Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Asset Retirement Obligations

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Asset Retirement Obligations
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2019
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]  
Asset Retirement Obligations

5.  Asset Retirement Obligations

Our asset retirement obligations (“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):  

 

Balance, December 31, 2018

$

310,137

 

Liabilities settled

 

(254

)

Accretion of discount

 

4,588

 

Liabilities incurred

 

44

 

Revisions of estimated liabilities

 

(353

)

Balance, March 31, 2019

 

314,162

 

Less current portion

 

24,799

 

Long-term

$

289,363