Annual Report 2005 (6 MB) - Lundin Petroleum
Annual Report 2005 (6 MB) - Lundin Petroleum
Annual Report 2005 (6 MB) - Lundin Petroleum
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ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES<br />
Site restoration provision<br />
Amounts used in recording a provision for site restoration are<br />
estimates based on current legal and constructive requirements<br />
and current technology and price levels for the removal of facilities<br />
and plugging and abandoning of wells. Due to changes in relation<br />
to these items, the future actual cash outfl ows in relation to the site<br />
decommissioning and restoration can be diff erent. To refl ect the<br />
eff ects due to changes in legislation, requirements and technology<br />
and price levels, the carrying amounts of site restoration provisions<br />
are reviewed on a regular basis.<br />
The eff ects of changes in estimates do not give rise to prior year<br />
adjustments and are dealt with prospectively over the estimated<br />
remaining commercial reserves of each fi eld. While the Group uses<br />
its best estimates and judgment, actual results could diff er from<br />
these estimates.<br />
Events after the balance sheet date<br />
All events up to the date when the fi nancial statements were<br />
authorised for issue and which have a material eff ect in the<br />
fi nancial statements have been disclosed.<br />
Coming IFRS accounting principles<br />
The following new standards, amendments and interpretations<br />
to existing standards have been approved by the EU and are<br />
mandatory for the Group’s accounting periods beginning on or<br />
after 1 January 2006.<br />
■ IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements – Capital Disclosures,<br />
eff ective from 1 January 2007. The IAS 1 amendment on capital<br />
requires that the following is disclosed: the entity’s objectives,<br />
policies and processes for managing capital; quantitative data<br />
about what the entity regards as capital; whether the entity<br />
has complied with any capital requirements; and if it has not<br />
complied, the consequences of such non-compliance. The<br />
group will apply the amendment on Capital Disclosure on<br />
annual periods beginning 1 January 2007.<br />
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■ IAS 19 Employee Benefi ts - actuarial gains and losses,<br />
amendment, eff ective from 1 January 2006. This standard<br />
introduces the option of an alternative recognition approach for<br />
actuarial gains and losses and adds new disclosure requirements.<br />
The group does not intend to change the accounting policy<br />
adopted for recognition of actuarial gains and losses and<br />
adoption of this amendment will only impact the disclosures.<br />
The Group will apply this amendment from annual periods<br />
beginning 1 January 2006.<br />
■ IAS 39 Cash Flow Hedge Accounting of Forecast Intragroup<br />
Transactions, amendment, eff ective from 1 January 2006. This<br />
amendment is not relevant to the Groups operations.<br />
■ IAS 39 Financial instruments - The Fair Value Option, amendment,<br />
eff ective from 1 January 2006. This amendment is not relevant<br />
to the Groups operations.<br />
■ IFRS 4 Financial Guarantee Contracts, amendment, eff ective<br />
from 1 January 2006. This amendment is not relevant to the<br />
Groups operations.<br />
■ IFRS 7 Financial Instruments: Disclosures, eff ective from 1<br />
January 2007. IFRS 7 requires the disclosure of qualitative and<br />
quantitative information about exposure to risks arising from<br />
fi nancial instruments, including specifi ed minimum disclosures<br />
about credit risk, liquidity risk and market risk. The group will<br />
apply this standard from annual periods beginning 1 January<br />
2007.<br />
■ IFRIC 4 Determining whether an Arrangement contains a Lease,<br />
eff ective from 1 January 2006. IFRIC 4 is not relevant to the<br />
Groups operations.<br />
■ IFRIC 5 Rights to Interests arising from Decommissioning,<br />
Restoration and Environmental Rehabilitation Funds, eff ective<br />
from 1 January 2006. IFRIC 5 is not relevant to the Groups<br />
operations.<br />
■ IFRIC 6 Liabilities arising from Participating in a Specifi c Market-<br />
Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, eff ective from 1<br />
December <strong>2005</strong>. IFRIC 6 is not relevant to the Groups<br />
operations.