Aggregate future minimum obligations for transportation agreements at the balance sheet date.

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Represents the term of the drilling rig commitment of the entity.

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Future minimum obligations for transportation agreements within the fifth full fiscal year following the date of the most recent balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Future minimum obligations for transportation agreements within the first full fiscal year following the date of the most recent balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Future minimum obligations for transportation agreements within the fourth full fiscal year following the date of the most recent balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Future minimum obligations for transportation agreements within the second full fiscal year following the date of the most recent balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Future minimum obligations for transportation agreements after the fifth full fiscal year following the date of the most recent balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Future minimum obligations for transportation agreements within the third full fiscal year following the date of the most recent balance sheet presented in the financial statements.

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Represents the number of drilling rig commitments entered into by the entity.

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Amount of contractual obligation maturing in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of contractual obligation maturing in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of contractual obligation maturing in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year.

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Amount of rent expense incurred for leased assets, including but not limited to, furniture and equipment, that is not directly or indirectly associated with the manufacture, sale or creation of a product or product line.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments for leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 840

-SubTopic 10

-Section 55

-Paragraph 40

-Subparagraph (Note 3)

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 840

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 2

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Amount of required minimum rental payments maturing in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments maturing in the fifth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments maturing in the forth fiscal year following the latest fiscal year for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments maturing in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments maturing in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Commitments and Contingencies (Details) (USD $)	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011
Lease Commitments
Rent expense	$ 12,300,000	$ 11,600,000	$ 13,600,000
Future minimum rental commitments under non-cancelable leases
2014	5,881,000
2015	4,985,000
2016	2,484,000
2017	825,000
2018	166,000
Aggregate future minimum rental commitments	14,341,000
Drilling Rig Commitments
Drilling Rig Commitments
Number of drilling rig commitments	2
Drilling Rig Commitments
2014	16,300,000
2015	7,200,000
2016	4,400,000
Drilling Rig Commitments \| Minimum
Drilling Rig Commitments
Drilling rig commitment term	2 years
Drilling Rig Commitments \| Maximum
Drilling Rig Commitments
Drilling rig commitment term	3 years
Transportation and Gathering Agreements
Future minimum obligations under transportation and gathering
2014	96,939,000
2015	125,350,000
2016	137,147,000
2017	132,070,000
2018	108,903,000
Thereafter	1,212,376,000
Future minimum obligations under transportation and gathering	$ 1,812,785,000