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Asset Retirement Obligations
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2024
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 accretion” 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, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):

 

    

June 30, 2024

    

June 30, 2023

Asset retirement obligations — beginning of period

$

17,067

$

13,921

Liabilities incurred

28

57

Liabilities settled

(39)

(136)

Liabilities acquired(1)

90

Accretion of discount

1,457

1,131

Revisions of previous estimates(2)

808

2,094

Asset retirement obligations — end of period

19,411

17,067

Less: current asset retirement obligations

(202)

(55)

Long-term portion of asset retirement obligations

$

19,209

$

17,012

(1)See Note 3, “Acquisitions, for additional information on the Company’s acquisition activities.
(2)Primarily related to upward revisions for increased cost estimates for the years ended June 30, 2024 and 2023.