Restructuring and Exit Activities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2014

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

We have a contractual commitment for certain firm transportation capacity in the Appalachian region that expires in 2022 and, as a result of the sale of our natural gas assets in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia in 2012, we no longer have production to satisfy this commitment. We recognized an obligation in 2012 representing the liability for estimated discounted future net cash outflows over the remaining term of the contract. The activity summarized below includes contractual payments on our obligations as well as the recognition of accretion expense and adjustments associated with changes in estimates.

The following table summarizes our restructuring and exit activity-related obligations and the changes therein for the periods presented:



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2014			2013			2014			2013
Balance at beginning of period	$	15,559		$	16,677		$	16,090		$	17,263
Employee, office and other costs accrued, net	18			2			27			5
Accretion of firm transportation obligation	407			410			991			1,263
Cash payments, net	(857		)	(705		)	(1,981		)	(2,147		)
Balance at end of period	$	15,127		$	16,384		$	15,127		$	16,384

Restructuring charges are included in the General and administrative caption on our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. The accretion of the firm transportation obligation, net of any recoveries from the periodic sale of our contractual capacity, is charged as an offset to Other revenue.

The current portion of our restructuring and exit cost obligations is included in the Accounts payable and accrued liabilities caption and the noncurrent portion is included in the Other liabilities caption on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2014, $2.7 million of the total obligations are classified as current while the remaining $12.4 million are classified as noncurrent.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for restructuring and related activities. Description of restructuring activities such as exit and disposal activities, include facts and circumstances leading to the plan, the expected plan completion date, the major types of costs associated with the plan activities, total expected costs, the accrual balance at the end of the period, and the periods over which the remaining accrual will be settled.

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