In 2010, the Lawrence Company spends $4 million drilling oil wells. Sixty percent of the drilling is

Question:

In 2010, the Lawrence Company spends $4 million drilling oil wells. Sixty percent of the drilling is successful and results in commercial quantities of oil being found.

Required
1. How much drilling expense does the company recognize under
a. The successful-efforts method?
b. The full-cost method?
2. At what value does the company report the asset, Oil and Gas Properties, in its under a. The successful-efforts method?
b. The full-cost method?

Balance Sheet
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