Organization and Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Organization and Related Party Transactions

3. Organization and Related Party Transactions:

The Partnership was organized on January 27, 2004 in accordance with the laws of the state of Delaware. Mewbourne Development Corporation (“MD”), a Delaware Corporation, has been appointed as the Registrant’s managing general partner. MD has no significant equity interest in the Registrant. Mewbourne Oil Company (MOC) is operator of oil and gas properties owned by the Partnership. Mewbourne Holdings, Inc. is the parent of both MD and MOC. Substantially all transactions are with MD and MOC.

In the ordinary course of business, MOC will incur certain costs that will be passed on to well owners of the well on which the costs were incurred. The Partnership will be charged their portion of these costs based upon their ownership in each well incurring the costs. These costs are referred to as Operator charges and are standard and customary in the oil and gas industry. Operator charges include recovery of gas marketing costs, fixed rate overhead, supervision, pumping, and equipment furnished by the operator, some of which will be included in the full cost pool pursuant to Rule 4-10(c)(2) of Regulation S-X. Amounts accrued for and paid to MOC for operator charges totaled $339,971 and $329,823 for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Operator charges are billed in accordance with the Program and Partnership Agreements.

In accordance with the Partnership agreement, during any particular calendar year, the total amount of administrative expenses allocated to the Partnership by MOC shall not exceed the greater of (a) 3.5% of the Partnership’s gross revenue from the sale of oil and natural gas production during each year (calculated without any deduction for operating costs or other costs and expenses) or (b) the sum of $50,000 plus .25% of the capital contributions of limited and general partners. Administrative expenses can only be paid out of funds available for distributions. Under this arrangement, $30,927 and $62,144 were allocated to the Partnership during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

The Partnership participates in oil and gas activities through a Drilling Program Agreement (the “Program”). The Partnership and MD are parties to the Program Agreement. The costs and revenues of the Program are allocated to MD and the Partnership as follows:

			Partnership	MD (1)
Revenues:
	Proceeds from disposition of depreciable and depletable properties		70%	30%
	All other revenues		70%	30%
Costs and expenses:
	Organization and offering costs (1)		0%	100%
	Lease acquisition costs (1)		0%	100%
	Tangible and intangible drilling costs (1)		100%	0%
	Operating costs, reporting and legal expenses, general and
		administrative expenses and all other costs	70%	30%

(1)

As noted above, pursuant to the Program, MD must contribute 100% of organization and offering costs and lease acquisition costs which should approximate 20% of total capital costs. To the extent that organization and offering costs and lease acquisition costs are less than 20% of total capital costs, MD is responsible for tangible drilling costs until its share of the Program’s total capital costs reaches approximately 20%. The Partnership’s financial statements reflect its respective proportionate interest in the Program.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates.

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