Income Taxes (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule Of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

Income tax (expense) benefit differs from income tax (expense) benefit computed by applying the U.S. Federal statutory corporate income tax rate of 35% to income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2015			2014			2015			2014
	(In thousands)
Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes		($73,073	)		$5,287			($105,987	)		$15,841
Income tax (expense) benefit at the statutory rate	25,575			(1,850		)	37,095			(5,544		)
State income taxes, net of U.S. Federal income tax benefit	(145		)	(222		)	(221		)	(414		)
2015 Texas Franchise Tax rate reduction, net of U.S. Federal income tax expense	1,671			—			1,671			—
Other	(998		)	(1		)	(1,004		)	(48		)
Total income tax (expense) benefit from continuing operations		$26,103			($2,073	)		$37,541			($6,006	)