History
Truleum spent years chasing Oklahoma oil assets, bought the Logan 1 field in 2022, lost a $6.5 million deal in 2023, and deregistered from the SEC in 2026.
2019-2020: Rogers County and a fight with the auditors
The record opens in March 2019, when the company agreed to buy Oklahoma oil and gas assets from Premier Gas Company for $1.6 million, with a $50,000 non-refundable deposit. The assets were about 3,429 acres in Rogers County with 126 developed wells. The plan was to rework existing equipment first and drill shallow wells later. The filings do not describe a closing or how it would be financed.
In June 2020 the company agreed to buy the 87.5% working interest in the same Rogers project from ZQH and Pure Oil & Gas for $1 million plus discharging a $60,000 note. If the balance was unpaid by December 1, 2020, the sellers could convert it to shares at $1.00 each. Premier, the operator, filed a mechanic's lien and argued the company's share was only 75%. The company said it would contest the lien. It also flagged that a Supreme Court decision, known as McGirt, created uncertainty over land title in the area.
The company then turned to areas outside McGirt's reach. It took an option on the Coral Project from Progressive Well Service, and in September an option on Kadence Petroleum's Logan 2 Project. In July 2020 it also sued its former auditors in Texas, saying it was never told of an SEC investigation and suspension.
2021-2022: Logan 1 and the insider notes
The Coral option became a purchase agreement in February 2022 for leases in Logan County, with 34 well bores. The company owed $490,000 in cash after $110,000 already paid, plus 3% of net revenue from new wells until Progressive received $350,000. It closed on March 9, 2022, and was entitled to production proceeds from January 1, 2022.
In May 2022 it agreed to buy a 75% interest in the Mercury Project in Seminole County for $562,500. The filing showed a new Golden, Colorado address and Jay Leaver signing as President. The Mercury deal was terminated on July 5, 2022.
Insider debt was put on a secured footing. In February 2022 the company converted $906,750 owed to Leaver and $413,206 owed to AEI Management into 7.25% notes, convertible at $5.00 a share and secured on the Logan assets. In August 2022 it closed the sale of 1,729,390 shares at $1.00, plus 259,000 sold earlier. Shares on issue rose from 18,824,106 at the end of 2021 to 21,653,326 at the end of 2022; the share sales account for only part of that increase, and the record does not explain the rest.
2023: A large deal falls through
At the end of 2022 the notes were restructured. Maturity moved to December 31, 2024, and the collateral was narrowed to the Logan 1 assets. In September 2023 the company, now named Truleum, agreed to buy the Ambassador Project from a Nash Oil, Gas, and Power subsidiary for $6.5 million in cash, plus about $100,000 for federal land bonds. It was conditional on financing, and in November it was terminated because financing was unavailable.
The November filing also reported an October 16, 2023 reserve report showing 68,460 barrels of oil and 448,800 mcf of gas as proved developed, and no proved undeveloped. Quitclaim deeds clarified ownership of about 400 more Logan acres covering 9 well bores.
2024-2026: Notes reset and deregistration
The record for 2024 is quiet. On March 24, 2025 the company exchanged the 7.25% notes for new 8.5% senior secured notes totalling $1,461,305.20, covering principal and accrued interest. They were convertible at the lesser of $5.00 or a 10% discount to a 5-day VWAP, and mature in March 2028. As of May 1, 2026, the company had deregistered its securities, ending its obligation to file reports with the SEC. The outcome of the Logan 2 option, the Premier lien dispute and the lawsuit against the former auditors is not shown.
Written from the 14 story beats below (2019 to 1 May 2026), which come from the company's own announcements and filings.