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Isramco Inc – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/16 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 3/13/17, at 5:56pm ET   ·   As of:  3/14/17   ·   For:  12/31/16   ·   Accession #:  1185185-17-562   ·   File #:  0-12500

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/14/17  Isramco Inc                       10-K       12/31/16   80:10M                                    Federal Filings, LLC/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.10M 
 2: EX-23.1     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     27K 
 3: EX-23.2     Consent of Experts or Counsel                       HTML     25K 
10: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     46K 
11: EX-99.2     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML    108K 
 4: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 5: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 6: EX-31.3     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 7: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 8: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
 9: EX-32.3     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
18: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     52K 
19: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    133K 
20: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     43K 
21: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    101K 
22: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     36K 
                (Loss)                                                           
23: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     48K 
                Shareholders' Equity (Deficit)                                   
24: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    123K 
25: R8          1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies       HTML     76K 
26: R9          2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related         HTML     34K 
                Parties                                                          
27: R10         3. Financial Instruments and Fair Value             HTML     58K 
28: R11         4. Long-Term Debt and Interest Expense              HTML     85K 
29: R12         5. Income Taxes                                     HTML     88K 
30: R13         6. Earnings Per Share                               HTML     47K 
31: R14         7. Stock Options                                    HTML     28K 
32: R15         8. Supplemental Cash Flow Information               HTML     44K 
33: R16         9. Concentrations of Credit Risk                    HTML     30K 
34: R17         10. Segment Information                             HTML    190K 
35: R18         11. Commitments and Contingencies                   HTML     29K 
36: R19         12. Asset Retirement Obligation                     HTML     40K 
37: R20         13. Supplemental Oil and Gas Information            HTML    504K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
38: R21         Accounting Policies, by Policy (Policies)           HTML    148K 
39: R22         1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies       HTML     31K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R23         3. Financial Instruments and Fair Value (Tables)    HTML     51K 
41: R24         4. Long-Term Debt and Interest Expense (Tables)     HTML     60K 
42: R25         5. Income Taxes (Tables)                            HTML     89K 
43: R26         6. Earnings Per Share (Tables)                      HTML     45K 
44: R27         8. Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables)      HTML     33K 
45: R28         10. Segment Information (Tables)                    HTML    182K 
46: R29         12. Asset Retirement Obligation (Tables)            HTML     38K 
47: R30         13. Supplemental Oil and Gas Information            HTML    512K 
                (Unaudited) (Tables)                                             
48: R31         1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies       HTML     57K 
                (Details)                                                        
49: R32         1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies       HTML     40K 
                (Details) - Schedule of Property and Equipment,                  
                Estimated Useful Lives                                           
50: R33         2. Transactions with Affiliates and Related         HTML     52K 
                Parties (Details)                                                
51: R34         3. Financial Instruments and Fair Value (Details)   HTML     60K 
52: R35         3. Financial Instruments and Fair Value (Details)   HTML     39K 
                - Fair Value, by Balance Sheet Grouping                          
53: R36         4. Long-Term Debt and Interest Expense (Details)    HTML    287K 
54: R37         4. Long-Term Debt and Interest Expense (Details) -  HTML     44K 
                Schedule of Long-term Debt                                       
55: R38         4. Long-Term Debt and Interest Expense (Details) -  HTML     45K 
                Schedule of Maturities of Long-term Debt                         
56: R39         4. Long-Term Debt and Interest Expense (Details) -  HTML     32K 
                Schedule of Interest Expense                                     
57: R40         5. Income Taxes (Details)                           HTML     44K 
58: R41         5. Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of Effective   HTML     37K 
                Income Tax Rate Reconciliation                                   
59: R42         5. Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of Deferred    HTML     48K 
                Tax Assets and Liabilities                                       
60: R43         5. Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of Income      HTML     37K 
                before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign                          
61: R44         5. Income Taxes (Details) - Schedule of Components  HTML     55K 
                of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)                                  
62: R45         6. Earnings Per Share (Details) - Schedule of       HTML     54K 
                Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted                            
63: R46         7. Stock Options (Details)                          HTML     36K 
64: R47         8. Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details)     HTML     58K 
65: R48         8. Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details) -   HTML     30K 
                Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures                  
66: R49         10. Segment Information (Details)                   HTML     29K 
67: R50         10. Segment Information (Details) - Schedule of     HTML    155K 
                Segment Reporting Information, by Segment                        
68: R51         12. Asset Retirement Obligation (Details) -         HTML     35K 
                Schedule of Change in Asset Retirement Obligation                
69: R52         13. Supplemental Oil and Gas Information            HTML     29K 
                (Unaudited) (Details)                                            
70: R53         13. Supplemental Oil and Gas Information            HTML     35K 
                (Unaudited) (Details) - Schedule of Capitalized                  
                Costs Relating to Oil and Gas Producing Activities               
                Disclosure                                                       
71: R54         13. Supplemental Oil and Gas Information            HTML     32K 
                (Unaudited) (Details) - Schedule of Cost Incurred                
                in Oil and Gas Property Acquisition, Exploration,                
                and Development Activities Disclosure                            
72: R55         13. Supplemental Oil and Gas Information            HTML    120K 
                (Unaudited) (Details) - Schedule of Proved                       
                Developed and Undeveloped Oil and Gas Reserve                    
                Quantities                                                       
73: R56         13. Supplemental Oil and Gas Information            HTML     46K 
                (Unaudited) (Details) - Schedule of Results of                   
                Operations for Oil and Gas Producing Activities                  
                Disclosure                                                       
74: R57         13. Supplemental Oil and Gas Information            HTML     59K 
                (Unaudited) (Details) - Schedule of Standardized                 
                Measure of Discounted Future Cash Flows Relating                 
                to Proved Reserves Disclosure                                    
75: R58         13. Supplemental Oil and Gas Information            HTML     33K 
                (Unaudited) (Details) - Schedule of Standardized                 
                Measure of Discounted Future Cash Flows Relating                 
                to Proved Reserves Disclosure (Parentheticals)                   
76: R59         13. Supplemental Oil and Gas Information            HTML     71K 
                (Unaudited) (Details) - Schedule of Changes in                   
                Standardized Measure of Discounted Future Net Cash               
                Flows                                                            
77: R60         13. Supplemental Oil and Gas Information            HTML     64K 
                (Unaudited) (Details) - Schedule of Quarterly                    
                Financial Information                                            
79: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    141K 
78: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    106K 
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14: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- isrl-20161231_cal               XML    201K 
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16: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- isrl-20161231_lab                     XML   1.11M 
17: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- isrl-20161231_pre              XML    780K 
13: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- isrl-20161231                         XSD    167K 
80: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001185185-17-000562-xbrl      Zip    210K

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