PETROLEUM & RESOURCES CORPORATION - FORM N-Q - SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

FORM N-Q

 

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number: 811-02736
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PETROLEUM & RESOURCES CORPORATION
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

7 Saint Paul Street, Suite 1140, Baltimore, Maryland 21202
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(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Lawrence L. Hooper, Jr.
Petroleum & Resources Corporation
7 Saint Paul Street, Suite 1140
Baltimore, Maryland 21202

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(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (410) 752-5900
Date of fiscal year end: December 31
Date of reporting period: September 30, 2014

Item 1. Schedule of Investments.


SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

 

 

September 30, 2014

(unaudited)

 

    Shares     Value (A)

Common Stocks  — 99.1%

   

Energy — 78.6%

   

Exploration & Production — 27.4%

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (E)

    275,000      $ 27,896,000

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

    339,300        11,091,717

ConocoPhillips

    197,000        15,074,440

Energen Corp.

    165,000        11,919,600

EOG Resources, Inc.

    358,000        35,449,160

EQT Corp.

    140,000        12,815,600

Hess Corp.

    115,000        10,846,800

Marathon Oil Corp.

    571,000        21,463,890

Noble Energy, Inc.

    373,500        25,532,460

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (C) (E)

    150,000        6,271,500

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

    405,000        38,940,750

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

    99,500        19,598,515

Whiting Petroleum Corp. (C) (E)

    140,000        10,857,000
   

 

 

      247,757,432
   

 

 

Integrated Oil & Gas — 25.4%

   

Chevron Corp. (E)

    743,200        88,678,624

Exxon Mobil Corp. (F)

    1,358,430        127,760,342

Suncor Energy Inc.

    350,000        12,652,500
   

 

 

      229,091,466
   

 

 

   

Oil Equipment & Services — 18.1%

  

 

Baker Hughes, Inc.

    30,000        1,951,800

Ensco plc

    140,000        5,783,400

Halliburton Co. (E)

    610,870        39,407,224

Nabors Industries Ltd.

    480,000        10,924,800

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (E)

    250,000        19,025,000

Oil States International Inc. (C)

    170,000        10,523,000

Schlumberger Ltd.

    560,000        56,946,400

Seadrill Ltd. (B)

    200,003        5,352,080

Weatherford International plc (C)

    645,000        13,416,000
   

 

 

      163,329,704
   

 

 

Pipelines — 2.6%

   

Kinder Morgan Inc.

    250,000        9,585,000

Williams Companies, Inc.

    250,000        13,837,500
   

 

 

      23,422,500
   

 

 

Refiners — 5.1%

   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

    132,300        11,201,841

Phillips 66

    431,275        35,066,970
   

 

 

      46,268,811
   

 

 

Basic Materials — 20.5%

   

Chemicals — 16.7%

   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (E)

    84,069        23,473,746

Dow Chemical Co. (E)

    547,500        28,710,900

Eastman Chemical Co. (B)

    144,000        11,648,160

FMC Corp.

    157,000        8,978,830

LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (Class A)

    354,000        38,465,640

Monsanto Co.

    194,400        21,871,944

Praxair, Inc.

    134,500        17,350,500
   

 

 

      150,499,720
   

 

 

General Industrials — 1.1%

   

Packaging Corp. of America

    160,000        10,211,200
   

 

 

Gold & Precious Metals — 0.6%

   

SPDR Gold Trust (C) (E)

    45,000        5,229,450
   

 

 

Industrial Metals — 1.8%

   

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

    487,000        15,900,550
   

 

 

Mining — 0.3%

   

Peabody Energy Corp.

    202,440        2,506,207
   

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $487,010,159)

      894,217,040
   

 

 

 


SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

September 30, 2014

(unaudited)

 

   

Principal/
Shares

    Value (A)

Short-Term Investments — 1.0%

Money Market Account — 1.0%

M&T Bank, 0.10%

  $ 8,841,461      $ 8,841,461

Money Market Funds — 0.0%

Fidelity Institutional Money Market - Money Market Portfolio (Institutional Class), 0.08% (D)

    100,000        100,000
   

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $8,941,461)

      8,941,461
   

 

 

Securities Lending Collateral — 0.4%

(Cost $4,137,344)

   

Money Market Funds — 0.4%

Invesco Short-Term Investment Trust - Liquid Assets Portfolio (Institutional Class), 0.06% (D)

    4,137,344        4,137,344
   

 

 

Total Investments — 100.5%
(Cost $500,088,964)

      907,295,845

Cash, receivables, prepaid expenses and other assets, less liabilities — (0.5)%

      (4,678,572)
   

 

 

Net Assets — 100.0%

    $ 902,617,273
   

 

 

 

Notes:

(A) Common Stocks are listed on the New York Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ and are valued at the last reported sale price on the day of valuation.
(B) A portion of shares held are on loan.
(C) Presently non-dividend paying.
(D) Rate presented is as of period-end and represents the annualized yield earned over the previous seven days.
(E) All or a portion of this security is pledged to cover open written call option contracts. Aggregate market value of such pledged securities is $31,816,600.
(F) All or a portion of this security is pledged to collateralize open written put option contracts with an aggregate market value to deliver upon exercise of $28,512,500.

 

See accompanying notes.

 

 


SCHEDULE OF OUTSTANDING WRITTEN OPTION CONTRACTS

 

 

 

September 30, 2014

(unaudited)

 

 

Contracts

(100 shares

each)

     Security   

Strike
Price

    

Contract

Expiration

Date

    

Value

COVERED CALLS
300     

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

  
$125
    
Oct 14
     $ 10,800
210     

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

  
290
    
Nov 14
     208,950
250     

Chevron Corp.

  
135
    
Dec 14
     5,250
1,250     

Dow Chemical Co.

  
60
    
Dec 14
     67,500
480     

Halliburton Co.

  
75
    
Oct 14
     2,880
500     

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

  
87.50
    
Nov 14
     14,500
250     

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.

  
55
    
Nov 14
     11,250
150     

SPDR Gold Trust

  
140
    
Dec 14
     1,500
150     

SPDR Gold Trust

  
143
    
Mar 15
     5,400
250     

Whiting Petroleum Corp.

  
97.50
    
Dec 14
     16,250
         
    
        
3,790        
    
     344,280
         
    
        
     
 
     
COLLATERALIZED PUTS
400     

Baker Hughes, Inc.

  
62.50
    
Oct 14
     34,000
500     

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

  
30
    
Oct 14
     12,500
500     

Chevron Corp.

  
115
    
Dec 14
     125,000
250     

Energen Corp.

  
75
    
Oct 14
     97,500
250      EOG Resources, Inc.   
85
    
Jan 15
     45,500
250     

EOG Resources, Inc.

  
87.50
    
Jan 15
     57,500
500     

Exxon Mobil Corp.

  
92.50
    
Oct 14
     42,000
500     

Exxon Mobil Corp.

  
90
    
Jan 15
     108,000
150     

SPDR Gold Trust

  
115
    
Oct 14
     19,500
150     

SPDR Gold Trust

  
115
    
Dec 14
     44,700
         
    
        
3,450        
    
       586,200
         
    
        
     
 
     
    Total Option Liability (Unrealized Loss of $41,507 on $888,973 Premiums Received)  
 
  $ 930,480
                     

 

See accompanying notes.

NOTES TO SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS AND OUTSTANDING WRITTEN OPTION CONTRACTS (Unaudited)

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1. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Petroleum & Resources Corporation (the Fund) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a non-diversified investment company. The Fund is an internally-managed closed-end fund emphasizing petroleum and other natural resource investments.

Security Transactions - Investment transactions are accounted for on the trade date. Gain or loss on sales of securities and options is determined on the basis of specific identification.

Security Valuation - The Fund's investments are reported at fair value as defined under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Investments in securities traded on national security exchanges are valued at the last reported sale price on the day of valuation. Over-the-counter and listed securities for which a sale price is not available are valued at the last quoted bid price. Short-term investments (excluding purchased options and money market funds) are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. Purchased and written options are valued at the last quoted bid and asked price, respectively. Money market funds are valued at net asset value on the day of valuation.

Various inputs are used to determine the fair value of the Fund's investments. These inputs are summarized as follows:

The Fund's investments at September 30, 2014 were classified as follows:

 

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total

Stocks

$894,217,040

 

$--

 

$--

 

$894,217,040

Short-term investments

8,941,461

 

--

 

--

 

8,941,461

Securities lending collateral

4,137,344

 

--

 

--

 

4,137,344

               

Total investments

$907,295,845

 

$--

 

$--

 

$907,295,845

               

Written options

$(930,480)

 

$--

 

$--

 

$(930,480)

There were no transfers into or from Level 1 or Level 2 during the quarter ended September 30, 2014.

2. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

For federal income tax purposes, the identified cost of securities at September 30, 2014 was $500,088,964 and net unrealized appreciation aggregated $407,206,881, of which the related gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were $428,185,471 and $20,978,590, respectively.

3. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS

The Fund's investment decisions are made by the portfolio management team with recommendations from the research staff.

The Fund is subject to changes in the value of equity securities held (equity price risk) in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The Fund may purchase and write option contracts to increase or decrease its equity price risk exposure or may write option contracts to generate additional income. Option contracts generally entail risks associated with counterparty credit, liquidity, and unfavorable equity price movements. The Fund has mitigated counterparty credit and liquidity risks by trading its options through an exchange. The risk of unfavorable equity price movements is limited for purchased options to the premium paid and for written options by writing only covered call or collateralized put option contracts, which require the Fund to segregate certain securities or cash at its custodian when the option is written.

When the Fund writes (purchases) an option, an amount equal to the premium received (paid) by the Fund is recorded as a liability (asset) and is subsequently marked to market daily in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, with any related change recorded as an unrealized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. Premiums received (paid) from unexercised options are treated as realized gains (losses) on the expiration date. Upon the exercise of written put (purchased call) option contracts, premiums received (paid) are deducted from (added to) the cost basis of the underlying securities purchased. Upon the exercise of written call (purchased put) option contracts, premiums received (paid) are added to (deducted from) the proceeds from the sale of underlying securities in determining whether there is a realized gain or loss.

4. PORTFOLIO SECURITIES LOANED

The Fund makes loans of securities to approved brokers to earn additional income. It receives as collateral cash deposits, U.S. Government securities, or bank letters of credit valued at 102% of the value of the securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is calculated based upon the most recent closing prices and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. Cash deposits are placed in a registered money market fund. The Fund accounts for securities lending transactions as secured financing and receives compensation in the form of fees or retains a portion of interest on the investment of any cash received as collateral. The Fund also continues to receive interest or dividends on the securities loaned. Gain or loss in the fair value of securities loaned that may occur during the term of the loan will be for the account of the Fund. At September 30, 2014, the Fund had securities on loan of $4,032,338 and held cash collateral of $4,137,344. The Fund is indemnified by its lending agent for loss of loaned securities and has the right under the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.

Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) are effective based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

(b) There have been no significant changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 ) that occurred during the registrant's last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

The certifications of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 are attached hereto as Form N-Q Certifications.

                                                                              
SIGNATURES
 
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act 
of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto  
duly authorized. 
 
Petroleum & Resources Corporation
 
By:  /s/ Mark E. Stoeckle 
  Mark E. Stoeckle 
  Chief Executive Officer 
  (Principal Executive Officer) 
 
Date:  October 17, 2014
 
 
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act 
of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the 
capacities and on the dates indicated. 
 
 
 
By:  /s/ Mark E. Stoeckle 
  Mark E. Stoeckle 
  Chief Executive Officer 
  (Principal Executive Officer) 
 
Date:  October 17, 2014
 
 
 
By:  /s/ Brian S. Hook 
  Brian S. Hook 
  Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer 
  (Principal Financial Officer) 
 
Date:  October 17, 2014