v3.4.0.3

Derivative Instruments and Fair Value Measurements - Commodity Derivative Volumes and Prices (Detail)	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2016 MMBTU $ / bbl $ / MMBTU bbl
Crude - Oil April 2016 - December 2016 Contract One [Member] | Swap [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Transacted | bbl	500
Contract Price | $ / bbl	62.50
Crude - Oil April 2016 - December 2016 Contract Two [Member] | Swap [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Transacted | bbl	250
Contract Price | $ / bbl	62.55
Crude - Oil April 2016 - June 2016 Contract One [Member] | Swap [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Transacted | bbl	500
Contract Price | $ / bbl	40.25
Crude - Oil April 2016 - June 2016 Contract Two [Member] | Swap [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Transacted | bbl	1,000
Contract Price | $ / bbl	40.00
Crude - Oil April 2016 - September 2016 Contract [Member] | Swap [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Transacted | bbl	750
Contract Price | $ / bbl	43.00
Natural Gas April 2016 - December 2016 Contract One [Member] | Swap [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Transacted | MMBTU	100,000
Contract Price	2.91
Natural Gas April 2016 - December 2016 Contract Two [Member] | Swap [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Transacted | MMBTU	100,000
Contract Price	2.95
Natural Gas April 2016 - March 2017 Contract Three [Member] | Swap [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Transacted | MMBTU	100,000
Contract Price	2.463
Natural Gas April 2016 - March 2017 Contract Four [Member] | Swap [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Transacted | MMBTU	300,000
Contract Price	2.45
Natural Gas April 2017 - December 2017 Contract [Member] | Collar [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Volume Transacted | MMBTU	200,000
Natural Gas April 2017 - December 2017 Contract [Member] | Collar [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Contract Price	2.30
Natural Gas April 2017 - December 2017 Contract [Member] | Collar [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Derivatives Fair Value [Line Items]
Contract Price	2.60

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Nominal energy measure used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument.

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Nominal volume used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument.

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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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Specified interest rate, security price, commodity price, foreign exchange rate, index of prices or rates for a derivative contract measured in energy volume but not the derivative contract itself.

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