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Asset Retirement Obligation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]

Asset Retirement Obligation

Activity related to the Company’s asset retirement obligation is as follows:

(In thousands)		Nine Months Ended   September 30, 2014
Balance at beginning of period		$	75,853
Liabilities incurred		4,360
Liabilities settled		(411		)
Liabilities divested		(899		)
Change in estimate		33,810
Accretion expense		3,528
Balance at end of period		$	116,241

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- Definition

Tabular disclosure of the changes in carrying amount of a liability for asset retirement obligations, for changes such as new obligations, changes in estimates of existing obligations, spending on existing obligations, property dispositions, and foreign currency translation.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 410

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 5

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6393242&loc=d3e13201-110859

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