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Compensation Plans (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 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 June 30, |  | For the Six Months Ended June 30,
| 2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (in thousands)
General and administrative expense | $ | 1,986 |  |  | $ | 3,443 |  |  | $ | 4,964 |  |  | $ | 7,229 |
Exploration expense | 194 |  |  | 323 |  |  | 482 |  |  | 697 |
Total | $ | 2,180 |  |  | $ | 3,766 |  |  | $ | 5,446 |  |  | $ | 7,926 |

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