CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Sep. 30, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 542	$ 471
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $5,555 and $4,994		183,883	123,842
Derivative assets		158,340	281,544
Inventory and other		36,445	33,217
Total current assets		379,210	439,074
Derivative assets		21,480	7,218
Goodwill		1,630,981
Natural gas and oil properties, successful efforts method	[1]	12,200,382	8,996,336
Accumulated depletion and depreciation	[1]	(2,994,282)	(2,635,031)
Natural gas and oil properties, successful efforts method, net	[1]	9,206,100	6,361,305
Other property and equipment		114,911	110,013
Accumulated depreciation and amortization		(96,603)	(90,558)
Other Property and equipment, net		18,308	19,455
Other assets		71,180	72,979
Total assets		11,327,259	6,900,031
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable		124,348	117,346
Asset retirement obligations		15,071	15,071
Accrued liabilities		294,253	188,028
Accrued interest		21,185	30,139
Derivative liabilities		7,277	1,136
Total current liabilities		462,134	351,720
Bank debt		930,669	86,427
Senior notes		2,847,564	738,101
Senior subordinated notes		48,476	1,826,775
Deferred tax liabilities		1,176,353	777,947
Derivative liabilities		3,934	21
Deferred compensation liabilities		119,645	104,792
Asset retirement obligations and other liabilities		277,671	254,590
Total liabilities		5,866,446	4,140,373
Commitments and contingencies			0
Stockholders’ Equity
Preferred stock, $1 par, 10,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding			0
Common stock, $0.01 par, 475,000,000 shares authorized, 247,145,228 issued at September 30, 2016 and 169,375,743 issued at December 31, 2015		2,471	1,693
Common stock held in treasury, 44,772 shares at September 30, 2016 and 59,283 shares at December 31, 2015		(1,701)	(2,245)
Additional paid-in capital		5,512,727	2,442,623
Retained earnings (deficit)		(52,684)	317,587
Total stockholders’ equity		5,460,813	2,759,658
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity		$ 11,327,259	$ 6,900,031

[1] Includes capitalized asset retirement costs and the associated accumulated amortization.