Total Joint Interest Billing Receivable, Percent

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Related Party Transaction, Number Of Related Parties

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Portion of accounts receivable attributable to joint interest partners in oil and gas properties. These are billings to the non-operators associated with the operation of wells and are based on those owners' working interests in the wells.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 932
-SubTopic 323
-Section 25
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6474814&loc=d3e64006-109457

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The distributions of earnings to an entity that is affiliated with the reporting entity by means of direct or indirect ownership.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 15
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3291-108585

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The cash inflow from an entity that is affiliated with the entity by means of direct or indirect ownership.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 14
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=98514028&loc=d3e3255-108585

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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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Related Party Transactions (Details) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Related Party Transactions (Details) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) party	Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Total joint interest billing receivable (less than 1%)	1.00%
Officer
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Number of related parties \| party	2
Joint interest billing receivables	$ 89
Mr. Goodson \| Officer
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Proceeds from affiliates	(107)	$ (15)	$ (45)
Mr. Green \| Officer
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Payments of distributions to related parties	$ 41	$ 25	$ 30