CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 314	$ 471
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $5,559 and $4,994		241,718	123,842
Derivative assets		13,278	281,544
Inventory and other		26,573	33,217
Total current assets		281,883	439,074
Derivative assets		205	7,218
Goodwill		1,654,292	0
Natural gas and oil properties, successful efforts method	[1]	12,386,153	8,996,336
Accumulated depletion and depreciation	[1]	(3,129,816)	(2,635,031)
Natural gas and oil properties, successful efforts method, net	[1]	9,256,337	6,361,305
Other property and equipment		112,796	110,013
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(95,923)	(90,558)
Other Property and equipment, net		16,873	19,455
Other assets		72,655	72,979
Total assets		11,282,245	6,900,031
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		229,190	117,346
Asset retirement obligations		7,271	15,071
Accrued liabilities		265,843	188,028
Accrued interest		35,340	30,139
Derivative liabilities		165,009	1,136
Total current liabilities		702,653	351,720
Bank debt		876,428	86,427
Senior notes		2,848,591	738,101
Senior subordinated notes		48,498	1,826,775
Deferred tax liabilities		943,343	777,947
Derivative liabilities		24,491	21
Deferred compensation liabilities		119,231	104,792
Asset retirement obligations and other liabilities		310,642	254,590
Total liabilities		5,873,877	4,140,373
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders' Equity
Preferred stock, $1 par 10,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding		0	0
Common stock, $0.01 par 475,000,000 shares authorized, 247,174,903 issued at December 31, 2016 and 169,375,743 issued at December 31, 2015		2,471	1,693
Common stock held in treasury, 30,547 shares at December 31, 2016 and 59,283 shares at December 31, 2015		(1,209)	(2,245)
Additional paid-in capital		5,524,423	2,442,623
Retained earnings (deficit)		(117,317)	317,587
Total stockholders' equity		5,408,368	2,759,658
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity		$ 11,282,245	$ 6,900,031

[1] Includes capitalized asset retirement costs and the associated accumulated amortization.