Series 22: Combination Drilling And Income

Taken from our Series 22 Top-off Online Guide

Combination Drilling and Income

Oil and gas programs may involve a combination of all three types: exploratory, developmental, and production. A combination may allow the investor to achieve the tax deferrals from intangible and tangible drilling costs while a property is being developed and reap the benefits of production.

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Types of Oil and Gas Programs

Exploratory Programs

Developmental Programs

Income Programs

Characteristics

Locate properties (usually remote) likely to hold oil and gas

Cost of land and mineral rights are low; high exploration costs

Terminate prior to drilling

Benefits from tax deductions and sale of property rights

Locate properties near producing oil and gas wells

Cost of land and mineral rights high; cost of exploration low

Terminates prior to production phase

Benefits from tax deductions and sale of property rights

Purchase existing producing wells

Cost of land and mineral rights very high; exploration costs negligible

No specific termination date

Generates immediate income

Risks

Finding only “dry holes”

Changing environmental and other regulatory rules

Low production from step-out wells

Changing envi