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Suspended Well Costs | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Suspended Well Costs [Abstract] |
Suspended Well Costs Disclosure [Text Block] | Note 13 - Suspended Well Costs The following table reflects the net changes in capitalized exploratory well costs during 2015, 2014, and 2013. The table does not include amounts that were capitalized and either subsequently expensed or reclassified to producing well costs in the same year:
| For the Years Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (in thousands)
Beginning balance on January 1, | $ | 43,589 |  |  | $ | 34,527 |  |  | $ | 9,100 |
Additions to capitalized exploratory well costs pending the determination of proved reserves | 11,952 |  |  | 43,589 |  |  | 34,527 |
Divestitures | (809 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Reclassifications to wells, facilities, and equipment based on the determination of proved reserves | (18,485 | ) |  | (33,340 | ) |  | (9,100 | )
Capitalized exploratory well costs charged to expense | (24,295 | ) |  | (1,187 | ) |  | — |
Ending balance at December 31, | $ | 11,952 |  |  | $ | 43,589 |  |  | $ | 34,527 |
As of December 31, 2015, there were no exploratory well costs that were capitalized for more than one year.

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