Long-Term Debt And Other Long-Term Liabilities (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Debt Disclosure [Abstract]

Long-Term Debt

As of the dates in the table, our long-term debt consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
	(In thousands)
Credit agreement with an average interest rate of 2.3% and 2.9% at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively	$	237,300	$	166,000
6.625% senior subordinated notes due 2021, net of unamortized discount of $3.7 million and $3.8 million at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively	646,284		646,163
Total long-term debt	$	883,584	$	812,163

Other Long-Term Liabilities

Other long-term liabilities consisted of the following:

	March 31, 2015		December 31, 2014
	(In thousands)
Asset retirement obligation (ARO) liability	$	95,441	$	100,567
Capital lease obligations	25,037		25,876
Workers’ compensation	18,066		17,997
Separation benefit plans	11,629		11,276
Deferred compensation plan	4,340		4,055
Gas balancing liability	3,623		3,623
Other	410		410
	158,546		163,804
Less current portion	15,949		15,019
Total other long-term liabilities	$	142,597	$	148,785

Capital leases

Future payments required under the capital leases at March 31, 2015:

	Amount
Ending March 31,	(In thousands)
2016	$	6,195
2017	6,195
2018	6,195
2019	6,195
2020	6,195
2021 and thereafter	8,419
Total future payments	39,394
Less payments related to:
Maintenance	10,942
Interest	3,415
Present value of future minimum payments	$	25,037