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Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities, Current [Abstract]

Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities Disclosure [Text Block]

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012				2011
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses	$	461,067			$	313,901
Accrued interest	92,125				53,388
Production payable	97,245				59,825
Drilling advances	68,742				36,637
Payroll and benefits	29,811				26,402
Convertible perpetual preferred stock dividends	16,572				16,572
Related party	982				59
Total accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	766,544			$	506,784

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- Definition

The entire disclosure for accounts payable and accrued liabilities at the end of the reporting period.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 19

-Subparagraph a

-Article 5



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 210

-SubTopic 10

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.19(a),20,24)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682



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-Publisher SEC

-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

-Paragraph 20, 24

-Article 5

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