Due to slackening global demand for crude oil, as well production disputes between two large oil-producing countries
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Due to slackening global demand for crude oil, as well production disputes between two large oil-producing countries (Saudi Arabia and Russia), crude oil prices plummeted in world markets in 2020. A barrel of crude oil sold for $61.68 on December 30, 2019, but dropped to $23.70 on March 19, 2020.
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a. What steps should ExxonMobil take regarding the balance sheet value of its crude oil inventory? Estimate the percentage drop in the company's shareholders' equity.
b. What will happen if prices rebound to earlier levels? If prices rebound and Exxon Mobil used IFRS instead of U.S. GAAP, would anything be different?
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