central Alberta and was drilled to a vertical depth of 660 meters. The
well was logged and cased for bluesky heavy oil production, and is pending
further evaluation.
In
conjunction with our recent drilling program, our Company acquired existing road
infrastructure on our properties as follows: effective December 1, 2008, we
acquired 6 P&NG properties of which 2 were expected to immediately expire,
covering 11,387 gross acres (gross 4,608 hectares) from Paramount Resources Ltd.
(“Paramount”). Included in this land acquisition, Paramount transferred 7
mineral surface leases (proposed well sites or “MSLs”) and 4 licenses of
occupation, totaling 12 km of roads (access roads or “LOCs”). Along with this
acquisition we acquired 2 wells. Of the 2 wells, one was drilled to a vertical
depth of 737 meters on our existing oil sands lease and subsequent to the
drilling and logging operations; this well was cased for bluesky heavy oil
production. Perforated intervals were from 681.5m to 684.5m and 684.5m to
685.0m. This well’s status is still drilled and cased for future bitumen
production. The estimated cost to drill this well would have been approximately
$1.4 million dollars in drilling and completion costs, which does not include
the costs associated to construct the existing access roads that we have
acquired from Paramount. Paramount used these access roads, which our Company
now owns, to access their properties to drill their wells and prepare some of
their MSLs for future drilling.
Effective
February 1, 2009, we also acquired from Penn West Petroleum Ltd. an LOC that
totaled 8.7 km of an existing road.
On May 5,
2009, our Company was informed by the Alberta Department of Energy that it had
approved our application to convert 5 sections of our oil sands permit to a
15-year primary lease. By drilling on these lands, where the permits were set to
expire, we have preserved title to 5 sections and now have a primary lease,
which is valid for an additional 15 years.
Liquidity and Capital
Resources
As of
March 31, 2008, our Company’s total assets were $8,517,142, compared to
$4,452,454 as of March 31, 2007. The increase in our total assets was due to
cash received from the sale of securities. Our total liabilities as of March 31,
2008, were $174,699 compared with $1,276,785 as of March 31, 2007. The decrease
in our total liabilities was due primarily to a reduction in accounts payable
and the reversal of a loan payable to a former director of our
Company.
Our
working capital (current liabilities subtracted from current assets) is as
follows.
As
of
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As
of
|
Year
Ending
|
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March 31, 2008
|
March 31, 2007
|
September 30, 2007
|
||||||||||
Current
Assets
|
$ | 4,114,332 | $ | 95,802 | $ | 5,497,687 | ||||||
Current
Liabilities
|
174,699 | 977,566 | 318,406 | |||||||||
Working
Capital
|
$ | 3,939,633 | $ | (881,764 | ) | $ | 5,179,281 |
As of
March 31, 2008, our Company had working capital of $3,939,633 compared to our
working capital deficit of $881,764 as of March 31, 2007. Our working capital
increase was due primarily to the increase in cash received from the sales of
securities. Our decrease in working capital from the September 30, 2007 year-end
was due primarily to start up operation expenses incurred to prepare our six
well sites for the 2008/2009 winter drilling program. Currently we have no
long-term debt and our estimated working capital surplus, as of June 30, 2009,
is approximately $1.62 million.
Our cash
and cash equivalents for the six months ending March 31, 2008, was $3,734,052,
compared to a deficit of $21,216 for the comparable six months ending March 31,
2007. Our Company has raised sufficient funds to conduct our near-term
operations during the fiscal years 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009. From the
period March 10, 2005 to July 31, 2009, we financed our business operations
through a loan, fees derived from the farmout of some of our lands, private
offerings of our common stock, and the exercise of certain warrants, realizing
gross proceeds of approximately $19.6 million. In these offerings, we sold units
comprised of common stock and warrants to purchase additional common stock, and
as a result of these offerings, we had an aggregate of 42,818,138 outstanding
warrants with exercise prices ranging from $0.40 to $1.20. If all of these
warrants are exercised we may realize aggregate proceeds of approximately $30.9
million. However, the warrant holders have complete discretion as to when or if
the warrants are exercised before they expire and we cannot guarantee that the
warrant holders will exercise any of the warrants.
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For our
long term operations we anticipate that, among other alternatives, we may raise
funds during the next twenty-four months through sales of our common stock. We
also note that if we issue more shares of our common stock, our stockholders may
experience dilution in the percentage of their ownership of common stock. We may
not be able to raise sufficient funding from stock sales for long-term
operations and if so, we may be forced to delay our business plans until
adequate funding is obtained. We believe debt financing will not be an
alternative for funding our Company, as we are an exploration stage Company and
due to the risky nature of our business.
Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangements
We do not
have any off-balance sheet arrangements.
Forward-Looking
Statements
This
quarterly report on Form 10-Q, including all referenced exhibits, contains
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the United States federal
securities laws. All statements other than statements of historical facts
included or incorporated by reference in this report, including, without
limitation, statements regarding our future financial position, business
strategy, projected costs and plans and objectives of management for future
operations, are forward-looking statements. The words "may", "believe",
“intend”, "will", "anticipate", "expect", "estimate", "project", "future",
“plan”, “strategy”, or “continue”, and other expressions that are predictions of
or indicate future events and trends and that do not relate to historical
matters, identify forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements in
this quarterly report on Form 10-Q include, among others, statements with
respect to:
·
|
our
current business strategy;
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·
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our
future financial position and projected
costs;
|
·
|
our
projected sources and uses of
cash;
|
·
|
our
plan for future development and
operations;
|
·
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our
drilling and testing plans;
|
·
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our
proposed enhanced oil recovery test well
project;
|
·
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the
sufficiency of our capital in order to execute our business
plan;
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·
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resource
estimates;
|
·
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the
timing and sources of our future
funding.
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Reliance
should not be placed on forward-looking statements because they involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, which may cause the actual
results to differ materially from the anticipated future results expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from those set forward in the forward-looking
statements include, but are not limited to:
·
|
changes
in general business or economic
conditions;
|
·
|
changes
in legislation or regulation that affect our
business;
|
·
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our
ability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals and
permits;
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·
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opposition
to our regulatory requests by various third
parties;
|
·
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actions
of aboriginals, environmental activists and other industrial
disturbances;
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·
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the
costs of environmental reclamation of our
lands;
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·
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availability
of labor or materials or increases in their
costs;
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·
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the
availability of sufficient capital to finance our business plans on terms
satisfactory to us;
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·
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adverse
weather conditions and natural
disasters;
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·
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risks
associated with increased insurance costs or unavailability of adequate
coverage;
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·
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volatility
of oil and natural gas
prices;
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·
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competition;
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·
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changes
in labor, equipment and capital
costs;
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·
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future
acquisitions or strategic
partnerships;
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·
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the
risks and costs inherent in
litigation;
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·
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imprecision
in estimates of reserves, resources and recoverable quantities of oil and
natural gas;
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·
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product
supply and demand;
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·
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fluctuations
in currency and interest
rates;
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·
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the
additional risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control,
referred to elsewhere in this Form 10-Q, in our Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended September 30, 2007, and in our other SEC
filings.
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The
preceding bullets outline some of the risks and uncertainties that may affect
our forward-looking statements. For a full description of risks and
uncertainties, see the sections elsewhere in this Form 10-K entitled “Risk
Factors” and “Environmental Laws and Regulations”. Should one or more of these
risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove
incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, believed,
estimated or expected. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to
publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise. However, any further disclosures made
on related subjects in subsequent reports on Forms 10-K, 10-KSB, 10-Q, 10-QSM,
8-K and any other SEC filing should be consulted.
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ITEM
3. QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are a
smaller reporting company as defined by Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act and
therefore we are not required to provide the information required under this
item.
ITEM
4. CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
Disclosure Controls and
Procedures
As of the
end of our fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2008, an evaluation of the
effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is
defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934) as amended, was carried out under the supervision and with the
participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial
officer. Based upon that evaluation, our principal executive officer and
principal financial officer have concluded that as of the end of that quarter,
our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective to ensure that
information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit
under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and reported
within the time periods specified in SEC rules and forms and (ii) accumulated
and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer
and principal financial officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control
Over Financial Reporting
During
the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2008, there were changes and improvements in
our internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or
are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting. During the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2008 we continued to
implement our formalization and centralization of our accounts payable functions
and multi-currency accounting software.
PART II. OTHER
INFORMATION
ITEM
1. LEGAL
PROCEEDINGS
There
have been no new material developments in our litigation proceedings from those
disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September
30, 2007, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22,
2009.
ITEM
1A. RISK
FACTORS
There
have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in our
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2007, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on September 22, 2009.
ITEM
2. UNREGISTERED
SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
None.
ITEM
3. DEFAULTS
UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
None.
ITEM
4. SUBMISSION
OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS
None.
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ITEM
5. OTHER
INFORMATION
(a) Information Required To Be Disclosed In A Report On
Form 8-K, But Not Reported
Deep Well
reported all information that was required to be disclosed during the period
covered by this Form 10-Q in a subsequent report on Form 10-KSB and/or Form
10-QSB. Subsequent events not reported on Form 8-K during the period covered by
this Form 10-Q but reported in a subsequent report on Form 10-KSB are as
follows:
Subsequent
Events Not Reported on Form 8-K during this quarter covered by this
report
On
January 24, 2008, under farmout settlement agreement, by and between Deep Well
Oil & Gas, Inc. and its subsidiaries and 1350826 Alberta Ltd. and Andora
Energy Corporation, dated November 26, 2007, we received title back on 6 oil
sands leases and 1 oil sands permit, of which 2 of the oil sands leases were
split into 4 oil sands leases. Northern Alberta Oil Ltd., our 100% owned
subsidiary company, became the operator of 6 of these oil sands leases and the
oil sands permit, 1350826 Alberta Ltd. (a 100% owned subsidiary company of
Andora Energy Corporation) became the operator of 2 oil sands leases that were
split into 4 oil sands leases.
On March
18, 2008, 6.5 sections of our oil sands permit, which was originally scheduled
to expire on April 9, 2008, was extended for one year pursuant to an application
submitted to the Alberta Department of Energy by us.
(b) Item 407(c)(3) of Regulation S-K)
Our
Company currently does not have a nominating committee or a nominating committee
charter or policy due to the relatively small size of our Company. Our Board
believes that our entire Board of Directors can adequately perform the functions
of the committee, including considering potential director nominees, therefore
fulfilling the role of a nominating committee. It is anticipated that in
preparation of any General Meeting of stockholders our Board will review
stockholder proposals for nominations to the Board of Directors. Any such
stockholder proposal must comply with the proxy rules under the Exchange Act,
including Rule 14a-8.
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ITEM
6. EXHIBITS
Exhibit
No.
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Description
|
|
10.1
|
Minutes
of Settlement dated November 26, 2007 by and between Deep Well Oil &
Gas, Inc. and its subsidiaries and 1350826 Alberta Ltd. and Andora Energy
Corporation (incorporated by reference to exhibit 10.1 to our Form 8-K
filed on December 14, 2007).
|
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31.1
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Certification
of President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a).
|
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31.2
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Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a).
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32.1
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Certification
of President and Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350.
|
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32.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350.
|
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
DEEP
WELL OIL & GAS, INC.
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By
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/s/ Horst A. Schmid
|
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Dr.
Horst A. Schmid
|
||
Chief
Executive Officer and President
|
||
(Principal
Executive Officer)
|
||
Date
|
November 3, 2009
|
|
By
|
/s/ Curtis James Sparrow
|
|
Mr.
Curtis James Sparrow
|
||
Chief
Financial Officer
|
||
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer)
|
||
Date
|
November 3,
2009
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