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PV-10

The present value of the pre-tax cash flows from a producer’s proved reserves, discounted at a fixed 10% a year, after royalties, production taxes, operating and development costs. Because every company uses the same rate it allows comparison between them, but it is not a fair value: it ignores tax (the after-tax version is the standardised measure), G&A and the company’s own cost of capital.

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