Evaluation of Non-Current Assets, Provisions, Leases and Revenues of Oil Search Ltd

This report evaluates the performance of Oil Search Ltd in terms of non-current assets, provisions, leases and revenues. It covers the valuation of PPE assets, intangible assets, provisions and contingent liabilities, leased assets and revenue recognition. The report concludes that the company follows depreciated replacement method for the valuation of non-current assets. The intangible assets of the company are enlisted as the total value of license of the exploration and evaluation assets of the company. The provisions stated by the management and benefits and limitations of certain limitations have also been discussed in this essay. The items that are leased to the customers or being taken in a lease has also been stated in this assignment. The revenue of this organisation has also been introduced in this segment and the proper disclosures about the probable revenues have also been stated.

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Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Property, plant and equipments..................................................................................................2
Intangible Assets........................................................................................................................3
Provisions and contingent liabilities..........................................................................................3
Leases.........................................................................................................................................4
Revenue......................................................................................................................................5
Conclusion..................................................................................................................................6
Reference....................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
In this report, the performance of the company Oil Search will be evaluated in terms
of several assets, liabilities, leases and revenues. The company oil search is associated with
the business of oil exploration and production in Australia and had recorded a total
production of 30.3 million barrels of oil. This company had also managed to increase its net
profit by 236% and for this; the net profit of the company is measured as $302.1 million in
the fiscal year of 2017 (Bushee et al., 2018). In order to state the financial status of the
company, certain data from the financial report of the company such as assets, liabilities,
leases and revenues has been covered in order to provide a lucid overview of the current
position of the company in terms of financial activities.
Property, plant and equipments
In the property, plant and equipments segment of the entity, there are two sections
which can be observed in the financial report of the company. These two sections are; oil &
gas and other plant and machineries. In the year 2017, the disclosed value of oil and gas
development, production is listed as $28.9 million and $6506.782 million respectively.
The oil and gas assets disclosed by the company are enlisted by calculating the
production, amortisation and restoration value of the assets. Apart from that, the cost of the
oil and gas assets of the company that is under development has been separately calculated
and the cost related to the exploration, development drilling and other expenditure has been
included in this measurement (Nobes, 2014).
Apart from the depreciated replacement cost method that is used by the company in
the current scenario, market comparison approach can also be used in order to evaluate the
PPE assets of the company. In this method, the total value of the asset is being calculated by
comparing the current value of the asset with the sales of similar assets available in market.

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This method can be more appropriate for qualitative character of the asset as by using this
method, the company can be able to evaluate the activities regarding this asset more clearly
and the business done by the company in terms of other key competitor of the company can
also be compared (Barth 2018). By using this method, the true development of the financial
operations of the company can be evaluated in terms of its obtained assets.
Intangible Assets
The intangible assets of the company are enlisted as the total value of license of the
exploration and evaluation assets of the company. This is being calculated by following the
successful efforts method. The cost of exploration licence acquisition has been capitalised as
the cost is directly associated in the development of the drills and wells acquired by the
company (Cuccia, 2018). The total amount of intangible assets that is disclosed by the
company is amounted as $1055.9 million in the exploration and evaluation assets segment of
the company.
The disclosure of the intangible assets has been made on the exploration and
evaluation assets segment in the financial report of the company. In this segment, it is stated
that the licence was expired and it was not renewed, thus a total amount of impairment had
been applied in the value of intangible assets (Gigler et al., 2014). The activities relating to
the exploration and appraisal activities of the assets did not lead any economical recoverable
reserves discoveries. It is also stated that the total value of exploration and evaluation assets
cannot by totally recoverable by the company in any terms.
Provisions and contingent liabilities
In the financial report of the company, three kinds of provisions can be observed
which the company discloses. These provisions are employee entitlement, site restoration and
other provision. These provisions are also divided into two groups current and non-current in

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the financial report of the company (Ge et al., 2017). The total current provision of the
company which is enlisted in the financial statement of the company is being calculated as a
total of $29 million. In the current provisions of the company, the employee entitlements
provisions has been calculated as $6.9 million, the site restoration provisions has been listed
as $21.9 million and the total value of other provisions is disclosed as $210000 in the fiscal
year of 2017. The non-current provision of the company which is enlisted in the financial
report of the company is calculated as $584.7 million in the financial report. In this segment,
the total value of employee entitlement is estimated as $11.9 million, total site restoration is
enlisted as $572 million and other provisions are being enlisted as $526000.
From the given disclosure stated in the financial report of the company, there are
some issues which can be discussed in favour and in opposition of employee entitlements
provision. It is a fact that this provision helps the company to get compliance with law,
improve the financial saving limit of the company, provide a competitive edge in the
operating market by the company and help to sustain top class employees in the company, but
there are some limitations of this provision too (Cohen et al., 2017). However, this requires a
complex process to allocate and implement these provisions among the employees (Beck et
al., 2016). The overall cost and administrative charge for implementing this provision is also
not cheap. Some offerings under this obligation can also cause the legal compliance for the
company.
Leases
The assets held by the company in terms rewards and risks for the ownership has been
accounted as a lease in the financial statement of the company. The lease amount is declared
in the total payable segment of the company and being calculated as an amount of $ 17
million. The total lease amount of the company is being calculated by the taking into

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consideration the minimum value of lease payments or lowering the fair value of the total
amount of lease incurred by the company. The assets which are enlisted in the segments
along with leases are initially recognised and being accounted in accordance with the same
method which is applicable for accounting the assets of the company. The assets that are held
under other various types of leases cannot be included in the financial statement of the
company as these assets and being measured as operating leases (Chen et al., 2016).
The payments that are being made for the operating leases are being recognised in the
profit and loss statement of the company. This recognition is made by based on a straight line
basis and the time period which is being taken into consideration is the overall term of the
lease. The incentives which are being received by the leases are being received by the
company are being recognised as an integral part over the total lease expenses (Armstrong et
al., 2015). The payments made for the leases are being made as a finance expenses, this
expenses are being allocated to the lease terms for each period, and a periodic rate of interest
is being included in the remaining liability of the company.
Revenue
There are certain revenues that have been recognised by Oil Search Ltd that signifies
certain risks and rewards which has been gained by transferring the ownership of the
produced goods to the customers. The overall cost and the return associated with the goods
are being estimated on a periodic basis relying upon a historical evidence of the business
entity and this includes the discontinuation of continuing management involvement with the
goods (Carcello et al., 2017). The main revenue generating activities of the company is being
recognised into four parts, which are liquefied natural gas, oil and condensate, gas and
dividend income.

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The recognition revenue gained from the liquefied natural gas sales are being done
when the ownership of the goods are being transferred to the customers of the company. For
the revenue recognition of oil and condensate, the revenue is recognised after loading of the
vessels. For the production of Gas, the revenue is being recognised when the produced
product is being delivered to the customers through pipelines. The dividend income of the
company is being measured when the dividends are being declared to the shareholders or the
dividends are received from other entities (Fang et al., 2015).
Conclusion
From the given report, an evaluation and analysis is conducted about the non-current
assets of the company, the recognition of it and the comparison and evaluation between
current and probable accounting method. It can be concluded from the report that the
company follows depreciated replacement method for the valuation of non-current assets. On
analysing the intangible items of the company and the disclosures made by the management it
can be found that, the company has intangible assets of license of the exploration and
evaluation. The provisions stated by the management and benefits and limitations of certain
limitations have also been discussed in this essay. The items that are leased to the customers
or being taken in a lease has also been stated in this assignment. The revenue of this
organisation has also been introduced in this segment and the proper disclosures about the
probable revenues have also been stated.

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