Derivative Financial Instruments - Narrative (Details) - Dated Brent - Term January 2025 To June 2025 - Two-way collars - Subsequent Event	1 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2024 $ / bbl MBbls
Derivative Financial Instruments
Volume \| MBbls	0.0020
Floor (usd per bbl)	70.00
Ceiling (usd per bbl)	95.00

The average cap rate on a group of price risk derivatives such as caps or collars. A payment or receipt is triggered if the market rate exceeds the cap rate on the contract.

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- Definition

The average floor rate on a group of price risk derivatives such as floors or collars. A payment or receipt is triggered if the market rate falls below the floor rate on the contract.

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- Definition

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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Topic 815
-SubTopic 40
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-Subparagraph (f)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147480237/815-40-50-5

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Nominal volume used to calculate payments on a derivative instrument.

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