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Compensation Plans (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
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 March 31,
| 2014 |  | 2013
| (in thousands)
General and administrative expense | $ | 2,978 |  |  | $ | 3,786 |
Exploration expense | 288 |  |  | 374 |
Total | $ | 3,266 |  |  | $ | 4,160 |

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