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Asset Retirement Obligations
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2021
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]  
Asset Retirement Obligations

Note 7. Asset Retirement Obligations

The Company’s asset retirement obligations primarily relate to the Company’s portion of future plugging and abandonment costs for wells and related facilities. The following table presents the changes in the asset retirement obligations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 (in thousands):

 

Asset retirement obligations at beginning of period

$

97,149

 

Liabilities added from acquisition or drilling

 

20

 

Liabilities settled

 

(162

)

Liabilities removed upon sale of wells

 

 

Accretion expense

 

1,615

 

Revision of estimates

 

3

 

Asset retirement obligation at end of period

 

98,625

 

Less: Current portion

 

(424

)

Asset retirement obligations - long-term portion

$

98,201