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<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt"><font style="display: inline; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt">6.</font> <font style="display: inline; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt">Asset Retirement Obligation</font></font></div></div>
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<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt">As at September 30, 2010 the Company's asset retirement obligation was comprised of a Colombian obligation in the amount of $4.2 million (December 31, 2009 - $3.5 million) and an Argentine obligation in the amount of $0.9 million (December 31, 2009 - $1.2 million). As at September 30, 2010, the undiscounted asset retirement obligation was $12.6 million (December 31, 2009 - $7.7 million). Changes in the carrying amounts of the asset retirement obligations associated with the Company's oil and natural gas properties were as follows:</font></div>
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<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt">(Thousands of U.S. Dollars)</font></div></td>
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<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;" align="center"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt"><font style="display: inline;" class="_mt">September 30, 2010</font></font></div></td>
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<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;" align="center"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt"><font style="display: inline;" class="_mt">December 31, 2009</font></font></div></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="11%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt">4,708</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt"> </font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="11%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt">4,251</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="11%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt">(263</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="11%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt">(52</font></td>
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<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt">Disposal</font></div></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="11%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt">(734</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="11%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt">307</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="11%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt">921</font></td>
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<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt">Foreign exchange</font></div></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="11%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt">38</font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="11%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt">24</font></td>
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<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt">Accretion</font></div></td>
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<td style="border-bottom: black 3px double;" valign="bottom" width="11%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt"><font style="display: inline;" class="_mt">4,708</font></font></td>
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<td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="11%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt">36</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt"> </font></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="1%" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt">$</font></td>
<td valign="bottom" width="11%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt">450</font></td>
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<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt">Asset retirement obligation - long term</font></div></td>
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<td style="border-bottom: black 2px solid;" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt"> </font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2px solid;" valign="bottom" width="11%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt"><font style="display: inline;" class="_mt">5,025</font></font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 2px;" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt"> </font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 2px;" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt"> </font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2px solid;" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt"> </font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 2px solid;" valign="bottom" width="11%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt"><font style="display: inline;" class="_mt">4,258</font></font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 2px;" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt"> </font></td></tr>
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<div style="text-indent: 0pt; display: block; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt;" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt;" class="_mt">Balance, end of period</font></div></td>
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<td style="border-bottom: black 3px double;" valign="bottom" width="1%" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt">$</font></td>
<td style="border-bottom: black 3px double;" valign="bottom" width="11%" align="right"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt"><font style="display: inline;" class="_mt">5,061</font></font></td>
<td style="padding-bottom: 4px;" valign="bottom" width="1%" nowrap="nowrap" align="left"><font style="display: inline; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;" class="_mt"> </font></td>
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6. Asset Retirement Obligation
As at September 30, 2010 the Company's asset retirement obligation was comprised of a Colombian obligation in the amount
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Description of the 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. This element may be used for all the disclosures related to asset retirement obligations.
Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS)
-Number 143
-Paragraph 22
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