Asset Retirement Obligation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Other Provisions Contingent Liabilities And Contingent Assets [Abstract]

Asset retirement obligation rollforward

The following table reconciles the change in TransGlobe's asset retirement obligation:

($000s)	2019
Balance, beginning of year		12,113
Changes in estimates for asset retirement obligations and additional obligations recognized		746
Obligations settled		(46	)
Asset retirement obligation accretion		215
Effect of movements in foreign exchange rates		584
Balance, end of year		13,612