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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 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 years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014				2013(1)
	(In thousands)
Asset retirement obligation — beginning of period	$	36,458			$	23,234
Liabilities incurred during period	5,376				11,665
Liabilities settled during period(2)	(2,065		)		—
Accretion expense during period(3)	1,917				1,346
Revisions to estimates	863				213
Asset retirement obligation — end of period	$	42,549			$	36,458

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(1) Includes ARO for wells acquired in the 2013 Acquisitions (See Note 6 — Acquisitions).

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

(3) Included in depreciation, depletion and amortization on the Company’s 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.

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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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