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Acquisitions and Dispositions of Oil and Gas Properties - Additional Information (Detail) $ in Millions	1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) a mi	Nov. 30, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) a mi	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) a well
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sales of assets	$ 4.1
Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations \| Bakken Shale
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Proceeds from the sales of assets		$ 138.1
Loss on sale of oil and gas properties		$ 162.2
East Texas
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Asset acquisition, consideration transferred				$ 34.7
Haynesville Shale \| East Texas
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Length of acquired pipeline \| mi	145		145
Oil and gas properties, net acres \| a	17,500		17,500	35,000
Asset acquisition, consideration transferred			$ 35.6
Property, plant and equipment, additions			16.8
Asset acquisition, unproved property			$ 18.8
Producing natural gas wells, gross \| well				37
Oil and Gas Properties
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Oil and gas properties, net acres \| a	36,100		36,100	32,556
Asset acquisition, consideration transferred			$ 35.6	$ 22.9
Oil and Gas Properties \| Haynesville Shale \| East Texas
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Oil and gas properties, net acres \| a	68,000		68,000