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Asset Retirement Obligations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]

Asset Retirement Obligations

Asset Retirement Obligations

The following table reflects the changes in the Company’s ARO during the nine months ended September 30, 2013:

	(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	23,234
Liabilities incurred during period	3,066
Liabilities settled during period	23
Accretion expense during period (1)	895
Revisions to estimates	213
Balance at September 30, 2013	$	27,431

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

At September 30, 2013, the current portion of the total ARO balance was approximately $0.4 million and is included in accrued liabilities on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

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The entire disclosure for an asset retirement obligation and the associated long-lived asset. An asset retirement obligation is a legal obligation associated with the disposal or retirement from service of a tangible long-lived asset that results from the acquisition, construction or development, or the normal operations of a long-lived asset, except for certain obligations of lessees.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 410

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6392692&loc=d3e7535-110849



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-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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