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Property, Plant and Equipment
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Property, Plant and Equipment
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT:
 
December 31,
 
2013
 
2012
Coal & Other Plant and Equipment
$
3,681,051

 
$
3,414,940

Intangible Drilling Cost
1,937,336

 
1,550,297

Proven Properties
1,670,404

 
1,596,838

Unproven Properties
1,463,406

 
1,266,017

Coal Properties and Surface Lands
1,404,056

 
1,164,107

Gathering Equipment
1,058,008

 
1,006,882

Wells and Related Equipment
688,548

 
492,364

Airshafts
397,466

 
366,054

Leased Coal Lands
393,372

 
529,758

Coal Advance Mining Royalties
381,348

 
381,343

Mine Development
354,607

 
262,511

Other Gas Assets
126,239

 
82,217

Gas Advance Royalties
22,668

 
8,229

Total Property, Plant and Equipment
13,578,509

 
12,121,557

Less Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization
4,136,247

 
3,613,499

Total Net Property, Plant and Equipment
$
9,442,262

 
$
8,508,058


The following assets are amortized using the units-of-production method. Amounts reflect properties where mining or drilling operations have not yet commenced and therefore, are not being amortized for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
Unproven gas properties
 
$
1,487,166

 
$
1,266,017

Coal properties
 
273,242

 
317,676

Mine Development
 
238,356

 
145,940

Leased coal lands
 
99,506

 
118,697

Coal advance mining royalties
 
48,043

 
55,749

Airshafts
 
38,794

 
21,866

Gas advance royalties
 
22,668

 
8,229

     Total
 
$
2,207,775

 
$
1,934,174



As of December 31, 2013 and 2012, plant and equipment includes gross assets under capital lease of $96,015 and $93,745, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Gas segment maintains a capital lease for the Jewell Ridge Pipeline of $66,919, which is included in Gas gathering equipment. For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the Gas segment also maintains a capital lease for vehicles of $10,652 and $9,248, respectively, which are included in Other gas assets. For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, the All Other segment maintains capital leases for vehicles and computer equipment of $18,444 and $17,578, respectively, which are included in Coal and other plant and equipment. Accumulated amortization for capital leases was $50,371 and $44,726 at December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Amortization expense for capital leases is included in Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization in the Consolidated Statements of Income. See Note 15–Leases for further discussion of capital leases.

Industry Participation Agreements

CONSOL Energy has two significant industry participation agreements (referred to as "joint ventures" or "JVs") that provided drilling and completion carries for our retained interests.

On October 21, 2011, CNX Gas Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of CONSOL Energy, completed a sale to Hess Ohio Developments, LLC (Hess) a 50% interest in nearly 200 thousand net Utica Shale acres in Ohio. Cash proceeds related to this transaction were $54,254, which were net of $5,719 in transaction fees. Additionally, CONSOL Energy and Hess entered into a joint development agreement pursuant to which Hess agreed to pay approximately $534,000 in the form of a 50% drilling carry of certain CONSOL Energy working interest obligations as the acreage is developed. The net gain on the transaction was $53,095 and was recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income as Other Income for the year ended December 31, 2011. CONSOL Energy and Hess have agreed to focus their development efforts on six core counties in southeastern Ohio, in which the joint venture holds approximately 73,000 mostly fee acres. To this end, the parties have agreed to pursue the sale of approximately 63,000 acres outside of the focus areas. In addition, as previously disclosed, based on title work performed by Hess as part of the title defect process, we believe that there are chain of title issues with respect to approximately 39,000 of the joint venture acres representing approximately $153,000 of carry, most of which likely cannot be cured. These acres, together with another 26,000 acres of allegedly defective acres have been reassigned to CONSOL Energy. CONSOL Energy may elect to cure the alleged defects related to these acres and develop them, or sell the acres for its own account. After taking into account the reassignment of approximately 65,000 acres, the parties have agreed that the total carry remaining after these adjustments is $335,000. The loss of these Utica Shale acres will not have a material impact on the Company's financial statements.  

On September 30, 2011, CNX Gas Company completed a sale to Noble Energy, Inc. (Noble) of 50% of the Company's undivided interest in certain Marcellus Shale oil and gas properties in West Virginia and Pennsylvania covering approximately 628 thousand net acres and 50% of the Company's undivided interest in certain of its existing Marcellus Shale wells and related leases. In September 2011, cash proceeds of $485,464 were received related to this transaction, which were net of $34,998 transaction fees. Additionally, a note receivable was recognized related to the two additional cash payments to be received on the first and second anniversary of the transaction closing date. In September 2013, cash proceeds of $327,964 were received related to the second anniversary note receivable. In September 2012, cash proceeds of $327,964 were received related to the first anniversary note receivable. During December 2011, an additional receivable of $16,703 and a payable of $980 were recorded for closing adjustments and were included in Accounts and Notes Receivable - Other and Accounts Payable, respectively. Adjusted cash proceeds of $15,598 related to the additional receivable were received in April 2012. The net loss on the transaction was $64,142 and was recognized in the Consolidated Statements of Income as Other Income for the year ended December 31, 2011. As part of the transaction, CNX Gas Company also received a commitment from Noble to pay one-third of the Company's working interest share of certain drilling and completion costs, up to approximately $2,100,000 with certain restrictions. These restrictions include the suspension of carry if average Henry Hub natural gas prices are below $4.00 per million British thermal units (MMbtu) for three consecutive months. The carry is currently suspended and will remain suspended until average natural gas prices are above $4.00/MMbtu for three consecutive months. Restrictions also include a $400,000 annual maximum on Noble's carried cost obligation.

The following unaudited pro forma combined financial statements are based on CONSOL Energy's historical consolidated financial statements and adjusted to give effect to the September 30, 2011 sale of a 50% interest in certain Marcellus Shale assets. The unaudited pro forma results for the periods presented below are prepared as if the transaction occurred as of January 1, 2010 and do not include material, non-recurring charges.
 
 
Year Ended
 
 
December 31,
 
 
2011
Total Revenue and Other Income
 
$
6,073,904

Earnings Before Income Taxes
 
$
775,807

Net Income Attributable to CONSOL Energy Inc. Shareholders
 
$
623,114

Basic Earnings Per Share
 
$
2.75

Dilutive Earnings Per Share
 
$
2.72

The pro forma results are not necessarily indicative of what actually would have occurred if the transaction had been completed as of January 1, 2010, nor are they necessarily indicative of future consolidated results.
Under our joint venture agreement with Noble, Noble had the right to perform due diligence on the title to the oil and gas interests which we conveyed to them and to assert that title to the acreage is defective. CONSOL Energy could then review and respond to the asserted title defects, or cure them, and ultimately, if the claim is not resolved, either party could submit the defect to an arbitrator for resolution. We have completed our review of the title defect notice asserted by Noble, and working in collaboration with them, we have addressed defects with respect to approximately 87,851 gross deal acres, having a carry value of approximately $551,000, and successfully resolved such defects to the satisfaction of both parties. We have conceded defects which have an aggregate value of approximately $216,000 in excess of the applicable deductibles and the carry payable by Noble Energy to CONSOL Energy has been reduced by this amount. The impact of these conceded defects was $23,058 and $3,526 of expense for the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and is included in Cost of Goods Sold and Other Charges in the Consolidated Statements of Income. The parties have resolved substantially all outstanding asserted defects.

The following table provides information about our industry participation agreements as of December 31, 2013:

 
 
Industry
 
Industry
 
 
 
 
Participation
 
Participation
 
Drilling
Shale
 
Agreement
 
Agreement
 
Carries
Play
 
Partner
 
Date
 
Remaining
Marcellus
 
Noble
 
September 30, 2011
 
$
1,873,785

Utica
 
Hess
 
October 21, 2011
 
$
230,353