NOTE 15—LEASES:

CONSOL Energy uses various leased facilities and equipment in our operations. Future minimum lease payments under capital and operating leases, together with the present value of the net minimum capital lease payments, at December 31, 2015, are as follows:



	Capital		Operating
	Leases		Leases
Year Ended December 31,
2016	$	10,592	$	95,454
2017	9,681		87,986
2018	9,285		63,667
2019	8,653		28,725
2020	7,620		17,149
Thereafter	6,090		70,891
Total minimum lease payments	$	51,921	$	363,872
Less amount representing interest (1.62% – 7.36%)	8,780
Present value of minimum lease payments	43,141
Less amount due in one year	7,847
Total Long-Term Capital Lease Obligation	$	35,294

Rental expense under operating leases was $124,569, $126,078, and $90,128 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

At December 31, 2015, certain of the above operating leases for mining equipment are subleased to third-parties. The following represents the minimum rental payments for those operating subleases:



2016		2017		2018		2019		2020		Thereafter		Total
$	26,685	$	26,685	$	26,685	$	13,343	$	—	$	—	$	93,398

CONSOL Energy leases certain owned mining equipment to a third-party under operating leases. The owned equipment included in gross property, plant and equipment was $31,059, with $12,424 accumulated depreciation at December 31, 2015.

At December 31, 2015, scheduled minimum rental payments for operating leases related to this equipment were as follows:



2016		2017		2018		2019		2020		Thereafter		Total
$	7,425	$	4,496	$	2,992	$	1,701	$	627	$	—	$	17,241