Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Components of the Change in the ARO Balance

The following table reflects the components of the change in Energen’s ARO balance:

(in thousands)
Balance as of December 31, 2015	$	89,990
Liabilities incurred	230
Liabilities settled	(660		)
Accretion expense	5,092
Reclassification associated with held for sale properties*	(1,715		)
Balance as of September 30, 2016	$	92,937

*Adjustment to the reclassification of the asset retirement obligation associated with a series of asset sales of certain non-core Permian Basin assets in the Delaware Basin in Texas and in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico.