Restructuring Costs

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Restructuring Costs [Abstract]

Restructuring Costs

During the first quarter of 2012, QEP began incurring costs related to the closure of its Oklahoma City office and the subsequent consolidation of its Southern Region operations into a single regional office located in Tulsa. During the second half of 2012, QEP incurred additional restructuring and reorganization costs related to consolidating various corporate and accounting functions to the Denver corporate headquarters. The creation of one office for QEP’s Southern Region as well as the consolidation of corporate and accounting functions was intended to increase efficiency, team-based collaboration and organizational productivity over the long term. As part of the reorganization, QEP incurred costs associated with the severance, retention and relocation of employees, additional pension expenses, exit costs associated with the termination of operating leases arising from office space that will no longer be utilized by the Company and other expenses. All remaining restructuring costs related to the office consolidations were incurred during 2013.

In December 2013, QEP announced its plan to pursue a separation of its midstream business, QEP Field Services. In connection with this announcement, the Board of Directors approved an employee retention plan to provide substantially all QEP Field Services' employees as of December 1, 2013, with a one-time lump sum cash payment on December 31, 2014, conditioned on continued employment with QEP Field Services or a successor through the payment date unless the employee is terminated without cause prior to such date.

The following table summarizes, by line of business, each major type of cost expected to be incurred and the total amounts recorded in "General and administrative" expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the respective periods indicated:

	Total Restructuring Costs
	Total Expected to be Incurred		Recognized in Income
			Period from Inception to December 31, 2013		Year ended December 31,
					2013		2012
QEP Energy	(in millions)
One-time termination benefits	$	3.3	$	3.3	$	0.4	$	2.9
Retention & relocation expense	3.7		3.7		0.4		3.3
Lease termination costs	0.6		0.6		—		0.6
Total restructuring costs	$	7.6	$	7.6	$	0.8	$	6.8
QEP Field Services
One-time termination benefits	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
Retention & relocation expense	10.2		0.9		0.9		—
Lease termination costs	—		—		—		—
Total restructuring costs	$	10.2	$	0.9	$	0.9	$	—
QEP Marketing
One-time termination benefits	$	0.3	$	0.3	$	0.1	$	0.2
Retention & relocation expense	—		—		—		—
Lease termination costs	—		—		—		—
Total restructuring costs	$	0.3	$	0.3	$	0.1	$	0.2
Total QEP
One-time termination benefits	$	3.6	$	3.6	$	0.5	$	3.1
Retention & relocation expense	13.9		4.6		1.3		3.3
Lease termination costs	0.6		0.6		—		0.6
Total restructuring costs	$	18.1	$	8.8	$	1.8	$	7.0

The following is a reconciliation of the restructuring liability, by line of business, which is included within “Accounts payable and accrued expenses” on the Consolidated Balance Sheets:

	QEP Energy			QEP Field Services			QEP Marketing			Total
	(in millions)
Balance at December 31, 2012	$	1.0		$	—		$	—		$	1.0
Costs incurred and charged to expense	0.8			0.9			0.1			1.8
Costs paid or otherwise settled	(1.8		)	(0.1		)	(0.1		)	(2.0		)
Balance at December 31, 2013	$	—		0.8			—			$	0.8