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Petrolia Energy Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Wednesday, 11/15/23, at 4:12pm ET · For: 9/30/23 · Accession #: 1493152-23-41500 · File #: 0-52690

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

11/15/23  Petrolia Energy Corp.             10-Q        9/30/23   70:5.6M                                   M2 Compliance LLC/FA

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     22K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     20K 
11: R1          Cover                                               HTML     68K 
12: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    138K 
13: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     46K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
14: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    112K 
                and Comprehensive Income (Loss) (Unaudited)                      
15: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     81K 
                Stockholders' Deficit (Unaudited)                                
16: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    121K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
17: R7          Organization and Basis of Presentation              HTML     25K 
18: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     80K 
19: R9          Going Concern                                       HTML     24K 
20: R10         Notes Receivable                                    HTML     25K 
21: R11         Held for Trading Securities                         HTML     27K 
22: R12         Evaluated Properties                                HTML     63K 
23: R13         Leases                                              HTML     34K 
24: R14         Notes Payable                                       HTML     51K 
25: R15         Related Party Notes Payable                         HTML    103K 
26: R16         Asset Retirement Obligations                        HTML     51K 
27: R17         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     41K 
28: R18         Equity                                              HTML     65K 
29: R19         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     27K 
30: R20         Segment Reporting                                   HTML     71K 
31: R21         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     23K 
32: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    127K 
                (Policies)                                                       
33: R23         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     29K 
                (Tables)                                                         
34: R24         Evaluated Properties (Tables)                       HTML     50K 
35: R25         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     32K 
36: R26         Notes Payable (Tables)                              HTML     48K 
37: R27         Related Party Notes Payable (Tables)                HTML    105K 
38: R28         Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)               HTML     43K 
39: R29         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML     49K 
40: R30         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML     67K 
41: R31         Schedule of Derivative Liabilities Measured at      HTML     29K 
                Fair Value on Recurring Basis (Details)                          
42: R32         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     25K 
                (Details Narrative)                                              
43: R33         Notes Receivable (Details Narrative)                HTML     36K 
44: R34         Held for Trading Securities (Details Narrative)     HTML     36K 
45: R35         Schedule of Company's Current Properties (Details)  HTML     43K 
46: R36         Evaluated Properties (Details Narrative)            HTML     39K 
47: R37         Schedule of Financial Information Lease (Details)   HTML     25K 
48: R38         Schedule of Maturities Lease Liability (Details)    HTML     34K 
49: R39         Schedule of Notes Payable (Details)                 HTML     53K 
50: R40         Schedule of Notes Payable (Details)                 HTML     57K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
51: R41         Schedule of Future Minimum Repayments of Notes      HTML     29K 
                Payable (Details)                                                
52: R42         Schedule of Related Party Notes Payable (Details)   HTML    106K 
53: R43         Schedule of Related Party Notes Payable (Details)   HTML    177K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
54: R44         Schedule of Future Minimum Repayments of Related    HTML     28K 
                Party Notes Payable (Details)                                    
55: R45         Schedule of Fair Value of Asset Retirement          HTML     24K 
                Obligations (Details)                                            
56: R46         Schedule of Change in Asset Retirement Obligations  HTML     38K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R47         Asset Retirement Obligations (Details Narrative)    HTML     26K 
58: R48         Commitments and Contingencies (Details Narrative)   HTML     34K 
59: R49         Schedule of Common Stock Purchase Warrants Issued   HTML     34K 
                and Outstanding (Details)                                        
60: R50         Schedule of Warrants Issuance During Period         HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R51         Schedule of Fair Value of Assumption of Warrants    HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
62: R52         Equity (Details Narrative)                          HTML     54K 
63: R53         Related Party Transactions (Details Narrative)      HTML     30K 
64: R54         Schedule of Long-Lived Assets (Details)             HTML     44K 
65: R55         Segment Reporting (Details Narrative)               HTML     21K 
68: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    121K 
66: XML         XBRL Instance -- form10-q_htm                        XML   1.51M 
67: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Report Info              XLSX    138K 
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                bbls-20230930                                                    
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Petrolia Energy Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 9/30/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

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