Oriole Oil Company has leased property on which oil has been discovered. Wells on this property produced 31,000 barrels of oil during the past year that sold at an average sales price of $84 per barrel. Total oil resources of this property are estimated to be 518,000 barrels. The lease provided for an outright payment of $1,191,400 to the lessor (owner) before drilling could be commenced and an annual rental of $52,700. A premium of 5% of the sales price of every barrel of oil removed is to be paid annually to the lessor. In addition, Oriole Oil (lessee) is to clean up all the waste and debris from drilling and to bear the costs of reconditioning the land for farming when the wells are abandoned. The estimated fair value, at the time of the lease, of this clean-up and reconditioning is $264,180. From the provisions of the lease agreement, compute the cost per barrel for the past year, exclusive of operating costs, to Oriole Oil Company. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 4.89.) Total cost per barrel SA

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Oriole Oil Company has leased property on which oil has been discovered. Wells on this property produced 31,000 barrels of oil
during the past year that sold at an average sales price of $84 per barrel. Total oil resources of this property are estimated to
be 518,000 barrels.
The lease provided for an outright payment of $1,191,400 to the lessor (owner) before drilling could be commenced and an annual
rental of $52,700. A premium of 5% of the sales price of every barrel of oil removed is to be paid annually to the lessor. In addition,
Oriole Oil (lessee) is to clean up all the waste and debris from drilling and to bear the costs of reconditioning the land for farming when
the wells are abandoned. The estimated fair value, at the time of the lease, of this clean-up and reconditioning is $264,180.
From the provisions of the lease agreement, compute the cost per barrel for the past year, exclusive of operating costs, to Oriole Oil
Company. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 4.89.)
Total cost per barrel
SA
Transcribed Image Text:Oriole Oil Company has leased property on which oil has been discovered. Wells on this property produced 31,000 barrels of oil during the past year that sold at an average sales price of $84 per barrel. Total oil resources of this property are estimated to be 518,000 barrels. The lease provided for an outright payment of $1,191,400 to the lessor (owner) before drilling could be commenced and an annual rental of $52,700. A premium of 5% of the sales price of every barrel of oil removed is to be paid annually to the lessor. In addition, Oriole Oil (lessee) is to clean up all the waste and debris from drilling and to bear the costs of reconditioning the land for farming when the wells are abandoned. The estimated fair value, at the time of the lease, of this clean-up and reconditioning is $264,180. From the provisions of the lease agreement, compute the cost per barrel for the past year, exclusive of operating costs, to Oriole Oil Company. (Round answer to 2 decimal places, e.g. 4.89.) Total cost per barrel SA
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