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Petrolia Energy Corp. – ‘10-Q’ for 6/30/19 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On: Thursday, 5/27/21, at 6:06am ET · For: 6/30/19 · Accession #: 1493152-21-13007 · File #: 0-52690

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

 5/27/21  Petrolia Energy Corp.             10-Q        6/30/19   79:5.7M                                   M2 Compliance LLC/FA

Quarterly Report — Form 10-Q

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    412K 
 2: EX-4.01     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     25K 
 3: EX-10.19    Material Contract                                   HTML     65K 
 4: EX-10.20    Material Contract                                   HTML     23K 
 5: EX-10.21    Material Contract                                   HTML     47K 
 6: EX-10.22    Material Contract                                   HTML     65K 
 7: EX-10.23    Material Contract                                   HTML     28K 
 9: EX-10.24    Material Contract                                   HTML     36K 
 8: EX-10.25    Material Contract                                   HTML     21K 
10: EX-10.26    Material Contract                                   HTML     27K 
11: EX-10.27    Material Contract                                   HTML     27K 
12: EX-14.3     Code of Ethics                                      HTML     94K 
13: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     25K 
14: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     26K 
15: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
16: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
23: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     51K 
24: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    111K 
25: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     40K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
26: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML    100K 
                and Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited)                               
27: R5          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in     HTML     88K 
                Stockholders' Equity (Unaudited)                                 
28: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML    149K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
29: R7          Organization and Basis of Presentation              HTML     26K 
30: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     29K 
31: R9          Going Concern                                       HTML     26K 
32: R10         Evaluated Properties                                HTML     41K 
33: R11         Notes Payable                                       HTML     44K 
34: R12         Related Party Notes Payable                         HTML     40K 
35: R13         Derivative Financial Instruments                    HTML     36K 
36: R14         Asset Retirement Obligations                        HTML     35K 
37: R15         Equity                                              HTML     43K 
38: R16         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     28K 
39: R17         Segment Reporting                                   HTML     53K 
40: R18         Revision of Prior Period Interim Financial          HTML     45K 
                Statements                                                       
41: R19         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     36K 
42: R20         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     31K 
                (Policies)                                                       
43: R21         Evaluated Properties (Tables)                       HTML     40K 
44: R22         Notes Payable (Tables)                              HTML     45K 
45: R23         Related Party Notes Payable (Tables)                HTML     42K 
46: R24         Derivative Financial Instruments (Tables)           HTML     39K 
47: R25         Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)               HTML     35K 
48: R26         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML     43K 
49: R27         Segment Reporting (Tables)                          HTML     52K 
50: R28         Revision of Prior Period Interim Financial          HTML     40K 
                Statements (Tables)                                              
51: R29         Evaluated Properties (Details Narrative)            HTML     33K 
52: R30         Evaluated Properties - Schedule of Acquired and     HTML     58K 
                Current Properties (Details)                                     
53: R31         Notes Payable - Schedule of Notes Payable           HTML     61K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R32         Notes Payable - Schedule of Notes Payable           HTML    151K 
                (Details) (Parenthetical)                                        
55: R33         Notes Payable - Schedule of Future Minimum          HTML     36K 
                Repayments of Notes Payable (Details)                            
56: R34         Related Party Notes Payable (Details Narrative)     HTML     31K 
57: R35         Related Party Notes Payable - Schedule of Related   HTML     60K 
                Party Notes Payable (Details)                                    
58: R36         Related Party Notes Payable - Schedule of Related   HTML     99K 
                Party Notes Payable (Details) (Parenthetical)                    
59: R37         Related Party Notes Payable - Schedule of Future    HTML     29K 
                Minimum Repayments of Related Party Notes Payable                
                (Details)                                                        
60: R38         Derivative Financial Instruments (Details           HTML     28K 
                Narrative)                                                       
61: R39         Derivative Financial Instrument - Schedule of Fair  HTML     33K 
                Value of Derivative Liabilites (Details)                         
62: R40         Derivative Financial Instruments - Schedule of      HTML     30K 
                Derivative Liabilities (Details)                                 
63: R41         Derivative Financial Instruments - Schedule of      HTML     36K 
                Fair Value Assumptions of Derivative Liability                   
                (Details)                                                        
64: R42         Asset Retirement Obligations - Schedule of Fair     HTML     27K 
                value of Asset Retirement Obligations (Details)                  
65: R43         Asset Retirement Obligations - Schedule of Asset    HTML     41K 
                Retirement Obligations (Details)                                 
66: R44         Equity (Details Narrative)                          HTML     67K 
67: R45         Equity - Schedule of Common Stock Purchase          HTML     41K 
                Warrants Issued and Outstanding (Details)                        
68: R46         Equity - Schedule of Warrants Issuances During      HTML     38K 
                Period (Details)                                                 
69: R47         Equity - Schedule of Fair Value of Assumptions      HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R48         Related Party Transactions (Details Narrative)      HTML     48K 
71: R49         Segment Reporting - Schedule of Result of           HTML     41K 
                Operation from Production Activity (Details)                     
72: R50         Segment Reporting - Schedule of Revenues Derived    HTML     27K 
                from Major Customers (Details)                                   
73: R51         Revision of Prior Period Interim Financial          HTML     55K 
                Statements - Schedule of Condensed Consolidated                  
                Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Loss                   
                (Details)                                                        
74: R52         Revision of Prior Period Interim Financial          HTML     33K 
                Statements - Schedule of Condensed Consolidated                  
                Statement of Changes in Stockholders' Equity                     
                (Details)                                                        
75: R53         Revision of Prior Period Interim Financial          HTML     40K 
                Statements - Schedule of Consolidated Statement of               
                Cash Flows (Details)                                             
76: R54         Subsequent Events (Details Narrative)               HTML    197K 
78: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    124K 
77: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     92K 
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19: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- bbls-20190630_cal               XML    173K 
20: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- bbls-20190630_def                XML    660K 
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