Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Retained Earnings [Member]	Noncontrolling Interest [Member]
Balance at beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2016	$ 4,018,292	$ 901	$ 4,215,955	$ (519,394)	$ 320,830
Balance at beginning of period, shares at Dec. 31, 2016		90,144,000
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Net proceeds from issuance of common units - Viper Energy Partners LP	147,492	$ 0	0	0	147,492
Unit-based compensation	1,537	0	0	0	1,537
Common units issued for acquisition	3,050	0	0	0	3,050
Stock-based compensation	15,939	0	15,939	0	0
Distribution to non-controlling interest	(14,123)	0	0	0	(14,123)
Common shares issued in public offering, net of offering costs	14	0	14	0	0
Common shares issued for acquisition	809,173	$ 77	809,096	0	0
Common shares issued for acquisition, shares		7,686,000
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units	358	$ 3	355	0	0
Exercise of stock options and awards of restricted stock, shares		299,000
Net income	305,202	$ 0	0	294,678	10,524
Balance at end of period at Jun. 30, 2017	5,286,934	$ 981	5,041,359	(224,716)	469,310
Balance at end of period, shares at Jun. 30, 2017		98,129,000
Balance at beginning of period at Dec. 31, 2017	$ 5,581,737	$ 982	5,291,011	(37,133)	326,877
Balance at beginning of period, shares at Dec. 31, 2017	98,167,289	98,167,000
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Unit-based compensation	$ 1,740	$ 0	0	0	1,740
Stock-based compensation	16,351	0	16,351	0	0
Distribution to non-controlling interest	(38,288)	0	0	0	(38,288)
Dividend paid	(12,327)	0	0	(12,327)	0
Exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units	0	$ 4	(4)	0	0
Exercise of stock options and awards of restricted stock, shares		452,000
Net income	479,318	$ 0	0	381,958	97,360
Balance at end of period at Jun. 30, 2018	$ 6,012,467	$ 986	5,307,358	323,105	381,018
Balance at end of period, shares at Jun. 30, 2018	98,619,628	98,620,000
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity
Impact of adoption of ASU 2016-01, net of tax	$ (16,064)	$ 0	$ 0	$ (9,393)	$ (6,671)