Asset Retirement Obligations |
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Asset Retirement Obligations |
Asset Retirement Obligations
The table below summarizes the activity for the Company’s asset retirement obligations:
Certain of the Company’s operating agreements require that assets be restricted for abandonment obligations. Amounts recorded in the consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2018 as long-term restricted investments were $3,382. These assets, which primarily include short-term U.S. Government securities, are held in abandonment trusts dedicated to pay future abandonment costs for several of the Company’s oil and natural gas properties.
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