Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Revenues:
Lease bonus	$ 4,000,000	$ 3,000,000	$ 12,000,000
Other operating income	9,000,000	9,000,000	0
Total revenues	3,964,000,000	2,176,000,000	1,205,000,000
Costs and expenses:
Lease operating expenses	490,000,000	205,000,000	127,000,000
Production and ad valorem taxes	248,000,000	133,000,000	74,000,000
Depreciation, depletion and amortization	1,447,000,000	623,000,000	327,000,000
Impairment of oil and natural gas properties	790,000,000	0	0
General and administrative expenses	104,000,000	65,000,000	48,000,000
Asset retirement obligation accretion	7,000,000	2,000,000	1,000,000
Merger and integration expense	0	36,000,000	0
Other operating expense	4,000,000	3,000,000	0
Total costs and expenses	3,269,000,000	1,165,000,000	600,000,000
Income from operations	695,000,000	1,011,000,000	605,000,000
Other income (expense):
Interest expense, net	(172,000,000)	(87,000,000)	(41,000,000)
Other (expense) income, net	(2,000,000)	89,000,000	11,000,000
(Loss) gain on derivative instruments, net	(108,000,000)	101,000,000	(78,000,000)
Gain (loss) on revaluation of investment	5,000,000	(1,000,000)	0
Loss on extinguishment of debt	(56,000,000)	0	0
Total other income (expense), net	(333,000,000)	102,000,000	(108,000,000)
Income (loss) before income taxes	362,000,000	1,113,000,000	497,000,000
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes	47,000,000	168,000,000	(20,000,000)
Net income (loss)	315,000,000	945,000,000	517,000,000
Net income attributable to non-controlling interest	75,000,000	99,000,000	35,000,000
Net income (loss) attributable to Diamondback Energy, Inc.	$ 240,000,000	$ 846,000,000	$ 482,000,000
Earnings per common share:
Basic (in dollars per share)	$ 1.47	$ 8.09	$ 4.95
Diluted (in dollars per share)	$ 1.47	$ 8.06	$ 4.94
Weighted average common shares outstanding:
Basic (in shares)	163,493	104,622	97,458
Diluted (in shares)	163,843	104,929	97,688
Dividends declared per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.9375	$ 0.5000	$ 0
Oil sales
Revenues:
Revenues	$ 3,554,000,000	$ 1,879,000,000	$ 1,044,000,000
Natural gas sales
Revenues:
Revenues	66,000,000	61,000,000	52,000,000
Natural gas liquid sales
Revenues:
Revenues	267,000,000	190,000,000	90,000,000
Gathering and transportation
Costs and expenses:
Cost of goods and services sold	88,000,000	26,000,000	13,000,000
Midstream services
Revenues:
Revenues	64,000,000	34,000,000	7,000,000
Costs and expenses:
Cost of goods and services sold	$ 91,000,000	$ 72,000,000	$ 10,000,000