Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

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ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS  
ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

NOTE 3 — ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

Asset retirement obligations (“AROs”) represent the estimated present value of the amount incurred to plug, abandon and remediate the Company’s properties at the end of their productive lives. A summary of the changes to ARO is as follows (in thousands):

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 

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2025

    

2024

Asset retirement obligations, beginning of period

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$

548,832

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$

498,815

Liabilities settled

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(24,873)

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(20,342)

Accretion expense

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25,075

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24,217

Liabilities acquired

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—

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17,647

Disposition of oil and natural gas properties

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(1,469)

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—

Liabilities incurred

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1,029

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Revisions of estimated liabilities

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17,427

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34,690

Asset retirement obligations, end of period

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566,021

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555,027

Less: Current portion

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(34,528)

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(45,139)

Long-term

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$

531,493

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$

509,888

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