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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract] |
Asset Retirement Obligation | A reconciliation of our liability for plugging and abandonment costs for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 is as follows (in thousands):
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016 |
Beginning of period |  | $ | 264,137 |
Acquisition of wells |  |  | 16,600 |
Liabilities incurred |  |  | 1,516 |
Liabilities settled |  |  | (8,153 | )
Disposition of wells |  |  | (4,731 | )
Accretion expense |  |  | 12,231 |
Change in estimate |  |  | 3,139 |
End of period |  |  | 284,739 |
Less current portion |  |  | (15,071 | )
Long-term asset retirement obligations |  | $ | 269,668 |

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