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Term Paper
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Firms
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Teams
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Anadarko Petroleum
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Adams, Michaela
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Ellis, Tatiana
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Jenkins, Jordan
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Samuel, Brittany
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Cheniere Energy
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Amaefule, Frankie
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Fields, Brittanie
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Johnson, Brandon
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Small, Devin
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Chevron Corporation
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Brown, Tori
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Guyton, Anthony
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Lasell, Kohl
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Taylor, Tamara
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Devon
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Bruno, Tia
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Haleem, Kafilat
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Lomax, Avery
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Toussant, Kelli
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ExxonMobil
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Charles, Derrick
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Hodgson, Carlen
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Martinez, Eric
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Williams, Marcus
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Shell Oil Company
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Coleman, Von
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Hollins, Canice
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Philpott, Charles
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Williams, Recobie
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Statoil
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Eddington, Brian
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Hussein, Amal
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Rosier, Chelsey
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Wright, Quinn
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The above are major U.S. oil and gas firms. You could access to their annual reports on the individual firm's website.
You are required to work as a team to extract, review and comment on the content of the firm's latest annual financial report. In your term paper, discuss the following issues:
1. Key differences between the financial information (including the jargons) being used in the oil and gas sector and other sectors (for example, the manufacturing, retailing, health care sectors),
2. If the firm that you reviewed is required by SEC to change its accounting policies, from the successful efforts method to the full cost method and vice versa, identify the items and impact of the change of accounting policies on the firm's income statement and balance sheet, and
3. Recommend how the firm could improve the content of and presentations on the financial information.
Question #1
Identify the items and impact of the change of accounting policies from successful effort method to full cost methods and vice versa using the firm's income statement and balance sheet.
Oil and Gas company : Anadarko Petroleum
year : 2015 use 10-k form
Question #2
if the firms that you reviewed is requried by SEC to change its acct policies, from the successufl effort method to the full cost method and vica versa, identify the items and impact of the change of accounting policies on the firm's income statement and balance sheet.
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