Related-Party Transactions	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]
Related-Party Transactions	Related-Party Transactions Severance Payments Due to Former CEO During April 2017, the Company paid to its former CEO the balance of his deferred compensation (discussed below) and the severance benefits set forth in Section 4(b) of his Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with the Company, dated March 11, 2016 and filed with the SEC on March 14, 2016. The majority of the severance benefits were expensed during 2016 and included cash payments of approximately $10.4 million, certain continuing medical benefits, and immediate vesting of the outstanding Restricted Stock Units (“RSU”) and Performance Based Options (“PBO”) previously granted to the former CEO. Deferred Compensation In July 2017, the Company’s board of directors elected to terminate the Company’s deferred compensation plans. Consequently, while participant compensation remains deferred at June 30, 2017, the plan is no longer active. In accordance with applicable regulations, distribution of the remaining assets and settlement of the deferred compensation obligation will be made to the participants no earlier than one year from the date the plans were terminated. The total value of the deferred compensation obligation for all participants at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 was $4.1 million and $27.3 million, respectively. These totals include a fair value of $25,000 and $839,000 of the Company’s common stock, for each of the respective periods, with the balance in various publicly traded equities, bonds, and cash. In conjunction with the termination of the Company’s former CEO, assets with a value of $23.4 million were distributed from the trust accounts in April 2017. Deferred compensation expense included in general, administrative, and other costs in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income or loss for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was $287,000 and $860,000, respectively, and for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was $205,000 and $1.1 million, respectively. Sale of Oil and Gas Assets During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company sold the majority of its remaining oil and gas lease assets to the service agent the Company had contracted with to operate and manage such oil and gas operations. The Company received book value for the majority of the assets sold resulting in no significant gain or loss on the transaction. The service agent continues to provide management services to the Company in conjunction with the wind-down of the remaining operations.

Related-Party Transactions

Severance Payments Due to Former CEO

During April 2017, the Company paid to its former CEO the balance of his deferred compensation (discussed below) and the severance benefits set forth in Section 4(b) of his Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with the Company, dated March 11, 2016 and filed with the SEC on March 14, 2016. The majority of the severance benefits were expensed during 2016 and included cash payments of approximately $10.4 million, certain continuing medical benefits, and immediate vesting of the outstanding Restricted Stock Units (“RSU”) and Performance Based Options (“PBO”) previously granted to the former CEO.

Deferred Compensation

In July 2017, the Company’s board of directors elected to terminate the Company’s deferred compensation plans. Consequently, while participant compensation remains deferred at June 30, 2017, the plan is no longer active. In accordance with applicable regulations, distribution of the remaining assets and settlement of the deferred compensation obligation will be made to the participants no earlier than one year from the date the plans were terminated. The total value of the deferred compensation obligation for all participants at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 was $4.1 million and $27.3 million, respectively. These totals include a fair value of $25,000 and $839,000 of the Company’s common stock, for each of the respective periods, with the balance in various publicly traded equities, bonds, and cash. In conjunction with the termination of the Company’s former CEO, assets with a value of $23.4 million were distributed from the trust accounts in April 2017.

Deferred compensation expense included in general, administrative, and other costs in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income or loss for the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was $287,000 and $860,000, respectively, and for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was $205,000 and $1.1 million, respectively.

Sale of Oil and Gas Assets

During the six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company sold the majority of its remaining oil and gas lease assets to the service agent the Company had contracted with to operate and manage such oil and gas operations. The Company received book value for the majority of the assets sold resulting in no significant gain or loss on the transaction. The service agent continues to provide management services to the Company in conjunction with the wind-down of the remaining operations.