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Asset Retirement Obligations
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
Asset Retirement Obligations  
Asset Retirement Obligations

Note 9. Asset Retirement Obligations

The Company’s ARO represents the estimated present value of the amount expected to be incurred to plug, abandon, and remediate its oil and natural gas properties at the end of their productive lives in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. The Company records the ARO liability on the consolidated balance sheets and capitalizes the cost in “Oil and natural gas properties, net” during the period in which the obligation is incurred. The Company records the accretion of its ARO liabilities in “Depletion, depreciation and amortization” expense in the consolidated statements of operations.

The following is a reconciliation of the activity related to the Company’s ARO liability (inclusive of the current portion) for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands):

 

    

June 30, 2023

    

June 30, 2022

Asset retirement obligations — beginning of period

$

13,921

$

5,583

Liabilities incurred

57

219

Liabilities settled

(136)

(17)

Liabilities acquired(1)

5,400

Accretion of discount

1,131

531

Revisions of previous estimates(2)

2,094

2,205

Asset retirement obligations — end of period

17,067

13,921

Less: current asset retirement obligations

(55)

(22)

Long-term portion of asset retirement obligations

$

17,012

$

13,899

(1)See Note 3, “Acquisitions, for additional information on the Company’s acquisition activities.
(2)Primarily related to upward revisions for increased estimates for the years ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.