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Commodity Price Risk Derivatives (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Price Risk Derivatives [Abstract] |
Schedule of Outstanding Crude Oil and Natural Gas Swaps | Presented below is a summary of outstanding crude oil and natural gas swaps as of December 31, 2017.
|  | Action |  |  | Begin |  |  | End |  |  | Quantity (bbls/d) |  |  | Price |
Crude oil price swaps |  |  | Bought |  |  |  | 1/1/18 |  |  |  | 6/30/18 |  |  |  | 150 |  |  |  | 52.20 |
|  | Action |  |  | Begin |  |  | End |  |  | Quantity (mcf/d) |  |  | Price |
Natural gas price swaps |  |  | Bought |  |  |  | 1/1/18 |  |  |  | 12/31/18 |  |  |  | 2,500 |  |  |  | 3.01 |
Natural gas price swaps |  |  | Sold |  |  |  | 1/1/18 |  |  |  | 12/31/18 |  |  |  | 2,000 |  |  |  | 2.98 |

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