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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2016
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract] |
Asset Retirement Obligation | A reconciliation of our liability for plugging and abandonment costs for the three months ended March 31, 2016 is as follows (in thousands):
|  | Three Months Ended March 31, 2016 |
Beginning of period |  | $ | 264,137 |
Liabilities incurred |  |  | 194 |
Liabilities settled |  |  | (3,201 | )
Disposition of wells |  |  | (2,164 | )
Accretion expense |  |  | 3,978 |
Change in estimate |  |  | 821 |
End of period |  |  | 263,765 |
Less current portion |  |  | (15,071 | )
Long-term asset retirement obligations |  | $ | 248,694 |

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