SEC Comment Letter for FIELDPOINT PETROLEUM CORP (CIK 0000316736) — Jun 13, 2005
FIELDPOINT PETROLEUM CORP (CIK 0000316736)
Date: June 13, 2005 · CIK: 0000316736 · Accession: 0000000000-05-029472
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June 13, 2005
Mr. Ray Reaves
Chief Executive Officer
Fieldpoint Petroleum Corp
1703 Edelweiss Drive
Cedar Park, Texas 78613
Re: Fieldpoint Petroleum Corporation
Form 10-KSB/A for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Filed April 5, 2005
Form 10-QSB for Fiscal Quarter Ended March 31, 2005
Filed May 19, 2005
File No. 0-09435
Dear Mr. Reaves:
We have reviewed your filings and have the following
comments.
We have limited our review of your filings to those issues we have
addressed in our comments. Please provide a written response to
our
comments. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation.
In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with
information so we may better understand your disclosure. After
reviewing this information, we may raise additional comments.
Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or any other aspect
of
our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone numbers listed
at
the end of this letter.
Form 10-KSB/A for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2004
Note 12. Supplemental Information on Oil and Gas Producing
Activities
(Unaudited)
1. The guidance in SFAS 69 does not provide for the line items,
identified below, included in your disclosure.
* Costs incurred in oil and gas producing activities - "Accretion
expense" and "Dry hole expense." See paragraph 21 and
Illustration
2. Also, please refer to the Sample Letter Sent to Oil and Gas
Producers, dated February, 24, 2004, located at
<http://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/oilgasletter.htm>.
* Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash Flows -
"Future
net cash flows, before income tax." See paragraph 30 and
Illustration 5.
Engineering Comments
Properties
2. We note that you list a number of principal oil and gas
properties. Instruction 3 to Item 102 of Regulation S-K requires
that you provide production, reserves development and the nature
of
your interest for significant properties. Please confirm that in
future filings you will provide this expanded disclosure for your
significant properties.
Note 12 Supplemental Information on Oil and Gas Producing
Activities
3. You state that your reserves are based on information prepared
by
independent petroleum engineers, but you did not name them. Tell
us
who your independent petroleum engineers are and their
qualifications. In future filings, please disclose the names of
the
independent petroleum engineers. See Instruction 4 (B) of Item
102
of Regulation S-K for guidance.
4. We note the 16% negative reserve revision in 2003 and the
positive
reserve revision of over 25% the following year. Please provide
us
the reasons for these significant reserve revisions. If these
revisions are due to the purchase or sales of minerals in place,
they
should be disclosed under a line item for those activities. See
paragraph 11 of FAS 69 for guidance.
Closing Comments
Please respond to these comments within 10 business days or
tell us when you will provide us with a response. Please furnish
a
letter that keys your responses to our comments and provides any
requested information. Detailed letters greatly facilitate our
review. Please understand that we may have additional comments
after
reviewing your responses to our comments.
We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the
filing includes all information required under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and that they have provided all information
investors require for an informed investment decision. Since the
company and its management are in possession of all facts relating
to
a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosures they have made.
In connection with responding to our comments, please
provide,
in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that:
* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filing;
* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action
with
respect to the filing; and
* the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.
In addition, please be advised that the Division of
Enforcement
has access to all information you provide to the staff of the
Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filing or in
response to our comments on your filing.
You may contact Jennifer Goeken at (202) 551-3721, or Jill
Davis, Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3683 if you have questions
regarding comments on the financial statements and related
matters.
You may contact James Murphy, Petroleum Engineer, at (202) 551-
3703
with questions about engineering comments. Please contact me at
(202) 551-3740 with any other questions.
Sincerely,
H. Roger Schwall
Assistant Director
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Mr. Reaves
Fieldpoint Petroleum Corporation
June 13, 2005
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-0405
DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE
MAIL STOP 04-05
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