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, 2014, are as follows:



	Capital		Operating
	Leases		Leases
Year Ended December 31,
2015	$	11,074	$	104,232
2016	9,761		94,421
2017	8,774		87,210
2018	8,269		60,705
2019	7,511		25,068
Thereafter	13,483		78,954
Total minimum lease payments	$	58,872	$	450,590
Less amount representing interest (1.50% – 7.36%)	11,452
Present value of minimum lease payments	47,420
Less amount due in one year	7,964
Total Long-Term Capital Lease Obligation	$	39,456

Rental expense under operating leases was $126,078, $90,128, and $83,064 for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

At December 31, 2014, 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:



2015		2016		2017		2018		2019		Thereafter		Total
$	26,685	$	26,685	$	26,685	$	26,685	$	13,343	$	—	$	120,083

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 $31,059, with $6,212 accumulated depreciation at December 31, 2014.

At December 31, 2014, scheduled minimum rental payments for operating leases related to this equipment were as follows:



2015		2016		2017		2018		2019		Thereafter		Total
$	8,561	$	7,637	$	4,496	$	2,992	$	1,701	$	627	$	26,014