extractive activities

ASC 220-932 is a short "pointer" subtopic that addresses income statement presentation for oil- and gas-producing activities. It contains no substantive incremental rules of its own: it adopts the scope of ASC 932-10-15 and directs readers to the industry disclosure requirements in 932-235-50-21 through 50-28 and to the illustrative results-of-operations example in 932-235-55-5.

ASC 225-932 was the income statement subtopic addressing oil and gas extractive activities, but every paragraph in it (Sections 05, 15, 50, and 55) was superseded by Maintenance Update 2017-19. As a result the subtopic contains no operative guidance; readers must look to ASC 932 (Extractive Activities—Oil and Gas) and ASC 220 for income statement presentation and disclosure requirements.

This Subtopic addresses interim reporting for oil- and gas-producing entities. Its core rule is that the extensive oil and gas disclosures required by Subtopic 932-235 (reserve quantity and standardized measure disclosures) need not be repeated in interim financial reports, but interim reports must disclose a major discovery or other favorable or adverse event that significantly changes the reserve information reported in the most recent annual financial report.

ASC 280-932 is a short "pointer" subtopic that addresses segment reporting as it applies to oil and gas producing activities. It contains no substantive requirements of its own: its scope mirrors that of the oil and gas Overall Subtopic (932-10-15), and it directs preparers to the industry-specific segment disclosure requirements located with the other oil and gas disclosures in 932-235-50-22 through 50-23.

ASC 605-932 was the oil and gas industry-specific guidance under the legacy revenue recognition model (ASC 605), addressing revenue recognition for extractive activities such as gas balancing arrangements. Every substantive paragraph in the subtopic (05-1, 15-1, 25-2, and 50-1) was superseded by ASU 2014-09, so the subtopic now contains no operative guidance. Oil and gas revenue is instead accounted for under ASC 606, with industry-specific application guidance in ASC 932-606.

ASC 930-10 is the Overall subtopic of the Extractive Activities—Mining Topic; it identifies which entities fall within the Topic's scope and supplies definitions of mining industry terms. The Topic contains six subtopics (Overall, Inventory, Property Plant and Equipment, Compensation—Retirement Benefits, Business Combinations, and Consolidation) and provides only incremental industry-specific guidance, so mining entities must also apply all other applicable GAAP. It applies to all mining entities except oil- and gas-producing entities, which follow Topic 932.

ASC 932-10 is the Overall subtopic of the oil and gas extractive activities Topic; it identifies which entities and activities fall within the industry guidance and supplies common industry definitions. It applies to all entities with oil- and gas-producing activities — the search for, acquisition of rights to, and construction/drilling/production activities needed to bring crude oil, natural gas, and synthetic-oil-source hydrocarbons to the surface (932-10-15-2A). The industry-specific Subtopics override the more general Codification Topics for the issues they address (932-10-05-3), and the Topic does not prohibit use of the full-cost method (932-10-15-4).