Nature of Operations (Details)	Dec. 31, 2012 Subsidiaries
Nature of Operations (Textual) [Abstract]
Number of wholly owned subsidiaries	4

Number of wholly owned subsidiaries of the registrant's wholly owned subsidiary.

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Namespace Prefix:	mtdr_
Data Type:	xbrli:integerItemType
Balance Type:	na
Period Type:	instant