Asset Retirement Obligations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Asset Retirement Obligations

The following table shows certain information about our AROs for the periods indicated:

	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
ARO liability, January 1:	$	133,657		$	146,159
Accretion of discount	3,538			4,152
Liability incurred	2,889			3,820
Liability settled	(3,936		)	(3,439		)
Liability sold	(1,206		)	(632		)
Revision of estimates (1)	(38,263		)	(16,166		)
ARO liability, September 30:	96,679			133,894
Less current portion	2,718			2,954
Total long-term ARO	$	93,961		$	130,940

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(1) Plugging liability estimates were revised in both 2014 and 2013 for updates in the cost of services used to plug wells over the preceding year. We had various upward and downward adjustments.