Quarterly report [Sections 13 or 15(d)]

PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
The major categories of property and equipment and related accumulated DD&A are as follows (in thousands):
September 30, 2025 December 31, 2024
Proved oil and natural gas properties $ 3,779,424  $ 3,349,805 
Unproved properties 208,050  221,650 
Other depreciable property and equipment 12,393  10,905 
Land 386  386 
Total property and equipment 4,000,253  3,582,746 
Accumulated DD&A (1,786,883) (1,564,475)
Property and equipment, net $ 2,213,370  $ 2,018,271 
Oil and Natural Gas Properties
Under the full cost method of accounting, the Company is required to perform a ceiling test each quarter. The test determines a limit, or ceiling, on the book value of the Company's oil and natural gas properties. At September 30, 2025, the net book value of the Company's oil and gas properties was below the calculated ceiling. As a result, the Company did not record an impairment of its oil and natural gas properties for the three months ended September 30, 2025. At September 30, 2024, the net book value of the Company's oil and gas properties exceeded the calculated ceiling. As a result, the Company recorded a non-cash ceiling test impairment of its oil and natural gas properties of $30.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024. The impairment resulted from declines in the full cost ceiling, which primarily resulted from the significant decrease in the 12-month average trailing price for natural gas.
General and administrative costs capitalized to the full cost pool represent management’s estimate of costs incurred directly related to exploration and development activities such as geological and other administrative costs associated with overseeing the exploration and development activities. All general and administrative costs not directly associated with exploration and development activities are charged to expense as they are incurred. Capitalized general and administrative costs were approximately $6.2 million and $18.9 million, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively, and $6.5 million and $18.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, respectively.
The Company evaluates the costs excluded from its amortization calculation at least annually. Individually insignificant unevaluated properties are grouped for evaluation and periodically transferred to evaluated properties over a timeframe consistent with their expected development schedule.
The following table summarizes the Company’s non-producing properties excluded from amortization by area (in thousands):
September 30, 2025 December 31, 2024
Utica & Marcellus $ 184,303  $ 197,513 
SCOOP 23,747  24,137 
Total unproved properties $ 208,050  $ 221,650 
Asset Retirement Obligation
The following table provides a reconciliation of the Company’s asset retirement obligation for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2025 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
Asset retirement obligation, beginning of period $ 32,949  $ 29,941 
Liabilities incurred 520  681 
Liabilities settled (1,673) — 
Accretion expense 1,802  1,705 
Total asset retirement obligation, end of period $ 33,598  $ 32,327