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Property, Plant and Equipment - Additional Information (Detail) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Asset retirement costs	$ 36,900,000us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsAssetRetirementCosts	$ 32,600,000us-gaap_CapitalizedCostsAssetRetirementCosts
Impairment of oil and gas properties	47,238,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfOilAndGasProperties	1,168,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfOilAndGasProperties	3,581,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfOilAndGasProperties
Proved oil and gas properties [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Impairment of oil and gas properties	40,000,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfOilAndGasProperties / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = oas_ProvedOilAndGasPropertiesMember	0us-gaap_ImpairmentOfOilAndGasProperties / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = oas_ProvedOilAndGasPropertiesMember	0us-gaap_ImpairmentOfOilAndGasProperties / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = oas_ProvedOilAndGasPropertiesMember
Unproved Oil And Gas Properties [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Impairment of oil and gas properties	$ 7,300,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfOilAndGasProperties / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = oas_UnprovedOilAndGasPropertiesMember	$ 1,200,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfOilAndGasProperties / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = oas_UnprovedOilAndGasPropertiesMember	$ 3,600,000us-gaap_ImpairmentOfOilAndGasProperties / us-gaap_PropertyPlantAndEquipmentByTypeAxis = oas_UnprovedOilAndGasPropertiesMember

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- Definition

The amount of asset retirement costs previously incurred and capitalized separately from the capitalized amount of the associated long-lived assets.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 932

-SubTopic 235

-Section 50

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The expense recorded to reduce the value of oil and gas assets consisting of proved properties and unproved properties as the estimate of future successful production from these properties is reduced.

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-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

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