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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of componenets of provision for income taxes [Table Text Block] | The provision for income taxes consists of the following:
| For the Years Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (in thousands)
Current portion of income tax expense |  |  |  |  |
Federal | $ | 5,698 |  |  | $ | 2,932 |  |  | $ | — |
State | 3,398 |  |  | 1,539 |  |  | 1,571 |
Deferred portion of income tax benefit | (192,066 | ) |  | (448,643 | ) |  | (276,722 | )
Total income tax benefit | $ | (182,970 | ) |  | $ | (444,172 | ) |  | $ | (275,151 | )
Effective tax rate | 53.2 | % |  | 37.0 | % |  | 38.1 | %
Schedule of components of net deferred income tax liabilities [Table Text Block] | The components of the net deferred tax liabilities are as follows:
| As of December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016
| (in thousands)
Deferred tax liabilities |  |  |
Oil and gas properties | $ | 142,467 |  |  | $ | 518,394 |
Other | 3,412 |  |  | 7,733 |
Total deferred tax liabilities | 145,879 |  |  | 526,127 |
Deferred tax assets |  |  |  |  |
Derivative liabilities | 29,463 |  |  | 31,349 |
Credit carryover | 22,537 |  |  | 12,448 |
Pension | 7,986 |  |  | 10,366 |
Federal and state tax net operating loss carryovers | 3,867 |  |  | 151,343 |
Stock compensation | 3,545 |  |  | 10,083 |
Other liabilities | 1,470 |  |  | 201 |
Total deferred tax assets | 68,868 |  |  | 215,790 |
Valuation allowance | (2,978 | ) |  | (5,335 | )
Net deferred tax assets | 65,890 |  |  | 210,455 |
Total net deferred tax liabilities | $ | 79,989 |  |  | $ | 315,672 |
Current federal income tax refundable | $ | 37 |  |  | $ | 644 |
Current state income tax payable | $ | 3,009 |  |  | $ | 1,181 |
Schedule of effective income tax rate reconciliation [Table Text Block] | Federal income tax benefit differs from the amount that would be provided by applying the U.S. federal statutory rate to income before income taxes primarily due to the effect of state income taxes, changes in valuation allowances, R&D credits, and accumulated impacts of other smaller permanent differences, reported as follows:
| For the Years Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (in thousands)
Federal statutory tax benefit | $ | (120,335 | ) |  | $ | (420,671 | ) |  | $ | (253,001 | )
Increase (decrease) in tax resulting from: |  |  |  |  |
Federal tax reform changes - 2017 Tax Act | (63,675 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |
State tax benefit (net of federal benefit) | (3,286 | ) |  | (17,549 | ) |  | (21,583 | )
Change in valuation allowance | (2,727 | ) |  | (5,059 | ) |  | 3,148 |
Employee share-based compensation | 8,190 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other | (1,137 | ) |  | (893 | ) |  | (3,715 | )
Income tax benefit | $ | (182,970 | ) |  | $ | (444,172 | ) |  | $ | (275,151 | )
Schedule of unrecognized tax benefits [Table Text Block] | The total amount recorded for unrecognized tax benefits is presented below:
| For the Years Ended December 31,
| 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015
| (in thousands)
Beginning balance | $ | 446 |  |  | $ | 2,782 |  |  | $ | 1,582 |
Additions for tax positions of prior years | — |  |  | 9 |  |  | 1,200 |
Settlements | — |  |  | (2,345 | ) |  | — |
Ending balance | $ | 446 |  |  | $ | 446 |  |  | $ | 2,782 |

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