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Asset Retirement Obligations
 9 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]  
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Our asset retirement obligations represent the estimated present value of the amount we expect to incur to plug, abandon, and remediate our producing properties at the end of their productive lives in accordance with applicable laws. During the nine months ended March 31, 2021, the Delhi field operator abandoned two wells. Presently, we expect the Hamilton Dome operator to plug three wells during the next twelve months. The following is a reconciliation of the beginning and ending asset retirement obligations for the nine months ended March 31, 2021 and for the year ended June 30, 2020:
 March 31,
2021		June 30,
2020
Asset retirement obligations — beginning of period$2,588,894 $1,610,845 
Liabilities incurred— 944,278 (c)
Liabilities settled(99,231)(a)(86,592)(d)
Accretion of discount132,809 146,504 
Revision of previous estimates91,430 (b)(26,141)
Asset retirement obligations — end of period$2,713,902 $2,588,894 
Less: current asset retirement obligations44,520 — 
Long-term portion of asset retirement obligations$2,669,382 $2,588,894 
 
(a) Abandonment of two non-scheduled Delhi field wells.
(b) Upward revisions for two difficult-to-plug Delhi field wells.
(c) Liabilities incurred in fiscal 2020 were primarily due to our acquisition of our Hamilton Dome interest.
(d) The respective operators abandoned one well in the Delhi field and four wells in the Hamilton Dome field.