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4. TexAm Petroleum holds huge reserves of oil. Assume that at the end of 2017, TexAm Petroleum's cost of oil reserves totaled $210,000,000, representing 140,000,000 barrels of oil. Suppose TexAm Petroleum removed and sold 16,000,000 barrels of oil during 2018. Journalize depletion expense for 2018. (Assume no residual value. Record debits first, then credits. Select the explanation on the last line of the journal entry table.) Date Accounts and Explanation Debit Credit Accumulated Depletion-Oil Reserves Accumulated Depreciation-Oil Reserves Cash Depletion Expense-Oil Reserves Depreciation Expense-Oil Reserves Oil Reserves Choose from any list or enter any number in the input fields and then click Check Answer.

Answer 1

4.

Depreciation expense per Barrel = Cost of oil reserves / Oil reserves

= 210,000,000 /140,000,000

= $1.5

Depletion expense for 2018 = Barrels of oil removed and sold x Depletion expense per barrel

= 16,000,000 x 1.5

= $24,000,000

Date	Accounts and Explanation	Debit	Credit
December 31, 2018	Depletion expense - Oil reserves	$24,000,000
	Accumulated depreciation - Oil reserves		$24,000,000

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