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Note 5 - Asset Retirement Obligations

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Note 5 - Asset Retirement Obligations
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Notes to Financial Statements  
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Text Block]
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):
 
Balances, December 31, 2019
  $
355,594
 
Liabilities settled
   
(249
)
Accretion of discount
   
5,716
 
Liabilities incurred, including acquisitions
   
2,704
 
Revisions of estimated liabilities
   
335
 
Balances, March 31, 2020
   
364,100
 
Less current portion
   
2,803
 
Long-term
  $
361,297