We were originally incorporated in September 2000 as Rocker & Spike Entertainment,
Inc. In January 2001 we changed our name to Reconstruction Data Group, Inc.,
and in April 2003 we changed our name to Verdisys, Inc. and were engaged in
the business of providing satellite services to agribusiness. In June 2005,
we changed our name to Blast Energy Services, Inc. (“Blast”) to
reflect our new focus on the energy services business, and in 2010 we changed
the direction of the Company to focus on the acquisition of oil and gas producing
properties.
We are an energy company engaged primarily in the acquisition, exploration,
development and production of oil and natural gas shale plays in the Denver-Julesberg
Basin (“D-J Basin”) in Colorado, which contains hydrocarbon bearing
deposits in several formations, including the Niobrara, Codell, Greenhorn, Shannon,
J-Sand, and D-Sand. As of December 31, 2016, we held approximately 11,538 net
D-J Basin acres located in Weld County, Colorado through our wholly-owned subsidiary
Red Hawk Petroleum, LLC (“Red Hawk”), which acreage is located in
the Wattenberg and Wattenberg Extension areas of the D-J Basin, which we refer
to as our “D-J Basin Asset.” As of December 31, 2016, we hold interests
in 61 gross (17.4 net) wells in our D-J Basin Asset, of which 14 gross (12.5
net) wells are operated by Red Hawk and are currently producing, 25 gross (4.9
net) wells are non-operated, and 22 wells have an after-payout interest. During
the quarter-ended December 31, 2016, the Company produced an average of approximately
1,232 gross (272 net) barrels of oil equivalent per day (“BOEPD”)
from its D-J Basin Asset.
We believe that the D-J Basin shale play represents among the most promising
unconventional oil and natural gas plays in the U.S. We plan to opportunistically
seek additional acreage proximate to our currently held core acreage located
in the Wattenberg and Wattenberg Extension areas of Weld County, Colorado. Our
strategy is to be the operator, directly or through our subsidiaries and joint
ventures, in the majority of our acreage so we can dictate the pace of development
in order to execute our business plan.
Management is continually reviewing the recoverability of its oil and gas assets
given the reduction of crude oil and natural gas prices during the year. Over
the course of the year, we have identified acreage that we believe has a low
probability of development in the near future and have not renewed such leases
where appropriate and impaired the values as necessary. We believe that a significant
portion of the effects of lower crude oil prices are now being offset by the
continuing reduction of drilling and completion, collection, selling and LOE
costs. We believe the leases we currently plan to develop in our 2017 development
plan continue to be economic due to our estimates of total recoverable reserves,
expected production rates and the continued reduction in development and operational
costs through this year. The recoverability of our oil and gas assets is dependent
on our ability to secure sufficient funds to develop our properties. If we are
unable to have access to our credit facilities or alternative financing transactions,
and crude oil prices stay at their current prices or go lower or if the new
development and operational costs do not hold or such costs return to higher
levels, Company management may deem it appropriate in the future to impair certain
of our oil and gas properties in the event we determine we will not be able
to fully develop our drilling program.
