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Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Oil And Gas Property [Abstract]  
Summary of Oil and Natural Gas Property Costs Not Being Amortized

The following table sets forth a summary of the Company’s oil and natural gas property costs not being amortized at December 31, 2020, by the year in which such costs were incurred (in thousands): 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

Total

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2018

 

 

2017 and Prior

 

Acquisition United States

 

$

80,799

 

 

$

61,315

 

 

$

3,268

 

 

$

16,216

 

 

$

 

Exploration United States

 

 

52,470

 

 

 

12,714

 

 

 

32,698

 

 

 

5,761

 

 

 

1,297

 

Exploration Mexico

 

 

121,725

 

 

 

14,811

 

 

 

61,809

 

 

 

14,362

 

 

 

30,743

 

Total unproved properties, not subject to amortization

 

$

254,994

 

 

$

88,840

 

 

$

97,775

 

 

$

36,339

 

 

$

32,040

 

 

Schedule of Asset Retirement Obligations

Asset Retirement Obligations

The discounted asset retirement obligations included in the Consolidated Balance Sheets in current and non-current liabilities, and the changes in that liability during each of the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Asset retirement obligations at January 1

 

$

369,478

 

 

$

382,817

 

Fair value of asset retirement obligations acquired(1)

 

 

44,311

 

 

 

5,047

 

Obligations settled

 

 

(43,933

)

 

 

(75,331

)

Fair value of asset retirement obligations divested

 

 

(185

)

 

 

(5,450

)

Accretion expense

 

 

49,741

 

 

 

34,389

 

Obligations incurred

 

 

4,511

 

 

 

4,111

 

Changes in estimate

 

 

18,346

 

 

 

23,895

 

Asset retirement obligations at December 31

 

$

442,269

 

 

$

369,478

 

Less: Current portion

 

 

(49,921

)

 

 

(61,051

)

Long-term portion

 

$

392,348

 

 

$

308,427

 

 

(1)

Year ended December 31, 2020 includes $35.3 million, $3.3 million and $4.2 million of asset retirement obligations assumed in the ILX and Castex Acquisition, Castex Energy 2005 Acquisition and LLOG Acquisition, respectively.