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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Components of Income Tax Expense

The Company’s income tax expense consists of the following:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014				2013				2012
	(In thousands)
Current:
Federal	$	134			$	475			$	—
State	—				—				7
	134				475				7
Deferred:
Federal	273,576				122,853				82,841
State	33,881				11,730				9,638
	307,457				134,583				92,479
Total income tax expense	$	307,591			$	135,058			$	92,486

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The reconciliation of income taxes calculated at the U.S. federal tax statutory rate to the Company’s effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012, is set forth below:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014							2013							2012
	(%)			(In thousands)				(%)			(In thousands)				(%)			(In thousands)
U.S. federal tax statutory rate	35.00	%		$	285,064			35.00	%		$	127,056			35.00	%		$	86,056
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit	2.81	%		22,901				2.06	%		7,469				2.47	%		6,068
Other	(0.05	)%		(374		)		0.14	%		533				0.15	%		362
Annual effective tax expense	37.76	%		$	307,591			37.20	%		$	135,058			37.62	%		$	92,486

Summary of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2014 and 2013, were as follows:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2014				2013
	(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets
Net operating loss carryforward	$	35,650			$	17,215
Bonus and stock-based compensation	11,025				8,060
Derivative instruments	—				1,664
Other tax attribute carryovers	1,349				—
Total deferred tax assets	48,024				26,939
Deferred tax liabilities
Oil and natural gas properties	566,382				343,751
Derivative instruments	105,911				—
Total deferred tax liabilities	672,293				343,751
Total net deferred tax liability	$	624,269			$	316,812

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Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets.

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