Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Asset Retirement Obligations

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Asset Retirement Obligations
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2021
Notes to Financial Statements  
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Text Block]

6.        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, 2020

$

392,704

Liabilities settled

 

(11,213)

Accretion of discount

 

11,895

Liabilities incurred and assumed through acquisition

 

417

Revisions of estimated liabilities

 

10,200

Balances, June 30, 2021

 

404,003

Less current portion

 

(23,888)

Long-term

$

380,115