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Confidence in Our Own Abilities<br />

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<strong>Staatsolie</strong> Maatschappij Suriname N.V.<br />

<strong>Staatsolie</strong> Maatschappij Suriname N.V.<br />

Notes to the Consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, <strong>2017</strong> and 2016<br />

Notes (continued) to the Consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 31, <strong>2017</strong> and 2016<br />

(continued)<br />

Available-for-sale (AFS) financial investments<br />

Land and buildings are measured at historical cost, less accumulated depreciation on buildings, and<br />

impairment AFS financial losses investments are recognized include at equity the date and of debt revaluation. securities. Equity investments classified as availablefor-sale<br />

Exploration are and those evaluation neither classified assets as held-for-trading nor designated at fair value through profit or loss.<br />

Exploration After initial and measurement, evaluation activity AFS financial involves investments the search for are hydrocarbon subsequently resources, measured the at determination fair value with of<br />

technical unrealized feasibility gains or and losses the assessment recognized as of commercial OCI until the viability investment of an identified is derecognized, resource. at which time, the<br />

cumulative gain or loss is recognized in other operating income or expense, or the investment is<br />

Once the legal right to explore has been acquired, costs directly associated with an exploration well are<br />

determined to be impaired, at which time, the cumulative loss is reclassified to the consolidated statement<br />

capitalized as exploration and evaluation projects in progress until the drilling of the well is complete and<br />

of profit or loss in finance costs and removed from the OCI. The Group evaluates its AFS financial assets<br />

the results have been evaluated.<br />

to determine whether the ability and intention to sell them in the near term is still appropriate.<br />

These costs include directly attributable employee remuneration, materials and fuel used, rig costs and<br />

payments made to contractors.<br />

(ii) Financial liabilities<br />

Geological and geophysical costs are recognized in the statement of profit or loss, as incurred.<br />

Recognition and measurement<br />

If<br />

Financial<br />

no potentially<br />

liabilities<br />

commercial<br />

are classified,<br />

hydrocarbons<br />

at initial recognition,<br />

are discovered,<br />

as financial<br />

the exploration<br />

liabilities<br />

asset<br />

at fair<br />

is<br />

value<br />

written<br />

through<br />

off through<br />

profit<br />

the<br />

or<br />

statement<br />

loss, loans<br />

of<br />

and<br />

profit<br />

borrowings,<br />

or as a dry<br />

payables,<br />

hole.<br />

as appropriate. All financial liabilities are recognized initially at fair<br />

If value extractable and, in the hydrocarbons case of loans are and found borrowings and, subject and payables, to further net of appraisal directly attributable activity (e.g. transaction the drilling costs. of<br />

additional The Group’s wells), financial it is probable liabilities that include they trade can be and commercially other payables, developed, loans the and costs borrowings continue including to be carried bank<br />

as overdrafts. projects in progress while sufficient/continued progress is made in assessing the commerciality of the<br />

hydrocarbons.<br />

Costs Loans and directly borrowings associated with appraisal activity undertaken to determine the size, characteristics and<br />

commercial This is the potential category of most a reservoir relevant following to the Group. the initial After discovery initial recognition, of hydrocarbons, interest including bearing the loans costs and of<br />

appraisal borrowings wells are where subsequently hydrocarbons measured were at not amortized found, are cost initially using capitalized the EIR method. as projects Gains progress. and losses are<br />

recognized in the consolidated statement of profit or loss when the liabilities are derecognized as well as<br />

All such capitalized costs are subject to technical, commercial and management review, as well as review<br />

through the EIR amortization process. Amortized cost is calculated by taking into account any discount or<br />

for indicators of impairment at least once a year. This is to confirm the continued intent to develop or<br />

premium on acquisition and fees or costs that are an integral part of the EIR. The EIR amortization is<br />

otherwise extract value from the discovery. When this is no longer the case, the costs are written off<br />

included in finance costs in the consolidated statement of profit or loss. This category generally applies to<br />

through the consolidated statement of profit or loss.<br />

interest-bearing loans and borrowings.<br />

When proved reserves of oil are identified and development is sanctioned by management, the relevant<br />

capitalized expenditure is first assessed for impairment and (if required) any impairment loss is<br />

m. Inventories<br />

recognized, then the remaining balance is transferred to oil properties.<br />

Petroleum products are valued at the lower of cost and net realizable value.<br />

Other than license costs, no amortization is charged during the exploration and evaluation phase.<br />

Raw materials:<br />

• Purchase cost is valued on weighted average method<br />

Finished goods and work in progress:<br />

• Cost of direct materials and labor and a proportion of manufacturing overheads based on normal<br />

operating capacity but excluding borrowing costs<br />

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