Please answer the given financial question based on the context.
Context: eog resources , inc . supplemental information to consolidated financial statements ( continued ) capitalized costs relating to oil and gas producing activities . the following table sets forth the capitalized costs relating to eog's crude oil and natural gas producing activities at december 31 , 2018 and 2017: .
||2018|2017|
|proved properties|$ 53624809|$ 48845672|
|unproved properties|3705207|3710069|
|total|57330016|52555741|
|accumulated depreciation depletion and amortization|-31674085 ( 31674085 )|-29191247 ( 29191247 )|
|net capitalized costs|$ 25655931|$ 23364494|
costs incurred in oil and gas property acquisition , exploration and development activities . the acquisition , exploration and development costs disclosed in the following tables are in accordance with definitions in the extractive industries - oil and gas topic of the accounting standards codification ( asc ) . acquisition costs include costs incurred to purchase , lease or otherwise acquire property . exploration costs include additions to exploratory wells , including those in progress , and exploration expenses . development costs include additions to production facilities and equipment and additions to development wells , including those in progress. .
Question: considering the years 2017 and 2018 , what was the increase observed in the net capitalized costs?


Answer: The answer is:0.09807