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Note 5 - Asset Retirement Obligations

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Note 5 - Asset Retirement Obligations
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Text Block]

5.

Asset Retirement Obligations

 

Our ARO represent the estimated present value of the amount incurred to plug, abandon and remediate our properties at the end of their productive lives.

 

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

 

Balances, December 31, 2019

  $ 355,594  

Liabilities settled

    (2,788 )

Accretion of discount

    17,019  

Liabilities incurred, including acquisitions

    4,355  

Revisions of estimated liabilities

    7,555  

Balances, September 30, 2020

    381,735  

Less current portion

    19,522  

Long-term

  $ 362,213