Fundamentals of Oil & Gas Accounting 5th Edition by Rebecca Gallun, Charlotte Wright

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Sauer Petroleum, a successful efforts company, drilled an exploratory well offshore at
a cost of $1 million. The well was dry, but Sauer Petroleum felt that the G&G data
obtained from the well was promising and drilled another well close to the first one.
Should the first well be expensed or capitalized?