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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract] |
Change in asset retirement obligations | The following table shows the change in our asset retirement obligations for 2016 and 2015 (dollars in thousands):
| 2016 |  | 2015
Asset retirement obligations at the beginning of year | $ | 443,576 |  |  | $ | 390,750 |
Changes attributable to: |  |  |  |  |
Accretion expense | 26,656 |  |  | 25,163 |
Settlements | (15,732 | ) |  | (32,048 | )
Estimated cash flow revisions | 151,046 |  |  | 17,556 |
Newly incurred or acquired obligations | 18,929 |  |  | 42,155 |
Asset retirement obligations at the end of year | $ | 624,475 |  |  | $ | 443,576 |

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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. + References 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 + Details
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