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Asset Retirement Obligations
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
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, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):

 

    

June 30, 2025

    

June 30, 2024

Asset retirement obligations — beginning of period

$

19,411

$

17,067

Liabilities incurred

9

28

Liabilities settled

(230)

(39)

Liabilities acquired(1)

303

90

Accretion of discount

1,619

1,457

Revisions of previous estimates(2)

718

808

Asset retirement obligations — end of period

21,830

19,411

Less: current asset retirement obligations

(295)

(202)

Long-term portion of asset retirement obligations

$

21,535

$

19,209

(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, 2025 and 2024.