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

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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):

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Three Months Ended March 31, 

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2022

Asset retirement obligations, beginning of period

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$

424,495

Liabilities settled

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(5,492)

Accretion of discount

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6,236

Liabilities incurred and assumed through acquisition

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26,493

Revisions of estimated liabilities (1)

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23,224

Asset retirement obligations, end of period

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474,956

Less current portion

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(67,274)

Long-term

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$

407,682

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