ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

11. ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

The Company records an asset retirement obligation (ARO) on oil and natural gas properties when it can reasonably estimate the fair value of an obligation to perform site reclamation, dismantle facilities or plug and abandon costs. The Company records the ARO liability on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets and capitalizes the cost in “Oil and natural gas properties” during the period in which the obligation is incurred. The Company records the accretion of its ARO liabilities in “Depletion, depreciation and accretion” expense in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. The additional capitalized costs are depreciated on a unit-of-production basis.

The Company recorded the following activity related to its ARO liability (inclusive of the current portion) (in thousands):


Liability for asset retirement obligations as of December 31, 2019 (Successor)	$	10,590
Additions		105
Accretion expense		149
Liability for asset retirement obligations as of March 31, 2020 (Successor)	$	10,844