CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended
		Mar. 31, 2017	Mar. 31, 2016
Revenues and other income:
Natural gas, NGLs and oil sales		$ 559,450	$ 209,487
Derivative fair value income		165,557	86,908
Brokered natural gas, marketing and other		51,648	35,018
Total revenues and other income		776,655	331,413
Costs and expenses:
Direct operating		28,023	24,054
Transportation, gathering, processing and compression		177,648	125,263
Production and ad valorem taxes		9,163	5,887
Brokered natural gas and marketing		53,550	36,558
Exploration		8,504	4,913
Abandonment and impairment of unproved properties		4,420	10,628
General and administrative		47,496	40,657
Termination costs		4,192	162
Deferred compensation plan		(13,169)	16,056
Interest		47,101	37,739
Depletion, depreciation and amortization		149,821	120,561
Impairment of proved properties and other assets		0	43,040
(Gain) loss on the sale of assets		(22,600)	1,643
Total costs and expenses		494,149	467,161
Income (loss) before income taxes		282,506	(135,748)
Income tax expense (benefit):
Current		0	0
Deferred		112,395	(41,976)
Total income tax expense (benefit)		112,395	(41,976)
Net income (loss)		$ 170,111	$ (93,772)
Net income (loss) per common share:
Basic		$ 0.69	$ (0.56)
Diluted		0.69	(0.56)
Dividends paid per common share		$ 0.02	$ 0.02
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic	[1]	244,652	166,803
Diluted		244,803	166,803

[1] 2017 includes common stock issued in connection with the exchange of 77.0 million shares for all outstanding Memorial common stock on September 16, 2016.