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Asset Retirement Obligation
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Asset Retirement Obligation [Abstract]  
Asset Retirement Obligation



(8)  Asset Retirement Obligation



Our asset retirement obligations represent the estimated present value of the amount we will incur to plug, abandon, and remediate our producing properties at the end of their productive lives in accordance with applicable laws. The following table summarizes the Company’s Asset Retirement Obligation transactions for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 (in thousands):







 

 

 



 

 

 

Balance December 31, 2018

 

$

2,179 

Accretion expense

 

 

100 

Liabilities incurred

 

 

 —

Liabilities settled

 

 

(56)

Liabilities relieved - sold properties

 

 

(55)

Balance September 30, 2019

 

$

2,168