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ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

7. ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

The Company records an ARO on oil and natural gas properties when it can reasonably estimate the fair value of an obligation to perform site reclamation, dismantle facilities or plug and abandon costs. The Company records the ARO liability on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and capitalizes the cost in “Oil and natural gas properties” 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 unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. The additional capitalized costs are depreciated on a unit-of-production basis.

The Company recorded the following activity related to its ARO liability (in thousands):

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Liability for asset retirement obligations as of December 31, 2023	​	$	17,458
Accretion expense	​	​	234
Liabilities incurred	​	​	174
Liability for asset retirement obligations as of March 31, 2024	​	​	17,866

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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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-Topic 410
-SubTopic 20
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (a)
-Publisher FASB
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-SubTopic 20
-Topic 410
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