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Asset Retirement Obligations | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract] |
Asset Retirement Obligations | Note 5 – 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 transactions during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 are summarized in the table below.
|  | For the Year Ended December 31, |
|  | 2023 |  |  | 2022 |
Asset retirement obligations, beginning of period |  | $ | 25,000,740 |  |  | $ | 20,640,599 |
Liabilities assumed in acquisitions |  |  | 72,000 |  |  |  | 502,539 |
Revisions |  |  | 2,303,938 |  |  |  | 2,660,653 |
Liabilities settled |  |  | (964,274 | ) |  |  | (160,957 | )
Accretion expense |  |  | 1,756,023 |  |  |  | 1,357,906 |
Asset retirement obligation, end of period |  | $ | 28,168,427 |  |  | $ | 25,000,740 |
Less current portion included in Accrued Expenses |  |  | 700,000 |  |  |  | — |
Asset retirement obligation, long-term |  | $ | 27,468,427 |  |  | $ | 25,000,740 |
The revisions in 2023 primarily reflect cost revision estimates to wells in New Mexico based on 2023 plugging activity. The revisions in 2022 primarily relate to the identification of nonproducing wells, including injection wells and temporarily abandoned wells in New Mexico.

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- Definition 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. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 410 -SubTopic 20 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481850/410-20-50-1 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Topic 410 -SubTopic 20 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//410-20/tableOfContent Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -SubTopic 20 -Topic 410 -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147481850/410-20-50-2 + Details
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