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Equity (Detail) (USD $)
0 Months Ended
Apr. 21, 2015
Aug. 27, 2015
Apr. 24, 2015
Apr. 06, 2015
Feb. 27, 2015
Mar. 31, 2015
Dec. 31, 2014
Apr. 02, 2015
Apr. 01, 2015
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]                  
Common stock, shares authorized           80,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized 80,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized    
Subsequent Event | FOLLOW-ON PUBLIC OFFERING                  
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]                  
Direct offering costs $ 1,600,000us-gaap_AdjustmentsToAdditionalPaidInCapitalStockIssuedIssuanceCosts
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Net proceeds received 187,100,000us-gaap_SaleOfStockConsiderationReceivedOnTransaction
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Net proceeds used to fund a portion of working capital expenditures 102,100,000mtdr_ProceedsFromPublicOfferingUsedtoFundWorkingCapital
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Scenario, Forecast | Subsequent Event                  
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]                  
Quarterly dividend per share   $ 1.80us-gaap_PreferredStockDividendRatePerDollarAmount
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Revolving Credit Facility | Subsequent Event | FOLLOW-ON PUBLIC OFFERING                  
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]                  
Repayments of outstanding borrowings     85,000,000us-gaap_RepaymentsOfDebt
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HEYCO                  
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]                  
Shares of common stock converted for each share of Series A Preferred Stock         10us-gaap_ConvertiblePreferredStockSharesIssuedUponConversion
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Series A Preferred Stock                  
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]                  
Number of votes         10mtdr_PreferredStockVotingRightsNumberofVotesEntitledoneachmattersubmittedforVote
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Common Stock | Subsequent Event                  
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]                  
Preferred stock converted to shares common stock       1,500,000us-gaap_ConversionOfStockSharesConverted1
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Common stock, shares authorized               120,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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80,000,000us-gaap_CommonStockSharesAuthorized
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Common Stock | Subsequent Event | FOLLOW-ON PUBLIC OFFERING                  
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]                  
Shares of common stock included in offering 7,000,000us-gaap_SaleOfStockNumberOfSharesIssuedInTransaction
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Common Stock | HEYCO                  
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]                  
Shares issued in business combination         3,300,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
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Preferred Stock | HEYCO                  
Subsidiary, Sale of Stock [Line Items]                  
Shares issued in business combination         $ 150,000us-gaap_BusinessCombinationConsiderationTransferredEquityInterestsIssuedAndIssuable
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