XML 46 R26.htm IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT
v3.10.0.1

Divestitures, Assets Held for Sale, and Acquisitions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
--- | ---
Dec. 31, 2018
Acquisitions, Divestitures, and Assets Held for Sale Disclosure [Abstract] |
Income (loss) before income taxes from sold assets [Table Text Block] | The following table presents loss before income taxes from the Divide County, North Dakota assets sold for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016. The Divide County Divestiture was considered a disposal of a significant asset group.
| For the Years Ended December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
| (in thousands)
Loss before income taxes (1) | $ | (28,975 | ) |  | $ | (468,786 | ) |  | $ | (50,034 | )
____________________________________________
(1) | Loss before income taxes reflects oil, gas, and NGL production revenue, less oil, gas, and NGL production expense, depletion, depreciation, amortization, and asset retirement obligation liability accretion expense, impairment expense, and net loss on divestiture activity. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded a write-down of $523.6 million on these assets previously held for sale.
The following table presents income (loss) before income taxes from the outside-operated Eagle Ford shale assets sold for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017, and 2016. This divestiture was considered a disposal of a significant asset group.
| For the Years Ended December 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017 |  | 2016
| (in thousands)
Income (loss) before income taxes (1) | $ | — |  |  | $ | 24,324 |  |  | $ | (218,506 | )
____________________________________________
(1) | Income (loss) before income taxes reflects oil, gas, and NGL production revenue, less oil, gas, and NGL production expense, and depletion, depreciation, amortization, and asset retirement obligation liability accretion. Additionally, income (loss) before income taxes includes $269.6 million of impairment of proved properties expense for the year ended December 31, 2016.
Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block] | The Company determined that the Rock Oil Acquisition met the criteria of a business combination under ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations. The Company allocated the final adjusted purchase price to the acquired assets and liabilities based on fair value as of the acquisition date, as summarized in the table below. This measurement resulted in no goodwill or bargain purchase gain being recognized. The acquisition costs were insignificant and were expensed as incurred.
| As of October 4, 2016
| (in thousands)
Cash consideration | $ | 998,691 |
Fair value of assets and liabilities acquired: |
Wells in progress | $ | 5,672 |
Proved oil and gas properties | 82,584 |
Unproved oil and gas properties | 913,819 |
Other assets | 5,338 |
Total fair value of oil and gas properties acquired | 1,007,413 |
Working capital | (1,127 | )
Asset retirement obligations | (7,595 | )
Total fair value of net assets acquired | $ | 998,691 |
Schedule of Noncash or Part Noncash Acquisitions [Table Text Block] | Under authoritative accounting guidance, the transaction was considered an asset acquisition, and therefore, the properties were recorded based on the fair value of the total consideration transferred on the acquisition date and transaction costs were capitalized as a component of the cost of the assets acquired. The Company allocated the final adjusted purchase price to the acquired assets and liabilities, as summarized in the table below.
| As of December 21, 2016
| (in thousands)
Cash consideration, including acquisition costs paid | $ | 1,174,628 |
Fair value of equity consideration (1) | 437,194 |
Total consideration | $ | 1,611,822 |
Assets and liabilities acquired: |
Wells in progress | $ | 21,812 |
Proved oil and gas properties | 61,239 |
Unproved oil and gas properties | 1,538,264 |
Total oil and gas properties acquired | 1,621,315 |
Working capital | (1,852 | )
Asset retirement obligations | (7,641 | )
Total net assets acquired | $ | 1,611,822 |
____________________________________________
(1) | The Company issued approximately 13.4 million shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, in a private placement to the sellers in the QStar Acquisition on December 21, 2016. The equity consideration was valued on this date using Level 1 and Level 2 inputs with a discount applied due to the lack of marketability in the near term in accordance with the Lock-Up and Registration Rights Agreement that prohibited the sale of such stock until no earlier than the 90th day after issuance.

X
- Definition -- None. No documentation exists for this element. -- + References No definition available. + Details
Name: | sm_AcquisitionsDivestituresandAssetsHeldforSaleDisclosureAbstract
Namespace Prefix: | sm_
Data Type: | xbrli:stringItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Tabular disclosure of information related to a disposal group. Includes, but is not limited to, a discontinued operation, disposal classified as held-for-sale or disposed of by means other than sale or disposal of an individually significant component. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109226691&loc=SL51724579-110230 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109222650&loc=d3e1474-107760 Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5D -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109222650&loc=SL51721677-107760 Reference 4: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 45 -Paragraph 11 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109222160&loc=SL51721533-107759 Reference 5: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109222650&loc=SL51721659-107760 Reference 6: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4B -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109222650&loc=SL51721665-107760 Reference 7: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109226691&loc=d3e2941-110230 Reference 8: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5C -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109222650&loc=SL51721675-107760 Reference 9: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 7 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109222650&loc=SL51721683-107760 Reference 10: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109222650&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 11: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109222650&loc=SL51721671-107760 Reference 12: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5B -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109222650&loc=SL51721673-107760 Reference 13: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4A -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109222650&loc=SL51721663-107760 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_ScheduleOfDisposalGroupsIncludingDiscontinuedOperationsIncomeStatementBalanceSheetAndAdditionalDisclosuresTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Tabular disclosure of acquisition of assets or a business through noncash (or part noncash) transactions. Noncash is defined as information about all investing and financing activities of an enterprise during a period that affect recognized assets or liabilities but that do not result in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. "Part noncash" refers to that portion of the transaction not resulting in cash receipts or cash payments in the period. Disclosure may include the equity interest acquired, value of assets acquired, value of liabilities acquired, net monetary assets acquired, number of shares, warrants or options issued as consideration for a business or asset acquired and other information necessary to a fair presentation. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98513485&loc=d3e4313-108586 Reference 2: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98513485&loc=d3e4304-108586 Reference 3: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98513485&loc=d3e4332-108586 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_ScheduleOfNoncashOrPartNoncashAcquisitionsTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration

X
- Definition Tabular disclosure of the amounts recognized as of the acquisition date for each major class of assets acquired and liabilities assumed. May include but not limited to the following: (a) acquired receivables; (b) contingencies recognized at the acquisition date; and (c) the fair value of noncontrolling interests in the acquiree. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 805 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84161108&loc=d3e4845-128472 + Details
Name: | us-gaap_ScheduleOfRecognizedIdentifiedAssetsAcquiredAndLiabilitiesAssumedTableTextBlock
Namespace Prefix: | us-gaap_
Data Type: | nonnum:textBlockItemType
Balance Type: | na
Period Type: | duration