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Adoding Group operates an offshore oilfield where its 20-year licensing agreement requires it to remove the oil rig at the end of production and restore the seabed. Costs of removal of the oil rig and restoration of the seabed include:     75% relates to damage caused by building the oil rig     10% relates to damage caused by regular maintenance of the oil rig     15% arises through the extraction of oil Determine which part of the removal cost should be initially recognised as the cost of the oil rig.

Adoding Group operates an offshore oilfield where its 20-year licensing agreement requires it to remove the oil rig at the end of production and restore the seabed. Costs of removal of the oil rig and restoration of the seabed include:     75% relates to damage caused by building the oil rig     10% relates to damage caused by regular maintenance of the oil rig     15% arises through the extraction of oil Determine which part of the removal cost should be initially recognised as the cost of the oil rig.

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Adoding Group operates an offshore oilfield where its 20-year licensing agreement requires it to remove the oil rig at the end of production and restore the seabed. Costs of removal of the oil rig and restoration of the seabed include:

    75% relates to damage caused by building the oil rig

    10% relates to damage caused by regular maintenance of the oil rig

    15% arises through the extraction of oil

Determine which part of the removal cost should be initially recognised as the cost of the oil rig.

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