Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis
Item
2. Management’s Discussion Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
The
following discussion will assist you in understanding our financial position,
liquidity, and results of operations. The information below should be
read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements, and the
related notes to consolidated financial statements. Our discussion contains both
historical and forward-looking information. We assess the risks and
uncertainties about our business, long-term strategy, and financial condition
before we make any forward-looking statements, but we cannot guarantee that
our assessment is accurate or that our goals and projections can or will be met.
Statements concerning results of future exploration, exploitation,
development, and acquisition expenditures as well as expense and reserve levels
are forward-looking statements. We make assumptions about commodity prices,
drilling results, production costs, administrative expenses, and interest costs
that we believe are reasonable based on currently available
information.
Business
Strategy
USA
Superior Energy Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) is focused on acquiring, owning,
operating and applying enhanced oil recovery (“EOR”) techniques to existing
shallow fields of oil and gas. The Company performs complete workover
and stimulation services in these existing fields to restart or substantially
increase production. It utilizes state-of-the-art workover and shallow-well
drilling techniques in these fields including new and innovative technologies
under development by the Company. These new technologies include
specialized shallow-well cased hole horizontal drilling (“CHHD”) and nitrogen
(“N2”) injection which will be utilized to increase production volumes and
reserve recoverability from the Company’s projects. Currently, the Company is
involved in developing, owning and operating energy projects and prospects in
East, Central and South Texas and currently has active projects and prospects in
Bastrop, Caldwell, Navarro and Zavalla counties. These fields are known as the
Bateman Project in Bastrop and Caldwell Counties (comprised of the Bateman
Field and part of the adjacent Dale McBride Field), the Benton Field in
Navarro County and the Del Monte Prospect in
Zavalla County.
Going
Concern
We
incurred a net loss of $824,403 for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and have
a working capital deficit of $1,239,411 at June 30, 2008, excluding prepaid
expenses relating primarily to services paid for with common
stock. We require significant additional funding to sustain our
operations and satisfy our contractual obligations for our planned oil and gas
exploration and development operations. Our ability to establish the Company as
a going concern is dependent upon our ability to obtain additional financing, in
order to fund our planned operations and ultimately, to achieve profitable
operations.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
Our main
sources of liquidity and capital resources for the six months ended June 30,
2008 were shareholder loans and draw down of our cash balances. During the
period, we entered into a financing arrangement with our oil purchasing
customers which allows for immediate payment on barrels delivered. While this
may reduce the price we might otherwise receive for our production, we have been
able to accelerate cash flow from revenues to enhance our liquidity by receiving
cash upon the delivery of our barrels.
During
the six months ended June 30, 2008, net cash flow used by operating activities
was $131,064. Excluding the effects of significant unforeseen
expenses or other income, our cash flow from operations fluctuates primarily
because of variations in oil and gas production rates and in commodity
prices. In addition, our oil and gas production from either of our properties
may be curtailed due to maintenance and weather-related factors beyond our
control.
Our
realized oil and gas prices vary significantly due to world political events,
supply and demand for products, product storage levels, and
weather patterns, among other factors. We sell 100% of our production at
spot market prices. Accordingly, product price volatility will affect our cash
flow from operations.
We
anticipate making capital expenditures of approximately $4,000,000 over the next
several years to drill additional wells on our existing
properties. The remainder of our 2008 capital budget will be
funded from a combination of our cash flow from operations, our cash and cash
equivalents and the proceeds from offerings of debt and/or equity
securities.
On June
30, 2008, our current liabilities exceeded our current assets by $1,239,411,
excluding prepaid expenses relating primarily to services paid for with common
stock. In order to achieve positive cash flow from operations during 2008,
we will require additional funding in order to complete our plans to maintain,
workover and begin EOR operations on existing wells and to develop additional
wells on existing properties.
Results
of Operations
Comparison
of the three and six months ended June 30, 2008, to the results of the
corresponding prior periods:
Revenue
Revenue
for the three months ended June 30, 2008, was $124,522, a decrease of $16,395
(11.65%) compared to revenue of $140,917 for the same period last
year. The decline in revenue was primarily due to mechanical problems
related to field operations. For the six months ended June 30, 2008,
revenue was $240,085, an increase of $45,750 (23.5%) compared to revenue of
$194,335 for the comparative six month period of the prior year. The
Bateman Project was acquired on March 20, 2007, and thus the prior period does
not represent a full period of production.
The
Company’s ability to maintain and increase sales from recent levels is dependent
on its ability to raise funds to correct its working capital deficit and for the
investment of additional funds into the extensive maintenance, workover and
planned enhancement operations to accelerate the realization of production
volumes.
Lease
operating expense and production taxes
Lease
operating expenses totaled $15,358 for the second quarter, and $119,612 for six
months ended June 30, 2008. This compares to lease operating expenses
of $93,434 and $126,423 for the comparative periods of the prior
year. The current year decreases are the result of reduced field
operations, primarily in the second quarter, due to mechanical problems
encountered with the Bateman Project.
General
and administrative expense (G&A expense)
General
and administrative expense for the six months ended June 30, 2008 were $784,584
compared to $3,772,662 from the comparable 2007 period. The largest
portion of the reduction came from a decrease in stock based compensation
of $2,812,564 from the same period in 2007 which related to the reverse merger
and compensation of key employees and consultants.
Net
loss
For the
quarter ended June 30, 2008, our net loss was $307,663, compared to our same
quarter 2007 net loss of $395,808. For the six months ended
June 30, 2008, our net loss was $824,403 compared to a net loss of $3,701,234
for the first half of 2007. The major components of the loss
were general and administrative expenses of $320,833 and $446,807 for the three
month periods ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively, and general and
administrative expenses of $784,585 and $3,772,662 for the six month periods
ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Included in the six month
general and administrative expenses were stock based compensation of $207,436 in
2008 and $3,020,000 in 2007.
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