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Exhibit 99.2
Huddleston & Co., Inc.
Petroleum and Geological Engineers
1 Houston Center
1221 McKinney, Suite 3700
Houston, Texas 77010
PHONE (713) 209-1100 ® FAX (713) 752-0828
February 17, 2010
Dorchester Minerals, L.P.
Attention: Mr. William Casey McManemin
3838 Oak Lawn Avenue, Suite 300
Dallas, Texas 75219-4541
Re: |
Estimated Reserves and Future Net Revenue | |
As of January 1, 2010 | ||
SEC Pricing Case |
Gentlemen:
Pursuant to your request, we have summarized the estimated oil, condensate, natural gas, and plant product reserves and projected revenues net to the interests owned by Dorchester Minerals, L.P. (DMLP). A portion of the future reserves and revenues contained in this report were prepared by Calhoun Blair & Associates, Inc. (Calhoun) for DMLP. The subject properties are located onshore in the continental United States.
Our conclusions, as of January 1, 2010, follow:
Net to Dorchester Minerals, L.P.* | ||||
SEC Product Prices |
Proved Developed |
Total Proved | ||
Estimated Future Net Oil/Cond., bbl |
3,327,432 | 3,327,432 | ||
Estimated Future Net Gas, MMcf |
30,755.2 | 30,755.2 | ||
Estimated Future Net Plant Products, MMcf |
4,168.0 | 4,168.0 | ||
Estimated Future Gross Revenue, $ |
301,592,243 | 301,592,243 | ||
Estimated Future Operating Expenses, $ |
0 | 0 | ||
Estimated Future Production Taxes, $ |
18,487,973 | 18,487,973 | ||
Estimated Future Net Revenue (FNR), $ |
283,104,270 | 283,104,270 | ||
Estimated FNR, Discounted at 10%, $ |
143,270,493 | 143,270,493 | ||
Estimated FNR, Discounted at 15%, $ |
115,022,274 | 115,022,274 | ||
Projected Revenues by Year SEC Product Prices |
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Estimated Net Revenue, $ |
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2010 |
27,367,574 | 27,367,574 | ||
2011 |
24,726,274 | 24,726,274 | ||
2012 |
22,624,060 | 22,624,060 | ||
Thereafter |
208,386,362 | 208,386,362 | ||
Total |
283,104,270 | 283,104,270 | ||
Estimated Production 2010 |
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Oil/Cond., Mbbl |
262,146 | 262,146 | ||
Gas, MMcf |
3,768.7 | 3,768.7 | ||
Plant Products, MMcf |
446.9 | 446.9 |
*Numbers subject to rounding.
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February 17, 2010
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Report Preparation
Purpose of Report The purpose of this report is to provide DMLP with a projection of future reserves and revenues that conforms to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reporting requirements.
Reporting Requirements SEC Regulation S-K, Item 102, and Regulation S-X, Rule 4-10, and Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement No. 69 require oil and gas reserve information to be reported by publicly held companies as supplemental financial data. These regulations and standards provide for estimates of Proved reserves and revenues discounted at 10% utilizing product prices based on the arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month prices for the trailing twelve months.
Standards of Practice The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) requires Proved reserves to be economically recoverable with prices and costs in effect on the as of date of the report. In addition, the SPE has issued Standards Pertaining to the Estimating and Auditing of Oil and Gas Reserve Information which sets requirements for qualifications and independence of reserve estimators and auditors and accepted methods to be used for estimating future reserves.
The estimated reserves contained herein include all (100%) of DMLPs royalty interests and were prepared in accordance with our understanding of all the applicable SEC, FASB, and SPE regulation requirements and definitions. In our opinion, we have utilized assumptions, data, methodologies, and procedures as was appropriate and necessary for the preparation and purpose of the report. During our analysis, we were given access to DMLP data and personnel as requested. We note that we have necessarily included composite projections of net oil and gas reserves given the limited information available to a royalty interest owner and the relatively small net reserves attributable to any specific property within the composite group. SEC Regulation S-X, Rule 4-10, allows large numbers of royalty interests that are not individually significant to be aggregated for purposes of accounting. The SPE does not address the utilization of composite projections.
Definitions for reserves as outlined in SEC Regulation S-X, Rule 4-10 are included herein.
Reserve Estimates
Reserves for the producing and nonproducing properties were based on extrapolation of performance history and/or analogy to offset wells producing from similar formations. Because of the limited information available to a royalty interest owner and the relatively small net reserves attributable to any specific property, we have projected the Proved Developed reserves for certain properties as a composite rather than evaluating the properties individually. The net composite oil and gas volumes have historically exhibited minimal, if any, decline due to a combination of many factors such as exploratory and development drilling, workovers and recompletions, and implementation of enhanced recovery operations on these properties. The aggregate decline rate utilized for the composite projections anticipates what, in our opinion, is a reasonable level of future activity based on a review of historical and recent drilling records, drilling permits, and new division orders provided by DMLP. We note, however, that DMLP as a royalty interest owner has little, if any, influence over the future development of these properties, and actual future receipts could be materially more or less than those estimated herein.
Plant products were projected on a property group by property group basis. Because of the difficulty in distinguishing between various units of volume (gallons, barrels, long tons), various products (propane, butane, sulfur), and various unit prices, we have projected plant product volumes as a percent of gas
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volumes based on the percentage of 2009 plant product revenue to 2009 gas revenue, derived from DMLPs historical accounting data.
The Fayetteville Royalty properties (Group 22) were projected by Calhoun. Calhoun also prepares reserve estimates for DMLPs Fayetteville net profits interest properties, which allows for consistency in reserve assignments where DMLP has both a net profits and royalty interest in a well. We have included the Calhoun projections on an individual well basis in our report.
There are inherent uncertainties in the estimation and projection of future reserves and revenues. Economic and political forces, product prices, operating costs, geologic conditions and the level of activity on DMLPs properties may affect these estimates. The reserves included in this report are estimates only and should not be construed as being exact quantities. They may or may not be actually recovered, and if recovered, the revenues therefrom could be more or less than the estimated amounts. Moreover, estimates of reserves may increase or decrease as a result of future operations.
Product Prices
The benchmark prices for oil and gas of $61.04 per barrel and $3.78 per MMBtu, respectively, were based on the arithmetic average of the first-of-the-month NYMEX WTI spot price and the first-of-the-month Houston Ship Channel index price for the time period January 2009 through December 2009. Product prices were held constant throughout the life of the properties.
Oil and gas prices were adjusted on a property group basis for gravity, heating value, sulfur content, transportation costs, and market area utilizing DMLPs historical accounting records.
A comparison of the average product prices, weighted as a composite for all properties, follows:
Benchmark Price | Adjusted Price | |||||||
SEC Product Prices |
Oil/Cond., $/bbl | Gas, $/Mcf | Oil/Cond., $/bbl | Gas, $/Mcf | ||||
2010 |
61.04 | 3.78 | 56.50 | 3.40 | ||||
2011 |
61.04 | 3.78 | 56.49 | 3.39 | ||||
Average Over Life |
61.04 | 3.78 | 56.41 | 3.41 | ||||
Maximum |
61.04 | 3.78 | 56.50 | 3.53 |
Product price hedges, if any, were not considered for the purposes of this report.
Operating Expenses
All of the properties consist of only royalty interests that are not burdened by operating costs. We have deducted the proper production taxes for those properties that were projected individually. For the composite projections we have deducted average tax rates derived from DMLPs accounting records.
Other Considerations
Additional Potential Values Values were not assigned to nonproducing acreage or to acreage held by production, if any, or to the salvage of surface and subsurface equipment. We have not accounted for any future lease bonus and rental income.
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Additional Costs Costs were not deducted for general and administrative expenses, depletion, depreciation, and amortization, or potential federal income tax.
Data Sources Data including basic well information, accounting data, product prices, operating costs, ownership, and initial test rates and/or current producing rates of certain recently completed wells were supplied by DMLP. We have accepted this information as correct.
Production statistics were obtained from public sources for the individual properties and from DMLP accounting records for the composite property groups.
Report Qualifications Estimates of future reserves are based on predictions of recoverable hydrocarbons, rates of production, proration by state and federal agencies, product prices, operating costs, and direct taxes. The reserve estimates included herein were based on current regulatory and market conditions. Any changes to current government regulations and/or market conditions could result in the volumes actually recovered and the revenues actually received by DMLP to differ significantly from the estimated quantities presented in this report.
We specifically advise that any particular reserve estimate for a specific property should not be used out of context with the entire report.
The revenues and present worth of future net revenues are not represented to be market values for individual properties or on a total property basis.
Respectfully submitted, |
Gregory S. Floyd, P.E. |
Texas Registered Engineering Firm F-1024 |
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