Edgar Filing: COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS LTD

Unassociated Document

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008

o	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ________________ to _________________

Commission File Number 1-4668

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


BERMUDA		NONE
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Clarendon House, Church Street, Hamilton, Bermuda		HM 11
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(850) 653-2732

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (l) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 (d) of the Securities Exchange Act of l934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. T Yes ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer o	Accelerated filer o
Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ¨ Yes T No

The number of shares outstanding of the issuer's single class of common stock as of November 13, 2008 was 46,261,604.

Table of Contents

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1	Financial Statements	Page

	Consolidated balance sheets at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007	3

	Consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 and for the period from January 31, 1953 (inception) to September 30, 2008	4

	Consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 and for the period from January 31, 1953 (inception) to September 30, 2008	5

	Notes to consolidated financial statements	6

ITEM 2	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	11

ITEM 3	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk	16

ITEM 4	Controls and Procedures	17

	PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 5	Other Information	17

ITEM 6	Exhibits	19

	Signatures	20

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

September 30, 2008

ITEM 1 - Financial Statements

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(A Bermuda Corporation)

A Development Stage Company

	September 30,			December 31,
	2008			2007
Assets	(Unaudited)			(Note)
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	16,098		$	30,264
Prepaid expenses and other		-			30,040
Total current assets		16,098			60,304

Certificates of deposit, restricted		84,668			135,364
Petroleum leases		2,174,836			2,168,293
Equipment, net		7,045			8,935


Total assets	$	2,282,647		$	2,372,896

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	$	32,564		$	11,125
Amounts due to related parties		664,942			348,208
Total current liabilities		697,506			359,333

Shareholders' equity:
Common stock, par value $.12 per share:
Authorized - 250,000,000 shares
Outstanding - 46,261,604 and 46,211,604 shares, respectively		5,551,392			5,545,392
Capital in excess of par value		32,139,311			32,137,811
		37,690,703			37,683,203
Deficit accumulated during the development stage		(36,105,562	)		(35,669,640	)
Total shareholders’ equity		1,585,141			2,013,563
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity	$	2,282,647		$	2,372,896

Note: The balance sheet at December 31, 2007 has been derived from

the audited consolidated financial statements at that date.

See accompanying notes.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

September 30, 2008

ITEM 1 - Financial Statements

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Expressed in U.S. dollars)

(A Bermuda Corporation)

A Development Stage Company

(Unaudited)

													For the
													period from
													Jan. 31, 1953
													(inception)
	Three months ended September 30,						Nine months ended September 30,						to September 30,
	2008			2007			2008			2007			2008

Interest and other income	$	1,587		$	8		$	3,960		$	4,815		$	3,983,874
Gain on settlement		-			-			-			-			8,124,016
		1,587			8			3,960			4,815			12,107,890
Expenses:
Legal fees and costs		37,640			36,956			115,006			121,432			17,533,901
Administrative expenses		63,384			63,862			221,900			223,490			10,804,121
Salaries		31,250			31,250			93,750			104,150			4,240,181
Shareholder communications		2,066			469			9,226			10,697			4,124,921
Goodwill impairment		-			-			-			-			801,823
Write off of unproved properties		-			(34,766	)		-			51,026			6,631,505
Exploration costs		-			-			-			-			247,465
Lawsuit judgments		-			-			-			-			1,941,916
Minority interests		-			-			-			-			(632,974	)
Other		-			-			-			-			364,865
Contractual services		-			-			-			-			2,155,728
		134,340			97,771			439,882			510,795			48,213,452

Income tax benefit		-			-			-			-			-

Net loss	$	(132,753	)	$	(97,763	)	$	(435,922	)	$	(505,980	)

Deficit accumulated during the development stage													$	(36,105,562	)

Weighted average number of Shares outstanding (basic & diluted)		46,229,122			46,221,604			46,211,604			46,211,604

Net loss per share (basic & diluted)	$	(.00	)	$	(.00	)	$	(.00	)	$	(.00	)

See accompanying notes.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

September 30, 2008

ITEM 1 - Financial Statements

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)

(A Bermuda Corporation)

A Development Stage Company

(Unaudited)

								For the period
								from Jan. 31, 1953
								(inception)
		Nine months ended						to
		September 30,						September 30,
		2008			2007			2008
Operating activities:
Net loss	$	(435,922	)	$	(505,980	)	$	(36,105,562	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Gain on settlement		-			-			(8,124,016	)
Goodwill impairment		-			-			801,823
Minority interest		-			-			(632,974	)
Depreciation		1,890			1,890			5,928
Write off of unproved properties		-			51,026			6,690,752
Common stock issued for services		-			-			119,500
Compensation recognized for stock option grant		-			-			75,000
Recoveries from previously written off properties		-			-			252,173
Net change in:
Prepaid expenses and other		30,040			29,256			-
Income taxes receivable		-			-			-
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities		338,173			204,494			697,507
Income taxes payable		-			-			-
Net cash used in operating activities		(65,819	)		(219,314	)		(36,219,869	)

Investing activities:
Additions to oil, gas, and mineral properties
net of assets acquired for common stock and reimbursements		(224,363	)		(207,140	)		(6,427,452	)
Well drilling costs		-			(51,026	)		(1,071,011	)
Sale of unproved nonoperating interests		217,820			89,175			512,434
Net proceeds from settlement		-			-			8,124,016
Proceeds from relinquishment of surface rights		-			-			246,733
Redemption (purchase) of certificate of deposit		50,696			(3,596	)		(84,668	)
Purchase of minority interest in CPC		-			-			(801,823	)
Purchase of fixed assets		-			-			(74,623	)
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities		44,153			(172,587	)		423,606

Financing activities:
Loan proceeds		-			126,000			-
Loans from officers		-			-			111,790
Repayments of loans from officers		-			-			(111,790	)
Sale of common stock net of expenses		-			-			30,380,612
Shares issued upon exercise of options		7,500			-			891,749
Sale of shares by subsidiary		-			-			820,000
Sale of subsidiary shares		-			-			3,720,000
Net cash provided by financing activities		7,500			126,000			35,812,361
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents		(14,166	)		(265,901	)		16,098
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		30,264			342,541			-
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	16,098		$	76,640		$	16,098

See accompanying notes.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

September 30, 2008

ITEM 1 Financial Statements

Note 1. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements include Coastal Caribbean Oils & Minerals, Ltd. (“the Company”) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Coastal Petroleum Company (“Coastal Petroleum”) and have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. All such adjustments are of a normal recurring nature. Operating results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2008. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

Note 2. Going Concern

As of September 30, 2008, the Company had no revenues, had recurring losses from operations and has had an accumulated deficit during the development stage. The Company's current cash position is not adequate to fund existing operations or exploration and development of its oil and gas properties. Management currently has in place an agreement with a party covering part of the Company’s leases under which the party will drill a test well and have the option to purchase a 50% working interest in the leases covered by the agreement. If the party exercises the option, the Company would receive approximately $1,000,000, although there is no assurance drilling will be successful or the option will be exercised. The Company also has an agreement with another party, under which the party has the option to purchase a 50% working interest in the Company’s remaining Valley County leases by paying $1,000,000 in drilling costs on the Company’s behalf, although there is no assurance drilling will be successful or the option will be exercised. These situations raise substantial doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. These consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or amounts and classification of liabilities, which may result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Note 3. Net income (loss) per share

Net income (loss) per share is based upon the weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. The Company’s basic and diluted calculations of EPS are the same because the exercise of options is not assumed in calculating diluted EPS, as the result would be anti-dilutive.

Note 4. Oil & Gas Development Activity

Montana Leases

The Company’s primary presence in Montana is in Valley County, where it holds leases covering approximately 124,882 net acres, which the Company acquired in three separate acquisitions between July 2005 and February 2006. The leases acquired in those acquisitions are contiguous to each other and are referred to collectively as “the Valley County Leases.” The Valley County Leases are subject to various overriding royalty interests to others ranging up to 19.5%. These leases expire in years from 2011 to 2016.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

September 30, 2008

ITEM 1 Financial Statements (Continued)

Note 4. Oil & Gas Development Activity (Continued)

The Company has an agreement with a consultant entity, controlled by one of the Company’s Directors, to identify Mississippian Lodgepole Reef prospects to be drilled on and near its Valley County Leases. Previously under the agreement, the Company was required to drill a test well on an identified Lodgepole Reef prospect by a certain deadline, however, there is no longer a drilling obligation under the agreement.

In May 2008, the Company entered an agreement with Cobra Oil and Gas. Under the agreement, Cobra paid Coastal $180,000 for the option to acquire a half interest in approximately 87,000 acres of Coastal’s Valley County Leases. The agreement allowed the Company to pay its Lease rentals that were due June 1^st and brings in a new party to explore on the Leases. Cobra will have two years to exercise the option by spending $1,000,000 on behalf of the Company, drilling wells on the leases under the agreement. Those leases include approximately 62,000 acres of leases that were formally under an agreement with F-Cross Resources that expired earlier this year and more than 20,000 acres of other leases Coastal held in Valley County.

In August 2007, the Company entered into a farm-out agreement with Western Standard Energy Corp. (“Western Standard”) Under the agreement Western Standard paid $40,000 up front to Coastal and then paid an additional $255,000 to cover the costs of drilling the first well to test a shallow natural gas prospect in Valley County, Montana and $129,000 to cover associated lease rentals. Western Standard will have a 100% working interest in the well until payout when it will be reduced to 80% with Coastal receiving the remaining 20% working interest.

The first well under this agreement was drilled during October 2007, to test a shallow natural gas prospect near the middle of the Company’s Valley County Leases. The well, known as the Federal 1-19 Well, had three objectives: to confirm the 34,000 acre Starbuck East Prospect by finding that the Eagle formation was high to surrounding wells off the Prospect; to confirm that there were good natural gas shows in the Starbuck East Prospect; and to find commercial gas in either the Eagle formation or the Judith River formation. The first two objectives were met. Due to drilling damage, the third objective has not yet been met.

During October 2007, the Federal 1-19 well reached a total depth of 1,126 feet, and confirmed the structural high that was targeted. The well also had gas shows in two zones. Casing was run into the hole and operations to complete and test the well were scheduled to begin at the end of November, but were delayed by equipment repairs. The well is located on Federal land and the Bureau of Land Management would not allow the completion and testing operations or any further drilling to begin until July 2008, so operations were suspended until that time. The Company also received an additional $29,000 from Western Standard to cover additional drilling and other costs associated with the delay in well completion, which has been recorded as a reduction in capitalized petroleum lease costs. Western Standard paid the estimated well completion costs of $65,000 and operations to complete and test the well were performed in two stages during the third quarter and proceeded to the third stage subsequent to the end of the third quarter. In October 2008, the Company received approximately $29,000 from Western Standard to pay for the third stage of operations which included stimulation of the well, a common procedure in completing oil and gas wells.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

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ITEM 1 Financial Statements (Continued)

Note 4. Oil & Gas Development Activity (Continued)

The Company was unable to determine by this well whether the target formations contain economic quantities of gas. Drilling damage in the well prevented the testing of either of the prospective formations at this location. Completion efforts found that the Eagle formation was damaged by the initial drilling and the formation was not able to be tested from this well. Further drilling into the Eagle formation during completion did not yield gas like the gas show seen from the upper part of the formation that was damaged. The Judith River formation, a secondary target, was damaged by drilling fluids lost into the formation while drilling through it to get to the Eagle formation, the primary target. Future wells to test this structure will incorporate the information obtained from these wells to prevent that damage from occurring again in other locations on the structure.

It is not unusual that the first well confirming a structure does not become a producing well. The test well did produce valuable information about the two gas bearing formations and their potential for economically feasible commercial gas production. Problems encountered in drilling the test well can now be avoided when future wells are drilled on the Starbuck East Prospect. With the first two objectives met, the Company will now focus on achieving the third objective, specifically finding commercial gas in either the Eagle or Judith River formations.

Now that the test well is completed, Western Standard has 30 days to exercise its option to purchase a 50% interest in approximately 42,000 (37,000 after some leases have expired) acres near the well location (referred to as “Valley County Shallow Gas Assembly”). The cost to exercise the option would be $1,000,000, payable in $200,000 installments based on certain milestones related to drilling step-out wells. The Company currently has permits to drill two of the step-out wells and is in the permitting process for permits to drill two additional step-out wells.

F-Cross Resources, LLC (“F-Cross”) will continue to hold its interest in the section in which it drilled a well under the September 2007 agreement which has otherwise expired. Under that agreement the Company received $50,000 from F-Cross Resources, LLC (“F- Cross”) when the two parties entered into a farm-out agreement covering approximately 64,000 acres (now 62,000 after some leases expired) on the northwest part of the Company’s Valley County Leases. Under the agreement, F-Cross had the option to drill a Lodgepole test well within six months and after drilling that well had the further option to acquire an interest in surrounding acreage. F-Cross is to pay for the cost of drilling the initial well and will receive a 100% working interest in the well until payout and an 80% working interest subsequent to payout. The first Lodgepole test well under the agreement was drilled in November, 2007, but the well is awaiting completion and testing of several zones which have potential for both oil and gas. Unlike the shallow gas well on Federal land, this well is located on State land and provided that there is no State objection, the Company expects F-Cross will resume operations to complete and test the well once the weather and regulators permit it, although to date those operations have not been resumed. F-Cross did not meet the requirements in the agreement and in late March the option to acquire an interest in additional acreage expired, leaving F-Cross with rights only in the section in which it drilled the well.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

September 30, 2008

ITEM 1 Financial Statements (Continued)

Note 4. Oil & Gas Development Activity (Continued)

North Dakota Leases

In July 2005, the Company acquired leases to the deeper rights in approximately 21,688 net acres in and near Slope County, North Dakota for a one time fee of $50,000 from an entity controlled by one of the Company’s Directors and the Company has invested some additional funds to geochemically test and high-grade these and other prospects on the leases. Since that time, some of the leases have expired and the Company currently holds leases on approximately 8,510 net acres in North Dakota. The Company is obligated to drill a test well on the original leases totaling 7,031 acres before January 31, 2009, and has the option to drill the remaining Lodgepole Reef prospects on these leases. That deadline has been extended in the past and may be extended again. The Company intends to team with other entities to share the cost of the initial 9,700 foot test well, the total estimated drilling cost of which is estimated to be $1,500,000, however, it is unlikely that the Company will be able to identify and contract with a team prospect prior to the expiration date. The leases making up the remaining acreage were leased by the Company and have no obligation associated with them.

In an effort to explore the North Dakota leases, in December of 2007 the Company entered a new farm-out agreement with Western Standard. Under the agreement, the Company assigned leases over four of its high-graded Lodgepole Reef prospects to Western Standard in return for $80,000. The Company received $40,000 in November 2007, $25,000 in February 2008 and $15,000 in April 2008, which was recorded as a reduction in capitalized petroleum lease costs. The Company will also retain a back-in working interest of 20% in the leases after payout. Oil For America has agreed to waive the drilling obligation on these four prospects. The Company still retains additional Lodgepole reef prospects on its North Dakota leases that are not covered by this farm-out agreement.

Note 5. Income Taxes

For the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2008 and 2007, the Company reported a loss for both financial statement reporting and income tax purposes. The Company has provided a 100% valuation allowance on its deferred tax asset as a result of its net operating loss carryforwards. The Company has approximately $10,000,000 in net operating loss carryforwards at December 31, 2007.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

September 30, 2008

ITEM 1 Financial Statements (Continued)

Note 6. Related Party Transactions

Pursuant to a written agreement with respect to the Valley County Leases, the Company uses an entity controlled by an individual who is a shareholder, officer and director of the Company to perform geotechnical analysis of potential drilling sites at a cost of $1,000 per site. The Company paid no amounts to this entity for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2008, and 2007, respectively.

The Company pays a monthly retainer to the law firm of Angerer & Angerer which has been litigation counsel to the Company for more than twenty-five years and continues to serve the Company in that capacity as well as others including general counsel services, management services, public relations, shareholder relations and representing the Company before state and federal agencies for permitting. The principals of the law firm include two individuals who are collectively shareholders, officers and a director of the Company. The Company expensed $108,000 and $108,000 in legal fees for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively, including $36,000 and $36,000 in legal fees for the three month periods ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. The Company owes $204,000 in accrued legal fees to Angerer & Angerer as of September 30, 2008.

The Company has retained the law firm of Igler & Dougherty, P.A. as securities counsel. One of the Company’s directors is a shareholder in the law firm. The Company expensed $12,447 and $10,716 in legal fees and costs for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively, including $2,768 and $956 in legal fees for the three month periods ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively.

Note 7. Note Payable

The Company borrowed $126,000 in May 2007 to pay lease obligations that were due in June 2007. The note required the loan to be repaid prior to the spudding of the first well on any of the approximately 42,000 (37,000 after some leases have expired) acres of the Company’s leases that are covered by the loan agreement. Coastal assigned a 5% overriding royalty interest (before all expenses) in 8/8ths of the oil or natural gas produced from those Valley County Montana leases to the lender. The loan was repaid on October 15, 2007, prior to the spudding of the first well on the acreage, out of the money advanced by Western Standard Energy Corp. to drill the first well under their agreement with the Company.

Note 8. Stock Transactions

In March 2008, the Company received $7,500 from the exercise of outstanding stock options for 50,000 shares from Robert J. Angerer, Sr., a vice president and a director of the Company.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

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ITEM 2 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Forward Looking Statements

Statements included in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, which are not historical in nature are intended to be forward looking statements. The Company cautions readers that forward looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward looking statements. Among the risks and uncertainties are: the uncertainty of securing additional financing through the sale of shares of Coastal Petroleum and/or Coastal Caribbean; changes in the income tax laws relating to tax loss carry forwards; the failure of the Company’s test wells to locate oil or gas reserves or the failure to locate oil or gas reserves which are economically feasible to recover; reductions in world wide oil or gas prices; adverse weather conditions; or mechanical failures of equipment used to explore the Company’s leases.

Critical Accounting Policies

The Company follows the full cost method of accounting for its oil and gas properties. All costs associated with property acquisition, exploration and development activities whether successful or unsuccessful are capitalized

The capitalized costs are subject to a ceiling test which basically limits such costs to the aggregate of the estimated present value discounted at a 10% rate of future net revenues from proved reserves, based on current economic and operating conditions, plus the lower of cost or fair market value of unproved properties.

The Company assesses whether its unproved properties are impaired on a periodic basis. This assessment is based upon work completed on the properties to date, the expiration date of its leases and technical data from the properties and adjacent areas. Using this assessment, Management has determined that the Company’s leases are not impaired.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity

The Company has no available cash, excluding certificate of deposits pledged for drilling permits, at September 30, 2008, compared to $30,000 at December 31, 2007. Our current liabilities exceed our current assets by $680,000 at September 30, 2008. We have suspended payments to our directors, general legal counsel, and employee since the second quarter of 2007 and have accrued $665,000 in expenses as of September 30, 2008. We received $195,000 from the sale of unproved lease rights and redeemed a $50,000 certificate of deposit released from restrictions as a drilling bond during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, which we used primarily to pay our annual lease payments and other operating expenses.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

September 30, 2008

ITEM 2 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

During 2008, we received $180,000 and $40,000 respectively under farm-out agreements for lease and drilling rights on our Montana and North Dakota leases. During 2007, we received approximately $309,000 under various agreements for lease and drilling rights and the options to acquire additional rights. Also during 2007, we received $255,000 that was used to drill one of the wells on our leases.

During 2008, we have paid lease rentals of $201,000. We have additional lease payments of approximately $22,000 due in November 2008. We may need to sell additional lease rights to obtain the cash to make these payments, although there is no guarantee we will be able to sell additional lease rights. Western Standard has paid for estimated gas well completion costs of $65,000 and funds are in place for the completion and testing operations.

We received $7,500 in March 2008 from the exercise of outstanding stock options from Robert J. Angerer, Sr., our vice president and a director of the Company.

As of September 30, 2008, we had no revenues, had recurring losses prior to 2005 and since 2005, and had an accumulated deficit during the development stage. Our current cash position is not adequate to fund existing operations or exploration and development of its oil and gas properties. We currently have in place an agreement with a party covering part of our leases under which the party will drill a test well and have the option to purchase a 50% working interest in the leases covered by the agreement. If the party exercised the option, we would receive approximately $1,000,000, although there is no assurance drilling will be successful or the option will be exercised. The Company also has an agreement with another party, under which the party has the option to purchase a 50% working interest in the Company’s remaining Valley County leases by paying $1,000,000 in drilling costs on the Company’s behalf, although there is no assurance drilling will be successful or the option will be exercised. These situations raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

Capital Resources

In Montana, we have obtained the rights to explore for oil and gas in one area which will be our primary area of focus. This primary area is a large assembly of leases covering approximately 124,882 net acres in Valley County, located in northeastern Montana close to known production from a Lodgepole reef. This area of Montana has a number of other producing formations in addition to the Lodgepole, including the Eagle sands. Currently we have two agreements with two different entities covering separate areas of the leases and exploration has begun on those leases. During 2006, we drilled two wells on lands outside these leases and they did not find economic quantities of oil or gas and were abandoned. We also hold leases in southwestern North Dakota and have an agreement covering four Lodgepole prospects on those leases.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

September 30, 2008

ITEM 2 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

The first of the two agreements we entered into was a farm-out agreement with Western Standard Energy Corp. (“Western Standard”) in August 2007. Under the agreement, Western Standard paid us $40,000 at execution and then paid an additional $384,000. From the $384,000, $255,000 was paid to cover the costs of drilling the first well to test a shallow natural gas prospect in Valley County, Montana and $129,000 was paid to cover associated lease rentals. Western Standard will have a 100% working interest in the first well until payout when it will be reduced to 80% and we will receive the other 20% working interest. Upon receiving the funds to cover lease rentals, we repaid in full our loan of $126,000. Under the loan agreement, the individual that loaned us the money continues to hold a 5% overriding royalty on the same approximately 42,000 (37,000 after some leases have expired) acres that are covered in the Western Standard farm-out agreement.

During October 2007, the Federal 1-19 well reached a total depth of 1,126 feet and confirmed the structural high that we believed to be there. The well also had gas shows in two zones. Casing was run into the hole and operations to complete and test the well were scheduled to begin at the end of November, but were delayed by equipment repairs. The well is located on Federal land and the Bureau of Land Management would not allow the completion and testing operations or any further drilling to begin between December 1st and July 1st, so operations were suspended until July. In December, we entered a Memorandum of Understanding with Western Standard which led to a farm-out agreement on our North Dakota Leases discussed below, but also allowed us to use $29,000 of the funds from Western Standard originally sent to cover completion to now cover lease rental and other costs associated with the delay in well completion. Western Standard paid the estimated well completion costs of $65,000 and operations to complete and test the well were performed in two stages during the third quarter and proceeded to the third stage subsequent to the end of the third quarter. In October 2008, the Company received approximately $29,000 from Western Standard to pay for the third stage of operations which included stimulation of the well, a common procedure in completing oil and gas wells.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

September 30, 2008

ITEM 2 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

It is not unusual that the first well confirming a structure does not become a producing well. The test well did produce valuable information about the two gas bearing formations and their potential for economically feasible commercial gas production. Problems encountered in drilling the test well can now be avoided when future wells are drilled on the Starbuck East Prospect. With the first two objectives met, we will now focus on achieving the third objective, specifically finding commercial gas in either the Eagle or Judith River formations.

Western Standard now has 30 days from the completion to exercise its option to purchase a 50% interest in approximately 42,000 (37,000 after some leases have expired) acres near the well location (referred to as “Valley County Shallow Gas Assembly”). The cost to exercise the option would be $1,000,000, payable in $200,000 installments based on certain milestones related to drilling step-out wells. We have received permits to drill two step-out wells and are currently in the permitting process for two more.

We entered the second agreement with Cobra Oil and Gas, in May of 2008. Under the agreement, Cobra has paid Coastal $180,000 for the option to acquire a half interest in approximately 87,000 acres of Coastal’s Valley County Leases. The agreement allowed us to pay our Lease rentals that were due June 1, 2008 and brings in a new party to explore on the Leases. Cobra will have two years to exercise the option by spending $1,000,000 on our behalf, drilling wells on the leases under the agreement. Those leases include approximately 62,000 acres of leases that were formally under an agreement with F-Cross Resources that expired earlier this year and more than 20,000 acres of other leases Coastal held in Valley County.

F-Cross Resources, LLC (“F-Cross”) will continue to hold its interest in the section in which it drilled a well under the September 2007 agreement which has otherwise expired. Under that agreement we received $50,000 from F-Cross at the execution of a farm-out agreement covering approximately 64,000 acres (now 62,000 after some leases expired) on the northwest part of our Valley County Leases. Under the agreement, F-Cross had the option to drill a Lodgepole test well within six months and after that well had the further option to acquire an interest in surrounding acreage. F-Cross is to pay for the cost of drilling the initial well and will receive a 100% working interest in the well until payout and an 80% working interest after payout. F-Cross exercised its option and drilled the first Lodgepole test well during November, 2007. The well is awaiting completion and testing of several zones which have potential for both oil and gas. Unlike the shallow gas well on Federal land, this well is located on State land and provided that there is no State objection, we expect that F-Cross will resume operations to complete and test the well once the weather and state regulators permit it, however those operation have not yet been resumed. F-Cross did not meet the requirements in the agreement and in late March the option to acquire an interest in additional acreage expired, leaving F-Cross with the interest in the section in which it drilled the well.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

September 30, 2008

ITEM 2 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

The two wells we were involved with drilling during 2006 and that were abandoned during 2007 were drilled in Montana, but in areas outside of and as far as 130 miles from our Valley County Leases and were farm-in wells on leases held by others. Both of those wells reached the targeted Lodgepole reefs, but no gas or oil was present in economic quantities. We will not pursue any further drilling in these areas. The second of these wells was drilled with partners and there are approximately $115,000 in unpaid expenses related to this well that are collectively the responsibility of the various partners. This amount is not reflected as a liability in the accompanying financial statements.

In North Dakota, we control the working interest on approximately 8,510 net acres in Slope, Billings, and Stark Counties, on which a number of drillable prospects have been mapped to date. The depth of wells here is greater than in Montana (approximately 9,500 feet versus approximately 5,000 feet), and so the cost of drilling is higher. A typical North Dakota wildcat well costs about $1.5 million to drill. We intend to bring in others to share the risk and investment in wells we drill in North Dakota until we are in a stronger financial position.

Through our efforts to bring in others to explore our North Dakota leases, in December of 2007 we entered a new farm-out agreement with Western Standard. Under the agreement, we assigned leases over four of our high-graded Lodgepole Reef prospects to Western Standard in return for $80,000. We received $40,000 in November 2007, $25,000 in February 2008 and $15,000 in April 2008. We will also retain a back-in working interest of 20% in the leases after payout. The leases cover all rights below the Tyler formation, including the Lodgepole formation, with an 80% net revenue interest. We acquired these and other leases in the area in 2005 from Oil For America for $50,000 and we have invested some additional funds to geochemically test and high-grade these and other prospects on the leases. Oil For America has agreed to waive the drilling obligation on these four prospects. We will still retain additional Lodgepole reef prospects on our North Dakota leases not covered by this farm-out agreement.

As briefly described above, in the Memorandum of Understanding which gave rise to the new farm-out agreement, Western Standard also agreed that we could use the more than $29,000 originally forwarded to be used for completion of the first shallow gas well to cover the costs associated with the delay in operations, including annual rentals. This amount combined with the $80,000 paid for the four reef prospects helped cover our operations during the first half of 2008.

Results of Operations

Nine months ended September 30, 2008 vs. September 30, 2007

We did not conduct drilling activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 or 2007, due to weather and/or landowner access restrictions on our leases from January 1^st to July 1^st. We performed some completion work in two stages during the 3^rd quarter and expect to finish the remainder of the operations, including completion work, stimulation and testing of the well, during the 4thquarter of 2008. Substantially all the drilling activity on our leases for 2007 was financed under farm-out agreements with other entities, and we expect that to continue in 2008.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

September 30, 2008

ITEM 2 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (Continued)

Therefore, our expenses are primarily administrative and our 2008 expenses remained consistent with 2007 amounts. During 2007, we incurred $51,000 to prepare our 2006 wells for abandonment.

Our interest income decreased in 2008 from 2007 due to lower cash balances.

Three months ended September 30, 2008 vs. September 30, 2007

We conducted initial completion activities in the third quarter of 2008, but did not conduct any drilling activities in 2007. We expect to finish completion and testing operations during the 4thquarter of 2008. Substantially all the drilling activity on our leases for 2007 was financed under farm-out agreements with other entities, and we expect that to continue in 2008. Therefore, our expenses are primarily administrative and our 2008 expenses remained consistent with 2007 amounts. During 2007, we sold certain piping and other well supplies for $17,000, which reduced the cost of preparing the 2006 wells for abandonment.

Our interest income decreased in 2008 from 2007 due to lower cash balances.

ITEM 3 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk

The Company does not have any significant exposure to market risk as there were no investments in marketable securities at September 30, 2008.

ITEM 4 Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures.

We maintain controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, after evaluating the effectiveness of our “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by paragraph (b) of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 or 15d-15.

Changes in internal controls. The Company made no changes in its internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Company’s first fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or which is reasonably likely to materially affect the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

September 30, 2008

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Controls Our management, including our Chief Executive and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the Company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control.

The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

September 30, 2008

ITEM 5 Other Information

The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, provides special rules for distributions received by U.S. holders on stock of a passive foreign investment company (PFIC), as well as amounts received from the sale or other disposition of PFIC stock. Under the PFIC rules, a non-U.S. corporation will be classified as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes in any taxable year in which, after applying certain look-through rules, either (1) at least 75 percent of its gross income is passive income or (2) at least 50 percent of the gross value of its assets is attributable to assets that produce passive income or are held for the production of passive income.

The Company believes that it would not be classified as a PFIC for the year 2007, because it derived the majority of its gross income in 2007 from the sale of interests in parts of its leases to other companies through farm-out agreements, and received a relatively small amount of interest the Company. However, the Company may have been considered a PFIC in previous years, which could result in negative tax consequences to a shareholder. The determination of whether the Company will be considered a PFIC for United States federal income tax purposes is an annual determination that cannot be made until the close of the fiscal year. Also, how the Company was classified last year does not affect how it will be classified this year.

If, for any taxable year, the Company’s passive income or assets that produce passive income exceed levels provided by U.S. law, the Company would be a "passive foreign investment company," or PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. For the years 1987 through 2004 and in 2006, Coastal Caribbean's passive income and assets that produce passive income exceeded those levels and for those years Coastal Caribbean constituted a PFIC. If Coastal Caribbean is a PFIC for any taxable year, then the Company’s U.S. shareholders potentially would be subject to adverse U.S. tax consequences of holding and disposing of shares of our common stock for that year and for future tax years. Any gain from the sale of, and certain distributions with respect to, shares of the Company’s common stock, would cause a U.S. holder to become liable for U.S. federal income tax under section 1291 of the Internal Revenue Code (the interest charge regime). The tax is computed by allocating the amount of the gain on the sale or the amount of the distribution, as the case may be, to each day in the U.S. shareholder’s holding period. To the extent that the amount is allocated to a year, other than the year of the disposition or distribution, in which the corporation was treated as a PFIC with respect to the U.S. holder, the income will be taxed as ordinary income at the highest rate in effect for that year, plus an interest charge.

For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

September 30, 2008

ITEM 6 Exhibits

31.1 Certification pursuant to Rule 13a-14 by Phillip W. Ware

32.1 Certification pursuant to Section 906 by Phillip W. Ware

COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD.

FORM 10-Q

September 30, 2008

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


	COASTAL CARIBBEAN OILS & MINERALS, LTD. Registrant

Date: November 13, 2008	By:	/s/ Phillip W. Ware
		Phillip W. Ware Chief Executive Officer, President and Treasurer