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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of componenets of provision for income taxes | The provision for income taxes consists of the following:
|  | For the Years Ended December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
|  | (in thousands)
Current portion of income tax expense |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
State |  | 1,571 |  |  | 868 |  |  | 2,121 |
Deferred portion of income tax expense (benefit) |  | (276,722 | ) |  | 397,780 |  |  | 105,555 |
Total income tax expense (benefit) |  | $ | (275,151 | ) |  | $ | 398,648 |  |  | $ | 107,676 |
Effective tax rate |  | 38.1 | % |  | 37.4 | % |  | 38.6 | %
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] | The components of the net deferred income tax liabilities are as follows:
|  | As of December 31,
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
|  | (in thousands)
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |
Oil and gas properties |  | $ | 854,029 |  |  | $ | 1,029,424 |
Derivative asset |  | 179,543 |  |  | 220,437 |
Other |  | 1,233 |  |  | 4,475 |
Total deferred tax liabilities |  | 1,034,805 |  |  | 1,254,336 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Federal and state tax net operating loss carryovers |  | 244,942 |  |  | 184,447 |
Stock compensation |  | 14,529 |  |  | 16,763 |
Other liabilities |  | 27,449 |  |  | 25,715 |
Total deferred tax assets |  | 286,920 |  |  | 226,925 |
Valuation allowance |  | (10,394 | ) |  | (7,246 | )
Net deferred tax assets |  | 276,526 |  |  | 219,679 |
Total net deferred tax liabilities (1) |  | $ | 758,279 |  |  | $ | 1,034,657 |
Current federal income tax refundable |  | $ | 5,378 |  |  | $ | 4,734 |
Current state income tax refundable |  | $ | 65 |  |  | $ | — |
Current state income tax payable |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 25 |
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(1) | All deferred tax liabilities and assets as of December 31, 2015, are classified as noncurrent on the accompanying balance sheets upon the Company’s adoption of ASU 2015-17 on a prospective basis. Prior year amounts have not been restated. Please refer to the caption Recently Issued Accounting Standards in Note 1 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for additional discussion.
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] | Federal income tax expense differs from the amount that would be provided by applying the statutory United States federal income tax rate to income before income taxes primarily due to the effect of state income taxes, changes in valuation allowances, R&D credits, and other permanent differences, as follows:
| For the Years Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (in thousands)
Federal statutory tax expense (benefit) | $ | (253,001 | ) |  | $ | 372,644 |  |  | $ | 97,514 |
Increase (decrease) in tax resulting from: |  |  |  |  |
State tax expense (benefit) (net of federal benefit) | (21,583 | ) |  | 21,350 |  |  | 9,400 |
Change in valuation allowance | 3,148 |  |  | 2,245 |  |  | (314 | )
Research and development credit | (1,971 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
Other | (1,744 | ) |  | 2,409 |  |  | 1,076 |
Income tax expense (benefit) | $ | (275,151 | ) |  | $ | 398,648 |  |  | $ | 107,676 |
Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward [Table Text Block] | The total amount recorded for unrecognized tax benefits is presented below:
| For the Years Ended December 31,
| 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
| (in thousands)
Beginning balance | $ | 1,582 |  |  | $ | 2,358 |  |  | $ | 2,278 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years | 1,200 |  |  | 140 |  |  | 80 |
Settlements | — |  |  | (916 | ) |  | — |
Ending balance | $ | 2,782 |  |  | $ | 1,582 |  |  | $ | 2,358 |

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