Sales revenues
Sales revenues of goods and services are recognised at a point in time (or over time) when a performance obligations are satisfied by transferring a promised good or service (i.e. an asset) to a customer in the amount reflecting the consideration, to which - as the Group expects - it will be entitled in exchange for these goods or services.
This principle the Group also applies to consideration, which includes a variable amount and recognises revenue by the amount of expected consideration that is likely not to be reversed in the future.
The following circumstances indicate the transfer of control in accordance with IFRS 15: the current right of the seller to consideration for an asset, the legal ownership of the asset by the customer, physical possession of the asset, transfer of risks and rewards and acceptance of the asset by the customer.
Revenues include received and due payments for delivered finished goods, merchandise, raw materials and services, decreased by the amount of any trade discounts, penalties and value added tax (VAT), excise tax and fuel charges. Revenues from the sale of finished goods and services are adjusted for profits or losses from settlement of cash flows hedging instruments related to the above mentioned revenues.
For sales transferred over time, the revenues are recognised based on the extent to which the performance obligation is completely fulfilled ie the transfer of control of goods or services promised to the customer. The Group uses both the outcome method and the input-based method to measure the degree of fulfilment of the performance obligation. The Group excludes the impact of those expenditures that do not reflect the service provided by the Group which involves the transfer of control of goods or services to the customer. Applying the outcome method the Group uses mostly the practical expedient whereby it recognises revenue that it is entitled to invoice in an amount that corresponds directly to the value to which the Group is entitled for the goods and services already provided to the customer.
There is no significant financing component in the Group’s contracts with customers.
If the Group is subject to laws guaranteeing compensation to sales prices, and the fact of granting compensation does not modify the contract concluded with the customer, the received compensation is classified as revenue from contracts with customers, in accordance with IFRS 15.These compensations are treated as performance of the contract concluded with the customer, the remuneration for which will be obtained partly from the customer and partly from the state institution (where part of the sales revenue from contracts concluded with customers is covered under the compensation program, not by customers who are parties to the contract but by a government institution, e.g. the Settlement Manager).Thus, the revenue from the contract with the customer, in the part to which it will be covered under the compensation scheme, is recognised in accordance with IFRS 15, in particular when, in the Group's opinion, obtaining compensation from the state institution is probable.
In the case of sales of crude oil extracted on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, where the Group has a joint interest in individual licenses with other shareholders, revenue from crude oil sales is recognized based on the volumes of the product extracted and sold to customers. The volume of crude oil sold to customers may differ from the volume of the product held by the Group as a license shareholder in a given period. If the production volume exceeds the sales volume, an asset (underlift) is recognized in the consolidated financial statement, and if the volume of crude oil sold exceeds the production volume attributable to the Group in a given reporting period, a liability is recognized (overlift).