Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Payables and Accruals [Abstract]

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

Accounts payable and accrued expenses consist of the following (in thousands):

	December 31,
	2014		2013
Accounts payable and other accrued expenses	$	392,500	$	341,008
Accrued interest	79,704		80,740
Production payable	120,573		127,647
Drilling advances	33,195		184,203
Payroll and benefits	44,496		59,785
Convertible perpetual preferred stock dividends	11,072		16,572
Related party	1,852		2,533
Total accounts payable and accrued expenses	$	683,392	$	812,488