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Equity Method Investment, Additional Aggregate Cost

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Equity Method Investment, Contributions to Joint Venture, Operating Capital

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Equity Method Investment, Deferred Performance Incentives

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Equity Method Investment, Deferred Performance Incentives, Term

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Number of Wells Contributed to Joint Venture

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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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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Section 50
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The cash outflow associated with the investment in or advances to an entity in which the reporting entity shares control of the entity with another party or group.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
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-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
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The cash inflow from the sale of an investment interest in a joint venture that the reporting entity has not previously accounted for using consolidation or the equity method of accounting.

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Business Combination (Details) $ in Thousands		9 Months Ended
Business Combination (Details) $ in Thousands	Feb. 17, 2017 USD ($) well	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contributions related to formation of Joint Venture		$ 171,500	$ 0
Corporate Joint Venture [Member] \| San Mateo Midstream [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	51.00%	51.00%
Deferred performance incentives	$ 73,500
Deferred performance incentives term	5 years
Cash contributed to joint venture	$ 5,100
Additional cost commitment	$ 140,000
Corporate Joint Venture [Member] \| San Mateo Midstream [Member] \| Rustler Breaks Asset Area [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of wells contributed to joint venture \| well	1
Term of contractual obligation	15 years
Corporate Joint Venture [Member] \| San Mateo Midstream [Member] \| Wolf Asset Area [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of wells contributed to joint venture \| well	3
Corporate Joint Venture [Member] \| San Mateo Midstream [Member] \| Rustler Breaks and Wolf Asset Area [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Term of contractual obligation	15 years
Five Point [Member] \| Corporate Joint Venture [Member] \| San Mateo Midstream [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage	49.00%
Payments to acquire interest in joint venture	$ 176,400
Contributions related to formation of Joint Venture	$ 171,500