Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Asset Retirement Obligations

Schedule of reconciliation of asset retirement obligations

The following is a reconciliation of the Company’s asset retirement obligations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 (in thousands):

Asset retirement obligations—December 31, 2016	$	32,736
Obligations incurred for wells drilled and producing properties acquired		2,824
Accretion expense		1,286
Asset retirement obligations—June 30, 2017	$	36,846