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Asset Retirement Obligations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]

Asset Retirement Obligations

Asset Retirement Obligations

The following table reflects the changes in the Company’s ARO during the three months ended March 31, 2018:

	(In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2017	$	48,799
Liabilities incurred during period	2,703
Liabilities settled during period	(1		)
Accretion expense during period(1)	665
Revisions to estimates	84
Balance at March 31, 2018	$	52,250

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

At March 31, 2018, the current portion of the total ARO balance was approximately $0.3 million and was included in accrued liabilities on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet.

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- Definition

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
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2175671

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