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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Schedule of Changes in Asset Retirement Obligations

The following table reflects the changes in the Company’s ARO during the nine months ended September 30, 2012:

		(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2011		$	13,075
Liabilities incurred during period			5,388
Liabilities settled during period			(42	)
Accretion expense during period (1)			612
Revisions to estimates			1,774
Balance at September 30, 2012		$	20,807

(1) Included in depreciation, depletion and amortization on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.

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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

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