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Property and Equipment (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2017
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract] |
Schedule of Property and Equipment | The major categories of property and equipment and related accumulated depletion, depreciation, amortization and impairment as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 are as follows:
| September 30, 2017 |  | December 31, 2016
| (In thousands)
Oil and natural gas properties | $ | 8,867,239 |  |  | $ | 6,071,920 |
Office furniture and fixtures | 34,875 |  |  | 21,204 |
Building | 44,530 |  |  | 42,530 |
Land | 4,820 |  |  | 5,252 |
Total property and equipment | 8,951,464 |  |  | 6,140,906 |
Accumulated depletion, depreciation, amortization and impairment | (4,043,879 | ) |  | (3,789,780 | )
Property and equipment, net | $ | 4,907,585 |  |  | $ | 2,351,126 |
Summary of Non-producing Properties Excluded from Amortization by Area | The following table summarizes the Company’s non-producing properties excluded from amortization by area at September 30, 2017:
| September 30, 2017
| (In thousands)
Utica | $ | 1,517,555 |
MidContinent | 1,435,992 |
Niobrara | 2,182 |
Southern Louisiana | 536 |
Bakken | 99 |
Other | 368 |
| $ | 2,956,732 |
Schedule of Asset Retirement Obligation | A reconciliation of the Company’s asset retirement obligation for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:
| September 30, 2017 |  | September 30, 2016
| (In thousands)
Asset retirement obligation, beginning of period | $ | 34,276 |  |  | $ | 26,437 |
Liabilities incurred | 11,557 |  |  | 6,726 |
Liabilities settled | (2,520 | ) |  | (955 | )
Accretion expense | 1,148 |  |  | 777 |
Asset retirement obligation as of end of period | 44,461 |  |  | 32,985 |
Less current portion | 195 |  |  | 75 |
Asset retirement obligation, long-term | $ | 44,266 |  |  | $ | 32,910 |

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