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Compensation Plans (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Schedule of restricted stock unit incentive program under equity incentive compensation plan | A summary of the status and activity of non-vested RSUs for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, is presented in the following table:
| RSUs |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Non-vested at beginning of year | 496,244 |  |  | $ | 51.81 |
Granted | 329,939 |  |  | $ | 60.01 |
Vested | (206,509 | ) |  | $ | 49.73 |
Forfeited | (29,487 | ) |  | $ | 54.02 |
Non-vested at end of quarter | 590,187 |  |  | $ | 57.02 |
Schedule of performance share awards under equity incentive compensation plan | A summary of the status and activity of non-vested PSUs for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, is presented in the following table:
| PSUs (1) |  | Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair Value
Non-vested at beginning of year | 669,308 |  |  | $ | 63.91 |
Granted | 274,831 |  |  | $ | 64.13 |
Vested | (343,307 | ) |  | $ | 59.99 |
Forfeited | (22,371 | ) |  | $ | 69.50 |
Non-vested at end of quarter | 578,461 |  |  | $ | 66.13 |
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(1) | The number of awards assumes a one multiplier. The final number of shares of common stock issued may vary depending on the three-year performance multiplier, which ranges from zero to two.
Schedule of stock option grants under prior stock option plans | A summary of activity associated with the Company’s Stock Option Plan for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, is presented in the following table:
| Shares |  | Weighted- Average Exercise Price |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in thousands)
Outstanding, at beginning of year | 267,846 |  |  | $ | 14.95 |  |  | $ | 9,983 |
Exercised | (177,995 | ) |  | $ | 13.89 |  |  | $ | 8,753 |
Forfeited | — |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding, at end of quarter | 89,851 |  |  | $ | 17.01 |  |  | $ | 5,407 |
Vested and exercisable, at end of quarter | 89,851 |  |  | $ | 17.01 |  |  | $ | 5,407 |
Schedule of Net Profits Plan Cash Payment Allocation | Cash payments made or accrued under the Company’s Net Profits Interest Bonus Plan (“Net Profits Plan”) that have been recorded as either G&A expense or exploration expense are presented in the table below:
| For the Three Months Ended September 30, |  | For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
| 2013 |  | 2012 |  | 2013 |  | 2012
| (in thousands)
General and administrative expense | $ | 4,302 |  |  | $ | 4,083 |  |  | $ | 11,531 |  |  | $ | 12,177 |
Exploration expense | 329 |  |  | 403 |  |  | 1,026 |  |  | 1,421 |
Total | $ | 4,631 |  |  | $ | 4,486 |  |  | $ | 12,557 |  |  | $ | 13,598 |

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