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NXT Energy Solutions Inc. - Quarter Report: 2001 June (Form 10-Q)

As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2001

 

Securities And Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549

_________________

FORM 10-Q

_________________

(Mark One)

[_X_]

Quarterly Report Pursuant To Section 13 Or 15(d) Of The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934 For The Three-Month Period Ended June 30, 2001; Or

[___]

Transition Report Pursuant To Section 13 Or 15(d) Of The Securities Exchange Act Of 1934 For The Transition Period From ________ To _______

Commission File No. 0-24027

 

ENERGY EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

61-1126904
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

 840 7th Avenue S.W., Suite 700, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3G2
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 (403) 264-7020
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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 registration was required to file such Reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days: Yes [_X_]  No [___]

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

13,112,916 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, as of August 13, 2001


 ENERGY EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

PART I

BUSINESS

1

Item 1

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1

Item 2

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


1
9

 

 

General

19

 

 

Overview

19

 

 

Results Of Operations

20

 

 

Liquidity And Capital Resources

22

 

 

Other Matters

24

 

 

Uncertainties And Other Risk Factors That May Affect Our
Future Results And Financial Condition


2
5

Item 3

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK

35

 

 

Oil And Gas Price Fluctuations

35

 

 

Currency Fluctuations

35

 

 

Interest Rate Fluctuations

35

Part II

OTHER INFORMATION

35

Item 1

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

35

Item 2

CHANGES IN SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

36

Item 3

DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

36

Item 4

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

36

Item 5

OTHER INFORMATION

36

Item 6

EXHIBITS

36

 

 

Exhibits

36

 

 

Reports on form 8-K

36

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

ENERGY EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
(a development stage enterprise)
Consolidated Balance Sheets

(unaudited)
                                                                                                                                                                         (expressed in U.S. dollars)

 

June 30,
                 2001

December 31,
                    2000

Assets

     

Current assets

     
 

Cash and cash equivalents

$      1,136,647

 

$      4,279,279

 

Accounts receivable

122,029

 

745,756

 

Due from officers and employees

773

 

100

 

Prepaid expenses and other

224,270

 

68,487

------------------- -------------------
 

Total current assets

1,483,719

 

5,093,622

Note receivable from officer [note 4]

34,165

 

34,886

Debt issuance costs [notes 2(f) and 7]

23,755

24,706

Oil and natural gas properties, on the basis of full cost accounting,
net of impairments [notes 2(h) and 5]


5,007,370

 


3,160,808

Other property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation and
amortization [notes 2(i) and 6]


3,720,188

 


3,854,206

 

Total assets

$     10,269,197

 

$     12,168,228

    =============   =============

Liabilities And Shareholders' Equity

     

Current liabilities:

   
 

Trade payables

$ 197,479

 

$ 720,745

 

Wages and employee benefits payable

104,041

 

109,522

 

Accrued oil and natural gas property costs

71,392

 

67,575

 

Current portion long-term debt [note 7]

68,057

 

64,864

 

Other accrued liabilities

41,519

 

85,380

------------------- -------------------
 

Total current liabilities

482,488

 

1,048,086

Long-term debt [note 7]

1,500,291

 

1,535,136

------------------- -------------------
 

Total liabilities

1,982,779

 

2,583,222

Shareholders' equity:

     
 

Series 'A' convertible preferred stock; par value $0.001 per share,
liquidation preference $7.50 per share
800,000 shares authorized and 800,000 shares issued as of
June 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000 [note 9]




800

 




800

 

Common stock, par value $0.001 per share:
50,000,000 shares authorized;
13,112,916 shares issued as of June 30, 2001 and
December 31, 2000, respectively [note 8]




13,113

 




13,113

 

Warrants [notes 9 and 10]

-

 

-

 

Additional paid-in capital

19,670,996

 

19,612,276

 

Deficit accumulated during the development stage

(11,319,012)

 

(9,977,155)

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

(79,479)

 

(64,028)

------------------- -------------------
 

Total shareholders' equity

8,286,418

 

9,585,006

------------------- -------------------

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity

$      10,269,197

$      12,168,228

    =============   =============

The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
are an integral part of these consolidated balance sheets

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ENERGY EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
(a development stage enterprise)
Consolidated Statements Of Loss And Comprehensive Loss
(unaudited)

                                                                                                                                                                                (expressed in U.S. dollars)

 


Three months ended
                                             June 30,


Six months ended
                                                June 30,

October 20, 1995
(inception) to
June 30, 2001

 

                   2001

                  2000

                    2001

                    2000

       (cumulative)

Operating expenses:

         

Administrative

$           414,649

$           398,854

$            728,799

$            726,538

$            5,521,107

   Impairment of oil and natural gas properties [notes 2(h) and 5]

17,160

-

37,935

-

537,765

   Amortization and depreciation [notes 2(i) and 6]

76,438

145,650

153,017

219,671

790,236

   Research and development [note 2(j)]

89,377

104,584

219,492

169,225

1,122,142

   Survey support [note 2(k)]

68,362

23,925

119,444

107,974

967,140

   Survey operations and data analysis [note 2(l)]

34,612

1,609

72,569

54,942

159,527

   Write-down of assets

-

-

-

-

17,662

  ------------------- -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- ----------------------

Total operating expenses

(700,598)

(674,622)

(1,331,256)

(1,278,350)

(9,115,579)

Operating loss

(700,598)

(674,622)

(1,331,256)

(1,278,350)

(9,115,579)

Other income (expense):

         

   Interest cost on promissory notes

(38,570)

-

(77,409)

-

(220,982)

   Interest income

19,991

102,713

62,979

215,543

1,043,892

   Other income

2,277

-

3,829

-

40,582

   Settlement of damages

-

-

-

-

157,500

  ------------------- -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- ----------------------

Total other income (expense)

(16,302)

102,713

(10,601)

215,543

1,020,992

Net loss for the period

(716,900)

(571,909)

(1,341,857)

(1,062,807)

(8,094,587)

Other comprehensive loss:

         

   Foreign currency translation adjustment

117,049

(6,055)

(15,451)

(14,757)

(79,479)

  ------------------- -------------------- -------------------- ------------------- ----------------------

Comprehensive loss for the period

$ (599,851)

$ (577,964)

$ (1,357,308)

$ (1,077,564)

$ (8,174,066)

  ============= ============= ============= ============= ==============

Basic and diluted loss per share [note 2(n)]

$ (0.05)

$ (0.04)

$ (0.10)

$ (0.08)

 

============= ============= ============= =============

Weighted average shares outstanding

13,112,916

12,969,289

13,112,916

12,969,289

 
  ============= ============= ============= =============  

The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are
an integral part of these consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss

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ENERGY EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
(a development stage enterprise)
Consolidated Statements Of Shareholders' Equity (Deficit)

(unaudited)
                                                                                                                                                                                        (expressed in U.S. dollars)


Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
                                   Income



           Common Stock

Series 'A'
Convertible
    Preferred Stock



                     Warrants




Paid-in
       Capital

Deficit
Accumulated
During The
Development
           Stage

     Shares

Amount

     Shares

Amount

     Number

Amount

1995:                  

Issued at inception for cash at $0.001 per share on October 20, 1995


$                -


5,000,000


$        5,000


-


$               -


-


$               -


$               -


$                    -

Net loss for fiscal 1995

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(53,696)

Net other comprehensive loss for fiscal 1995


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-

  --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------------

Balance - December 31, 1995

-

5,000,000

5,000

-

-

-

-

-

(53,696)

1996:

                 

Issued on reverse acquisition on January 30, 1996


-


5,968,281


5,968


-


-


-


-


(5,968)


-

Issued for cash at $1 per share on May 29, 1996


-


975,000


975


-


-


-


-


967,775


-

Net loss for fiscal 1996

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(475,578)

Net other comprehensive loss for fiscal 1996


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-

  --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------------

Balance - December 31, 1996

-

11,943,281

11,943

-

-

-

-

961,807

(529,274)

                   

1997:

                 

Issued for services at $2.31.5 per share on July 1, 1997


-


71,938


72


-


-


-


-


166,469


-

Net loss for fiscal 1997

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(913,321)

Net other comprehensive loss for fiscal 1997


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-

  --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------------

Balance - December 31, 1997

-

12,015,219

12,015

-

-

-

-

1,128,276

(1,442,595)

                   

1998:

                 

Issued on conversion of promissory notes at $2.72 per share on February 1, 1998, net of issuance costs



-



411,764



412



-



-



-



-



1,119,588



-

Issued for cash at $7.50 per share on April 3, 1998

-

-

-

800,000

800

-

-

7,792,167

(2,104,000)

Issued with series "A" preferred stock on April 3, 1998


-


-


-


-


-


200,000


1,132,000


-


(1,132,000)

Net loss for fiscal 1998

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(1,117,808)

Net other comprehensive loss for fiscal 1998


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-

  --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------------

Balance - December 31, 1998

$                -

12,426,983

$      12,427

800,000

$           800

200,000

$  1,132,000

$10,040,031

$   (5,796,403)

 

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ENERGY EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
(a development stage enterprise)
Consolidated Statements Of Shareholders' Equity (Deficit)

(unaudited)
                                                                                                                                                                                        (expressed in U.S. dollars)


Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
                                                                            Income



           Common Stock

Series 'A'
Convertible
    Preferred Stock



                      Warrants




Paid-in
       Capital

Deficit
Accumulated
During The
Development
            Stage

     Shares

Amount

     Shares

Amount

     Number

Amount

1999:                  

Issued for cash at $15 per share on May 17, 1999, net of issuance costs


$                -


400,000


$          400


-


$                -


-


$               -


$ 5,998,252


$                   -

Options exercised for cash at prices between $8.12.5 and $9.50 per share during fiscal 1999



-



35,000



35



-



-



-



-



303,979



-

Cancelled on October 14, 1999

-

(5,167)

(5)

-

-

-

-

(11,570)

11,575

Net loss for fiscal 1999

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(1,534,513)

Net other comprehensive loss for fiscal 1999


(29,403)


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-

  --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------------

Balance - December 31, 1999

(29,403)

12,856,816

12,857

800,000

800

200,000

1,132,000

16,330,692

(7,319,341)

                   

2000:

                 

Warrants exercised for cash at $7.50 per share on March 31, 2000


-


200,000


200


-


-


(200,000)


(1,132,000)


2,631,800


-

Options exercised for cash at prices between $8.25 and $17.00 per share during fiscal 2000



-



56,100



56



-



-



-



-



649,784



-

Net loss for fiscal 2000

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(2,657,814)

Net other comprehensive loss for fiscal 2000


(34,625)


-


-


-


-


-


-


-


-

  --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------------

Balance - December 31, 2000

(64,028)

13,112,916

13,113

800,000

800

-

$-

 19,612,276

$(9,977,155)

                   

2001:

                 
Grant and vesting of common stock purchase
options to consultant

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

58,720

-

Net loss for the six-months ended June 30, 2001

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

(1,341,857)

Net other comprehensive loss for the six-month period ended June 30, 2001

(15,451)

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

  --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- --------------- ------------------

Balance - June 30, 2001

$ (79,479)

13,112,916

$      13,113

800,000

$           800

-

$                -

$19,670,996

$ (11,319,012)

  ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ==========

The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are
an integral part of these consolidated statements of shareholders' equity (deficit)

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ENERGY EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
(a development stage enterprise)
Consolidated Statements Of Cash Flows

(unaudited)
                                                                                                                                                                                 (expressed in U.S. dollars)

 



                   Six months ended June 30,

Oct. 20, 1995
(inception) to
        June 30, 2001

 

                     2001

                 2000

           (cumulative)

Operating activities:

     
 

Net loss for the period

$        (1,341,857)

$       (1,062,807)

$       (8,094,587)

 

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

     
 

Amortization and depreciation of property and equipment

153,017

219,671

790,236

 

Write-down of property and equipment

-

-

17,662

 

Amortization of deferred costs

-

-

154,287

 

Impairment of oil and natural gas properties

37,935

-

537,765

 

Gain on sale of property and equipment

-

-

(11,059)

 

Changes in non-cash working capital:

     
 

Accounts receivable

623,727

(450,175)

(122,029)

 

Due from officers and employees

(673)

2,897

(773)

 

Prepaid expenses

(155,783)

(21,110)

(224,270)

 

Trade payables

(523,266)

133,874

197,479

 

Wages and employee benefits

(5,481)

3,911

104,041

 

Accrued liabilities

(43,861)

(54,534)

41,519

 

Deferred financing for insurance premium

-

-

7,766

 

Consulting costs settled by issuance of common stock and options

58,720

-

225,261

 

Interest costs settled by issuance of common stock

-

-

120,000

-------------------- -------------------- ---------------------
 

Net cash used in operating activities

(1,197,522)

(1,228,273)

(6,256,702)

Financing activities:

     
 

Funds borrowed for aircraft financing

(31,652)

-

1,568,348

 

Funds borrowed from affiliates

-

-

1,100,000

 

Repayment of funds borrowed from affiliates

-

-

(100,000)

 

Funds raised through the sale of common stock, net of costs

-

-

6,972,402

 

Funds raised through the sale of preferred stock and warrants, net of costs

-

-

5,688,967

 

Funds raised through the exercise of options

-

341,490

953,819

 

Funds raised through the exercise of warrants

-

1,500,000

1,500,000

 

Repayment of deferred financing for insurance premium

-

-

(146,520)

 

Changes in non-cash working capital:

     
 

Debt issuance costs

951

-

(23,755)

-------------------- -------------------- ---------------------
 

Net cash generated by (used in) financing activities

(30,701)

1,841,490

17,513,261

Investing activities:

     
 

Funds invested in property and equipment

(18,999)

(3,320,224)

(4,544,522)

 

Proceeds on sale of property and equipment

-

-

11,996

 

Funds invested in oil and natural gas properties

(1,957,152)

(1,312,419)

(5,617,789)

 

Proceeds on sale of oil and natural gas properties

72,655

 

72,655

 

Funds borrowed by an employee

-

-

(35,760)

 

Repayment of funds borrowed by an employee

721

(1,166)

1,595

 

Changes in non-cash working capital:

     
Accrued oil and natural gas property costs 3,817 360,345 71,392
-------------------- -------------------- ---------------------
 

Net cash used in investing activities

(1,898,958)

(4,273,464)

(10,040,433)

Effect of net other comprehensive loss

(15,451)

(14,757)

(79,479)

Net cash inflow (outflow)

(3,142,632)

(3,675,004)

1,136,647

Cash position, beginning of period

4,279,279

9,068,723

-

-------------------- -------------------- ---------------------

Cash position, end of period

$        1,136,647

$        5,393,719

$          1,136,647

============= ============= ==============

The accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements are an integral part of
these consolidated statements of cash flows

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ENERGY EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES
(a development stage enterprise)
Notes To Consolidated Statements

(unaudited)
(expressed in U.S. dollars)
June 30, 2001 and 2000

  1. Organization And Operations
  2. Energy Exploration Technologies ("we," "our company" or "NXT"), a development stage enterprise, was incorporated under the laws of the State of Nevada on September 27, 1994. We are a technology-based reconnaissance exploration company which utilizes our proprietary stress field detection or "SFD" remote-sensing airborne survey technology, which we refer to as our "SFD survey system," to quickly and inexpensively identify and high-grade oil and natural gas prospects. We conduct our reconnaissance exploration activities, as well as land acquisition, drilling, completion and production activities to exploit prospects identified using our SFD technology, through our wholly-owned subsidiaries-NXT Energy USA Inc. ("NXT Energy USA") and NXT Energy Canada Inc. ("NXT Energy Canada"), our two exploration subsidiaries which focus on exploration acquisition and development efforts in the United States and Canada, respectively; and NXT Aero USA Inc. ("NXT Aero USA") and NXT Aero Canada Inc. ("NXT Aero Canada"), our two aircraft operation subsidiaries which operate our aircraft on survey missions for NXT Energy USA and NXT Energy Canada, respectively. NXT, in turn, focuses on research and development efforts to improve the efficacy of our SFD survey system.

    Since we have not generated operating revenues to date, we should be considered a development stage enterprise. Our ability to continue as a going concern in the longer term will be dependent upon our ability, either through our joint venture arrangements or for our own account, to successfully identify hydrocarbon bearing prospects, and to finance, develop, extract and market oil and natural gas from these prospects for a profit. We anticipate that we will continue to incur further operating losses until such time as we receive revenues from our production with respect to prospects currently in the development stage, or through prospects we identify and exploit for our own account.

  3. Significant Accounting Policies

    1. Basis Of Presentation
    2. We have prepared these consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for interim financial reporting. While these financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments which, in the opinion of our management, are necessary for fair presentation of the results of the interim period, they do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. For additional information, refer to our financial statements included in our annual report on form 10-K for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2000.

    3. Consolidation
    4. We have consolidated the accounts of our wholly owned subsidiaries with those of NXT in the course of preparing these consolidated financial statements. All significant intercompany balances and transactions amongst NXT and its subsidiaries have been eliminated as a consequence of the consolidation process, and are therefore not reflected in these consolidated financial statements.

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    1. Reclassifications
    2. Certain items in our prior year's financial statements have been reclassified to conform to our current year's financial statement presentation.

    3. Estimates And Assumptions
    4. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States requires our management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of these consolidated financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

    5. Cash And Cash Equivalents
    6. For purposes of preparing the consolidated balance sheets and statements of cash flows contained in these consolidated financial statements, we consider all investments with original maturities of ninety days or less to constitute "cash and cash equivalents."

    7. Debt Issuance Costs
    8. We amortize debt issuance costs on a straight-line basis over the life of the related debt.

    9. Fair Value Of Financial Instruments
    10. Our financial instruments consist of cash, accounts receivable, notes receivable, trade payables, accrued liabilities and long-term debt. The book value of these financial instruments, other than long-term debt, approximates their fair values due to their short-term to maturity and similarity to current market rates. The carrying value of our long-term debt is considered to approximate its fair value because the interest rate is comparable to current rates available to the company. It is the opinion of our management that we are not exposed to significant interest, currency or credit risks arising from these financial instruments.

    11. Oil And Natural Gas Properties

We follow the full cost method of accounting for oil and natural gas properties and equipment whereby we capitalize all costs relating to our acquisition of, exploration for and development of oil and natural gas reserves. These capitalized costs include:

    • land acquisition costs;

    • geological and geophysical costs;

    • costs of drilling both productive and non-productive wells;

    • cost of production equipment and related facilities; and

    • various costs associated with evaluating petroleum and natural gas properties for potential acquisition.

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We only capitalize overhead that is directly identified with acquisition, exploration or development activities. All costs related to production, general corporate overhead and similar activities are expensed as incurred.

Under the full cost method of accounting, capitalized costs are accumulated into cost centers on a country-by-country basis. These costs, plus a provision for future development costs (including estimated dismantlement, restoration and abandonment costs) of proved undeveloped reserves, are then depleted and depreciated using the unit-of-production method, based on estimated proved oil and gas reserves as determined by independent engineers where significant. For purposes of the depletion and depreciation calculation, proved oil and gas reserves are converted to a common unit of measure on the basis of their approximate relative energy content. No depletion or depreciation expense was recorded as NXT is a development stage enterprise. As a development stage enterprise, any net revenues received prior to achieving commercial production will be accounted for as an adjustment to capitalized costs.

In applying the full cost method of accounting, capital costs in each cost center less accumulated depletion and depreciation and related deferred income taxes are restricted from exceeding an amount equal to the sum of the present value of their related estimated future net revenues discounted at 10% less estimated future expenditures, and the lower of cost or estimated fair value of unproved properties included in the costs being amortized, net of related tax effects. Should this comparison indicate an excess carrying value, a write-down would be recorded.

The carrying values of unproved properties, which are excluded from the depletion calculation, are assessed on a quarterly basis to ascertain whether any impairment in value has occurred. This assessment typically includes a determination of the anticipated future net cash flows based upon reserve potential and independent appraisal where warranted. Impairment is recorded if this assessment indicates the future potential net cash flows are less than the capitalized costs.

All recoveries of costs through the sale or other disposition of oil and gas properties and equipment are accounted for as adjustments to capitalized costs, with no gain or loss recorded, unless the sale or disposition involves a significant change in the relationship between costs and the value of proved reserves or the underlying value of unproved property, in which case the gain or loss is computed and recognized.

We conduct oil and natural gas exploration, drilling, development and production activities through our joint venture partners. These consolidated financial statements reflect only our proportionate interest in these activities.

    1. Other Property And Equipment
    2. We carry our other capitalized property and equipment at cost, and depreciate or amortize them over their estimated service lives using the declining balance method as follows:

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      Aircraft

      5%

      Computer equipment

      30%

      Computer software

      100%

      Equipment

      20%

      Furniture and fixtures

      20%

      Flight equipment

      10%

      Leasehold improvements

      20%

      Tools

      20%

      Vehicles

      30%

      When we retire or otherwise dispose of our other capitalized property and equipment, we remove their cost and related accumulated depreciation or amortization from our accounts, and record any resulting gain or loss in the results of operations for the period. Our management periodically reviews the carrying value of our property and equipment to ensure that any permanent impairment in value is recognized and reflected in our results of operations.

    1. Research And Development Expenditures
    2. We expense all research and development expenditures we incur to develop, improve and test our SFD survey system and related components, including allocable salaries.

    3. Survey Support Expenditures

We expense all survey support expenditures we incur, after netting costs which are reimbursable by our joint venture partners. Survey support expenditures consist primarily of the cost, including allocable salaries, to:

    • conduct field evaluations designed by our joint venture partners to evaluate the SFD survey system; and

    • develop, organize, staff and train our survey and interpretation operational functions.

  1. Survey Operations And Data Analysis Expenditures

We expense all survey and data analysis costs we incur, after netting costs which are reimbursable by our joint venture partners. Survey and data analysis expenditures consist primarily of:

    • aircraft operating costs, travel expenses and allocable salaries of our personnel while on survey assignment; and

    • allocable salaries of our personnel while interpreting SFD data.

  1. Foreign Currency Translation

Our only operations outside of the United States are in Canada. Foreign currency translation adjustments resulting from the translation of the financial statements of our Canadian subsidiaries, whose functional currency is Canadian dollars, into U.S. dollar equivalents for purposes of consolidating our financial statements, are included in other comprehensive loss. For purposes of consolidation, we use the following methodology to convert Canadian dollar denominated accounts and transactions into U.S. dollars:

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    • all asset and liability accounts are translated into U.S. dollars at the rate of exchange in effect as of the end of the applicable fiscal period;

    • all shareholders' equity accounts are translated into U.S. dollars using historical exchange rates; and

    • all revenue and expense accounts are translated into U.S. dollars at the average rate of exchange for the applicable fiscal period.

We record the cumulative gain or loss arising from the conversion of the noted Canadian dollar denominated accounts and transactions into U.S. dollars as a foreign currency translation adjustment as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income or loss for that period.

  1. Basic And Diluted Loss Per Share

      Our basic loss per share is computed in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 128, "Earnings Per Share," ("SFAS 128"), by dividing the net loss for the period attributable to holders of our common stock by the weighted average number of shares of our common stock outstanding for the period. Our diluted loss per share is computed, also in accordance with SFAS 128, by including the potential dilution that could occur if holders of our dilutive securities were to exercise or convert these securities into our common stock.

      In calculating our diluted loss per share, we take into consideration deemed distributions analogous to the declaration of a dividend attributable to the beneficial conversion features affording a discount or benefit to the holders of our securities. See note 9.

    1. Stock-Based Compensation For Employees And Directors
    2. In accounting for the grant of our employee and director stock options, we have elected to follow Accounting Principles Board No. 25, "Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees," ("APB 25"), and related interpretations. Under APB 25, companies are not required to record any compensation expense relating to the grant of options to employees or directors where the awards are granted upon fixed terms with an exercise price equal to fair value and the only condition of exercise is continued employment. See note 11.

    3. Recent Pronouncements

On January 1, 2001, NXT adopted SFAS No. 133, "Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging," as modified by SFAS No. 138, "Accounting for Certain Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities." SFAS No. 133 requires a company to recognize all derivative instruments on the balance sheet as either an asset or a liability measured at fair value. Changes in fair value of derivative instruments are recognized in earnings unless specific hedge criteria is met. Changes in fair value of derivative instruments that are designated as hedges are recognized in earnings in the same period as the hedged item. SFAS No. 133 requires that a company formally document, designate and assess the effectiveness of instruments that receive the hedge accounting. NXT has no derivative instruments and the adoption of SFAS No. 133 on January 1, 2001 has not had a material impact to our consolidated financial position or the results of operations.

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In July 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued SFAS No. 141, "Business Combinations," and SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets." SFAS No. 141 requires business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 to be accounted for using the purchase method of accounting, and broadens the criteria for recording intangible assets separate from goodwill. Recorded goodwill and intangibles will be evaluated against these new criteria and may result in certain intangibles being included with goodwill or, in the alternative, amounts initially recorded as goodwill may be separately identified and recognized apart from goodwill. SFAS No. 142 requires the use of a non-amortization approach to account for purchased goodwill and certain intangibles. Under a non-amortization approach, goodwill and certain intangibles will not be amortized into results of operations, but instead will be reviewed for impairment and written down and charged to results of operations only in the periods in which the recorded value of goodwill and certain intangibles is in excess of its fair value. The provisions of each statement will be adopted by NXT on January 1, 2002. We have not determined their effect on these financial statements.

  1. Reverse Acquisition

We acquired what is now our wholly-owned subsidiary, NXT Energy USA (then known as Pinnacle Oil Inc.), on January 20, 1996, in a transaction accounted for as a "reverse acquisition." This acquisition was effected through the issuance of 10,090,675 common shares of NXT (then known as Auric Mining Corporation), constituting approximately 92% of its outstanding shares at that date, in exchange for all of the outstanding shares of NXT Energy USA. As a result of the application of the noted accounting principles governing reverse acquisitions, NXT Energy USA (and not NXT) was treated as the "acquiring" or "continuing" entity for financial accounting purposes.

We have accounted for the NXT Energy USA acquisition as an issuance of stock by NXT Energy USA in exchange for the tangible net assets of NXT, valued at fair value, which approximate historical costs. As a result, our consolidated statements of loss and shareholders' equity (deficit) included in these consolidated financial statements are deemed to be a continuation of NXT Energy USA's financial statements, and therefore reflect:

  • NXT Energy USA's operations from the date of its formation (October 20, 1995) through the effective date of the reverse acquisition (January 20, 1996); and

  • our consolidated operations after the effective date of the reverse acquisition (January 20, 1996).
  1. Note Receivable From Officer

    In September 1998, we loaned the sum of Cdn. $54,756 (U.S. $35,760 as of that date) to one of our officers in connection with his relocation to Calgary, Alberta. Pursuant to the terms of an underlying promissory note, the officer is required to repay the loan on a monthly basis, with a balloon payment due on October 3, 2003. The amount of the monthly payments is calculated on the basis of a 300-month amortization rate, principal plus interest, using a variable interest rate computed at our cost of funds, which we define as our floating interest rate for liquid investments (presently 5.5%).

  1. Oil And Natural Gas Properties
  2. Summarized below are the oil and natural gas property costs we capitalized for our six months ended June 30, 2001 and June 30, 2000, and as of June 30, 2001:

     

    Six Months Ended
                                 June 30

    As of
           June 30

     

                2001

              2000

     

                2001

    Acquisition costs

    $       384,111

    $       36,757

     

    $      847,073

    Exploration costs

    1,500,386

    1,275,662

     

    4,698,062

      -------------------- ------------------   -------------------
     

    Oil and natural gas properties

    1,884,497

    1,312,419

     

    5,545,135

    Less impairment

    (37,935)

    -

     

    (537,765)

      -------------------- ------------------   -------------------
     

    Net oil and natural gas properties

    $ 1,846,562

    $ 1,312,419

     

    $ 5,007,370

      ============= ============   =============

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    Since all of our oil and natural gas properties as of June 30, 2001 were either not yet producing or still in the drilling stage, we have classified all of these properties as unproved properties. Consequently, we did not record any depletion to date for these properties.

    The impairment of oil and natural gas properties relates to the write-down of the cost of drilling and completing wells which are either non-commercial or which we are unable to complete for technical reasons. While, as noted below, our management believes in the prospective commercial viability and non-impairment of the overall prospects of which each of these wells are a part and is continuing active exploration and development activities with respect to each of these prospects, we have nevertheless written-off these individual well costs as an impairment cost since we have not established proved reserves to date.

    At the end of each fiscal quarter, our management performs an overall assessment of each of our oil and natural gas properties to determine if any of these properties had been subject to any impairment in value (see note 2(h)). Based upon these evaluations, our management has determined that each of our oil and natural gas properties continued to have prospective commercial viability as of that date, including each of those properties noted above that contain wells which we have written-off. Based upon these considerations, we have not recorded any impairments against our properties to date other than the noted write-offs. While we are currently conducting active exploration and development programs with respect to each of these unproved oil and natural gas properties, we anticipate that all of these properties will be evaluated and the associated costs transferred into the amortization base or impaired over the next five years.

  1. Other Property And Equipment
  2. Summarized below are our capitalized costs for other property and equipment as of June 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000:

     

    June 30,
               2001

    December 31,
                   2000

    Aircraft and flight equipment

    $   3,398,538

     

    $   3,385,139

    Computer equipment

    285,884

     

    282,272

    Computer software

    115,336

     

    116,819

    Equipment

    80,731

     

    77,169

    Furniture and fixtures

    189,112

     

    190,039

    Leasehold improvements

    251,032

     

    253,459

    SFD survey system (including software)

    117,052

     

    115,336

    Tools

    1,624

     

    1,640

    Vehicle

    18,828

     

    18,828

      -------------------- --------------------
     

    Property and equipment

    4,458,137

     

    4,440,701

    Less accumulated depreciation and amortization

    (737,949)

     

    (586,495)

      -------------------- --------------------
     

    Net property and equipment

    $   3,720,188

     

    $   3,854,206

      ============= =============

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  1. Long-Term Debt

    On November 6, 2000, we borrowed $1,600,000 on an asset-based loan collateralized by our Piaggio P180 Avanti aircraft. The principal and interest on this loan, which accrues at the rate of 9.65% per annum, are repayable in 156 equal installments of $18,037 each, commencing January 1, 2001 with the last payment due on December 1, 2013. The loan contains no restrictive or financial ratio covenants. We also paid $24,706 in fees with respect to this loan which we recorded as debt issuance costs.

  1. Common Stock

On January 31, 1997, two of our executive officer-directors at that time each loaned our company the sum of $500,000, for total loan proceeds of $1,000,000. These loans were extended by these officer-directors pursuant to unsecured, convertible promissory notes due January 31, 1998, together with interest accrued at a rate of 12% per annum. Each promissory note contained identical conversion provisions pursuant to which:

  • each officer-director could elect to convert any or all of the outstanding balance of his loan into common stock based upon a ratio of one share per $4.07 in converted principal and interest at any time; and

  • our company could convert any or all of the outstanding balance of either loan into common stock based upon a ratio of one share per $2.72 in converted principal and interest should we be unable to repay that amount by the January 31, 1998 due date.

We exercised our right to convert the notes into 411,764 shares of common stock on February 1, 1998, in satisfaction of $1,120,000 in aggregate principal and accrued interest which became due on January 31, 1998.

On May 17, 1999, we raised $6,000,000 in gross proceeds through a private placement of 400,000 shares of our common stock at $15 per share. Net proceeds to our company from this offering were $5,998,652, after deducting $1,348 in offering expenses.

During fiscal 1999, we raised $303,979 in gross proceeds through our employees' exercise of stock options entitling them to purchase 35,000 shares of our common stock at exercise prices between $8.125 and $9.50 per share.

On March 31, 2000, the holder of warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share exercised these warrants, resulting in gross proceeds to our company of $1,500,000. See note 9.

During fiscal 2000, we raised $649,840 in gross proceeds through our employees' exercise of stock options entitling them to purchase 56,100 shares of our common stock at exercise prices between $8.25 and $17 per share.

  1. Preferred Stock And Warrants

On April 3, 1998, we completed a series of transactions pursuant to which:

  • NXT Energy USA entered into a joint venture agreement, and

  • we concurrently raised $6,000,000 in gross proceeds from an affiliate of the joint venture partner through the private placement to that party of 800,000 shares of our series 'A' convertible preferred stock, and warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share.

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The net proceeds of this private placement were $5,688,167, after deducting $311,833 in offering expenses, including the cost of becoming a reporting company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Each share of preferred stock is convertible into one common share at the election of the holder, and carries a $7.50 liquidation preference should our company wind-up and dissolve. We reserved the right to redeem the preferred stock at a price of $7.50 per share if it has not been converted into common stock by April 3, 2000, and the holder forgoes a final opportunity to exercise his conversion rights to avoid redemption. The preferred shares are not entitled to payment of any dividends, although they are entitled under certain circumstances to participate in dividends on the same basis as if converted into common shares. Each warrant carried a $7.50 per share exercise price, and stipulated that it would lapse to the extent not exercised by April 3, 2000. All of the warrants were exercised on March 31, 2000 for gross proceeds of $1,500,000. See note 8.

Insofar as the preferred shares and warrants contained beneficial conversion features affording a discount or benefit to the purchaser of these securities, we recorded a deemed distribution analogous to the declaration of a dividend to that purchaser. This deemed distribution resulted in:

  • an increase in additional paid-in capital in the amount of $2,104,000 to record the intrinsic value of the beneficial conversion feature of the preferred shares (i.e., the discount in the purchase price of these securities relative to the public trading price as of the date of issuance of the underlying common shares into which these preferred shares could be converted, without adjustment for discounts or restrictions);

  • a newly created warrant capital account to record the fair value of the warrants in the amount of $1,132,000, including the value of their beneficial conversion feature, as determined by the Black-Scholes method of valuation (this amount was subsequently reclassified to additional paid-in capital upon the exercise of the warrants); and

  • a counterbalancing charge against our accumulated deficit capital account in the amount of $3,236,000.

    We also made appropriate adjustment for the deemed distribution in calculating our basic loss per common share. See note 2(n).

  1. Performance Warrants

    On August 1, 1996, we granted a performance-based contractual right to acquire NXT warrants to the licensor of our SFD technology, Momentum Resources Corporation, in connection with the amendment of our exclusive SFD technology license with Momentum to use the SFD technology for hydrocarbon exploration. The primary purpose of the amendment was to indefinitely extend the termination date of the license. Pursuant to this contractual right, Momentum is entitled to a separate grant of warrants entitling it to purchase 16,000 shares of our common stock at the then current trading price for each month after December 31, 2000 in which production from SFD-identified prospects during that month exceeds 20,000 barrels of hydrocarbons. Momentum has not earned any warrants under the SFD technology license as of June 30, 2001.

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  1. Employee And Director Options

    1. Description Of Plans

Through June 30, 2001, we have granted options to selected employees and directors of our company pursuant to the following separate arrangements or plans (the "Plans"):

    • separate free-standing directors' options which we granted to selected directors as compensation for serving on our board of directors;

    • the 1997 Energy Exploration Technologies Stock Plan (the "1997 Plan"), pursuant to which 1,000,000 shares of our common stock were reserved for issuance to employees, directors and consultants in the form of stock options or outright stock grants;

    • the 1999 Energy Exploration Technologies Executive Option Plan (the "1999 Plan"), pursuant to which 1,000,000 shares of our common stock were reserved for issuance to executive officers in the form of stock options; and

    • the 2000 Energy Exploration Technologies Directors' Option Plan (the "2000 Plan"), pursuant to which 400,000 shares of our common stock were reserved for issuance to selected directors in the form of stock options.

    1. Summary Of Option Grants

We have summarized below all outstanding options under the Plans as June 30, 2001:




Grant
       Date



Original
Exercise
        Price

As of
                               June 30, 2001

Outstanding

Vested

Director-Free-standing

5-12-97

 

$ 5.81

 

45,000

 

45,000

Director-Free-standing

5-12-97

 

5.81 (1)

 

30,000

 

30,000

Director-Free-standing

5-20-97

 

5.25

 

45,000

 

45,000

Director-Free-standing

5-20-97

 

5.25 (1)

 

45,000

 

45,000

Employee-1997 Plan

11-24-97

 

9.50 (1)

 

36,600

 

16,600

Director-Free-standing

3-10-98

 

8.31 (1)

 

45,000

 

45,000

Employee-1997 Plan

5-12-98

 

8.25 (1)

 

25,000

 

25,000

Employee-1997 Plan

8-24-98

 

8.25 (1)

 

117,500

 

17,500

Employee-1997 Plan

10-1-98

 

8.125(1)

 

20,000

 

5,000

Employee-1999 Plan

5-1-99

 

14.00 (1)

 

561,136

 

324,468

Employee-1999 Plan

5-1-99

 

15.00 (1)

 

26,664

 

13,332

Employee-1999 Plan

5-1-99

 

2.80 (2)

 

400,000

 

-

Employee-1997 Plan

5-12-99

 

17.00 (1)

 

16,000

 

4,000

Employee-1997 Plan

9-21-99

 

13.625(1)

 

100,000

 

20,000

Employee-1997 Plan

11-16-99

 

14.125(1)

 

65,000

 

13,000

Employee-1997 Plan

11-16-99

 

4.125(3)

 

4,000

 

4,000

Director-2000 Plan

2-15-00

 

28.75 (1)

 

60,000

 

20,000

Employee-1997 Plan

3-20-00

 

34.50 (1)

 

20,000

 

4,000

Director-2000 Plan

4-17-00

 

26.25 (1)

 

120,000

 

40,000

Employee-1997 Plan

5-8-00

 

29.75 (1)

 

45,000

 

9,000

Employee-1997 Plan

6-1-00

 

32.125(1)

 

30,000

 

6,000

Employee-1997 Plan

6-1-00

 

27.125(1)

 

100,000

 

20,000

Employee-1997 Plan

8-9-00

 

4.125(4)

 

3,000

 

3,000

Employee-1997 Plan

9-1-00

 

25.875(1)

 

125,000

 

-

Employee-1997 Plan

12-27-00

 

4.125

 

30,000

 

-

Employee-1997 Plan

12-27-00

 

4.125(1)

 

30,000

 

-

Employee-1997 Plan

1-02-01

 

5.50 (1)

 

25,000

 

-

      --------------- ---------------
         

2,169,900

 

754,900

      ========== ==========

(1) Effective January 4, 2001, the recipient elected to cancel this original grant and to receive new options generally having the same terms as the original grant, except that the exercise price for the new options would be fixed at the closing price for NXT common stock as of July 5, 2001, subsequently determined to be $2.00.

(2) The exercise price for these options was fixed, in accordance with the terms of the original grant, on May 1, 2001 at $2.80.

(3) The exercise price for these options was repriced from $14.125 in February 2001.

(4) The exercise price for these options was repriced from $28.065 in February 2001.

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The employee options outstanding as of June 30, 2001 vest over three to five years from the grant date, depending upon the recipient, based upon the continued provision of services as an employee. The director options granted before January 1, 2000 that are outstanding as of June 30, 2001 vest one-third on date of grant, and an additional one-third each on the first anniversary and second anniversaries of the grant date, respectively, based upon the continued provision of services as a director. The director options granted after January 1, 2000 that are outstanding as of June 30, 2001 vest one-third each on the first through third anniversaries of the grant date, respectively, based upon the continued provision of services as a director. Both the employee and director options generally lapse, if unexercised, five years from the date of vesting.

On January 3, 2001 NXT's board of directors ratified the cancellation of all outstanding options held by employees and directors employed or engaged as of that date subject to the approval by those persons, and the grant of new options to those persons on the same terms (including vesting, term and lapse) as the cancelled grant, except that (1) the exercise price for the new options would equal the closing price for our common stock as of the close of business on July 5, 2001, and (2) the term of the new options would be extended to July 5, 2003 with respect to any options which would otherwise lapse, if unexercised, on or prior to that date. This offer was then presented to and accepted or rejected by each of our employees and directors by the succeeding day. Our employees and directors who accepted the offer agreed that they could not exercise their new options until they were priced, and further agreed that any unvested new options would lapse should they resign their position with our company on or before July 5, 2003.

  1. Investor Relations Options

    On May 15, 2001, as additional compensation to our investor relations consultant pursuant to an investor and public relations services agreement, we granted that consultant options to purchase 155,000 shares of our common stock at $2.50 per share. The underlying agreement provided that 50,000 options would vest immediately, and an additional 35,000 options would vest upon each of the first, second and third anniversary dates of the agreement, respectively, even if the agreement was not subsequently renewed by those dates so long as NXT has not terminated this agreement for "good cause" as defined in the agreement. These options lapse, to the extent vested and unexercised, five years after the date of vesting. Pursuant to SFAS No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation," for our six-month interim period ended June 30, 2001 we recorded compensation expense determined in accordance with the Black-Scholes option pricing model in the amount of $58,720 in connection with the grant and vesting of these options.

  1. Commitments
  2. At June 30, 2001, we had entered into joint venture agreements with two separate oil and natural gas exploration companies. We are required under these joint venture agreements to conduct SFD surveys to identify oil and natural gas prospective prospects on selected exploration areas of up to 2,400 square miles, and our joint venture partners are required to drill each SFD-identified prospect they accept under their respective agreement.

    Our recent practice with our joint venture partners has been to participate in selected prospects on a combination of working interest and overriding royalty basis, typically a 22.5%working interest and a 4% overriding royalty. In any situation where we elect to participate on a working interest basis, we must bear our share of mineral and drilling right acquisition (if necessary), drilling, completion and production costs incurred with respect to the prospect based upon our elected working interest percentage. Although we will bear our share of these costs, our joint venture partner will nevertheless remain responsible for conducting and managing all drilling, production and marketing activities to exploit the prospect.

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On November 25, 1997, we entered into a five-year non-cancelable operating lease for our principal executive offices. This lease, which consists of 13,325 rentable square feet as of June 30, 2001, expires on January 21, 2003. Our combined obligations for base lease payments, building operating cost and other pass-through items as of June 30, 2001 was Cdn. $21,418 per month, which translates into U.S. $14,147 per month based upon the closing conversion rate as of that date.

On June 1, 2000, we entered into a five-year operating lease for our hanger facility. This lease, which consists of 14,513 rentable square feet, expires May 31, 2005. Our combined monthly obligation as of June 30, 2001 was Cdn. $13,345, which translates into U.S. $8,814 per month based upon the closing conversion rate as of that date. The monthly lease obligation increases three percent annually commencing June 1, 2002 until the end of the lease term.

  1. Segment Information

We currently operate in only one business segment, oil and natural gas exploration, insofar as we intend to develop all oil and natural gas exploration prospects identified using our proprietary SFD airborne survey technology either directly for our account or indirectly for our account through working interest or overriding royalty interests through our joint venture partners. We do not currently sell or market our SFD data as a separate product to third parties.

As we are a development stage enterprise, the majority of our revenues through June 30, 2001, have been from interest earned on cash and cash equivalents.

Summarized below with respect to our three-month and six-month interim periods ended June 30, 2001 and 2000 is geographic information relating to:

    • revenues we have received during the interim period from our external customers, allocated amongst the geographic areas in which the revenue was generated;

    • revenues we have received during the interim period from sources other than our external customers, allocated amongst the geographic areas in which the revenue was generated; and

    • our operating loss for the interim period, allocated amongst the geographic areas in which the revenue and associated expenses were generated.

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Three Months Ended                            

  United States

 

         Canada

 

                 Total

June 30, 2001:

         

Revenues from external customers

-

 

-

 

-

Revenues from other sources

17,994

 

4,274

 

22,268

Operating loss

(531,202)

 

(169,396)

 

(700,598)

June 30, 2000:

         

Revenues from external customers

-

 

-

 

-

Revenues from other sources

97,501

 

5,212

 

102,713

Operating loss

(535,380)

 

(139,242)

 

(674,622)

Six Months Ended                                 

  United States

 

         Canada

 

                 Total

June 30, 2001:

         

Revenues from external customers

-

 

-

 

-

Revenues from other sources

59,992

 

6,816

 

66,808

Operating loss

(970,939)

 

(360,317)

 

(1,331,256)

June 30, 2000:

         

Revenues from external customers

-

 

-

 

-

Revenues from other sources

209,136

 

6,407

 

215,543

Operating loss

(886,805)

 

(391,545)

 

(1,278,350)

Summarized below is geographic information relating to our assets as of June 30, 2001 and December 31, 2000, allocated amongst the geographic areas in which the assets were physically located or principally connected:

As of                                                     

  United States

 

         Canada

 

                 Total

June 30, 2001:

         

Assets

$ 7,379,128

 

$ 2,890,069

 

$ 10,269,197

December 31, 2000:

         

Assets

$ 9,330,483

 

$ 2,837,745

 

$ 12,168,228

  1. Subsequent Events

As of August 13, 2001, irrevocable subscriptions and oversubscriptions in the total amount of $______ had been tendered for the account of NXT in connection with a $2,875,000 private placement of our common stock at $1.15 per share. Upon our acceptance of these subscriptions (including oversubscriptions) and the closing for the private placement, these funds plus any relating to any additional oversubscriptions we may receive by that date will be released to NXT.

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Item 2.    Management's Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results of Operations

General

The following discussion of our consolidated financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes to our consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1, of this report. The information set forth below in this report is current as of the date of this report, August 14, 2001, unless an earlier or later date is indicated.

All references to "dollars" in this report refer to United States or U.S. dollars unless specific reference is made to Canadian or Cdn. dollars. For information relative to currency conversion, see note 2(m) to our consolidated financial statements. The rate of exchange of Canadian dollars to United States dollars as of June 30, 2001, was Cdn. $1.5140 to U.S. $1.

Overview

NXT is a technology-based reconnaissance exploration company which utilizes our proprietary, quantum physics-based, stress field detection or "SFD" remote-sensing airborne survey technology, which we refer to as our "SFD survey system," to quickly and inexpensively identify and high-grade oil and natural gas prospects. We conduct our reconnaissance exploration activities, as well as land acquisition, drilling, completion and production activities to exploit prospects identified using our SFD technology, through our wholly-owned subsidiaries-NXT Energy USA and NXT Energy Canada, our two exploration subsidiaries which focus on exploration acquisition and development efforts in the United States and Canada, respectively; and NXT Aero USA and NXT Aero Canada, our two aircraft operation subsidiaries which operate our aircraft on survey missions for NXT Energy USA and NXT Energy Canada, respectively. NXT, in turn, focuses on research and development efforts to improve the efficacy of our SFD survey system.

Our United States exploration efforts to date have been conducted for CamWest Exploration LLC under a joint venture agreement pursuant to which we conduct aerial surveys to identify prospects in exploration areas in the United States selected by CamWest. Our Canadian exploration efforts to date have been conducted primarily for Calpine Canada Resources Limited (formerly Encal Energy Ltd.) under a joint venture agreement pursuant to which we conduct aerial surveys to identify prospects in exploration areas in Canada selected by Calpine. We have also agreed upon the terms of a joint-venture agreement with a second Canadian exploration company, but are awaiting the occurrence of certain events before proceeding to finalize the agreement. We have also commenced conducting exploration activities in western Canada for our own account.

Our joint venture partners are each also required under the terms of their respective joint venture agreements to reimburse us for 100% of the expenses we incur in conducting aerial surveys for them.

Our recent practice with our joint venture partners has been to participate in selected prospects on a combination working interest/overriding royalty interest basis, typically a 22.5% working interest and a 4% overriding royalty.

Our rights to use our SFD technology arises from an SFD technology license which we acquired from the owner and licensor of that technology, Momentum Resources, pursuant to which we received the exclusive world-wide right to use the SFD technology for hydrocarbon exploration purposes. We are obligated under the terms of that license to pay Momentum Resources a fee equal to 1% of any "prospect profits" (as that term is defined in the license) which we may receive on or before December 31, 2000, and 5% of any prospect profits which we may receive after December 31, 2000.

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Since we have not generated operating revenues to date, we should be considered a development stage enterprise.

Results Of Operations

Operating Revenues

We had no oil and gas working interest or royalty revenues for our three-month and six-month interim fiscal periods ended June 30, 2001 and June 30, 2000.

Operating Loss

We incurred an operating loss of $700,598 for our three-month interim period ended June 30, 2001, as compared to $674,622 for the corresponding interim period in fiscal 2000, representing a $25,976, or 3.9% overall increase. For our six-month interim period ended June 30, 2001, we incurred an operating loss of $1,331,256 as compared to $1,278,350 for the six-month interim period ended June 30, 2000, representing a $52,906, or 4.1%, overall increase.

Relative Changes In Research And Development Expense

The $15,207, or 14.5% decrease in research and development expense for our three-month interim period ended June 30, 2001, respectively, over the corresponding interim period in fiscal 2000 was principally attributable to a lesser allocation of existing personnel toward research and development activities in the second quarter of 2001. The $50,267, or 29.7% increase for our six-month interim period ended June 30, 2001 over the corresponding interim period in fiscal 2000 was principally attributable to a greater allocation of existing personnel toward research and development activities in the first quarter of fiscal 2001 as we focused increased efforts to improve the operation and efficacy of our SFD survey system.

Impairment Of Oil And Natural Gas Properties

The $17,160 and $37,935 impairments of oil and natural gas properties for our three-month and six-month interim periods ended June 30, 2001 relate to our write-down of the cost of drilling and completing one well in Canada which was non-commercial. Since we do not have proved reserves to date with respect to the prospect that contained this well, these costs are fully expensed notwithstanding our continuing active exploration and development activities with respect to other wells in this prospect.

Relative Changes In Amortization And Depreciation

The $69,212 or 47.5% and $66,654 or 30.3% decreases in amortization and depreciation for our three-month and six-month interim periods ended June 30, 2001, respectively, over the corresponding interim periods in fiscal 2000, were primarily attributable to an increase in the estimated useful remaining life of the survey aircraft, and the consequential reduction in annual amortization as the overall remaining unamortized costs of these aircraft, are spread over a longer amortization period.

Relative Changes In Survey Support Expense

Survey support expense generally relates to costs-including allocable salaries-to:

  • equip, maintain and hangar our survey aircraft;

  • conduct field evaluations designed by our joint venture partners to evaluate our SFD technology (after netting any costs which our joint venture partners are required to reimburse us for); and

  • develop, organize, staff and train our survey and interpretation operational functions.

Excluded from survey support expense are costs capitalized as property and equipment (including costs relating to our survey aircraft) and costs capitalized as exploration costs related to oil and gas prospects identified through our commercial SFD survey activities.

The $44,437, or 185.7% and $11,470, or 10.6% increases in survey support expense for our three-month and six-month interim periods ended June 30, 2001 over the corresponding interim periods in fiscal 2000 were primarily attributable to higher costs to maintain our survey aircraft for the period and increased hangarage costs.

Relative Changes In Survey Operations And Data Analysis Expense

Survey and data analysis expenditures consist primarily of any costs we incur conducting commercial SFD survey activities. These costs can generally be broken down into the following two components:

  • aircraft operating costs, travel expenses and allocable salaries of our personnel while on survey assignment (after netting any costs our joint venture partners are required to reimburse us for); and

  • allocable salaries incurred by our personnel interpreting SFD data.

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Excluded from survey and data analysis expense are costs capitalized as property and equipment (including costs relating to our survey aircraft) and costs capitalized as exploration costs related to oil and gas prospects identified through our commercial SFD survey activities.

Our survey and data analysis expense for our three-month and six-month interim periods ended June 30, 2001 was $34,612 and $72,569, respectively, as compared to $1,609 and $75,220 over the corresponding interim periods in fiscal 2000, before taking joint venture partner reimbursements into consideration. Our survey and data analysis expense for our three-month and six-month interim periods ended June 30, 2001 was $34,612 and $72,569, respectively, as compared to $1,609 and $54,942 over the corresponding interim periods in fiscal 2000, after taking joint venture partner reimbursements into consideration. Our joint venture partner reimbursements for our three-month and six-month interim periods ended June 30, 2001 were both $0 as compared to $0 and $20,278 for the corresponding interim periods in fiscal 2000.

The increase in survey and data analysis expense for our three-month and six-month interim periods ended June 30, 2001 over the corresponding interim periods in fiscal 2000 was primarily attributable to the increased costs not associated with exploration prospects in the second quarter.

Relative Changes In Administrative Expense

The $15,795, or 4% and $2,261, or 1% increases in our administrative expense for our three-month and six-month interim periods ended June 30, 2001, respectively over the corresponding interim periods in fiscal 2000 were primarily attributable to the stabilization of our general and administrative staffing and space requirements over the past year.

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Other Income And Expense

  • Interest Income

We earned $19,991 and $62,979 in interest income for our three-month and six-month interim periods ended June 30, 2001, respectively, as compared to $102,713 and $215,543 for the corresponding interim periods in fiscal 2000. The decrease in interest income for our three-month and six-month interim periods ended June 30, 2001 was attributable to lower cash balances in our accounts as a result of our application of available cash for operational and capital requirements.

  • Interest Expense

We incurred $38,570 and $77,409 in interest expense for our three-month and six-month interim periods ended June 30, 2001, respectively, as compared to $0 for both corresponding interim periods in fiscal 2000. Our interest expense for our three-month and six-month interim periods ended June 30, 2001 related to interest due on a $1.6 million asset-based loan collateralized by our Piaggio P180 Avanti aircraft.

Liquidity And Capital Resources

Sources Of Cash

Our cash flow requirements from our inception as NXT Energy USA (October 20, 1995) through June 30, 2001 were funded principally from:

  • a private placement in May 1996 of 975,000 shares of our common stock for total gross proceeds of $975,000,

  • loans to our company in the amount of $1,000,000 in January 1997, and the subsequent conversion of the outstanding balance of principal and accrued interest of these loans in the amount of $1,120,000 into 411,764 shares of our common stock in February 1998;

  • a private placement in April 1998 of 800,000 shares of our convertible series 'A' preferred stock and 200,000 common stock purchase warrants for total gross proceeds of $6,000,000;

  • a private placement in May 1999 of 400,000 shares of our common stock for total gross proceeds of $6,000,000;

  • the exercise on March 31, 2000 of warrants to purchase 200,000 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $7.50 per share, resulting in gross proceeds of $1,500,000; and

  • the exercise of employee stock options during fiscal 2000 and fiscal 1999 resulting in aggregate gross proceeds of $953,854.

We also borrowed $1.6 million for working capital purposes on November 6, 2000 pursuant to an asset-based loan collateralized by our Piaggio P180 Avanti aircraft. The principal and interest on this loan, which accrues at the rate of 9.65% per annum, are repayable in 156 equal installments of $18,037 each, commencing January 1, 2001 with the last payment due on December 1, 2013. The loan contains no restrictive or financial ratio covenants, although it does allow the lender to accelerate the loan in the event of our insolvency or bankruptcy or any adverse change in our financial condition, or in the event the estimated retail value of the secured collateral falls anytime to less than 50% of the outstanding balance of the loan.

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Current Cash Position And Historical Changes In Cash Position

Our cash position as of June 30, 2001 was $1,136,647, as compared to $4,279,279 as of December 31, 2000. Our cash position as of June 30, 2000 was $5,393,719, as compared to $9,068,723 as of December 31, 1999. We maintain the bulk of our cash in a United States government and government-backed securities money-market account. As discussed below, our current cash position will be supplemented by the proceeds of a pending $2.875 million private placement of our common stock to fund our fiscal 2001 drilling program.

The $3,142,632 decrease in our cash position for our six-month period ended June 30, 2001 was attributable to $1,197,522 in cash used in operating activities, $1,898,958 in cash used in investing activities, $30,701 in cash used through financing activities and a $15,451 comprehensive loss due to the effect of exchange rate changes. The $3,675,004 decrease in our cash position for our six-month period ended June 30, 2000 was attributable to $1,841,490 in cash raised through financing activities, partially offset by $1,228,273 in cash used in operating activities, $4,273,464 in cash used in investing activities, and a $14,757 comprehensive loss due to the effect of exchange rate changes.

Our operating activities required cash in the amount of $1,197,522 for our six-month period ended June 30, 2001, as compared to cash requirements of $1,228,273 for our six-month period ended June 30, 2000. The $1,197,522 in cash used in operating activities for our six-month period ended June 30, 2001 reflected our net loss of $1,341,857 for that period, as decreased for non-cash deductions and a net increase in non-cash working capital balances. The $1,228,273 in cash used in operating activities for our six-month period ended June 30, 2000 reflected our net loss of $1,062,807 for that period, as decreased for non-cash deductions and a net increase in non-cash working capital balances.

We used $30,701 in cash from financing activities for our six-month period ended June 30, 2001, as compared to raising $1,841,490 in cash from financing activities for our six-month period ended June 30, 2000. The $30,701 in cash used through financing activities for our six-month period ended June 30, 2001 was due to principal repayments of loan proceeds from an asset-based loan collateralized by our Piaggio P180 Avanti aircraft. The $1,841,490 in cash raised through financing activities for our six-month period ended June 30, 2000 was principally comprised of $1,500,0000 in gross proceeds from the exercise of warrants and $341,490 in gross proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options.

We used cash in the amount of $1,898,958 for investing activities for our six-month period ended June 30, 2001, as compared to $4,273,464 in cash used for investing activities for our six-month period ended June 30, 2000. The principal use of cash for our six-month period ended June 30, 2001 was to acquire drilling rights and seismic data in exploratory blocks pursuant to working interest elections ($1,957,152), while the principal use of cash for our six-month period ended June 30, 2000 was to acquire drilling rights in exploratory blocks pursuant to working interest elections ($1,312,419) and to acquire property, equipment and software ($3,320,224), including the purchase of a second survey aircraft.

Capital Requirements Going Forward

Due to the nature and early stage of development of our SFD technology and also due to the practices of the oil and gas industry and their experience and attitudes toward new and unproven technologies, the only practical way for NXT to prove-out the efficacy of our SFD technology, achieve industry acceptance and to generate revenues and profits is to participate in drilling projects either through our joint-venture partners or on our own account. We believe that we would need to participate in a minimum of 30 prospects in order to statistically prove-out the efficacy of our SFD technology. Since costs to acquire or conduct ancillary seismic, to acquire drilling rights, and to drill, case and complete wells and to tie-them into sales or gathering systems are very expensive and can easily exceed $1 million per well, the overall cost to prove-out our SFD technology over at least 30 prospects will be fairly high and will require significant capital resources, particularly if NXT as opposed to our joint venture or other drilling partners is required to bear a significant portion or all of these costs.

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We have approximately $700,000 in cash on hand as of the date of this report to fund our administration, operational and research and development requirements and to contribute toward our proposed fiscal 2001 drilling program. This amount will be supplemented by the proceeds of a pending $2.875 million private placement of our common stock at $1.15 per share to fund our fiscal 2001 drilling program. As of the date of this report, irrevocable subscriptions (including oversubscriptions) in the amount of $3,360,000 had been tendered for our account in connection with this private placement, and we have received binding and non-binding commitments for an additional $680,000. These funds including oversubscriptions will be released to NXT upon our acceptance of these subscriptions and the closing for the private placement on or about August 24, 2001.

The proceeds of our pending $2.875 million private placement will enable NXT to facilitate our proposed fiscal 2001 drilling program, pursuant to which we will participate with our joint venture partners in the drilling of new exploration wells in the third and fourth quarters of fiscal 2001. CamWest has also advised us that the previously delayed pipeline planned for our Wyoming prospect should be constructed by the end of fiscal 2001, which will allow CamWest to complete two test wells in Wyoming, and then production test those two wells as well as two previously completed wells. If a sufficient number of the foregoing drilling and completion projects are successfully and timely drilled and/or production tested by our joint venture partners, we should be able to finance further levels of exploration, acquisition and drilling activities through available cash flow or financings funded, in part, through our anticipated base of proven reserves, although we may nevertheless continue to raise additional financing through public or private sales of our securities. Revenues from these projects, if they should prove to be commercial and should they be timely pursued and completed by our joint venture partners, should commence in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2001, with additional revenues being added in the first quarter of fiscal 2002.  Moreover, these projects have the capability based upon their profiles to put us in a break-even cash flow position by the second or third quarters of fiscal 2002, again assuming they are timely pursued and completed by our joint venture partners.

We can give you no assurance that any or all projects in our fiscal 2001 drilling or completion/tie-in programs will be commercial, or if commercial will generate sufficient revenues to cover our operating or other exploration costs. Should this be the case, we would be forced, unless we can raise sufficient additional working capital, to suspend our operations, and possibly even liquidate our assets and wind-up and dissolve our company. If a sufficient number of these projects are not successful, we could be forced to reduce the level of our staff and operations, cut-back or eliminate our participation in drilling projects, and liquidate a portion of our assets. At that point we would likely focus our efforts on further improving and validating our SFD technology and our interpretive functions, including conducting additional SFD survey in order to further develop statistical data bases to validate these interpretive functions, until such time as we can use these efforts to raise sufficient additional capital to reestablish commercial participations in exploratory projects and to otherwise ramp-up operations. Our inability to raise sufficient additional working capital in the longer-term would likely force us to suspend our operations, and possibly even liquidate our assets and wind-up and dissolve our company.

Other Matters

Foreign Exchange Fluctuations

We recorded a $15,451 foreign currency translation loss for the first six months of fiscal 2001 as a comprehensive loss item on our statements of loss and shareholders' equity (deficit) in consolidating our accounting records for financial reporting purposes as a result of the fluctuation in United States-Canadian currency exchange rates during that period. We anticipate that our exposure to significant foreign currency gains or losses on our accounting records will increase as we invest a greater portion of our United States-dollar denominated cash reserves into our Canadian operations and properties through intercompany advancements. We cannot give you any assurance that our future operating results will not be similarly adversely affected by currency exchange rate fluctuations. See Part I, Item 3, of this report captioned "Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk," for a description of other aspects of our company that may be potentially affected by foreign exchange fluctuations.

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Effect Of Inflation

We do not believe that our operating results were adversely affected during the first six months of fiscal 2001 or fiscal 2000 by inflation or changing prices.

Uncertainties And Other Risk Factors That May Affect Our Future Results And Financial Condition

Our future results of operations or financial condition may be affected by the uncertainties and other risk factors enumerated below as well as those presented elsewhere in this report and in other reports we periodically file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2000, and should be considered in context with the various disclosures concerning our company presented elsewhere herein and therein.

Uncertainties And Risk Factors Generally Relating To Our Company And Our Business

  • We have accumulated losses since our inception, and our continued inability to generate revenues and profits would adversely affect our ability to participate in land acquisition and drilling projects and raise additional capital, and could ultimately force us to reduce or suspend operations and even liquidate our assets and wind-up and dissolve our company

We are a developmental stage enterprise since we have not generated any oil or gas revenues from prospects we have drilled to date. Our failure to generate revenues and ultimately profits would:

    • in the shorter-term, adversely affect our ability to:

      • complete pending drilling and development projects and fund our current operational requirements and our proposed fiscal 2001 drilling program;

      • raise additional working capital; and

      • force us to reduce our level of operations; and

    • in the longer-term, force us to suspend our operations, and possibly even liquidate our assets and wind-up and dissolve our company.

We have, as a result of our lack of revenues, incurred cumulative net losses (after taking comprehensive gains and losses into consideration) in the amount of $8,174,066 from our inception in October 1995 through June 30, 2001, and we anticipate that we will continue to incur substantial operating losses for the foreseeable future unless and until we are able to bring satisfactory producing wells and fields on-line. We cannot give you any assurance that we will generate revenues or profits in the near future or at all.

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  • Our future success is dependent upon our ability, through utilization of our SFD technology, to successfully identify commercially viable hydrocarbon accumulations

Our future success is dependent upon our ability, through utilization of our SFD technology, to successfully identify commercially viable hydrocarbon accumulations for development by our joint venture partners or for our own account. Based on our business plan, we will be dependent on:

    • the efficacy of our SFD technology in identifying SFD prospects; and

    • the cooperation of, and capital investment by, our joint venture partners in exploiting these prospects, or our ability to independently raise the funds necessary to exploit these prospects.

Although we believe that our SFD technology has proven its prospective ability as a geologic structural identification tool, we nevertheless cannot give you any assurances that our SFD technology will be able to consistently locate hydrocarbons or oil and gas prospects, or that these prospects will be commercially exploitable. We also cannot give you any assurances that we will be able to consistently discover commercial quantities of oil and gas, or that our joint venture partners will successfully acquire and drill properties at low finding costs.

  • We are reliant upon our joint venture partners for opportunities to participate in exploration prospects and for funding and expeditiously pursuing the acquisition and development of those prospects

We will be reliant, at least in the near-term, upon our joint venture partners for opportunities to participate in exploration prospects, through overriding royalties or equity participation on a working interest basis from producing SFD prospects. We exclusively focus on exploration and the review and identification of viable prospects through our SFD technology, and rely upon our joint venture partners to provide and complete all other project operations and responsibilities, including land acquisition, seismic, drilling, marketing and project administration. As a result, we have only a limited ability to exercise control over the selection of prospects for development, drilling or production operations, or the associated costs of such operations, and the timeliness of our partners in pursuing or carrying-out those activities. The success of each project will be dependent upon a number of factors which are outside our control, or controlled by our joint venture partners as the project operator, in accordance with the applicable agreements between our company and the joint venture partners. These factors include:

    • the selection and approval of prospects for lease/acquisition and exploratory drilling;

    • obtaining favorable leases and required permitting for projects;

    • the availability of capital resources of the joint venture partner for land acquisition and drilling expenditures;

    • the timing of drilling activity, and the economic conditions at such time, including then prevailing prices for oil and gas; and

    • the timing and amount of distributions from the production.

Our reliance on our joint venture partners, and our limited ability to directly control project operations, costs and distributions could have a material adverse effect on the realization of return from our interest in projects, and on our overall financial condition.

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  • Our revenues and cash flow will be principally dependent upon the success of drilling and production from prospects in which we participate

Pursuant to our business plan, our revenues and cash flow will, at least in the near-term, be principally dependent upon the success of drilling and production from prospects in which we participate through agreements with our joint venture partners in the form of an overriding royalty or a working interest or other participation right. The success of these prospects will be determined by the location, development and production of commercial quantities of hydrocarbons. Exploratory drilling is subject to numerous risks, including the risk that no commercially productive oil and gas reservoirs will be encountered. The cost to our joint venture partners to drill, complete and operate wells is often uncertain, and drilling operations may be curtailed, delayed or canceled as a result of a variety of factors including unexpected formation and drilling conditions, pressure or other irregularities in formations, equipment failures or accidents, as well as weather conditions, compliance with governmental requirements and shortages or delays in the delivery of equipment. Our partners' inability to successfully locate and drill wells that produce commercial quantities of oil and gas would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position and results of operations.

  • Our future operating results may fluctuate significantly

Our future operating results may fluctuate significantly depending upon a number of factors including industry conditions, prices of oil and gas, rate of drilling success, rates of production from completed wells and the timing of capital expenditures. This variability could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, any failure or delay in the realization of expected cash flows from initial operating activities could limit our future ability to continue exploration and to participate in economically attractive projects.

  • Volatility of oil and natural gas prices could have a material adverse effect on our business

It is impossible to predict future oil and natural gas price movements with any certainty, as they have historically been subject to wide fluctuations in response to a variety of market conditions, including:

    • relatively minor changes in the supply and demand for oil and natural gas,

    • economic, political and regulatory developments, and

    • competition from other sources of energy.

Any extended or substantial decline in oil and gas prices would have a material adverse effect on:

    • our ability to negotiate favorable joint ventures with viable industry participants;

    • our ability to acquire drilling rights;

    • the volume of oil and gas that could be economically produced by the joint ventures in which we participate;

    • our cash flow; and

    • our access to capital.

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We do not currently intend to engage in hedging activities (although we reserve the right to do so in the future), and may be more adversely affected by fluctuations in oil and gas prices than other industry participants that do engage in such activities. Our business, results of operations and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected by adverse changes in prevailing oil and gas prices. See Part I, Item 3, of this report captioned "Quantitative And Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk," for additional discussion of market risks relating to oil and gas price fluctuations.

  • The intense competition that is prevalent in the oil and gas industry could have a material adverse effect on our business

We compete directly with independent, technology-driven exploration and service companies, and indirectly (through our joint venture partnerships) with major and independent oil and gas companies in our exploration for and development of commercial oil and gas properties. We will experience competition from numerous oil and gas exploration competitors offering a wide variety of geological and geophysical services. Many of these competitors have substantially greater financial, technical, sales, marketing and other resources than we do, and may be able to devote greater resources to the development, promotion and sales of their services than our company. We cannot give you any assurance that our competitors will not develop exploration services that are superior to our SFD technology, or that these technologies will not achieve greater market acceptance than our SFD technology. Increased competition could impair our ability to attract viable industry participants, and to negotiate favorable participations and joint ventures with such parties, which could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.

The oil and gas industry is highly competitive. Many companies and individuals are engaged in the business of acquiring interests in and developing oil and gas properties in the United States and Canada, and the industry is not dominated by any single competitor or a small number of competitors. Our joint venture partners will compete with numerous industry participants for the acquisition of land and rights to prospects, and for the equipment and labor required to drill and develop those prospects. Many of these competitors have financial, technical and other resources substantially in excess of those available to us or our joint venture partners. These competitive disadvantages could adversely affect our or our joint venture partners' ability to participate in projects with favorable rates of return.

  • There is limited market acceptance for our SFD technology, and it must compete with established geological and geophysical technologies which have already achieved market acceptance

There is limited market acceptance for our SFD technology, and it must compete with established geological and geophysical technologies which have already achieved market acceptance. As is typical in the case of any new technology, demand and market acceptance for our SFD technology is subject to a high level of uncertainty and risk. Because the market for our SFD technology is new and evolving, it is difficult to predict the future growth rate, and the size of the potential market. We cannot give you any assurance that a market for our exploration technology will develop, or be sustainable. If the market fails to develop, or if our exploration technology does not achieve or sustain market acceptance, our business, results of operations and financial condition would be materially and adversely affected.

  • Our inability to retain our key managerial, geological and geophysical, and research and development personnel could have a material adverse effect on our business

Our success depends to a significant extent on the continued efforts of our senior management team, which currently is composed of a small number of individuals, including Mr. George Liszicasz, the inventor of our SFD technology who is our Chief Executive Officer and who is responsible for the continuing development of our SFD technology; Mr. Daniel C. Topolinsky, our President, who handles strategic decision making and our joint venture partners; and Mr. James R. Ehrets, our Executive Vice President of Operations, who handles operations and supervises SFD interpretation activities. The loss of any of these individuals would likely have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. While we have entered into employment agreements Messrs. Liszicasz, Topolinsky and Ehrets, these executive officers would nevertheless not be prevented from working for other companies in the oil and gas industry so long as they did not employ SFD technology should they elect to terminate their employment with NXT. We also do not carry key person life insurance policies any of our executive officers.

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Our success also depends, to a lesser extent, on the continued efforts of our geological and geophysical interpretive and SFD research and development teams, which are composed of a small number of individuals. While there are professionals who could replace these individuals, none of these professionals have any theoretical or working knowledge of how to interpret SFD data or how our SFD technology operates, and it would take a significant period of time to train any replacement personnel. Until such time as we have a fully trained complement of geological and geophysical interpretive and SFD research and development teams, the loss of any members of these teams could adversely affect the pace at which we interpret SFD data or effect improvements to our SFD technology, which could adversely impact our business and results of operations and financial condition.

  • We may be unable to attract the qualified managerial, geological and geophysical, and research and development personnel required to implement our longer-term growth strategies

Our ability to implement our longer-term growth strategies depends upon our continuing ability to attract and retain highly qualified geological, technical, scientific, information management and administrative personnel. Competition for these types of personnel is intense and we cannot give you any assurance that we will be able to retain our key managerial, professional and/or technical employees, or that we will be able to attract and retain additional highly qualified managerial, professional and/or technical personnel in the future. Our inability to attract and retain the necessary personnel could impede our growth.

  • Our limited operating history could adversely affect our business

We are a recently organized development stage enterprise with an unproven technology and a limited operating history. Our activities through the date of this report have encompassed:

    • developing our business plan;

    • obtaining license rights to our SFD technologies;

    • establishing administrative offices and laboratory facilities, and engaging executive, administrative, scientific, geological, geophysical, scientific, information technology and aviation personnel;

    • developing our SFD technology to a commercial stage;

    • acquiring joint venture partners;

    • conducting commercial SFD surveys on behalf of our joint venture partners; and

    • successfully drilling oil and gas wells identified through our SFD technology.

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We are subject to all the risks and issues inherent in the establishment and expansion of a new business enterprise including, among others, problems of using new and unproven technologies, hiring and training personnel, acquiring reliable facilities and equipment, and implementing operational controls. In general, startup businesses are subject to levels of risk that are often greater than those encountered by companies with established operations and relationships. Startups often require significant capital from sources other than operations. The management and employees of a startup business shoulder the burdens of the business operations and a workload associated with company growth and capitalization that is disproportionately greater than that for an established business. Our limited operating history makes it difficult, if not impossible, to predict future operating results. We cannot give you any assurance that we will successfully address these risks. Our failure to successfully address these risks could have a material, adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results.

  • We may be unable to effectively manage our expected growth

Our success will depend upon the rapid expansion of our business. Expansion will place a significant strain on our financial, management and other resources, and will require us, among other things, to:

    • change, expand and improve our operating, managerial and financial systems and controls; and

    • improve coordination between our various corporate functions.

We cannot give you any assurance that we will be able to manage the expansion of our business effectively. Our inability to effectively manage our growth, including the failure of any new personnel we hire to achieve anticipated performance levels, would have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial position.

  • Our business may be adversely affected by currency fluctuation, regulatory, political and other risks associated with international transactions

We currently operate within the United States and Canada and anticipate we will also operate outside of these countries in the foreseeable future. These operations will subject us to several potential risks, including risks associated with:

    • fluctuating exchange rates,

    • the regulation by the governments of the United States and Canada as well as foreign governments of fund transfers and export and import duties and tariffs; and

    • political instability.

We cannot give you any assurance that any of these risks will not have a material adverse effect upon our business. We do not currently engage in activities to mitigate the effects of foreign currency fluctuations. If earnings from international operations increase, our exposure to fluctuations in foreign currencies may increase, and we may utilize forward exchange rate contracts or engage in other efforts to mitigate foreign currency risks. We can give you no assurance as to the effectiveness of these efforts in limiting any adverse effects of foreign currency fluctuations on our international operations and our overall results of operations.

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Matters Relating To Our Common Stock

  • There is only a limited public market for our common stock on the OTC Bulletin Board and that market is extremely volatile

There is only a limited public market for our common stock on the NASD OTC Electronic Bulletin Board, and we cannot give you any assurance that a broader or more active public trading market for our common stock will develop or be sustained, or that current trading levels will be sustained. We are under no obligation to take any action to improve the public market for our securities including, without limitation, filing an application to list our common stock on any stock exchange or any over the counter market other than the OTC Bulletin Board.

The market price for our common stock on the OTC Bulleting Board is extremely volatile and subject to significant price and volume fluctuations in response to a variety of external and internal factors. This is especially true with respect to emerging companies such as ours. Examples of external factors, which can generally be described as factors that are unrelated to the operating performance or financial condition of any particular company, include changes in interest rates and worldwide economic and market conditions, as well as changes in industry conditions, such as changes in oil and gas prices, oil and gas inventory levels, regulatory and environment rules, and announcements of technology innovations or new products by other companies. Examples of internal factors, which can generally be described as factors that are directly related to our operating performance or financial condition, would include release of reports by securities analysts and announcements we may make from time-to-time relative to our operating performance, drilling results, advances in technology or other business developments.

Moreover, because we are a development stage enterprise with a limited operating history and no revenues or profits, the market price for our common stock will be more volatile than that of a seasoned issuer. Changes in the market price of our common stock, for example, may have no connection with our operating results or prospects. No predictions or projections can be made as to what the prevailing market price for our common stock will be at any time, or as to what effect, if any, that the sale of shares or the availability of shares for sale at any time will have on the prevailing market price. Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock on the public market, or the perception that substantial sales could occur, could adversely affect the prevailing market prices for our common stock and also, to the extent the prevailing market price for our common stock is reduced, adversely impact our ability to raise additional capital in the equity markets.

Since our common stock is not listed on a national stock exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq Market, trading in our common stock on the OTC Electronic Bulletin Board is subject, to the extent the market price for our common stock is less than $5 per share, to a number of regulations known as the "penny stock rules." The penny stock rules require a broker-dealer to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document prepared by the Securities and Exchange Commission, to provide the customer with additional information including current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson in the transaction, monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer's account, and to make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser's written agreement to the transaction. To the extent these requirements may be applicable they will reduce the level of trading activity in the secondary market for our common stock and may severely and adversely affect the ability of broker-dealers to sell our common stock.

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  • Our common shareholders should not expect to receive dividends

NXT has never paid any cash dividends on shares of our capital stock, and we do not anticipate that we will pay any dividends in the foreseeable future. Our current business plan is to retain any future earnings to finance the expansion of our business. Any future determination to pay cash dividends will be at the discretion of our board of directors, and will be dependent upon our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and other factors as our board of directors may deem relevant at that time.

  • Our common shareholders should not expect to receive a liquidation distribution

If we were to wind-up or dissolve our company and liquidate and distribute our assets, the holders of our common stock would share ratably in our assets only after we satisfy any amounts we would owe to our creditors and any amounts we would owe to our series 'A' preferred shareholders as a liquidation preference ($7.50 per share, or $6,000,000 in the aggregate). If our liquidation or dissolution were attributable to our inability to profitably operate our business, then it is likely that we would have material liabilities at the time of liquidation or dissolution. Accordingly, we cannot give you any assurance that sufficient assets will remain available after the payment of our creditors and preferred shareholders to enable you to receive any liquidation distribution with respect to any shares of our common stock you may hold.

  • Our right to issue additional capital stock at any time could have an adverse effect on the proportionate ownership and voting rights of our common shareholders

NXT is authorized under our Articles of Incorporation to issue up to 50,000,000 shares of our common stock. Subject to compliance with applicable corporate and securities laws, we may issue these shares under such circumstances and in such manner and at such times, prices, amounts and purposes as our management may, in their discretion, determine to be necessary and appropriate. The proportionate ownership and voting rights of our common shareholders could be adversely effected by the issuance of these additional shares, including a substantial dilution in their net tangible book value per share.

  • Two of our principal shareholders control our company

Messrs. George Liszicasz and R. Dirk Stinson, our two principal shareholders, beneficially own approximately two-thirds of our common stock, and therefore have the power, as a group, to elect a majority of our board of directors. Our board of directors, in turn, has the power to appoint our officers and to determine, in accordance with their fiduciary duties and the business judgment rule, our direction, objectives and policies, such as:

    • our business expansion or acquisition policies;

    • whether we should raise additional capital through financing or equity sources, and in what amounts;

    • whether we should retain cash reserves for future product development, or distribute them as a dividend, and in what amounts;

    • whether we should sell all or a substantial portion of our assets, or should merge or consolidate with another corporation; and

    • transactions which may cause or prevent a change in control or the winding up and dissolution of our company.

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An investment in our common stock will entail entrusting these and similar decisions to our present management subject, of course, to their fiduciary duties and the business judgment rule.

  • There is an inherent conflict in interest arising as a result of the relationship between our two principal shareholders and the licensor of our SFD technology

Messrs. George Liszicasz and R. Dirk Stinson indirectly own and control both our company and Momentum Resources, which has granted us an exclusive license to identify oil and natural gas prospects using the SFD data while reserving the exclusive right to use the SFD technology for purposes other than oil and natural gas exploration. Although we control the possession, development and use of our SFD technology under our license agreement with Momentum Resources, and have also made provision to prevent the termination or adverse amendment conflicts of that agreement without the independent approval of our disinterested directors and, in some cases, shareholders, various conflicts of interests between our company and one or more of Momentum Resources and Messrs. Liszicasz and Stinson may nevertheless directly or indirectly arise as a result of the foregoing relationships, including disputes regarding the validity, scope or duration of our SFD technology license and the rights to proprietary property and information. While Messrs. Liszicasz and Stinson and our company have each executed certain disclosures and consents relating to these conflicts, these disclosures and consents will not remediate these conflicts, but will merely release Messrs. Liszicasz and Stinson from liability as a result of the conflicts so long as they use reasonable efforts to minimize the conflicts. In the event any of these conflicts prove to be irreconcilable, Mr. Liszicasz, who is currently an officer and director of NXT, may be forced to resign his positions with our company.

The Observations, Beliefs And Opinions Expressed In This Report Relating To The Scientific Basis And Principles Of Our SFD Technology Represent Those Of NXT Alone

The observations, beliefs and opinions we express in this report relating to the scientific basis and principles of our SFD technology, and the ability of our SFD Technology to detect subsurface mechanical and hydraulic stress, represent those of our company and our management alone, and should not be construed as representing those of any third party, including our joint venture partners and any professional geologists and engineers we may engage, except to the extent expressly stated in this report. We maintain the scientific and operating principles and mechanics of our SFD technology in strict confidence. While our joint venture partners and any professional geologists and engineers we may engage from time-to-time have observed the operations of our SFD technology while on survey assignments, and have also observed the SFD interpretive process, they have not been given any proprietary information relating to the scientific and operating principles and mechanics of our SFD technology other than general information consistent with the general observations, beliefs and opinions we express in this report. Our joint venture partners and any professional geologists and engineers we may engage do not hold themselves out as being experts in or otherwise having specific knowledge as to our SFD technology and its scientific basis and principles.

Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

Contained in this uncertainties and risk factors section as well as in other sections of this report are so-called "forward-looking statements" which generally relate to our expectations or speculations as to potential future events and our observations as to trends and factors that may impact our future operating results. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance or achievements. You can generally identify forward-looking statements through words such as "believe," "anticipate," "expect," "project," "estimate," "budget," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," or words or phrases with similar meanings. Forward-looking statements that may be contained in this report would, for example, include statements relating to the timing and likelihood of success of our drilling and production plans, the amount and character of future oil and gas revenues we may receive, the timing of receipt of revenues, and the timing of break-even, including, by way of example and not limitation, those statements contained that that section in Par I, Item 2 of this report captioned "Management's Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations-Capital Requirements." You should also read this report in conjunction with the forward looking statements and other information contained in our other reports we periodically file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on form 10-K for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2001.

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Whenever you read any forward looking statement contained in this or any other report, you should be aware of and take into consideration that:

  • the forward-looking statement merely reflects the current expectations and speculation of our management as to anticipated events or observations relating to future trends based, in part, upon currently available information and our current business plan,

  • actual results from these future events may differ materially from the results expected or speculated or trends observed as expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statement, as a result of changes in circumstances and events and other uncertainties and risks, including:

    • changes in our business plan and corporate strategies or that of our joint venture partners;

    • delays in our ability to conduct and complete SFD surveys or interpret SFD data,

    • delays on the part of our joint venture partners in planning SFD survey activities, in conducting geologic and geophysical evaluations of recommended anomalies, in acquiring seismic data, in acquiring drilling rights, in conducting exploratory drilling activities and completing wells, and in connecting producing wells to pipelines and other production infrastructure; or

    • the occurrence of the various types of uncertainties and risk factors described above in this section as well as those described in Part I, Item 3 of this report captioned "Quantitative And Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk;"

  • the forward-looking statement must, in any event, be considered in context with the various disclosures concerning our company and our business made in this report as well as other reports we periodically file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on form 10-K for our fiscal year ended December 31, 2000; and

  • the uncertainties and risks presented in this section and elsewhere in this report as well as other reports we periodically file with the Securities and Exchange Commission are not exhaustive, and new uncertainties and risk factors may emerge from time to time. It is not possible for management to predict all such uncertainties and risk factors, nor can it assess the impact of all such uncertainties and risk factors on NXT's business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from, those contained in any forward-looking statements.

Given these risks and uncertainties, holders of our securities should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results.

We are not obligated to update or revise any forward looking statement contained in this report to reflect new events or circumstances. You are also cautioned that we intend for all forward-looking statements contained in this report to be construed as "forward-looking statements" within the meaning Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and, to the extent it may be applicable by way of the incorporation of statements contained in this report by reference or otherwise, Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, each of which establishes a safe-harbor from private actions for forward-looking statements as defined in those statutes.

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Item 3.    Quantitative And Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Oil And Gas Price Fluctuations

Our primary market risks will be related to market changes in oil and gas prices (See Part I, Item 2, of this report captioned "Management's Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations-Uncertainties And Other Factors That May Affect Our Future Results And Financial Condition-Uncertainties And Risk Factors Generally Relating To Our Company And Our Business-Volatility Of Oil And Natural Gas Prices Could Have A Material Adverse Effect On Our Business"). Since our prospective revenues will be tied to the price at which either NXT or our joint venture partners sell oil and gas on the world market, any fluctuations in these prices will directly and proportionately impact our income base. Similarly, our ability to acquire drilling rights is also directly affected by fluctuations in oil and gas prices, since competition for and the cost to acquire drilling rights is generally a function of oil and gas prices. Specifically, increases in oil and gas prices are generally accompanied by increases in costs to acquire drilling rights, while decreases in oil and gas prices are generally accompanied by a similar decline in costs to acquire drilling rights. The affect of changes in oil and gas prices will also affect joint-venture partner decision-making relative to the scope and budget for exploration, land acquisition, drilling, completion and tie-in activities, which will then impact NXT.

Currency Fluctuations

An additional significant market risk relates to foreign currency fluctuations between United States and Canadian dollars. Since our royalty or working interest revenues generated by our Canadian-based joint venture partners will be denominated in Canadian currency, our financial position could be adversely affected by United States-Canadian currency fluctuations. We have not previously engaged in activities to mitigate the effects of foreign currency fluctuations due to the absence of Canadian revenues to date, and we anticipate that the exchange rate between the United States and Canadian dollar will remain fairly stable. If earnings from our Canadian operations increase, our exposure to fluctuations in the United States-Canadian exchange rate will increase, and we may utilize forward exchange rate contracts or engage in other efforts to mitigate these foreign currency risks. We cannot give you any assurance that the use of exchange rate contracts or other mitigation efforts would effectively limit any adverse effects of foreign currency fluctuations on our Company's international operations and our overall results of operations.

Interest Rate Fluctuations

We currently maintain the bulk of our available cash in money-market accounts maintained in United States dollars. Our interest income from these short-term investments could be adversely affected by any material changes in interest rates within the United States.

Part II   OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.    Legal Proceedings

As of the date of this report, there are:

  • no material pending legal or governmental proceedings relating to our company or properties to which we are a party, or to our knowledge any proceeding of this nature which are being contemplated or threatened; and

  • to our knowledge, no material proceedings to which any of our directors, executive officers or affiliates are a party adverse to us or which have a material interest adverse to us.

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Item 2.    Changes In Securities And Use Of Proceeds

Not Applicable

Item 3.    Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Not Applicable

Item 4.    Submission Of Matters To A Vote Of Security Holders

Not Applicable

Item 5.    Other Information

Not Applicable

Item 6.    Exhibits

Exhibits

None

Reports on Form 8-K

None

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Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated at Calgary, Alberta, Canada, this 13th day of August, 2001.

 

Energy Exploration Technologies

   
 

By: /s/ George Liszicasz

   

George Liszicasz
Chief Executive Officer
(co-principal executive officer)

   
 

By: /s/ Daniel C. Topolinsky

   

Daniel C. Topolinsky
President and Chief Operating Officer
(co-principal executive officer)

   
 

By: /s/ John M. Woodbury, Jr.

   

John M. Woodbury, Jr.,
Chief Financial Officer
(principal accounting officer)

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