Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Restricted Stock Awards and Stock Options

For restricted stock awards and stock options, we had:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2015		2014
	(In millions)
Recognized stock compensation expense	$	4.3	$	3.8
Capitalized stock compensation cost for our oil and natural gas properties	0.9		0.8
Tax benefit on stock based compensation	1.7		1.5

Schedule Of Fair Value Of The Restricted Stock Awards Granted During The Periods

The following table shows the fair value of restricted stock awards granted to employees and non-employee directors during the first three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014.

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2015			2014
Shares granted:
Employees	724,442			438,342
Non employee directors	—			—
	724,442			438,342
Estimated fair value (in millions):
Employees	$	23.6		$	22.3
Non employee directors	—			—
	$	23.6		$	22.3
Percentage of shares granted expected to be distributed:
Employees	96		%	95		%
Non employee directors	N/A			N/A