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Supplementary Oil And Gas Information (Unaudited) - Twelve Month Average Benchmark Prices (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 $ / MMBTU $ / bbl $ / bbl $ / MMBTU	Dec. 31, 2021 $ / MMBTU $ / bbl $ / MMBTU $ / bbl
USD
Oil And Gas, Average Sale Price And Production Cost Per Unit1 [Line Items]
Average foreign exchange rate	0.7709	0.7972
Natural Gas | Henry Hub
Oil And Gas, Average Sale Price And Production Cost Per Unit1 [Line Items]
Twelve month average benchmark price dollars per MMBtu | $ / MMBTU	6.44	3.68
Natural Gas | AECO
Oil And Gas, Average Sale Price And Production Cost Per Unit1 [Line Items]
Twelve month average benchmark price dollars per MMBtu | $ / MMBTU	5.59	3.39
Natural Gas | BC Westcoast Station 2
Oil And Gas, Average Sale Price And Production Cost Per Unit1 [Line Items]
Twelve month average benchmark price dollars per MMBtu | $ / MMBTU	4.51	2.9
WTI | Crude Oil and NGLs
Oil And Gas, Average Sale Price And Production Cost Per Unit1 [Line Items]
Twelve month average benchmark price dollars per bbl	94.13	66.34
WCS | Crude Oil and NGLs
Oil And Gas, Average Sale Price And Production Cost Per Unit1 [Line Items]
Twelve month average benchmark price dollars per bbl	99.40	67.68
Canadian Light Sweet | Crude Oil and NGLs
Oil And Gas, Average Sale Price And Production Cost Per Unit1 [Line Items]
Twelve month average benchmark price dollars per bbl	118.90	77.87
Cromer LSB | Crude Oil and NGLs
Oil And Gas, Average Sale Price And Production Cost Per Unit1 [Line Items]
Twelve month average benchmark price dollars per bbl	117.76	78.17
Brent | Crude Oil and NGLs
Oil And Gas, Average Sale Price And Production Cost Per Unit1 [Line Items]
Twelve month average benchmark price dollars per bbl	97.98	68.92
Edmonton C5+ | Crude Oil and NGLs
Oil And Gas, Average Sale Price And Production Cost Per Unit1 [Line Items]
Twelve month average benchmark price dollars per bbl	119.93	83.05

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