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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT AND ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT AND ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION |
Schedule of property and equipment |
|  |  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | Depletion, |  |
|  | Estimated |  | Gross |  | Depreciation, |  | Net
|  | Useful |  | Property and |  | and |  | Property and
|  | Lives |  | Equipment |  | Amortization |  | Equipment
At September 30, 2012: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land |  |  |  |  | $ | 863,000 |  |  |  | $ | - |  |  |  | $ | 863,000 |
Oil and natural gas properties |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
(full cost accounting) |  |  |  |  | 242,433,000 |  |  |  | (198,768,000 | ) |  |  | 43,665,000 |
Drilling rigs and equipment |  | 3 – 10 years |  |  | 6,752,000 |  |  |  | (5,152,000 | ) |  |  | 1,600,000 |
Offices |  | 40 years |  |  | 2,420,000 |  |  |  | (264,000 | ) |  |  | 2,156,000 |
Other property and equipment |  | 3 – 17 years |  |  | 3,685,000 |  |  |  | (3,345,000 | ) |  |  | 340,000 |
Total |  |  |  |  | $ | 256,153,000 |  |  |  | $ | (207,529,000 | ) |  |  | $ | 48,624,000 |
|  |  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |
|  |  |  |  |  | Depletion, |  |
|  | Estimated |  | Gross |  | Depreciation, |  | Net
|  | Useful |  | Property and |  | and |  | Property and
|  | Lives |  | Equipment |  | Amortization |  | Equipment
At September 30, 2011: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Land |  |  |  |  | $ | 863,000 |  |  |  | $ | - |  |  |  | $ | 863,000 |
Oil and natural gas properties (full cost accounting) |  |  |  |  | 224,852,000 |  |  |  | (175,715,000 | ) |  |  | 49,137,000 |
Drilling rigs and equipment |  | 3 – 10 years |  |  | 7,020,000 |  |  |  | (4,988,000 | ) |  |  | 2,032,000 |
Offices |  | 40 years |  |  | 2,420,000 |  |  |  | (203,000 | ) |  |  | 2,217,000 |
Other property and equipment |  | 3 – 17 years |  |  | 3,881,000 |  |  |  | (3,511,000 | ) |  |  | 370,000 |
Total |  |  |  |  | $ | 239,036,000 |  |  |  | $ | (184,417,000 | ) |  |  | $ | 54,619,000 |
Schedule of reconciliation of the asset retirement obligation |
|  | Year ended September 30, |
|  | 2012 |  |  |  | 2011 |
Asset retirement obligation as of beginning of year |  | $ | 4,921,000 |  |  |  | $ | 4,869,000 |
Obligations incurred on new wells drilled |  | 68,000 |  |  |  | 123,000 |
Revision of estimated obligation |  | 320,000 |  |  |  | (330,000 | )
Accretion expense |  | 363,000 |  |  |  | 341,000 |
Payments |  | (324,000 | ) |  |  | (36,000 | )
Foreign currency translation adjustment |  | 281,000 |  |  |  | (46,000 | )
Asset retirement obligation as of end of year |  | $ | 5,629,000 |  |  |  | $ | 4,921,000 |

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