DEBT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Schedule Of Debt Outstanding

Debt consists of the following (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2012		2011
Revolving Credit Facility, principal due at maturity in December 2016; interest payable periodically at variable interest rates. The weighted average rate at December 31, 2012 and 2011 was 1.7% and 1.0%, respectively.	$	655,000	$	265,000
6.25% Senior Notes, principal due at maturity in March 2013; interest payable semi-annually in March and September at 6.25%. These notes were redeemed in 2012, as further described hereafter.		—		375,000
6.75% Senior Notes, principal due at maturity in January 2014; interest payable semi-annually in January and July at 6.75%. These notes were redeemed in 2012, as further described hereafter.		—		150,000
7.75% Senior Notes, principal due at maturity in June 2017; interest payable semi-annually in June and December at 7.75%. These notes were issued with a $13.4 million discount, of which $8.5 million and $10.0 million was unamortized at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.		456,545		455,014
	$	1,111,545	$	1,245,014

Schedule Of Principal Payments

Scheduled principal payments as of December 31, 2012 for the next five years and thereafter were as follows (in thousands):

2013	$	—
2014		—
2015		—
2016		655,000
2017		465,000
Thereafter		—
Total principal payments		1,120,000
Unamortized bond discount		(8,455	)
Total debt	$	1,111,545