ASSETS HELD FOR SALE, DIVESTITURES AND DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS Assets Held for Sale, Divestitures and Discontinued Operations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]

Schedule of Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures [Table Text Block]

The following table presents consolidated balance sheet data related to net assets held for sale:

Consolidated balance sheet	As of December 31, 2013
	(In thousands)
Assets
Properties and equipment, net	$	2,785
Liabilities
Asset retirement obligation	2,061
Net Assets	$	724

The following table presents consolidated statement of operations data related to our discontinued operations:

	Year Ended December 31,
Consolidated statements of operations - discontinued operations	2013			2012			2011
	(in thousands)
Revenues
Crude oil, natural gas and NGLs sales	$	20,398		$	36,422		$	80,860
Sales from natural gas marketing	2,825			1,708			2,949
Well operations, pipeline income and other	890			1,888			2,542
Total revenues	24,113			40,018			86,351
Costs, expenses and other
Production costs	7,975			22,453			30,885
Cost of natural gas marketing	2,673			1,529			2,634
Impairment of crude oil and natural gas properties	3			162,254			22,858
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	2,258			48,101			47,521
Other	2,528			2,084			1,054
(Gain) loss on sale of properties and equipment	2,330			(19,920		)	(3,854		)
Total costs, expenses and other	17,767			216,501			101,098
Income (loss) from discontinued operations	6,346			(176,483		)	(14,747		)
Provision for income taxes	(2,175		)	67,466			5,620
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax	$	4,171		$	(109,017	)	$	(9,127	)