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Leases (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
Lessee Disclosure [Abstract] |
Components of total lease cost [Table Text Block] | Components of the Company’s total lease cost, whether capitalized or expensed, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, were as follows:
| For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2019 |  | For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
| (in thousands)
Operating lease cost | $ | 8,344 |  |  | $ | 28,802 |
Short-term lease cost (1) | 72,874 |  |  | 309,876 |
Variable lease cost (2) | 26,090 |  |  | 83,696 |
Total lease cost (3) | $ | 107,308 |  |  | $ | 422,374 |
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(1) | Costs associated with short-term lease agreements relate primarily to operational activities where underlying lease terms are less than one year. This amount is significant as it includes drilling and completion activities and field equipment rentals, most of which are contracted for 12 months or less. It is expected that this amount will fluctuate primarily with the number of drilling rigs and completion crews the Company is operating under short-term agreements.
(2) | Variable lease payments include additional payments made that were not included in the initial measurement of the ROU asset and corresponding liability for lease agreements with terms longer than 12 months. Variable lease payments relate to the actual volumes transported under certain midstream agreements, actual usage associated with drilling rigs and completion crews, and variable utility costs associated with the Company’s leased office space. Fluctuations in variable lease payments are driven by actual volumes delivered and the number of drilling rigs and completion crews operating under long-term agreements.
(3) | Lease costs are either expensed on the accompanying statements of operations or capitalized on the accompanying balance sheets depending on the nature and use of the underlying ROU asset.
Other information related to the Company’s leases for the nine months ended September 30, 2019, was as follows:
| For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
| (in thousands)
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: |
Operating cash flows from operating leases | $ | 9,029 |
Investing cash flows from operating leases | $ | 20,256 |
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities | $ | 24,014 |
Operating lease liability maturities [Table Text Block] | Maturities for the Company’s operating lease liabilities included on the accompanying balance sheets as of September 30, 2019, were as follows:
| As of September 30, 2019
| (in thousands)
2019 (remaining after September 30, 2019) | $ | 6,871 |
2020 | 20,427 |
2021 | 11,982 |
2022 | 5,712 |
2023 | 3,572 |
Thereafter | 3,721 |
Total Lease payments | $ | 52,285 |
Less: Imputed interest (1) | (5,098 | )
Total | $ | 47,187 |
____________________________________________ (1) The weighted-average discount rate used to determine the operating lease liability as of September 30, 2019 was 6.6 percent.
Balance Sheet information related to operating leases [Table Text Block] | Amounts recorded on the accompanying balance sheets for operating leases as of September 30, 2019, were as follows:
| As of September 30, 2019
| (in thousands)
Other noncurrent assets | $ | 44,438 |
Other current liabilities | $ | 21,804 |
Other noncurrent liabilities | $ | 25,384 |

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