Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Reconciliation Of Income Tax Expense [Table Text Block]

A reconciliation of income tax expense, computed by applying the federal statutory rate to pre-tax income to our effective income tax expense is as follows:



	2014		2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Income tax expense computed by applying the statutory rate	$	78,029	$	105,514	$	13,791
State income tax, net of federal benefit	6,131		8,290		1,084
Statutory depletion and other	2,503		2,919		1,351
Income tax expense	$	86,663	$	116,723	$	16,226

Schedule Of Total Provision For Income Taxes [Table Text Block]

For the periods indicated, the total provision for income taxes consisted of the following:



	2014		2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Current taxes:
Federal	$	8,594	$	15,845	$	2,084
State	784		146		(1,388		)
	9,378		15,991		696
Deferred taxes:
Federal	68,360		87,839		13,768
State	8,925		12,893		1,762
	77,285		100,732		15,530
Total provision	$	86,663	$	116,723	$	16,226

Schedule Of Deferred Tax Assets And Liabilities [Table Text Block]

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are comprised of the following at December 31:



	2014			2013
	(In thousands)
Deferred tax assets:
Allowance for losses and nondeductible accruals	$	55,231		$	77,285
Net operating loss carryforward	54,901			61,055
Alternative minimum tax and research and development tax credit carryforward	25,991			17,258
	136,123			155,598
Deferred tax liability:
Depreciation, depletion, amortization, and impairment	(1,000,811		)	(943,411		)
Net deferred tax liability	(864,688		)	(787,813		)
Current deferred tax asset	11,527			13,585
Non-current—deferred tax liability	$	(876,215	)	$	(801,398	)

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits [Table Text Block]

A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amount of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows:



	2014		2013		2012
	(In thousands)
Balance at January 1:	$	—	$	—	$	—
Additions based on tax positions related to current year	410		—		—
Additions for tax positions of prior years	—		—		—
Reductions for tax positions of prior years	—		—		—
Settlements	—		—		—
Balance at December 31:	$	410	$	—	$	—