LEASES:

CONSOL Energy uses various leased facilities and equipment in its operations. Future minimum lease payments under capital and operating leases, together with the present value of the net minimum capital lease payments, at December 31, 2017 are as follows:



	Capital		Operating
	Leases		Leases
Year Ended December 31,
2018	$	3,773	$	73,223
2019	3,641		31,386
2020	3,471		22,260
2021	2,253		21,473
2022	—		11,680
Thereafter	—		21,796
Total minimum lease payments	$	13,138	$	181,818
Less amount representing interest (3.00% – 6.00%)	1,335
Present value of minimum lease payments	11,803
Less amount due in one year	3,164
Total Long-Term Capital Lease Obligation	$	8,639

Rental expense under operating leases was $77,879, $87,903, and $83,423 for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

At December 31, 2017, certain of the above capital leases for mining equipment are subleased to a third-party. The following represents the minimum payments including interest for those capital subleases:



2018		2019		2020		2021		2022		Thereafter		Total
$	3,699	$	3,699	$	3,699	$	2,157	$	—	$	—	$	13,254

At December 31, 2017, certain of the above operating leases for mining equipment are subleased to third-parties. The following represents the minimum rental payments for those operating subleases:



2018		2019		2020		2021		2022		Thereafter		Total
$	295	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	295

CONSOL Energy leases certain owned mining equipment to a third-party under operating leases. The owned equipment included in gross property, plant and equipment was $16,672, with $13,337 accumulated depreciation at December 31, 2017 and $26,005, with $15,603 accumulated depreciation at December 31, 2016.

At December 31, 2017, scheduled minimum rental payments for operating leases related to this equipment were as follows:



2018		2019		2020		2021		2022		Thereafter		Total
$	2,992	$	1,701	$	627	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	5,320