COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Firm Transportation Contracts

We have entered into certain firm commitments intended to secure capacity on third party pipelines for transportation of natural gas that extend through 2036 with the following remaining minimum commitments at December 31, 2019:

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(in thousands)	Upstream		Midstream(1)		Total
2020	$	12,236	$	6,116	$	18,352
2021	12,236		6,116		18,352
2022	12,236		5,859		18,095
2023	12,236		5,676		17,912
2024	5,666		5,676		11,342
Thereafter	19,358		64,328		83,686
	$	73,968	$	93,771	$	167,739

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(1)

Total cash payments required for committed capacity in MMBtus of 45,750,000 in 2020, 45,625,000 in 2021, 40,275,000 in 2022, 36,500,000 in 2023, 36,600,000 in 2024 and 413,850,000 thereafter. KFM does not currently utilize the full amount of contracted capacity but strives to release capacity to third parties to attempt to minimize the under-utilization.