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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of Income Tax Expense | The Company’s income tax benefit consists of the following:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (In thousands)
Current: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | (420 | ) |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | (9 | )
State | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
| (420 | ) |  | — |  |  | (9 | )
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |
Federal | (199,370 | ) |  | (117,781 | ) |  | (11,667 | )
State | (3,514 | ) |  | (10,757 | ) |  | (4,447 | )
| (202,884 | ) |  | (128,538 | ) |  | (16,114 | )
Total income tax benefit | $ | (203,304 | ) |  | $ | (128,538 | ) |  | $ | (16,123 | )
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, 2017, 2016 and 2015, is set forth below:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (%) |  | (In thousands) |  | (%) |  | (In thousands) |  | (%) |  | (In thousands)
U.S. federal tax statutory rate | 35.00 | % |  | $ | (26,550 | ) |  | 35.00 | % |  | $ | (130,044 | ) |  | 35.00 | % |  | $ | (19,730 | )
Non-controlling interest | 1.68 | % |  | (1,278 | ) |  | — | % |  | — |  |  | — | % |  | — |
State income taxes, net of federal income tax benefit | 2.59 | % |  | (1,966 | ) |  | 2.27 | % |  | (8,435 | ) |  | 5.11 | % |  | (2,883 | )
Non-deductible executive compensation | 1.05 | % |  | (792 | ) |  | (0.21 | )% |  | 796 |  |  | (0.94 | )% |  | 528 |
Non-deductible equity-based compensation windfall (shortfall) | 0.87 | % |  | (659 | ) |  | (1.83 | )% |  | 6,808 |  |  | (10.17 | )% |  | 5,734 |
Tax reform rate change | 226.61 | % |  | (171,900 | ) |  | — | % |  | — |  |  | — | % |  | — |
Other | 0.21 | % |  | (159 | ) |  | (0.64 | )% |  | 2,337 |  |  | (0.40 | )% |  | 228 |
Annual effective tax benefit | 268.01 | % |  | $ | (203,304 | ) |  | 34.59 | % |  | $ | (128,538 | ) |  | 28.60 | % |  | $ | (16,123 | )
Summary of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, were as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
| (In thousands)
Deferred tax assets |  |  |
Net operating loss carryforward | $ | 182,633 |  |  | $ | 228,279 |
Bonus and equity-based compensation | 10,100 |  |  | 9,483 |
Derivative instruments | 30,397 |  |  | 25,738 |
Other tax attribute carryovers | 1,099 |  |  | 1,712 |
Total deferred tax assets | 224,229 |  |  | 265,212 |
Less: Valuation allowance | (1,159 | ) |  | (1,344 | )
Net deferred tax assets | 223,070 |  |  | 263,868 |
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  |
Oil and natural gas properties | 485,132 |  |  | 744,977 |
Investment in partnerships | 25,490 |  |  | — |
Other deferred tax liabilities | 18,369 |  |  | 32,420 |
Total deferred tax liabilities | 528,991 |  |  | 777,397 |
Total net deferred tax liabilities | $ | 305,921 |  |  | $ | 513,529 |

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