Long-Term Debt (Tables)

6 Months Ended

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Dec. 31, 2011

Long-Term Debt

Summary of carrying and fair values of debt facilities

	As of
	June 30, 2012				December 31, 2011
	Carrying				Carrying
	Value		Fair Value		Value		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
7 % Senior Notes due 2013	$	500,000	$	527,500	$	500,000	$	535,000
6 5/8% Senior Notes due 2014	1,000,000		1,075,330		1,000,000		1,060,000
7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2015	750,000		834,375		750,000		817,500
7 1/8% Senior Notes due 2016	1,500,000		1,653,750		1,500,000		1,593,750
4 5/8% Senior Notes due 2017	900,000		884,250		—		—
7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2019	1,400,000		1,606,500		1,400,000		1,589,000
6 3/4% Senior Notes due 2021	2,000,000		2,151,800		2,000,000		2,140,000
5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2022 (1)	1,000,000		1,005,000		—		—
Mortgages and other notes payable	68,800		68,800		71,871		71,871
Subtotal	9,118,800		$	9,807,305	7,221,871		$	7,807,121
Capital lease obligations (2)	256,010		NA		270,893		NA
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations (including current portion)	$	9,374,810			$	7,492,764

(1)Excludes $1.0 billion in additional 5 7/8% Senior Notes due 2022 issued on July 26, 2012.

(2)Disclosure regarding fair value of capital leases is not required.

As of December 31,
	2011				2010
	Carrying Value		Fair Value		Carrying Value		Fair Value
	(In thousands)
6 3/8% Senior Notes due 2011 (1)	$	—	$	—	$	1,000,000	$	1,032,500
7 % Senior Notes due 2013	500,000		535,000		500,000		532,815
6 5/8% Senior Notes due 2014	1,000,000		1,060,000		1,000,000		1,032,500
7 3/4% Senior Notes due 2015	750,000		817,500		750,000		798,750
7 1/8% Senior Notes due 2016	1,500,000		1,593,750		1,500,000		1,548,600
7 7/8% Senior Notes due 2019	1,400,000		1,589,000		1,400,000		1,463,000
6 3/4% Senior Notes due 2021	2,000,000		2,140,000		—		—
Mortgages and other notes payable	71,871		71,871		77,965		77,965
Subtotal	7,221,871		$	7,807,121	6,227,965		$	6,486,130
Capital lease obligations (2)	270,893		NA		286,971		NA
Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations (including current portion)	$	7,492,764			$	6,514,936

(1)During September 2011, we repurchased $85 million of our 6 3/8% Senior Notes due 2011 in open market transactions at amounts close to par plus accrued interest.  On October 3, 2011, we redeemed the remaining $915 million principal balance of our 6 3/8% Senior Notes due 2011.

(2)Disclosure regarding fair value of capital leases is not required.