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Asset Retirement Obligation (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 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 nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

 

2015

 

 

2014

 

Balance at beginning of year

$

5,301

 

 

$

4,837

 

Liabilities incurred

 

322

 

 

 

411

 

Liabilities settled

 

(118

)

 

 

(68

)

Accretion expense

 

129

 

 

 

126

 

Revision in estimated costs of plugging oil and natural gas wells

 

 

 

 

19

 

Asset retirement obligation at end of period

$

5,634

 

 

$

5,325