12. Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]

Asset retirement obligations

AROs on a roll-forward basis were as follows:

Asset retirment obligations at December 31, 2013	$	1,597,661
New asset retirement obligations		300,980
Asset retirement obligation payments/liabilities settled		(2,912	)
Accretion expense		158,264
		2,053,993
Less:  current portion of asset retirement obligations		107,509
Asset retirement obligations, long-term balance
at September 30, 2014	$	1,946,484