Firm Transportation Obligation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract]

Restructuring and Exit Activities

Firm Transportation Obligation

We have a contractual obligation 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. While we sell our unused firm transportation to the extent possible, we recognized an obligation in 2012 representing the liability for estimated discounted future net cash outflows over the remaining term of the contract.

The following table reconciles the obligation as of the dates presented:

	As of
	March 31,			December 31,
	2016			2015
Balance at beginning of period	$	13,461		$	14,790
Accretion	175			942
Cash payments, net	(527		)	(2,271		)
Balance at end of period	$	13,109		$	13,461

The accretion of the obligation, net of any recoveries from periodic sales of our contractual capacity, is charged as an offset to Other revenue.

As of March 31, 2016, $2.7 million of the obligation is classified as current and is included in the Accounts payable and accrued liabilities caption while the remaining $10.4 million is classified as noncurrent and is included in the Other liabilities caption on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.