2.4.0.80015 - Disclosure - 10. ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONtruefalsefalse1false falsefalseFrom2013-01-01to2013-03-31http://www.sec.gov/CIK0001075773duration2013-01-01T00:00:002013-03-31T00:00:001true 1us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationDisclosureAbstractus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00falsefalsefalsexbrli:stringItemTypestringfalse0Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]2false 2us-gaap_AssetRetirementObligationDisclosureTextBlockus-gaap_truenadurationfalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalsefalse1falsefalsefalse00  A reconciliation of the aggregate carrying amount of asset retirement obligations is as follows:   <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="font: 8pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; width: 100%"> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom"> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; line-height: 115%">March 31,</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center; line-height: 115%">December 31,</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom"> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; line-height: 115%">2013</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center; line-height: 115%">2012</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom"> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF"> <td style="width: 78%; line-height: 115%">Balance, beginning of year</td> <td style="width: 1%; text-align: right; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; line-height: 115%">$</td> <td style="width: 8%; text-align: right; line-height: 115%">225,881</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; text-align: right; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="width: 1%; line-height: 115%">$</td> <td style="width: 8%; text-align: right; line-height: 115%">130,397</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%; line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white"> <td style="line-height: 115%">Liabilities assumed on acquired properties</td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%">-</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%">75,396</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF"> <td style="line-height: 115%">Liabilities settled</td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%">(168,582</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%">)</td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%">(3,271</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%">)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white"> <td style="line-height: 115%">Accretion expense</td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%">1,433</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%">18,171</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF"> <td style="line-height: 115%">Revision of existing liabilities</td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: right; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: right; line-height: 115%">5,188</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white"> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #CCEEFF"> <td style="line-height: 115%">Balance at End of Period</td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt double; line-height: 115%">$</td> <td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt double; text-align: right; line-height: 115%">58,732</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="text-align: right; line-height: 115%"> </td> <td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt double; line-height: 115%">$</td> <td style="border-bottom: black 1.5pt double; text-align: right; line-height: 115%">225,881</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" style="line-height: 115%"> </td></tr> </table>   The Company recorded an accretion expense of $1,433 and $ 1,176 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and March 31, 2012, respectively.falsefalsefalsenonnum:textBlockItemTypenaThe entire disclosure for an asset retirement obligation and the associated long-lived asset. An asset retirement obligation is a legal obligation associated with the disposal or retirement from service of a tangible long-lived asset that results from the acquisition, construction or development, or the normal operations of a long-lived asset, except for certain obligations of lessees.Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 410 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6392692&loc=d3e7535-110849 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 410 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6392692&loc=d3e7569-110849 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 143 -Paragraph 22 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. 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