Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES:

CNX and its subsidiaries are subject to various lawsuits and claims with respect to such matters as personal injury, royalty accounting, damage to property, climate change, governmental regulations including environmental violations and remediation, employment and contract disputes and other claims and actions arising out of the normal course of business. CNX accrues the estimated loss for these lawsuits and claims when the loss is probable and can be estimated. The Company's current estimated accruals related to these pending claims, individually and in the aggregate, are immaterial to the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of CNX. It is possible that the aggregate loss in the future with respect to these lawsuits and claims could ultimately be material to the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of CNX; however, such amounts cannot be reasonably estimated.

At September 30, 2019, CNX has provided the following financial guarantees, unconditional purchase obligations, and letters of credit to certain third-parties as described by major category in the following tables. These amounts represent the maximum potential of total future payments that the Company could be required to make under these instruments. These amounts have not been reduced for potential recoveries under recourse or collateralization provisions. Generally, recoveries under reclamation bonds would be limited to the extent of the work performed at the time of the default. No amounts related to these unconditional purchase obligations and letters of credit are recorded as liabilities in the financial statements. CNX management believes that the commitments in the following table will expire without being funded, and therefore will not have a material adverse effect on financial condition.



	Amount of Commitment Expiration Per Period
	Total Amounts Committed		Less Than 1 Year		1-3 Years		3-5 Years		Beyond 5 Years
Letters of Credit:
Firm Transportation	$	198,316	$	80,244	$	118,072	$	—	$	—
Other	750		750		—		—		—
Total Letters of Credit	199,066		80,994		118,072		—		—
Surety Bonds:
Employee-Related	1,850		—		1,850		—		—
Environmental	11,283		11,073		210		—		—
Financial Guarantees	81,670		26,400		55,270		—		—
Other	9,306		8,433		873		—		—
Total Surety Bonds	104,109		45,906		58,203		—		—
Total Commitments	$	303,175	$	126,900	$	176,275	$	—	$	—

Excluded from the above table are commitments and guarantees entered into in conjunction with the spin-off of the Company's coal business (See CNX's 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on February 7, 2019 for further information). Although CONSOL Energy has agreed to indemnify CNX to the extent that CNX would be called upon to pay any of these liabilities, there is no assurance that CONSOL Energy will satisfy its obligations to indemnify CNX in the event that CNX is so called upon.

CNX enters into long-term unconditional purchase obligations to procure major equipment purchases, natural gas firm transportation, gas drilling services and other operating goods and services. These purchase obligations are not recorded in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2019, the purchase obligations for each of the next five years and beyond were as follows:



Obligations Due	Amount
Less than 1 year	$	252,535
1 - 3 years	489,023
3 - 5 years	412,960
More than 5 years	1,113,008
Total Purchase Obligations	$	2,267,526