17 C.F.R. § 229.1202
(a) Summary of oil and gas reserves at fiscal year end.
(1) Provide the information specified in paragraph (a)(2) of this Item in tabular format as provided below:
| Reserves category | Reserves | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil(mbbls) | Natural gas(mmcf) | Synthetic oil(mbbls) | Synthetic gas(mmcf) | Product A(measure) | |
| PROVED | |||||
| Developed: | |||||
| Continent A | |||||
| Continent B | |||||
| Country A | |||||
| Country B | |||||
| Other Countries in Continent B | |||||
| Undeveloped: | |||||
| Continent A | |||||
| Continent B | |||||
| Country A | |||||
| Country B | |||||
| Other Countries in Continent B | |||||
| TOTAL PROVED | |||||
| PROBABLE | |||||
| Developed | |||||
| Undeveloped | |||||
| POSSIBLE | |||||
| Developed | |||||
| Undeveloped |
(2) Disclose, in the aggregate and by geographic area and for each country containing 15% or more of the registrant's proved reserves, expressed on an oil-equivalent-barrels basis, reserves estimated using prices and costs under existing economic conditions, for the product types listed in paragraph (a)(4) of this Item, in the following categories:
(vii) Possible undeveloped reserves (optional).
Instruction 1 to paragraph (a)(2): Disclose updated reserves tables as of the close of each fiscal year. Instruction 2 to paragraph (a)(2): The registrant is permitted, but not required, to disclose probable or possible reserves pursuant to paragraphs (a)(2)(iv) through (a)(2)(vii) of this Item. Instruction 3 to paragraph (a)(2): If the registrant discloses amounts of a product in barrels of oil equivalent, disclose the basis for such equivalency. Instruction 4 to paragraph (a)(2): A registrant need not provide disclosure of the reserves in a country containing 15% or more of the registrant's proved reserves if that country's government prohibits disclosure of reserves in that country. In addition, a registrant need not provide disclosure of the reserves in a country containing 15% or more of the registrant's proved reserves if that country's government prohibits disclosure in a particular field and disclosure of reserves in that country would have the effect of disclosing reserves in particular fields.
(4) Disclose separately material reserves of the following product types:
(8) Third party reports. If the registrant represents that a third party prepared, or conducted a reserves audit of, the registrant's reserves estimates, or any estimated valuation thereof, or conducted a process review, the registrant shall file a report of the third party as an exhibit to the relevant registration statement or other Commission filing. If the report relates to the preparation of, or a reserves audit of, the registrant's reserves estimates, it must include the following disclosure, if applicable to the type of filing:
(b) Reserves sensitivity analysis (optional).
(1) The registrant may, but is not required to, provide the information specified in paragraph (b)(2) of this Item in tabular format as provided below:
| Price case | Proved reserves | Probable reserves | Possible reserves | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil | Gas | Syn. oil | Syn. gas | Product A | Oil | Gas | Syn. oil | Syn. gas | Product A | Oil | Gas | Syn. oil | Syn. gas | Product A | |
| mbbls | mmcf | mbbls | mmcf | measure | mbbls | mmcf | mbbls | mmcf | measure | mbbls | mmcf | mbbls | mmcf | measure | |
| Scenario 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Scenario 2 |
(3) If the registrant provides disclosure under this paragraph (b), disclose the price and cost schedules and assumptions on which the disclosed values are based.
Instruction to Item 1202: Estimates of oil or gas resources other than reserves, and any estimated values of such resources, shall not be disclosed in any document publicly filed with the Commission, unless such information is required to be disclosed in the document by foreign or state law; provided, however, that where such estimates previously have been provided to a person (or any of its affiliates) that is offering to acquire, merge, or consolidate with the registrant or otherwise to acquire the registrant's securities, such estimate may be included in documents related to such acquisition.