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Asset Retirement Obligation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]

Changes to Company's Asset Retirement Obligations

The following table describes the changes to the Company’s asset retirement obligations during the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2015				2014
Balance at beginning of year	$	5,301			$	4,837
Liabilities incurred		188				91
Liabilities settled		(25	)			(11	)
Accretion expense		42				42
Revision in estimated costs of plugging oil and natural gas wells		—			—
Asset retirement obligation at end of period	$	5,506			$	4,959

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- Definition

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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