Commitments and Contingencies Commitments and Contingencies (Policies)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies, Policy [Policy Text Block]

(11)           Commitments and Contingencies

In January of 2015 the Company entered into a new eleven year lease agreement for office space in Houston, Texas. The operating lease commenced on March 1, 2015 and may be terminated after seven years. As of March 31, 2015, the minimum contractual obligations are approximately $25 million in the aggregate. We will amortize the total payments under the lease agreement on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease.

We had no other material changes from amounts referenced under Note 5 in our Notes to consolidated financial statements from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ending December 31, 2014.