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Net Acres Acquired

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Undivided Interest Percentage Acquired

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Undivided Interest Percentage Acquired by Others

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Amount of consideration transferred in asset acquisition. Includes, but is not limited to, cash, liability incurred by acquirer, and equity interest issued by acquirer.

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Date when asset acquisition agreement is executed, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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Date when acquirer obtains control of acquired asset, in YYYY-MM-DD format.

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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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Purchase price of expected asset acquisition prior to consideration being transferred. Excludes business acquisition.

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The designation of funds furnished by a borrower to a lender to assure future payments of the borrower's real estate taxes and insurance obligations with respect to a mortgaged property. Escrow deposits may be made for a variety of other purposes such as earnest money and contingent payments. This element excludes replacement reserves which are an escrow separately provided for within the US GAAP taxonomy.

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Acquisitions (Details) $ in Thousands						3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Acquisitions (Details) $ in Thousands	Oct. 01, 2024 USD ($) a	Aug. 05, 2024	Jun. 27, 2024	May 01, 2024	Jun. 30, 2023 a	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2024 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition deposit held in escrow								$ 102,000	$ 0
Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred						$ 20,400
XCL Asset Acquisition
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Asset Acquisition, Date of Acquisition Agreement			Jun. 27, 2024
Acquisition deposit held in escrow								$ 102,000
Altamont Option Assets
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Asset Acquisition, Date of Acquisition Agreement		Aug. 05, 2024
Q2 2023 Dawson and Martin County Asset Acquisitions
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Asset Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition					Jun. 30, 2023
Net Acres Acquired \| a					20,000
Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred							$ 88,900
Uinta Basin Acquisition
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Asset Acquisition, Effective Date of Acquisition				May 01, 2024
Uinta Basin Acquisition \| Subsequent Event
Asset Acquisition [Line Items]
Undivided Interest Acquired by Others	20.00%
Acquisition Closing Date	Oct. 01, 2024
Undivided Interest Acquired	80.00%
Net Acres Acquired \| a	63,300
Asset Acquisition, Price of Acquisition	$ 2,100,000
Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred	$ 1,900,000