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Lecture 11: The All American Pipeline Case (use APV valuation)

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1. The economic rationale for building a pipeline: is the AAP a good idea? T e p otn y o xlt po c d up s frd OLn afriP D h o p r i t ep i rj t srl o c e I iC l n A D5 ut o a ee u u i a o Eh i so shtx t g en g aai cn o poes l rd iP D xit h w taeii r in cpcy an t rcs a c en A D b4 sn f i t lu 5T u, e A wlr soth c d t teenrsn ea (A D3 . h st A P it np rte r eo h r i i iT xsP D - . h la u f ee ) T e up s an t e xot wto tp rvlf o ges h srl cn o b ep r d i u apo ao C n r u e h s Rss i k Po c d up sn A D5 icm f m rj t srl iP D -wl o er : ee u l o Aak l a s C l riO t C ni naS e (C )acu tfr o srl ) af n ue o t et hl O S ( o nso ½ fup s i a o r n l f c u Po ut n xet t i r s s n i nl rd co epc d on e e i i at i e ca g f c y B t o e m n apo asl ed g u g vr etp rvlt pn i n i l n O S is ev ad iyn tu e f mC l rir i rsn t C o ihay n d t,o sid r af n en i ,o l r t o i a f ee o cm ln wt C ev o m nar u t n o pat i A n i n et e li i h r l g ao S c o r u e hafrr sot i ,n te A wl o h uh ie is eto t np r t nad h A P id ti lq r a ao l s a e pial a t np rn O S rd o id r r m m i y tr sot g C c e i a i u l Ohr afriof oe n o soe rd c g r s teC l n f h rad nh rpo ui a a i a s o n e

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2. Applying APV to value the AAP A Vcl fr spr e a ao o te rj tn i f ac g rga .it P aso a ea tvl t n fh po cadt i ni po r F s l a ui e sn n m r, ea a a bs cs” su i tate rj t ib f acd nilwt vl t “ae ae asmn hth po cwl ei ne ete i ue g e l n ry h eu yScn ,vl tte s e f c ” soie wt te rj t ata q i .eo dea a h “i e et asc t i h po c s c l t ue d f s ad h e’ u f ac g rga . h dad h bs cs ad i e etvl s i ni po r T i ,d te ae ae n s e f c a e. n n m r d f s u T e A cs icne e m sy i teit a ,vl t g h po c h A P aes o cr d ot wt h fspr ea an te rj t n l h r t ui e f acd i a eu yT e oked e m d et cs wlou o te i ne wt l q i . h L che A r o C ne ae ifcs n h n h l t o r l vl t n fh s e f c . a ao o te i e et ui d f s The all-equity financed project A sm t n iEh i , h h eotet a d ah l s su pi sn xit w i r r sm t cs f w o b8 c p s i e o N po c d ailxed ue a e18 o rj t cp aepn i r f r96 ee t t s t N ad i so ok g ail o d i n t w rn cp a t o i t A Ps o sla d i G o yafra p roe A icnodt wt o d ero t up ss i e h x G o yacn s teT i18 ad 96 n te A ’nt pr i o d era ueh IC n 95 n 18 ad h A Ps eo e t g an l ssn 97 1 o e i18s 9

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Other financing side effects (neglected here)

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