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Oil & Gas Accounting - Exam 1
Oil & Gas Accounting (ACFN 5613) - Exam 1
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Graduate
06/10/2012

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Term
Integrated oil & gas company
Definition
One involved in E&P activities as well as at least one downstream activity
Term
Independent oil & gas company
Definition
One involved primarily in only E&P activities
Term
Upstream activities
Definition
Exploration, acquisition, drilling, developing and producing oil & gas
Term
Downstream activities
Definition
Refining, processing, marketing and distribution of oil & gas
Term
Characterizations of upstream E&P activities
Definition
  • A high level of risk
  • A long time span before ROI is received
  • A high level of regulation
  • Complex tax rules
  • Unique cost-sharing agreements
  • A lack of correlation between the magnitude of expenditures and the value of any resulting reserves
Term
Mineral Interest / Economic Interest
Definition
  • The right to explore, develop and produce any minerals that might exist beneath the property.
  • The right to share in proceeds from the sale of any minerals produced.
Term
Surface owner
Definition
Owner that has the rights to use the surface in any legal way that the owner deems appropriate
Term
Mineral rights
Definition
The ownership, conveyed by deed, of any mineral beneath the surface
Term
Royalty interest
Definition
A type of mineral interet that is created by leasing. It is retained by the owner of the mineral rights when the owners enters into a lease agreement with another party.
Term
Working interest / Operating interest
Definition
The interest that is created via leasing and is responsible for the exploration, development and operation of a property.
Term
Overriding royalty interest
Definition
A nonworking interest created from the working interest. The ORI's share of revenue is a stated percentage of the share of revenue belonging to the working interest from which it was created.
Term
Production payment interest (PPI)
Definition
A nonworking interest created out of a working interest that is limited to a specific amount of oil or gase, money or time after which it reverts back to the interest from which it was created and ceases to exist.
Term
Net profits interest (NPI)
Definition
A nonworking interest created on onshore property typically from the WI. Similar to an ORI except that the amount to be received is a specified percentage of net profit from the property versus a percentage of the gross revenues of the property.
Term
Pooled or unitized working interest
Definition
A type of interest created when the WI as well as the nonworking interests in two or more properties are combined.
Term
Lease bonus
Definition
Initial mount paid to the mineral rights owner in return for the rights to explore, drill and produce.
Term
Royalty provision
Definition
Specified fraction of the oil and gas produced free and clear of any costs to which the RI owner is entitled.
Term
Primary term
Definition
Initial term of the lease. The maximum time that the lessee has to begin drilling or commence production from the property.
Term
Delay rental payment
Definition
Yearly payment made during the primary term in the absence of drilling operations in order to retain the lease.
Term
Shut-in payments
Definition
If the well is capable of producing oil or gas in paying quantities but is shut-in (not producing), the lessee may hold the lease by making shut-in payments.
Term
Right to assign interest
Definition
The rights of each party may be assigned in whole or in part without approval of the other party.
Term
Rights to free use of resource for lease operations
Definition
The operator usually has the right to use, without cost, any oil or gas produced on the lease to carry out operations on that lease.
Term
Option payment
Definition
Payment made to obtain a preleasing agreement that gives the oil company a specified period of time to obtain a lease from the entity receiving the payment.
Term
Offset clause
Definition
If a producing well is drilled on Lease B close to the property line of Lease A, within a distance specified in the lease contract, the offset clause requires the lessee of Lease A to drill an offset well on Lease A, within a specified period of time, in order to prevent the well on Lease B from draining the reservoir.
Term
Minimum royalty
Definition
A minimum royalty clause provides for the payment of a stipulated amount to the lessor regardless of production
Term
Types of wells
Definition
[image] (W&G 23-24)

Also:
Exploratory wells, Development wells, Service wells, stratigraphic test wells
Term
Types of costs
Definition
  • Acquisition costs
  • Exploration costs
  • Development costs
  • Production/operating costs

(W&G 37; J&J 59)

Term
Acquisition costs
Definition
Costs incurred in acquiring property. (W&G 37)
Term
Exploration costs
Definition
Costs incurred in exploring property. (W&G 37)
Term
Development costs
Definition
Costs incurred in preparing proved reserves for production. (W&G 37)
Term
Production costs
Definition
Costs incurred in lifting the oil and gas to the surface and in gathering, treating and storing the oil and gas. (W&G 37)
Term
Exploratory well
Definition
A well drilled to find and producer oil or gas in an unproven area, to find a new reservoir in a field previously found to be productive of oil or gas in another reservoir, or to extend a known reservoir. (W&G 39)
Term
Development well
Definition
A well drilled within the proved area of an oil or gas reservoir to the depth of an horizon known to be productive (W&G 39)
Term
Service well
Definition
A well drilled or completed for the purpose of supporting production in an existing field. (W&G 39)
Term
Stratigraphic test well
Definition
A drilling effort, geologically directed, to obtain information pertaining to a specific geologic condition. (W&G 39)
Term
New field wildcat well
Definition
The first well drilled in a location where there has been no previous drilling or production. (W&G 43)
Term
Delineation well
Definition
A well drilled along what the engineers believe to be the outer perimeter of the reservoir. (W&G 43)
Term
Extension well
Definition
A well drilled to test whether a known, proved reservoir actually extends beyond what engineers had previously believed to be the outer reservoir perimeter. (W&G Pg43)
Term
Differences between the Successful Efforts accounting method and the Full Cost accounting Method
Definition
[image] (W&G 45)
Term
Reserve categories
Definition
  • Proved reserves
  • Unproven reserves
  • Proved developed reserves
  • Proved undeveloped reserves
Term
List the costs to be expensed under the Successful Efforts method
Definition
Geological and Geophysical costs, Exploratory dry hole costs, and operating/production costs. (J&J 63)
Term
List the costs to be expensed under the Full Cost method
Definition
Operating/production costs. (J&J 63)
Term
List the costs to be capitalized under the Successful Efforts method
Definition
Lease acquisition costs, successful exploratory well costs, development dry hole costs, successful developer well costs. (J&J 63)
Term
List the costs to be capitalized under the Full Cost method
Definition
Geological and Geophysical costs, exploratory dry hole costs, lease acquisition costs, successful exploratory well costs, development dry hole costs, and successful development well costs. (J&J 63)
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