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Asset retirement obligations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Asset retirement obligations  
Asset Retirement Obligations

14. Asset retirement obligations 

 

Asset retirement obligations (“ARO”) relate to minor non-operated interests in oil and natural gas wells in which NXT has outstanding abandonment and reclamation obligations in accordance with government regulations. The estimated future abandonment liability is based on estimates of the future timing and costs to abandon, remediate and reclaim the well sites within the next five years.  The net present value of the ARO is as noted below and has been calculated using an inflation rate of 2.4% and discounted using a credit-adjusted risk-free interest rate of 10%.

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2023

 

ARO balance, beginning of the year

 

$24,761

 

 

$27,030

 

 

$24,574

 

Accretion expense

 

 

2,457

 

 

 

2,069

 

 

 

2,069

 

Change in ARO estimates

 

 

(3,907)

 

 

(4,338)

 

 

387

 

ARO balance, end of the year

 

 

23,311

 

 

 

24,761

 

 

 

27,030