Exhibit 23.4 Use the Information Below for the Following Problem(S)

question 17

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Exhibit 23.4
Use the Information Below for the Following Problem(S)
Black Gold Industries (BGI) is an independent oil producer with production capacity of 500,000 barrels per month. Due to the cost structure of the business, BGI needs to receive $56.50 per barrel in order to remain solvent. On the other side of this situation is Petrochemicals Unlimited (PU) which uses an average of 500,000 barrels of West Texas crude oil in its normal production operations. The nature of PU's business is such that they will financially suffer if they have to pay more than an average of $57.80 per barrel for oil over the next six years. To hedge against their exposure to volatile oil prices, BI and PU contact a swap dealer to arrange the six-year oil swap described below:
- Settlement is made monthly.
- The notional principal is for 500,000 barrels per month.
- The monthly WTI index value is determined as the average of the daily settlement prices for the crude oil futures contract traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX) .
- The swap dealer pays BGI $57.00 per barrel.
- BGI pays the swap dealer the average NYMEX Oil futures price per barrel.
- PU pays the swap dealer $57.50 per barrel.
- The swap dealer pays PU dealer the average NYMEX Oil futures price per barrel.
-Refer to Exhibit 23.4.Describe the transaction that occurs between BGI and the swap dealer if the monthly average oil futures settlement price is $55.50.

• A) BGI pays the swap dealer $750,000.
• B) The swap dealer pays BGI $800,000.
• C) BGI pays the swap dealer $800,000.
• D) The swap dealer pays BGI $750,000.
• E) None of the above.

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Definitions:

Capital Lease

A capital lease is a lease classified by the lessee as an asset on its balance sheet, indicating that it effectively has the economic ownership of the asset, even though legally it may not own the asset.

Lease Liability

An obligation representing future lease payments a lessee is required to make under a lease agreement.

Discount Rate

The discount rate applied in calculating the present value of future cash flows during discounted cash flow analysis.

Lessor's Income Recognition

The process by which lessors report income earned from leasing out assets, typically recognized over the lease term.