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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
Summary of Revenue Percentage Accounted by Purchasers
For the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018 and 2017, the following customers accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s revenue:
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Shell Trading (US) Company
 
55%
 
53%
 
62%
Lion Oil, Inc.
 
30%
 
22%
 
3%
Targa Pipeline Mid-Continent, LLC
 
8%
 
11%
 
13%

Summary of Changes in Asset Retirement Obligations
The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s asset retirement obligations for the periods indicated (in thousands):
 
 
Year ended December 31,
 
 
2019
 
2018
Asset retirement obligations, beginning of year
 
$
26,884

 
$
27,170

Additional liabilities incurred
 
1,490

 
2,111

Dispositions of wells
 
(339
)
 
(3,557
)
Accretion expense
 
1,465

 
1,422

Liabilities settled upon plugging and abandoning wells
 
(484
)
 
(262
)
Revision of estimates
 
(5,577
)
 

Asset retirement obligations, end of year
 
$
23,439

 
$
26,884


Exploration Costs
 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
 
2019
 
2018
 
2017
Leasehold abandonments and impairments
 
$
99,225

 
$
160,834

 
$
32,872

Geological and geophysical costs
 
978

 
1,479

 
5,429

Other
 
8

 
226

 
1,044

Total exploration and abandonment costs
 
$
100,211

 
$
162,539

 
$
39,345