Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Asset Retirement Obligation [Abstract]

A reconciliation of the Partnership's liability for well plugging and abandonment costs

A reconciliation of the Partnership’s liability for well plugging and abandonment costs for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and the year ended December 31, 2018 is as follows:

	2019		2018
Balance, beginning of period	$	1,208,590	$	1,159,948
Liabilities incurred		—		502
Accretion expense		12,551		48,140
Balance, end of period	$	1,221,141	$	1,208,590