NOTE 12 – DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

CETI is planning to spin-off the Alvey oil field operations into a new entity. The shareholders of CETI will get a pro rata stock distribution of the new company’s common shares. A new investor group will run the operation.

Accordingly, the Company has categorized Alvey as discontinued operations in the consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2024 and December 31, 2023.

The operating results for discontinued operations have been presented in the accompanying Statement of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 as discontinued operations and are summarized below:

The assets and liabilities of the discontinued operations at December 31, 2024 and 2023 are summarized below:

Property and equipment, at cost, for the discontinued operations consisted of the following at December 31, 2024 and 2023:

Depreciation expense for the discontinued operations for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 was $73,272 and $54,705 respectively.

Oil and Gas Producing Activities

The Company uses the successful efforts method of accounting for oil and gas activities. Under this method, the costs of productive exploratory wells, all development wells, related asset retirement obligation assets, and productive leases are capitalized and amortized, principally by field, on a units-of-production basis over the life of the remaining proved reserves. Exploration costs, including personnel costs, geological and geophysical expenses, and delay rentals for oil and gas leases are charged to expense as incurred. Exploratory drilling costs are initially capitalized, but charged to expense if and when the well is determined not to have found reserves in commercial quantities. The sale of a partial interest in a proved property is accounted for as a cost recovery, and no gain or loss is recognized as long as this treatment does not significantly affect the units-of-production amortization rate. A gain or loss is recognized for all other sales of producing properties. There were capitalized costs of $1,395,461 and $2,571,221 at December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The amount for 2024 is after a write down of $1,395,980 to estimated fair value.

Unproved oil and gas properties are assessed annually to determine whether they have been impaired by the drilling of dry holes on or near the related acreage or other circumstances, which may indicate a decline in value. When impairment occurs, a loss is recognized. When leases for unproved properties expire, the costs thereof, net of any related allowance for impairment, is removed from the accounts and charged to expense. During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, there was no impairment to unproved properties. The sale of a partial interest in an unproved property is accounted for as a recovery of cost when substantial uncertainty exists as to the ultimate recovery of the cost applicable to the interest retained. A gain on the sale is recognized to the extent that the sales price exceeds the carrying amount of the unproved property. A gain or loss is recognized for all other sales of unproved properties. For the years ending December 31, 2024 and 2023, there was no gain or loss recognized for sales of unproved properties. However, CETI is in conversations with various parties relating to the spinoff of the Alvey Oil Field assets.

Costs associated with development wells that are unevaluated or are waiting on access to transportation or processing facilities are reclassified into developmental wells-in-progress ("WIP"). These costs are not put into a depletable field basis until the wells are fully evaluated or access is gained to transportation and processing facilities. Costs associated with WIP are included in the cash flows from investing as part of investment in oil and gas properties. At December 31, 2024 and 2023, no capitalized developmental costs were included in WIP.

Depreciation, depletion and amortization of proved oil and gas properties is calculated using the units-of- production method based on proved reserves and estimated salvage values. During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company recorded no depreciation, depletion and amortization expense on oil and gas properties. The Company will start using the units-of-production method when the field is continuously operational and there are material sales.

The Company reviews its proved oil and natural gas properties for impairment whenever events and circumstances indicate that a decline in the recoverability of its carrying value may have occurred. It estimates the undiscounted future net cash flows of its oil and natural gas properties and compares such undiscounted future cash flows to the carrying amount of the oil and natural gas properties to determine if the carrying amount is recoverable. If the carrying amount exceeds the estimated undiscounted future cash flows, the Company will adjust the carrying amount of the oil and natural gas properties to fair value. During the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, there was no impairment to proved properties.

To cover the estimated future asset retirement obligations ("ARO") related to its oil and gas properties, the Company maintains a $62,337 bond with the Railroad Commission of Texas (“RRC”). With the help of an outside consultant, the Company estimates it would take $5,000 to cap each of the 32 wells on the property so there is a liability of $97,463 to make up the difference. The bond ensures that the Company will cap any wells on the Alvey Oil Field that it decides are no longer productive. Once the Company decides it is finished working the Alvey Oil Field, it can apply to the RRC to have the bond repaid.

Revisions to the liability could occur due to changes in estimated abandonment costs, changes in well economic lives, or if federal or state regulators enact new requirements regarding the abandonment of wells.