useg20230930

useg20230930_10q.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

	For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2023

or

☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

	For the transition period from _____________ to _____________________

Commission File Number 000-06814

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware		83-0205516
(State or other jurisdiction of		(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)		Identification No.)

1616 S. Voss Road, Suite 725, Houston, Texas		77057
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(346) 509-8734

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class		Trading symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.01		USEG		NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (Nasdaq Capital Market)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐	Accelerated filer ☐
Non-accelerated filer ☒	Smaller reporting company ☒
	Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

The registrant had 25,506,570 shares of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding as of November 13, 2023.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page
Cautionary Note About Forward-Looking Statements		3

Part I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	4

Item 1.	Financial Statements	4
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)	4
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)	5
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity (unaudited)	6
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)	7
	Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	8
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	21
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	30
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	30

Part II.	OTHER INFORMATION	31

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	31
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	31
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	33
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	34
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	34
Item 5.	Other Information	34
Item 6.	Exhibits	35

Signatures		36

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Report” or “Form 10-Q”), including “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements.

Examples of forward-looking statements in this Report include:

	●	planned capital expenditures for oil and natural gas exploration and environmental compliance;
	●	potential drilling locations and available spacing units, and possible changes in spacing rules;
	●	cash expected to be available for capital expenditures and to satisfy other obligations;
	●	recovered volumes and values of oil and natural gas approximating third-party estimates;
	●	anticipated changes in oil and natural gas production;
	●	drilling and completion activities and opportunities;
	●	timing of drilling additional wells and performing other exploration and development projects;
	●	expected spacing and the number of wells to be drilled with our oil and natural gas industry partners;
	●	when payout-based milestones or similar thresholds will be reached for the purposes of our agreements with our partners;
	●	expected working and net revenue interests, and costs of wells, relating to the drilling programs with our partners;
	●	actual decline rates for producing wells;

SEC Form 10-Q filed by U.S. Energy Corp.