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The calculated weighted average natural gas price per mcf utilized for purposes of estimating the company's proved reserves and future net revenue.

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The calculated weighted average oil price per barrel utilized for purposes of estimating the company's proved reserves and future net revenue.

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The amount the impairment of oil and gas properties was decreased as a result of hedges in place for oil and gas producing companies subject to full cost accounting.

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The expense recorded to reduce the value of oil and gas assets consisting of proved properties and unproved properties as the estimate of future successful production from these properties is reduced.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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