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Asset Retirement Obligations

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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:

Schedule of asset retirement activity
		For the Six Months Ended June 30,
		2023				2022
Asset retirement obligations, beginning of period		$	25,000,740			$	20,640,599
Additions			—				233,659
Liabilities settled			(656,249	)			(160,958	)
Revisions			2,303,939				—
Accretion expense			806,636				666,488
Asset retirement obligation, end of period		$	27,455,066			$	21,379,788

The revisions in 2023 primarily reflect cost revision estimates to wells in New Mexico based on 2023 plugging activity.

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The entire disclosure for an asset retirement obligation and the associated long-lived asset. An asset retirement obligation is a legal obligation associated with the disposal or retirement from service of a tangible long-lived asset that results from the acquisition, construction or development, or the normal operations of a long-lived asset, except for certain obligations of lessees.

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