NOTE 13—LEASES:

CONSOL Energy uses various leased facilities and equipment in its 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, 2016 are as follows:



	Capital		Operating
	Leases		Leases
Year Ended December 31,
2017	$	13,237	$	103,325
2018	12,442		64,520
2019	11,977		37,272
2020	11,007		27,722
2021	8,959		26,816
Thereafter	—		80,692
Total minimum lease payments	$	57,622	$	340,347
Less amount representing interest (2.00% – 7.36%)	8,225
Present value of minimum lease payments	49,397
Less amount due in one year	10,323
Total Long-Term Capital Lease Obligation	$	39,074

Rental expense under operating leases was $108,698, $109,789, and $111,257 for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

At December 31, 2016, certain of the above capital leases for mining equipment are subleased to a third-party. The following represents the minimum payments including interest for those capital subleases:



2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		Thereafter		Total
$	3,699	$	3,699	$	3,699	$	3,699	$	2,157	$	—	$	16,953

At December 31, 2016, certain of the above operating leases for mining equipment are subleased to third-parties. The following represents the minimum rental payments for those operating subleases:



2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		Thereafter		Total
$	40,299	$	13,819	$	6,909	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	61,027

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 $26,005, with $15,603 accumulated depreciation at December 31, 2016.

At December 31, 2016, scheduled minimum rental payments for operating leases related to this equipment were as follows:



2017		2018		2019		2020		2021		Thereafter		Total
$	4,496	$	2,992	$	1,701	$	627	$	—	$	—	$	9,816