tec_10q-80630.htm
UNITED
STATES
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
quarterly period ended June 30, 2008
OR
[
] TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT
For the
transition period from _____________ to _____________
Commission
file number 000-19949
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
|
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
|
|
Colorado
|
|
84-1153522
|
(State
or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
|
|
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
|
|
|
|
11918
SE Division Suite 197, Portland, OR 97266
|
(Address
of principal executive offices)
|
|
503.224.0072
|
(Issuer’s
telephone number)
|
|
N/A
|
(Former
name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
report)
|
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be
filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the past 12 months (or
for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports),
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90
days. Yes [X] No [ ]
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See
definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b 2 of the Exchange Act. (Check
one):
Large
accelerated filer [ ]
|
Accelerated
filer [ ]
|
Non-accelerated
filer [
]
|
Smaller
Reporting Company
[X]
|
Indicate by check mark
whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act). Yes [
] No [X]
State the
number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common equity,
as of the latest practicable date:
41,732,547
shares of common stock issued and outstanding as of August 19,
2008.
Transitional Small Business Disclosure Format (Check
one): Yes [
] No [X]
PART
I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item
1.
|
Financial
Statements
|
We have prepared the consolidated
financial statements included herein without audit, pursuant to the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain
information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been
omitted pursuant to such Securities and Exchange Commission rules and
regulations. In our opinion, the accompanying statements contain all adjustments
necessary to present fairly the financial position of Torrent Energy Corporation
(the “Company” or “Torrent”) as of June 30, 2008, and its results of operations
for the three months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 and its cash flows for the
three months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007. The results for these
interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire
year. The accompanying financial statements should be read in conjunction with
the financial statements and the notes thereto filed as a part of our annual
report on Form 10-K filed on July 15, 2008.
Proceedings
Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code
On June 2, 2008, we commenced Chapter
11 proceedings (Case No. 08-32638) by filing a voluntary petition for
reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the District of Oregon (the “Bankruptcy Court”). Each of
our subsidiaries, Methane Energy Corp. and Cascadia Energy Corp. (which we refer
to collectively with the Company as the "Debtors"), also commenced a case under
Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on the same day (together with the
Company’s filing, the “Chapter 11 Cases”).
On June 9, 2008, the Court entered an
order fixing the last day to file proofs of claim against the Debtors as August
15, 2008. On June 16, 2008, the Debtors filed their Joint Plan of
Reorganization for Reorganizing Debtors and the Disclosure Statement Regarding
Joint Plan of Reorganization for Reorganizing Debtors (the
“Plan”). A hearing on the adequacy of the Disclosure
Statement is scheduled for September 18, 2008 at 9:30 a.m. at the
Bankruptcy Court in Portland, Oregon.
In connection with the Chapter 11
Cases, on June 6, 2008, we entered into a senior secured super-priority
debtor-in-possession credit and guaranty agreement (the “DIP Credit Agreement”)
among the Company and its subsidiaries, as Guarantors, and YA Global
Investments, L.P., as lender ("YA Global " or "Lender"). The
Bankruptcy Court entered an order approving the DIP Credit Agreement on July 11,
2008. In addition to the DIP Credit Agreement, the Plan also includes
a rights offering, under which shareholders of the Company will have the
opportunity to purchase additional new equity of the Company (the "Rights
Offering"), subject to Bankruptcy Court approval and other
conditions.
The administrative and reorganization
expenses resulting from the Chapter 11 process will unfavorably affect our
results of operations. Future results of operations may also be
adversely affected by other factors related to the Chapter 11
process.
The discussion of the Chapter 11 Cases
in this report provides general background information regarding our bankruptcy
cases, and is not intended to be an exhaustive description. Access to
documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and other general information
about the U.S. bankruptcy cases is available at
www.orb.uscourts.gov.
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Consolidated
Balance Sheets
|
|
June
30,
|
|
|
March
31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
Assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
|
$ |
55,455 |
|
|
$ |
120,388 |
|
Joint
venture receivables
|
|
|
5,313 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Supplies
inventory
|
|
|
22,154 |
|
|
|
75,790 |
|
Prepaid
expenses and deposits
|
|
|
60,355 |
|
|
|
82,796 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Current Assets
|
|
|
143,277 |
|
|
|
278,974 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil
and gas properties, unproven (Note 5 )
|
|
|
35,136,908 |
|
|
|
35,055,328 |
|
Other
assets, net of depreciation of $108,996 (March 31, 2008 -
$103,074)
|
|
|
68,371 |
|
|
|
115,445 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Assets
|
|
$ |
35,348,556 |
|
|
$ |
35,449,747 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowings
under Debtor-in-Possession credit facility (Note 6)
|
|
$ |
551,717 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
|
192,056 |
|
|
|
869,866 |
|
Accounts
payable – related parties (Note 4)
|
|
|
33,565 |
|
|
|
153,324 |
|
Convertible
Series E preferred stock subject to mandatory redemption, 20,950 shares
outstanding (Note 8)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
20,950,000 |
|
Preferred
stock dividends payable
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,683,777 |
|
Notes
payable – related parties
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
100,318 |
|
Current
portion of long-term note
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
15,625 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Current Liabilities
|
|
|
777,338 |
|
|
|
23,772,910 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Asset
retirement obligation
|
|
|
77,920 |
|
|
|
76,332 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities
Subject to Compromise (Note 7)
|
|
|
23,947,059 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
Liabilities
|
|
|
24,802,317 |
|
|
|
23,849,242 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments
and Contingencies (Note 9)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
STOCKHOLDERS’
EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share
Capital
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible
Series E preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 25,000 shares authorized,
25,000 shares issued and 20,950 outstanding (2007 –
21,650)
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Common
stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 41,732,547 shares
issued and outstanding
|
|
|
41,733 |
|
|
|
41,733 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
paid in capital
|
|
|
37,713,491 |
|
|
|
37,691,051 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit
accumulated during the exploration stage
|
|
|
(27,208,985 |
) |
|
|
(26,132,279 |
) |
Total
stockholders’ equity
|
|
|
10,546,239 |
|
|
|
11,600,505 |
|
Total
liabilities and stockholders’ equity
|
|
$ |
35,348,556 |
|
|
$ |
35,449,747 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
For
the period from October 8, 2001 (inception) to June 30, 2008
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
|
subscriptions
|
|
|
|
during
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’
|
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
|
|
paid-in
|
|
|
|
received/
|
|
|
|
exploration
|
|
|
|
equity
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
capital
|
|
|
|
(receivable)
|
|
|
|
stage
|
|
|
|
(deficit)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
issued for cash at $0.001 per share in October 2001
|
|
|
5,425,000 |
|
|
$ |
5,425 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
5,425 |
|
Stock
issued for intangible asset acquisition at $0.001 per share in October
2001
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
|
200 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
200 |
|
Issued
1,440,000 common stock at $0.001 per share in October 2001
|
|
|
1,440,000 |
|
|
|
1,440 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(1,440 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Stock
issued at $0.50 per share in November 2001
|
|
|
675,000 |
|
|
|
675 |
|
|
|
336,825 |
|
|
|
(337,500 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Stock
issued for cash at $0.50 per share in January 2002
|
|
|
390,000 |
|
|
|
390 |
|
|
|
194,610 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
195,000 |
|
Net(loss)for
the period
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(112,434 |
) |
|
|
(112,434 |
) |
Balance, March 31,
2002
|
|
|
8,130,000 |
|
|
|
8,130 |
|
|
|
531,435 |
|
|
|
(338,940 |
) |
|
|
(112,434 |
) |
|
|
88,191 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
issued for cash at $0.25 to $0.50 per share in April 2002
|
|
|
130,000 |
|
|
|
130 |
|
|
|
39,870 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
40,000 |
|
Recapitalization
to effect the acquisition of iRV, Inc.
|
|
|
1,446,299 |
|
|
|
1,446 |
|
|
|
(1,446 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Acquisition
of MarketEdge Direct
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
337,500 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
337,500 |
|
Proceeds
of share subscription
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,440 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,440 |
|
Return
of stocks in connection with disposal of MarketEdge Direct
|
|
|
(540,000 |
) |
|
|
(540 |
) |
|
|
(358,042 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(358,582 |
) |
Proceeds
of 96,000 share subscription at $0.40 to $0.50 per share
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
40,500 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
40,500 |
|
241,020
shares allotted for services rendered at $0.10 to $0.40 per
share
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
33,306 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
33,306 |
|
Net
(loss) for the year
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(396,277 |
) |
|
|
(396,277 |
) |
Balance, March 31,
2003
|
|
|
9,166,299 |
|
|
|
9,166 |
|
|
|
245,123 |
|
|
|
40,500 |
|
|
|
(508,711 |
) |
|
|
(213,922 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stocks
issued for services rendered and recorded in fiscal year
2004
|
|
|
241,020 |
|
|
|
241 |
|
|
|
(241 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Stocks
issued at $0.40 to $0.50 per share
|
|
|
96,000 |
|
|
|
96 |
|
|
|
40,404 |
|
|
|
(40,500 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Stocks
issued for conversion of debt at $0.10 per share in February
2004
|
|
|
510,000 |
|
|
|
510 |
|
|
|
50,490 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
51,000 |
|
Stocks
issued for cash at $0.10 per share in February and March
2004
|
|
|
1,200,000 |
|
|
|
1,200 |
|
|
|
118,800 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
120,000 |
|
Stocks
issued for exercise of stock options at $0.10 per share in February and
March 2004
|
|
|
960,000 |
|
|
|
960 |
|
|
|
95,040 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
96,000 |
|
Issuance
of stock options as compensation
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
195,740 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
195,740 |
|
Forgiveness
of debt – related party
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
110,527 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
110,527 |
|
Net
(loss) for the year
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(374,606 |
) |
|
|
(374,606 |
) |
Balance, March 31,
2004
|
|
|
12,173,319 |
|
|
$ |
12,173 |
|
|
$ |
855,883 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
(883,317 |
) |
|
$ |
(15,261 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
For
the period from October 8, 2001 (inception) to June 30, 2008
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
accumulated
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
Series
B
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
|
during
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’
|
|
|
|
Preferred
Stock
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
|
|
Paid-in
|
|
|
|
exploration
|
|
|
|
equity
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
capital
|
|
|
|
stage
|
|
|
|
(deficit)
|
|
Stocks
issued for exercise of stock options at $0.10 per share in May, June and
July 2004 |
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
640,000 |
|
|
$ |
640 |
|
|
$ |
63,360 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
64,000 |
|
Stocks
and warrants issued under a private placement at $0.35 per share in May
2004
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,442,930 |
|
|
|
1,443 |
|
|
|
503,582 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
505,025 |
|
Stocks
issued for investor relations services at $0.54 per share in June
2004
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
300,000 |
|
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
161,700 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
162,000 |
|
Stocks
issued for acquisition of oil and gas properties at $0.38 per share in
June 2004 and January 2005
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,200,000 |
|
|
|
1,200 |
|
|
|
454,800 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
456,000 |
|
Stocks
and warrants issued under a private placement at $0.40 per share in July
2004
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
500,000 |
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
199,500 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
Stocks
issued under a private placement at $1.00 per share in 2005, net of share
issue costs of $100,000
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,500,000 |
|
|
|
2,500 |
|
|
|
2,397,500 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,400,000 |
|
Stocks
issued for exercise of warrants at $0.50 and $0.55 per
share
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,614,359 |
|
|
|
1,614 |
|
|
|
825,565 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
827,179 |
|
Convertible
Series B preferred stock issued under a private placement at $1,000 per
Series B share in August 2004, net of issuance costs
|
|
2,200 |
|
|
|
22 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,934,978 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,935,000 |
|
Stocks
issued for conversion of Series B preferred stock at prices
ranging from $0.76 to $0.89 per share
|
|
(500 |
) |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
614,358 |
|
|
|
615 |
|
|
|
(610 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Beneficial
conversion feature on convertible Series
B preferred stock
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
315,245 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
315,245 |
|
Accretion
of Series B preferred stock beneficial conversion feature
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(210,163 |
) |
|
|
(210,163 |
) |
Series
B preferred stock dividend
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(72,672 |
) |
|
|
(72,672 |
) |
Issuance
of stock options as compensation
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
701,740 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
701,740 |
|
Net
(loss) for the year
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(2,418,625 |
) |
|
|
(2,418,625 |
) |
Balance, March
31, 2005
|
|
1,700 |
|
|
$ |
17 |
|
|
|
20,984,966 |
|
|
$ |
20,985 |
|
|
$ |
8,413,243 |
|
|
$ |
(3,584,777 |
) |
|
$ |
4,849,468 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
For
the period from October 8, 2001 (inception) to June 30, 2008
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
accumulated
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
Series
B
|
|
|
|
Series
C
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
|
during
|
|
|
|
Stockholders’
|
|
|
|
Preferred
Stock
|
|
|
|
Preferred
Stock
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
|
|
paid-in
|
|
|
|
exploration
|
|
|
|
equity
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
capital
|
|
|
|
stage
|
|
|
|
(deficit)
|
|
Stock
issued for conversion of Series B preferred stock at prices ranging from
$0.77 to $1.20 per share
|
|
(1,700 |
) |
|
$ |
(17 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
1,795,254 |
|
|
$ |
1,795 |
|
|
$ |
(1,778 |
) |
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Accretion
of Series B preferred stock beneficial conversion feature
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(105,081 |
) |
|
|
(105,081 |
) |
Common
stock issued for cashless exercise of stock options
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
89,502 |
|
|
|
89 |
|
|
|
(89 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Cancellation
of stock options as compensation
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(99,641
|
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(99,641 |
) |
Common
stock issued for exercise of warrants ranging from $0.50 to $0.55 per
share
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
328,571 |
|
|
|
329 |
|
|
|
168,956 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
169,285 |
|
Common
stock issued at $2 per share under a private placement in July 2005, net
of issuance cost
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
1,650,000 |
|
|
|
1,650 |
|
|
|
3,273,350 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
3,275,000 |
|
Series
C preferred stock issued under a private placement at $1,000 per Series C
share in July 2005, net of issuance costs
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
12,500 |
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
11,551,875 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
11,552,000 |
|
Beneficial
conversion feature on convertible Series C preferred stock
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
845,763 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
845,763 |
|
Accretion
of Series C preferred stock beneficial conversion feature
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(845,763 |
) |
|
|
(845,763 |
) |
Series
C stock dividend
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(308,442 |
) |
|
|
(308,442 |
) |
Common
stock issued for conversion of Series C preferred stock ranging from $1.64
to $2.27 per share
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(4,125 |
) |
|
|
(41 |
) |
|
|
2,083,614 |
|
|
|
2,084 |
|
|
|
(2,043 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Common
stock issued for acquisition of oil and gas properties at $0.38 per share
in February 2007
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
600,000 |
|
|
|
600 |
|
|
|
227,400 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
228,000 |
|
Stock
based compensation for the period
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,075,422 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,075,422 |
|
Net
(loss) for the period
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(4,036,286 |
) |
|
|
(4,036,286 |
) |
Balance, March 31,
2006
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
8,375 |
|
|
$ |
84 |
|
|
|
27,531,907 |
|
|
$ |
27,532 |
|
|
$ |
26,452,458 |
|
|
$ |
(8,880,349 |
) |
|
$ |
17,599,725 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
For
the period from October 8, 2001 (inception) to June 30, 2008
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
accumulated
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
|
|
Series
C
|
|
|
|
Series
E
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
|
during
|
|
|
|
Stockholder's
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
Stock
|
|
|
|
Preferred
Stock
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
|
|
Paid-In
|
|
|
|
exploration
|
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
|
stage
|
|
|
|
(Deficit)
|
|
Beneficial
conversion feature on convertible Series C preferred stock
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
710,110 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
710,110 |
|
Accretion
of Series C beneficial conversion feature
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(710,110 |
) |
|
|
(710,110 |
) |
Series
C stock dividend
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(35,270 |
) |
|
|
(35,270 |
) |
Common
Stock Issued for conversion of Series C preferred stock ranging from $1.64
to $2.27 per share
|
|
|
(8,375 |
) |
|
|
(84 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
5,339,320 |
|
|
|
5,339 |
|
|
|
(5,255 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Common
Stock Issued in lieu of cash dividend on Series C preferred stock at a
price of $1.50 per share
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
228,714 |
|
|
|
229 |
|
|
|
343,483 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
343,712 |
|
Series
E preferred stock issued under Private Placement at $1,000 per Series E
share net of issuance costs
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
25,000 |
|
|
|
250 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
23,114,750 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
23,115,000 |
|
Convertible
Series E preferred stock reclassed to liability per SFAS No. 150 |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(2,350 |
) |
|
|
(24 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(2,349,976 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(2,350,000 |
) |
Series
E stock dividend
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(660,069 |
) |
|
|
(660,069 |
) |
Stock
based compensation for the period
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,465,796 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,465,796 |
|
Common
stock issued for services
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
125,000 |
|
|
|
125 |
|
|
|
227,375 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
227,500 |
|
Exercise
of stock options
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
200,000 |
|
|
|
200 |
|
|
|
165,800 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
166,000 |
|
Net
(Loss) for the Period
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(6,359,978 |
) |
|
|
(6,359,978 |
) |
Balance, March 31,
2007
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
22,650 |
|
|
$ |
226 |
|
|
|
33,424,941 |
|
|
$ |
33,425 |
|
|
$ |
51,124,541 |
|
|
$ |
(16,645,776 |
) |
|
$ |
34,512,416 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Consolidated
Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)
For
the period from October 8, 2001 (inception) to June 30, 2008
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deficit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
accumulated
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Series
E
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
|
during
|
|
|
|
Stockholders'
|
|
|
|
|
Preferred
Stock
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock
|
|
|
|
Paid-In
|
|
|
|
exploration
|
|
|
|
Equity
|
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
Shares
|
|
|
|
Amount
|
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
|
Stage
|
|
|
|
(Deficit)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
Stock issued for settlement of Series E Preferred Stock liability at $0.50
per share
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
8,100,000 |
|
|
$ |
8,100 |
|
|
$ |
8,433,900 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
8,442,000 |
|
Common
Stock issued in lieu of cash dividends on Series E Preferred Stock at a
price of $0.50 per share
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
162,606 |
|
|
|
163 |
|
|
|
153,471 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
153,634 |
|
Convertible
Series E Preferred Stock reclassified to current liability per SFAS No.
150
|
|
|
(22,650 |
) |
|
|
(226 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(22,649,774 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(22,650,000 |
) |
Series
E Preferred Stock dividend
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(791,689 |
) |
|
|
(791,689 |
) |
Stock
based compensation for the period
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
606,458 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
606,458 |
|
Exercise
of stock options in December 2007
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
45,000 |
|
|
|
45 |
|
|
|
22,455 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
22,500 |
|
Net
(Loss) for the Period
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(8,694,814 |
) |
|
|
(8,694,814 |
) |
Balance, March 31,
2008
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
41,732,547 |
|
|
|
41,733 |
|
|
|
37,691,051 |
|
|
|
(26,132,279 |
) |
|
|
11,600,505 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock
based compensation for the period
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
22,440 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
22,440 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
(Loss) for the Period
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(1,076,706 |
) |
|
|
(1,076,706 |
) |
Balance, June 30,
2008
|
|
|
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
|
41,732,547 |
|
|
$ |
41,733 |
|
|
$ |
37,713,491 |
|
|
$ |
(27,208,985 |
) |
|
$ |
10,546,239 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Consolidated
Statements of Operations
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
Cumulative
October
8,
2001
(inception)
to
June
30, 2008
|
|
|
Three
Months
Ended
June
30, 2008
|
|
|
Three
Months
Ended
June
30, 2007
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consulting
and director’s fees (Note 4)
|
|
$ |
2,830,136 |
|
|
$ |
27,824 |
|
|
$ |
145,675 |
|
Payroll
expense
|
|
|
2,174,690 |
|
|
|
100,196 |
|
|
|
361,466 |
|
Stock
based compensation
|
|
|
6,067,596 |
|
|
|
22,440 |
|
|
|
239,597 |
|
Investor
relations
|
|
|
1,984,562 |
|
|
|
27,955 |
|
|
|
118,364 |
|
Depreciation
|
|
|
127,772 |
|
|
|
13,621 |
|
|
|
15,456 |
|
Insurance
|
|
|
500,952 |
|
|
|
39,338 |
|
|
|
45,855 |
|
Legal
and accounting
|
|
|
1,383,040 |
|
|
|
40,399 |
|
|
|
62,119 |
|
Lease
rental expense
|
|
|
193,713 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Office
and Miscellaneous
|
|
|
505,028 |
|
|
|
5,271 |
|
|
|
34,148 |
|
Rent
|
|
|
449,588 |
|
|
|
29,096 |
|
|
|
35,648 |
|
Shareholder
relations
|
|
|
219,728 |
|
|
|
694 |
|
|
|
2,313 |
|
Telephone
|
|
|
195,435 |
|
|
|
4,076 |
|
|
|
17,695 |
|
Travel
|
|
|
941,138 |
|
|
|
4,618 |
|
|
|
76,806 |
|
Inventory
shrinkage / write-down
|
|
|
721,321 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Purchase
investigation costs
|
|
|
103,310 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Accretion
expense
|
|
|
7,051 |
|
|
|
1,590 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Operating
(loss)
|
|
|
(18,405,060 |
) |
|
|
(317,118 |
) |
|
|
(1,155,142 |
) |
Other
income (expense)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
income
|
|
|
533,110 |
|
|
|
359 |
|
|
|
58,682 |
|
Interest
expense
|
|
|
(520,131 |
) |
|
|
(181,798 |
) |
|
|
(28,466 |
) |
Gain
(Loss) on sale of equipment
|
|
|
(37,433 |
) |
|
|
(14,453 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Gain
on settlement of debt
|
|
|
37,045 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Loss
on conversion of preferred stock
|
|
|
(4,464,329 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(2,609,029 |
) |
Write-off
of goodwill
|
|
|
(70,314 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Loss
from continuing operations
|
|
|
(22,927,112 |
) |
|
|
(513,010 |
) |
|
|
(3,733,955 |
) |
Reorganization
items
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fees associated with the Debtor-in-Possession credit
facility
|
|
|
(91,875 |
) |
|
|
(91,875 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Professional
fees and Other
|
|
|
(471,821 |
) |
|
|
(471,821 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Net
loss before discontinued operations
|
|
|
(23,490,808 |
) |
|
|
(1,076,706 |
) |
|
|
(3,733,955 |
) |
Net
income from discontinued operations
|
|
|
21,082 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Net
loss and comprehensive loss for the period
|
|
|
(23,469,726 |
) |
|
|
(1,076,706 |
) |
|
|
(3,733,955 |
) |
Series
B preferred stock dividend
|
|
|
(72,672 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Series
C preferred stock dividend
|
|
|
(343,712 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Series
E preferred stock dividend (Note 7)
|
|
|
(1,451,758 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(272,596 |
) |
Dividend
accretion of Series B preferred stock beneficial conversion
feature
|
|
|
(315,244 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Dividend
accretion of Series C preferred stock beneficial conversion
feature
|
|
|
(1,555,873 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Net
loss for the period applicable to common stockholders
|
|
$ |
(27,208,985 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,076,706 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,006,551 |
) |
Basic
and diluted (loss) per share
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.11 |
) |
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
41,732,547 |
|
|
|
35,046,608 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
Cumulative
October
8,
2001
(inception)
to
June
30, 2008
|
|
|
Three
Months
Ended
June
30, 2008
|
|
|
Three
Months
Ended
June
30, 2007
|
|
Cash
flows provided by (used
in) operating activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
(loss) for the period
|
|
$ |
(23,469,726 |
) |
|
$ |
(1,076,706 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,733,955 |
) |
Adjustments
to reconcile net loss to
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
net
cash used in operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
127,772 |
|
|
|
13,621 |
|
|
|
15,456 |
|
-
accretion of well-site restoration
|
|
|
7,051 |
|
|
|
1,590 |
|
|
|
- |
|
-
stock-based compensation
|
|
|
6,067,596 |
|
|
|
22,440 |
|
|
|
239,597 |
|
-
loss on conversion of preferred stock
|
|
|
4,464,329 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
2,609,029 |
|
-
interest expense on Series E Preferred Stock subject to mandatory
redemption
|
|
|
488,387 |
|
|
|
175,062 |
|
|
|
28,466 |
|
-
interest expense on related party notes
|
|
|
2,280 |
|
|
|
1,341 |
|
|
|
- |
|
- interest
expense on Debtor-in-Possession credit facility
|
|
|
3,424 |
|
|
|
3,424 |
|
|
|
- |
|
-
write down on supplies inventory
|
|
|
390,550 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
-
foreign exchange
|
|
|
1,398 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
-
write-off of goodwill
|
|
|
70,314 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
-
debt forgiven
|
|
|
37,045 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
-
loss (gain) on sale of equipment
|
|
|
37,433 |
|
|
|
14,453 |
|
|
|
- |
|
-
net income from the discontinued operations
|
|
|
(21,082 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
-
common shares issued for service rendered
|
|
|
195,306 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
-
reversal of option expense charged for services
|
|
|
(99,641 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Changes
in non-cash working capital items:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joint
venture receivables
|
|
|
(5,313 |
) |
|
|
(5,313 |
) |
|
|
(180,299 |
) |
Inventory
|
|
|
(412,704 |
) |
|
|
53,636 |
|
|
|
53,448 |
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
|
|
(60,355 |
) |
|
|
22,440 |
|
|
|
32,896 |
|
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
|
|
509,095 |
|
|
|
249,336 |
|
|
|
134,830 |
|
Accrued
expenses – related parties
|
|
|
144,040 |
|
|
|
(9,284 |
) |
|
|
(537 |
) |
Net
cash used in operating activities
|
|
|
(11,522,801 |
) |
|
|
(533,960 |
) |
|
|
(801,069 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
flows provided by (used in) investing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Oil
and gas properties
|
|
|
(33,491,798 |
) |
|
|
(95,041 |
) |
|
|
(2,519,452 |
) |
Loan
|
|
|
(62,684 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Proceeds
from sale of equipment
|
|
|
45,215 |
|
|
|
19,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Acquisition
of other assets
|
|
|
(203,791 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(4,700 |
) |
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
|
$ |
(33,713,058 |
) |
|
$ |
(76,041 |
) |
|
$ |
(2,524,152 |
) |
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows (continued)
(UNAUDITED)
|
|
Cumulative
October 8,
2001 (inception) to
June 30,
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds
from issuance of common stock
|
|
$ |
7,988,414 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Net
proceeds from issuance of Series B preferred stock
|
|
|
1,935,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Net
proceeds from issuance of Series C preferred stock
|
|
|
11,552,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Net
proceeds from issuance of Series E Preferred stock
|
|
|
23,115,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Payment
of Series B preferred stock dividend
|
|
|
(72,672 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Proceeds
from promissory notes
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
|
|
Repayment
of promissory notes
|
|
|
(92,500 |
) |
|
|
(3,125 |
) |
|
|
(6,250
|
) |
Proceeds
from shareholder loan
|
|
|
80,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Repayment
of shareholder loan
|
|
|
(80,000 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Proceeds
from issuance of related party loans
|
|
|
99,379 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Proceeds
from exercise of stock options
|
|
|
188,500 |
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
- |
|
Proceeds
from issuance of secured debt – prepetition
|
|
|
207,854 |
|
|
|
207,854 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Repayment
of secured debt - prepetition
|
|
|
(207,854 |
) |
|
|
(207,854 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Proceeds
from borrowing under the Debtor-in-Possession credit
facility
|
|
|
548,193 |
|
|
|
548,193 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
|
|
45,291,314 |
|
|
|
545,068 |
|
|
|
(6,250
|
) |
Increase
(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
55,455 |
|
|
|
(64,933 |
) |
|
|
(3,331,471
|
) |
Cash and cash
equivalents, beginning
of period
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
120,388 |
|
|
|
5,941,577 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents, end of period
|
|
$ |
55,455 |
|
|
$ |
55,455 |
|
|
$ |
2,610,106 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental
cash flow information:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
paid
|
|
$ |
13,013 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Non-cash
transactions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common
stock issued pursuant to conversion of promissory note
|
|
$ |
55,000 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Common
stock issued for investor relations services
|
|
$ |
162,000 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Common
stock issued for prepaid technical services
|
|
$ |
227,500 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Forgiveness
of accrued consulting fees payable to directors and
officers
|
|
$ |
110,527 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Common
stock issued for oil and gas properties
|
|
$ |
684,000 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Property
acquired through issuance of note
|
|
$ |
75,000 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Payment of
Series C dividends with issuance of common
stock
|
|
$ |
343,712 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Payment
of Series E dividends with issuance of common stock
|
|
$ |
153,634 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
49,535 |
|
Common
stock issued for settlement of Preferred Stock
liability
|
|
$ |
8,442,000 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
|
$ |
4,128,000 |
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements
June 30, 2008 and 2007
(UNAUDITED)
|
Note
1.
|
Incorporation
and Continuance of Operations
|
Torrent
Energy Corporation (the “Company” or “Torrent”) is an exploration stage company
that, pursuant to shareholder approval on July 13, 2004, changed its name from
Scarab Systems, Inc. On June 2, 2008, the Company commenced
Chapter 11 proceedings by filing a voluntary petition for
reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code, with the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the District of Oregon (the “Bankruptcy Court”). See
Note 3 for additional information.
The
Company has generated no revenue to date, has incurred ongoing operating losses,
requires additional funds to meet its obligations and to maintain its operations
and has been unable to meet certain mandatory redemptions under its convertible
preferred stock arrangements. These circumstances, and the Company’s recent
filing of the Chapter 11 Cases, raise substantial doubt about the Company’s
ability to continue as a going concern. These financial statements do
not include any adjustments that might result from an adverse outcome related to
this uncertainty.
Note
2.
|
Summary
of Significant Accounting Policies
|
a) Principles
of Consolidation
The
accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements presented are those of
the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Methane Energy Corp. and Cascadia
Energy Corp. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been
eliminated.
b) Principles
of Accounting
The
unaudited consolidated financial statements are stated in U.S. dollars and have
been prepared in accordance with the U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles. The financial statements have been prepared assuming that
the Company would continue as a going concern. The Company’s ability to continue
as a going concern is an issue raised as a result of recurring losses from
operations and working capital deficiency. The Company’s ability to continue as
a going concern is also subject to our ability to complete a Plan of
Reorganization, and to obtain necessary funding from outside sources, including
obtaining additional funding from the sale of securities. The Plan of
Reorganization presents significant potential for dilution that impacts the
Company’s ability to obtain funding from the sale of securities.
The
Company’s future exploration activities will require significant
capital expenditures, which funding must be raised from outside
sources. There can be no assurance that financing will be available
in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. The inability to obtain
additional capital will restrict the Company’s ability to grow and to
continue to conduct business operations. If the Company is unable to
complete the Plan of Reorganization, or obtain additional financing in the
future, it is likely that exploration plans will be curtailed
and the Company will possibly cease operations.
These
unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information
and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation
S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information
and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete
financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments
(consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair
presentation of the interim periods presented have been
included. Operating results for the three months ended June 30, 2008
are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year
ending March 31, 2009. This interim unaudited financial information
should be read in conjunction with the Company’s annual report for the year
ended March 31, 2008, as filed on Form 10-K.
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements
June 30, 2008 and 2007
(UNAUDITED)
|
These
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants Statement of Position (“SOP”) 90-7,
“Financial Reporting by Entities in Reorganization under Bankruptcy Code”, which
is applicable to companies under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code. Generally the SOP 90-7 does not change the manner
in which financial statements are prepared. It does, however, require among
other disclosures that the financial statements for periods subsequent to the
filing of the Chapter 11 petition distinguish transactions and events
that are directly associated with the reorganization from the ongoing operations
of the business. Expenses, realized gains and losses, and provisions for losses
that can be directly associated with the reorganization and restructuring of the
business must be reported separately as reorganization items in the statements
of operations. The balance sheet must distinguish prepetition liabilities
subject to compromise from both those prepetition liabilities that are not
subject to compromise and from post-petition liabilities. Liabilities that may
be affected by a plan of reorganization must be reported at the amounts expected
to be allowed, even if they may be settled for lesser amounts.
Certain
amounts reported in prior periods have been reclassified to conform to the
disclosures in the current fiscal year.
c) Joint
Venture Receivables
The
accompanying financial statements as of June 30 and March 31, 2008, include the
wholly-owned accounts of the Company and its proportionate share of assets,
liabilities and results of operations in the joint venture in which it
participates. The Company has maintained a 60 percent majority ownership
interest in properties in which joint venture participation exists and acts as
the operator for the joint venture. The Company incurs 100
percent of the expenses related to the joint venture and bills its Joint Venture
Partner for 40 percent of applicable costs.
The
Company provides for uncollectible receivables using the allowance method of
accounting for bad debts. Under this method of accounting, a
provision for uncollectible accounts is charged to earnings. The
allowance account is increased or decreased based on past collection history and
management’s evaluation of the receivables. All amounts considered
uncollectible are charged against the allowance account and recoveries of
previously charged off accounts are added to the allowance.
At June
30, 2008, net joint venture receivables were $5,313 (2007:
$Nil). At June 30 and March 31, 2008, the Company had established no
allowance for bad debt, deeming its receivables as likely to be
collected.
d) Stock
Subject To Mandatory Redemption
In May 2003, FASB issued SFAS No. 150,
“Accounting for Certain
Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and
Equity” (“SFAS 150”). This statement establishes standards for
how an issuer classifies and measures certain financial instruments with
characteristics of both liabilities and equity. In applying SFAS 150,
the Company has determined that all of the Series E Convertible Preferred Stock
(“Series E Stock”) met the characteristics of a liability and, therefore, has
been classified as a liability on the Company’s balance sheet as of March 31,
2008 and in liabilities subject to compromise at June 30, 2008. (See Note
8).
e) Accounting
Estimates
The
preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S.
generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at
the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of
revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Management makes its best
estimate of the ultimate outcome for these items based on the historical trends
and other information available when the financial statements are
prepared. Changes in the estimates are recognized in accordance with
the accounting rules for the estimate, which is typically in the period when new
information becomes available to management. Actual results could differ
from those estimates and assumptions.
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements
June 30, 2008 and 2007
(UNAUDITED)
|
f) Supplies
inventory
Supplies inventory consist of primarily
pipe, tubular materials and chemicals used in drilling
operations. Inventory accounting is based on the first-in, first-out
cost method and is stated at the lower of cost or market.
g) Loss
Per Share
Loss per share is computed using the
weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year. Diluted loss per
share is equivalent to basic loss per share because the stock options, warrants and
convertible preferred
stock to acquire common shares as disclosed in the notes are
anti-dilutive.
|
|
Three
Months Ended
June
30, 2008
|
|
|
Three
Months Ended
June
30, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
Loss
|
|
$ |
(1,076,706 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,733,955 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Less
Preferred stock dividends
|
|
|
- |
|
|
|
(272,596 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
loss applicable to common stockholders
|
|
$ |
(1,076,706 |
) |
|
$ |
(4,006,551 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted
Average Shares Outstanding
|
|
|
41,732,547 |
|
|
|
35,046,608 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
and Diluted Earnings per Share
|
|
$ |
(0.03 |
) |
|
$ |
(0.11 |
) |
h) Asset
Retirement Obligations
It is the
Company’s policy to recognize a liability for future retirement obligations
associated with the Company’s oil and gas properties. The estimated
fair value of the asset retirement obligation is based on the current cost
escalated at an inflation rate and discounted at a credit-adjusted risk-free
rate. This liability is capitalized as part of the cost pool of the
related asset and amortized using the units of production method. The
liability accretes until the Company settles the obligation. At June
30, 2008, the Company’s estimated asset retirement obligation was
$77,920. This obligation will be settled at the end of the
useful lives of the wells which is projected to be approximately 39
years. This amount has been calculated using an inflation rate
of 2.4% and discounted using a credit-adjusted risk-free interest rate of
8.35%. The accretion expense for the three months ended June 30, 2008
was $1,590 (2007 – Nil).
i) Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, “Noncontrolling Interests in
Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB No. 51”
(“SFAS 160”). SFAS 160 will change the accounting and reporting for
minority interests, which will be recharacterized as noncontrolling interests
and classified as a component of equity. This new consolidation method will
significantly change the accounting for transactions with minority interest
holders. SFAS 160 is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods
within those fiscal years, beginning on or after December 15,
2008. The Company will be required to adopt this statement effective
at the beginning of its 2010 fiscal year. The Company is evaluating
the impact of the provisions of SFAS 160 on its consolidated balance sheets,
results of operations or cash flows.
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements
June
30, 2008 and 2007
(UNAUDITED)
In
May 2008, the FASB issued FSP No. APB 14-1, “Accounting for Convertible Debt
Instruments that may be Settled in Cash upon Conversion (including Partial Cash
Settlement)”, (“FSP APB 14-1”). FSP APB 14-1 clarifies that
convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion
(including partial cash settlement) are not addressed by paragraph 12 of
Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 14, “Accounting for Convertible Debt and
Debt Issued with Stock Purchase Warrants.” Additionally, FSP
APB 14-1 specifies that issuers of such instruments should separately account
for the liability and equity components in a manner that will reflect the
entity’s nonconvertible debt borrowing rate when interest cost is recognized in
subsequent periods. This FSP is effective for fiscal years beginning
after December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal
years. The Company is evaluating the impact that this FSP will have
on its consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash
flows.
Note
3.
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Chapter
11 Bankruptcy
|
On June
2, 2008, the Company commenced Chapter 11 proceedings (Case No. 08-32638) by
filing a voluntary petition for reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code with
the Bankruptcy Court. Each of the Company’s subsidiaries,
Methane Energy Corp. and Cascadia Energy Corp. (collectively referred to with
the Company as the "Debtors"), also commenced a case under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code on the same day (together with the Company’s filing,
the “Chapter 11 Cases”). On June 9, 2008, the Court entered an
order fixing the last day to file proofs of claim against the Debtors as August
15, 2008. On June 16, 2008, the Debtors filed their Joint Plan of
Reorganization for Reorganizing Debtors and the Disclosure Statement Regarding
Joint Plan of Reorganization for Reorganizing Debtors (the
“Plan”). A hearing on the adequacy of the Disclosure
Statement is scheduled for September 18, 2008 at 9:30 a.m at the U.S. Bankruptcy
Court in Portland, Oregon.
The Plan provides for the
reorganization of the Debtors and the payment in full of each allowed claim
against the Debtors, as set forth below. The treatment of the two
impaired classes of interests (Series E Preferred Interests and Common
Shareholder Interests) will depend on the outcome of the Rights Offering (as
described in more detail below and in the Plan). This summary is
based on the terms of the Plan as currently filed. The Plan may be
modified in accordance with section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, both prior to
and after the Effective Date.
Rights
Offering
If certain conditions are met under the
Plan, our common shareholders will have the right, but not the obligation, to
acquire equity securities in the reorganized Company pursuant to a proposed
right offering (the “Rights Offering”). The terms of the Rights
Offering are set forth in Article VI and Exhibit A to the
Plan. The Rights Offering must be completed, if at all, on or
prior to the Effective Date upon the satisfaction of certain
conditions. These include: (i) our common shareholders must consent
to the conversion of the Series E Preferred Interest into senior secured
convertible debt; (ii) our shareholders participate in the Rights Offering to an
extent that the gross proceeds to the Debtors is equal to or more than
$2,000,000, or such lesser amount as determined by the YA Global in its sole
discretion; and (iii) the Bankruptcy Court must determine that the Rights
Offering is exempt under Bankruptcy Code Section
1145. Shareholders as of the record date, to be established by
the Bankruptcy Court, are eligible to participate in the Rights
Offering.
Section 1122 of the Bankruptcy Code
requires that a plan of reorganization classify the claims of a debtor's
creditors and the interests of its equity holders. The Plan
classifies the following separate classes and provides for the treatment
summarized below:
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements
June 30, 2008 and 2007
(UNAUDITED)
|
Class
|
|
Summary
of Treatment
|
DIP
Lender Claim
|
|
The
DIP Lender shall receive senior secured convertible debt of the Company in
the amount of the DIP Lender Claim. On the Effective Date, and
from time to time thereafter, the DIP Lender, at its sole discretion,
shall have the right to convert all or any portion of the senior secured
convertible debt into common shares of the Company pursuant to the terms
of the senior secured convertible debt. Debtors estimate that
the DIP Lender Claim will equal approximately $4,500,000 on the
Effective Date.
|
|
|
|
Administrative
Claims
|
|
Allowed
Administrative Claims will receive cash equal to the unpaid portion of the
claim that has come due for payment under any applicable order or law,
unless otherwise agreed to by the holder of an Allowed Administrative
Claim or order of the Bankruptcy Court. Payment of allowed
professional fee claims shall not exceed $250,000. All
Administrative Claims must be filed on or before the Administrative Claim
Bar Date.
|
|
|
|
Priority
Tax Claims
|
|
On
the later of (a) the Effective Date; or (b) the date such claim becomes an
Allowed Priority Tax Claim, each Allowed Priority Tax Claim shall receive
full satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge with, (i) cash equal
to the unpaid portion of such Allowed Priority Tax claim or (ii) such
other treatment as agreed to by the parties.
|
|
|
|
Trustee
Fee Claim
|
|
Trustee
Fees will be paid by Debtors as they become due.
|
|
|
|
Class
1: Allowed Priority Claims
(Unimpaired)
|
|
This
Class consists of all Allowed Priority Claims against Debtors that are
specified as having priority in Bankruptcy Code section 507, if any such
claims still exist as of the Effective Date. Unless otherwise
agreed by the holder of any claim in this Class, each Allowed Claim under
Bankruptcy Code section 507, which has not been satisfied as of the
Effective Date, shall be paid in full in cash on the latest of: (a) the
Effective Date; or (b) the date on which there is a final order allowing
such claim.
|
|
|
|
Class
2: Allowed Unsecured Claims
(Unimpaired)
|
|
This
Class consists of all Allowed Unsecured Claims that are not entitled to
priority, including, without limitation, claims arising from the rejection
of executory contracts and the Gordian claim. Claims in this
class will be paid in full satisfaction, settlement, release and discharge
either (i) in cash in the full amount of such Holder's Allowed Unsecured
Claim, on or within three (3) Business Days of the Effective Date,
(ii) pursuant to the terms of Debtors' obligations to the holder of
such claim, or (iii) as may be agreed by Debtors and the holder of
such claim. A condition to confirmation of the Plan is that the
aggregate amount of unsecured claims against Debtors does not exceed one
million dollars ($1,000,000).
|
|
|
|
Class
3: Series E Preferred Shareholder Interests
(Impaired)
|
|
If
the Rights Offering conditions are satisfied or waived as provided in the
Plan, Series E Preferred Shares shall be exchanged for Senior Secured
Convertible Debt of the Company in the principal amount equal to the
liquidation amount of the Series E Preferred Shares and accumulated
dividends thereon.
If
the Rights Offering conditions are not satisfied or waived, the Series E
Preferred Shares shall be converted into 100% of the Company common
shares, subject to certain terms.
|
|
|
|
Class
4: Common Shareholder Interests
(Impaired)
|
|
On
the Effective Date all common shareholders shall have the opportunity to
participate in the purchase of the Company’s common shares in a Rights
Offering. If all the Rights Offering conditions are satisfied,
or waived by the Debtors and the DIP Lender, as applicable, then each
participating common shareholder shall receive the number of Company
shares as subscribed to in the Rights Offering. The Rights
Offering shall be available to all common shareholders and must be
completed by the ballot deadline. Unless waived by the Debtor
and the DIP Lender, common shareholders who do not participate in the
Rights Offering will have their common shares canceled and shall not be
entitled to, and shall not receive or retain any property or interest in
property of the Company.
|
|
|
|
Class
5: Other Equity Interests
|
|
On
the Effective Date, all other equity interests, as well as any and all
securities, warrants, and options, shall be canceled and each holder shall
not be entitled to receive any property of the Company. Class 5
is deemed to have rejected the Plan and, therefore, holders of other
equity interests are not entitled to vote to accept or reject the
Plan.
|
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements
June 30, 2008 and 2007
(UNAUDITED)
|
The Plan
has certain conditions precedent to the occurrence of the Plan’s Confirmation
Date including: (a) entry of an order finding that the Disclosure Statement
contains adequate information pursuant to Bankruptcy Code section 1126; (b)
entry of a Final Order approving the DIP Loan; and (c) a determination that
Debtors have no more than $1,000,000 in Allowed Unsecured Claims in the
aggregate.
The above summary of the Plan’s
Disclosure Statement describes the classification and treatment of Allowed
Claims and Interests. The Company reserves the right to modify the
Plan in accordance with section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, both prior to and
after the Effective Date. In the event of any discrepancy or conflict
between the summary include herein and the Plan itself, the Plan will
control. Claims to be paid in cash under the Plan will be paid from
the proceeds of the Plan Funding or from the Rights Offering.
Note
4.
|
Related
Party Transactions
|
During the three months ended June 30,
2008, the Company recorded expenses of $90,500 (2007 - $208,799) for consulting
fees and salaries to directors and officers of the Company. As of
June 30, 2008, there were unpaid expense reimbursements owing to directors and
officers of $9,270 (2007 - $8,008) and unpaid liabilities for salaries
and consulting services totaling $76,429 (2007 - $Nil). At June 30,
2008 and March 31, 2008, the Company owed John D. Carlson, President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director of the Company, $60,000 for payments he made
directly to the Company’s law firm on its behalf for services rendered relating
to the Chapter 11 Cases. Subject to per claimant and other limitations,
officers and directors may present a priority claim to the Company in a filing
under the Bankruptcy Code. The total of priority claims for officers
and directors at June 30, 2008 has been presented on the Consolidated Balance
Sheets as Accounts payable – related parties and is not expected to be subject
to compromise. The remainder of the obligations to officers and
directors are expected to be subject to compromise and are presented on the
Consolidated Balance Sheet for June 30, 2008 as liabilities subject to
compromise. See Note 7 for additional information.
On February 1, 2008, Mr. Carlson loaned
$50,000 to the Company and the Company issued a short-term promissory note to
Mr. Carlson. On March 1, 2008, Mr. Carlson loaned the Company an
additional $25,000 in exchange for cancellation of the previous short-term note
and issuance of a new short-term promissory note with a principal balance of
$75,318. On March 12, 2008, William A. Lansing, then chairman of the
Company’s board of director, loaned $25,000 to the Company and the Company
issued a short-term promissory note to Mr. Lansing. Interest on the
promissory notes (collectively, the “Notes”) accrues from the date of issuance
at the rate of eight percent (8%) per annum; however, as of June 2, 2008, the
Company ceased accruing interest on these obligations as a result of the filing
of the Chapter 11 Cases. Repayment of principal, together with accrued interest,
may be made at any time without penalty. In the event that any amount payable
under the Notes is not paid in full when due, the Company shall pay, on demand,
interest on such amount at the rate of twelve percent (12%) per annum. Upon any
"Event of Default," as defined in the Notes, the entire unpaid balance of the
applicable promissory note may be declared immediately due and payable by the
noteholder; however, this action may be stayed as a result of the Chapter 11
Cases. As of June 30, 2008 and March 31, 2008, there was $75,318 and
$25,000 payable outstanding under the Notes to Messrs. Carlson and Lansing,
respectively, excluding accrued interest payable. These amounts are
presented on the Consolidated Balance Sheet for June 30, 2008 as liabilities
subject to compromise. See Note 7 for additional
information.
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements
June 30, 2008 and 2007
(UNAUDITED)
|
Note
5.
|
Oil
and Gas Properties, Unproven
|
The
Company’s oil and gas properties are currently unproven and ongoing exploration
activities are planned and will require the additional significant expenditures
for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009, which funding must be raised from
external sources. These exploration activities include formation
stimulation and production testing of existing wells drilled in our Coos Bay
project and formation coring and gas desorption testing of wells still to be
drilled in our Chehalis project. Assuming that additional funding
from external sources is obtained, management estimates that it will take
approximately six to twelve months to complete the first phase of exploration
activities on certain of its unproved properties and at that time an assessment
will be made for reclassification of a portion of the unproved reserves to
proved reserves. Once properties have been classified as proven, then
certain of the costs incurred would be included in the amortization
computation.
Coos Bay Basin Property. On May 11,
2004, Methane Energy Corp. entered into a Lease Purchase and Sale Agreement
(the “Agreement”) with GeoTrends-Hampton International LLC (“GHI”) to purchase
GHI’s undivided working interest in certain oil and gas leases in the Coos Bay
Basin of Oregon. As consideration for the acquisition of these oil and gas
leases, the Company paid a total of $300,000 in cash and issued 1,800,000
restricted common shares in three performance based tranches. The shares were valued
at $0.38 per share, which was the fair value at the time that the agreement was
negotiated. GHI also maintains an undivided overriding royalty
interest of 4% upon production in the Coos Bay project area. The
agreement closed on June 22, 2004. Subsequent to the completion of
the Agreement, the principals of GHI were appointed as officers and directors of
the Company and its subsidiaries.
Pursuant
to the GHI Agreement, the Company acquired certain mineral leases located in the
Coos Bay area of Oregon, which are prospective properties for oil and gas
exploration and total approximately 50,000 acres. On July 1, 2004, the Company
completed the negotiations with the State of Oregon on an additional leasing of
10,400 acres of land within the Coos Bay Basin in Oregon. The 10,400
acres of land are subject to annual lease payments of $1 per acre.
Chehalis Basin Property. On August 12, 2005,
Cascadia Energy Corp. entered into a joint venture agreement (“Joint
Venture”) with St. Helens Energy LLC (“St. Helens”), a 100% owned subsidiary of
Comet Ridge Limited, an Australian coal seam gas exploration company, which is
listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. Pursuant to this agreement,
Cascadia Energy Corp. will serve as operator of the Joint Venture with a
60% interest in the Joint Venture; while St. Helens will actively assist in
evaluating the Chehalis Basin property, developing exploratory leads and
prospects, and providing 40% of the funding to pursue exploration and
development of the prospect. Cascadia Energy Corp. records its
investment and related expenses associated with the Chehalis Basin project net
of St. Helens’ contribution.
In
October 2006 through May 2007, Cascadia Energy Corp. entered into
three lease agreements with Weyerhaeuser totaling 36,991 acres, two of
which required payment of upfront lease bonuses of $428,610 and one which
requires annual lease payments of $1,275. Certain provisions of these agreements
require Cascadia Energy Corp. to commence a well within the first two years of
the lease, or the lease will terminate and the Company would be required to make
a payment of $75,000 to Weyerhaeuser in May of 2009.
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements
June 30, 2008 and 2007
(UNAUDITED)
|
Since
January 2006, Cascadia Energy Corp. has also acquired 23,735 acres from the
State of Washington Trust. This acreage was acquired in lease auctions for
aggregate lease consideration of $37,719, and has been included in the
Chehalis Basin project.
On May 9,
2006, Cascadia Energy Corp. entered into an option to acquire oil & gas
lease with Pope Resources LP. This option provides Cascadia Energy
Corp. with the right to earn oil and gas leases covering 15,280 acres of mineral
rights interests held by Pope Resources LP in Cowlitz and Lewis Counties,
Washington, for a purchase price of $1 per net mineral acre or
$15,280. The initial term of this option was for a period of 18
months ending on November 9, 2007. The option was extended for an
additional year ending November 9, 2008.
On April
10, 2008, the Company granted a one year option to Citrus Energy Corporation and
Oklaco Holding, LLP, (the “Citrus Group”) which allows the Citrus Group to drill
two wells on leases owned by Cascadia Energy Corp. and earn a working
interest in any production from these wells. In the event the
Citrus Group elects to drill these potential wells, then the Company would
receive a cash equalization payment of $80,000 per well and would retain a
royalty interest on any future production from the acreage earned by the Citrus
Group.
The total
costs incurred and currently excluded from amortization for the Company’s oil
and gas properties are summarized as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition
Costs
|
|
|
Exploration
Costs
|
|
|
Development
Costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Geological
and geophysical
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
Coos Bay Basin
Property
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three
months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June
30, 2008
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
41,003
|
|
$
|
38,688
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
Nil
|
|
$
|
79,691
|
|
Inception
through March 31, 2008
|
|
984,000
|
|
|
1,511,902
|
|
|
29,031,799
|
|
|
1,674,738
|
|
|
Nil
|
|
|
33,202,439
|
|
Total
|
$
|
984,000
|
|
$
|
1,552,905
|
|
$
|
29,070,487
|
|
$
|
1,674,738
|
|
$
|
Nil
|
|
$
|
33,282,130
|
|
Chehalis Basin
Property
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three
months Ended June 30, 2008
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
1,110
|
|
$
|
779
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
Nil
|
|
$
|
1,889
|
|
Inception
through March 31, 2008
|
|
-
|
|
|
922,110
|
|
|
744,788
|
|
|
185,991
|
|
|
Nil
|
|
|
1,852,889
|
|
Total
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
923,220
|
|
$
|
745,567
|
|
$
|
185,991
|
|
$
|
Nil
|
|
$
|
1,854,778
|
|
Total
Oil and Gas Properties
|
$
|
984,000
|
|
$
|
2,476,125
|
|
$
|
29,816,054
|
|
$
|
1,860,729
|
|
$
|
Nil
|
|
$
|
35,136,908
|
|
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements
June 30, 2008 and 2007
(UNAUDITED)
|
Note 6.
|
Debtor-in-Possession
Credit Agreement and Other
Borrowings
|
In
connection with the Chapter 11 Cases, on June 6, 2008, the Company entered
into a senior secured super-priority debtor-in-possession credit and
guaranty agreement (the "DIP Credit Agreement") with YA Global Investments,
L.P. (formerly Cornell Capital Partners, L.P.) ("YA Global" or
"Lender"). The DIP Credit Agreement was approved on an interim basis
by the Bankruptcy Court the same day. The Bankruptcy Court entered an
order approving the DIP Credit Agreement on July 11, 2008. The
DIP Credit Agreement provides for a $4.5 million term loan under which Lender
may advance funds to us (the "Loan "). The proceeds of the Loan are
expected to be used for working capital purposes, including payment of
professional services fees, wages, salaries, and other operating expenses,
payment of certain subsidiary debt, and other purposes, as approved by
Lender. Additionally, the first borrowing under this DIP Credit
Agreement that occurred on June 10, 2008 included the repayment of a promissory
note issued by the Company to YA Global on May 15, 2008, in the amount of
$207,854 plus accrued interest of $1,871. As of June 30, 2008,
the Company had borrowed $548,193 under this DIP Credit Agreement.
Advances
under the DIP Credit Agreement bear interest at the lower of twelve percent
(12%) per annum or the highest rate of interest permissible under
law. The Loan will mature on the earliest of (a) the date which is
the one year anniversary of the DIP Credit Agreement, (b) the date of
termination of the Loan in connection with Lender's rights upon an Event of
Default (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement), (c) the close of business on
the first business day after the entry of the final order by the Bankruptcy
Court, if the Company has not paid Lender the fees required under the DIP Credit
Agreement, (d) the date a plan of reorganization confirmed in the Chapter 11
Cases becomes effective that does not provide for the payment in full of all
amounts owed to Lender under the DIP Credit Agreement, (e) the date of the
closing of a sale of all or substantially all of our assets pursuant to Section
363 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (f) the effective date of a plan of
reorganization or arrangement in the Chapter 11 Cases. If the Loan is
repaid prior to the one year anniversary of the date of the DIP Credit
Agreement, the Company will be required to pay to Lender a prepayment fee in an
amount equal to one percent (1%) of such prepayment.
Upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, all amounts owing under the DIP Credit
Agreement will bear interest at the rate of the lower of seventeen percent (17%)
or the maximum rate permitted by law per annum, and Lender may declare all
outstanding obligations immediately due and payable. Lender has a
right of first refusal to provide exit financing to the Company.
Note 7.
|
Liabilities Subject to
Compromise
|
As a
result of the Company’s filings of the Chapter 11 Cases, the payment of certain
prepetition indebtedness is subject to compromise or other treatment under the
Plan of Reorganization and requires approval by the
Court. Generally, any actions to enforce payment or settlement
are stayed. Listed below are the liabilities subject to
compromise as of June 30, 2008.
|
|
June
30,
2008
|
|
|
March
31,
2008
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
payable
|
|
$ |
913,586 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
Accounts
payable – related parties
|
|
|
111,816 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Series
E convertible preferred stock subject to mandatory
redemption
|
|
|
20,950,000 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Preferred
stock dividends payable
|
|
|
1,858,839 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Notes
payable
|
|
|
12,500 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Notes
payable – related parties
|
|
|
100,318 |
|
|
|
- |
|
Total
|
|
$ |
23,947,059 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements
June 30, 2008 and 2007
(UNAUDITED)
|
The
Company’s liabilities subject to compromise are unsecured pre-petition
obligations that may be settled for less than the carrying amount, depending on
the approved Plan of Reorganization upon the resolution of the Chapter 11
Cases. The Company is continuing its efforts to complete its Plan of
Reorganization, at which time it will propose a settlement of all of its
pre-petition liabilities, including the liabilities subject to
compromise. The Plan of Reorganization is subject to approval by the
Bankruptcy Court. See Note 3 for further discussion.
Note 8.
|
Series
E Convertible Preferred Stock
|
On June 28, 2006, the Company closed a
private placement agreement with YA Global under which it sold 25,000 shares of
its Series E Convertible Preferred Stock at $1,000 per share (the
“Series E
Stock). The Series E Stock is senior to the common stock with respect
to the payment of dividends and other distributions on the capital stock of the
Company, including distribution of the assets of the Company upon liquidation. No cash
dividends or distributions shall be declared or paid or set apart for payment on
the common stock in any year unless cash dividends or distributions on the
Series E Stock for such year are likewise declared and paid or set apart
for payment. No declared and
unpaid dividends shall bear or accrue interest. Upon any liquidation,
dissolution, or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary
before any distribution or payment shall be made to any of the holders of
common stock or any series of preferred stock,
the holders of Series E Stock shall be entitled to receive out of the assets of
the Company an amount equal to $1,000 per share of the Series E Stock plus all
declared and unpaid dividends thereon, for each share of Series E Stock held by
them.
The
Series E Stock are non-voting, carry a cumulative dividend rate of 5% per year,
when and if declared by the Board of Directors of the Company, and are
convertible into common stock at any time by dividing the dollar amount being
converted (included accrued but unpaid dividends) by $2.50 per share if the
Company’s common shares are trading at an average price of $2.50 per share or
higher for the five trading days preceding a conversion date. If the
Company’s common shares are trading at an average price greater than $1.67 but
less than $2.50 per share the Company may, at its exclusive option, force
conversion at a price of $1.67 per share or may redeem the Series E Stock for
cash at the original investment amount plus a 20% redemption
premium.
As a
condition of the Series E Stock, the Company filed a registration statement (the
“Registration Statement”) registering 15,000,000 shares of
common stock into which the Series E Stock would be converted. This
Registration Statement was declared effective on February 9,
2007. Subsequently, the Series E Stock investor agreed to an initial
registration of 10,000,000 shares to facilitate our compliance with a revision
of SEC guidelines related to the form of our registration. On
November 9, 2007, this Registration Statement became ineffective since the
Company did not file a post effective amendment as the information contained
therein did not include the latest available certified financial statements as
of a date not more than 16 months old. Net proceeds from the
Series E Stock received during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 was
$23,115,000, after the payment of issuance costs of $1,885,000.
Beginning
December 1, 2006, the Company had mandatory redemption requirements equal to the
pro rata amortization of the remaining outstanding Series E Stock over the
period that ended August 1, 2008. On February 12, 2008, YA
Global delivered to the Company a Notice of Default under the Series E Stock
agreement, alleging that one or more defaults occurred under the Investment
Agreement and related transaction documents, including: (i) the
Company's failure to make mandatory redemption payments on each of November 1,
2007, December 1, 2007, January 1, 2008 and February 1, 2008; (ii) the Company's
and its subsidiaries' inability to pay their debts generally as they become due;
and (iii) the Company's failure to maintain the effectiveness of the
registration statement filed pursuant to the Investor Registration Rights
Agreement to which the Company and YA Global are
parties.
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
(Debtor-In-Possession)
(formerly
Scarab Systems, Inc.)
(An
exploration stage enterprise)
Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements
June 30, 2008 and 2007
(UNAUDITED)
|
Based on
the alleged defaults, and pursuant to the terms of the Investment Agreement and
related transaction documents, YA Global demanded that the Company redeem all of
YA Global's shares of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock for the full
liquidation amount, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends
thereon. From November 1, 2007 through June 2, 2008, the date at
which the Company filed Chapter 11, the Company was in negotiations with YA
Global to amend the terms of the Series E Stock.
At June
30, 2008, as a result of the event of default that occurred on February 12, 2008
as noted above, the Company has classified all of the Series E outstanding
balance and unpaid dividends as a liability subject to
compromise. For the three months ended June 30, 2008, all
dividends accrued prior to filing for Bankruptcy have been classified as
interest expense totaling $175,062 (2007: Nil).
As part
of the Company’s Chapter 11 Cases, the Company has filed a Joint Plan of
Reorganization that if approved would allow for the exchange of the Series E
preferred stock and accrued dividends to senior secured convertible debt of the
reorganized company.
On
February 15, 2008, the Company entered into an engagement letter (the "Engagement Letter") with
Gordian Group, LLC ("Gordian"), pursuant to
which Gordian was hired to act as the Company's exclusive investment banker in
providing financial advisory services and presenting and evaluating potential
financial transactions for the Company. As compensation for the
services provided by Gordian under the Engagement Letter, the Company agreed to,
upon the completion of any financial transaction, pay to Gordian specified fees.
In addition to the transaction fee to be paid upon the completion of a financial
transaction, if any, the Company agreed to issue 1,250,000 shares of common
stock of the Company to Gordian, subject to certain
conditions.
As a
result of its decision to file the Chapter 11 Cases the Company
exercised its right to terminate the Engagement Letter between the Company and
Gordian on May 30, 2008. In the Company's bankruptcy schedules, as
amended, Gordian has been listed as an unsecured creditor with a disputed,
contingent unliquidated claim. On August 11, 2008, Gordian filed a proof
of claim with the US Bankruptcy Court in the amount of
$1,357,000. As of June 30, 2008, no transaction fee
has been paid and no common shares of the Company have been issued to
Gordian. As of August 14th, the
Company cannot reasonably estimate the fee, if any, that may be payable to
Gordian under this Engagement Letter. No amount has been accrued for
this contingency as of June 30, 2008 (2007: Nil).
Note
10.
|
Subsequent
Events
|
In August
2008, the Company retained Baker Energy Services of Sheridan, Wyoming, to
provide field management services with respect to a well work-over and fracture
stimulation program scheduled for up to five wells located in the Company’s
Westport area in Coos Bay, Oregon. The proposed fracture stimulation
program is expected to commence in mid-August 2008 and will include injection of
proppant sand and a variety of stimulation fluids to test and determine the most
effective fracture stimulation technique for use in subsequent wells. Following
the stimulation program, the five wells will be placed on a testing program to
first recover the injected stimulation fluids then commence a two month period
of reservoir production analysis. As of August 14, 2008, $1,640,000
has been advanced to Baker Energy Services for the fracture stimulation
program.
Item
2.
|
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
|
FORWARD
LOOKING STATEMENTS
This quarterly report contains
forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements relate to future
events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can
identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “should”,
“expects”, “plans”, “anticipates”, “believes”, “estimates”, “predicts”,
“potential” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other comparable
terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known
and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks in the
section entitled “Risk Factors” in Part II- Item 1A of this quarterly report,
that may cause our Company or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity,
performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these
forward-looking statements.
Although we believe that the
expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we
cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or
achievements. Except as required by applicable law, including the
securities laws of the United States, we do not intend to update any of the
forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual
results.
Our consolidated financial statements
are stated in United States dollars and are prepared in accordance with United
States generally accepted accounting principles. The following
discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial
statements and the related notes that appear elsewhere in this quarterly
report. As used in this quarterly report, the terms “our Company”,
“we”, “us” and “our” mean Torrent Energy Corporation, and our wholly owned
subsidiaries, Methane Energy Corp. and Cascadia Energy Corp., unless otherwise
indicated.
Proceedings
Under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code
The following discussion provides
general background information regarding our bankruptcy cases and is not
intended to be an exhaustive description. Access to
documents filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and other general information
about the U.S. bankruptcy cases is available at
www.orb.uscourts.gov. The content of the foregoing website is not a
part of this report.
On June 2, 2008, the Company commenced
Chapter 11 proceedings (Case No. 08-32638) by filing a voluntary petition
for reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code with the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the District of Oregon (the “Bankruptcy Court”). Each of
the Company’s subsidiaries, Methane Energy Corp. and Cascadia Energy Corp.
(which we refer to collectively with the Company as the "Debtors"), also
commenced a case under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code on the same day
(together with the Company’s filing, the “Chapter 11
Cases”).
In connection with the Chapter 11
Cases, on June 6, 2008, we entered into a senior secured super-priority
debtor-in-possession credit and guaranty agreement (the “DIP Credit Agreement”)
among the Company and its subsidiaries, as Guarantors, and YA Global
Investments, L.P., as lender (" YA Global "). On June 16, 2008, we filed with
the Bankruptcy Court our Joint Plan of Reorganization for Reorganizing the
Debtors and a Disclosure Statement Regarding Joint Plan of Reorganization for
Reorganizing the Debtors (the”Plan”). The Bankruptcy Court entered an
order approving the DIP Credit Agreement on July 11, 2008. In
addition to the DIP Credit Agreement, the Plan also includes a rights offering,
under which current shareholders of the Company will have the opportunity to
purchase additional new equity of the Company (the "Rights Offering"), subject
to Bankruptcy Court approval and other conditions.
We are
operating our businesses as debtors-in-possession pursuant to the Bankruptcy
Code and are currently seeking the requisite acceptance of the Plan by
creditors, equity holders and third parties and confirmation of the plan by the
Bankruptcy Court, all in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Bankruptcy Code. We have the right to amend or modify the Plan
in accordance with section 1127 of the Bankruptcy Code, both prior to and after
the Effective Date.
As a result of the filing, our
creditors were automatically stayed from taking certain enforcement actions
under their respective agreements with us unless the stay is lifted by the
Bankruptcy Court. In addition, the Debtors have entered into the DIP
Credit Agreement, which is more fully described below.
During the Chapter 11 process, we may,
with the Bankruptcy Court’s approval, sell assets and settle liabilities,
including for amounts other than those reflected in our financial statements. We
are in the process of reviewing the Debtors’ executory contracts and unexpired
leases to determine which, if any, we will reject as permitted by the Bankruptcy
Code. We cannot presently estimate the ultimate liability that may result from
rejecting contracts or leases or from the filing of claims for any rejected
contracts or leases, and no provisions have yet been made for these items. The
administrative and reorganization expenses resulting from the Chapter 11 process
will unfavorably affect our results of operations. Future results of operations
may also be affected by other factors related to the Chapter 11
process.
Company
Overview
We are an exploration stage company
engaged in the exploration for coalbed methane in the Coos Bay region of Oregon
and in the Chehalis Basin region of Washington State. We were formed
by the merger of Scarab Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation, with iRV, Inc., a
Colorado corporation, on July 17, 2002. We were initially
involved in the business of providing services to the e-commerce
industry. However, we ceased all activities in the e-commerce
industry by the end of the fiscal year ended March 31,
2003. After two unsuccessful business acquisition transactions
involving MarketEdge Direct and Catalyst Technologies, Inc., we incorporated an
Oregon subsidiary company named Methane Energy Corp. on April 30, 2004 in
anticipation of acquiring oil and gas properties in the State of
Oregon. On May 11, 2004, Methane Energy Corp. entered into a
lease purchase and sale agreement with GeoTrends-Hampton International, LLC to
purchase GeoTrends-Hampton International’s undivided working interest in certain
oil and gas leases for the Coos Bay Basin prospect located onshore in the Coos
Bay Basin of Oregon. To reflect the change in our business focus, we
obtained shareholder approval on July 13, 2004 to change our name from
Scarab System, Inc. to Torrent Energy Corporation.
Through one of our wholly owned
subsidiaries, Methane Energy Corp., we now hold leases to approximately 118,000
acres of prospective coalbed methane lands in the Coos Bay
Basin. Methane Energy Corp. operates the exploration project in the
Coos Bay Basin. Through our other wholly-owned subsidiary, Cascadia
Energy Corp., we are evaluating approximately 76,000 acres under private and
state leases located in the Chehalis Basin.
Coos Bay Basin Exploration
Prospect
The Coos Bay Basin is located along the
Pacific coast in southwest Oregon, approximately 200 miles south of the Columbia
River and 80 miles north of the Oregon / California border. The
onshore portion of the Coos Bay Basin is elliptical in outline, elongated in a
north-south direction and covers over 250 square miles. More than
150,000 acres in the Coos Bay Basin are underlain by the Coos Bay coal field and
appears prospective for coalbed methane gas production. The current
leasehold position owned by Methane Energy Corp. covers most of the lands
believed to be prospective for coalbed methane production in the Coos Bay
Basin. Additional leasing, title and curative work
continues. Most areas in Coos County are accessible year-round via
logging and fire control roads maintained by the county or by timber
companies. In addition, numerous timber recovery staging areas are
present and in many cases can be modified for drill-site locations.
The Coos
Bay Basin is basically a structural basin formed by folding and faulting and
contains a thick section of coal-bearing sediments. Coal-bearing
rocks contained within the Coos Bay Basin form the Coos Bay Coal
field. Coal mining from the Coos Bay field began in 1854 and
continued through the mid 1950’s. Much of the coal was shipped to San
Francisco. Since mining activity ended several companies such as
Sumitomo, Shell and American Coal Company have done exploratory work and
feasibility studies on the Coos Bay Coal Field but no mining operations were
conducted. In addition, approximately 20 exploratory oil and/or gas
wells have been drilled in the Coos Bay basin during the years 1914 to
1993. Many of these wells encountered gas shows in the coal seams
that were penetrated during drilling.
Coalbeds are contained in both the
Lower and Upper Member of the Middle Eocene Coaledo Formation. The
coal-bearing sandstones and siltstones of the Middle Eocene Coaledo formation
are estimated to form a section up to 6,400 feet thick. Total net
coal thickness for the Lower Coaledo Member can range up to 70 feet and over 30
feet for the Upper Coaledo Member. Coos Bay coal rank ranges from sub
bituminous to high-volatile bituminous, with a heating value of 8,300 to 14,000
British Thermal Units per pound (“BTU/LB.”), low sulphur content, and a moderate
percentage of ash.
On October 6, 2004, a multi-hole
coring program was commenced on the Methane Energy Corp.
leases. Coring was needed to collect coal samples so that accurate
gas content data could be measured. Cores were collected, desorption
work was done on the coals and evaluation completed by mid 2005. This
data, as well as other geologic information, was provided to Sproule Associates,
Inc., an international reservoir engineering firm, for an independent
evaluation. To date, natural gas analyses performed on samples from
Methane Energy Corp. coal samples and wells indicate that the gas is pipeline
quality and that the coals are fully saturated with gas. It is
important to note that technically recoverable gas volumes do not necessarily
qualify as proved reserves, and we have not recorded any proven reserves at any
of our projects at this time.
Drilling and testing programs were then
initiated at three pilot sites—Beaver Hill, Radio Hill and
Westport. A total of twelve exploratory wells have been
drilled. Five exploratory wells were drilled and completed at Beaver
Hill; two exploratory wells were drilled at Radio Hill with one completion; and
five exploratory wells were drilled at Westport with four of the wells
completed.
In August
2008, the Company retained Baker Energy Services of Sheridan, Wyoming, to
provide field management services with respect to a well work-over and fracture
stimulation program scheduled for up to five wells located in the Company’s
Westport area in Coos Bay, Oregon. The proposed fracture stimulation program is
expected to commence in mid-August 2008 and will include injection of proppant
sand and a variety of stimulation fluids to test and determine the most
effective fracture stimulation technique for use in subsequent wells. Following
the stimulation program, the five wells will be placed on a testing program to
first recover the injected stimulation fluids then commence a two month period
of reservoir production analysis. As of August 14, 2008,
$1,640,000 has been advanced to Baker Energy Services for the fracture
stimulation program.
Fracture stimulation is a common
operation performed on both conventional and unconventional gas reservoirs
including coal bed methane projects. To date, none of the Company’s wells have
been treated with a fracture stimulation utilizing a proppant. The purpose of
the fracture stimulation program is to increase permeability within the
reservoir and enhance well productivity. A successful fracture
stimulation program is key to confirming the “proof of concept” of the Company’s
coal bed methane project in Coos Bay, Oregon.
Natural
Gas Market
Until 2005, the Port of Coos Bay was
one of the largest population centers on the west coast not served by natural
gas. A project to bring natural gas into the region via a 52-mile,
12-inch pipeline was approved, funded by Coos County and the State of Oregon,
and completed in late 2004 with gas sales beginning in early
2005. While the line is owned by Coos County, the local gas
distribution company, Northwest Natural Gas, operates the line. Northwest
Natural Gas serves Coos County and most of western Oregon. The
pipeline and its associated distribution system represent the most likely market
option for delivery of gas, if produced by Methane Energy Corp. in the
future. Estimates of current local Coos County market requirements
are less than 1 million cubic feet of gas per day initially, which represents
less than 1% of ultimate pipeline capacity. Excess capacity is
available for additional gas input.
Coos
County is also likely to benefit from new industrial, commercial and residential
development as natural gas is now available. Expansion of the market is likely
to bring greater demand for and value to natural gas. Because of its west coast
location, Coos Bay market prices would be subject to pricing standards of the
New York Mercantile Exchange for most of the year. Regional gas pricing hubs are
located at Malin and Stanfield, Oregon. The closest pricing point,
however, would be the Coos Bay City Gate, where Northwest Natural Gas’s retail
rates are set and regulated by Oregon’s Public Utilities Commission. Seasonal or
critical gas demand fluctuations could cause prices to exceed or fall below
posted prices on a regular basis.
Exploration
Objectives
The Coos Bay Basin is the southernmost
of a series of sedimentary basins that are present in western Oregon and
Washington west of the Cascade Range. The region containing this
series of basins is generally referred to as the Puget-Willamette
Trough. These basins contain thick sequences of predominantly
non-marine, coal-bearing sedimentary rock sequences that are correlative in age,
closely related in genesis, and very similar in many other
characteristics. Methane Energy Corp. is primarily targeting natural
gas from coal seams of the Coaledo Formation in the Coos Bay
Basin. Secondary objectives are natural gas, and possibly oil,
trapped in conventional sandstone reservoirs.
Indications of the hydrocarbon
potential in the Puget-Willamette Trough are shown by natural gas production at
the Mist Field in northwest Oregon, the presence of excellent quality sand
reservoir development at the Jackson Prairie Gas Storage Field in southwest
Washington, and numerous oil and/or gas shows from historic oil and gas
exploration drilling activity.
Chehalis
Basin Exploration Prospect
The Chehalis Basin is located about
midway between Portland and Seattle in southwest Washington State, approximately
90 miles north of the Columbia River. The Chehalis Basin lies between
the western foothills of the Cascade Range and the eastern border of the Coast
Ranges and is a structurally-formed basin that contains and is flanked by a
thick section of coal-bearing sediments. The coals are hosted by
Lower-Middle-Upper Eocene continental sedimentary rocks. The
coal-bearing Eocene sandstone and siltstone section is estimated to be
approximately 6,600 feet thick.
The Chehalis Basin is more or less
centered within the sub bituminous and lignite coal fields of southwestern
Washington. Sub bituminous and lignite are various types of
coal. The Centralia-Chehalis coal district lies to the north and
portions of the Morton and Toledo coal fields lie to the east and south,
respectively. The Centralia-Chehalis coal district is the largest of
the sub bituminous and lignite fields of southwestern Washington. At
least 13 separate coal seams have been mined or are being mined from the
district. Most coal suitable for mining has a sub bituminous C rank,
contains 14% to 35% moisture, 5% to 25% ash, and has a heating value ranging
from 8,300 to 9,500 BTU/LB.
TransAlta currently operates a
coal-fired power plant and a gas-fired power plant at their Centralia
complex. The coal-fired plant produces 1,404 megawatts, enough
electricity to supply a city the size of Seattle. In
November 2006, the Centralia coal mine adjacent to the power plant closed
due to the high cost of operations. Currently, coal to supply the
gas-fired power plant is purchased from the states of Wyoming and
Montana.
Coals in the Chehalis Basin are
relatively thick and continuous. These coals contain a methane gas
resource. Limited core and desorption work showed gas content ranging
from 6 to 86 standard cubic feet per ton in the coal seams. Two
seams, the “ Blue” and the “Brown”, each attain thicknesses of about 40
feet. Total net coal typically approaches 75 feet and in some areas,
exceeds 100 feet in thickness. More than 250,000 acres in the
Chehalis Basin appears prospective for methane production from the
coals. In addition, conventional gas potential is
present.
During the 1980’s Kerr-McGee conducted
a shallow coal exploration drilling program along the southwest flank of the
Chehalis Basin. They encountered a number of gas shows associated
with both coals and sandstones. One of the show wells was offset by
Duncan Oil in 2001 and it flow tested 714 thousand cubic feet per day from a
sand zone.
Our subsidiary, Cascadia Energy Corp.,
currently controls, through lease options and oil and gas leases, approximately
76,000 acres in the Chehalis Basin. Access to virtually
all areas in our Chehalis Basin project area is excellent year-round via logging
and fire control roads maintained by the forest service or the timber
industry. Likewise, numerous potential drill-site locations have
been constructed as timber recovery staging areas and may be
available to be utilized in the initial testing phase of the drilling
program. In April 2007, we commenced drilling a
stratigraphic/information hole exploration project. One well and two
surface holes were drilled before financial constraints caused suspension of
operation activities.
On April 10, 2008, the Company granted
a one year option to Citrus Energy Corporation and Oklaco Holding, LLP, (the
“Citrus Group”) which allows the Citrus Group to drill two wells on leases owned
by Cascadia Energy Corp. and earn a working interest in any
production from these wells. In the event the Citrus Group
elects to drill these potential wells, then the Company would receive a cash
equalization payment of $80,000 per well and would retain a royalty interest on
any future production from the acreage earned by the Citrus Group.
Subject
to available funding, the Company plans to continue exploration work in 2009
after the Coos Bay Westport project area work has been evaluated.
Natural
Gas Market
Our Chehalis Basin project area is
located within close proximity to the Interstate 5 corridor that parallels the
route of the principal interstate pipeline providing natural gas to utility,
commercial and industrial customers in Washington and Oregon. With
anticipated declines in Canadian-sourced natural gas, we believe that robust
markets will exist for gas produced from the Chehalis Basin. Because
of its west coast location and ready connection to a major interstate pipeline,
Chehalis Basin market prices would be subject to pricing standards of the New
York Mercantile Exchange for most of the year. Regional gas pricing
hubs are located at Malin and Stanfield, Oregon. However, seasonal or
critical gas demand fluctuations could cause prices to exceed or fall below
posted prices on a regular basis.
Exploration
Objectives
The Chehalis Basin is located towards
the northern end of a series of sedimentary basins that are present in Oregon
and Washington west of the Cascade Range. The region containing this
series of basins is generally referred to as the Puget-Willamette
Trough. These basins contain thick sequences of predominantly
non-marine, coal-bearing sedimentary rock sequences that are correlative in age,
closely related in genesis, and very similar in many
characteristics. Cascadia Energy Corp. is primarily targeting natural
gas from coal seams of the Cowlitz Formation in the Chehalis
Basin. Secondary objectives are natural gas, and possibly oil,
trapped in conventional sandstone reservoirs.
Indications of the hydrocarbon
potential in the Puget-Willamette Trough are shown by natural gas production at
the Mist Field in northwest Oregon, the presence of excellent quality sand
reservoir development at the Jackson Prairie Gas Storage Field in southwest
Washington, and numerous oil and/or gas shows from historic oil and gas
exploration drilling activity.
PLAN
OF OPERATIONS AND CASH REQUIREMENTS
The continuation of our business is
dependent on obtaining successfully completing our Plan of Reorganization,
positive results from exploratory activities, and achieving a profitable level
of business. The Company’s future exploration activities will
require the significant capital expenditures, which funding must be raised from
outside sources. There can be no assurance that financing will be
available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. The inability to
obtain additional capital will restrict our ability to grow and inhibit our
ability to continue to conduct business operations. If the Company is
unable to complete the Plan of Reorganization, or obtain additional financing in
the future, we will likely be required to further curtail our exploration plans
and possibly cease our operations. Any additional equity financing may result in
substantial dilution to our then existing shareholders.
Land Acquisition and
Exploration Activities
We currently lease approximately
107,000 acres in the Coos Bay Basin of Oregon and 76,000 acres in the Chehalis
Basin of Washington.
In August 2008, the Company retained
Baker Energy Services of Sheridan, Wyoming, to provide field management services
with respect to a well work-over and fracture stimulation program scheduled for
up to five wells located in the Company’s Westport area in Coos Bay, Oregon. The
proposed fracture stimulation program is expected to commence in mid-August 2008
and will include injection of proppant sand and a variety of stimulation fluids
to test and determine the most effective fracture stimulation technique for use
in subsequent wells. Following the stimulation program, the five wells will be
placed on a testing program to first recover the injected stimulation fluids
then commence a two month period of reservoir production
analysis. As of August 14, 2008, $1,640,000 has been advanced
to Baker Energy Services for the fracture stimulation program.
The Company plans to continue
exploration work in 2009 after the Coos Bay Westport project area work has been
evaluated.
LIQUIDITY
AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Over the past year we have been
searching for new sources of capital, which is necessary to fund a fracing
program and other pre-production operations. We were unable to
conclude a new long-term financing agreement and on June 2, 2008, we commenced
the Chapter 11 Cases.
In connection with the Chapter 11
Cases, on June 6, 2008, the Company entered into a senior secured super-priority
debtor-in-possession credit and guaranty agreement (the “DIP Credit Agreement”)
with YA Global. The DIP Credit Agreement was approved on an interim
basis by the Bankruptcy Court the same day. The Bankruptcy Court
entered an order approving the DIP Credit Agreement on July 11,
2008. The DIP Credit Agreement provides for a $4.5 million term
loan under which Lender may advance funds to us (the "Loan "). The
proceeds of the Loan are expected to be used for working capital purposes,
including payment of professional services fees, wages, salaries, and other
operating expenses, payment of certain subsidiary debt, and other purposes, as
approved by Lender. Additionally, the first borrowing under this DIP
Credit Agreement that occurred on June 10, 2008 included the repayment of a
promissory note issued by the Company to YA Global on May 15, 2008, in the
amount of $207,854 plus accrued interest of $1,871.
Advances under the DIP Credit Agreement
bear interest at the lower of twelve percent (12%) per annum or the highest rate
of interest permissible under law. The Loan will mature on the
earliest of (a) the date which is the one year anniversary of the DIP Credit
Agreement, (b) the date of termination of the Loan in connection with Lender's
rights upon an Event of Default (as defined in the DIP Credit Agreement), (c)
the close of business on the first business day after the entry of the final
order by the Bankruptcy Court, if the Company has not paid Lender the fees
required under the DIP Credit Agreement, (d) the date a plan of reorganization
confirmed in the Chapter 11 Cases becomes effective that does not provide for
the payment in full of all amounts owed to Lender under the DIP Credit
Agreement, (e) the date of the closing of a sale of all or substantially all of
our assets pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, and (f)
the effective date of a plan of reorganization or arrangement in the Chapter 11
Cases. If the Loan is repaid prior to the one year anniversary of the
date of the DIP Credit Agreement, the Company will be required to pay to Lender
a prepayment fee in an amount equal to one percent (1%) of such
prepayment.
Upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default, all amounts owing under the DIP Credit
Agreement will bear interest at the rate of the lower of seventeen percent (17%)
or the maximum rate permitted by law per annum, and Lender may declare all
outstanding obligations immediately due and payable. Lender has a
right of first refusal to provide exit financing to the
Company. At June 30, 2008, we had borrowed $548,193 under this
DIP Credit Agreement and as of August 14, 2008, we had borrowed a
total of $2,460,685 under the DIP Credit Agreement.
If we are unable to complete the Plan
of Reorganization, we will likely be required to cease our operations and
liquidate our assets. Even if we are successful in completing
our Plan of Reorganization our future exploration activities will require the
significant capital expenditures, which funding must be raised from outside
sources. There can be no assurance that financing will be available
in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. The inability to obtain
additional capital will restrict our ability to grow and inhibit our ability to
continue to conduct business operations. Any additional equity
financing may result in substantial dilution to our then existing
shareholders.
Our cash on hand was $55,455 as of June
30, 2008, compared to $120,388 at March 31, 2008. At June 30, 2008,
we had liabilities subject to compromise of $23,947,059 including $22,808,839 of
outstanding Series E Stock and related accrued dividends. We had
a working capital deficit of $634,061 exclusive of the liabilities
subject to compromise, as compared to a working capital deficit
of $2,939,936 at March 31, 2008. Continuation of our
current operations is contingent upon completing the Plan of Reorganization and
obtaining additional funding. During the three months ended June 30,
2008, we expended cash of $95,041 on our Coos Bay and Chehalis Basin projects
compared to $2,519,452 during the three months ended June 30, 2007.
Series E Convertible
Preferred Stock
On June 28, 2006, the Company closed a
private placement agreement with YA Global under which it sold 25,000 shares of
its Series E Stock at $1,000 per share. The Series E Stock is senior to the
common stock with respect to the payment of dividends and other distributions on
the capital stock of the Company, including distribution of the assets of the
Company upon liquidation. No cash dividends or distributions shall be
declared or paid or set apart for payment on the common stock in any year unless
cash dividends or distributions on the Series E Stock for such year are likewise
declared and paid or set apart for payment. No declared and unpaid
dividends shall bear or accrue interest. Upon any liquidation,
dissolution, or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary
before any distribution or payment shall be made to any of the holders of common
stock or any series of preferred stock, the holders of Series E Stock shall be
entitled to receive out of the assets of the Company an amount equal to $1,000
per share of the Series E Stock plus all declared and unpaid dividends thereon,
for each share of Series E Stock held by them.
The Series E Stock are non-voting,
carry a cumulative dividend rate of 5% per year, when and if declared by the
Board of Directors of the Company, and are convertible into common stock at any
time by dividing the dollar amount being converted (included accrued but unpaid
dividends) by $2.50 per share if the Company’s common shares are trading at an
average price of $2.50 per share or higher for the five trading days preceding a
conversion date. If the Company’s common shares are trading at an
average price greater than $1.67 but less than $2.50 per share the Company may,
at its exclusive option, force conversion at a price of $1.67 per share or may
redeem the Series E Stock for cash at the original investment amount plus a 20%
redemption premium.
As a
condition of the Series E Stock, the Company filed a registration statement (the
“Registration Statement”) registering 15,000,000 shares of
common stock into which the Series E Stock would be converted. This
Registration Statement was declared effective on February 9,
2007. Subsequently, the Series E Stock investor agreed to an initial
registration of 10,000,000 shares to facilitate our compliance with a revision
of SEC guidelines related to the form of our registration. On
November 9, 2007, this Registration Statement became ineffective since the
Company did not file a post effective amendment as the information contained
therein did not include the latest available certified financial statements as
of a date not more than 16 months old. Net proceeds from the
Series E Stock received during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2007 was
$23,115,000, after the payment of issuance costs of $1,885,000.
Beginning December 1, 2006, the Company
had mandatory redemption requirement equal to the pro rata amortization of the
remaining outstanding Series E Stock over the period that ended August 1,
2008. On February 12, 2008, YA Global delivered to the Company
a Notice of Default under the Series E Stock agreement, alleging that one or
more defaults occurred under the Investment Agreement and related transaction
documents, including: (i) the Company's failure to make mandatory
redemption payments on each of November 1, 2007, December 1, 2007, January 1,
2008 and February 1, 2008; (ii) the Company's and its subsidiaries' inability to
pay their debts generally as they become due; and (iii) the Company's failure to
maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement filed pursuant to the
Investor Registration Rights Agreement to which the Company and YA Global are
parties.
Based on
the alleged defaults, and pursuant to the terms of the Investment Agreement and
related transaction documents, YA Global demanded that the Company redeem all of
YA Global's shares of Series E Convertible Preferred Stock for the full
liquidation amount, plus accumulated and unpaid dividends
thereon. From November 1, 2007 through June 2, 2008, the date at
which the Company filed Chapter 11, the Company was in negotiations with YA
Global to amend the terms of the Series E Stock. At June
30, 2008, as a result of the event of default that occurred on February 12, 2008
as noted above, the Company has classified all of the Series E outstanding
balance and unpaid dividends as a liability subject to
compromise. For the three months ended June 30, 2008, all
dividends accrued prior to filing for Bankruptcy have been classified as
interest expense totaling $175,062 (2008: Nil; 2007: Nil).
As part of the Company’s Chapter 11
Cases, the Company has filed a Joint Plan of Reorganization that if approved
would allow for the exchange of the Series E preferred stock and accrued
dividends to senior secured convertible debt of the reorganized
company.
Our Chapter 11 Cases filing, the
trading price of our shares of common stock and a downturn in the United States
stock and debt markets could make it more difficult for us to obtain financing
through the issuance of equity or debt securities. Even if we are
able to raise the required funds, it is possible that we could incur
unexpected costs and expenses, fail to collect significant amounts owed to us,
or experience unexpected cash requirements that would force us to seek
alternative financing. Further, if we issue additional equity or debt
securities, stockholders may experience additional dilution or the new equity
securities may have rights, preferences or privileges senior to those of
existing holders of our shares of common stock. If approval of our
Plan of Reorganization is not achieved and if financing is not available or is
not available on acceptable terms, we will most likely be required to cease
operations.
RESULTS
OF OPERATIONS
As we have remained in the early stages
of development, we have not yet generated any revenues from our
operations.
The results of operations include the
results of our Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Methane Energy Corp.
and Cascadia Energy Corp., for the three months ended June 30, 2008 and
2007. During the three-months ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, we performed all of
the administrative operations while the subsidiaries, Methane Energy Corp. and
Cascadia Energy Corp., held the interests in the leases and operated the Coos
Bay project and Chehalis Basin project, respectively.
For the Three Months Ended
June 30, 2008 Compared to the Three Months Ended June 30,
2007
In general, operating expenses for the
three month period ended June 30, 2008 have been reduced to minimal levels
to conserve the Company’s working capital requirements while it
sought to secure sufficient external funding necessary to fund the two
projects. The most significant areas that reflect reduced spending as
compared with a quarter one year ago are employee expense, stock compensation
expense, consulting and director's fees, investor relations and travel
expenses. Other less significant operating expense variances during
the current three-month period compared with the prior year quarter included
accounting and legal fees, and office and miscellaneous costs.
Total operating expenses declined
$838,024 for the three months ended June 30, 2008 when compared to same period
one year earlier. The largest change occurred in employee expense which declined
$261,271 reflecting a significant cutback in staff personnel. Only
clerical personnel have received salary increases since their corresponding hire
dates.
Stock-based compensation expenses of
$22,440 during the three months ended June 30, 2008 decreased by $217,157 from
the same quarter a year ago of $239,597. This decrease resulted from
a decrease in the fair value per option and the elimination of stock option
grants in the current period, both due largely to our financial
position.
The expense for consulting and
directors’ fees decreased by $117,851 from $145,675 for the three months ended
June 30, 2007 to $27,824 for the three months ended June 30, 2008 primarily due
to a reduction in the functions performed by the consultants, as these functions
were either assumed by the increased full-time employees or were eliminated
altogether. In addition, we paid no directors fees for the current
period as three of the outside directors resigned from service prior to fiscal
year end 2008, and the fourth resigned during the current period.
Investor relations expense declined by
$90,409 due to a significant curtailment in investor outreach activity.
Travel costs for the three months ended
June 30, 2008 were $4,618 as compared with $76,806 for the same period a year
ago. The reduction in travel costs totaling $72,188 related to our
holding additional office space at the sites, necessitating less travel and to
our reduced activities in performing investor outreach.
Office and miscellaneous expenses for
the three months ended June 30, 2008 were $5,271 as compared with $34,148 for
the same period a year ago due primarily to the Company reducing staff personnel
and curtailing all non-essential activities. Legal and accounting expense
declined by $21,720 with reduced financing activity occurring during the most
recent quarter.
Our interest income decreased from
$58,682 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 to $359 for the three months
ended June 30, 2008. The decrease in interest revenue of $58,323 was
due to our draw-down of excess cash holdings to fund operations and project
expenditures for the two sites.
For the three months ended June 30,
2007, we recorded a non-recurring loss on conversion of Series E Preferred Stock
of $2,609,029, reflecting the difference between the $0.50 per common share
conversion price and the market price of the common shares on the Series E Stock
conversion dates. There was not a similar conversion for the current
quarter.
Our interest expense increased from
$28,466 for the three months ended June 30, 2007 to $181,798 for the three
months ended June 30, 2008. The increase in interest expense of
$153,332 was due primarily to the reclassification of dividend interest accrued
related to our Series E Preferred Stock, which was reclassified from an equity
instrument to a financial liability in accordance with Statement of Financial
Accounting Standard No. 150, “Accounting for Certain Instruments with
Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity.”
We incurred $563,696 in reorganization
costs for the three months ended June 30, 2008, associated with our Chapter 11
Bankruptcy cases, which were filed during the current period. These
costs were primarily legal and other professional fees, both on our behalf and
for the behalf of our Debtor-in-Possession lender. No reorganization
costs were incurred for the three months ended June 30, 2007.
For the three months ended June 30,
2007, we recorded $272,596 of dividend expense related to our Series E Stock,
while no dividend expense was recorded in the current period due to the
reclassification discussed above.
Item
3.
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Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures About Market
Risk
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Interest
Rate and Credit Rating Risk
As of June 30, 2008, we had $55,455 in
cash, cash equivalents and short term investments, of which $2,912 was held in
our operating accounts and $52,543 was invested in time deposits with 30-day
maturities. Based on sensitivity analyses performed on the financial instruments
held as of June 30, 2008, an immediate 10% change in interest rates is not
expected to have a material effect on our near term financial condition or
results.
Commodity
Price Risk
As of June 30, 2008, we have no coalbed
methane gas production. At such time as we do record commercial production
volumes of coalbed methane gas, we will be subject to commodity price risk
related to the sale of such production. Prospectively, commodity prices received
for our production will be based on spot prices applicable to natural gas, which
are volatile, unpredictable, and beyond our control. Accordingly until such time
as we establish measurable production volumes, our vulnerability to fluctuations
in the price of natural gas is negligible.
Exchange
Rate Sensitivity
As of June 30, 2008, our suppliers bill
us for drilling and other operating costs almost exclusively in U.S. dollars.
Accordingly, a 10% change in the U.S./Canadian exchange rate is not expected to
have a material effect on our near term financial condition or
results.
Item
4.
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Controls
and Procedures
|
As required under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly
report, being June 30, 2008, we have carried out an evaluation of the
effectiveness of the design and operation of our company’s disclosure controls
and procedures. This evaluation was carried out under the supervision
and with the participation of our Company’s management, including our Company’s
president and chief executive officer and our chief financial
officer. Based upon that evaluation, our Company’s president and
chief executive officer and our chief financial officer concluded that our
Company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective as at the end of the
period covered by this report. There have been no changes in our
internal controls over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect our internal controls over financial
reporting.
Disclosure controls and other
procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in
our reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is
recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time period specified
in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and
forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without
limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required
to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
is accumulated and communicated to management, including our president and chief
executive officer and our chief financial officer as appropriate, to allow
timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
PART
II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings.
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On June
2, 2008, the Company and its subsidiaries Methane Energy Corp. and Cascadia
Energy Corp. commenced the Chapter 11 Cases by filing a voluntary petition for
reorganization under the Bankruptcy Code with the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the District of Oregon. We are currently operating our businesses
as debtors-in-possession pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code. As a result
of the Chapter 11 Cases, pre-petition obligations, including obligations under
debt instruments, generally may not be enforced against us, and any actions to
collect pre-petition indebtedness are automatically stayed, unless the stay is
lifted by the Bankruptcy Court.
Much of the information included in
this quarterly report includes or is based upon estimates, projections or other
“forward-looking statements.” Such forward-looking statements include
any projections or estimates made by us and our management in connection with
our business operations. These include (i) the potential
prospective for coalbed methane and conventional natural gas production in the
Coos Bay Basin and the Chehalis Basin, (ii) the potential pipeline capacity
in the port of Coos Bay area, and (iii) greater market for natural gas in
Coos County and the Pacific Northwest region in general. While these
forward-looking statements, and any assumptions upon which they are based, are
made in good faith and reflect our current judgment regarding the direction of
our business, actual results will almost always vary, sometimes materially, from
any estimates, predictions, projections, assumptions, or other future
performance suggested herein. We undertake no obligation to update
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances occurring after
the date of such statements.
Such estimates, projections or other
“forward-looking statements” involve various risks and uncertainties as outlined
below. We caution readers of this quarterly report that important
factors in some cases have affected and, in the future, could materially affect
actual results and cause actual results to differ materially from the results
expressed in any such estimates, projections or other “forward-looking
statements.” In evaluating us, our business and any investment in our
business, readers should carefully consider the following factors.
Risks
Relating to Our Business:
We
face significant challenges in connection with our bankruptcy
reorganization.
On June 2, 2008, the Company and its
subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for reorganization under Chapter 11 of
the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. We are currently operating our
businesses as debtors-in-possession pursuant to the Bankruptcy
Code.
On June 16, 2008, we filed the Plan with the Bankruptcy Court, which will
consider whether to confirm the Plan. The Plan may not receive the requisite
acceptance by creditors, equity holders and other parties in interest, and the
Bankruptcy Court may not confirm the Plan. Moreover, even if the Plan receives
the requisite acceptance by creditors, equity holders and parties in interest
and is approved by the Bankruptcy Court, the Plan may not be
viable.
In
addition, due to the nature of the reorganization process, creditors and other
parties in interest may take actions that may have the effect of preventing or
unduly delaying confirmation of the Plan. Accordingly, we provide no assurance
as to whether or when the Plan may be confirmed in the Chapter 11
process.
We
face uncertainty regarding the adequacy of our capital resources and have
limited access to additional financing.
We
are currently operating under a $4.5 million debtors-in-possession financing
facility. The DIP Credit Agreement contains certain highly
restrictive covenants which require us, among other things, to maintain our
corporate existence, make certain payments, perform our obligations under
existing agreements, purchase insurance and provide financial records, and which
limit or prohibit our ability to incur indebtedness, make prepayments on or
purchase indebtedness in whole or in part, pay dividends, make investments,
lease properties, create liens, consolidate or merge with another entity or
allow one of our subsidiaries to do so, sell assets, and acquire facilities or
other businesses.
In
addition to the cash requirements necessary to fund ongoing operations, we
anticipate that we will incur significant professional fees and other
restructuring costs in connection with the Chapter 11 process and the
restructuring of our business operations. We do not assure you that
the amounts of cash available from our DIP Credit Agreement will be sufficient
to fund operations until the Plan receives the requisite acceptance by
creditors, equity holders and parties in interest and is confirmed by the
Bankruptcy Court. If available borrowings under the DIP Credit
Agreement are not sufficient to meet our cash requirements, we may be required
to seek additional financing. We can provide no assurance that
additional financing would be available or, if available, offered on acceptable
terms.
As
a result of the Chapter 11 process and the circumstances leading to the Chapter
11 Cases, our access to additional financing is, and for the foreseeable future
will likely continue to be, very limited. Our long-term liquidity
requirements and the adequacy of our capital resources are difficult to predict
at this time, and ultimately cannot be determined until a plan of reorganization
has been developed and is confirmed by the Bankruptcy Court in the Chapter 11
process.
We
are subject to restrictions on the conduct of our business.
We are operating our businesses as
debtors-in-possession pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code. Under
applicable bankruptcy law, during the pendency of the Chapter 11 process, we
will be required to obtain the approval of the Bankruptcy Court prior to
engaging in any transaction outside the ordinary course of
business. In connection with any such approval, creditors
and parties in interest may raise objections to approval of the
action and may appear and be heard at any hearing with respect to the
action. Accordingly, although we may sell assets and settle
liabilities (including for amounts other than those reflected on our financial
statements) with the approval of the Bankruptcy Court, we cannot assure you
that the Bankruptcy Court will approve any sales or settlements proposed by us.
The Bankruptcy Court also has the authority to oversee and exert control over
our ordinary course operations.
In addition, the DIP Credit Agreement
imposes on us numerous financial requirements and covenants. Failure
to satisfy these requirements and covenants could result in an event of default
that could cause, absent the receipt of appropriate waivers, an interruption in
cash availability, which could cause an interruption of our normal
operations.
As a result of the restrictions
described above, our ability to respond to changing business and economic
conditions may be significantly restricted and we may be prevented from engaging
in transactions that might otherwise be considered beneficial to
us.
Our
financial statements assume we can continue as a “going concern” but our
independent auditors have expressed substantial doubt about our ability to
continue as a going concern, which may hinder our ability to obtain future
financing.
In their
report dated July 14, 2008, our independent auditors stated that our
consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 were
prepared assuming that we would continue as a going concern.
Our ability to continue as a going
concern is an issue raised as a result of our Chapter 11 filings, recurring
losses from operations and periodic working capital deficiencies. Our ability to
continue as a going concern is subject to obtaining approval of our Plan and our
ability to obtain necessary funding from outside sources, including obtaining
additional funding from the sale of our securities. Our continued net operating
losses increase the difficulty in meeting such goals and there can be no
assurances that such funding methods will prove successful.
In addition, because of the Chapter 11
proceedings and the circumstances leading to the Chapter 11 filings, it is
possible that we may not be able to continue as a “going
concern.” Our continuation as a “going concern” is dependent upon,
among other things, confirmation of the Plan, our ability to comply with the
terms of the DIP Credit Agreement, our ability to obtain financing upon exit
from bankruptcy and our ability to generate sufficient cash from operations to
meet our obligations.
Should we fail to be a going concern,
then significant adjustments would be necessary in the carrying value of assets
and liabilities, the revenues and expenses reported and the balance sheet
classifications used.
In addition, the amounts reported in
the consolidated financial statements included in this annual report do not
reflect adjustments to the carrying value of assets or the amount and
classification of liabilities that ultimately may be necessary as the result of
our reorganization under Chapter 11. Adjustments necessitated by the
Plan could materially change the amounts reported in the consolidated financial
statements included in this Annual Report.
Our
successful reorganization will depend on our ability to retain key
employees and successfully implement new strategies.
Our success depends to a significant
extent upon the continued service of Mr. John Carlson, who is our President and
Chief Executive officer, and sole director. Loss of the services of
Mr. Carlson could have a material adverse effect on our growth, revenues, and
prospective business. We do not maintain key-man insurance on the life of Mr.
Carlson. In addition the successful implementation of our business
plan and our ability to successfully consummate a plan of reorganization will be
highly dependent upon our senior management. Our ability to attract,
motivate and retain key employees is restricted by provisions of the Bankruptcy
Code, which limit or prevent our ability to implement a retention program or
take other measures intended to motivate key employees to remain with us during
the pendency of the bankruptcy cases. The loss of the services of key
personnel could have a material adverse effect upon the implementation of our
business plan, including our restructuring program, and on our ability to
successfully reorganize and emerge from bankruptcy.
We
have a history of losses that may continue, which may negatively impact our
ability to achieve our business objectives.
We have accumulated a deficit of
$27,208,985 to June 30, 2008 and incurred net losses applicable to common
shareholders of $ 1,076,706 for the three months ended June 30, 2008; and
$4,006,551 for the three months ended June 30, 2007. We do not assure you that
we can achieve or sustain profitability on a quarterly or annual basis in the
future. Our operations are subject to the risks and competition inherent in the
establishment of a business enterprise. There is no assurance that future
operations will be profitable. We may not achieve our business objectives and
the failure to achieve such goals would have an adverse impact on
us.
If
we are unable to obtain additional funding, our business operations will be
harmed; and if we do obtain additional financing, our then existing shareholders
may suffer substantial dilution.
We will require additional funds to
sustain and expand our oil and gas exploration activities. We
anticipate that we will require up to approximately $7,000,000 to fund our
continued operations for the fiscal year ending March 31,
2009. Additional capital will be required to effectively support our
operations and to implement our business strategy. There can be no assurance
that financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at
all. The inability to obtain additional capital will restrict our ability to
grow and inhibit our ability to continue to conduct business
operations. If we are unable to obtain additional financing, we will
likely be required to curtail our exploration plans and possibly cease our
operations. Any additional equity financing may result in substantial dilution
to our then existing shareholders.
We
have a limited operating history and if we are not successful in continuing to
grow our business, then we may have to scale back or even cease our ongoing
business operations.
We have a limited operating history in
the business of oil and gas exploration and must be considered to be an
exploration stage company. We have no history of revenues from operations and
have no significant tangible assets.
We may be unable to locate recoverable
reserves or operate on a profitable basis. We are in the exploration stage and
potential investors should be aware of the difficulties normally encountered by
enterprises in the exploration stage. If our business plan is not successful,
and we are not able to operate profitably, investors may lose some or all of
their investment in our Company.
As
our properties are in the exploration and development stage, there is no
assurance that we will establish commercially exploitable discoveries on our
properties.
Exploration for economic reserves of
oil and gas is subject to a number of risk factors. Few properties that are
explored are ultimately developed into producing oil and/or gas wells. Our
properties are in the exploration stage only and are without proven reserves of
oil and gas. We may not establish commercially exploitable discoveries on any of
our properties; and we may never have profitable operations.
We
are unsure about the likelihood that we will discover and establish a profitable
production of gas from coal seams in the Coos Bay or Chehalis Basin
regions.
Currently, there is no commercial
production of coal in the state of Oregon or Washington. Additionally, no
coalbed methane gas production exists either in Washington or Oregon. Coalbed
methane gas only accounts for a small percentage of all natural gas production
in the United States. The closest coalbed methane production to the Coos Bay and
Chehalis Basin occurs in the state of Wyoming. As a result, it is unlikely that
we will discover any significant amount of coalbed methane in the Coos Bay or
Chehalis Basins or be able to establish wells that will produce a profitable
amount of coalbed methane gas.
Even
if we are able to discover commercially exploitable resources on any of the
properties on which we hold an interest, we may never achieve profitability or
may not receive an adequate return on invested capital because the potential
profitability of oil and gas ventures depends upon factors beyond the control of
our Company.
The potential profitability of oil and
gas properties is dependent upon many factors beyond our control. For instance,
world prices and markets for oil and gas are unpredictable, highly volatile,
potentially subject to governmental fixing, pegging, controls or any combination
of these and other factors, and respond to changes in domestic, international,
political, social and economic environments.
Additionally, due to worldwide economic
uncertainty, the availability and cost of funds for production and other
expenses have become increasingly difficult, if not impossible, to project. In
addition, adverse weather conditions can also hinder drilling operations. These
changes and events may materially affect our future financial performance. These
factors cannot be accurately predicted and the combination of these factors may
result in our Company not receiving an adequate return on invested
capital.
Even
if we are able to discover and complete a gas well, there can be no assurance
the well will become profitable.
We have not yet established a
commercially viable coalbed methane gas resource. Even if we are able to do so,
a productive well may become uneconomic in the event water or other deleterious
substances are encountered which impair or prevent the production of oil and/or
gas from the well. In addition, production from any well may be unmarketable if
it is impregnated with water or other deleterious substances. In addition, the
marketability of oil and gas which may be acquired or discovered will be
affected by numerous factors, including the proximity and capacity of oil and
gas pipelines and processing equipment, market fluctuations of prices, taxes,
royalties, land tenure, allowable production and environmental protection, all
of which could result in greater expenses than revenue generated by the
well.
The oil and gas industry is intensely
competitive. We compete with numerous individuals and companies, including many
major oil and gas companies that have substantially greater technical, financial
and operational resources. Accordingly, there is a high degree of competition
for desirable oil and gas leases, for suitable properties for drilling
operations, for necessary drilling equipment, as well as for access to funds. We
cannot predict if the necessary funds can be raised or that any projected work
will be completed. Our budget anticipates our acquiring additional leases for
acreage in both the Coos Bay and Chehalis Basins. This acreage may not become
available or, if it is available for leasing, we may not be successful in
acquiring clear title to the leases. If we do not acquire the leases, we will
not be able to completely fulfill our current business plan. Failure to carry
out our business plan may reduce the likelihood of achieving profitable
operations and may discourage investors from investing in our Company. If these
things happen, we may not be able to raise additional funds when we need them
and we may have to cease operations.
The
marketability of natural resources will be affected by numerous factors beyond
our control that may result in us not receiving an adequate return on invested
capital to be profitable or viable.
The marketability of natural resources
that may be acquired or discovered by us will be affected by numerous factors
beyond our control. These factors include market fluctuations in oil and gas
pricing and demand, the proximity and capacity of natural resource markets and
processing equipment, governmental regulations, land lease tenure, land use,
regulation concerning the importing and exporting of oil and gas, and
environmental protection regulations.
The exact effect of these factors
cannot be accurately predicted, but the combination of these factors may result
in us not receiving an adequate return on invested capital to be profitable or
viable.
Oil
and gas operations are subject to comprehensive regulations that may cause
substantial delays or require capital outlays in excess of those anticipated
causing an adverse effect on our Company.
Oil and gas operations are subject to
federal, state, and local laws relating to the protection of the environment,
including laws regulating removal of natural resources from the ground and the
discharge of materials into the environment. Oil and gas operations are also
subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations that seek to maintain
health and safety standards by regulating the design and use of drilling methods
and equipment. Various permits from government bodies are required for drilling
operations to be conducted; no assurance can be given that such permits will be
granted. Environmental standards imposed by federal, state, or local authorities
may be changed, and any such changes may have material adverse effects on our
activities.
Moreover,
compliance with such laws may cause substantial delays or require capital
outlays in excess of those anticipated, thus causing an adverse effect on our
business operations. Additionally, we may be subject to liabilities for
pollution or other environmental damages. We believe that our operations comply,
in all material respects, with all applicable environmental and health and
safety regulations. To date, we have not been required to spend any material
amounts on compliance with environmental and health and safety regulations.
However, we may be required to do so in the future and this may affect our
ability to expand or maintain our operations. Our operating partners maintain
insurance coverage customary to the industry; however, we are not fully insured
against all possible environmental and health and safety risks.
Oil
and gas exploration and production activities are subject to certain
environmental regulations that may prevent or delay the commencement or
continuation of our operations.
In general, our oil and gas exploration
and production activities are subject to certain federal, state and local laws
and regulations relating to environmental quality and pollution control. Such
laws and regulations increase the costs of these activities and may prevent or
delay the commencement or continuation of a given operation. Compliance with
these laws and regulations has not had a material effect on our operations or
financial condition to date. Specifically, we are subject to legislation
regarding emissions into the environment, water discharges and storage and
disposition of hazardous wastes. In addition, legislation has been enacted which
requires well and facility sites to be abandoned and reclaimed to the
satisfaction of state authorities. However, such laws and regulations are
frequently changed and we are unable to predict the ultimate cost of
compliance.
Exploratory
drilling involves many risks and we may become liable for pollution or other
liabilities that may have an adverse effect on our financial
position.
Drilling operations generally involve a
high degree of risk. Hazards such as unusual or unexpected geological
formations, power outages, labor disruptions, blow-outs, sour gas leakage, fire,
inability to obtain suitable or adequate machinery, equipment or labor, and
other risks are involved. We may become subject to liability for pollution or
hazards against which we cannot adequately insure or against which we may elect
not to insure. Incurring any such liability may have a material adverse effect
on our financial position and operations.
If
we fail to remain current in our reporting requirements, we could be removed
from the OTC Bulletin Board which would limit the ability of broker-dealers to
sell our securities and the ability of stockholders to sell their securities in
the secondary market.
Companies trading on the OTC Bulletin
Board, such as us, must be reporting issuers under Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and must be current in their reports under
Section 13, in order to maintain price quotation privileges on the OTC Bulletin
Board. If we fail to remain current on our reporting requirements, we could be
removed from the OTC Bulletin Board. As a result, the market liquidity for our
securities could be severely adversely affected by limiting the ability of
broker-dealers to sell our securities and the ability of stockholders to sell
their securities in the secondary market.
Our
shares of common stock are subject to the “penny stock” rules of the Securities
and Exchange Commission and the trading market in our securities is limited,
which makes transactions in our shares of common stock cumbersome and may reduce
the value of an investment in our shares of common stock.
The Securities and Exchange Commission
has adopted Rule 15g-9 which establishes the definition of a “penny stock,” for
the purposes relevant to us, as any equity security that has a market price of
less than $5.00 per share or with an exercise price of less than $5.00 per
share, subject to certain exceptions. For any transaction involving a penny
stock, unless exempt, the rules require, among other things:
In order
to approve a person’s account for transactions in penny stocks, the broker or
dealer must:
The broker or dealer must, prior to any
transaction in a penny stock, deliver a written statement prescribed by the
Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the penny stock market, which
sets forth the basis on which the broker or dealer made the suitability
determination and obtain a signed, written agreement from the investor
acknowledging receipt of this written statement.
Disclosure also has to be made about
the risks of investing in penny stocks in both public offerings and in secondary
trading and about the commissions payable to both the broker-dealer and the
registered representative, current quotations for the securities and the rights
and remedies available to an investor in cases of fraud in penny stock
transactions. Finally, monthly statements have to be sent disclosing recent
price information for the penny stock held in the account and information on the
limited market in penny stocks.
The
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority sales practice requirements may also
limit a stockholder’s ability to buy and sell our shares of common
stock.
In addition to the “penny stock” rules
described above, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority has
adopted rules that require that in recommending an investment to a customer, a
broker-dealer must have reasonable grounds for believing that the investment is
suitable for that customer. Prior to recommending speculative low priced
securities to their non-institutional customers, broker-dealers must make
reasonable efforts to obtain information about the customer’s financial status,
tax status, investment objectives and other information. Under interpretations
of these rules, the financial Industry Regulatory Authority believes
that there is a high probability that speculative low priced securities will not
be suitable for at least some customers. The Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority requirements make it more difficult for broker-dealers to
recommend that their customers buy our shares of common stock, which may limit
your ability to buy and sell our shares of common stock and have an adverse
effect on the market for its shares.
Item
2.
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds.
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In the three months ended June 30,
2008, no shares of equity securities of the Company were issued.
Item
3.
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Default
upon Senior Securities.
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Other than described below, there has
not been any material arrearage in the payment of dividends or any other
material delinquency not cured within 30 days, with respect to any class of our
preferred stock which ranks prior to our common stock:
On
February 12, 2008, YA Global delivered to the Company a Notice of Default under
the Series E Stock agreement, alleging that one or more defaults occurred under
the Investment Agreement and related transaction documents,
including: (i) the Company's failure to make mandatory redemption
payments on each of November 1, 2007, December 1, 2007, January 1, 2008 and
February 1, 2008; (ii) the Company's and its subsidiaries' inability to pay
their debts generally as they become due; and (iii) the Company's failure to
maintain the effectiveness of the registration statement filed pursuant to the
Investor Registration Rights Agreement to which the Company and YA Global are
parties. Based on the alleged defaults, and pursuant to the terms of
the Investment Agreement and related transaction documents, YA Global demanded
that the Company redeem all of YA Global's shares of Series E Convertible
Preferred Stock for the full liquidation amount, plus accumulated and unpaid
dividends thereon. From November 1, 2007 through June 2, 2008, the
date at which the Company filed Chapter 11, the Company was in negotiations with
YA Global to amend the terms of the Series E Stock Agreement.
Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders.
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None.
Item
5.
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Other
Information.
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None.
The following exhibits, required by
Item 601 of Regulation S-K, are being filed as part of this quarterly report, or
are incorporated by reference where indicated:
Exhibit Number and Exhibit
Title
(3) |
Articles of Incorporation and
Bylaws |
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3.1
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Restated
Articles of Incorporation (incorporated by reference from our Annual
Report on Form 10-KSB/A filed on February 11,
2004).
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3.2
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Articles
of Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation, changing the name
to Torrent Energy Corporation (incorporated by reference from our
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed on March 30,
2005).
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3.3
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Articles
of Amendment to the Restated Articles of Incorporation, creating Series B
convertible preferred stock (incorporated by reference from our Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on September 1,
2004).
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3.4
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Bylaws
of our Company (incorporated by reference from our Annual Report on Form
10-KSB/A filed on February 11,
2004).
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3.5
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Articles
of Amendment dated July 13, 2005 creating Series C convertible preferred
stock (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed
on July 20, 2005).
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3.6
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Articles
of Amendment dated June 16, 2006 creating Series D convertible preferred
stock (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed
on June 30, 2006).
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3.7
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Articles
of Amendment dated June 28, 2006 creating Series E convertible preferred
stock (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed
on June 30, 2006).
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(4)
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Instruments
Defining the Rights of Security Holders, including
Indentures
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4.1
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Scarab
Systems, Inc. 2004 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (incorporated by
reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on February
19, 2004).
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4.2
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Amended
2005 Equity Incentive Plan, effective March 17, 2005 (incorporated by
reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on August 31,
2005).
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4.3
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Form
of Stock Option Agreement for Amended 2005 Equity Incentive Plan
(incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form S-8
filed on August 31, 2005).
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10.1
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Lease
Purchase and Sale Agreement between our Company, Methane Energy Corp. and
Geo-Trends-Hampton International, LLC dated May 11, 2004 (incorporated by
reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 20,
2004).
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10.2
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Amending
Agreement to Lease Purchase and Sale Agreement dated May 19, 2004
(incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
June 23, 2004).
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10.3
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Second
Amending Agreement to Lease Purchase and Sale Agreement dated June 11,
2004 (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed
on June 23, 2004).
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10.4
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Investment
Rights Agreement dated August 27, 2004 between our Company and Cornell
Capital Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference from our Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on September 1,
2004).
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10.5
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Registration
Rights Agreement dated August 27, 2004 between our Company and Cornell
Capital Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference from our Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on September 1,
2004).
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10.6
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Consulting
Agreement dated January 1, 2005 between our Company and MGG Consulting
(incorporated by reference from our Registration Statement on Form SB-2
filed on March 30, 2005).
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10.7
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Securities
Purchase Agreement dated February 11, 2005 between our Company and Placer
Creek Investors (Bermuda) L.P. (incorporated by reference from our
Registration Statement on Form SB-2 filed on March 30,
2005).
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10.8
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Securities
Purchase Agreement dated February 11, 2005 between our Company and Placer
Creek Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference from our Registration
Statement on Form SB-2 filed on March 30,
2005).
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10.9
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Securities
Purchase Agreement dated July 11, 2005 between our Company and Placer
Creek Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on July 20, 2005).
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10.10
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Securities
Purchase Agreement dated July 11, 2005 between our Company and Placer
Creek Investors (Bermuda) L.P. (incorporated by reference from our Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on July 20,
2005).
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10.11
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Securities
Purchase Agreement dated July 11, 2005 between our Company and SDS Capital
Group SPC, Ltd. (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form
8-K filed on July 20, 2005).
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10.12
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Investment
Agreement dated July 12, 2005 between our Company and Cornell Capital
Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form
8-K filed on July 20, 2005).
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10.13
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Investor
Registration Rights Agreement dated July 12, 2005 between our Company and
Cornell Capital Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference from our Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on July 20,
2005).
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10.14
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Lease
Option Agreement dated August 9, 2005 between Torrent’s wholly-owned
subsidiary, Cascadia Energy Corp. and Weyerhaeuser Company (incorporated
by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 18,
2005).
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10.15
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Joint
Venture Agreement dated August 12, 2005 between Torrent’s wholly-owned
subsidiary, Cascadia Energy Corp. and St. Helens Energy, LLC (incorporated
by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 18,
2005).
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10.16
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Option
to Acquire Oil & Gas Lease with Pope Resources LP dated May 9, 2006
(incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
May 19, 2006).
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10.17
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Investment
Agreement dated June 28, 2006 between our Company and Cornell Capital
Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form
8-K filed on June 30, 2006).
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10.18
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Registration
Rights Agreement dated June 28, 2006 between our Company and Cornell
Capital Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference from our Current Report
on Form 8-K filed on June 30,
2006).
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10.19
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Engagement
Letter with Gordian Group LLC dated February 15,
2008.
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10.20
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Senior
Secured, Super-priority Debtor-In-Possession Credit and Guaranty
Agreement, dated as of June 6, 2008 between the Company as borrower, the
Subsidiaries as guarantors and YA Global Investments L.P. (incorporated by
reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 16,
2008.)
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(11)
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Statements regarding
computation of per share earnings (See Note 2 to the unaudited
consolidated financial
statements)
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(16)
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Letter
on change in certifying accountant
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16.1
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Letter
from Moore Stephens Ellis Foster Ltd. dated August 25, 2005 regarding
change in independent accountant (incorporated by reference from our
Current Report on Form 8-K/A filed on September 13,
2005).
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16.2
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Letters
from Ernst & Young LLP dated March 30, 2006 and April 26, 2006
regarding change in independent accountant (incorporated by reference from
our Current Reports on Forms 8-K/A filed on April 7, 2006 and April 27,
2006).
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Methane
Energy Corp., an Oregon company
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Cascadia
Energy Corp., a Washington company
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(31)
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Section
302 Certifications
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31.1*
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Section
302 Certification (filed herewith).
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31.2*
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Section
302 Certification (filed herewith).
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(32)
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Section
906 Certifications
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32.1*
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Section
906 Certification (filed herewith).
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32.2*
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Section
906 Certification (filed herewith).
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*Filed
herewith
SIGNATURES
In
accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the registrant caused this
report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized.
TORRENT
ENERGY CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ John
D. Carlson |
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John
D. Carlson |
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President,
Chief Executive Officer and Director
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(Principal
Executive Officer)
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By:
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/s/ Peter
J. Craven |
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Peter
J. Craven |
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Chief
Financial Officer and Secretary
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(Principal
Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
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Date:
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August 19,
2008 |
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