Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Asset Retirement Obligations

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Asset Retirement Obligations
9 Months Ended
Sep. 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

 

(19,744)

Accretion of discount

 

17,368

Liabilities incurred and assumed through acquisition

 

417

Revisions of estimated liabilities

 

17,129

Balances, September 30, 2021

 

407,874

Less current portion

 

(27,545)

Long-term

$

380,329