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Number of Rigs Operating And Under Construction

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Amount of equity interests of the acquirer, including instruments or interests issued or issuable in consideration for the business combination.

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The maximum number of common shares permitted to be issued by an entity's charter and bylaws.

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Nature of Operations and Recent Events - Announcement Of Merger (Details)		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2018 USD ($) drilling_rig shares	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) drilling_rig shares	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) drilling_rig shares	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 shares
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, acquisition related costs		$ 1,933,000	$ 0	$ 2,376,000	$ 0
Number of rigs \| drilling_rig		15		15
Common stock, shares authorized \| shares	200,000,000	100,000,000		100,000,000		100,000,000
Sidewinder Drilling, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, acquisition related costs		$ 1,900,000		$ 2,400,000
Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, liquidity covenant	$ 10,000,000.0
Debt instrument, covenant, fixed charge ratio required	1.00
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 5,000,000.0
Subsequent Event \| Sidewinder Drilling, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Business combination, consideration transferred, equity interests issued and issuable	$ 36,752,657
Business acquisition, percentage of voting interests acquired	49.00%
Non-amortizing term loan \| Subsequent Event \| Sidewinder Drilling, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 130,000,000
Debt instrument, covenant, fixed charge ratio required	1.00
Delayed Draw Term Loan \| Subsequent Event \| Sidewinder Drilling, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 15,000,000
Rigs, Operating \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Number of rigs \| drilling_rig	34
Revolving credit facility \| ABL Credit Facility \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Line of credit facility, commitment fee percentage	0.375%
Line of credit, commitment fee percentage, revolver contingency	0.25%
Line of credit \| Revolving credit facility \| Subsequent Event \| Sidewinder Drilling, Inc.
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Long-term debt	$ 40,000,000
Line of credit facility, maximum borrowing capacity	$ 7,500,000.0
Revolving credit facility borrowing base, availability	85.00%
Federal funds, effective rate \| Revolving credit facility \| Term Loan Facility \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	0.05%
Federal funds, effective rate \| Revolving credit facility \| ABL Credit Facility \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	0.05%
Federal funds, effective rate \| Line of credit \| Revolving credit facility
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate				0.05%
LIBOR \| Revolving credit facility \| Term Loan Facility \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
LIBOR \| Revolving credit facility \| ABL Credit Facility \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
LIBOR \| Revolving Loan \| Term Loan Facility \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	7.50%
LIBOR \| Line of credit \| Revolving credit facility
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate				4.50%
Prime Rate \| Revolving credit facility \| Term Loan Facility \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	6.50%
Minimum \| LIBOR \| Revolving Loan \| ABL Credit Facility \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	2.00%
Minimum \| Wells Fargo Prime Rate \| Revolving credit facility \| ABL Credit Facility \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	1.00%
Maximum \| LIBOR \| Revolving Loan \| ABL Credit Facility \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	2.50%
Maximum \| Wells Fargo Prime Rate \| Revolving credit facility \| Subsequent Event
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt instrument, basis spread on variable rate	1.50%