Biloxi Marsh Lands Corporation (PINK SHEETS: BLMC) today
announces its unaudited results for the third quarter of 2014 and
first nine months of 2014 and provides update. The Company’s
revenue for the three months ending September 30, 2014 from oil and
gas production for its fee lands was $128,999 compared to revenue
of $133,407 for the third quarter of 2013. For the first nine
months of 2014, revenue generated from the Company’s fee lands
decreased to $353,227 from $453,316 for the same period in
2013.
For the first nine months of 2014 and 2013, total revenues were
$1,071,647 and $1,711,903, respectively. During the third quarter
of 2014, total revenues included a $663,044 loss emanating from the
Company’s investment in B&L Exploration, LLC (B&L). This
compares to a loss of $512,178 from B&L for the third quarter
of 2013. Correspondingly, total revenue for the nine months ending
September 30, 2014 includes a net loss of $983,057 generated by
B&L compared to a net loss of $737,813 from B&L for the
first nine months of 2013. During the current quarter, B&L’s
results included deductions for intangible drilling costs
associated with its Lago Verde drilling program. As an operating
oil and gas entity, B&L’s results included deductions for
depreciation, depletion and amortization (DD&A) costs relating
to its ongoing drilling and production activities. BLMC’s share of
these DD&A expenses was $671,872 and $706,472 for the first
nine months of 2014 and 2013, respectively.
Dividend and interest income for the first nine months of 2014
was $157,977. This compares to $126,726 for the first nine months
of 2013. During the third quarter of 2014, the Company realized a
cumulative gain from the sale of investment securities of $406,910
compared to a cumulative gain in the amount of $361,108 for the
same period in 2013. For the first nine months of 2014, the
cumulative gain from the sale of investment securities was
$1,520,555 compared to $1,857,999 for the first nine months of
2013. Meanwhile, total expenses for the third quarter were $195,509
compared to $187,487 for the same period of the prior year. Total
expenses for the first nine months of 2014 and 2013 were $652,088
and $637,549, respectively. The Company had a net loss of $170,432
or $.07 per share for the third quarter of 2014 compared to a net
loss of $109,972 or $.04 per share in 2013. Meanwhile, for the
first nine months of 2014, net income was $266,042 or $.10 per
share compared to net income of $932,933 or $.34 per share for the
same period of 2013.
During the middle of September, the four wells operated by the
Company’s mineral lessees were shut-in due to maintenance work
conducted on Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s interstate sales pipeline.
The wells were shut-in for twenty-seven days and returned to
production during the third week of October. As of October 26,
2014, the combined daily gross production was approximately 3.9
million cubic feet of natural gas (mmcfg), with approximately .492
mmcfg accruing to the Company. Meanwhile, as of September 30, 2014,
B&L’s gross production was approximately 3.666 mmcfg and 636
barrels of oil from five wells with .523 mmcfg and 68 barrels of
oil per day (BOPD) accruing to B&L. As of September 30, 2014,
the SL 19061 No. 1 well was shut-in for maintenance work conducted
on Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s interstate sales pipeline and is
anticipated to be returned to production during the beginning of
November.
As previously reported, B&L has been assigned and is
contractually entitled to a 1.5% of 8/8ths overriding royalty
interest (ORRI) in the Freeport-McMoRan Oil and Gas (FM O&G)
Lomond North discovery well and in all mineral leases obtained by
FM O&G in its Highlander project area located in Iberia, St.
Martin, Assumption and Iberville Parishes, Louisiana. FM O&G is
a wholly owned subsidiary of Freeport-McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc.
(NYSE: FCX). In its October 28, 2014 press release, FM O&G
stated the following: “The Highlander discovery well is currently
being completed to test Cretaceous/Tuscaloosa objectives found
below the salt weld and flow testing is anticipated in
fourth-quarter 2014. The Highlander onshore exploratory well, in
which FM O&G is the operator and has a 72 percent working
interest, located in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, encountered gas
pay in several Wilcox and Cretaceous/Tuscaloosa sands between
24,000 feet and 29,000 feet in January 2014. As previously
reported, the wireline log and core data obtained from the Wilcox
and Cretaceous sand packages indicated favorable reservoir
characteristics with approximately 150 feet of net pay. FM O&G
has identified multiple exploratory prospects in the Highlander
area where it controls rights to more than 60,000 gross acres.”
During the third quarter, drilling operations commenced with the
drilling of the first three wells within B&L’s Lago Verde
project in Calhoun and Victoria Counties, Texas. All three wells
encountered natural gas pay at the anticipated and targeted depths.
The first well, the Welder No. 1, has been completed as a natural
gas well. Unfortunately, the thickness of the pay sands encountered
in the two subsequent wells did not dictate completing these two
wells. We anticipate that the Welder No. 1 well should be placed on
production during the fourth quarter of 2014 and should be
significantly additive to B&L’s net daily production. We have
additional prospects that are currently scheduled to be drilled
within this project area and anticipate that a second round of
drilling should commence during the first quarter of 2015.
B&L has assembled a 2,600 acre mineral lease position in
Allen and Beauregard Parishes, Louisiana, targeting the Wilcox sand
interval which in the past using conventional well completion
techniques has been a prolific oil producing interval in the area.
Based on technical information, B&L believes that reservoir
stimulation using hydraulic fracturing could result in the recovery
of significant oil reserves that were not accessible in the past
using conventional well completion techniques. To assist in
development of this Wilcox project, B&L recently placed the
majority of the working interest with Petro Harvester,
headquartered in Plano, Texas. Petro Harvester has experience in
drilling and stimulating Wilcox wells in neighboring parishes.
B&L retained a 15.75% working interest in the Wilcox
project.
B&L was organized as a limited liability company (LLC) under
the laws of Louisiana in July of 2006. B&L’s members are BLMC
and Lake Eugenie Land & Development, Inc. (LKEU), which have
membership percentages of 75% and 25%, respectively.
William B. Rudolf, President and CEO, commented: “Based on
recent comments by FM O&G, B&L’s management continues to be
cautiously optimistic that the Lomond North well in FM O&G’s
Highlander area will undergo a commercially successful flow test
during the fourth quarter of 2014. The initial round of drilling in
B&L’s Lago Verde project area targeted stratigraphic traps that
demonstrated classic AVO response using 3D seismic data. We are
pleased with the results of the Welder No. 1 well and are
disappointed that the other two wells encountered pay sands at
anticipated depths but were not found in commercial quantities
required to justify completions. The wells currently scheduled to
be drilled during the second round have structural features and
associated faulting that should increase the probability of
trapping hydrocarbons, specifically oil. Meanwhile, B&L’s
management is excited about the Wilcox project and placing the
interest with Petro Harvester. B&L believes this project could
be significant overtime.
“The Company is taking steps to further refine and delineate the
Tuscaloosa prospect beneath the Company’s fee lands. Among other
proactive steps taken, we have joined the University of Texas,
Bureau of Economic Geology’s (BEG) Deep Shelf Gas Consortium. This
Consortium is comprised mainly of major oil companies that retained
the BEG to quantify chlorite coat formation in Tuscaloosa and
Woodbine sandstones and its effect on preserving permeability thus
creating favorable reservoir characteristics for the production of
hydrocarbons. The multiphase study includes an analysis of
conventional cores taken from the ARCO #P-2 Biloxi Marsh Lands
well. We believe that the study by the BEG should have favorable
implications on the exploration for the Tuscaloosa Trend on our fee
lands. As previously reported, among other prospect, our Alpha and
Beta Prospects, target the Tuscaloosa Trend.”
The Company maintains a website, www.biloximarshlandscorp.com,
and strongly recommends that all investors and interested parties
visit the website to view historical press releases, historical
financial statements, and other relevant information.
The Company continues to pursue a claim for damages against the
US Army Corps of Engineers for property loss and damage related to
the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO).
Biloxi Marsh Lands Corporation owns approximately 90,000 acres
of marsh lands located in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. As the
landowner, it derives revenues from oil and gas exploration and
production activities that take place on or near the Company’s
land. The Company also derives revenues and expenses from its
ownership interest in B&L Exploration, LLC and minimal revenues
from surface rentals.
This news release contains forward-looking statements regarding
oil and gas discoveries, oil and gas exploration, development and
production activities and reserves. Accuracy of the forward-looking
statements depends on assumptions about events that change over
time and is thus susceptible to periodic change based on actual
experience and new developments. The Company cautions readers that
it assumes no obligation to update or publicly release any
revisions to the forward-looking statements in this report.
Important factors that might cause future results to differ from
these forward-looking statements include: variations in the market
prices of oil and natural gas; drilling results; unanticipated
fluctuations in flow rates of producing wells; oil and natural gas
reserves expectations; the ability to satisfy future cash
obligations and environmental costs; and general exploration and
development risks and hazards. Readers are cautioned not to place
undue reliance on forward-looking statements made by or on behalf
of the Company. Each such statement speaks only as of the day it
was made. The factors described above cannot be controlled by the
Company. When used in this report, the words “believes,”
“estimates,” “plans,” “expects,” “could,” “should,” “outlook,” and
“anticipates” and similar expressions as they relate to the Company
or its management are intended to identify forward-looking
statements.
The following “Statements of Assets, Liabilities and
Stockholders’ Equity” and “Statements of Revenues and Expenses”
have been derived from interim un-audited financial statements
which do not include the information and footnotes that are an
integral part of a complete financial statement.
BILOXI MARSH LANDS
CORPORATION Statements of Assets, Liabilities, and
Stockholders' Equity September 30, 2014 and 2013
Assets 2014
2013 Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $
2,427,437 814,351 Accounts receivable 82,507 65,456 Prepaid
expenses 62,765 59,888 Accrued interest receivable 20,080 23,707
Deferred tax asset 21,265 442,542 Other assets 3,830
3,830 Total current assets 2,617,884 1,409,774
Other assets: Investment in partnership 3,148,005 5,133,442
Marketable debt and equity securities - at cost 7,754,801 9,047,705
Land 234,939 234,939 Levees and office furniture and equipment
315,160 307,746 Accumulated depreciation (313,215 ) (304,975
) Total other assets 11,139,690 14,418,857
Total assets $ 13,757,574 15,828,631
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity Current liabilities:
Income taxes payable $ 104,888 52,859 Accrued expenses 7,606 20,100
Other current liabilities 4,608 4,608 Total
current liabilities 117,102 77,567 Stockholders' equity:
Common stock, $.001 par value. Authorized,
20,000,000 shares; issued, 2,851,196 shares; outstanding, 2,535,028
and 2,716,028 shares in 2014 and 2013, respectively
47,520 47,520 Retained earnings 16,435,577 16,145,004
Treasury stock - 316,168 and 135,168
shares in 2014 and 2013, respectively, at cost
(2,842,625 ) (441,460 ) Total liabilities and stockholders'
equity $ 13,757,574 15,828,631
BILOXI MARSH LANDS CORPORATION
Statements of Revenues and Expenses September 30, 2014 and 2013
3 Months
Ended 9 Months Ended September 30 September
30 2014 2013 2014 2013
Revenues: Oil and gas royalties $ 136,656 140,154 369,879 476,870
Severance taxes (7,657 ) (6,747 ) (16,652 ) (23,554 ) Oil
and gas royalties, net 128,999 133,407 353,227
453,316 Other (loss) income: Loss from
investment in partnership (663,044 ) (512,178 ) (983,057 ) (737,813
) Dividends and interest income 32,471 35,806 157,977 126,726 Gain
on sale of securities 406,910 361,108 1,520,555 1,857,999 Surface
rentals 21,366 11,675 22,945 11,675
Total other (loss) income (202,297 ) (103,589 )
718,420 1,258,587 Total revenues and income
(73,298 ) 29,818 1,071,647 1,711,903
Expenses: Total expenses 195,509 187,487
652,088 637,549 Net (loss) income before income taxes
(268,807 ) (157,669 ) 419,559 1,074,354 Income tax (benefit)
expense (98,375 ) (47,697 ) 153,517 141,421
Net (loss) income $ (170,432 ) (109,972 ) 266,042 932,933
Net (loss) income per share $ (0.07 ) (0.04 ) 0.10
0.34
Biloxi Marsh Lands CorporationColleen Starks, 504-837-4337
Biloxi Marsh Lands (CE) (USOTC:BLMC)
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