Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) $ in Thousands |
3 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended | ||
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Sep. 30, 2015 |
Sep. 30, 2014 |
Sep. 30, 2015 |
Sep. 30, 2014 |
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| Revenues: | ||||
| Gas sales | $ 179,215 | $ 85,168 | $ 363,656 | $ 139,039 |
| Oil and condensate sales | 41,747 | 58,196 | 111,712 | 199,651 |
| Natural gas liquid sales | 9,431 | 27,021 | 43,396 | 64,054 |
| Other income | 176 | 419 | 392 | 825 |
| Total revenues | 230,569 | 170,804 | 519,156 | 403,569 |
| Costs and expenses: | ||||
| Lease operating expenses | 17,568 | 11,883 | 51,411 | 36,192 |
| Production taxes | 3,593 | 5,213 | 11,163 | 18,771 |
| Midstream gathering and processing | 42,166 | 18,714 | 100,451 | 37,263 |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortization | 90,329 | 72,409 | 251,393 | 185,280 |
| Impairment of oil and gas properties | 594,776 | 0 | 594,776 | 0 |
| General and administrative | 11,001 | 8,939 | 31,315 | 28,832 |
| Accretion expense | 212 | 192 | 594 | 569 |
| Gain on sale of assets | 0 | 0 | 0 | (11) |
| Total costs and expenses | 759,645 | 117,350 | 1,041,103 | 306,896 |
| (LOSS) INCOME FROM OPERATIONS | (529,076) | 53,454 | (521,947) | 96,673 |
| OTHER (INCOME) EXPENSE: | ||||
| Interest expense | 14,124 | 5,706 | 34,906 | 11,993 |
| Interest income | (279) | (25) | (536) | (167) |
| Litigation settlement | 0 | 1,500 | 0 | 25,500 |
| Loss (income) from equity method investments | 61,891 | 34,477 | 57,036 | (163,567) |
| Total Other (Income) Expense | 75,736 | 41,658 | 91,406 | (126,241) |
| (LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAXES | (604,812) | 11,796 | (613,353) | 222,914 |
| INCOME TAX (BENEFIT) EXPENSE | (216,603) | 4,876 | (219,338) | 85,584 |
| NET (LOSS) INCOME | $ (388,209) | $ 6,920 | $ (394,015) | $ 137,330 |
| NET (LOSS) INCOME PER COMMON SHARE: | ||||
| Basic net income per share (in usd per share) | $ (3.59) | $ 0.08 | $ (4.06) | $ 1.61 |
| Diluted net income per share (in usd per share) | $ (3.59) | $ 0.08 | $ (4.06) | $ 1.60 |
| Weighted average common shares outstanding - Basic (shares) | 108,217,062 | 85,506,095 | 96,935,897 | 85,405,630 |
| Weighted average common shares outstanding-Diluted (shares) | 108,217,062 | 85,907,307 | 96,935,897 | 85,790,433 |
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- Definition Revenue from the sale of natural gas liquids during the period. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of accretion expense recognized during the period that is associated with an asset retirement obligation. Accretion expense measures and incorporates changes due to the passage of time into the carrying amount of the liability. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The aggregate expense recognized in the current period that allocates the cost of tangible assets, intangible assets, or depleting assets to periods that benefit from use of the assets. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The amount of net income (loss) for the period per each share of common stock or unit outstanding during the reporting period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The amount of net income (loss) for the period available to each share of common stock or common unit outstanding during the reporting period and to each share or unit that would have been outstanding assuming the issuance of common shares or units for all dilutive potential common shares or units outstanding during the reporting period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of proven and unproven oil and gas properties. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Cost incurred related to the gas activities, such as transportation, marketing and processing crude oil, natural gas and refined petroleum products. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The aggregate total of expenses of managing and administering the affairs of an entity, including affiliates of the reporting entity, which are not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The expense recorded to reduce the value of oil and gas assets consisting of proved properties and unproved properties as the estimate of future successful production from these properties is reduced. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition This element represents the income or loss from continuing operations attributable to the economic entity which may also be defined as revenue less expenses from ongoing operations, after income or loss from equity method investments, but before income taxes, extraordinary items, and noncontrolling interest. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition This item represents the entity's proportionate share for the period of the net income (loss) of its investee (such as unconsolidated subsidiaries and joint ventures) to which the equity method of accounting is applied. This item includes income or expense related to stock-based compensation based on the investor's grant of stock to employees of an equity method investee. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of the cost of borrowed funds accounted for as interest expense. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount before accretion (amortization) of purchase discount (premium) of interest income on nonoperating securities. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of lease operating expense related to property used in oil and gas production. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of litigation expense, including but not limited to legal, forensic, accounting, and investigative fees. No definition available.
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- Definition Revenue from natural gas production during the reporting period. Natural gas consists largely of the hydrocarbon methane, and is found in underground formations either by itself or with crude oil. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The portion of profit or loss for the period, net of income taxes, which is attributable to the parent. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The aggregate amount of income or expense from ancillary business-related activities (that is to say, excluding major activities considered part of the normal operations of the business). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Revenue from sale of residue oil and condensate, which normally exists in the reservoir as gas but condenses out as a liquid during production. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Generally recurring costs associated with normal operations except for the portion of these expenses which can be clearly related to production and included in cost of sales or services. Includes selling, general and administrative expense. No definition available.
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- Definition The net result for the period of deducting operating expenses from operating revenues. No definition available.
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- Definition Revenues from the sale of other goods or rendering of other services, not elsewhere specified in the taxonomy; net of (reduced by) sales adjustments, returns, allowances, and discounts. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Amount of revenue recognized from goods sold, services rendered, insurance premiums, or other activities that constitute an earning process. Includes, but is not limited to, investment and interest income before deduction of interest expense when recognized as a component of revenue, and sales and trading gain (loss). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition All taxes not related to income of the entity or excise or sales taxes levied on the revenue of the entity that are not reported elsewhere. These taxes could include production, real estate, personal property, and pump tax. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The average number of shares or units issued and outstanding that are used in calculating diluted EPS or earnings per unit (EPU), determined based on the timing of issuance of shares or units in the period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition Number of [basic] shares or units, after adjustment for contingently issuable shares or units and other shares or units not deemed outstanding, determined by relating the portion of time within a reporting period that common shares or units have been outstanding to the total time in that period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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