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 $516,740 for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 and have a
working capital deficit of $872,966 at March 31, 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 quarter ended March 31, 2008
were cash flows from operations and draw down of our cash balances. During the
quarter, 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 quarter ended March 31, 2008, net cash flow used by operating activities
decreased by $464,000 to $145,000, as compared to $609,000 for the quarter ended
March 31, 2007, primarily because of our increased
revenue. 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 March
31, 2008, our current liabilities exceeded our current assets by $872,966,
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
Revenue
We
produced 1,322 barrels of oil and recognized revenue of $115,563 during the
quarter ended March 31, 2008, an increase of approximately 1,100 barrels and
approximately $100,000 over the same period in 2007, primarily because we had a
full quarter of production from the Bateman Project which was acquired in late
in the first quarter of 2007 and because we realized significantly higher prices
for our production.
The
following chart summarizes the Company¡¯s sales of oil and gas since its
acquisition of the Bateman project on March 20, 2007:
Sales (Bbls)
Gross
Net
Average Price/Bbl
Second
Quarter 2008 (a)
1,501
1,183
$
98.41
First
Quarter 2008
1,656
1,322
91.63
Fourth
Quarter 2007
178
139
80.99
Third
Quarter 2007
920
727
70.11
Second
Quarter 2007
3,275
2,606
60.96
First
Quarter 2007 (b)
358
284
57.09
(a) Through
May 2008
(b) Bateman
Project acquired March 20, 2007
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
Our
production costs totaled $104,254 during the quarter ended March 31, 2008, an
increase of $85,491 over the same period in 2007, primarily because we had a
full quarter of production from the Bateman Project which was acquired in late
in the first quarter of 2007.
General
and administrative expense (G&A expense)
General
and administrative expense for the quarter ended March, 31 2008 decreased
$2,911,334 from the comparable 2007 period to $463,751. 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 March 31, 2008, our net loss decreased to $516,740, compared to
our same quarter 2007 net loss of $3,379,474. The major components of the
first quarter 2008 loss were general and administrative expenses of $463,751
including stock based compensation of $207,436. The major component
of the first quarter 2007 loss was general and administrative expense of
$3,375,085 including stock based compensation of $3,020,000.
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