Income Taxes (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of provision for income taxes

The provision for income taxes consists of the following:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016			2015
	(in thousands)
Current portion of income tax expense (benefit):
Federal	$	—		$	—
State	164			274
Deferred portion of income tax benefit	(195,039		)	(33,727		)
Total income tax benefit	$	(194,875	)	$	(33,453	)
Effective tax rate	35.9		%	38.7		%