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Amount of consideration transferred in asset acquisition. Includes, but is not limited to, cash, liability incurred by acquirer, and equity interest issued by acquirer.

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Amount of addition to capitalized exploratory well cost pending determination of proved reserve in oil- and gas-producing activities.

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Amount of expense for capitalized exploratory well costs for which proved reserves were not found at the exploratory well.

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The amount of capitalized exploratory well costs that is pending the determination of proved reserves. This does not include amounts that were capitalized and subsequently expensed in the same annual period.

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Amount of impairment loss for oil and gas properties with proved and unproved reserves in oil- and gas-producing activities.

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BW Pioneer Floating Production Storage And Offloading Vessel (FPSO)
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Exploratory well costs capitalized more than one year	150,300,000			150,300,000
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Exploratory well costs capitalized more than one year	114,000,000.0			114,000,000.0
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