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Asset Retirement Obligation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]

Asset Retirement Obligation

6. Asset Retirement Obligation

The Company records a liability for the estimated costs to be incurred in connection with the abandonment of oil and natural gas properties in the future.  This liability is included in the caption “other” in the liabilities section of the consolidated balance sheet.

The following table describes the changes to the Company’s asset retirement obligations during 2015 and 2014 (in thousands):

		2015				2014
Balance at beginning of year		$	5,301			$	4,837
Liabilities incurred			340				473
Liabilities settled			(120	)			(197	)
Accretion expense			171				169
Revision in estimated costs of plugging oil and natural gas wells			—				19
Asset retirement obligation at end of year		$	5,692			$	5,301

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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
-Section 50
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6392692&loc=d3e7535-110849

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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