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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 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 nine months ended September 30, 2014:
| (In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2013 | $ | 36,458 |
Liabilities incurred during period | 4,850 |
Liabilities settled during period(1) | (2,062 | )
Accretion expense during period(2) | 1,395 |
Revisions to estimates | 863 |
Balance at September 30, 2014 | $ | 41,504 |
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(1) | Liabilities settled during period include 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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- 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 + Details
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