Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
REVENUES
Oil and natural gas sales	$ 35,702	$ 4,510	$ 87,445	$ 5,368
Total revenues	35,702	4,510	87,445	5,368
OPERATING EXPENSES
Lease operating	2,077	1,035	6,511	1,165
Transportation, gathering and compression	6,857	23	10,710	23
Production and ad valorem taxes	2,132	26	3,187	32
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	29,983	2,462	51,967	3,445
Exploration	3,057	350	16,897	470
General and administrative	11,897	6,042	28,720	12,504
Impairment of oil and gas properties	4,605		4,605
Accretion of asset retirement obligations	198	117	575	234
Gain on reduction of pension liability	0	0	(2,208)	0
Total operating expenses	60,806	10,055	120,964	17,873
OPERATING LOSS	(25,104)	(5,545)	(33,519)	(12,505)
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Gain on derivative instruments	5,572		1,098
Interest expense, net	(10,066)	(10,939)	(35,320)	(11,478)
Other income			1,585
Total other expense, net	(4,494)	(10,939)	(32,637)	(11,478)
LOSS BEFORE INCOME TAXES	(29,598)	(16,484)	(66,156)	(23,983)
INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)	(10,544)		83,997
NET LOSS	$ (19,054)	$ (16,484)	$ (150,153)	$ (23,983)
NET LOSS PER COMMON SHARE
Basic and diluted	$ (0.12)		$ (1.08)
WEIGHTED AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING
Basic and diluted	160,000		139,102