CRUDE OIL AND NATURAL GAS PROPERTIES - Narrative (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands									1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	5 Months Ended	11 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 16, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 01, 2022 USD ($) $ / bbl	Oct. 03, 2022 USD ($)	Aug. 15, 2022 USD ($)	Jan. 27, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Nov. 16, 2021 USD ($) well	Aug. 02, 2021 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2021 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Oct. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) a $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) a $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) a $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($) a $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($) a $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 30, 2022 USD ($)
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Future cash outflow to pay for purchases of fixed assets that have occurred													$ 163,059	$ 111,897	$ 88,564
Consideration transferred									$ 36,100
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares										$ 0.001	$ 0.001	$ 0.001	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Asset retirement obligation										$ 33,082	$ 33,082	$ 33,082	$ 33,082	$ 28,012	$ 19,181
Area of unproven leasehold interests | a										27,663	27,663	27,663	27,663	29,835
Anticipated future period over which excluded costs will become subject to depletion													5 years
Veritas
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred					$ 408,798
Cash consideration					$ 390,900
Acquisition, shares issued (in shares) | shares					1,939,998
Common stock, par value (in dollars per share) | $ / shares					$ 0.001
Business acquisition, share price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares					$ 28.30
Issuance of common stock warrants					$ 17,870
Cash consideration payable adjustment												$ (3,100)
Revenue since acquisition												244,100
Income from operations since acquisition												$ 168,000
Transaction costs					7,300
Payments to acquire producing properties					390,928
Asset retirement obligation					$ 1,219
Incline
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred				$ 159,827
Cash consideration											$ 158,000
Cash consideration payable adjustment											$ (7,500)
Revenue since acquisition				25,300
Income from operations since acquisition				17,000
Transaction costs				1,100
Additional cash contingent consideration				5,000
Contingent consideration				1,850												$ 1,800
Payments to acquire producing properties				157,977
Asset retirement obligation				$ 319
Laredo
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred			$ 110,071
Cash consideration			110,100
Cash consideration payable adjustment										$ (6,000)
Revenue since acquisition										9,400
Income from operations since acquisition										$ 6,800
Transaction costs			800
Payments to acquire producing properties			110,071
Asset retirement obligation			$ 187
Alpha
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred		$ 164,023
Cash consideration		153,916
Revenue since acquisition		2,600
Income from operations since acquisition		1,500
Contingent consideration		10,107
Asset retirement obligation		278
Alpha | Minimum
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Additional cash contingent consideration		$ 0
Average front month WTI oil price (in usd per barrel) | $ / bbl		75.00
Alpha | Maximum
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Additional cash contingent consideration		$ 22,500
Average front month WTI oil price (in usd per barrel) | $ / bbl		87.85
Delaware
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred	$ 131,618
Cash consideration	131,618
Revenue since acquisition	1,200
Income from operations since acquisition	700
Transaction costs		$ 1,300
Asset retirement obligation	$ 155
Reliance
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred								$ 140,564
Cash consideration								$ 110,100
Acquisition, shares issued (in shares) | shares								3,250,000
Business acquisition, share price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares								$ 14.00
Issuance of common stock warrants								$ 30,500
Payments to acquire producing properties								110,052
Issuance of warrants								30,512
Asset retirement obligation								$ 6,549
CM Resources Acquisition
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred							$ 101,691
Cash consideration							101,700
Payments to acquire producing properties							101,691
Asset retirement obligation							$ 179
Comstock Acquisition
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Cash consideration						$ 150,500
Number of net PDP wells acquired | well						65.9
Allocation to proved properties						100.00%
Asset retirement obligation						$ 1,700
Independent Transactions
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred													$ 100,000	$ 37,900