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Statement No. 19
Financial Accounting and Reporting by Oil and Gas Producing Companies


STATUS

Issue Date: December 1977

Effective Date: For fiscal years beginning after December 15, 1978 and interim periods within those years (but amended by FAS 25)

Affects: Supersedes FAS 9

Affected by: Paragraph 9 superseded by FAS 71
Paragraphs 48 through 59 superseded by FAS 69
Paragraphs 48 and 63 amended by FAS 25
Paragraph 61 amended by FAS 96 and FAS 109
Paragraph 62 amended by FAS 96, FAS 109, and FAS 121
Paragraph 271 and footnotes 11 and 12 superseded by FAS 25

Other Interpretive Pronouncements: FIN 33
FIN 36

Abbreviations for Accounting Pronouncements
FAS - FASB Statements
FIN - FASB Interpretations
FTB - FASB Technical Bulletins
APB - APB Opinions
AIN - AICPA Interpretations
ARB - Accounting Research Bulletins
CON - FASB Concepts
EITF - EITF Issues
Q&A - FASB Implementation Guides





SUMMARY

This Statement specifies that companies should follow the successful efforts method of accounting for the costs of acquiring, exploring, and developing mineral resources. This Statement also specifies the means by which capitalized cost should be amortized and addresses the accounting for mineral property conveyances, the disclosure to be included in the financial statements, and the accounting for income taxes.


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