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          cost for all of the Prudhoe Bay pits of $26,573,366, of which               
          Exxon’s 22-percent share would be $5,846,141).  We accept                   
          Mr. Wilson’s estimates of Exxon’s pit closing costs for the                 
          Prudhoe Bay field.                                                          
               We conclude that $24 million for Exxon’s share of the costs            
          of Prudhoe Bay well-site DRR represents, as of the end of the               
          years in issue, a reasonable estimate of such future costs.5                



























               5  Obviously, the specific years in which wells are                    
          constructed would control the specific year in which related                
          estimated well-site DRR costs would be accrued, subject to                  
          resolution of the remaining issues herein.                                  

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