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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract] |
Change in asset retirement obligations | The following table shows the change in our asset retirement obligations for 2018 and 2017 (dollars in thousands):
| 2018 |  | 2017
Asset retirement obligations at the beginning of year | $ | 679,529 |  |  | $ | 624,475 |
Changes attributable to: |  |  |  |  |
Accretion expense | 36,876 |  |  | 33,104 |
Settlements | (9,726 | ) |  | — |
Estimated cash flow revisions | 2,002 |  |  | 21,950 |
Newly incurred or acquired obligations | 17,864 |  |  | — |
Asset retirement obligations at the end of year | $ | 726,545 |  |  | $ | 679,529 |

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