Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of provision for income taxes [Table Text Block]

The provision for income taxes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, and 2019, consisted of the following:

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020			2019			2020			2019
	(in thousands)
Current portion of income tax (expense) benefit:
Federal	$	—		$	3,826		$	—		$	3,826
State	173			(320)			(402)			(1,109)
Deferred portion of income tax (expense) benefit	22,796			(19,617)			159,064			13,620
Income tax (expense) benefit	$	22,969		$	(16,111)		$	158,662		$	16,337
Effective tax rate	18.9		%	27.6		%	20.9		%	16.1		%