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Asset Retirement Obligations

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

Asset Retirement Obligations.

Asset Retirement Obligations

Note 4 – Asset Retirement Obligations

The Company’s asset retirement obligations (“ARO”) 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 AROs.

The Company’s ARO activities are summarized in the following table:

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​	​	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,					​
​		2025			2024		​
Asset retirement obligations, beginning of period	​	$	30,188	​	$	28,168	​
Liabilities incurred from drilling activity and assumed in acquisitions	​		—	​		877	​
Revisions	​		—	​		—	​
Liabilities settled from plugging activity and disposals	​		(361)	​		(864)	​
Accretion expense	​		1,594	​		1,487	​
Asset retirement obligations, end of period	​	$	31,421	​	$	29,668	​
Less: current portion included in Accrued expenses	​		1,765	​		700	​
Asset retirement obligations, long-term	​	$	29,656	​	$	28,968	​

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The liabilities incurred from drilling activity in 2024 primarily relate to the completion of new wells as part of Empire’s North Dakota Starbuck Drilling Program. The liabilities assumed in acquisitions in 2024 relate to additional working interest acquired in New Mexico. (see Note 3). The liabilities settled from disposals in 2025 relate to the divestiture of certain non-core oil and natural gas properties further described in Note 3. There were no liabilities settled from disposals in 2024.

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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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