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10-K - FORM 10-K - IVANHOE ENERGY INC | c97689e10vk.htm |
EX-32.2 - EXHIBIT 32.2 - IVANHOE ENERGY INC | c97689exv32w2.htm |
EX-21.1 - EXHIBIT 21.1 - IVANHOE ENERGY INC | c97689exv21w1.htm |
EX-10.4 - EXHIBIT 10.4 - IVANHOE ENERGY INC | c97689exv10w4.htm |
EX-31.2 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - IVANHOE ENERGY INC | c97689exv31w2.htm |
EX-31.1 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - IVANHOE ENERGY INC | c97689exv31w1.htm |
EX-23.2 - EXHIBIT 23.2 - IVANHOE ENERGY INC | c97689exv23w2.htm |
EX-23.1 - EXHIBIT 23.1 - IVANHOE ENERGY INC | c97689exv23w1.htm |
EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - IVANHOE ENERGY INC | c97689exv32w1.htm |
EX-10.20 - EXHIBIT 10.20 - IVANHOE ENERGY INC | c97689exv10w20.htm |
Exhibit 99.1
THIRD PARTY REPORT ON RESERVES
By GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd. (Independent Qualified Reserves Evaluator)
This report is provided to satisfy the requirements contained in Item 1202(a)(8) of U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission Regulation S-K.
The numbering of items below corresponds to the requirements set out in Item 1202(a)(8) of
Regulation S-K. Terms to which a meaning is ascribed in Regulation S-K and Regulation S-X have the
same meaning in this report.
i. | We have prepared an independent evaluation of the reserves of Ivanhoe Energy Inc. (the Company) for the management and the board of directors of the Company. The primary purpose of our evaluation report was to provide estimates of reserves information in support of the Companys year-end reserves reporting requirements under US Securities Regulation S-K and for other internal business and financial needs of the Company. |
ii. | We have evaluated the reserves of the Company as at December 31, 2009. The completion date of our report is January 20, 2010. |
iii. | The following table sets forth the geographic area covered by our report, proved reserves estimated using constant prices and costs, and the proportion of the total company that we have evaluated. |
Company Net Proved Reserves | ||||||||||||||||
Natural | Natural Gas | Oil | ||||||||||||||
Location of Reserves | Crude Oil | Gas | Liquids | Equivalent | ||||||||||||
Country | Mbbl | MMcf | Mbbl | Mbbl | ||||||||||||
China |
1,101 | 0 | 0 | 1,101 | ||||||||||||
Total Company |
1,101 | 0 | 0 | 1,101 |
1 | Oil equivalence factors: Crude Oil 1 bbl/bbl , Natural Gas 6 Mcf/bbl , NGL 1 bbl/bbl |
Our report covers 100% of the Companys proved oil and natural gas reserves.
iv. | As noted in item iii., our evaluation covered all of the Companys proved reserves. We carried out our evaluation in accordance with standards set out in the Canadian Oil and Gas Evaluation Handbook (the COGE Handbook) with the necessary modifications to reflect definitions and standards under the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board policies (the FASB Standards) and the legal requirements under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC requirements). |
Data used in our evaluation were obtained from regulatory agencies, public sources and from
Company personnel and Company files. In the preparation of our report we have accepted as
presented, and have relied, without independent verification, upon a variety of information
furnished by the Company such as interests and burdens, recent production, product
transportation and marketing and sales agreements, historical revenue, capital costs,
operating expense data, budget forecasts and capital cost estimates and well data for
recently drilled wells. If in the course of our evaluation, the validity or sufficiency of
any material information was brought into question, we did not rely on such information
until such concerns were satisfactorily resolved.
The Company has warranted in a representation letter to us that, to the best of the
Companys knowledge and belief, all data furnished to us was accurate in all material
respects, and no material data relevant to our evaluation was omitted.
A field examination of the evaluated properties was not performed nor was it considered
necessary for the purposes of our report.
In our opinion, estimates provided in our report have, in all material respects, been
determined in accordance with the applicable industry standards, and results provided in our
report and summarized herein are appropriate for inclusion in filings under Regulation S-K.
v. | As required under SEC Regulation S-K, reserves are those quantities of oil and gas that are estimated to be economically producible under existing economic conditions. As specified, in determining economic production, constant product reference prices have been based on a 12-month average price, calculated as the unweighted arithmetic average of the first-day-of-the-month price for each month within the 12-month period prior to the effective date of our report. In our economic analysis, operating and capital costs are those costs estimated as applicable at the effective date of our report, with no future escalation. Where deemed appropriate, the capital costs and revised operating costs associated with the implementation of committed projects designed to modify specific field operations in the future may be included in economic projections. |
vi. | Our report has been prepared assuming the continuation existing regulatory and fiscal conditions subject to the guidance in the COGE Handbook and SEC regulations. Notwithstanding that the Company currently has regulatory approval to produce the reserves identified in our report, there is no assurance that changes in regulation will not occur; such changes, which cannot reliably be predicted, could impact the Companys ability to recovery the estimated reserves. |
vii. | Oil and gas reserves estimates have an inherent degree of associated uncertainty the degree of which is affected by many factors. Reserves estimates will vary due to the limited and imprecise nature of data upon which the estimates of reserves are predicated. Moreover, the methods and data used in estimating reserves are often necessarily indirect or analogical in character rather than direct or deductive. Furthermore, the persons involved in the preparation of reserves estimates and associated information are required, in applying geosciences, petroleum engineering and evaluation principles, to make numerous unbiased judgments based upon their educational background, professional training, and professional experience. The extent and significance of the judgments to be made are, in themselves, sufficient to render reserves estimates inherently imprecise. Reserves estimates may change substantially as additional data becomes available and as economic conditions impacting oil and gas prices and costs change. Reserves estimates will also change over time due to other factors such as knowledge and technology, fiscal and economic conditions, contractual, statutory and regulatory provisions. |
viii. | In our opinion, the reserves information evaluated by us have, in all material respects, been determined in accordance with all appropriate industry standards, methods and procedures applicable for the filing of reserves information under U.S. SEC Regulation S-K. |
ix. | A summary of the Company reserves evaluated by us is provided in item iii. |
GLJ Petroleum Consultants Ltd.
4100, 400 3rd Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta CANADA T2P 4H2
Dated: January 20, 2010
4100, 400 3rd Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta CANADA T2P 4H2
Dated: January 20, 2010
/s/ Bryan M. Joa
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Bryan M. Joa, P. Eng. |
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Vice-President |