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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
The major categories of property and equipment and related accumulated depletion, depreciation, amortization and impairment as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018 are as follows:
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 June 30, 2019, the calculated ceiling was greater than the net book value of the Company’s oil and natural gas properties, and no ceiling test impairment was required for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019. No impairment was required for oil and natural gas properties for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018.
Included in oil and natural gas properties at June 30, 2019 is the cumulative capitalization of $219.8 million in general and administrative costs incurred and capitalized to the full cost pool. 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 exploration and development activities. All general and administrative costs not directly associated with exploration and development activities were charged to expense as they were incurred. Capitalized general and administrative costs were approximately $8.8 million and $16.5 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, and $9.4 million and $18.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively.
The average depletion rate per Mcfe, which is a function of capitalized costs, future development costs and the related underlying reserves in the periods presented, was $1.00 and $0.96 per Mcfe for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
The following table summarizes the Company’s non-producing properties excluded from amortization by area at June 30, 2019:
At December 31, 2018, approximately $2.9 billion of non-producing leasehold costs was not subject to amortization.
The Company evaluates the costs excluded from its amortization calculation at least annually. Subject to industry conditions and the level of the Company’s activities, the inclusion of most of the above referenced costs into the Company’s amortization calculation typically occurs within three to five years. However, the majority of the Company’s non-producing leases in the Utica Shale have five-year extension terms which could extend this time frame beyond five years.
A reconciliation of the Company’s asset retirement obligation for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 is as follows:
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