Gulf Coast Petroleum holds huge reserves of oil assets. Assume that at the end of 2025, Gulf

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Gulf Coast Petroleum holds huge reserves of oil assets. Assume that at the end of 2025, Gulf Coast Petroleum’s cost of oil reserves totaled $72,000,000, representing 8,000,000,000 barrels of oil. 


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1. Which method does Gulf Coast Petroleum use to compute depletion? 

2. Suppose Gulf Coast Petroleum removed and sold 400,000,000 barrels of oil during 2026. Journalize depletion expense for 2026.

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