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February 21, 2008
S&P Weighs in on Coming SEC Reserve Rules

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In response to a recent SEC announcement that it will review and evaluate current disclosure requirements for oil and gas reserves held by E&P companies, Standard & Poor’s suggests a set of protocols needed to understand key information in reserve disclosures.


The first concerns thoroughly explaining all material reserve changes in text accompanying reconciliation tables, in what could be called a reserve management discussion and analysis. The second is requiring sensitivity analyses for the effects of possible price changes. The third is reporting reserve tables as of each year-end and updating material changes in quarterly financial statements.

 

-- Stephen Payne

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