Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

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ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements  
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE 7 ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

AROs 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 ARO is as follows (in thousands):

Three Months Ended March 31, 

    

2022

Asset retirement obligations, beginning of period

$

424,495

Liabilities settled

 

(5,492)

Accretion of discount

 

6,236

Liabilities incurred and assumed through acquisition

 

26,493

Revisions of estimated liabilities (1)

 

23,224

Asset retirement obligations, end of period

474,956

Less current portion

 

(67,274)

Long-term

$

407,682

(1) Revisions in 2022 were primarily due to moving additional projects to current term and increases in current pricing.