The Justification for Market-to-Market Accounting in the Oil and Gas Industry

Market-to-market accounting was a bonanza for Enron. They did deals with developers and sold off unwanted assets to special purpose entities to double dip, recognizing forecasted cash flows as revenue. In the oil and gas industry, you can be pretty sure you'll get useful commodity stuff out of a site if you build a well.

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