NOTE 15—LEASES:

CONSOL Energy uses various leased facilities and equipment in our operations. Future minimum lease payments under capital and operating leases, together with the present value of the net minimum capital lease payments, at December 31, 2013, are as follows:



	Capital		Operating
	Leases		Leases
Year Ended December 31,
2014	$	12,059	$	90,565
2015	10,984		85,225
2016	9,842		73,158
2017	8,758		66,536
2018	8,128		41,221
Thereafter	21,272		81,321
Total minimum lease payments	$	71,043	$	438,026
Less amount representing interest (0.63% – 7.36%)	14,949
Present value of minimum lease payments	56,094
Less amount due in one year	8,498
Total Long-Term Capital Lease Obligation	$	47,596

Rental expense under operating leases was $90,128, $83,064, and $75,696 for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

At December 31, 2013, certain of the above operating leases for mining equipment were subleased to third parties. The following represents the minimum rental payments for those operating subleases:




2014		2015		2016		2017		2018		Thereafter		Total
$	33,084	$	33,084	$	33,084	$	26,685	$	26,685	$	13,343	$	165,965

CONSOL Energy leases certain owned mining equipment to a third party under operating leases. The owned equipment included in gross property, plant and equipment was $53,484, with no accumulated depreciation at December 31, 2013.

At December 31, 2013, scheduled minimum rental payments for operating leases related to this equipment were as follows:



2014		2015		2016		2017		2018		Thereafter		Total
$	8,561	$	8,561	$	7,637	$	4,496	$	2,992	$	2,328	$	34,575