Oil Drilling company is considering the installation of new automated drilling equipment. The new equipment can be installed for $13,000,000 today and will have a life of 6 years until technological obsolescence due to rapid advances in drilling control technology. At the end of its 6-year life, its components will have a salvage value of $2,900,000, and it will cost $220,000 to have the equipment removed. The equipment will be depreciated under MACRS. The equipment will produce $7,975,000 additional sales capacity per year due to productivity gains. Additional technical labor cost will be $2,205,000 per year, and operating and maintenance costs will be $850,000 per year. The company is in a western state with no corporate income taxes and is in the 35% federal tax bracket. Estimate both the annual net income and annual cash flow. The company’s MARR for this project is 20.0%. Based on the net present value estimate, do you recommend installing the automated refining line? What is the equivalent uniform annual worth and IRR of the project?

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Oil Drilling company is considering the installation of new automated drilling equipment.
The new equipment can be installed for $13,000,000 today and will have a life of 6 years
until technological obsolescence due to rapid advances in drilling control technology. At the
end of its 6-year life, its components will have a salvage value of $2,900,000, and it will cost
$220,000 to have the equipment removed. The equipment will be depreciated under
MACRS. The equipment will produce $7,975,000 additional sales capacity per year due to
productivity gains. Additional technical labor cost will be $2,205,000 per year, and operating
and maintenance costs will be $850,000 per year. The company is in a western state with no
corporate income taxes and is in the 35% federal tax bracket. Estimate both the annual net
income and annual cash flow. The company’s MARR for this project is 20.0%. Based on the
net present value estimate, do you recommend installing the automated refining line? What
is the equivalent uniform annual worth and IRR of the project?  

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