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Northern Oil and Gas, Inc
(NYSE:NOG) 

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Northern Oil and Gas, Inc., an independent energy company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, exploitation, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas properties in the United States. The company primarily holds interests in the Bakken and Three Forks formations in the Williston ...

Founded: 2006
Full Time Employees: 24
Sector: Energy
Industry: Oil & Gas E&P

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      revenues
                                                                                  
      oil and gas sales
    539,855,000 447,724,000 482,243,000 574,369,000 576,952,000 545,472,000 513,541,000 561,025,000 532,041,000 543,403,000 511,651,000 416,491,000 426,234,000 445,647,000 534,050,000 549,643,000 456,458,000 160,679,250 259,669,000 225,717,000 157,331,000 99,511,000 73,680,000 20,664,000 130,196,000 160,699,000 157,989,000 149,847,000 132,684,000     72,476,191 54,257,591 48,381,006 48,848,222 47,076,501 41,719,194 42,527,847 28,367,341 39,340,256 49,779,903 63,064,333 50,454,148 94,455,405 119,191,594 121,155,047 96,802,970 99,160,226 107,232,064 79,623,169 83,171,661 80,369,145 80,690,301 70,439,015 65,139,396 53,235,604 43,680,619 35,481,664 27,041,621 23,913,044 15,541,520 15,541,520 11,664,873 2,418,496 8,368,847 8,368,847  5,146,972 2,418,496 640,734 1,130,082 1,362,655 764,528 764,528 285,729  
      gain on commodity derivatives
    -539,056,000 159,314,000 70,769,000 128,819,000 21,761,000 -34,224,000 238,150,000 -3,428,000 -138,531,000 247,372,000 -199,548,000 57,769,000 153,656,000 -75,267,000 257,590,000  -489,388,000 -116,252,500 -128,163,000 -200,912,000 -135,935,000 69,395,500 -26,361,000 -72,638,000 376,581,000                                                      
      other revenues
    4,230,000 2,657,750 3,625,000 3,621,000 3,385,000 1,988,250 1,947,000 3,169,000 2,838,000 1,622,000 1,870,000 2,294,000 2,324,000                                                                  
      total revenues
    5,029,000 610,178,000 556,637,000 706,809,000 602,098,000 514,977,000 753,638,000 560,766,000 396,348,000 793,517,000 313,973,000 476,554,000 582,214,000 370,379,000 791,640,000 441,446,000 -32,930,000 319,190,000 131,507,000 24,805,000 21,397,000 50,075,000 47,322,000 -51,971,000 506,785,000 59,013,000 233,883,000 186,440,000 -6,934,000 443,195,914 102,269,220 66,845,899 66,613,463 37,002,277 41,598,659 64,901,882 65,816,847 35,943,627 45,109,408 32,014,226 31,836,236 56,913,028 101,156,552 40,863,194 76,124,638 257,521,934 180,777,489 74,602,013 82,125,307 101,929,785 69,784,200 96,161,803  81,746,684 60,095,613 119,207,601  30,600,721.25 69,050,038 50,826,098                   
      yoy
    -99.16% 18.49% -26.14% 26.04% 51.91% -35.10% 140.03% 17.67% -31.92% 114.24% -60.34% 7.95% -1868.04% 16.04% 501.98% 1679.67% -253.90% 537.42% 177.90% -147.73% -95.78% -15.15% -79.77% -127.88% -7408.70% -86.68% 128.69% 178.91% -110.41% 1097.75% 145.85% 3.00% 1.21% 2.95% -7.78% 102.73% 106.74% -36.84% -55.41% -21.66% -58.18% -77.90% -44.04% -45.23% -7.31% 152.65% 159.05% -22.42%  24.69% 16.12% -19.33%  167.14% -12.97% 134.54%                       
      qoq
    -99.18% 9.62% -21.25% 17.39% 16.92% -31.67% 34.39% 41.48% -50.05% 152.73% -34.12% -18.15% 57.19% -53.21% 79.33% -1440.56% -110.32% 142.72% 430.16% 15.93% -57.27% 5.82% -191.05% -110.26% 758.77% -74.77% 25.45% -2788.78% -101.56% 333.36% 52.99% 0.35% 80.03% -11.05% -35.91% -1.39% 83.11% -20.32% 40.90% 0.56% -44.06% -43.74% 147.55% -46.32% -70.44% 42.45% 142.32% -9.16% -19.43% 46.06% -27.43%   36.03% -49.59%   -55.68% 35.86%                    
      operating expenses
                                                                                  
      production expenses
    129,747,000 119,880,000 118,316,000 121,430,000 114,040,000 116,583,000 106,902,000 100,859,000 105,447,000 102,062,000 82,506,000 84,350,000 78,088,000 73,017,000 68,478,000 64,642,000 54,540,000 50,571,000 43,236,000 42,699,000 34,312,000 28,204,000 24,159,000 26,638,000 37,335,000 35,753,000 32,347,000 26,132,000 24,666,000 21,447,799 18,160,937 14,548,922 12,488,422 13,315,459 12,605,513 12,137,540 11,674,348 11,718,227 10,920,651 11,081,973 11,959,260 11,776,670 12,567,423 13,564,801 14,199,090 16,267,607 14,717,257 13,033,322 11,677,429 11,348,887 11,471,867 10,397,171 8,641,210 9,842,073 8,734,636 7,292,253 6,513,348 4,500,872 3,910,859 2,615,546 2,016,356 1,309,956 1,084,769 1,084,769 561,427 119,751 332,330 332,330  236,362 119,751 94,389 43,458 18,078 8,020 8,020 13,492  
      production taxes
    38,343,000 30,961,000 28,688,000 35,616,000 36,069,000 42,621,000 14,671,000 48,589,000 51,210,000 45,903,000 42,158,000 37,138,000 34,918,000 37,465,000 42,273,000 43,840,000 34,616,000 25,055,000 19,932,000 18,514,000 13,453,000 9,033,000 6,936,000 1,917,000 11,896,000 15,827,000 15,391,000 14,034,000 12,520,000 13,668,566 13,579,169 10,131,843 7,922,314 6,638,456 5,064,761 4,439,774 4,461,265 4,480,705 4,045,291 4,220,712 2,766,899 4,233,511 5,048,227 6,871,788 5,413,108 9,600,927 12,068,494 12,213,387 9,791,201 9,655,170 9,931,345 7,561,156 7,811,304 7,655,862 8,092,843 6,658,004 6,078,885 4,112,412 4,261,407 3,311,037 2,615,864 2,203,224 1,604,608 1,604,608 1,024,277 189,400 645,866 645,866           
      general and administrative expenses
    23,174,000 17,122,000 14,102,000 15,628,000 14,481,000 15,527,000 10,005,000 13,538,000 11,393,000 9,553,000 11,846,000 12,402,000 13,000,000                 2,398,145.25 4,674,467 3,251,239 1,666,875 3,977,950.5 7,985,719 4,317,139 3,608,943                                          
      depletion, depreciation, amortization and accretion
    197,098,000 204,076,000 199,351,000 205,741,000 205,690,000 204,674,000 185,657,000 176,612,000 173,958,000 151,188,000 133,791,000 106,427,000 94,618,000 77,316,000 65,975,000 54,796,000 53,185,000 42,815,000 35,885,000 30,908,000 31,221,000 32,770,000 30,786,000 36,756,000 61,809,000 63,410,000 55,566,000 46,091,000 45,134,000 48,294,929 30,258,089 22,596,028 18,630,629 17,631,875 15,357,685 13,682,452 12,828,143 13,523,186 13,698,020 16,176,863 17,846,089 24,140,489 31,670,479 36,745,805 45,213,039 48,924,152 45,646,232 42,212,250 36,100,921 38,927,949 32,103,607                            
      impairment of oil and gas assets
    268,276,000 268,497,000 318,674,000 115,576,000                                                                           
      other expenses
    3,274,000 3,482,000 3,267,000 3,561,000 2,537,000 2,937,000 2,463,000 2,232,000 2,019,000 767,000 1,234,000 1,446,000 1,001,000                                                                  
      total operating expenses
    659,912,000 644,017,000 682,398,000 530,643,000 372,817,000 382,342,000 319,698,000 341,830,000 344,027,000 309,473,000 271,535,000 241,763,000 221,625,000 202,844,000 187,004,000 171,342,000 156,154,000 128,904,000 104,543,000 99,725,000 85,768,000 178,831,000 265,975,000 832,737,000 115,911,000 73,838,750 112,784,000 94,200,000 88,371,000 39,477,233.5 66,672,662 50,528,032 40,708,240 27,040,821 41,013,678                                            
      income from operations
    -654,883,000 -33,839,000 -125,761,000 176,166,000 229,281,000 132,635,000 433,940,000 218,936,000 52,321,000 484,044,000 42,438,000 234,791,000 360,589,000 167,534,000 604,637,000 270,104,000 -189,084,000 190,286,000 26,964,000 -74,920,000 -64,371,000 -128,756,000 -218,653,000 -884,708,000 390,875,000 -62,525,000 121,100,000 92,239,000 -95,305,000 354,808,839 35,596,558 16,317,867 25,905,223 -3,659,512 584,981 30,324,977 33,244,148 2,485,838 -29,473,638 -92,932,518 -109,384,536 -156,199,167 -307,167,002 -302,539,733 -353,482,367 177,804,423 103,646,534 3,162,235 20,558,066 37,490,778 12,113,046 47,729,052 20,664,069 33,396,172 5,719,299 75,193,800 14,827,160 -110,618 45,971,022 33,722,408 -12,332,582 -2,941,834 1,724,336 1,724,336 10,098,208 837,639 2,624,578 2,624,578  2,325,657  -468,798    188,041 -283,546  
      yoy
    -385.62% -125.51% -128.98% -19.54% 338.22% -72.60% 922.53% -6.75% -85.49% 188.92% -92.98% -13.07% -290.70% -11.96% 2142.39% -460.52% 193.74% -247.79% -112.33% -91.53% -116.47% 105.93% -280.56% -1059.15% -510.13% -117.62% 240.20% 465.26% -467.90% -9795.52% 5985.08% -46.19% -22.08% -247.21% -101.98% -132.63% -130.39% -101.59% -90.40% -69.28% -69.06% -187.85% -396.36% -9667.28% -1819.43% 374.26% 755.66% -93.37% -0.51% 12.26% 111.79% -36.53% 39.37% -30290.54% -87.56% 122.98% -220.23% -96.24% 2566.01% 1855.67% -222.13% -451.21% -34.30% -34.30%  -63.98%  -659.85%    -349.31%       
      qoq
    1835.29% -73.09% -171.39% -23.17% 72.87% -69.43% 98.20% 318.45% -89.19% 1040.59% -81.93% -34.89% 115.23% -72.29% 123.85% -242.85% -199.37% 605.70% -135.99% 16.39% -50.01% -41.11% -75.29% -326.34% -725.15% -151.63% 31.29% -196.78% -126.86% 896.75% 118.14% -37.01% -807.89% -725.58% -98.07% -8.78% 1237.34% -108.43% -68.28% -15.04% -29.97% -49.15% 1.53% -14.41% -298.80% 71.55% 3177.64% -84.62% -45.17% 209.51% -74.62% 130.98% -38.12% 483.92% -92.39% 407.14% -13503.93% -100.24% 36.32% -373.44% 319.21% -270.61% 0.00% -82.92% 1105.56% -68.08% 0.00%         -166.32%   
      operating margin %
    -13022.13% -5.55% -22.59% 24.92% 38.08% 25.76% 57.58% 39.04% 13.20% 61.00% 13.52% 49.27% 61.93% 45.23% 76.38% 61.19% 574.20% 59.62% 20.50% -302.04% -300.84% -257.13% -462.05% 1702.31% 77.13% -105.95% 51.78% 49.47% 1374.46% 80.06% 34.81% 24.41% 38.89% -9.89% 1.41% 46.72% 50.51% 6.92% -65.34% -290.29% -343.59% -274.45% -303.66% -740.37% -464.35% 69.04% 57.33% 4.24% 25.03% 36.78% 17.36% 49.63% Infinity% 40.85% 9.52% 63.08% Infinity% -0.36% 66.58% 66.35% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% Infinity% NaN% -Infinity% NaN% NaN% NaN% Infinity% -Infinity%  
      other income
     26,000 65,000 46,000 500,000 180,000 140,000 63,000 56,000 83,000 21,000 72,000 4,619,000 -1,000 -1,000 -185,000  -14,000 2,000 4,000 3,000 -26,000 13,000   70,000 75,000 -1,000 12,000 53,159 299,394 371,783 166,635 115,497 184 181 180 -23,239 183 181 6,971 -32,219 1,586 199 342 1,570 13,022 2,104 30,665 -16,209 -169,308 -267,788 64       -229,508 767,040 180,412 -117,110 -117,110  -139,243  -87,948  321,589 -139,243 -43,527 37,077 155,121 95,424 95,424 96,269  
      interest expense
    -42,586,000 -41,120,000 -42,975,000                                                 -7,819,591 -6,108,000 -5,744,684 -5,205,822 -2,728,104 -196,299 -160,295 -182,499                    
      gain on unsettled interest rate derivatives
    1,566,000   1,000      -254,250   -1,017,000 443,000 -42,000 524,000 1,290,000 589,000 92,000 121,000 240,000 -301,250 224,000  -677,000                                                      
      loss on extinguishment of debt
    -14,000                    -12,594,000    -5,527,000                                                      
      total other expense
    -41,034,000 -52,219,000 -43,041,000 -44,388,000 -43,494,000 -28,054,500 -36,717,000                                                                        
      income before income taxes
    -695,917,000 -86,058,000 -168,802,000 131,778,000 185,787,000 87,839,000 397,223,000 181,303,000 14,452,000 447,614,000 5,419,000 206,826,000 340,883,000 145,042,000 584,798,000 252,269,000 -205,771,000 174,961,000 12,554,000 -90,563,000 -90,357,000 -142,123,000 -233,004,000 -899,200,000 368,120,000 -107,937,000 94,381,000 44,399,000 -107,162,000 218,237,263 18,978,573 -96,546,698 2,965,097 -25,418,705 -16,087,467 13,801,859 16,940,523 -13,732,577 -45,618,895 -108,978,662 -126,565,754 -172,313,373 -323,319,576 -316,927,227 -365,218,572 166,550,321 93,035,310 -7,162,450 10,689,763 27,905,938 2,730,904 39,641,673 14,556,133 27,675,156 513,583 72,466,396 14,631,261 -270,788 45,790,222 33,492,900 -11,565,542 -2,761,422 1,607,226 1,607,226 9,953,866 698,396 2,536,630 2,536,630  2,647,246 526,924 -512,325    283,465 -187,277  
      income tax expense
    -173,070,000 -15,326,000 -39,728,000 32,193,000 46,805,000 16,140,000 98,777,000 42,746,000 2,846,000 58,761,000 -20,691,000                                                                    
      net income
    -522,847,000 27,373,250 -129,074,000 99,585,000 138,982,000 71,699,000 298,446,000 138,556,000 11,606,000 388,853,000 26,111,000 167,815,000 340,191,000 145,068,000 583,465,000 251,264,000 -206,560,000 174,728,000 12,554,000 -90,563,000 -90,357,000 -142,123,000 -233,004,000 -899,200,000 368,286,000 -107,937,000 94,381,000 44,399,000 -107,162,000 218,292,263 18,978,573 -96,546,698 2,965,097 -23,848,689 -16,087,467 13,801,859 16,940,523 -12,330,398 -45,618,895 -108,978,662 -126,565,754 -172,313,323 -323,242,032 -250,060,617 -229,738,572 103,583,321 57,985,310 -4,412,450 6,589,763 17,400,938 1,702,904 25,011,673 8,951,519 19,552,156 300,161 43,626,396 8,805,911 -1,380,788 28,617,222 20,432,900 -7,057,842 -1,750,422 987,226 987,226 6,120,866 418,396 1,559,630 1,559,630  1,588,246 315,924 -307,325 1,391,744 871,819 283,465 283,465 -187,277  
      yoy
    -476.20% -61.82% -143.25% -28.13% 1097.50% -81.56% 1042.99% -17.44% -96.59% 168.05% -95.52% -33.21% -264.69% -16.97% 4547.64% -377.45% 128.60% -222.94% -105.39% -89.93% -124.53% 31.67% -346.88% -2125.27% -443.67% -149.45% 397.30% -145.99% -3714.11% -1015.32% -217.97% -799.52% -82.50% 93.41% -64.74% -112.66% -113.38% -92.84% -85.89% -56.42% -44.91% -266.35% -657.46% 5567.16% -3586.29% 495.27% 3305.08% -117.64% -26.38% -11.00% 467.33% -42.67% 1.65% -1516.01% -98.95% 113.51% -224.77% -21.12% 2798.75% 1969.73% -215.31% -518.36% -36.70% -36.70%  -73.66% 393.67% -607.49%  82.18% 11.45% -208.42% -843.15%      
      qoq
    -2010.07% -121.21% -229.61% -28.35% 93.84% -75.98% 115.40% 1093.83% -97.02% 1389.23% -84.44% -50.67% 134.50% -75.14% 132.21% -221.64% -218.22% 1291.81% -113.86% 0.23% -36.42% -39.00% -74.09% -344.16% -441.20% -214.36% 112.57% -141.43% -149.09% 1050.20% -119.66% -3356.11% -112.43% 48.24% -216.56% -18.53% -237.39% -72.97% -58.14% -13.90% -26.55% -46.69% 29.27% 8.85% -321.79% 78.64% -1414.13% -166.96% -62.13% 921.84% -93.19% 179.41% -54.22% 6413.89% -99.31% 395.42% -737.75% -104.83% 40.05% -389.51% 303.21% -277.31% 0.00% -83.87% 1362.94% -73.17% 0.00%   402.73% -202.80% -122.08% 59.64% 207.56% 0.00% -251.36%   
      net income margin %
    -10396.64% 4.49% -23.19% 14.09% 23.08% 13.92% 39.60% 24.71% 2.93% 49.00% 8.32% 35.21% 58.43% 39.17% 73.70% 56.92% 627.27% 54.74% 9.55% -365.10% -422.29% -283.82% -492.38% 1730.20% 72.67% -182.90% 40.35% 23.81% 1545.46% 49.25% 18.56% -144.43% 4.45% -64.45% -38.67% 21.27% 25.74% -34.30% -101.13% -340.41% -397.55% -302.77% -319.55% -611.95% -301.79% 40.22% 32.08% -5.91% 8.02% 17.07% 2.44% 26.01% Infinity% 23.92% 0.50% 36.60% Infinity% -4.51% 41.44% 40.20% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity%  
      net income attributable to common stockholders
    -522,847,000 -70,732,000 -129,074,000 99,585,000      388,853,000 26,111,000 167,815,000 340,191,000 133,291,000 580,855,000 238,091,000  -44,880,250 8,949,000  -94,188,000                                                          
      net income per common share – basic
    -5,310 -720 -1,330 1,020 1,410 730 3,000 1,380 120 4,080 280 1,890 4,010 1,600 7,390 3,080  -742.5 140     -2,170 900 -280 240 120 -290 1.01 0.06 -0.49 0.05 0.06 -0.26 0.22 0.28     -2.83 -5.33 -4.12 -3.79 1.71 0.96 -0.07 0.11 0.28 0.03 0.4 0.14 0.21    0.17 0.46                    
      net income per common share – diluted
    -5,310 -710 -1,330 1,000 1,390 720 2,960 1,360 110 4,060 280 1,880 3,980 2,000 6,770 2,740  -742.5 130     -2,170 740 -280 240 120 -290 1.01 0.06 -0.49 0.05 0.06 -0.26 0.22 0.27     -2.83 -5.33 -4.12 -3.79 1.7 0.95 -0.07 0.11 0.29 0.03 0.39 0.14 0.21    0.17 0.46                    
      weighted-average common shares outstanding – basic
    98,502,731,000 97,711,444,000 97,123,889,000 98,060,407,000 98,559,724,000 99,852,539,000 99,494,313,000 100,266,462,000 100,442,472,000 91,483,687,000 92,768,035,000 88,800,994,000 84,915,729,000 78,557,216,000 78,589,661,000 77,366,704,000 76,922,543,000  65,856,479,000     415,356,043,000                                                       
      weighted-average common shares outstanding – diluted
    98,502,731,000 99,314,382,000 97,123,889,000 99,394,539,000 99,992,487,000 101,267,625,000 100,724,784,000 101,985,074,000 101,636,132,000 92,060,947,000 93,742,407,000 89,108,519,000 85,407,197,000 86,675,365,000 86,141,293,000 86,788,465,000 76,922,543,000  66,629,566,000     415,356,043,000                                                       
      legal settlement expense
     8,272,750  33,091,000                                                                           
      loss on unsettled interest rate derivatives
     -68,500 -131,000  -144,000 -5,000 -20,000                 -752,000                                                       
      interest expense, net of capitalization
       -44,435,000 -43,850,000 -45,259,000 -36,837,000 -37,696,000 -37,925,000 -36,513,000 -37,040,000 -31,968,000 -30,143,000 -23,808,000 -20,135,000 -18,410,000 -17,977,000 -15,900,000 -14,586,000 -15,024,000 -13,510,000 -13,358,000 -14,637,000 -13,957,000 -16,551,000 -20,393,000 -21,510,000 -17,778,000 -19,548,000 -20,057,024 -20,438,025 -22,403,373 -23,106,761 -20,881,740 -16,672,632 -16,428,164 -16,303,805 -16,195,176 -16,145,440 -16,046,325 -16,098,682 -16,081,987 -16,154,160 -14,387,693 -11,736,547 -11,255,672 -10,624,246 -10,326,789 -9,898,968 -9,568,631 -9,212,834                            
      gain on extinguishment of debt
             164,750   659,000 143,500 339,000 236,000  -3,271,750  -494,000  -929,500 1,592,000 217,000                                                       
      contingent consideration gain
               3,931,000 6,176,000     -73,000 82,000          1,392,000                                                  
      total other income
           -37,633,000 -37,869,000 -36,430,000 -37,019,000 -27,965,000 -19,706,000 -22,493,000 -19,839,000 -17,835,000 -16,687,000 -15,325,000 -14,410,000 -15,643,000 -25,986,000 -13,367,000 -14,351,000 -14,492,000 -22,755,000 -45,411,000 -26,719,000 -47,840,000 -11,857,000 -136,571,576 -16,617,985 -112,864,565 -22,940,126 -21,759,193 -16,672,448 -16,523,118 -16,303,625 -16,218,415 -16,145,257 -16,046,144 -17,181,218 -16,114,206 -16,152,574 -14,387,494 -11,736,205 -11,254,102 -10,611,224 -10,324,685 -9,868,303 -9,584,840 -9,382,142 -8,087,379 -6,107,936 -5,721,016 -5,205,716 -2,727,404 -195,899 -160,170 -180,800                    
      cumulative preferred stock dividend
                 -1,366,000 -2,610,000 -2,810,000 -3,016,000 -3,607,000 -3,605,000 -3,719,000 -3,830,000 -4,280,000 -3,718,000 -3,788,000                                                       
      premium on repurchase of preferred stock
                 -10,411,000  -10,363,000 -14,957,000                                                              
      income tax provision
               39,012,000 692,000 782,000 1,333,000 1,006,000 789,000     -41,500   -166,000                 -50 -77,544 -66,866,610 -135,480,000 62,967,000 35,050,000 -2,750,000 4,100,000 10,505,000 1,028,000 14,630,000 5,604,614 8,123,000 213,422 28,840,000 5,825,350 1,110,000 17,173,000 13,060,000 -4,507,700 -1,011,000 620,000 620,000 3,833,000 280,000 977,000   1,059,000 211,000 -205,000       
      general and administrative expense
                 8,038,750 10,278,000 8,064,000 13,813,000 4,969,500 5,490,000 7,604,000 6,782,000 3,546,250 4,605,000 4,710,000 4,871,000 3,876,500 4,206,000 5,250,000 6,051,000         3,735,671 2,098,293 4,586,275 4,337,402 5,817,992 4,614,771 4,256,436 4,352,806 4,924,825 4,698,972 3,980,819 3,997,690 4,507,001 4,164,335 3,915,298 3,988,806 4,076,619 9,467,711 4,419,607 4,681,378 3,510,897 4,073,988 2,749,418 3,290,589 1,961,860 1,624,071 1,624,071 718,471 519,014 893,671 893,671  896,877 555,316 568,635 817,567 355,103 410,736 410,736 507,883  
      loss on commodity derivatives
                   -108,197,000                                                               
      contingent consideration loss
                       -250,000 -125,000     -879,000 -5,262,000 -24,763,000                                                   
      net loss attributable to common stockholders
                    -224,533,000   -94,282,000                                                           
      net loss per common share – basic
                    -2,920                     -1.15 -0.74 -1.78 -2.08                                      
      net loss per common share – diluted
                    -2,920                     -1.15 -0.74 -1.78 -2.08                                      
      other revenue
                     1,000 1,000  1,000 5,000 3,000 3,000 8,000 11,000 3,000 2,000 5,000 1,555 1,595 1,809 4,100 3,403 4,321 7,844 7,742 8,358 8,650 9,327 5,012 8,862 9,887 9,909 7,207 3,249 2,594 3,269  6,888 1,372 27,783 8,359 18,579 12,486 64,160 84,106 66,250 88,738 104,433 25,813 37,784 15,868 15,868 11,782  20,466 20,466           
      impairment expense
                         104,463,000 199,489,000 762,716,000                                                       
      write-off of debt issuance costs
                          -1,543,000             -95,135     -1,089,507                                      
      net loss per common share – basic*
                       -1,550                                                           
      net loss per common share – diluted*
                       -1,550                                                           
      weighted-average common shares outstanding – basic*
                       60,694,795,000 54,538,099,000  43,517,074,000                                                        
      weighted-average common shares outstanding – diluted*
                       60,694,795,000 54,538,099,000  43,517,074,000                                                        
      net income per common share – basic*
                        -1,730 -3,020 -5,440                                                        
      net income per common share – diluted*
                        -1,730 -3,020 -5,440                                                        
      impairment of other current assets
                             -1,571,000 5,275,000 2,694,000                                                   
      debt exchange derivative gain
                              -23,000 -4,873,000 6,287,000 3,265,713 13,062,852                                                
      net income attributable to common shareholders
                         -146,403,000 -236,722,000 -902,988,000                                                       
      weighted-average shares outstanding – basic
                     62,989,543,000       403,662,541,000 387,084,651,000 396,044,887,000 378,368,462,000 371,448,566,000 236,206,457 300,517,497 196,140,610 65,215,148 62,408,855 61,843,377 61,643,862 61,446,156 61,173,547 61,237,627 61,180,313 60,964,029 60,652,447 60,679,257 60,644,635 60,556,180 60,691,701 60,559,827 60,504,781 61,203,725 62,364,957 62,426,341 62,973,916 62,857,322 62,485,836 62,589,256   61,789,289 61,919,641 61,686,463 63,000,113 50,387,203 51,519,732 51,519,732 49,934,409 34,582,282 44,098,553 44,098,553  36,769,195      30,864,339   
      weighted-average shares outstanding – diluted
                     62,989,543,000       497,265,647,000 387,084,651,000 396,530,767,000 378,724,511,000 371,448,566,000 236,773,911 301,755,419 196,140,610 65,382,772 62,408,855 61,843,377 61,885,952 61,972,123 61,173,547 61,237,627 61,180,313 60,964,029 60,652,447 60,679,257 60,644,635 60,556,180 60,860,769 60,736,502 60,504,781 61,446,274 62,747,298 62,758,378 63,358,152 63,316,301  62,882,673    62,265,502                    
      gain on derivative instruments
                             -101,698,000 75,892,000 36,591,000 -139,623,000 290,628,481 -43,148,073 -42,202,788 -20,271,451 -35,477,317 -12,663,253 16,513,032 16,960,883 -11,141,232 3,381,564 -10,522,948 3,463,883 17,563,910 51,366,762 -22,211,048                                   
      loss on the extinguishment of debt
                             -22,762,000  -425,000  -73,054,861 -9,542,206 -90,832,975                                               
      oil, natural gas, and ngl sales
                                 85,335,847.5 145,415,698 109,046,878 86,880,814                                              
      impairment of oil and natural gas properties
                                          43,820,791 88,880,921 104,311,122 249,203,928.25 354,422,654 281,964,097 360,428,962                                  
      total expenses
                                       34,576,905 32,572,699 33,457,789 74,583,046 124,946,744 141,220,772 213,112,195 408,323,554 343,402,927 429,607,005 79,717,511 77,130,955 71,439,778 61,567,241 64,439,007 57,671,154 48,432,751 47,234,013 48,350,512 54,376,314 44,013,801 35,695,832 27,096,826 23,079,016 17,103,690 14,859,331 14,163,826 8,159,485 8,159,485 6,133,565 1,437,445 4,596,936 4,596,936   1,608,917 1,127,066 1,426,000 645,957 576,487 576,487 570,575  
      income tax benefit
                                                                       977,000           
      gain on settled derivatives
                                                39,994,650     -2,241,543.75 -8,096,075   -1,182,296.5 1,701,296   -2,673,751.5 -1,824,719 -5,608,231  -1,372,553 776,010 776,010 303,919 -143,412 -176,983 -176,983           
      losses on the mark-to-market of derivative instruments
                                                -14,331,367    -7,859,683                              
      loss on settled derivatives
                                                 17,221,245 -7,017,599 -11,248,770 -6,817,980   -498,817 -371,283   -1,094,885 -5,335,597    -3,262,056                  
      gain on the mark-to-market of derivative instruments
                                                 6,358,421 68,600,900                                
      comprehensive income
                                                 103,583,321 57,985,310 -4,412,450 6,589,763 17,400,938 1,702,904 25,011,673 8,951,519 19,552,156 300,161 43,626,396 8,868,220                      
      gains on the mark-to-market of derivative instruments
                                                   -35,307,533                               
      the accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
                                                                                  
      unrealized gain on derivative instruments
                                                     -6,813,536.75 -29,353,161 17,009,668  -2,978,806 -22,308,470 49,799,311                       
      other comprehensive income net of tax
                                                                                  
      reclassification of derivative instruments included in income
                                                            62,309                      
      total other comprehensive income
                                                            62,309                      
      depletion of oil and gas properties
                                                       26,435,050 26,668,171 26,645,265 27,952,585 25,519,809 18,309,500 14,852,963 10,749,384 8,349,600 6,863,479 8,632,410 3,767,712 3,767,712 2,600,836 548,124 1,883,605 1,883,605  935,804 719,596 381,654       
      depreciation and amortization
                                                       92,867 94,275 105,662 104,830 102,307 97,089 83,932 75,597 70,295 68,313 65,398 60,300 60,300 26,267 22,777 24,630 24,630  22,918 22,777 22,679       
      accretion of discount on asset retirement obligations
                                                       31,209 30,247 25,031 23,709 21,821 15,632 35,750 7,781 7,794 4,730 -9,022 18,025 18,025 9,215 2,077 3,537 3,537  1,306 2,077 1,394       
      unrealized loss on derivative instruments
                                                        -14,910,655                          
      total revenue
                                                        67,898,082    50,522,992                      
      comprehensive income, net of tax
                                                                                  
      interest income
                                                         57 106 700 400 125 1,699                    
      gain on available for sale securities
                                                                                  
      other comprehensive income, net of tax
                                                                                  
      unrealized gains on marketable securities
                                                                                  
      net income per common share - basic
                                                           0.7 0.14   0.33 -0.11 -0.04 0.02 0.02 0.12 0.01 0.04 0.04           
      net income per common share - diluted
                                                           0.7 0.14   0.33 -0.11 -0.04 0.02 0.02 0.12 0.01 0.04 0.04           
      weighted-average shares outstanding - basic
                                                           62,399,869 62,239,237                      
      weighted-average shares outstanding - diluted
                                                         62,869,079  62,705,473 62,670,156 62,195,340  62,053,888 63,000,113 50,778,245 52,145,181 52,145,181 50,609,944 34,741,036 44,544,469 44,544,469  36,941,573      34,379,541   
      loss on mark-to-market of derivative instruments
                                                            -9,364,913                      
      unrealized losses on marketable securities
                                                                                  
      mark-to-market gain of derivative instruments
                                                             6,668,750.75 27,105,400 20,848,232                   
      the accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.
                                                                                  
      mark-to-market of derivative instruments
                                                                -21,278,629 -11,356,283 -6,449,577 -6,449,577 4,251,199  -990,816 -990,816           
      revenues - sum
                                                                2,526,749 11,221,992 9,883,821  16,231,773  7,221,514   4,855,972 2,275,084 658,268       
      the accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed unaudited financial statements.
                                                                                  
      share based compensation
                                                                    1,193,072 36,302 813,297 813,297           
      other expense
                                                                    -144,342  -87,948            
      *see note 2
                                                                                  
      gain on derivatives
                                                                         -291,000  17,534 777,585    1,300  
      severance taxes
                                                                         437,048 189,400 58,315 83,173 69,673 38,242 38,242   
      net income per common share - basic and diluted
                                                                         0.04         
      gain (loss) on derivatives
                                                                          -143,412        
      income (loss) from operations
                                                                          666,167  481,667 716,698 188,041    
      net income per common share – basic and diluted
                                                                          0.01  0.04 0.03 0.01 0.01   
      weighted average shares outstanding – basic
                                                                        36,705,267  34,582,282 34,223,925 31,920,747 33,834,283 30,864,339  28,849,731  
      weighted average shares outstanding - diluted
                                                                        36,877,070  34,741,036 34,223,925 32,653,552 34,414,987 34,379,541  28,849,731  
      net loss per common share – basic and diluted
                                                                           -0.01     -0.01  
      depletion and depreciation
                                                                            92,948 203,103 119,489 119,489 49,200  
      income (loss) before income taxes
                                                                            518,744 871,819 283,465    
    Balance Sheets:
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        assets
                                                                                     
        current assets:
                                                                                     
        cash and cash equivalents
      37,041,000 14,299,000 31,648,000 25,856,000 33,576,000 8,933,000 34,356,000 7,778,000 32,468,000 8,195,000 12,952,000 14,805,000 6,073,000 2,528,000 9,129,000 1,471,000 3,335,000 9,519,000 2,006,000 4,843,000 2,729,000 1,428,000 1,803,000 1,838,000 8,512,000 16,068,000 1,901,000 2,794,000 3,944,000 2,357,858 112,965,907 200,924,143 89,472,745 102,183,191 6,776,667 3,808,829 5,518,799 6,486,098 3,319,021 3,390,389 3,390,389 3,390,389 7,042,258 7,112,054 5,741,083 9,337,512 8,049,167 14,252,184 8,108,950 5,687,166 11,868,598 18,095,437 8,482,166 13,387,998 8,234,566 25,171,675 3,834,888 6,279,587 8,265,649 77,379,376 99,705,160 152,110,701 39,486,949 39,486,949 70,167,911 70,167,911 1,153,583 1,153,583 6,233,372 288,042 13,634,518 640,104 780,716 780,716 6,772,167 12,367,173 12,367,173 1,967,740 10,112,660 
        accounts receivable
      395,291,000 349,927,000 333,957,000 410,245,000 409,624,000 389,673,000 316,933,000 359,649,000 331,119,000 370,531,000 363,516,000 265,042,000 274,399,000 271,336,000 318,139,000 360,859,000 297,754,000 193,554,000 158,047,000 131,165,000 94,804,000 71,015,000 60,067,000 43,408,000 97,580,000 108,274,000 103,226,000 87,697,000 90,509,000 96,352,918 90,476,380 68,273,411 51,284,262 46,851,682 39,179,206 35,984,651 33,945,067 35,840,042                                          
        prepaid expenses and other
      19,010,000 7,065,000 6,816,000 6,517,000 5,076,000 5,271,000 12,111,000 2,651,000 2,566,000 2,489,000 2,567,000 2,488,000 2,328,000 2,014,000 2,293,000 2,987,000 2,111,000 3,417,000 2,393,000 2,705,000 2,455,000 1,420,000 1,697,000 2,204,000 2,216,000 1,964,000 2,717,000 8,226,000 12,182,000 12,360,027 17,960,647                    2,160,026 2,800,560                            
        derivative instruments
      7,682,000 166,678,000 129,169,000 109,281,000 52,904,000 46,525,000 100,797,000 19,569,000 36,710,000 75,733,000 65,160,000 68,674,000 72,156,000 35,293,000 34,000,000 3,610,000 1,720,000 2,519,000  518,000 2,005,000 51,290,000 119,468,000 156,436,000 245,552,000 5,628,000 62,531,000 32,531,000 18,578,000 115,870,246 61,637,192 43,644,644 26,796,245  2,622,120 14,935,836 3,671,684 4,517 7,212,947 64,611,558 64,611,558 64,611,558 87,881,527 83,581,535 124,698,923 128,893,220 3,849,629 45,110,007 167,302 62,890 22,692 2,504,212 573,873 4,095,197 4,005,611 17,732,562                        
        income tax receivable
      13,881,000 18,066,000 16,642,000 11,817,000 9,846,000 38,050,000 36,573,000 2,335,000 3,139,000 3,249,000  495,000  338,000          420,000 420,000 210,000 420,000 395,000 1,205,000 1,205,016 785,016 785,016 785,016 785,016 1,402,179 1,402,179 1,402,179 1,402,179                                          
        total current assets
      472,905,000 586,031,000 542,483,000 588,357,000 521,612,000 500,743,000 518,923,000 413,667,000 412,796,000 509,407,000 469,626,000 385,753,000 395,941,000 320,485,000 376,694,000 382,795,000 323,456,000 215,328,000 167,583,000 139,664,000 102,424,000 125,629,000 183,749,000 205,094,000 354,847,000 133,037,000 172,110,000 133,068,000 126,461,000 228,414,559 224,740,440 275,983,359 147,020,439 152,758,154 53,470,363 60,669,457 48,188,446 46,894,169 46,321,835 122,029,719 122,029,719 128,814,806 189,203,701 175,633,528 212,175,499 225,987,573 106,448,328 128,204,049 104,684,787 104,387,563 118,814,458 97,961,413 94,136,643 94,214,544 96,654,199 117,107,492 85,757,011 80,504,772 90,066,570 135,653,959 179,984,008 233,018,360 65,965,869 65,965,869 90,596,786 90,596,786 34,204,202 34,204,202 42,017,813 9,637,976 21,876,015 5,670,943 5,193,213 5,193,213 8,541,447 17,605,086 17,605,086 5,962,838 10,502,630 
        property and equipment:
                                                                                     
        oil and natural gas properties, full cost method of accounting
                                                                                     
        proved
      12,023,262,000 11,441,786,000 11,174,354,000 10,850,664,000 10,566,985,000 10,307,376,000 9,524,785,000 9,111,493,000 8,877,966,000 8,428,518,000 8,135,649,000 7,422,732,000 7,019,244,000 6,492,683,000 5,931,821,000 5,626,474,000 5,492,966,000 5,034,769,000 4,804,687,000 4,638,415,000 4,431,977,000 4,393,533,000 4,344,346,000 4,300,151,000 4,265,534,000 4,178,605,000 4,043,897,000 3,607,214,000 3,511,605,000 3,431,427,768 3,001,638,590 2,754,032,103 2,641,517,632 2,585,490,133 2,527,686,215 2,487,266,816 2,456,816,317 2,428,595,048 2,392,372,802 2,336,757,089 2,336,757,089 2,336,757,089 2,308,144,736 2,276,966,123 2,235,833,943 2,167,452,297 2,005,625,094 1,880,157,218 1,728,444,854 1,611,073,747 1,476,511,245 1,362,425,608 1,250,775,445 1,159,191,601 1,051,333,841 939,211,344 717,342,914 566,195,321 400,904,005 267,625,123 202,071,631 158,846,475                  
        unproved
      244,274,000 86,034,000 74,704,000 35,307,000 42,825,000 42,702,000 23,006,000 37,654,000 34,507,000 36,785,000 36,827,000 44,977,000 41,846,000 41,565,000 57,775,000 53,864,000 55,606,000 24,998,000 24,656,000 21,347,000 9,621,000 10,031,000 10,328,000 10,681,000 10,846,000 11,047,000 11,145,000 9,249,000 6,997,000 4,306,513 1,236,986 1,829,834 1,578,767 1,699,344 2,204,991 1,939,789 1,704,682 2,623,802 4,822,789 10,007,529 10,007,529 10,007,529 15,341,573 19,040,028 26,854,820 50,642,433 71,275,756 72,738,526 68,880,470 70,148,348 85,059,046 81,616,025 91,818,469 82,926,384 104,910,316 98,102,110 141,627,217 137,784,903 146,459,279 185,767,402 157,678,911 136,135,163                  
        less – accumulated depletion and impairment
      -7,248,728,000 -6,784,649,000                                                                              
        total oil and natural gas properties
      5,018,808,000 4,743,171,000                                                                              
        other property and equipment
      2,845,000 3,196,000 8,916,000 8,678,000 8,783,000 8,197,000 8,182,000 8,146,000 8,120,000 8,069,000 7,421,000 7,360,000 7,096,000 6,858,000 6,857,000 6,833,000 2,732,000 2,616,000 2,779,000 2,501,000 2,502,000 2,451,000 2,215,000 2,164,000 2,156,000 2,157,000 1,999,000 1,609,000 1,003,000 998,192 998,192 963,364 1,003,388 981,303 981,303 977,349 977,349 977,349 1,871,314 1,837,469 1,837,469 1,837,469 1,891,228 1,885,932 1,879,928 1,870,369 1,781,645 1,766,997 1,715,418 1,701,366 1,567,652 1,400,756 3,232,324 3,158,224 3,173,798 3,161,246 3,119,612 2,988,641 2,660,240 2,552,891 2,499,699 2,479,199 2,395,743 2,395,743 2,193,447 2,193,447 470,016 470,016 439,656 422,850 415,343 412,927 408,400 408,400 269,084 247,003 247,003 247,003  
        total property and equipment
      5,021,653,000 4,746,367,000 11,257,974,000 10,894,649,000 10,618,593,000 10,358,275,000 9,555,973,000 9,157,293,000 8,920,593,000 8,473,372,000 8,179,897,000 7,475,069,000 7,068,185,000 6,541,106,000 5,996,453,000 5,687,171,000 5,551,304,000 5,062,383,000 4,832,122,000 4,662,263,000 4,444,100,000 4,406,015,000 4,356,889,000 4,312,996,000 4,278,536,000 4,191,809,000 4,057,041,000 3,618,072,000 3,519,605,000 3,436,732,473 3,003,873,768 2,756,825,301 2,644,099,787 2,588,170,780 2,530,872,509 2,490,183,954 2,459,498,348 2,432,196,199 2,399,066,905 2,348,602,087 2,348,602,087 2,348,602,087 2,325,377,537 2,297,892,083 2,264,568,691 2,219,965,099 2,078,682,495 1,954,662,741 1,799,040,742 1,682,923,461 1,563,137,943 1,445,442,389 1,345,826,238 1,245,276,209 1,159,417,955 1,040,474,700 862,089,743 706,968,865 550,023,524 455,945,416 362,250,241 297,460,837 207,826,518 207,826,518 158,378,503 158,378,503 120,067,760 120,067,760  73,951,595 73,840,731 58,453,952 56,088,967 56,088,967 39,798,371 20,900,777 20,900,777 14,999,696 7,628,834 
        other noncurrent assets
      15,635,000 73,941,000 11,413,000 19,679,000 10,158,000 11,077,000 16,155,000 15,111,000 14,439,000 15,466,000 16,861,000 15,658,000 16,490,000 16,220,000 15,930,000 16,555,000 10,985,000 11,683,000 11,970,000 12,634,000 10,578,000 11,145,000 11,722,000 13,756,000 14,409,000 15,071,000 9,842,000 10,012,000 10,368,000 10,222,659 5,443,131 5,301,565 5,998,270 5,490,934 6,668,836 8,138,977 8,195,320 8,430,359 8,665,794 10,080,846 10,080,846                                       
        total assets
      5,514,846,000 5,409,375,000 5,494,189,000 5,702,493,000 5,674,614,000 5,603,822,000 5,055,327,000 4,724,664,000 4,633,801,000 4,484,255,000 4,304,666,000 3,664,749,000 3,342,866,000 2,875,178,000 2,471,476,000 2,192,235,000 2,024,469,000 1,522,866,000 1,244,062,000 1,091,810,000 873,243,000 872,089,000 1,025,524,000 1,263,273,000 2,237,386,000 1,905,465,000 1,902,009,000 1,494,391,000 1,395,779,000 1,503,645,305 1,068,949,402 883,082,503 664,470,446 632,253,679 494,365,880 481,305,903 449,244,727 431,532,961 410,372,136 721,430,948 721,430,948 733,945,448 1,001,236,168 1,338,766,886 1,640,664,805 2,026,746,332 1,796,574,655 1,734,182,649 1,598,047,200 1,519,599,960 1,452,735,780 1,352,562,790 1,263,731,481 1,190,935,298 1,135,215,576 1,073,597,565 869,807,816 725,593,919 595,971,749 555,282,115 514,427,833 509,693,965 261,784,360 261,784,360 240,874,456 240,874,456 148,549,202 148,549,202  83,053,674 96,089,654 67,088,944 62,875,539 62,875,539 51,285,555 38,333,728 38,333,728 20,909,888 18,131,464 
        liabilities and stockholders’ equity
                                                                                     
        current liabilities:
                                                                                     
        accounts payable
      234,921,000 218,620,000 160,259,000 173,911,000 230,924,000 202,866,000 152,455,000 150,145,000 156,233,000 192,672,000 235,129,000 154,020,000 134,264,000 128,582,000 142,678,000 141,372,000 101,696,000 65,464,000 65,912,000 49,186,000 40,788,000 35,803,000 20,372,000 50,005,000 58,447,000 69,395,000 112,698,000 93,355,000 154,339,000 135,482,513 122,279,397 92,176,052 95,148,543 93,152,297 81,150,980 72,396,006 64,204,150 56,146,847 47,759,558 65,319,170 65,319,170 65,319,170 98,885,559 115,820,230 161,546,866 231,557,547 220,127,572 217,865,235 168,619,872 168,936,785 146,468,743 108,389,431 118,562,082 95,822,162 122,259,062 143,061,879 114,864,432 110,133,286 52,519,516 56,416,606 28,531,576 48,500,204 15,086,298 15,086,298 9,987,487 9,987,487 13,495,727 13,495,727 6,419,534 4,887,047 4,519,824 3,977,145 1,934,810 1,934,810 770,771 426,307 426,307 481,696 113,254 
        accrued liabilities and other
      402,085,000  334,505,000 310,162,000                                                                            
        total current liabilities
      899,385,000 539,293,000 495,342,000 488,197,000 564,318,000 544,270,000 420,288,000 465,569,000 428,010,000 385,761,000 602,491,000 378,751,000 345,300,000 344,972,000 381,746,000 635,932,000 625,529,000 327,557,000 355,172,000 300,837,000 155,968,000 182,475,000 170,455,000 179,220,000 235,078,000 203,477,000 230,824,000 232,726,000 226,054,000 231,526,297 215,378,909 158,003,883 147,942,804 123,575,246 265,468,079 83,343,284 88,587,466 77,443,666 72,582,958 78,115,147 78,115,147 78,115,147 156,418,872 154,093,546 221,818,334 285,734,207 239,084,180 269,464,473 209,558,676 194,088,018 185,136,745 118,726,286 134,943,953 100,456,663 134,760,080 153,939,141 130,922,854 119,660,595 58,029,958 72,155,369 56,944,536 59,666,926 19,568,886 19,568,886 11,944,757 11,944,757 16,392,207 16,392,207  8,055,210 16,022,330 10,597,829 13,411,065 13,411,065 4,377,361 3,325,757 3,325,757 2,194,099 224,247 
        long-term debt
      2,551,528,000 2,395,393,000 2,345,879,000 2,365,942,000 2,310,500,000 2,369,294,000 1,953,099,000 1,874,909,000 1,938,731,000 1,835,554,000 2,057,359,000 1,672,551,000 1,756,949,000 1,525,413,000 1,169,220,000 1,102,214,000 1,119,500,000 803,437,000 858,415,000 801,998,000 817,061,000 879,843,000 918,327,000 924,171,000 975,282,000 1,118,161,000 1,140,072,000 857,198,000 839,229,000 830,203,272 789,528,047 834,767,656 980,782,714 979,324,222 691,118,074 845,281,659 823,450,676 832,625,125 807,788,710 835,290,329 835,290,329                                       
        deferred tax liability
      76,424,000 247,645,000 263,247,000 298,749,000 274,684,000 228,038,000 210,738,000 112,870,000 71,249,000 68,488,000 7,291,000 30,528,000                               31,695,562 27,423,683 41,679,000 43,938,000 145,955,000 128,029,000 123,045,000 116,674,000 106,634,000 98,060,000 85,141,000 76,175,000 709,000 6,029,000 43,941,000 35,929,000 2,531,000   9,167,000       922,000           
        asset retirement obligations
      53,275,000 50,831,000 49,354,000 48,376,000 46,975,000 45,907,000 42,867,000 41,409,000 39,899,000 38,203,000 36,799,000 34,780,000 32,905,000 31,582,000 29,913,000 28,678,000 27,815,000 25,865,000 27,106,000 26,176,000 18,884,000 18,366,000 17,891,000 17,526,000 17,198,000 795,000 16,582,000 12,845,000 12,364,000 554,589 497,129 483,365 550,443 565,521 577,886 507,943 586,821 517,423 243,698 188,770 188,770 188,770 212,269 209,750 212,771                                   
        other noncurrent liabilities
      1,638,000 1,770,000 1,898,000 2,023,000 2,148,000 2,272,000 2,391,000 2,509,000 2,625,000 2,741,000 2,847,000 2,944,000 3,042,000 2,045,000 2,116,000 2,186,000 2,304,000 3,110,000 4,349,000 3,490,000 26,000 50,000 126,000 199,000 273,000 345,000 417,000 329,000 381,000 104,582 112,835 120,298 127,761 135,225 141,152 146,313 151,473 156,632        5,105,762 4,824,408 4,428,584 4,042,107 3,832,550 2,129,018 1,891,210 1,758,894 1,570,630 1,422,683 1,291,844 1,112,271 959,366 744,106 681,133 563,127 477,900       243,888   136,208        
        total liabilities
      3,730,450,000 3,283,034,000 3,249,791,000 3,289,474,000 3,272,533,000 3,283,387,000 2,741,825,000 2,656,357,000 2,631,822,000 2,436,578,000 2,896,873,000 2,248,952,000 2,294,799,000 2,129,917,000 1,762,379,000 2,039,585,000 2,059,771,000 1,307,731,000 1,401,773,000 1,260,027,000 1,053,926,000 1,095,393,000 1,109,255,000 1,122,544,000 1,228,379,000 1,346,822,000 1,387,894,000 1,104,742,000 1,083,019,000 1,073,780,422 1,057,739,429 1,030,902,761 1,153,246,930 1,123,094,229 964,970,306 936,776,875 919,335,025 918,954,629 886,432,594 919,033,062 919,033,062 931,547,562 1,029,577,891 1,044,975,190 1,097,788,187 1,255,884,691 1,128,264,048 1,124,724,284 984,819,036 899,771,599 851,870,683 729,107,226 667,069,764 604,750,038 569,839,763 515,357,985 359,760,805 229,023,864 101,473,064   74,334,483          17,440,745 13,411,065 13,411,065 4,377,361 3,325,757 3,325,757 2,194,099 224,247 
        commitments and contingencies
                                                                                     
        stockholders’ equity
                                                                                     
        common stock
      508,000 499,000 500,000 500,000  501,000    503,000    487,000    479,000    448,000    406,000    378,333 334,210 293,600 65,938 66,792 63,822 63,822 63,383 63,260 63,030 63,120 63,120 63,120 61,601 61,603 61,553 61,067 61,027 61,030 60,984  61,797 63,808 63,784    63,504 63,330 63,155   62,129                  
        additional paid-in capital
      1,825,456,000 1,644,563,000 1,691,887,000 1,731,434,000  1,877,416,000    2,124,963,000    1,745,532,000    1,988,649,000    1,556,602,000    1,431,438,000    1,226,371,047 1,026,052,523 886,041,475 448,766,213 449,666,390 446,056,796 445,102,784 444,285,756 443,895,032 442,926,076 440,221,018 440,221,018 440,221,018 437,169,607 436,060,992 435,085,349 433,332,285 434,364,613 433,497,678 432,855,073  444,481,894 468,773,256 466,991,106    452,806,912 448,198,350 444,937,243   428,484,092       124,884,266    51,692,776 51,692,776 50,435,311 39,842,362 39,842,362 23,190,679 22,259,921 
        retained earnings
      -41,568,000 481,279,000 552,011,000 681,085,000  442,518,000                                   -637,886,252 -637,886,252 -465,572,931 -142,330,899 107,729,716 337,468,289 233,884,967 175,899,657 180,312,107  156,321,406 154,618,500 129,606,827    57,176,595 48,370,684 49,751,472   7,759,192       841,892           
        advances to operators
       29,996,000 24,251,000 24,641,000 10,586,000 12,291,000 18,153,000 21,685,000 6,794,000 49,210,000 25,431,000 34,249,000 40,985,000 8,976,000 13,133,000 13,868,000 18,536,000 6,319,000 5,137,000 433,000 431,000 476,000 714,000 788,000 567,000 893,000 1,314,000 1,425,000 43,000 268,494 2,552,490 416,002 3,023,851 604,977 1,211,517 1,631,987 1,178,400 1,577,204 1,733,051 1,689,879 1,689,879 1,689,879 2,002,713 992,739 1,875,149 930,034 869,485 855,736 608,471 618,786 1,666,129 1,640,014 3,137,738 3,109,591 4,050,511 7,023,970 12,546,787 17,530,474                      
        accrued liabilities
       293,779,000   273,435,000 290,792,000 237,244,000 215,833,000 161,507,000 147,943,000 154,882,000 178,783,000 162,066,000 121,737,000 114,850,000 127,613,000 137,593,000 105,590,000 100,443,000 91,724,000 72,667,000 68,673,000 70,203,000 54,216,000 101,302,000 110,374,000 90,114,000 83,880,000                                                    
        accrued interest
       23,018,000   26,637,000 25,992,000 28,034,000 26,804,000 28,044,000 26,219,000 32,074,000 28,925,000 15,221,000 24,347,000 5,967,000 20,996,000 5,519,000 20,498,000 4,248,000 16,877,000 5,769,000 8,341,000 8,442,000 7,895,000 9,308,000 11,615,000 17,567,000 15,050,000 16,901,000 16,467,628 10,266,623 4,859,913 18,839,931 4,836,112 18,693,327 4,666,667 18,666,667 4,682,894 18,670,814 4,713,232 4,713,232 4,713,232 19,358,330 5,352,777 13,615,052 3,585,536 13,491,862 3,472,894 13,488,970 3,386,409 13,333,333 3,333,333 8,199,330 2,180,416 9,022,667                         
        other current liabilities
       3,876,000   5,467,000 4,705,000 1,751,000 2,061,000 1,936,000 2,130,000 2,016,000 1,879,000 1,905,000 1,781,000 2,983,000 2,323,000 2,541,000 1,722,000 1,635,000 1,843,000 1,018,000 1,087,000 1,000,000 906,000 891,000  387,000 566,000 724,000                                                   
        total stockholders’ equity
       2,126,341,000    2,320,435,000    2,047,676,000    745,260,000    215,135,000    -223,304,000    558,643,000    429,864,883 11,209,973          -197,602,114  -28,341,723 293,791,696 542,876,618 770,861,641 668,310,607 609,458,365 613,228,164  600,865,097 623,455,564 596,661,717    510,047,011 496,570,055                      
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
       5,409,375,000    5,603,822,000    4,484,255,000    2,875,178,000            1,905,465,000    1,503,645,305 1,068,949,402          721,430,948  1,001,236,168 1,338,766,886 1,640,664,805 2,026,746,332 1,796,574,655 1,734,182,649 1,598,047,200  1,452,735,780 1,352,562,790 1,263,731,481    869,807,816 725,593,919                      
        less – accumulated depreciation, depletion and impairment
        -6,318,690,000 -5,801,503,000 -5,480,999,000 -5,276,105,000 -5,075,954,000 -4,891,014,000 -4,715,097,000 -4,541,808,000 -4,391,261,000 -4,258,089,000 -4,152,245,000 -4,058,180,000 -3,981,393,000 -3,915,919,000 -3,861,759,000 -3,809,041,000 -3,767,613,000 -3,732,183,000 -3,701,715,000 -3,670,811,000 -3,533,887,000 -3,303,913,000 -2,504,735,000 -2,443,216,000 -2,380,086,000 -2,324,790,000 -2,278,914,000 -2,233,987,232 -2,185,892,937 -2,155,812,722 -2,133,433,050 -2,114,951,189 -2,097,463,246 -2,082,243,816 -2,068,695,690 -2,055,987,766 -2,043,702,564 -1,759,281,704 -1,759,281,704  -1,568,202,406 -1,182,200,074 -863,573,953                                   
        acquisition deposit
          4,000,000  25,500,000 25,500,000  17,094,000  37,500,000  43,000,000 28,500,000 17,000,000  40,650,000  9,400,000 17,500,000  225,000 774,000    31,000,000   20,000,000                                                 
        contingent consideration
                  3,931,000 10,107,000 1,859,000    242,000 513,000 618,000 493,000     10,058,000 36,992,000 37,160,000 58,068,917 8,334,160                                                 
        retained deficit
               -77,790,000    -1,000,759,000    -1,773,996,000    -1,780,356,000    -873,203,000    -796,884,497 -1,015,176,760 -1,034,155,333 -937,608,635 -940,573,732 -916,725,044 -900,637,578 -914,439,437 -931,379,960 -919,049,564 -637,886,252                                   -3,413,393 -4,285,212 -4,285,212 -4,568,677  
        income tax payable
                2,051,000  353,000                                                                   
        liabilities and stockholders' equity
                                                                                     
        preferred stock, par value 0.001; 5,000,000 authorized;zero shares outstanding at 12/31/20222,218,732 shares outstanding at 12/31/2021
                                                                                     
        preferred stock, par value .001; 5,000,000 shares authorized; 1,643,732 series a shares outstanding at 9/30/2022 2,218,732 series a shares outstanding at 12/31/2021
                    2,000                                                                 
        preferred stock, par value .001; 5,000,000 shares authorized; 1,643,732 series a shares outstanding at 6/30/2022 2,218,732 series a shares outstanding at 12/31/2021
                     2,000                                                                
        preferred stock, par value .001; 5,000,000 shares authorized; 1,856,061 series a shares outstanding at 3/31/2022 2,218,732 series a shares outstanding at 12/31/2021
                      2,000                                                               
        current portion of long-term debt
                           65,000,000 65,000,000 65,000,000 65,000,000                                                       
        stockholders' equity
                                                                                     
        preferred stock, par value 0.001; 5,000,000 authorized2,218,732 shares outstanding at 12/31/20212,218,732 shares outstanding at 12/31/2020
                       2,000                                                              
        total liabilities and stockholders' equity
                       1,522,866,000    872,089,000                    733,945,448                 595,971,749   509,693,965           62,875,539 62,875,539 51,285,555 38,333,728 38,333,728 20,909,888 18,131,464 
        preferred stock, par value .001; 5,000,000 shares authorized; 2,218,732 series a shares outstanding at 9/30/2021 2,218,732 series a shares outstanding at 12/31/2020
                        2,000                                                             
        deferred income taxes
                               210,000 420,000 420,000 420,000 420,000 785,000 785,000 785,000 785,000                                              
        preferred stock, par value 0.001; 5,000,000 authorized2,218,732 shares outstanding at 12/31/20201,500,000 shares outstanding at 12/31/2019
                           2,000                                                          
        debt exchange derivative
                                 2,791,000 9,225,000 18,183,212 6,030,363 10,923,000                                                
        preferred stock, par value 0.001; 5,000,000 authorized
                               2,000                                                      
        preferred stock, par value .001; 5,000,000 authorized, no shares outstanding
                                                                                     
        accrued expenses
                                  1,823,000 2,769,438 6,334,045 5,916,909 6,607,642 6,339,425 10,041,145 5,772,668 4,721,006 6,094,938 5,201,185 7,893,975 7,893,975 7,893,975 6,266,474 5,221,374 4,663,999 6,653,124 4,933,500 3,016,337 2,479,401 2,645,178 3,493,161 2,253,743 1,062,778 2,454,085 2,769,351 4,848,262 1,112,942 131,012 2,960,868 1,440,211 439,790 2,829 2,358,824 2,358,824 1,938,696 1,938,696 676,376 676,376 316,977 1,252,657 335,913 327,768 1,270,075 1,270,075 3,296 3,885 3,885 15,175 110,993 
        prepaid and other expenses
                                     5,584,787 2,454,565 2,333,288 2,278,674 2,905,975 2,472,317 1,584,129 1,200,717 892,867 892,867 892,867 983,612 1,540,885 1,268,652 895,088 1,792,569 1,735,379 1,063,734 770,740                              
        liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
                                                                                     
        stockholders’ deficit
                                                                                     
        total stockholders’ deficit
                                     -147,820,258 -488,776,484 -490,840,550 -470,604,426 -455,470,972 -470,090,298 -487,421,668 -476,060,458 -197,602,114                                        
        total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
                                     883,082,503 664,470,446 632,253,679 494,365,880 481,305,903 449,244,727 431,532,961 410,372,136 721,430,948                                        
        property and equipment
                                                                                     
        current maturities of long-term debt
                                        155,000,000                                             
        trade receivables
                                            32,856,099 51,445,026 51,445,026 58,230,113 91,293,591 82,406,315 78,591,692 85,931,719 88,575,478 90,924,750 82,201,632 86,816,981 92,201,013 69,571,190 75,890,491 70,219,669 79,324,983 66,063,522 61,365,535 51,418,830 44,561,467 35,586,298 27,027,334 22,033,647 17,841,344 17,841,344 11,311,742 11,311,742 7,993,935 7,993,935 7,025,011 5,989,190 2,804,133 1,752,399 2,028,941 2,028,941 1,541,207 916,770 916,770 220,015  
        current assets
                                                                                     
        less - accumulated depreciation, depletion, and impairment
                                               -1,759,281,704                                      
        debt issuance costs
                                               15,810,259 16,831,376 17,730,903 13,097,051 13,819,195 14,541,339 15,050,983 15,750,691 16,160,283 16,868,802  11,390,927 11,713,030 12,211,806 12,444,823 3,633,570 1,386,201 1,329,302 1,186,783 1,277,732 1,367,124 1,446,521 1,446,521 1,525,703 1,525,703 1,276,673 1,276,673 1,427,071 1,574,028 1,717,624 1,629,768        
        current liabilities
                                                                                     
        deferred taxes
                                                                                     
        long-term liabilities
                                                                                     
        revolving credit facility
                                               150,000,000 170,000,000 188,000,000 338,000,000 298,000,000 228,000,000 198,000,000 138,000,000 75,000,000 45,000,000  139,000,000 124,000,000 68,000,000  177,500,000 69,900,000 15,000,000                     
        8% senior notes
                                               697,804,829 697,676,782 697,548,735 507,681,416 508,053,097 508,424,779 508,796,460 509,168,142                               
        total long-term liabilities
                                               853,432,415 873,159,019 890,881,644 875,969,853 970,150,484 889,179,868 855,259,811 775,260,360 705,683,581 666,733,938 610,380,940 532,125,811 504,293,375 435,079,683 361,418,844 228,837,951 109,363,269 43,443,106 2,445,578 9,784,986 5,500,557          6,842,916        
        total stockholders' equity
                                               -197,602,114                 494,498,685   435,359,482           49,464,474 49,464,474 46,908,194 35,007,971 35,007,971 18,715,789 17,907,217 
        the accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
                                                                                     
        deferred tax asset
                                                31,695,562 27,423,683   3,312,000 20,436,000 12,702,000 10,431,000 10,896,000 3,350,000 5,061,000 1,695,000   6,625,000 4,472,000  6,203,000 11,884,000 5,100,000 863,000 863,000 863,000 863,000 863,000 863,000 2,057,000 562,000 1,867,000 1,975,000 1,433,000 1,433,000      
        less - accumulated depreciation and depletion
                                                   -458,038,546    -285,616,752    162,031,493 135,352,039 107,294,624 81,672,508 63,265,919 48,329,024 37,504,043 29,084,148 22,152,356 13,454,548 13,454,548 9,626,536 9,626,536 6,999,433 6,999,433 5,091,198 2,602,925 2,002,716 1,260,343 856,010 856,010 375,238 172,135 172,135 52,646  
        less – accumulated depreciation and depletion
                                                    -409,239,931 -363,735,124 -321,596,322  -247,019,968 214,952,621 188,793,939                           
        8% senior notes due 2020, net of accumulated amortization of 960,177 and 0 at december 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively
                                                       509,539,823                              
        8% senior notes, net of accumulated amortization of bond premium of 588,496 at september 30, 2013 and 0 at december 31, 2012
                                                        509,911,504                             
        debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of 4,033,478 at june 30, 2013 and 2,872,598 at december 31, 2012
                                                         16,310,025                            
        8% senior notes, net of accumulated amortization of bond premium of 216,814 at june 30, 2013 and 0 at december 31, 2012
                                                         510,283,186                            
        prepaid expenses
                                                          782,327 592,001 758,476 875,212 995,145 486,421 457,492 518,841 396,474 345,695 417,913 417,913 481,371 481,371 209,347 209,347 143,606 98,177 116,446 122,273 71,554 71,554 121,897 127,450 127,450  25,680 
        other current assets
                                                          209,048 1,115,088 280,052 240,551 389,656 317,460 290,306 211,015 753,661 475,967 303,848 303,848 272,392 272,392 313,285 313,285 201,314         115,633  
        8% senior notes due 2020
                                                          300,000,000 300,000,000 300,000,000 300,000,000                        
        derivative liability
                                                              14,916,895 9,363,068  14,279,978 27,954,596 11,145,319 2,105,190 2,105,190   2,170,153 2,170,153 1,320,679 1,058,535 1,271,808 292,015        
        other liabilities
                                                              28,585 33,229 18,574 18,574 18,574 18,574 18,574 18,574 18,574 18,574 18,574 18,574 18,574 18,574 18,574 18,573 135,731 135,731      
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
                                                               -62,309 -253,185                     
        short - term investments
                                                                  24,866,660 39,726,700     17,483,941 17,483,941 24,903,476 1,820,903 2,574,935         
        preferred stock, par value.001; 5,000,000 authorized,
                                                                                     
        no shares outstanding
                                                                                     
        prepaid drilling costs
                                                                28,016,106 15,755,429 15,350,719 13,225,650 7,052,815 7,052,815 6,431,446 6,431,446 5,949,234 5,949,234 1,454,034 5,211 4,530 245,283 4,549 4,549 24,376 804,343 804,343  364,290 
        derivative asset
                                                                8,475,550      1,068,924 1,068,924         81,800     
        preferred stock, par value .001; 5,000,000authorized, no shares outstanding
                                                                                     
        revolving line of credit
                                                                             6,000,000        
        line of credit
                                                                        31,377 31,377 834,492 838,397 1,638,382 1,642,057 1,650,720 1,650,720      
        subordinated notes
                                                                          500,000   500,000        
        preferred stock, par value.001; 5,000,000 authorized, no shares outstanding
                                                                                     
        accumulated other comprehensive income
                                                                   -945,931       -2,210,620    -240,774 -240,774 -147,749 -903,174 -903,174 -141,074  
        oil and natural gas properties, full cost method (including unevaluated costs of
                                                                                     
        105,415,622 at 9/30/2010 and 53,862,529 at 12/31/2009)
                                                                    205,430,775 205,430,775                
        oil and natural gas properties, full cost method (including unevaluated cost of
                                                                                     
        86,422,227 at 6/30/2010 and 53,862,529 at 12/31/2009)
                                                                      156,185,056 156,185,056              
        other receivables
                                                                        237,877 237,877  874,453 874,453 935,884        
        69,531,236 at 3/31/10 and 53,862,529 at 12/31/2009)
                                                                        119,597,744 119,597,744            
        long - term investments
                                                                             2,561,624        
        * see note 2
                                                                                     
        property and equipment, at cost
                                                                                     
        44,001,755 at 9/30/09 and 35,990,267 at 12/31/2008)
                                                                           73,528,745          
        44,259,384 at 6/30/09 and 42,621,297 at 12/31/2008)
                                                                            73,425,388         
        accrued drilling costs
                                                                            8,237,829 3,840,271 8,419,729 8,419,729 2,614,855 1,048,458 1,048,458   
        39,482,967 at 3/31/09 and 42,621,297 at 12/31/2008)
                                                                             58,041,025        
        other receivable
                                                                              874,453 874,453      
        42,621,297 at 12/31/2008 and 7,587,511 at 12/31/2007)
                                                                              55,680,567 55,680,567      
        long-term investments
                                                                              2,416,369 2,416,369      
        outstanding
                                                                              34,121 34,121 34,025 32,282 32,282 28,901 28,696 
        accumulated deficit
                                                                              -2,021,649 -2,021,649      
        oil and natural gas properties, full cost method
                                                                                39,529,287     
        available for sale securities
                                                                                3,320,975     
        margin loan
                                                                                988,439 999,907 999,907   
        short-term investments
                                                                                 3,389,350 3,389,350 3,659,450  
        16,592,550 at 6/30/08 and 7,587,511 at 12/31/2007)
                                                                                 20,653,774 20,653,774   
        derivative liabilities
                                                                                 847,200 847,200   
        additional paid in capital, shares to be issued
                                                                                 321,713 321,713   
        13,209,500 at 3/31/08 and 7,587,511 at 12/31/2007)
                                                                                   14,752,693  
        checks issued, not cashed
                                                                                   177,741  
        short term loan
                                                                                   1,519,487  
        obligations to issue stock
                                                                                   205,960  
        restricted cash
                                                                                     
        oil and natural gas properties – unproved, using full cost accounting:
                                                                                     
        leasehold interest – montana
                                                                                    1,366,966 
        leasehold interest – north dakota
                                                                                    3,417,738 
        leasehold interest - new york
                                                                                    2,802,807 
        total oil and natural gas properties – unproved
                                                                                    7,587,511 
        office equipment and furniture
                                                                                    41,323 
        other assets
                                                                                     
        deposit – msp leasehold
                                                                                     
        deposit – southfork leasehold
                                                                                     
        deposit – kntx shell
                                                                                     
        total other assets
                                                                                     
        investor subscriptions net of issuance costs
                                                                                     
        convertible notes payable
                                                                                     
        preferred stock, par value .001; 100,000 authorized, 0 outstanding
                                                                                     
        subscriptions receivable
                                                                                     
        deficit accumulated during exploration stage
                                                                                    -4,381,400 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-06-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-11-08 2010-06-30 2010-05-06 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 
                                                                                  
          cash flows from operating activities
                                                                                  
          net income
        -522,847,000 -70,732,000 -129,074,000 99,585,000 138,982,000 71,699,000 298,446,000 138,557,000 11,606,000 388,853,000 26,110,000 167,815,000 340,191,000 145,068,000 583,465,000 251,264,000 -206,560,000    -90,357,000 -142,123,000 -233,004,000 -899,200,000 368,286,000 -107,937,000   -107,162,000 218,292,263 18,978,573 -96,546,698 2,965,097 -23,848,689 -16,087,465 13,801,859 16,940,523     -172,313,323 -323,242,031 -250,060,615 -229,738,572 103,583,321 57,985,310 -4,412,449 6,589,763 17,400,938 1,702,906 25,011,673 8,951,519 19,552,156 300,161 43,626,396 8,805,911 -1,380,788 28,617,222 20,432,900 -7,057,842 -1,750,422 987,226 6,120,866 1,559,630 1,559,630 1,051,183 1,739,170   1,391,744 871,819   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                  
          depletion, depreciation, amortization, and accretion
        197,098,000  199,351,000 205,742,000 205,690,000  185,657,000 176,612,000 173,958,000  133,791,000 106,427,000 94,618,000                                                              
          amortization of debt issuance costs
        2,515,000 2,616,000 3,005,000 2,584,000 2,390,000 2,420,000 2,405,000 2,383,000 2,203,000 2,272,000 2,174,000 1,899,000 1,751,000 1,659,000 1,147,000 1,091,000 1,078,000 1,014,000 877,000 859,000 1,014,000 1,173,000 1,223,000 1,315,000 1,461,000 1,359,000 1,332,000 1,315,000 1,301,000 1,375,115 1,137,297 1,271,921 1,362,768 1,232,810 979,173 966,836 943,407 943,803 943,110 928,071 1,007,983 1,021,605 1,020,504 932,279 722,144 722,145 709,644 709,643 634,592 757,758 706,602 654,693 506,187 502,185 492,745 383,577 148,687 143,791 106,628 90,949 89,392 88,573 85,961            
          loss on extinguishment of debt
        14,000            -659,000 -236,000 -338,000   493,000 12,594,000 -1,592,000 -217,000 5,527,000 22,762,000   73,054,861 9,542,206                                            
          amortization of bond premium/discount on long-term debt
        -520,000  -1,017,000 -395,000 -281,000  -287,000 -284,000 -284,000  -287,000                                                                
          deferred income taxes
        -171,221,000 -15,601,000 -35,502,000 28,027,000 46,646,000 17,300,000 97,868,000 41,622,000 2,760,000 58,737,000 -20,692,000 38,121,000 692,000 -1,376,000 662,000 -646,000 789,000     210,000                 -66,870,555 -135,480,000 59,707,555 35,050,000 -2,750,000 4,100,000 10,505,000 1,028,000 14,630,000 5,600,000 8,114,000 210,000 28,840,000 5,820,000 1,110,000 17,173,000                
          unrealized loss on derivative instruments
        519,857,000   -67,890,000 -9,555,000                                                14,910,655   -49,799,311 9,364,913 23,602,774 -27,105,400                
          stock-based compensation expense
        3,710,000  4,095,000 3,777,000 3,576,000  3,101,000 3,027,000 2,274,000  1,289,000 1,039,000 2,151,000  1,342,000 1,420,000 1,447,000  698,000 780,000 769,000  889,000 1,214,000 1,079,000  -114,000 1,643,000 2,751,000                                              
          impairment of oil and gas assets
        268,276,000 268,497,000 318,674,000                                                                        
          other
        291,000 -436,000 -24,000 -28,000 -20,000 41,000 -1,712,000 -87,000 2,316,000 -478,000 -101,000 -101,000 3,084,000 -127,000 -510,000 2,675,000 -131,000 618,000 2,736,000 -61,000 -62,000 -56,000 -59,000 -57,000 -10,000 -10,000 -21,000 -8,253 -7,463 -64,273 -39,976 -16,203 21,970 -98,280 124,136 -150,095 103,027 57,400 282,421 729,106 174,000                                
          changes in working capital and other items:
                                                                                  
          accounts receivable
        -45,364,000 -15,970,000 76,288,000 -621,000 -19,951,000 -70,965,000 41,408,000 -27,529,000 39,719,000 -9,729,000 -98,276,000 9,554,000 -2,866,000 47,000,000 42,918,000 -62,789,000 -102,033,000 -35,413,000 -26,787,000 -36,266,000 -23,694,000 -10,854,000 -16,564,000 54,266,000 10,789,000 -4,953,000 -15,434,000 2,906,000 5,939,000 -5,781,853 -22,108,285 -16,894,465 -4,337,895 -7,577,792 -1,995,218 -2,039,452 1,894,975                                      
          prepaid and other expenses
        -1,323,000 -249,000 -299,000 -1,858,000 835,000 -372,000 -962,000 -86,000 -78,000 79,000 -80,000 -159,000 -314,000 280,000 692,000 -994,000 -698,000 -1,024,000 311,000 -249,000 -1,037,000   13,000 -251,000 2,323,000 234,000 1,262,000 178,000 22,613,297 35,714 -2,528,202 -723,297  627,301 -433,658 -888,188                                      
          income tax receivable
        4,185,000 -1,424,000 -4,825,000 -1,971,000 28,204,000 -1,477,000                                                                     
          accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and other
        68,944,000                                                                          
          net cash from operating activities
        323,615,000 312,630,000 423,120,000 362,112,000 407,426,000 290,278,000 385,761,000 340,477,000 392,147,000 342,362,000 263,865,000 307,786,000 269,308,000 287,379,000 276,766,000 210,239,000 154,034,000 133,102,000 94,413,000 106,186,000 62,766,000 73,033,000 56,413,000 101,585,000 100,654,000 70,427,000 71,023,000 99,392,000 98,908,000 117,846,013 62,799,300 18,096,209 45,520,677 7,386,043 35,837,184 27,453 29,716,382 4,172,867 39,195,766 3,308,788 55,214,150 72,194,708 63,122,045 44,822,513 66,876,452 64,886,832 80,480,210 56,142,879 72,747,620 53,855,194 58,482,780 54,079,500 56,356,933 61,829,682 51,135,483 46,948,017 38,613,432 35,763,660 13,891,178 42,655,509 -7,160,821 46,994,606 11,324,907       1,370,385 2,229,320 729,838 -327,120 -125,546 
          cash flows from investing activities
                                                                                  
          acquisitions of and capital expenditures on oil and natural gas properties
        -634,623,000                                                                          
          purchases of other property and equipment
        -55,000 -40,000 -238,000 106,000 -587,000 -15,000 -37,000 -26,000 -50,000 -648,000 -61,000 -265,000 -238,000 1,000 -26,000 -4,437,000 -117,000 -217,000 -288,000 -51,000 -236,000 -52,000   -157,000 -390,000 -606,000 -5,000 -34,829 -29,869 -22,085    -156,205    -69,892 -5,297 -6,003 -9,559 -88,724 -14,648 -51,579 -14,052 -133,714   -74,100                      
          net cash from investing activities
        -634,678,000 -308,072,000 -352,577,000 -327,255,000 -264,558,000 -662,638,000 -381,861,000 -223,199,000 -407,056,000 -378,143,000 -612,823,000 -410,160,000 -461,220,000 -544,235,000 -312,765,000 -128,178,000 -417,599,000 -269,617,000 -151,276,000 -160,869,000 -52,672,000 -34,374,000 -59,038,000 -86,014,000 -104,500,000 -151,180,000 -226,807,000 -113,228,000 -77,913,000 -164,428,316 -150,410,797 -101,657,963 -58,021,512 -43,793,678 -32,869,346 -22,305,259 -20,271,464 -24,929,861 -27,602,416 -18,373,990 -20,057,820 -55,711,124 -45,058,178 -77,769,846 -110,396,519 -131,690,333 -116,433,464 -109,715,594 -119,200,454 -89,798,497 -82,314,928 -110,372,180 -76,050,814 -112,300,008 -135,830,994 -138,934,530 -145,106,890 -91,386,030 -97,755,758 -64,981,293 -46,744,720 -133,655,084 -41,999,090       -7,028,688 -8,883,052 -16,551,230 -5,167,078 -9,756,602 
          cash flows from financing activities
                                                                                  
          advances on revolving credit facility
        480,000,000 100,000,000 115,000,000 118,000,000 55,000,000 556,000,000 182,000,000 66,000,000 180,000,000 95,224,000 523,000,000 43,000,000 337,000,000 430,000,000 269,000,000 127,000,000 434,000,000 126,000,000 129,000,000 190,000,000 109,000,000 22,000,000 31,000,000 25,000,000 640,000,000 190,000,000 70,000,000 53,000,000     6,000,000 6,000,000   34,000,000 3,000,000   10,000,000 30,000,000 60,000,000 50,000,000 90,000,000 40,000,000 60,000,000 63,000,000 30,000,000 45,000,000 36,000,000 22,000,000 66,000,000 87,000,000 60,000,000 262,600,000 58,900,000    3,000,000 2,300,000 2,300,000 3,750,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 6,000,000     
          repayments on revolving credit facility
        -305,000,000 -81,000,000 -136,000,000 -268,000,000 -115,000,000 -141,000,000 -105,000,000 -131,000,000 -78,000,000 -318,224,000 -139,000,000 -612,000,000 -87,000,000 -552,000,000 -195,000,000 -131,000,000 -118,000,000 -390,000,000 -73,000,000 -190,000,000 -378,000,000 -61,000,000 -28,000,000 -22,000,000 -15,000,000 -387,000,000 -36,000,000 -44,000,000 -46,000,000     -161,000,000 -6,000,000 -3,000,000 -10,000,000 -10,000,000 -15,000,000 -11,000,000 -33,000,000 -30,000,000 -48,000,000 -210,000,000 -10,000,000 -20,000,000    -175,000,000 -7,000,000 -10,000,000 -19,000,000 -237,500,000 -155,000,000          -12,750,000        
          repurchase of senior notes due 2028
        -20,165,000                                                                         
          debt issuance costs paid
        -1,627,000 -18,538,000 -54,000   -39,000 -3,000   -793,000 -2,579,000 -8,492,000 -32,000 -1,150,000 -187,000 -6,038,000 -13,000 -5,175,000 -829,000 -11,607,000 1,000 -410,000 -37,000 -11,891,000 -208,000 -50,000 -70,000 -19,810,689 -280,731 -6,535,732 -21,459 -13,064,441     -488 -120,977   -200,000 -9,936 -225,000 -49,239 -1,265,379 -5,573,791 -184,084 -3,409 -259,728 -9,194,830 -2,396,056 -200,690    -9,176 -6,779    -216,415 -973,646     
          issuance of common stock
        227,928,000         290,067,000       209,878,000 95,299,000 132,900,000         -35,820                                            
          repurchases of common stock
         -7,007,000 -35,000,000 -15,005,000 -25,169,000 -14,451,000 -34,870,000 -20,007,000 -8,004,000 -33,002,000 -8,691,000           -15,108,000                    -13,900,382 -188,890                         
          common stock issuance costs paid
        -31,000                                                                          
          restricted stock surrenders - tax obligations
        -2,822,000 -654,000 -1,486,000 -1,076,000 -2,712,000 -2,616,000 -2,206,000 -2,000 -837,000 -35,000 -8,000 -396,000 -76,000 -26,000 -558,000                                              
          common dividends paid
        -44,478,000  -43,697,000 -44,270,000 -41,734,000  -39,868,000 -40,223,000 -40,099,000  -34,318,000 -28,923,000 -25,454,000  -15,010,000 -10,780,000 -6,176,000                                                          
          net cash from financing activities
        333,805,000 -21,907,000 -64,751,000 -42,577,000 -118,225,000 346,937,000 22,678,000 -141,969,000 39,183,000 31,024,000 347,104,000 111,106,000 195,458,000  43,656,000      -8,793,000  2,590,000 -22,245,000 -3,710,000 94,919,000 154,892,000   -64,025,746 -346,739 195,013,152 -209,611 131,814,159 20,567,836 -10,412,217 23,924,071 -11,941,443 14,344,174 -34,158,577 -20,135,453 -18,133,663 34,318,304 39,923,638 68,091,846 29,750,237 59,715,949 48,874,618 29,761,871 17,605,309 65,905,951 14,788,049 55,623,758 67,758,402 113,323,300 104,048,759 53,636,308 14,750,853 1,500,000 199,284,230 -6,779       5,517,691 662,281 10,226,386 15,893,631 1,737,228 
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
        22,742,000 -17,349,000 5,792,000 -7,720,000 24,643,000 -25,423,000 26,578,000 -24,690,000 24,273,000 -4,757,000 -1,854,000 8,733,000 3,545,000 -6,602,000 7,658,000 -1,863,000 -6,185,000 7,514,000 -2,837,000 2,114,000 1,301,000   -6,674,000 -7,555,000 14,166,000 -892,000 -1,150,000 1,586,000 -110,608,049 -87,958,236   95,406,524 2,967,838 -1,709,970 -967,299   -721,028 997,753 -3,651,869 -69,796 1,370,971 -3,596,429 1,288,345 -6,203,017 6,143,234 2,421,784 -6,181,432 -6,226,839   5,153,432 -16,937,109   -1,986,062 -69,113,727   112,623,752 -30,680,962        -5,991,451 -5,595,006 10,399,433 -8,144,920 
          cash and cash equivalents - beginning of period
        14,299,000  8,933,000  8,195,000  2,528,000  9,519,000  1,428,000                                                      
          cash and cash equivalents - end of period
        37,041,000  5,792,000 -7,720,000 33,576,000  26,578,000 -24,690,000 32,468,000  -1,853,000 8,732,000 6,073,000  7,658,000 -1,864,000 3,335,000  -2,837,000 2,114,000 2,729,000                                                      
          depletion, depreciation, amortization and accretion
                     77,316,000 65,976,000 54,795,000 53,185,000 42,815,000 35,885,000 30,907,000 31,221,000 32,770,000 30,785,000 36,756,000 61,809,000 63,410,000 55,566,000 46,091,000 45,134,000 48,294,929 30,258,089 22,596,028 18,630,629 17,631,875 15,357,685 13,682,452 12,828,143 13,523,186 13,698,020 16,176,863 17,846,089 24,140,489 31,670,479 36,745,805 45,213,039 48,924,152 45,646,231 42,212,250 36,100,921 38,927,949                         
          amortization of bond premium on long-term debt
                    -510,000  -533,000 -535,000 -531,000  -8,000 -122,000  -232,000 -249,000 -321,000                                                  
          gain on contingent consideration
                                   -1,392,000                                              
          share-based compensation expense
                                     1,903,055 1,512,792 1,399,224 -819,595 -1,979,302 3,768,685 883,605 613,578 956,037 -792,310 1,558,879 1,741,434 2,322,400 967,241 248,601 1,695,873 736,890 889,527                            
          accounts payable and accrued liabilities
                                                                                  
          accrued interest
         -5,729,000 2,683,000 -573,000 645,000 -2,042,000 1,240,000 -1,218,000 1,793,000 -5,746,000 3,083,000 13,316,000 -8,915,000 17,761,000 -14,656,000 14,990,000 -14,488,000 15,902,000 -12,303,000 10,926,000 -2,588,000 -101,000 534,000 -1,443,000 -2,290,000 -5,897,000 2,495,000 -108,000 426,000 4,084,260 6,101,456 -13,954,708 13,981,122 -13,829,461 13,993,431 -13,969,909 13,948,257 -13,926,347 13,928,799 -13,933,040 13,839,995 -14,417,231 13,720,209 -8,129,931 9,417,583 -9,123,370 9,018,408 -8,985,978 8,984,260 -9,519,923                         
          settlement difference for asset retirement obligations
                                                                                  
          purchase of capped call
                                                                                  
          premium received on convertible notes
                                                                                  
          issuance of convertible notes
                                                                                  
          issuance of senior notes due 2033
                                                                                  
          tender premium paid on repurchase of senior notes due 2028
                                                                                  
          common stock dividends paid
                                                                                  
          excise tax on repurchases of common stock
                                                                                  
          cash and cash equivalents – beginning of period
                                16,068,000 2,358,000 102,183,191 6,486,098 3,390,389 9,337,512 5,687,166 13,387,998 6,279,587 152,110,701 6,233,372 6,233,372 780,716 10,112,660 
          cash and cash equivalents – end of period
                                8,512,000 14,167,000 -893,000 -1,150,000 3,944,000 -110,608,049 -87,958,236 111,451,398 89,472,745 95,406,524 2,967,838 -1,709,970 5,518,799 3,167,077 -348,093 -721,028 4,388,142 -3,651,869 -69,796 1,370,971 5,741,083 1,288,345 -6,203,017 6,143,234 8,108,950 -6,181,432 -6,226,839 9,613,271 8,482,166 5,153,432 -16,937,109 21,336,787 3,834,888 -1,986,062 -69,113,727 -22,325,784 99,705,160 112,623,752 -30,680,962 69,014,328 1,153,583 1,153,583 5,945,330 -13,346,476 12,994,414 640,104 -5,991,451 -5,595,006 10,399,433 1,967,740 
          unrealized gain on derivative instruments
                                                                                  
          accounts payable
          -2,880,000 -18,876,000 15,818,000 -2,753,000 -1,258,000 -3,039,000 2,641,000 -15,767,000 16,045,000 -3,611,000 -11,903,000 -16,335,000 -25,297,000 8,051,000 33,243,000 -7,592,000 8,146,000 8,480,000 5,057,000 38,000 419,000 -32,000 -1,514,000 -17,986,000 -4,882,000 157,000 5,783,000 -6,633,156 -256,525 2,716,110 1,889,569 -752,871 1,569,652 131,941 1,662,770 508,544 -779,734 -324,355 230,442 -94,865 53,643 -201,458 -4,302,624 1,288,993 -4,054,353 2,720,202 4,139,303 -4,019,848                         
          accrued liabilities and expenses
          7,893,000 -967,000 -5,553,000  1,601,000 -1,805,000 -4,409,000  -3,903,000 8,311,000 -2,866,000  3,847,000 -1,207,000 2,991,000  2,745,000 4,906,000 1,447,000                                                      
          capital expenditures on oil and natural gas properties
          -352,339,000 -331,361,000 -259,971,000  -381,824,000 -197,673,000 -407,006,000  -650,262,000 -372,395,000 -460,982,000  -301,239,000                                                            
          entry into additional capped call transactions
                                                                                 
          issuance of additional convertible notes
                                                                                 
          premium received on additional convertible notes
                                                                                 
          acquisition deposit
            -4,000,000 42,594,000       -14,500,000 -11,500,000     8,100,000 -17,500,000  549,000                                                    
          gain on extinguishment of debt
                                                                                 
          loss on the sale of other property & equipment
                                                                                  
          accrued liabilities
                             1,843,000 2,498,000 -4,326,000 327,000 20,250,000 6,234,000                                                
          issuance of senior notes
                                                                                  
          repurchase of senior notes
                    -18,436,000                                                              
          repurchase of preferred stock
                                                                                  
          preferred stock dividends paid
                                                                                  
          unrealized loss of derivative instruments
              -208,422,000 12,324,000 157,648,000  204,712,000 -30,503,000 -138,970,000  -382,459,000 -54,641,000 382,937,000  71,753,000 172,935,000 128,398,000                                                      
          issuance of senior notes due 2031
                                                                                 
          loss on contingent consideration
                    -6,176,000     -83,000 250,000 125,000     879,000 5,262,000                                                
          repayments of second lien notes
                                                                                  
          repayments of senior unsecured promissory note
                                                                                  
          loss on disposal of fixed assets
                                                                                 
          repurchases of preferred stock
                      -31,011,000 -50,225,000                                                          
          preferred dividends paid
                                                                                
          write-off of debt issuance costs
                                          1,089,507                                  
          amortization of bond (premium) discount on long-term debt
                                 -540,000 -667,000 -752,000 -746,000                                              
          impairment expense
                             104,463,000 199,489,000                                                    
          net cash provided (used) by financing activities
                                                                                  
          repurchase of unsecured notes due 2028
                                                                                  
          repurchases of second lien notes due 2023
                          -15,669,000 -280,249,000                                                      
          repayment of unsecured ven bakken note due 2022
                          -130,000,000                                                      
          issuance of unsecured notes due 2028
                         213,500,000 550,000,000                                                      
          repurchase of unsecured notes
                                                                                  
          drilling and development capital expenditures
                        -55,941,000 -64,602,000 -44,900,000 -39,965,000 -33,331,000 -18,498,000 -53,951,000 -85,280,000 -78,962,000 -132,482,000 -66,214,000 -70,306,000 -69,786,000 -52,108,040 -53,863,711                                            
          acquisition of oil and natural gas properties
                        -361,541,000 -164,148,000 -115,488,000 -129,004,000 -1,790,000 -15,865,000 -5,584,000 46,000 -25,537,000 -18,540,000 -191,204,000 -11,316,000 -8,122,000 -132,320,276 -76,512,257                                            
          net cash provided (used) for financing activities
                        257,380,000  54,025,000                                                        
          gain on debt exchange derivative
                                  23,000 4,874,000 -6,287,000                                              
          pik interest on second lien notes
                                 1,742,000                                              
          impairment of other current assets
                                 -1,571,000 5,275,000                                                
          payment of contingent consideration
                                 -15,967,000                                                 
          repayments of senior unsecured notes
                                                                                  
          debt derivative exchange settlements
                                                                                  
          contingent consideration settlements
                                 1,250,000 -2,750,000 -9,778,000                                              
          issuance of preferred stock
                                                                                  
          net loss
                          12,553,000                    -45,618,895 -108,978,661 -126,565,754                             -307,325    -187,277 
          loss on debt exchange derivative
                                                                                  
          proceeds from sale of oil and natural gas properties
                                                 -22,420                                
          proceeds from sale of other property and equipment
                                                                                
          borrowings on term loan credit agreement
                                                                                  
          repayments on term loan credit agreement
                                                                                  
          issuance of second lien notes
                                                                                  
          (gain) loss of derivative instruments
                                                                                  
          prepaid and other incomes
                                                                                  
          repurchases of second lien notes
                              -237,000 -13,277,000                                                  
          debt exchange derivative settlements
                                  -150,000 -894,000                                              
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
                                        -12,710,446                    -4,905,832    -2,444,699    -52,405,541    -5,079,789 -5,079,789    -140,612     
          loss of derivative instruments
                               150,828,000 -344,398,000                                                  
          legal settlement
                                                                                  
          adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash from operating activities:
                                                                                  
          loss on the mark-to-market of derivative instruments
                                   -31,858,000 152,169,000 -280,194,627 30,225,470 29,935,931 12,141,314 33,613,617 16,058,370 -14,172,002 -17,056,542 18,211,633 5,645,586 30,506,699 21,983,017 29,599,690 -8,408,682 53,193,228 14,331,367 -145,842,035 -68,600,900 35,307,533 7,859,683                          
          repayment of second lien notes
                                                                                  
          accrued expenses
                                    -907,000 -3,564,607 417,134 -723,243 353,758 -861,164 1,358,037 1,139,620 -1,382,976 936,907 374,977 -404,866 -2,463,691 898,396 875,985 421,375 -1,985,461 1,723,288 1,919,605 536,936 -165,777 -847,983                         
          net cash from by financing activities
                                    -19,409,000                                              
          impairment of oil and natural gas properties
                                             43,820,791 88,880,921 104,311,122 167,143,533 354,422,654 281,964,097 360,428,962                              
          income tax payable/
                                                                                  
          amortization/accretion of 8% senior notes premium/discount
                                      25,694 55,609 117,183  128,047 122,615 117,183  128,047 122,615 122,615                                  
          gain on the debt exchange derivative
                                                                                  
          contingent consideration
                                                                                  
          proceeds from sale of oil, natural gas, and other properties
                                              10,000                                  
          borrowings under term loan credit agreement
                                                                                 
          repurchase of common stock – tax obligations
                                      -66,008 -160,797 -188,152  -134,772 -412,217  58,557 -227,311 -1,158,577                                  
          purchases of oil and natural gas properties and development capital expenditures
                                        -57,999,427 -43,793,678 -32,865,392 -22,476,710 -20,271,464 -26,004,711 -28,499,384 -18,363,990 -20,067,820 -55,690,812 -45,052,881 -77,763,843 -110,547,904 -131,601,609 -116,418,816 -109,664,015 -119,186,402 -90,667,808                         
          supplemental disclosure of cash flow information
                                                                                  
          cash paid during the period for interest
                                        7,630,556 33,373,020 1,558,172 29,353,795 1,280,711 29,160,534 1,133,964 29,064,291 1,121,994 29,796,933 1,295,544 22,055,049 2,062,136 21,712,450 1,372,877 21,114,009 714,658 20,564,303 950,342 13,473,816 772,651 13,352,542 304,572 1,171,402 750,624 268,745     44,097 98,620 26,515 26,515 152,601 282,988 175,080 14,048     
          cash paid during the period for income taxes
                                                 -45,785 3,945 3,300,000     13,614 3,422 5,350   2,300              
          non-cash financing and investing activities:
                                                                                  
          oil and natural gas properties included in accounts payable
                                        85,068,138 12,649,493 7,185,322 8,059,915 57,107,728 7,878,745 -10,778,955 -3,218,277 56,831,682 -33,441,869 -17,060,676 -45,525,378 155,548,338 10,084,302 6,241,283 46,525,160 158,428,005 26,487,891 32,722,251 -11,129,185 114,803,264                      
          capitalized asset retirement obligations
                                        184,305 213,326 111,554 735,474 127,437 1,173,005 39,274 19,088 121,940 56,481 58,527 151,556 154,830 212,496 331,028 316,694 91,869 1,376,031 210,098 104,771 161,680 126,581 110,793 161,416 140,937 141,409 59,836 114,855 85,141  81,207       22,299     
          non-cash compensation capitalized on oil and gas properties
                                        53,686  68,635 68,635 74,395  89,430 354,897 437,907  154,058 177,101 134,039  27,169 341,914 152,557  596,316 616,836 430,531    3,558,994                  
          amortization of 8% senior notes premium/discount
                                                                                  
          prepaid expenses and other
                                             -383,412 50,334 -485,212 127,029 -22,175 629,637 -272,233 -333,009 897,482 -57,191 -671,645 -292,994 -87,653                         
          issuance of senior unsecured notes
                                                                              
          non-cash compensation capitalized in oil and gas properties
                                                             544,031 -180,823                    
          asset retirement obligations
                                          57,516 -88,469 -23,724  -8,524 57,426 -78,400  2,519 -2,332 -57,532                              
          amortization of deferred rent
                                            -5,160     -4,884 -3,664 -3,666 -3,662 -3,664 -3,664 -3,665 -8,549 -3,664 -3,663 -8,309 -8,306 -8,307 -8,308 -5,864 -4,644 -4,643 -4,644 -4,643 -4,643       -4,643     
          deferred rent
                                                                                  
          trade receivables
                                              7,702,538 -10,853,952 21,740,341 33,063,478 -8,887,276 -3,814,623 7,340,027 2,643,759 2,349,272 -8,723,118 4,615,349 5,384,032                         
          the accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
                                                                                  
          amortization of 8% senior notes premium
                                                  128,047 -132,681 -371,681 -371,682                             
          proceeds from sale, net of oil and natural gas properties
                                                   160,944                              
          repurchase of common stock
                                                   -115,565 -76,362  -49,763     -20,258 -27,867 -372,833 -1,173,315                  
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
                                                             18,130 18,130 18,130              828,800 105,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from
                                                                                  
          operating activities:
                                                                                  
          amortization of senior unsecured notes premium
                                                       -371,682 -371,681 -371,681 -371,682                        
          share - based compensation expense
                                                        557,865 1,251,484 1,239,623 1,185,596 1,122,274 1,086,093 6,998,765 2,091,972 2,204,927 612,079 2,188,900 1,505,174 1,858,171 835,354 724,410       49,885     
          net loss on sale of available for sale securities
                                                                 244,906 -459,998              
          advances to operators
                                                                                  
          proceeds from sale of available for sale securities
                                                                 25,656,515 32,949,813 8,808,750 18,251,118 7,639,783 7,639,783         
          purchase of available for sale securities
                                                                 -18,381,690          -250,000    
          proceeds from exercise of warrants
                                                                 1,500,000              
          depletion of oil and gas properties
                                                           26,435,050 26,668,171 26,645,265 27,952,585 25,519,809 18,309,500 14,852,963 10,749,384 8,349,600 6,863,479 8,632,410 3,767,712       381,654     
          depreciation and amortization
                                                           92,867 94,275 105,662 104,830 102,307 97,089 83,932 75,597 70,295 68,313 65,398 60,300       62,910     
          accretion of discount on asset retirement obligations
                                                           31,209 30,247 25,031 23,709 21,821 15,632 35,750 7,781 7,794 4,730 -9,022 18,025       1,394     
          decrease in trade receivables
                                                                                  
          increase in prepaid expenses and other
                                                                                  
          increase in accounts payable
                                                           956,534 -287,231   -3,112,676 3,400,776 3,515,101 -8,944,836 27,885,030 -19,968,628 33,413,906 5,098,811       2,042,335 1,164,039 344,464 -55,389 368,442 
          increase in accrued interest
                                                           -4,865,997 6,018,914 -6,842,251                     
          increase in accrued expenses
                                                           1,190,964 -1,391,307 -310,622 -1,975,470 3,711,378 981,930                  
          purchases of oil and gas properties and development capital expenditures
                                                             -112,267,720 -135,818,442                    
          proceeds from sale of oil and gas properties
                                                           908,000       60,000 237,877 237,877         
          purchases of other equipment and furniture
                                                              -12,552 -41,634 -130,971  -107,349 -53,192 -20,500 -83,456 -202,296            
          payment of compensation through issuance of common stock
                                                           1,802,432 1,552,805 1,630,124 6,817,942 4,548,043 5,763,921 1,887,048 5,164,353 4,852,400 7,374,660  1,732,412       261,280     
          increase in trade receivables
                                                            -5,670,822 9,105,314 -13,261,461 -4,697,987 -9,946,705 -6,857,363 -8,975,169 -8,558,964 -4,993,687 -4,192,303 -6,529,602        -487,734 -624,437 -696,755 -220,015 
          increase in prepaid expenses
                                                            -190,326 166,475 116,736 119,933 -508,724 -28,929 61,349 -122,367 -50,779 72,218 63,458       -50,719 50,343 5,553 -13,117 -88,653 
          increase in other current assets
                                                            -1,960    -72,196    -277,694 -172,119             
          purchase of oil and gas properties and development capital expenditures
                                                            -76,884,714    -144,975,919  -85,387,732                
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities
                                                                                  
          gain on sale of other property and equipment
                                                                                  
          decrease in other current assets
                                                             72,964 -39,501   -27,154 -79,291                
          issuances of 8% senior notes due 2020
                                                                                 
          payments on line of credit
                                                                     -31,377 -803,115 -803,115 -3,905 -799,985 -3,675 -8,663     
          decrease in subordinated notes
                                                                                  
          proceeds from the issuance of common stock - net of issuance costs
                                                                                  
          purchase of oil and gas properties through issuance of common stock
                                                                      6,981,085          239,888 1,047,048 
          net gain on sale of available for sale securities
                                                                                  
          decrease in accounts payable
                                                                                  
          purchases of available for sale securities
                                                                                  
          advances on senior unsecured notes
                                                                                  
          (used for) operating activities:
                                                                                  
          decrease in other receivables
                                                                                  
          purchase of other equipment and furniture
                                                                                  
          increase in subordinated notes
                                                                     -400,000    500,000     
          cashless exercise of stock options
                                                                                  
          fair value of warrants issued for debt issuance costs
                                                                             221,153     
          payment of debt issuance costs through issuance of common stock
                                                                             475,200     
          decrease in accrued expenses
                                                                  20,657 421 -263  15,128       -942,307  -589 -11,290 -95,818 
          increase in prepaid drilling costs
                                                                  -12,260,677 -404,710 -2,125,069    -4,495,200 -4,495,200         
          payments on revolving credit facility
                                                                                 
          repayment of subordinated notes
                                                                                  
          proceeds from issuance of common stock - net of issuance costs
                                                                          -14,286       
          the accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed financial statements.
                                                                                  
          income tax provision
                                                                    -4,510,000 -1,011,000 620,000            
          net unrealized loss on derivative instruments
                                                                    21,278,629              
          increase in other receivables
                                                                             -61,431     
          purchase of oil and gas properties
                                                                    -59,167,274              
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash
                                                                                  
          provided by
                                                                                  
          issuance of stock for consulting fees
                                                                              49,875 
          market value adjustment of derivative instruments
                                                                     11,356,283 6,449,577        -105,200 11,352 -1,300 
          lease incentives received
                                                                                  
          decrease in prepaid drilling costs
                                                                                  
          increase in margin loan
                                                                               -11,468 -519,580 1,519,487 
          cash paid for listing fee
                                                                              -65,000 
          proceeds from derivatives
                                                                                 
          loss on sale of available for sale securities
                                                                                 
          increase in oil and gas properties
                                                                      -41,175,425 -29,559,511 -22,077,340 -22,077,340 -21,257,224 -8,480,093 -15,120,380 -2,203,969     
          the accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed unaudited financial statements.
                                                                                  
          * see note 2
                                                                                  
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
                                                                                  
          decrease (increase) in other current assets
                                                                                  
          decrease (increase) in prepaid drilling costs
                                                                             -240,734     
          purchases of office equipment and furniture
                                                                        -30,360 -30,360 -16,806 -7,507 -2,416 -4,527 -139,316 -22,081   
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used for) operating activities:
                                                                                  
          repayments of convertible notes payable
                                                                                  
          proceeds from sale of short-term investment
                                                                                  
          sale of calls
                                                                                  
          increase in short-term investment
                                                                                250,000 -3,800,524 
          income tax benefit
                                                                             -205,000     
          issuance of stock for compensation
                                                                             127,090     
          decrease (increase) in trade receivables
                                                                             276,542     
          decrease on accrued drilling costs
                                                                             -4,579,458     
          increase in checks issued, not cashed
                                                                                 177,741 
          payment of consulting fees through issuance of common stock
                                                                                49,875 
          (used for) operating activities
                                                                                  
          share – based compensation expense
                                                                              35,125 35,125   
          increase in accrued drilling costs
                                                                              5,804,874 1,566,397   
          deposits
                                                                                  
          increase in line of credit
                                                                                  
          proceeds from
                                                                                  
          proceeds from investor subscriptions - net of issuance costs
                                                                                  
          proceeds from the issuance of common stock – net of issuance costs
                                                                              10,237,854   
          depletion and depreciation
                                                                               203,103 119,489 49,200 
          prepaid drilling costs
                                                                                 364,290 
          prepaid lease payments
                                                                                  
          oil and gas properties
                                                                               -18,875,513 -5,661,193 -6,118,134 
          deferred offering costs
                                                                                  
          capital expenditures
        -55,000 -40,000 -238,000 106,000 -587,000 -15,000 -37,000 -26,000 -50,000 -648,000 -61,000 -265,000 -238,000 1,000 -26,000 -4,437,000 -117,000 -217,000 -288,000 -51,000 -236,000 -52,000  -157,000 -390,000 -606,000 -5,000 -34,829 -29,869 -22,085 -156,205  -69,892 -5,297 -6,003 -9,559 -88,724 -14,648 -51,579 -14,052 -133,714 -74,100       -202,234 
          free cash flows
        323,560,000 312,590,000 422,882,000 362,218,000 406,839,000 290,263,000 385,724,000 340,451,000 392,097,000 341,714,000 263,804,000 307,521,000 269,070,000 287,380,000 276,740,000 205,802,000 153,917,000 132,885,000 94,125,000 106,186,000 62,715,000 72,797,000 56,361,000 101,585,000  70,270,000 70,633,000 98,786,000 98,903,000 117,846,013 62,764,471 18,066,340 45,498,592 7,386,043 35,837,184 27,453 29,716,382 4,016,662 39,195,766 3,308,788  72,124,816 63,116,748 44,816,510 66,866,893 64,798,108 80,465,562 56,091,300 72,733,568 53,721,480 58,482,780 54,079,500 56,282,833 61,829,682 51,135,483 46,948,017 38,613,432 35,763,660 13,891,178 42,655,509 -7,160,821 46,994,606 11,324,907       1,370,385 2,229,320 729,838 -327,120 -327,780 
          depreciation