Dardens' compensation about $4.8 million each

Toby Darden, board chairman for Fort Worth-based Quicksilver Resources, received compensation valued at slightly more than $4.8 million for 2010.

His brother, Glenn Darden, president and CEO of the natural gas and oil producer, posted compensation of just under $4.8 million.

Both had moderately lower compensation than in 2009, when the compensation for each totaled slightly above $5 milllion.

Both Dardens drew a 2010 salary of $440,000. The bulk of their remuneration was in the form of grants of company stock and options and other incentive compensation.

Jeff Cook, Quicksilver’s executive vice president for operations, had 2010 compensation totaling more than $2.5 million, and Philip W. Cook, senior vice president and chief financial officer, had compensation of nearly $2.1 million.

The compensation totals were in a company proxy statement.