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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2002

Securities And Exchange Commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 10-K
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Annual

 [_X_]

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001

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: 0-24027

ENERGY EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada

 

61-1126904

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

840 7th Avenue S.W., Suite 700, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3G2

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (403) 264-7020

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common stock, par value $0.001 per share.

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  [_X_]   No [___]

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (Section 229.405 of this Chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant's knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of March 20 , 2002 was approximately $8,350,000 based upon the closing price per share of the registrant's common stock of $0.95 on that date.

The number of shares outstanding of the registrant's common stock as of March 20, 2002: 16,971,153 shares.

Documents Incorporated By Reference

Information required by Part III (Items 10, 11, 12 and 13) is incorporated into this annual report by reference to the registrant's definitive proxy statement to be disseminated in advance of its annual meeting of stockholders to be held later in fiscal 2002.


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

BUSINESS

1

 

Overview

1

 

Corporate History

3

 

Corporate Objective

3

 

Business Strategy

3

 

Summarized Exploration Information

4

 

Description Of Exploration Properties And Programs

6

 

Future Exploration And Drilling Programs

12

 

Analysis Of SFD Survey Results To Date

13

 

Development Objectives

14

 

What Is Our SFD Technology

15

 

Operational Practices In Conducting SFD Surveys

16

 

Joint Ventures

20

 

Competition

21

 

Employees

21

 

Research and Development

21

 

Manufacturing Capacity And Suppliers

21

 

Subsidiaries

22

 

Governmental And Environmental Regulation

22

 

Operating Hazards

22

 

SFD Technology License

23

PROPERTIES

25

 

Facilities

25

 

Survey Aircraft

25

 

Petroleum Properties

25

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

26

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITIES HOLDERS

26

MARKET PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON OUR COMMON SHARES AND RELATED SHAREHOLDER MATTERS

26

 

Market Information

26

 

Dividend Policy

27

SELECTED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

27

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

28

 

Overview

28

 

Results Of Consolidated Operations

29

 

Liquidity And Capital Resources

32

 

Other Matters

34

 

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK

36

 

Oil And Gas Price Fluctuations

36

 

Currency Fluctuations

37

 

Interest Rate Fluctuations

37

UNCERTAINTIES AND RISK FACTORS THAT MAY AFFECT OUR FUTURE RESULTS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION 37
 

Uncertainties And Risks Generally Relating To NXT And Our Business

37

 

Uncertainties And Risks Relating To Our Securities

45

 

Special Note Regarding The Observations, Beliefs And Opinions Expressed In This Annual Report Relating To The Scientific Basis And Principles Of Our SFD Technology


4
7

 

Special Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

47

CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

48

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CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

48

DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

48

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

49

OWNERSHIP OF OUR SECURITIES BY BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

49

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS

49

EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, SCHEDULES AND REPORTS ON FORM 8-K

49

SIGNATURES 53

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GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATION AND TERMS

Unless the context otherwise requires, the words and phrases used in this annual report identified below shall have the following meanings.

"Acquisition costs" means the costs incurred to obtain rights to production of oil and gas. These costs include the costs of acquiring oil and gas leases and other interests. These costs include lease costs, finder's fees, brokerage fees, title costs, legal costs, recording costs, options to purchase or lease interests and any other costs associated with the acquisitions of an interest in current or possible production.

"Bbl" means one barrel, consisting of 42 U.S. gallons liquid volume, of crude oil inclusive of natural gas liquids.

"Boe" means barrels of oil equivalent.

"Bbls/d" means barrels of oil per day.

"Boe/d" means barrels of oil equivalent per day.

"BLM" means the United States federal Bureau of Land Management.

"Calpine Canada" means Calpine Canada Resources Limited.

"CamWest" means CamWest Exploration LLC.

"Common shareholders" means persons who hold our common stock.

"Common shares" means shares of our common stock, par value $0.001.

"Development costs" means costs incurred to drill, equip, or obtain access to proved reserves, including costs of drilling and equipment necessary to get products to the point of sale and may entail on-site processing.

"Exploration costs" means costs incurred, either before or after the acquisition of a property, to identify areas that may have potential reserves, to examine specific areas considered to have potential reserves, to drill test wells, and drill exploratory wells. Exploratory wells are wells drilled in unproven areas. The identification of properties and examination of specific areas will typically include geological and geophysical costs, also referred to as "G& G", which include topological studies, geographical and geophysical studies, and costs to obtain access to properties under study. Depreciation of support equipment, and the costs of carrying unproved acreage, delay rentals, ad valorem property taxes, title defense costs, and lease or land record maintenance are also classified as exploratory costs.

"Future net revenue, before income taxes" means an estimate of future net revenue from a property, based on the proven reserves of oil and natural gas believed to be recoverable at a specified date, after deducting production and ad valorem taxes, future capital costs and operating expenses, before deducting income taxes. Future net revenue, before income taxes, should not be construed as being the fair market value of the property.

"Gross" oil and natural gas wells or "gross" acres is the total number of wells or acres in which NXT has an interest.

"Mbbls" means one thousand bbls and "Mmbbls" means one million bbls.

"Mboe" means one thousand boe and "Mmboe" means one million boe.

"Mcf" means one thousand cubic feet of natural gas, while "Mmcf" means one million cubic feet of natural gas.

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"Mcf/d" means one thousand cubic feet of natural gas per day, and "Mmcf/d" means one million cubic feet of natural gas per day.

"Mcfe" means one thousand cubic feet of natural gas and natural gas equivalent, determined using the ratio of six thousand cubic feet of natural gas to one barrel of oil, condensate or natural gas liquids, while Mmcfe means one million cubic feet of natural gas and natural gas equivalent,

"Mcfe/d" means one thousand cubic feet of natural gas and natural gas equivalent, determined using the ratio of six thousand cubic feet of natural gas to one barrel of oil, condensate or natural gas liquids, per day, and "Mmcfe/d" means one million cubic feet of natural gas per day.

"Momentum Resources" means Momentum Resources Corporation.

"Net" oil and natural gas wells or "net" acres are det4erimined by multiplying "gross" wells or acres by NXT's working interest in those wells or acres.

"NXT", "we" or our "company" means Energy Exploration Technologies, a Nevada corporation, and our subsidiaries except where otherwise indicated.

"NXT Aero Canada" means NXT Aero Canada Inc., a federal Canadian Corporation.

"NXT Aero USA" means NXT Aero USA Inc., a Nevada corporation.

"NXT Energy USA" means NXT Energy USA Inc., a Nevada corporation.

"NXT Energy Canada" means NXT Energy Canada Inc., a federal Canadian corporation.

"Oil and gas lease" means an agreement between a mineral owner, the lessor, and a lessee which conveys the right to the lessee to explore for and produce oil and gas from the leased lands. Oil and gas leases usually have a primary term during which the lessee must establish production of oil and or gas. If production is established within the primary term, the term of the lease generally continues in effect so long as production occurs on the lease. Leases generally provide for a royalty to be paid to the lessor from the gross proceeds from the sale of production.

"OTC Bulletin Board" means the National Association of Securities Dealers' Over-The-Counter Electronic Bulletin Board.

"Prospect" means a location where both geological and economical conditions favor drilling a well.

"Preferred shareholders" means persons who hold our preferred stock.

"Proved reserves" are the estimated quantities of crude oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids which geological and engineering data demonstrate with reasonable certainty to be recoverable in future years from known reservoirs under existing economic and operating conditions, i.e. prices and costs as of the date the estimate is made. Prices include consideration of changes in existing prices provided only by contractual arrangements, but not on escalations based upon future conditions. Reservoirs are considered proved if economic recovery by production is supported by either actual production or conclusive formation test. The area of a reservoir considered proved includes (A) that portion delineated by drilling and defined by gas-oil and/or oil-water contacts, if any, and (B) the immediately adjoining portions not yet drilled, but which can reasonably be judged as economically productive on the basis of available geological and engineering data. In the absence o f information on fluid contacts the lowest known structural occurrence of hydrocarbons controls the lower proved limit of the reservoir.

"Proved developed reserves" are those proved reserves that can be expected to be recovered through existing wells with existing equipment and operating methods. Additional oil and gas reserves expected to be obtained through the application of fluid injection or other improved secondary or tertiary recovery techniques for supplementing the natural forces and mechanisms of primary recovery are included as "proved developed reserves" only after testing by a pilot project or after the

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operation of an installed recovery program has confirmed through production response that increased recovery will be achieved.

"Proved undeveloped reserves" are those proved reserves that are expected to be recovered from new wells on undrilled acreage, or from existing wells where a relatively major expenditure is required. Reserves on undrilled acreage are limited to those drilling units offsetting productive units that are reasonably certain of production when drilled. Proved reserves for other undrilled units are claimed only where it can be demonstrated with reasonable certainty that there is continuity of production from the existing productive formation. Estimates for proved undeveloped reserves attributable to any acreage do not include production for which an application of fluid injection or other improved recovery technique is required or contemplated, unless such techniques have been proved effective by actual tests in the area and in the same reservoir.

"Royalty interest" is a right to oil, natural gas or other minerals that is not burdened by the costs to develop or operation the property.

"SEC" means the United States federal Securities and Exchange Commission.

"Series 'A' preferred shareholders" means persons who hold our series 'A' preferred stock.

"Series 'A' preferred shares" means shares of our series 'A' convertible preferred stock, par value $0.001.

"SFD" means our stress field detector.

"SFD survey system" means the SFD system we use for aerial surveys comprised of our SFD and integrated electronic data acquisition, processing and interpretation subsystems and software.

"Working interest" is an interest in an oil or natural gas property that is burdened with the costs of development and operation of the property.

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ADVISEMENT

The information set forth in that section of this annual report captioned "Business" is current as of March 20, 2002, unless an earlier or later date is indicated in that section. The information set forth in the sections of this annual report other than that section of this annual report captioned "Business" is current as of December 31, 2001, unless an earlier or later date is indicated in those sections.

We conduct our transactions in the currency of both the United States and Canada, although we consider the United States dollar to be our functional and reporting currency. All references to "dollars" in this annual report refer to United States or U.S. dollars unless specific reference is made to Canadian or CDN dollars. The rate of exchange of Canadian dollars to United States dollars as of December 31, 2001, was CDN $1.5928 to U.S. $1. For information relative to the conversion of our accounts into US dollars, see that section contained in explanatory note 2 to our consolidated financial statements captioned "Foreign Currency Translation".

BUSINESS

Overview

Company

NXT is a technology-based reconnaissance exploration company which utilizes our stress field detection or "SFD" remote-sensing airborne survey technology to quickly and inexpensively identify and high-grade oil and natural gas prospects. Our principal executive offices are located at 840-7th Avenue S.W., Suite 700, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3G2, and our telephone number is (403) 264-7020.

Business

We use our SFD technology to survey large exploration areas from our survey aircraft at speeds of approximately 200 mph to identify and high-grade leads for further evaluation and potential drilling. Our SFD technology is a recently developed technology which we adapted for airborne survey operations and field tested for independent geologists and joint venture partners during 1996 and 1997. We commenced SFD survey activities on a commercial basis for our joint venture partners in 1998.

As a reconnaissance exploration company, we use our SFD technology as a wide-area prospect finding tool. Our SFD technology affords us the relatively inexpensive ability to obtain near real-time analysis and interpretation of potential hydrocarbon prospects in a matter of days or weeks, as compared to months and, in some situations, years, as in the case of the seismic methods currently employed in wide-area exploration activities by the oil and natural gas exploration industry. These advantages are intended to reduce finding costs for our company and joint venture partners. Finding costs include the cumulative costs of acquiring seismic, purchasing mineral rights, and drilling and completing exploration wells. The ability to reduce finding costs is an extremely important financial benchmark in the oil and natural gas industry, insofar as low finding costs represent a measure of an oil and natural gas company's ability to effectively and efficiently find new reserves and to g enerate cash flow. Once SFD prospects are identified, conventional geological and geophysical methods are employed to valuate the potential commercial viability of the prospect.

We conduct our SFD reconnaissance exploration activities, as well as land acquisition, seismic, drilling, completion and production activities to exploit prospects identified using our SFD technology, through two wholly-owned operating subsidiaries: NXT Energy USA which focuses on United States-based exploration principally on behalf of our United States-based joint ventures and our own account, and NXT Energy Canada which focuses on Canadian-based exploration on behalf of our Canadian-based joint ventures and for our own account. All reconnaissance exploration activities are conducted by NXT Energy USA and NXT Energy Canada using NXT-owned aircraft operated by our two wholly-owned aviation operation subsidiaries, NXT Aero USA and NXT Aero Canada USA. NXT concentrates on research and development efforts 

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to improve the efficacy of our SFD survey system, and oversees the operations of and provides management, financial and administrative services to our subsidiaries.

Exploration Properties And Drilling Results And Activities

At December 31, 2001, we owned interests in approximately 20 gross wells (2.82 wells net to our interest) in the Green River basin in Wyoming, the Williston basin in North Dakota, and southern Alberta, and a total of 95,629 and 18,152 gross and net acres, respectively, of developed and undeveloped exploration lands. None of these wells were producing as of December 31, 2001, principally due to delays in connecting the wells to pipeline. Since that date, however, two wells have been connected to pipeline and are producing, and an additional four wells may be connected to pipeline and producing within a month of this annual report. At December 31, 2001, based upon our reserve report, we had net proved undeveloped oil and gas reserves of 2,845 Mmcfe of natural gas and condensate for eleven different wells with a total net present value discounted at 10% of $2,378,000, consisting of 2,593 Mmcf of natural gas reserves and 42 Mboe of oil and condensate reserves.

In the United States through CamWest, our U.S. joint venture partner, we have participated in drilling exploratory wells to date in four exploration blocks: the Ice Caves prospect located in the Williston basin of North Dakota; and three exploration blocks located in the Green River basin of Wyoming-the Poblano/Juel Spring block, the Gold Coast prospect and the Leucite Hills South prospect. We also hold rights to or interests in up to six other prospective exploration blocks in the Green River basin through our joint venture with CamWest. The Green River basin is currently the most active natural gas exploration play in the United States, and NXT holds, through CamWest, working interests in approximately 65,280 gross acres in that basin, plus the right to acquire working interests in an additional 23,360 gross acres based upon developments.

  • At the Ice Caves prospect in the Williston basin, we participated in drilling two exploratory wells in the last six months of 2001 targeting the Red River formation, the first of which was non-commercial and abandoned, and the second of which, the Beta Race 22-6, proved a commercial natural gas discovery in January 2002. This prospect was initially identified by NXT in 1998 using our SFD technology, and subsequently developed by CamWest based upon a 3D seismic program it conducted in late 2000. Initial flow rates for the Beta Race 22-6 well, under which we hold a 22.5% working interest, yielded natural gas at 4.1 Mmcf/d and condensate of approximately 100 Bbls/d at the maximum capacity of the surface test equipment. CamWest is in the process of connecting this well to pipeline, and we anticipate production will commence by the end of April 2002. Due to the limited diameter and operating pressures of the local gas gathering system, we anticipate that production will be constrained at approximately 3 Mmcfe/d.

  • From October 1999 to May 2000, we participated in drilling four deep natural gas exploratory wells at the Poblano/Juel Spring block in the Green River basin, and in March 2002 the first of these wells, the Poblano 1-28, under which we hold a 22.5% working interest, was being completed and tied into pipeline. Poblano and Juel Spring are two contiguous ten square mile prospects which we initially targeted based on our identification through SFD surveys of what we believed to be stratigraphically-trapped over-pressured gas accumulations. All drilling decisions by CamWest were made without the benefit of seismic. The Poblano 1-28 well is currently testing segregated zones in the Mesa Verde. All four wells were shut-in for over 18 months pending the completion of a 144 square mile 3D seismic program completed by CamWest in early 2001 for the purpose of evaluating development decisions, and the decision to complete the three wells (other than the Poblano 1-28) and connect them to pipeline will be made following an evaluation of sustained production from the Poblano 1-28 and other factors, including natural gas prices and developments relating to our pending Antelope Tail prospect described below.

  • We participated in drilling two deep natural gas exploratory wells to date at the 44,800 acre Gold Coast prospect in the Green River basin in summer of 2000, the first of which sustained a 25-foot gas flare at surface during drilling operations but was junked and abandoned after the later collapse of the intermediate casing, and the second of which was non-commercial and suspended. NXT continues to believe that this prospect holds great promise, and consideration of a 3D seismic program is currently underway.

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  • We also participated in an exploratory well which was spudded in fall 1999 at the Leucite Hills South prospect in the Green River basin that was cased as a natural gas well. Development decisions on this prospect are pending based upon environmental consideration.

We are currently preparing through CamWest to drill a natural gas exploratory well on a fourth exploration block in the Green River basin, the 3,360 acre Antelope Tail prospect. This well, Habanero Federal 14-21, is scheduled to be spudded by CamWest in June 2002. The Antelope Tail feature is a complex anticlinal culmination that involves the entire Lance and Mesa Verde formations. The feature has been imaged with proprietary 3D seismic that was acquired and processed in early 2001. Detailed seismic analysis indicates that the Lance and Mesa Verde reservoir rocks are extensively fractured and hence has potentially excellent permeability and therefore, deliverability. In anticipation of obtaining commercial production from the proposed Habanero Federal 14-21 well, Mountain Gas Resources has obtained BLM permission and has surveyed a pipeline right of way to the wellsite. We anticipate that the Habanero Federal 14-21 well will be completed by the end of August 2002.

In Canada through Calpine Canada, our Canadian joint venture partner, we have participated in drilling eleven exploratory wells to date in southwestern Alberta on five separate prospect areas-Beiseker, the Dalroy/Irricana block, Monarch, Carbon and Parflesh. Monarch is located near Lethbridge, while Beiseker, the Dalroy/Irricana block, Carbon and Parflesh are all located in the same general area east of Calgary, Alberta, on lands held by a common mineral owner. We have also acquired drilling rights in several other prospective areas in Canada upon which we have acquired 2D seismic data. At this time NXT's Canadian production is obtained from two wells drilled at the Beiseker block, in which we hold a 5.625% working interest. These wells were tested at a combined 7.1 Mcf/d in February 2000 and have been recently connected to pipeline.

Corporate History

We were initially incorporated in Nevada on September 27, 1994 under the name "Auric Mining Corporation". In January 1996, we acquired all of the common stock of NXT Energy USA (then known as Pinnacle Oil Inc.) from its stockholders in exchange for our common stock. As a consequence of this reverse acquisition, NXT Energy USA became our wholly-owned subsidiary and its stockholders acquired a 92% controlling interest in our common stock. Prior to this transaction, we were a corporate shell conducting no active business, and NXT Energy USA was a development stage research and development enterprise holding world-wide rights to use what is now our SFD technology for hydrocarbon exploration purposes. Immediately after this transaction, we changed our name to "Pinnacle Oil International, Inc", and subsequent to that, on June 13, 2000, changed our name to "Energy Exploration Technologies".

Corporate Objective

Our corporate objective is to become an industry leader in technology-driven oil and natural gas exploration. We believe our SFD technology has the potential to provide significant competitive advantages to our joint venture partners.

Business Strategy

Our primary objective at this stage of our development is to:

  • become profitable and self-sustaining through the development of our current inventory of exploration properties; and

  • to continue to statistically demonstrate and prove-out the efficacy of our SFD technology through the drill-bit on an appropriate number of representative prospects.

We believe that only by proving our SFD technology to oil and natural gas industry explorationists will we be able to achieve the industry market acceptance, and resultant access to the additional capital to fund the exploration, land acquisition and drilling efforts that will be necessary to fully exploit the commercial potential of our SFD technology.

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Summarized Exploration Information

Summary Of Acquisition And Drilling Costs

Summarized below are the oil and natural gas property costs we capitalized for our twelve-month periods ended and as of December 31, 2001 and 2000:

Twelve Months Ended
                             December 31

As of
                         December 31

 

           2001

         2000

           2001

         2000

Acquisition costs

$    573,479

$       58,377

$   1,036,441

$      462,962

Exploration costs

2,813,401

2,827,102

6,011,077

3,197,676

Development costs

55,553

-

55,553

-

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Oil and natural gas properties

3,442,433

2,885,479

7,103,071

3,660,638

Less impairment

(1,616,587)

(499,830)

(2,116,417)

(499,830)

Less dispositions

(69,096)

-

(69,096)

-

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----------------

----------------

----------------

 

Net oil and natural gas properties

$   1,756,750

$   2,385,649

$   4,917,558

$   3,160,808

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Net oil and natural gas property costs are comprised of $2,144,706 ($nil in 2000) of proved property costs and $2,772,852 (2000 - $3,160,808) of unproved property costs. The unproved property costs as at December 31, 2001 consist of the following by year incurred:

Twelve Months Ended
                                                     December 31,

As of
    December 31

            2001

           2000

            1999

                  2001

Acquisition costs

$    561,615

$ 25,654

$    243,899

$    831,168

Exploration costs

1,875,769

65,915

-

1,941,684

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Unproved property costs

$ 2,437,384

$ 91,569

$    243,899

$ 2,772,852

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Since all of our oil and natural gas properties as of December 31, 2001 were either not yet producing or still in the drilling stage, we did not record any depletion to date for these properties.

Summary Of Drilling Results

Summarized below are our drilling results relative to natural gas or oil wells in which we have participated in drilling to date.

 

Wells Shut-In Pending

 

 

Wells Abandoned Because


Total Wells
Drilled
In Period(1)

Wells
Placed In
Commercial
Production


Connection
To
     Pipeline


Further
Development
      Decisions

 


Dry Or
Non-Com-
mercial


Junked For
Mechanical
      Reasons

 

(Gross Wells / Net Wells)

Fiscal 2001:

             

United States

2 / 0.46

-

1 / 0.23

-

1 / 0.23

-

 

Canada

3 / 0.17

-

2 / 0.11

-

 

1 / 0.06

-

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----------------

----------------

----------------

----------------

----------------

   

Total

5 / 0.63

-

3 / 0.34

-

 

2 / 0.29

-

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----------------

----------------

----------------

----------------

----------------

Fiscal 2000:

             

United States

4 / 0.69

-

2 / 0.39

1 / 0.15

-

1 / 0.15

 

Canada

8 / 1.16

-

2 / 0.23

3 / 0.48

 

3 / 0.45

-

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----------------

----------------

----------------

----------------

----------------

   

Total

12 / 1.85

-

4 / 0.62

4 / 0.63

 

3 / 0.45

1 / 0.15

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Fiscal 1999:

             

United States

3 / 0.34

-

2 / 0.23

1 / 0.11

-

-

 

Canada

-

-

-

-

 

-

-

----------------

----------------

----------------

----------------

----------------

----------------

   

Total

3 / 0.34

-

2 / 0.23

1 / 0.11

 

-

-

----------------

----------------

----------------

----------------

----------------

----------------

Cumulative to date

20 / 2.82

-

9 / 1.19

5 / 0.74

 

5 / 0.74

1 / 0.15

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  1. Based on rig release dates.

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Summary Of Proved Reserves

Summarized below are our proved reserves and the present value of the future net revenues (revenues less production and development cost) attributable to those reserves (before income taxes) as of December 31, 2001, as estimated by Dobson Resource Management Ltd., an independent engineering firm.

 

Proved
Developed
       Reserves

Proved
Undeveloped
         Reserves

Total
Proved
Reserves

Natural Gas (Mcf):

     

United States

-

2,086,000

2,086,000

Canada

-

507,000

507,000

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----------------

----------------

Total

-

2,593,000

2,593,000

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Oil and Condensate (Bbls):

     

United States

-

40,000

40,000

Canada

-

2,000

2,000

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----------------

----------------

Total

-

42,000

42,000

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Future net revenue, before income taxes:

     

United States

-

3,043,000

3,043,000

Canada

-

627,000

627,000

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----------------

----------------

Total

-

3,670,000

3,670,000

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Present value of future net revenue, before income taxes:

     

United States

-

2,009,000

2,009,000

Canada

-

369,000

369,000

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Total

-

2,378,000

2,378,000

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Summary Of Acreage

Summarized below is the acreage of land holdings in which NXT holds either a direct working interest under its joint venture agreements, or has a right to acquire a working interest under its joint venture agreements, divided between properties that are proved and are unproved.

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                     Proved

 

                Unproved


Interest (geographical area)

Gross Acres

Net Acres

 

Gross Acres

Net Acres

Wyoming (1)

640

99

 

64,640

8,604

North Dakota

320

54

 

12,960

4,413

Alberta

3,676

742

 

13,112

4,184

British Columbia

-

-

 

281

56

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----------

Total

4,636

895

 

90,993

17,257

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  1. NXT has a right to acquire a working interest through equalization in up to 23,360 and 5,840 additional gross and net acres, 
    respectively, in Wyoming under the joint venture agreement with CamWest.

Description Of Exploration Properties And Programs

Williston Basin, North Dakota, United States

In the United States through CamWest, our U.S. joint venture partner, we hold between a 16.875% and 22.5% working interest in this 7,680 acre prospect located in Billings County, North Dakota. This prospect was initially identified by NXT in 1998 using our SFD technology, and subsequently developed by CamWest based upon a 3D seismic program it conducted in late 2000. At this prospect we have participated in drilling two 13,000-foot exploratory wells targeting two adjacent Red River (Ordovician aged) features for natural gas and condensate reserves. The first well, the Beta Race 14-5, tested oil and water in October 2001. Analysis of the well logs, however, indicated a thicker than anticipated water leg in the Red River, and the well was plugged and abandoned as non-commercial. A follow-up well, the Beta Race 22-6, was drilled in winter 2001 and proved to be a commercial natural gas discovery in January 2002. Initial flow rates for the Beta Race 22-6 well yielded natural gas at 4.1 Mmcf/d and condensate of approximately 100 Bbls/d at the maximum capacity of the surface test equipment. Our reserve report as of December 31, 2001 ascribed a total of 1,258 Mmcfe in net proved undeveloped oil and gas reserves to the Beta Race 22-6 well, consisting of 1,078 Mmcf in natural gas reserves and 30 Mboe of oil and condensate reserves. We have invested approximately $876,493 to date in acquiring drilling rights and seismic data, and participating in exploratory drilling activities, on this prospect.

CamWest is in the process of connecting this well to pipeline, and we anticipate production will commence by the end of April 2002. Due to the limited diameter and operating pressures of the local gas gathering system, we anticipate that production will be constrained at approximately 3 Mmcfe/d. We are currently reviewing 3-D mapping utilizing new downhole data to determine whether follow-up wells can be drilled on the Ice Caves feature.

Green River Basin, Wyoming, United States

In the United States through CamWest, our U.S. joint venture partner, we have participated in drilling exploratory wells in three exploration blocks in the Green River basin to date, the Poblano/Juel Spring block, the Gold Coast prospect and the Leucite Hills South prospect, and intend to drill an exploratory well in a fourth exploration block, Antelope Tail, in June 2002. We also hold rights to or interests in several other exploration blocks in the Green River basin through our joint venture with CamWest. The Green River basin is currently the most active natural gas exploration area in the United States and NXT holds, through CamWest, working interests in approximately 65,280 gross acres in that basin, plus the right to acquire working interests in an additional 23,360 gross acres. We have invested approximately $4,120,538 to date in acquiring drilling rights and seismic, and participating in exploratory drilling activities, in this basin, including $975,000 we have set aside for the proposed Antelope Tail well.

  • Poblano/Juel Spring-Through NXT Energy USA, we hold a combination 5.625% to 22.5% overall working interest and a 2.49% net overriding royalty interest on the Poblano/Juel Spring exploration block. This exploration block consists of two contiguous ten square mile prospects in Sublette County, Wyoming. We targeted this area based on our identification through SFD surveys of what we believed to be stratigraphically-trapped over-pressured gas accumulations. CamWest subsequently acquired interests in each of these blocks, and then negotiated a global agreement with all mineral holders whereby it acquired an overall 75% interest in the Poblano portion of the block, our

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    principal target, in return for a reduced 25% overall interest in the Juel Spring portion of the block. Without the benefit of seismic, CamWest thereafter spudded three deep wells (approximately 12,500 feet) on the Poblano portion of the exploration block-the Poblano 1-28 well in October 1999, the Poblano 9-27 well in March 2000, and the Poblano 7-33 well in May 2000. A third party operator spudded a fourth deep well in October 1999 on the Juel Spring portion of the exploration block-the Juel Spring 3-2 well. CamWest subsequently acquired the third party operator's mineral rights to a portion of the Juel Spring prospect.

    All four wells drilled in the Poblano/Juel Spring exploration block encountered over-pressured gas sands in the Mesa Verde formation that have very low permeability. The pressure gradients at our three Poblano wells appear to be higher than normally encountered in the area. In addition, the Juel Spring 3-2 well also encountered higher than normal pressure gradients. Two of the four wells, the Poblano 1-28 and Juel Spring 3-2, were subsequently cased and completed as natural gas producers. CamWest then shut-in these wells, along with the Poblano 9-27 and 7-33 wells which were cased but not completed, pending completion of the 3D seismic program and the construction of a fifteen mile pipeline as discussed below.

    In late autumn 2000, CamWest sponsored a 144 square mile 3D seismic program for the purpose of delineating fault and fracture patterns developed in Poblano's gas-charged reservoirs, as well as information regarding several other SFD prospects in the surrounding area. This program was completed in early 2001 with satisfactory results leading to, among other things, the delineation and acquisition of the adjoining Antelope Tail prospect discussed below.

    In late 2001, CamWest reached agreement with Mountain Gas Resources to construct a fifteen mile pipeline that would connect the Poblano 1-28 well as well as the recompleted Bull Draw wells and the Antelope Tail exploratory test described below to the Jonah gathering system. The Poblano 1-28 well was connected to this pipeline in March 2002, and is currently testing segregated zones in the Mesa Verde. We anticipate the Juel Spring 3-2 well will be connected to this pipeline later this year. Decisions relative to completing the Poblano 9-27 and 7-33 wells and connecting them into Mountain Gas Resources' pipeline will not be made for several months pending a number of developments, including an evaluation of sustained production at the Poblano 1-28 well and natural gas price trends. Our reserve report as of December 31, 2001 ascribed a total of 983 Mmcfe in net proved undeveloped oil and gas reserves to these four wells, consisting of 923 Mmcf in natural gas reserves and 10 Mboe of oil and condensate reserves.

    The Poblano/Juel Spring exploration block contains a five section block on its northern border which we refer to as Bull Draw. We acquired our rights to this block as part of the global acquisition by CamWest of its interest in the Poblano/Juel Spring blocks in 1999. Although we have not drilled any exploration wells on this block to date, a natural gas well (Bull Draw 3-11) was drilled and completed in the Lance formation by a third party operator in 1994, and then shut-in after unsatisfactory production testing. As part of the agreement under which CamWest acquired our interest in the Antelope Tail prospect, a third party operator agreed, at his sole cost, to recomplete the Bull Draw 3-11 well in several zones in the Lance formation using more advanced fracing techniques. The operator has since completed these recompletion activities and is currently tying the Bull Draw well into Mountain Gas Resources' pipeline. If this well proves commercial, NXT will have the right to p articipate in any step-out or development wells in the Bull Draw block. The results of the recompletion activities and natural gas flows will also provide valuable information for the overall development of the Poblano/Juel Spring block.

  • Antelope Tail- Through NXT Energy USA, we hold a 16.875% working interest (after total depth) in our Antelope Tail prospect as a result of elections we have made under our joint venture agreement with CamWest. The Antelope Tail prospect, which lies on the southern portion of the Pinedale anticline adjoining our Poblano/Juel Spring block to the northeast, consists of a 3,360 acre exploration block in Sublette County, Wyoming.

  • We originally focused on the Pinedale anticline area during the winter of 1998 and in March 1999 while we were conducting SFD surveys over the nearby Poblano area. As part of these survey activities, we conducted a number of SFD surveys over the Pinedale anticline and found this area to be highly prospective. However, 

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    since other operators already held major presence in this area, the decision was made to focus our initial exploration efforts on the Poblano block as it was less tightly held. As previously discussed, CamWest subsequently conducted a 144 square mile 3D seismic program over the Poblano exploration block and adjoining areas, including the southern portion of the Pinedale anticline. This 3D seismic program identified the Antelope Tail prospect and NXT conducted additional SFD surveys to delineate the area of interest. CamWest then acquired drilling rights to the Antelope Tail prospect.

    CamWest anticipates that it will shortly receive a drilling permit to spud a 13,000 foot exploratory well on this prospect in June 2002, targeting both the Lance and Mesaverde formations. A second exploratory well is also planned for this prospect under our current drilling program. Drilling approval for this first well has been delayed since summer 2001 by the BLM for a number of reasons, including environmental issues relating to food sources for black-footed ferrets. This well, Habanero Federal 14-21, is scheduled to be spudded by CamWest in June 2002. The Antelope Tail feature is a complex anticlinal culmination that involves the entire Lance and Mesa Verde formations. The feature has been imaged with proprietary 3D seismic that was acquired and processed in early 2001. Detailed seismic analysis indicates that the Lance and Mesa Verde reservoir rocks are extensively fractured. In anticipation of obtaining commercial production from the proposed Habanero Federal 14-21 w ell, Mountain Gas Resources has obtained BLM permission and have surveyed a pipeline right of way to the wellsite. We anticipate that the Habanero Federal 14-21 well will be completed by the end of August 2002.

    • Gold Coast-Through NXT Energy USA, we hold a combination 11.25% overall working interest and a 1.6% overall net overriding royalty interest on the overall exploration block. The Gold Coast prospect consists of a 44,800-acre exploration block located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. We acquired our interest through elections we made under our joint venture agreement with CamWest after conducting SFD surveys over the prospective area. CamWest has since drilled two deep wells to date at this prospect. The first well, spudded in May 2000, encountered a thick gas and condensate saturated sand section in the intermediate Rock Springs section that sustained a 25-foot gas flare at surface during drilling operations. CamWest was forced to junk and abandon this well without drilling to the deeper formation after the intermediate casing collapsed, allegedly due to manufacturing defects.

      A replacement well selected by the operator which was then spudded in September 2000 one-half mile to the east of the original test well did not encounter the quality of sand and natural gas shows encountered in the Rock Springs in the initial well. The second well proved to delineate the easterly zero edge of the Rock Springs gas bearing sands. In-house mapping suggests that this accumulation blossoms to the west of our first well onto CamWest/NXT controlled land. The deeper Muddy sand was also poorly developed and, despite gas shows from fractured intervals, this well has been suspended. The evaluation of these drilling results and determination of future development activities is pending a number of considerations, including further seismic delineation of the area and the release of adjacent lands for drilling as the result of a pending environmental assessment by the BLM. As a matter of interest, Shell Oil and Wolverine Gas and Oil have licensed and drilled several gas te sts immediately to the northwest of the Gold Coast prospect. The Shell Pacific Creek well is currently in the completion evaluation stage, with results being held in confidence.

    • Leucite Hills South-Through NXT Energy USA, we hold a combination 11.25% overall working interest and a 1.6% overall net overriding royalty interest in our Leucite Hills South prospect, located in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. We obtained our interest as a result of participation on a working interest basis with CamWest in drilling an exploration well on this prospect. In order to acquire drilling rights for this prospect and to earn the right to drill our most prospective location, the owner of the mineral rights required CamWest to farm-in on a test well to be drilled by the owner as operator in a location approximately one mile to the south of our recommended SFD prospect. This well was spudded in September 1999 and cased as a natural gas well. We have not ascertained the potential estimated or proven reserves of this well to date, and will not be able to do so until the well is connected to a pipeline and production tested. The operator will tie the well into a gathering system when additional area production warrants. No additional exploratory or step-out wells ha ve been scheduled for drilling at this location to date.

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      Since the drilling of the first test well, the operator has attempted to obtain a permit to drill a vertical test well on our recommended SFD prospect. However, the BLM has declined to grant the permit due to rugged surface geography. The operator continues to negotiate with the BLM with respect to this matter. If the BLM does not ultimately approve a vertical well, the operator would most likely have to drill a more expensive directional well to access the area.

    We also hold prospective rights to acquire working interests in a number of other tendered prospect in the Green River basin in which CamWest has acquired land positions, including Alkali Creek South and Stage Coach Draw North.

    Set forth below is a map showing the location of our Poblano (including Juel Spring directly to the south), Antelope Tail, Gold Coast and Leucite Hills prospects in the Green River basin:

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    Southwestern Alberta, Canada

  • Beiseker Block- We hold through NXT Energy Canada a 5.625% working interest in two 1,800 meter Pekisko natural gas wells drilled by Calpine Canada on this 1,920 acre block located in the Irricana area of southwestern Alberta. NXT highly recommended the Beiseker block after the completion of SFD surveys in May and June 1999. The Beiseker 8-32 exploratory test well was originally spudded in spring 2001, and recompleted as a 2.4 Mmcf/d horizontal offset test in January 2002. The Beiseker 6-33 horizontal offset well was spudded in August 2001 and tested in September 2001 at 4.7 Mmcf/d with wellhead flow pressures in excess of 1,000 pounds. Production from these wells commenced in March 2002, with net production to NXT of approximately 400 Mcf/d. Our reserve report as of December 31, 2001 ascribed a total of 400 Mmcfe in net proved undeveloped oil and gas reserves to these two wells, consisting of 388 Mmcf in natural gas reserves and 2 Mboe of oil and condensate reserves.

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  • Dalroy/Irricana Block-Through NXT Energy Canada we hold working interests ranging from varying 3.3% to 22.5% in five 2,400 meter wells Calpine Canada has drilled on this 7,000 acre exploration block located in the Irricana area of southwestern Alberta contiguous with our Beiseker block. All five wells were drilled with the assistance of geological mapping together with high-resolution 2D and 3D seismic and extensive geophysical modeling of the Crossfield reservoir. Although four of the five drilled were relatively low ranked SFD anomalies, Calpine Canada decided to proceed based upon seismic date in order to test whether our SFD technology and seismic could image the stratigraphically-trapped Crossfield member of the Wabamun formation.

  • All five wells encountered shallow gas formations that were excluded from our earnings under the terms of the farm-in agreement with the mineral rights holder. Three of the wells, including two horizontal wells, were cased for potential gas production from the Crossfield zone and suspended pending further completion activity by Calpine Canada. The fourth well intercepted a usually productive Basal Quartz channel; however, the channel was found to be shale-filled and the well was abandoned after examining the initial well data. The fifth well encountered non-commercial gas and was abandoned.

  • Monarch-Under our joint venture agreement with Calpine Canada, we hold through NXT Energy Canada a combination 22.5% overall working interest and 3.1% overall net overriding royalty interest on lands acquired by Calpine Canada in this 3,723 acre exploration block located in the Kehoe area of southwestern Alberta. This play focuses on the 3,300 foot deep Bow Island formation, a widespread zone that extends south from the Monarch area to the U.S. border as demonstrated by recent drilling activity. Lower Mannville Sunburst sands are also present in this area and have proven to be attractive gas bearing reservoirs. This prospect was highly recommended to Calpine Canada as a deep anomaly. Subsequently, seismic evaluation confirmed the existence of a deep well-developed Devonian aged structure, however, Calpine Canada elected to test only the shallower Bow Island formation, citing that none of the Devonian aged reservoirs were productive in the area. Bonavista Petroleum and Devlan Energy operate gas gathering and processing facilities in the general area. Calpine Canada's Kehoe 4-20 initial exploratory well on this prospect spudded in March 2000 has been cased and completed. Our reserve report as of December 31, 2001 ascribed a total of 109 Mmcfe in net proved undeveloped reserves to this well. We are awaiting a decision by Calpine Canada regarding its future plans to either develop or sell this prospect.

  • Carbon-Through NXT Energy Canada we acquired a 2.5% overall net overriding royalty interest on lands acquired by Calpine Canada in this 640 acre exploration block located in the Carbon area of southwestern Alberta under our joint venture agreement with Calpine Canada. Calpine Canada spudded the Carbon 16-31 1,970 meter gas test on this prospect in December 1999. This well was completed as a Pekisko natural gas test, and then transferred to PanCanadian which connected the well to pipeline at the end of fiscal 2001 with flow rates of 600 Mcf/d. Our reserve report as of December 31, 2001 ascribed a total of 10 Mmcfe in net proved undeveloped oil and gas reserves to this well, consisting of 10 net Mmcf in natural gas reserves.

  • Parflesh-This play was selected by Calpine Canada to test a deep basement structure identified by the SFD in this exploration block located in the Parflesh area of southwestern Alberta, which 3D seismic indicated could be a thick Mississippian section. The Mississippian zone, when drilled, was determined to be impermeable, and Calpine Canada abandoned the well.

  • We also hold working interest land positions in the following prospects in southern Alberta, pursuant to which we would like to pursue further development activities at some point in the future:

  • Nanton-This play focuses on Swift (Jurassic aged) channel sands containing sweet natural gas at our 6,400 acre Nanton prospect in southern Alberta. These fairly tight and deep (~2700m) sands map as linear shoestring channels with a SW - NE orientation, and are visible seismically as erosional events on the underlying Rierdon surface. Although we have acquired 2D seismic data on this prospect, we need to acquire 3D seismic data in order to more 

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    precisely determine the morphology of the Jurassic channels and to best locate drill sites. The SFD primarily identified Nanton as a deep structure. There also appear to be channel developments, similar to the Hooker gas fields to the immediate north-east. Compton Energy and ExxonMobil have been active drillers in this play with a number of completed wells to date. Recent offsetting drill activity has resulted in the establishment of extensive large diameter pipeline infrastructure with compression necessary to meet Nova line pressure. Our objective is to acquire a 3D seismic program on this prospect and, if warranted, to drill two exploratory wells.

  • Princess-We currently own the Mannville and deeper rights to 512 acres in the Princess area. We have targeted a Lower Mannville channel oil play that is similar to other producing pools in the Princess-Tide Lake area. In addition, several other producing zones including the oil-bearing Pekisko and gas producing Mannville zones are present in this locale. These lands were originally acquired through Calpine Canada to conduct Nisku gas exploration, and our efforts to acquire additional seismic data to further our deep activities in this area are ongoing. There are extensive natural gas gathering systems close by to this prospect operated by CNR, Devon, and PCP. We currently hold a 22.5% working interest in this prospect through Calpine Canada, which at this date does not plan to proceed with further exploratory activities. Our objective is to drill a test well.

  • Reagan-Our primary target at this 1,024 acre prospect are Bow Island-Baron's sands which have produced from the 1-20w4 Reagan pool since the early 1980s. These shallow gas sands are pervasive in the area, draped over underlying structural features and are also trapped stratigraphically. These sands are relatively tight and therefore do not have high deliverabilities, but may be candidates for reduced spacing from the current 640 acre pattern. Pancanadian operates the local gas gathering system in the area and would be the only means of transporting gas at this time. We currently hold a 22.5% working interest in this prospect.

  • Fincastle-This prospect targets Jurassic Sawtooth sands in the Taber area, which we believe to be pervasive and very porous. Hydrocarbons can be trapped in these reservoirs through a favorable combination of structure and stratigraphy. The Fincastle Sawtooth play is geophysically confirmed as a Mississippian-Upper Cretaceous structure over which the Sawtooth and Bow Island sands drape. Lower Cretaceous channels have further enhanced the Sawtooth trap by providing thick lateral shale seals. The Fincastle prospect is within five miles of the Town of Taber. Two gas systems, one operated by Enermark Resources and the other operated by Magrath Energy, cross the prospect lands. We currently hold a 50% working interest in this prospect. We would like to conduct a 2D seismic program and drill an exploratory well at this prospect.

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    Set forth below is a map showing the relative locations of our Beiseker, Nanton, Monarch, Princess, Reagan, Esther and Fincastle exploration areas in southern Alberta:

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    Future Exploration And Drilling Programs

    In the United States, we anticipate that our future activities with CamWest under that joint venture will, due to the large number of actual or prospective prospects involved under our joint venture agreement and the matter of the large capital expenditures required to develop these prospects, be focused on the development of these prospects or disposition of those interests as opposed to conducting exploratory activities in entirely new areas. In potential order of priority, we would expect the joint venture to focus on:

    • drilling two exploratory wells on the Antelope Tail prospect and, if warranted by drilling results, conducting follow-up development drilling activities on this prospect;

    • drilling additional development wells on the Poblano/Juel Spring block to the extent warranted by production results and natural gas prices, and

    • conducting 3-D seismic programs and follow-up exploratory drilling and development activities on our Gold Coast and Alkali Creek South prospects.

    It should be noted that each of the projects described above will potentially require substantial capital outlays in the tens of millions of dollars by the joint venture, and that a significant portion of our management's time will be devoted to ensuring our 

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    continued ability to participate in these projects, including funding our working interest obligations. By way of example, if the initial Antelope Tail test wells are commercial, CamWest and NXT could potentially drill up to fourteen additional wells on this prospect based upon spacing consideration. The anticipated overall cost to drill and complete the first nine wells alone, (which would be the initial project), would be approximately $37.8 million, while NXT's anticipated net cost to participate is approximately $6.38 million. Exploration and development projects at Poblano/Juel Spring, Gold Coast and Alkali Creek South would be of equal or greater size.

    Our exploration efforts in Canada have also been recently reduced as the result of a corporate reorganization that Calpine Canada initiated in late 2001 under the auspices of its U.S. parent corporation. Specifically, during 2001 we had conducted a number of promising investigatory SFD surveys in the Ladyfern and South Adset areas of northeastern British Columbia with Calpine Canada, and had reached tentative agreement with Calpine Canada's senior exploration management team to engage in a broad-based exploration program in these areas in fiscal 2002. In view of this plan we entered into an agreement with a Canadian investment banker in late 2001 to procure project financing on a flow-through share basis. Unfortunately, Calpine Canada's U.S. parent corporation initiated a corporate reorganization and re-evaluation of Calpine Canada's business plan immediately prior to final approval of the transaction. During that process Calpine Canada's senior exploration management team wi th whom we worked left the company, and we believe it is likely that Calpine Canada will no longer engage in exploration activities with NXT other than the development or disposition of existing prospects.

    Based upon the above developments with both CamWest and Calpine Canada as well as our current financial condition and obligations, our exploratory efforts will be significantly reduced in the short-term while we focus on completing and financing continued drilling and development activities in the Green River basin. While we plan to conduct further SFD survey and exploration activities in both the United States and Canada, and have entered into discussions with several prospective partners regarding prospective activities, we are currently limited by fiscal constraints from immediately proceeding with these activities and intend to defer these decisions until the end of fiscal 2002 pending increased revenues from the Antelope Tail project or other sources of revenue or capital. Ultimately our ability to finance continued exploration as well as to develop current projects will be subject to our ability to raise sufficient capital to cover our project expenses and ongoing operati ng costs through a combination of financing, joint venture participation and revenues. For further information regarding these capital constraints see that section of this annual report captioned "Management's Discussion And Analysis Of Financial Condition And Results Of Operations-Capital Requirements Going Forward".

    Analysis Of SFD Survey Results To Date

    The results of our drilling efforts to date have been mixed. These limited results appear to validate the effectiveness of our SFD technology insofar as most of the wells drilled have encountered hydrocarbon bearing formations, although the utility of these results in empirically validating the SFD are complicated by a number of factors. The following factors have impacted our drilling results:

    • a number of drilled and cased wells have not yet been tied into gas pipelines;

    • a number of drilled wells were not completed, due to cost and distance factors;

    • a number of prospects in this locale have not been developed due to environmental considerations;

    • a number of our drilling efforts have encountered zones in shallower horizons which NXT was excluded from participation