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Disposal Group, Ownership Interest Divested, Percent

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Number Of Wells Acquired

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Number of Wells Sold

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Wells Acquired, Percentage Operated

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Working Interest Acquired

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The cash outflow to purchase long lived physical asset for use in the normal oil and gas operations and to purchase mineral interests in oil and gas properties not intended for resale.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
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The cash inflow to dispose of long-lived, physical assets and mineral interests in oil and gas properties used for normal oil and gas operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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-Section 45
-Paragraph 12
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-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3179-108585

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events (Details) a in Thousands, $ in Thousands			9 Months Ended
Subsequent Events (Details) a in Thousands, $ in Thousands	Nov. 02, 2018 USD ($) a well	Nov. 01, 2018 USD ($) well shares	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2017 well
Subsequent Events
Acquisition price			$ 0	$ 48,236
Number of wells in which a working interest was acquired \| well					4
Oil and Gas Properties \| Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations
Subsequent Events
Proceeds from sale of properties				$ 16,000
Subsequent Event \| Oil and Gas Properties \| Disposal Group, Not Discontinued Operations \| Permian Basin
Subsequent Events
Number of units sold \| shares		13,125,000
Ownership interest sold		25.00%
Proceeds from sale of properties		$ 14,500
Number of wells sold \| well		1,066
Subsequent Event \| Mississippian Lime and NW STACK areas of Oklahoma and Kansas
Subsequent Events
Acquisition price	$ 25,100
Number of wells in which a working interest was acquired \| well	1,962
Percentage of acquired wells operated by company	80.00%
Subsequent Event \| Mississippian Lime and NW STACK areas of Oklahoma and Kansas \| Mid-continent
Subsequent Events
Working interest acquired	13.20%
Gross number of acres acquired \| a	410
Net number of acres acquired \| a	54
Subsequent Event \| Mississippian Lime and NW STACK areas of Oklahoma and Kansas \| Mississippian Lime
Subsequent Events
Working interest acquired	13.20%