Please answer the Additional Questions.

OG Limited OG Limited is in the oil and gas business. It spends quite a bit of money each year exploring for new wells. Currently, it has several wells that are in the production phase. The company's shares trade on the London Stock Exchange. OG is looking to expand its exploration into China; therefore, it would like to issue more shares next year to fund the exploration. The company's top management is compensated partly with stock One of the company's wells recently exploded, pouring a significant amount of oil into a nearby waterway. It took one month to cap the well, and during that time the company options. incurred significant costs in capping the well, including costs related to many failed attempts. OG has announced that it will clean up the spilled oil and estimates that it will cost between $5 million and $10 million to do so. It has also announced that it will act in a responsible manner when dealing with any losses and complaints that the local OG is now being sued in a class action suit brought about by the farmers. They are farmers may have in connection with the spill. suing for $100 million in compensation for their land, which is now unusable because of the oil. The company's lawyers believe the company can settle for 10% of that amount. The company capitalizes all costs incurred in connection with searching for new oil and gas wells, even when the exploration does not result in a well that has oil in it. It argues that the company must incur those costs in order to find a producing well. In many countries where OG explores and operates, there are no legal requirements to restore the land to its original state once the exploration is complete or a well is depleted. However, the company does state that it considers this an important activity and will When excavating one site, OG came across a significant amount of gold. OG is now make every effort to restore the site. mining and selling the gold. Currently, it is trying to decide how to account for the gold inventory and is considering valuing the gold at market price once it has been refined, even though it is not yet sold. Instructions. Assume the role of the company's auditors and analyze the financial reporting issues. (30 marks) Additional questions: 1) The company is in the natural resource extraction business. Identify specific accounting issues associated with this sector. (10 marks) 2) OG has recently discovered a significant amount of gold when excavating on site. What new issues in accounting would the company face in the light of its new discovery? (10 marks)