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Asset Retirement Obligations
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]  
Asset Retirement Obligations
Asset Retirement Obligations

The following table is a reconciliation of the ARO liability as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and the twelve months ended December 31, 2014.
 
 
March 31,
2015
 
December 31, 2014
Asset retirement obligation at beginning of period
$
44,214

 
$
51,954

Liabilities incurred on properties acquired and developed
2,506

 
3,721

Revisions to previous estimates

 
(14,821
)
Accretion expense
3,057

 
3,360

Asset retirement obligation at end of period
$
49,777

 
$
44,214