Property and Equipment (Details Textual) $ in Thousands		12 Months Ended
Sep. 12, 2018 USD ($) a	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Amortization costs		$ 64,100
Anticipated amount for wells		64,100
BLM Acquisition
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Acres of land, gross \| a	8,400
Acres of land, net \| a	8,400
Consideration transferred	$ 387,000
Projects Inception to Date
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Exploration costs		11,698
Development wells		$ 52,363

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Capitalized costs which include those incurred to (1) to drill and equip those exploratory wells and exploratory-type stratigraphic test wells that have found proved reserves and (2) obtain access to proved reserves and provide facilities for extracting, treating, gathering, storing the oil and gas, including the drilling and equipping of development wells and development-type stratigraphic wells and service wells.

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