Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Asset Retirement Obligations

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Asset Retirement Obligations
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]  
Asset Retirement Obligations

5.  Asset Retirement Obligations

Our ARO primarily represents the estimated present value of the amount we will incur to plug, abandon and remediate our producing properties at the end of their productive lives.  

A summary of the changes to our ARO is as follows (in thousands):  

 

Balance, December 31, 2017

$

300,446

 

Liabilities settled

 

(7,022

)

Accretion of discount

 

4,536

 

Disposition of properties

 

(297

)

Revisions of estimated liabilities (1)

 

8,820

 

Balance, March 31, 2018

 

306,483

 

Less current portion

 

25,748

 

Long-term

$

280,735

 

 

 

(1)

Revisions were primarily related to wells that experienced sustained casing pressure issues.