Midland Energy/Sample 2 Midland Energy Resources, Inc. Midland Energy Resources, Inc. is a global energy company that operates in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P), refining and marketing (R&M), and petrochemicals. Midland’s most profitable segment is its E&P division which produces 67% of the company’s net income (Exhibit 3). Its largest division is R&M with the Petrochemical division being the smallest. The primary goals of Midland’s financial strategy are to fund substantial
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Midland Energy Resource Case Analysis I. Midland’s capital planning model and Janet Mortensen's role. The capital-planning model adopted by Midland is MACC, standing for weighted average cost of capital. The primary role of Janet Mortensen is frequently calculating corporate and divisional costs of capital at division level as well as corporate level. In addition, she also needs to check the appropriateness of her calculation and append “user`s guide” to it. Evaluating M&A proposals, stock
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Midland Energy resource, Inc. i. 1 Let’s assume that the Midlands borrows its debt at the yield rate of US Treasury Bonds, which is theoretically the minimum choice, and Midlands is going to pay back the debt in a recurring annual payment. We can therefore estimate the amount of annuity that Midland is going to pay back annually. Although we are only going to analyze the single debt option, we should nonetheless keep in mind that Midlands may choose to use a combined debt strategy, which is
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(Exploration & Marketing (“E&P”), Refining & Marketing (“R&M”) as well as Petrochemicals (“Petro”)). These uses affect different areas of the firm by changing various parts of the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (“WACC”). Such changes could happen to anyone of the parts of “WACC” (parts listed in excel document). Also, since anyone of the uses listed previously could be for an individual business unit or Midland as a whole these “WACC” formulas need to be calculated. This is due to the fact that if
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[pic] Midland Energy Resources, Inc. Cost of Capital Table of Contents I. Executive Summary II. Introduction III. Cost of Capital IV. Risk & Tax Rate V. Capital Structures VI. WACC VII. Conclusion VIII. References I. Executive Summary Midland Energy Resources is a global energy company with operations in oil and gas exploration and production(E&P) providing a broad array of products and services to upstream oil and gas customers worldwide
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I. INTRODUCTION: Midland Energy Resources was a global corporation specialising in oil and gas exploration and production (E&P), refining and marketing (R&M), and petrochemicals. Being one of the largest energy corporations in the world with a number of divisions, it is essential for the board of directors to calculate the company’s cost of capital accurately in order to apply it into several vital analyses of the corporation. This paper aims to estimate the corporate and divisional cost
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Midland Energy Resources Inc.: Cost Of Capital Introduction Midland Energy Resources have a senior vice president, Janet Mortension, of project finance. She was preparing her annual cost of capital for midland as well as for each of its following three divisions: * Exploration & production (E&P) * Refining & Marketing (R&M) * Petrochemicals Midland was a global company with operations in oil and gas. Midland corporate treasury had began analysis and preparation of annual cost of capital for
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president of Midland Energy Resources, Inc., to advise her on cost of capital matters. Read the “Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital” case (HBP #4129) handed out in class. This case illustrates how the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) may be used to estimate the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) in a corporate setting. Then, working with your team, answer each of the following questions using data provided in the case: i. Why is Midland concerned about its WACC? How will it use
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Introduction Midland Energy Resources have a senior vice president, Janet Mortension, of project finance. She was preparing her annual cost of capital for midland as well as for each of its following three divisions: * Exploration & production (E&P) * Refining & Marketing (R&M) * Petrochemicals Midland was a global company with operations in oil and gas. Midland corporate treasury had began analysis and preparation of annual cost of capital for the corporation as a whole
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Memorandum To: Ms. Mortensen CC: Prof. Bjorn Johnson Date: 02/25/2013 Subject: Midland Energy Resources, Inc. Analysis Janet Mortensen, senior vice president of project finance for Midland Energy Resources, needs to estimate the cost of capital because it is an important data for estimating the project whether it will be profitable and worth the resources and risk. As mentioned in the case, Midland estimates the cost of capital to be used in analyzing asset appraisals for capital budgeting
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