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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Changes in Asset Retirement Obligations

The following table reflects the changes in the Company’s ARO during the three months ended March 31, 2014:

	(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	36,458
Liabilities incurred during period	1,401
Liabilities settled during period(1)	(1,974		)
Accretion expense during period(2)	445
Balance at March 31, 2014	$	36,330

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(1) Liabilities settled during period represents ARO related to the properties sold in the Sanish Divestiture.

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

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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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