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Derivative Financial Instruments and Hedging Activities (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Gas Derivative Contracts Volume and Prices | The Company had the following outstanding natural gas price derivative financial instruments at December 31, 2022:
|  | Future Production Period Ending December 31, 2023 |  |
Natural Gas Collar Contracts: |  |  |  |
Volume (MMBtu) |  | 174,925,000 |  |  |
Price per MMBtu: |  |  |  |
Average Ceiling |  | $ | 9.96 |  |  |
Average Floor |  | $ | 2.99 |  |  |
Schedule of Derivative Instruments | The aggregate fair value of the Company's derivative financial instruments are presented on a gross basis in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The classification of derivative financial instruments between assets and liabilities, consists of the following:
|  |  |  | As of December 31,
Type |  | Consolidated Balance Sheet Location |  | 2022 |  | 2021
|  |  |  | (in thousands)
Asset Derivative Financial Instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |
Natural gas price derivatives |  | Derivative Financial Instruments – current |  | $ | 23,884 |  |  | $ | 4,528 |
Oil price derivatives |  | Derivative Financial Instruments – current |  | — |  |  | 730 |
|  |  |  | $ | 23,884 |  |  | $ | 5,258 |
Liability Derivative Financial Instruments: |  |  |  |  |  |
Natural gas price derivatives |  | Derivative Financial Instruments – current |  | $ | 4,420 |  |  | $ | 181,215 |
Oil price derivatives |  | Derivative Financial Instruments – current |  | — |  |  | 730 |
|  |  |  | $ | 4,420 |  |  | $ | 181,945 |
Natural gas price derivatives |  | Derivative Financial Instruments – long-term |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 4,042 |
Schedule of Gains and Losses from Derivative Financial Instruments | Gains and losses related to cash settlements and changes in the fair value recognized on the Company's derivative contracts recognized in the consolidated statement of operations were as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31,
Gain/(Loss) Recognized in Earnings on Derivatives |  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2020
|  | (In thousands)
Natural gas price derivatives |  | $ | (662,522) |  |  | $ | (555,636) |  |  | $ | 353 |
Oil price derivatives |  | — |  |  | (7,247) |  |  | 12,059 |
Interest rate derivatives |  | — |  |  | 2,235 |  |  | (2,461) |
|  | $ | (662,522) |  |  | $ | (560,648) |  |  | $ | 9,951 |

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