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Derivative, Number of Counterparties

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Amount of allowance for credit loss on accounts receivable, classified as current.

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The amount of exploratory well costs that have been capitalized for a period of greater than one year after the completion of drilling.

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Amount of interest capitalized during the period.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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Period over which grantee's right to exercise award under share-based payment arrangement is no longer contingent on satisfaction of service or performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, combination of market, performance or service condition.

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Amount of unrecognized tax benefits.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - Additional Information (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) counterparty	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Allowance for doubtful accounts	$ 1,259,000	$ 1,526,000
Capitalized interest costs	12,000,000.0	17,200,000	$ 12,800,000
Amount of capitalized exploratory well costs that have been capitalized for period greater than one year	$ 0
Derivative, number of counterparties \| counterparty	9
Past-due receivables from counterparties	$ 0
Unrecognized tax benefits	$ 0	$ 0
Restricted stock awards
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Restricted stock awards vesting period	3 years
Produced and flowback water disposal facilities, natural gas processing plants and pipelines
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated life of assets	30 years
Building
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated life of assets	20 years
Furniture, software and equipment \| Minimum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated life of assets	2 years
Furniture, software and equipment \| Maximum
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Estimated life of assets	7 years
Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) \| Phantom units
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Vesting period	3 years