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Asset Retirement Obligations
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]  
Asset Retirement Obligations

Note 4 - Asset Retirement Obligations

 

The Company’s asset retirement obligations represent the estimated present value of the estimated cash flows the Company will incur to plug, abandon, and remediate its producing properties at the end of their productive lives, in accordance with applicable state laws. Market risk premiums associated with asset retirement obligations are estimated to represent a component of the Company’s credit-adjusted risk-free rate that is utilized in the calculations of asset retirement obligations.

 

The Company’s asset retirement obligation activity is as follows:

 

   For the Three Months Ended March 31, 
   2023   2022 
           
Asset retirement obligations, beginning of period  $25,000,740   $20,640,599 
Revisions   (68,809)    
Liabilities settled   (190,375)    
Accretion expense   401,275    330,000 
Asset retirement obligation, end of period  $25,142,831   $20,970,599