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... Abstract Most oil and gas companies retain consulting firms to conduct "independent audits" of a portion of their annual reserves disclosures. Processes are loosely based on financial audits, but there can be significant differences. Reserves are estimated marketable quantities and values...

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... the feasibility and procedures of using RRA as the primary accounting method in a company's audited financial statements. With the SEC's pronouncement, the reservoir engineering consultant will be thrust into a new type of work, "reserve auditing". For instance, the public accounting profession has published...