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Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

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, 2016:

	(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2015	$	35,812
Liabilities incurred during period	465
Liabilities settled during period(1)	(444		)
Accretion expense during period(2)	1,425
Revisions to estimates	571
Balance at September 30, 2016	$	37,829

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(1) Liabilities settled during the nine months ended September 30, 2016 included ARO related to the sold properties (see Note 7 – 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.

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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
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6393242&loc=d3e13201-110859

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